He does not shy away from exploring death but One Piece has never been a story that gives death a 'supernatural' explanation.
Oda focuses more on how death affects the living and what people think about death.
Not about the afterlife or 'religious' themes.
As stated here, it'd turn out to be an illusion caused by the side effect of the drug pushing Zoro to the brink of death and attempting to fight death to survive
The discussion around the side effects around the drugs just before the appearance of the grim reaper suggest it'd probably just turn out to be an illusion caused by the side effect of the drug pushing Zoro to the brink of death and attempting to fight death to survive
And if you look at the panels closely, you'd see that Oda drew an aerial panel without details and in the closer panels, the background is twirly
It's like the Oden drawing in front of the scabbard that turned out to be Kanjuro's doing. Oda likes these kind of stuffs. Doubt it'd actually turn out to be a real grim reaper
As stated here, it'd turn out to be an illusion caused by the side effect of the drug pushing Zoro to the brink of death and attempting to fight death to survive
And the manga panels of this chapter(unconscious Zoro with blood surrounding him) further prove this
I just mean that we should at least get some kind of flashback or recap on what happened from Zoro's perspective from when he first saw the figure until the point where he passed out again
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