This fodderized shit is grating my nerves.
How else would you call it? I don't say that I like it, because I don't. But this is how things go in OP. Someone of name needs to go down in order to hype up the introduction of character XY.
- Whitebeard crashes one of the famous VA's in seconds. Wow, Whitebeard is a monster!
- Doflamingo is introduced and plays around with Kaizeruhige, again a famous VA. Wow, Doflamingo is hax!
- Boa Hancock is introduced to Momonga and completely humiliates him. Wow, she's badass!
- Law gets his real introduction as a powerful Shichibukai and defeats VA Smoker in a handful of panels. Nothing about that fight was even, which is horrible, but sadly it's the case.
Don't tell me I'm the only one seeing a clear pattern here. That's why I fear that Sanji will be used to hype up Vergo, because so far he didn't really shine, just words. He caught Law because he had his heart, CC even highlights that. The G5 Marines put him in the same league as Smoker, okay. But shit needs to go down now and I hope oneshotting Tashigi is enough.
If it was anyone else but Sanji I would bet he would get destroyed to hype Vergo. But there is still the chance that Oda decides to give him a good fight, which he deserves after the timeskip. This time Vergo could be the opponent to let people go "woah, Zoro and Sanji can beat a VA, lets go and kick Big Mums ass!"