Fanclub Temple of The Grandmaster Zoro

[Salah WG]

Hey guys, i noticed something interesting in Early One Piece
Volume 3 Cover showed only Luffy & Zoro, even though it wasn't Zoro's Recruitment Arc nor were they alone (Nami was with them)
Actually the Volume Chapters focused on Nami, Buggy & Usopp, not Zoro

What's interesting about that Cover is that it showed Luffy wearing a Large Coat similar to that of Roger
Clearly symbolizing Luffy as Pirate King, alongside Zoro who represents WSS
(This is similar to when Oda chose to put both Pirate King & WSS together in same Chapter Title in Volume 1)

However, what interested me most is that Zoro is holding Wado Ichimonji with his Hand, rather than his Mouth !!
Something that Zoro never ever done, Wado is always held in his Mouth when he is using Three-Sword Style

The only time he fights with Wado in his Hands is when he uses One-Sword Style (However he changed that Post-TS)
He started using One-Sword Style with Shusui & later with Enma
So Wado remains always the Sword for his Mouth

If that so, then why did Oda change his mind only in that Cover which represents Luffy & Zoro as Pirate King & WSS?
If Luffy is cosplaying Pirate King then Zoro should also be cosplaying WSS & this means that WSS Zoro = Wado in his Hand instead of Mouth

We know that Zoro can use all Three Swords with same Power & Haki Output & Damage, that's why he mastered Three-Sword Style, but he never uses One-Sword Style with his Mouth, it's his Hands that come first, so maybe now that Zoro learned Haki & Unlocked his CoC, he needs to use Wado again in his One-Sword Style to Unlock it's Full Potential (Maybe the Drawing Oda made for Recent Magazine showing Zoro with Red Sword is another Hint to it)

I mean think about it, Meito Hardness resembles those of Poneglyphs, & Black Sword are Toughest Meito just like Poneglyphs are Black.
And then we learned that there are actually Red Poneglyphs which are even more Important. So what if no one has ever Forged a Red Sword.
And Zoro will do it which will be the Sign that he is Greater than any Swordsman who ever lived

Enma will be turned Black imo this Arc, but Wado will be turned Red once Zoro becomes WSS.
Not sure about his Third Sword (Maybe it will be his Awaited Fire Sword)

So Zoro's Final Three-Sword Style Swords will be Black Sword + Flame Sword + Red Sword
A Black Sword that can Endure Anything, a Red Sword that can Cut Anything & Flame Sword that turns everything into Nothingness

 

[nik87]

Hey guys, i noticed something interesting in Early One Piece
Volume 3 Cover showed only Luffy & Zoro, even though it wasn't Zoro's Recruitment Arc nor were they alone (Nami was with them)
Actually the Volume Chapters focused on Nami, Buggy & Usopp, not Zoro

What's interesting about that Cover is that it showed Luffy wearing a Large Coat similar to that of Roger
Clearly symbolizing Luffy as Pirate King, alongside Zoro who represents WSS
(This is similar to when Oda chose to put both Pirate King & WSS together in same Chapter Title in Volume 1)

However, what interested me most is that Zoro is holding Wado Ichimonji with his Hand, rather than his Mouth !!
Something that Zoro never ever done, Wado is always held in his Mouth when he is using Three-Sword Style

The only time he fights with Wado in his Hands is when he uses One-Sword Style (However he changed that Post-TS)
He started using One-Sword Style with Shusui & later with Enma
So Wado remains always the Sword for his Mouth

If that so, then why did Oda change his mind only in that Cover which represents Luffy & Zoro as Pirate King & WSS?
If Luffy is cosplaying Pirate King then Zoro should also be cosplaying WSS & this means that WSS Zoro = Wado in his Hand instead of Mouth

We know that Zoro can use all Three Swords with same Power & Haki Output & Damage, that's why he mastered Three-Sword Style, but he never uses One-Sword Style with his Mouth, it's his Hands that come first, so maybe now that Zoro learned Haki & Unlocked his CoC, he needs to use Wado again in his One-Sword Style to Unlock it's Full Potential (Maybe the Drawing Oda made for Recent Magazine showing Zoro with Red Sword is another Hint to it)

I mean think about it, Meito Hardness resembles those of Poneglyphs, & Black Sword are Toughest Meito just like Poneglyphs are Black.
And then we learned that there are actually Red Poneglyphs which are even more Important. So what if no one has ever Forged a Red Sword.
And Zoro will do it which will be the Sign that he is Greater than any Swordsman who ever lived

Enma will be turned Black imo this Arc, but Wado will be turned Red once Zoro becomes WSS.
Not sure about his Third Sword (Maybe it will be his Awaited Fire Sword)

So Zoro's Final Three-Sword Style Swords will be Black Sword + Flame Sword + Red Sword
A Black Sword that can Endure Anything, a Red Sword that can Cut Anything & Flame Sword that turns everything into Nothingness

Thought about Zoro forging swords into something other than Kokuto but so far White Sword is the only thing that crossed my mind...
I am not familiar with the Red sword. Look at the sheath of Shiryu's sword, it's design and coloring might be some hint...

 

[Finalbeta]

 

[Lor D. Coast]

Hey guys, i noticed something interesting in Early One Piece
Volume 3 Cover showed only Luffy & Zoro, even though it wasn't Zoro's Recruitment Arc nor were they alone (Nami was with them)
Actually the Volume Chapters focused on Nami, Buggy & Usopp, not Zoro

What's interesting about that Cover is that it showed Luffy wearing a Large Coat similar to that of Roger
Clearly symbolizing Luffy as Pirate King, alongside Zoro who represents WSS
(This is similar to when Oda chose to put both Pirate King & WSS together in same Chapter Title in Volume 1)

However, what interested me most is that Zoro is holding Wado Ichimonji with his Hand, rather than his Mouth !!
Something that Zoro never ever done, Wado is always held in his Mouth when he is using Three-Sword Style

The only time he fights with Wado in his Hands is when he uses One-Sword Style (However he changed that Post-TS)
He started using One-Sword Style with Shusui & later with Enma
So Wado remains always the Sword for his Mouth

If that so, then why did Oda change his mind only in that Cover which represents Luffy & Zoro as Pirate King & WSS?
If Luffy is cosplaying Pirate King then Zoro should also be cosplaying WSS & this means that WSS Zoro = Wado in his Hand instead of Mouth

We know that Zoro can use all Three Swords with same Power & Haki Output & Damage, that's why he mastered Three-Sword Style, but he never uses One-Sword Style with his Mouth, it's his Hands that come first, so maybe now that Zoro learned Haki & Unlocked his CoC, he needs to use Wado again in his One-Sword Style to Unlock it's Full Potential (Maybe the Drawing Oda made for Recent Magazine showing Zoro with Red Sword is another Hint to it)

I mean think about it, Meito Hardness resembles those of Poneglyphs, & Black Sword are Toughest Meito just like Poneglyphs are Black.
And then we learned that there are actually Red Poneglyphs which are even more Important. So what if no one has ever Forged a Red Sword.
And Zoro will do it which will be the Sign that he is Greater than any Swordsman who ever lived

Enma will be turned Black imo this Arc, but Wado will be turned Red once Zoro becomes WSS.
Not sure about his Third Sword (Maybe it will be his Awaited Fire Sword)

So Zoro's Final Three-Sword Style Swords will be Black Sword + Flame Sword + Red Sword
A Black Sword that can Endure Anything, a Red Sword that can Cut Anything & Flame Sword that turns everything into Nothingness

Zoro needs to be the one doing stuff not the swords, swords are a conduit for Zoro's haki, any supernatural bs needs to come from him.

 

[Salah WG]

Thought about Zoro forging swords into something other than Kokuto but so far White Sword is the only thing that crossed my mind...
I am not familiar with the Red sword. Look at the sheath of Shiryu's sword, it's design and coloring might be some hint...

I think once we see how Black Swords are forged, we will have an idea about what's next

Zoro needs to be the one doing stuff not the swords, swords are a conduit for Zoro's haki, any supernatural bs needs to come from him.

I didn't say anything about Zoro's Swords doing anything
I said he will go back to using Wado in his Hands instead of Mouth & turn it Red
It's all Zoro's doing

The Swords don't buff Zoro, they actually Nerf him till he tames them
Enma was stealing his Haki, Shusui was absorbing the power of other Two Swords
His third sword was using BOAT without Zoro's Commands ... etc
So there is a high chance that Wado is also nerfing him since day 1 & he will learn to remove the nerf in Final War

 

[hayze moya]

Promotional icon for Film Red

 

[mly90]

 

[kumae]

 

[Lor D. Coast]

The Moon has black clothes and soon a black blade to counter the Sun and his white clothes.

And of course no black blade Enma or Nidai in the non canon movie.

 

[Monet]

ch 1038 released 28 of January

that's was last chapter zoro got something (shinigami scene )
so it has been 3 months until now
without any development for zoro

...
hopefully next chapters explain something

 

[mly90]

 

[Boiroy]

Coming out of ts, Zoro was the strongest SH
He one slashed a pacifista.
One-shot Hody Jones n that too underwater, it took Luffy 14 episodes to beat the roids version of Hody.
Neg diff the best swordsman in water Island.
One-shot Monet and that too without Haki who was troubling Luffy.
Equally clashed against an Admiral=Yonko Fujitora who was scared by Zoro.
Pica ran like a bitch, but got low diff by Zoro. Vergo who was weaker than Pica mid diff both Sanji and smoker.
Effortlessly took out two lives of Hawkins
Low diff killer in a 1 v 2
One-shot Apoo
Made Kyoshiro scared with two swords
Scarred Kaido after 2 decades, took the combined effort of two Yonko to cheaply put him down
King wasn't able to harm Zoro, once Zoro awakened ACOC he defeated King the way Kaido defeated WCI Luffy.

what's next man?
how this guy is so fucking strong?

 

[Hanners220]

Coming out of ts, Zoro was the strongest SH
He one slashed a pacifista.
One-shot Hody Jones n that too underwater, it took Luffy 14 episodes to beat the roids version of Hody.
Neg diff the best swordsman in water Island.
One-shot Monet and that too without Haki who was troubling Luffy.
Equally clashed against an Admiral=Yonko Fujitora who was scared by Zoro.
Pica ran like a bitch, but got low diff by Zoro. Vergo who was weaker than Pica mid diff both Sanji and smoker.
Effortlessly took out two lives of Hawkins
Low diff killer in a 1 v 2
One-shot Apoo
Made Kyoshiro scared with two swords
Scarred Kaido after 2 decades, took the combined effort of two Yonko to cheaply put him down
King wasn't able to harm Zoro, once Zoro awakened ACOC he defeated King the way Kaido defeated WCI Luffy.

what's next man?
how this guy is so fucking strong?

Great post! It makes sense that Zoro would be the strongest out of the timeskip because like all of the SHs he is an expertise in his field, which happens to be combat and swordsmanship.

 

[God D usopp]

Coming out of ts, Zoro was the strongest SH
He one slashed a pacifista.
One-shot Hody Jones n that too underwater, it took Luffy 14 episodes to beat the roids version of Hody.
Neg diff the best swordsman in water Island.
One-shot Monet and that too without Haki who was troubling Luffy.
Equally clashed against an Admiral=Yonko Fujitora who was scared by Zoro.
Pica ran like a bitch, but got low diff by Zoro. Vergo who was weaker than Pica mid diff both Sanji and smoker.
Effortlessly took out two lives of Hawkins
Low diff killer in a 1 v 2
One-shot Apoo
Made Kyoshiro scared with two swords
Scarred Kaido after 2 decades, took the combined effort of two Yonko to cheaply put him down
King wasn't able to harm Zoro, once Zoro awakened ACOC he defeated King the way Kaido defeated WCI Luffy.

what's next man?
how this guy is so fucking strong?

Altho im disappointed by zoro panel time post ts but yeah overall oda make a good portrayal for zoro, i think oda intentionally hide zoro strength post ts the most obvious one is in ph when there is 4 antagonist that is law,smoker, vergo caesar who could zoro beat easily that time if he met them but oda hiding zoro's power so he couldnt overshadow luffy.
For now also Zoro is too strong for non top tier thats one of the reason i dont really have hype for shiryuu bet he gonna use some tricky technique so the fight have some difficulty

 

[matt245]

Flame Sword that turns everything into Nothingness

Yamamoto vibes

 

[Orojackson Refugee]

Coming out of ts, Zoro was the strongest SH
He one slashed a pacifista.
One-shot Hody Jones n that too underwater, it took Luffy 14 episodes to beat the roids version of Hody.
Neg diff the best swordsman in water Island.
One-shot Monet and that too without Haki who was troubling Luffy.
Equally clashed against an Admiral=Yonko Fujitora who was scared by Zoro.
Pica ran like a bitch, but got low diff by Zoro. Vergo who was weaker than Pica mid diff both Sanji and smoker.
Effortlessly took out two lives of Hawkins
Low diff killer in a 1 v 2
One-shot Apoo
Made Kyoshiro scared with two swords
Scarred Kaido after 2 decades, took the combined effort of two Yonko to cheaply put him down
King wasn't able to harm Zoro, once Zoro awakened ACOC he defeated King the way Kaido defeated WCI Luffy.

what's next man?
how this guy is so fucking strong?

Zoro has been the strongest SH from the beginning, not just since timeskip

the true story how luffy got his scar

 

[Finalbeta]

Next Sword God

 

[hayze moya]

Remember how Zoro took on all of Luffy's pain and fatigue in Thriller Bark? Despite having the Mythical Zoan, Luffy passed out. Taking on all of Luffy's pain and fatigue, Zoro did not lose consciousness. And all this despite the fact that before all this he had already fought for quite a long time.
Can it be said that Zoro's stamina is higher than Luffy's?

If someone wants to make a thread about this, then do it. I think it would be great

 

[Ballel]

Remember how Zoro took on all of Luffy's pain and fatigue in Thriller Bark? Despite having the Mythical Zoan, Luffy passed out. Taking on all of Luffy's pain and fatigue, Zoro did not lose consciousness. And all this despite the fact that before all this he had already fought for quite a long time.
Can it be said that Zoro's stamina is higher than Luffy's?

If someone wants to make a thread about this, then do it. I think it would be great

It is a matter of personality.

Luffy is the kind of person that knows he can rely on his friends. He fought like crazy in thriller bark and then allowed himself to pass out(maybe his subconcious CoO let him know that it is ok to rest, but that's speculation).


Zoro has an almost opposite personality. In his core, Zoro is a loner who is willing to take full responsibility for his own life and safety, this is what he expects from himself.
Over time, since spending time with the strawhats, he learned to trust others more and to have faith in his friends' abilities but when he's left to himself, he is still fully prepared and willing to do the job all by himself.


Luffy's willpower thrives off his friends' motivation. Remember Enies Lobby?
It were Usopp's words of encouragement that kept Luffy going.
I am not saying that Luffy doesn't have his own strength. But in general, he is a very sociable person, he's always in the center of the party, always where the fun and the noise is. The one thing that has the capability to break Luffy is when he is alone.
It has been like this since his childhood, when he ran after Ace and Sabo despite their rejection and initial acts of violence against him.
Being all alone and without friends was worse for Luffy than being injured.


Meanwhile, Zoro is neither a very sociable person nor does he need a lot of company.
Zoro is fine by himself.


What both of them have in common is their willingness to give everything for the sake of their friends. During the Thriller Bark scene in question Zoro knew that the strawhats' safety is now in his hands.

Luffy is the main character in the center of attention.

Zoro is the reliable guy in the background. He doesn't need nor want anyone to cheer him on or to appreciate his sacrifice. The reason he could stand the pain longer than Luffy could is becasue he WANTED it.

 

[nik87]

Can it be said that Zoro's stamina is higher than Luffy's?

Stamina, endurance, durability... You name it.
It is a no-brainer and unnecessary.
Everyone knows it, including Luffybros.