Yea that's the only dissapointing thing here, Oda doesn't have the balls to make a female in this situation truly hated, he's bailing Sanji out here by doing this. It's a bit similar to Viola how she started off good, then the twist came, but then she started shedding tears infront of Sanji because how he treated her.Really liked Sanji's look when dodging Katakuri's attack. It's been a while since i saw him this badass, so i hope it can become the start of his redemption. I don't really like the way we basically have another repeat of the damsel in distress named Pudding we get in every arc now though. Oda just doesn't seem to know how to make a woman evil. Won't be surprised if by the time we get to the Mother Carmel flashback, it gets revealed that she is actually not evil
This is similar to the solution Oda came up with to knock Sugar out as well, use a character trait to get out of a situation. I thought he was finally cornering Sanji here to shed light on his way of thinking but he got bailed out with pudding being a victim once again.
I don't mind it, it makes sense but I just wish Oda would try something new here.