Retrospective Look at Zoro’s Journey as a Swordsman Zoro’s journey to become World’s Strongest Swordsman starts with Baratie and his fight with Mihawk. Well, in reality it starts way earlier than that, ever since Zoro was a little child, but when it really starts in the eyes of the readers is with his defeat by the hands […] More
Part 1: Is Shanks a Swordsman? In the manga, vivre cards, databooks, etc Shanks has been confirmed to be a swordsman various times. For example, this databook calls him a “swordmaster” We know “swordsmaster” = swordsman as Zoro is stated to be a swordsmaster and that Mihawk is waiting for a “swordsmaster” to surpass his rival, Shanks. […] More
Blackbeard declared that the throne war against the strong one has already started and Moria should take sides with him. But why Blackbeard wants Moria to join his crew? Doflamingo clearly stated that Moria is “too weak to be a Shichibukai”. We all know that Blackbeard is a Specialist when it comes to Devil Fruits. […] More
New Clues on when Shanks got his scar from Blackbeard! There are three instances where Shanks’ eye is smartly hidden by Oda: At Rogers execution – Chapter 0 / Strong World When asking Buggy to join him – Chapter 434 Recruiting Yasopp – Chapter 0 / Strong World So when did Shanks get his scar […] More
Hundreds of theories on why Shanks has his position have been submitted and my take builds on many of them on the subject. So here goes my theory, on why Shanks is respected by Pirates and the World Government alike. 1. Shanks’ Strenght His Yonko status comes from him being crazy strong, just like Big […] More
This post is to discuss why I think we’ll get a final crewmate and who that crewmate will be Nine Senior Officers Currently the Straw Hats have Luffy and 9 Senior Officers. Chapter 1058 highlighted this aspect and what the roles for each on the crew are. I think this highlight will be used to […] More
In the past few days, there have been a lot of discussion about the “Monster Trio”. From the defense of Sanji’s fans: “Monster Trio will never change”, to the other side: “Luffy, Zoro, and Jinbe are the new Monster Trio”, or the middle ground “Luffy is not in Monster Trio, it gonna be Zoro, Sanji, […] More
I never really believed Shanks was an enemy for Luffy, until just recently. When I saw the story unfold and explain the truth pretty clearly before our eyes. In my opionion, the past few chapters have revealed a pretty clear and striking revelation. Shanks is an opposition to the Straw Hats, with his own agenda and dream […] More
To avoid discrimination against Fishmen, it is natural that the strongest of the bunch will have Advanced Conqueror’s Haki. Why wasn’t it mentioned? Because Jinbe is a boss and doesn’t care about titles. Plus Who’s Who is fodder who can’t comprehend Advanced Conqueror’s Haki to address it. The fact is, Jinbe unlocked Advanced Conqueror’s Haki […] More
Here’s a megathread to document all the Ls Zoro has taken in Wano now that it’s officially over: Zoro will gather the Samurai. Zoro will avenge Yasui. Zoro will forge a black blade by the end of Wano. Zoro will become the Monster Samurai Kaido spoke of by the end of Wano. Zoro will wake […] More
First things first, let’s get this out the way: everybody knows that the term “Monster Trio” was coined by the fandom but that doesn’t mean the DYNAMIC isn’t a very real thing. Now, what do I mean by “dynamic”? Since Arlong Park, Oda has consistently portrayed Luffy, Zoro and Sanji as the MAIN and STRONGEST […] More
Introduction The single most important factor to becoming a stronger swordsman is Haki and Haki alone. Nothing else (skill, physical strength, endurance, etc..) even registers. Indeed, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that true “sword skill” is just the strength and proficiency of your Haki. Arguments in Favour Some credible arguments in favour: Koshiro told […] More
