Was people wanting zoro kill the big bad ever a thing pre timeskip?
I was kinda a thing in dressrosa but idk about before. Can definitely see current fans wanting him to kill lucci if ennies lobby was going on nowadays tho lol
I don't remember him ever wanting to but Enel might be the closest to that?
Enel the God complex guy really humiliated Zoro that arc too, Zoro would def want to kill him if encountered him again.
But yeah, Zoro has been a lot more serious and responsible post TS and it shows. Mihawk's discipline and training definitely affected him. Plus what happened at Sabaody and such ofc.
Arlong would have been a prime target (in a serious and not even racist Zoro meme way) or maybe Crocodile, maybe.
Him wanting to explicitly kill Kaido and thus anyone including that magistrate is something more new to him, he's become more mature, focused and bloodthirsty I'd say.
Just to add too, he went straight for a killing blow on Hawkins and if it wasn't for his DF, Hawkins would have died too definitely.
He also could have killed Monet but held back too, despite cutting her in half, he avoided using haki purposely.
Zoro, aside from Robin or Brook are the perfect SHs to kill someone if needed imo. Maybe Franky or Sanji too. But Zoro by far the best due to his fighting style, hobby, personality/mentality.
Odas definitely building up to the ZKK as part of this too imo.
Zoros most shocking moment and controversial even, his true character defining moment is coming.
Technically he and Mihawk were meant to duel each other to death one day too IIRC?