HE KNEW
What he didn't know was the act of
INFUSING his attacks with conquerors which was the source of his confusion.
I remember that but oda decided to make Zoro look stupid. Accept it.
Already gave the explanation with BM being their and him not coming to the realization beforehand. It was explained in the flashback from the fight itself that swords themselves have wills of their own and have different ways to express it, that can be seen as cursed for users. Enma was tied to Odens will and he bestowed the blade upon Hiyori and she has personal connection with the shamisen so the blade acted out. Asura isn't a product to any particular sword but the embodiment of Zoros own will. King of hell is no different as its Zoros utilization of infusing CoC to his attacks and it was simply enma who pushed him to that edge as he decided to comply with the swords will were as before it was the other way around at the fear of potentially killing him.
Swords having wills of their own is proof that king of hell came because of enma. Enma is stated to cut through hell hence: The king of hell. Again Hiyori using the shamisen to control enma is stupid. Oden's soul is not buried in enma it is confirmed.
Not wanting his friends to get caught in the crossfire of a fight against a deadly opponent somehow equates to him expecting to lose when if anything he probably be more naive at this point after facing of against a self proclaimed GOD with logia powers. This is pre ts Luffy where talking about with already impressive feats. Forgot it was Rayleigh offer my bad. So not fighting no.14 in the swordsmen hierarchy nullifies Zoros efforts to reach the caliber to face off against THE WSS? Swordsmen or not, they're still a testament to Zoros abilities as its his swordsmanship needed to defeat those strong opponents. Daz bones wasn't a swordman but it was a massive stepping stone for zoro swordsmanship as he learned to cut steel and king is no different.
C'mon dude. Luffy knew he was dead meat against Aokiji. Luffy knew he was dead meat against garp.... Zoro has fought 0 notable swordsmen throughout the story that are known about their swordsmanship in some form or fashion or have carried a notable sword. The testament of zoro's abilities is that he fights enemies weaker than him every arc and says somewhat cool one liners.
Finding out about Kings race meant finding out his races abilities as the flame on Kings back wasn't related to his devil fruit abilities and was giving Zoro trouble. That was the conflict and understanding it led to Zoros victory as he exploited that weakness. Your not the first person to say this and it baffles me. I dont see how pimping Orochi with a bunch of powers makes for a more interesting fight to King's where Zoro had to actually strategize on top of improving himself as a swordsman against someone who was stronger than him regardless. Makes his strength as a swordsman far more versatile in comparison.
Exactly. And he said i can not find out about his abilities if i do not know his race first but he did anyway. For the 10000th time King was underqualified to fight zoro. King V Zoro is not different from Pica V Zoro. In both fights zoro struggled because he could not find the right way to attack pica/king and then the final clash happened. AGAIN KING DID NOT HAVE CONQUERORS HAKI(KATAKURI DID) DID NOT HAVE/WAS NOT SHOWN TO HAVE AWAKENING(KATAKURI DID) DID NOT HAVE A NOTABLE BLADE.
EXPLAIN TO ME HOW IN WHAT YOU HAVE MOST SACRED ISN'T THAT ODA DISGRACING ZORO FOR LUFFY? WE JUST SAW A YC1 THAT HAD AWAKENING AND YC1 THAT HAD CONQUERORS. PLEASE TELL ME HOW CAN YOU GET BEHIND THIS NONSENSE? KING IS JUST GARBAGE.
Moving along... Orochi has a mythical zoan which they seem to be the rarest devil fruits and the pinnacle of zoans yet he is getting beat by a non combatant geisha. Kid X Drake was able to fodderise people based on his ancient df in north blue but anyways.
Orochi is from wano maybe could have had a great grade blade or supreme grade blade. Orochi could have had conquerors because wano samurai WERE NOT supposed to be a joke. Orochi has 8 heads zoro uses 9 swords style. I thought it was an easy match-up... BUT NOPE.
ZORO FIGHTS THE USELESS YC1 THAT IS KNOWN FOR NOTHING AND WE ARE IN WANO A COUNTRY WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SAMURAIS THAT THE WG HAS DIFFICULTY DEALING WITH AND THEY CAN NOT WIELD A GREAT GRADE BLADE BUT EXPECT A KID TO GROW UP AND USE IT.
Zoro said that he wanted his name to reach heavens YET which notable SWORDSMAN HAS ZORO FOUGHT?
You can make a case that big mom is a notable swordsman and zoro does not even show a slight of interest in her and she is a powerhouse of the seas....... Literally why does zoro want to be WSS ANYMORE WHEN HE DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO REACH HIS GOAL? If you say kidd and law have to deal with that THEN WHY DO YOU ADD CHARACTERS THAT GO AGAINST THE MAIN CAST?
Seriously.... Jesus Christ!