Powers & Abilities So does everyone agree Enma not a power up now.

Enma literallly acts like Kuwabara's sword(leeching spirit energy of the user)
No it doesn't. Kuwabara literally could not do anything without that sword.

Zoro can cut a random cliff any time he wants with any sword. The only difference is that he didn't want to cut the cliff but that the sword forced him to

People don't understand that INTENT is the most important thing in OP swordsmanship. Oda spells this out in the flashback with Koushirou and he has been repeating this at least four times already since the start of the series but no one seems to get it

Zoro FAILED when he used Enma. He was only supposed to cut a tree but he ended up FAILING and he cut the cliff too. That's poor swordsmanship. That's some ass tier swordsmanship. Zoro looked cool and it was impressive that he didn't get knocked out from the haki drain BUT HE STILL FAILED.

The sword taking Zoro's haki without his consent is NOT A GOOD THING.
 

Finalbeta

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Enma is just a training tool, get that in your head people.

We could say that Rayleigh was the same for Luffy since he helped him training, not sure if I'm explaining myself.

Enma's attacking power is not stronger than the other o wazamono's thus far, nothing implies that much.

All it can do was to help Zoro with his haki empowering training.
 
No it doesn't. Kuwabara literally could not do anything without that sword.

Zoro can cut a random cliff any time he wants with any sword. The only difference is that he didn't want to cut the cliff but that the sword forced him to

People don't understand that INTENT is the most important thing in OP swordsmanship. Oda spells this out in the flashback with Koushirou and he has been repeating this at least four times already since the start of the series but no one seems to get it

Zoro FAILED when he used Enma. He was only supposed to cut a tree but he ended up FAILING and he cut the cliff too. That's poor swordsmanship. That's some ass tier swordsmanship. Zoro looked cool and it was impressive that he didn't get knocked out from the haki drain BUT HE STILL FAILED.

The sword taking Zoro's haki without his consent is NOT A GOOD THING.
Kuwabara can create his own spirit sword(normal one) even without that leech sword/hilt.

That leech sword takes spirit energy from Kuwabara greater than necessary so he can create a an amplified spirit sword.

pretty same principle with regards with enma if you ask me.
 
Of course it is a powerup.

Zoro literally states: "So when I master this sword, I surely will be a lot stronger!"

No need to overthink stuff, when Oda presents you the answer in the manga.
If Enma is a power up because Zoro become stronger after training with it, does that means the dumbbells that Zoro used to train also considered as a Power up? :choppawhat:
 
Oda made it clear indeed. Zoro never said Now I am stronger bcs I hold Enma.
He wondered if he will be stronger once he is used to it.
He didn't wonder. He stated that he would be stronger after taming enma.
The sword itself is not a power up but training with it was. So I can understand both pov saying enma is a PU and enma isn't a PU. It's just a matter of semantic.
 
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This is simple it is a power up as it unlocks a way to make zoro stronger. Any ability that makes a character stronger is a power up idk why people try to argue what defines a power up. Haki , new sword, df, new mode, RS, etc are all power ups cuz they make characters stronger and/or unlock ways to get stronger. Enma forces you to have better CoA so you will get stronger using it. It's simple zoro with enma > zoro without enma, zoro himself says mastering emna will make him stronger.
 
Kuwabara can create his own spirit sword(normal one) even without that leech sword/hilt.

That leech sword takes spirit energy from Kuwabara greater than necessary so he can create a an amplified spirit sword.

pretty same principle with regards with enma if you ask me.
Its not the same. geez

Zoro can already produce all the energy the sword forces out of him. Zoro could already do that on his own. Kuwabara COULD NOT produce that energy without that sword

Get it?

Enma doesn't exist to draw out Zoro's energy. Zoro can already do that. Enma exists to task Zoro's energy to force him to learn haki control under the strain of a sword than trying to drain him as far as possible
 
For fuck's sake. The thread is about "Is Enma power-up ITSELF or not" IT'S NOT. Power-up is better CoA (and physical stats because it's training after all) through TRAINING with Enma. Enma is a tool that helps Zoro get a power-up, which is better CoA.
After training, take away Enma from Zoro and give him Shusui, it's not gonna change anything. His Haki, DC, Skill, PS would be the same, just like with Enma.
 

Uncle Van

Monké Don't Do Taxes
For fuck's sake. The thread is about "Is Enma power-up ITSELF or not" IT'S NOT. Power-up is better CoA (and physical stats because it's training after all) through TRAINING with Enma. Enma is a tool that helps Zoro get a power-up, which is better CoA.
After training, take away Enma from Zoro and give him Shusui, it's not gonna change anything. His Haki, DC, Skill, PS would be the same, just like with Enma.
Technicalities like that are just unneccessary and confusing for some. The title is claiming Enma is not a power up when it still is. Every sword Zoro has gotten was treated one so how come Enma is different? Zoro AP increased when he got Shusui and he commented that he needs to tame it to control the power output.

Zoro got Enma, we saw his AP increase and he says he needs to tame it.
 
And without this tool excessively extracting his Haki he won't be able to intensely train himself and get much stronger than he already is. You can't compare Shusui's inferior growth with Enma's superior potential to simply say Zoro will get rid of Enma after training with it, Hitetsu said Enma would even reach the supreme grade once blackened, while blackened Shusui is stuck at the great grade

This is ludicrously oversimplified by Oda. Enma is a masterpiece which yields tremendous strength and potential, it's quality not only worthy enough to replace blackened Shusui but also it's a blade which not even Oden could blacken. it's not only unlocking new heights for Zoro in this arc, but soon will reach the same status as Yoru itself when blackened and will play a role in Zoro's strength even at end of story.
 
Technicalities like that are just unneccessary and confusing for some. The title is claiming Enma is not a power up when it still is. Every sword Zoro has gotten was treated one so how come Enma is different? Zoro AP increased when he got Shusui and he commented that he needs to tame it to control the power output.

Zoro got Enma, we saw his AP increase and he says he needs to tame it.
Shusui was in higher grade than Zoro's last sword + it's a black blade. Shusui is a power-up, because it's directly increasing his AP, take it away and he'd be weaker. Enma in the same tier as Shusui and is not a black blade, so i don't see why it is a power-up. Enma takes away Zoro's own Haki to make his slash stronger without him wanting it (it's actually a nerf). If Enma was giving Zoro additional Haki, then yes. But it isn't
 
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