Isnt the yamata no orochi basically firebreathing Japanese folklore hydra? is most likely entirely to do with the fruit
It's a hydra yes but not sure if it regrows heads or not too. I'm nor sure of its actual powers generally but I love Okamis take on it especially, where it was almost entirely invincible and had to weakened with poisoned/blessed sake or something and made drunk and you rang a bell on its back to stun it it or something lol.
It had to be slayed with a certain legendary sword only and each head could use a different elemental power which was was part Iiked most tbh.
That's why I was hyped for God Serena in FT before Mashima fodderised and killed him multiple times lmao, sigh...
https://okami.fandom.com/wiki/Orochi
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I'm fine with Oda making Orochi suffer at every chance possible as a narrative pay off for his 20+ years of tyranny and destruction on Wano Kuni but I feel like that the Hiyori/Orochi interactions in 1044 are now completely wasted
Like the Scabbards vs Orochi was a better moment cuz the Scabbards all deal with him in literally 2 pages and move on (even with Kin'emon basically saying that they don't care about him anymore)
With Hiyori instead you have these 5 or 6 pages filled with emotions and such (that crying Hiyori panel is still beatiul) but now they look like actual filler since Orochi got back up AGAIN and start shit talking Hiyori once more...
Completely agree. He was humiliated by Kaido at least twice both directly and indirectly and was even killed by him ofc. I think even the Scabbards said Kaido is the true menace here and thus not Orochi.
Orochi is just another Spandam and Kaido is the Lucci but Lucci was WAY more beloved, memorable and gave us one of the best fights ever, just like Kaido (although I know that is not unanimous with Kaido vs Luffy here ofc).