Monster Trio was never core to their characters.
We saw this in Whole Cake with the lady chef that Yonji beat up. Sanji told Yonji not to waste it, and ate it himself.
You are correct about that and I'll admit I am wrong.
Except we've seen this multiple times since the timeskip ended. On Sabaody, they had their little flame argument, and Sanji mentioned leaving Zoro behind. On Punk Hazard, they argued. They argued on Fishman Island. They insulted each other on Dressrosa. Zoro was the one that spoke up and said leave Sanji behind, and threatened to beat up Luffy when he teased Zoro for caring about Sanji secretly.
If you see the rivally they had in long ring island it was much more intense in my opininon.
Except, in Whole Cake, we've seen Sanji be a pervert, be selfless, be caring, be an *******, be dedicated to Luffy and his crew, and be a diehard stickler for not wasting food. His perversion has been more prominent than it should have been, but the only way that's the only trait you'll see is if that's the only trait you're looking for.
I never said I dont like sanji, actually one of my favorite characters, I just have complaints against him. And while we have seen him do the right thing and its something comendable and reaffirms his character but he has lost his character trait of agency
Sanji would always be the one to fix the problems no one else thought about but now we see that role reverse
Something seen in dressrosa and no where else
Except it wasn't severely crippling for him in any arc except Thriller Bark.
He ALMOST DIED because of it.
It was used as a plot device to create tension of the SHs being caught, and to introduce the problem of the blood transfusion between species, which was fleshed out throughout the arc's conflict.
And again. It shows how sanjis "quirk" isn't a gag its a part of who he is fundamentaly regardless of how it is fleshed out.
Also that was something resolved by luffy not sanji.
Except Violet became a key ally to the crew because of Sanji. Luffy and Law would be toys right now if Violet hadn't helped Usopp snipe Sugar.
But that wasn't sanji's doing. That was voilet say voilet had actually strong henchman that would have killed sanji sanji would have let them.
Except he didn't. He was next to Pudding, so he grabbed her. He says he's counting on Luffy to do his job. He did his part of the plan perfectly.
I am refering to his internal monolouge when we see him trying not to get to deep into acting because thats how deeply physical attraction bothers him.
On Fishman Island he almost bled to death because of women.
