I'm glad other folks liked this episode, but I thought it was one of the worst I've seen. It was about ten minutes of new material with near thirty minutes of recap. Add to that how we jumped back in time halfway through for no good reason. The point of showing something from a new perspective in a work of fiction is that the second perspective sheds new light on the situation, allowing the reader/viewer to recontextualize and gain a new understanding of the situation or scene. In this case, all we got were new camera angles. Add to that how jarring and random it was; I wonder if some new viewers just thought Sanji was back on the road after a minor confrontation with Luffy.
That said, the seven or so minutes of new material–the Sanji vs Luffy fight-- was beautifully done. Now if only we could cut everything around this and make this into one single episode...
And, my god, six eyecatchers?