Questions & Mysteries Why is Zoro’s epithet “Pirate Hunter”?
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Well, tbh whenever SHs do something significant, it's Luffy who gets the most (if not all) the glory... Like with Dofla, every newspaper mentioned how Luffy was such a badass, but what Zoro or Ussop or any other SH did got no attention from anyone. Right now he's just a member of Luffy's crew, he doesn't have any personal identity, so I don't think they care wether he's a 'Pirate Hunter' or something else.
Maybe it'll change after Wano, when Zoro, Sanji and others take on Ultralords of New World and make names for themselves like Shanks's crew.
Maybe it'll change after Wano, when Zoro, Sanji and others take on Ultralords of New World and make names for themselves like Shanks's crew.
For the same reason Nami is still the « Cat Buglar » even tho she do not steal from anyone anymore because it was his first epithet.
The epithet will not change or go away. If he ever got a new one, it will be add next to « Pirate Hunter ».
Zoro is not the only character who have an epithet that does not suit him anymore
The epithet will not change or go away. If he ever got a new one, it will be add next to « Pirate Hunter ».
Zoro is not the only character who have an epithet that does not suit him anymore
1. With the exception of few, like Big Mom, nicknames tend to be the immediate things. The first indentifiable feature or the first thing people get called. There isn't much reason to change Zoro's nickname so it hasn't changed.
2. They're arbitrary anyway. We don't have Straw hat Roger or Shanks (far as we know, but no one points it out even after the revelation) but we have Straw hat Luffy. At this point you're more likely to describe him as Warlord Stomper or point to the huge scar. Zoro is attacked more than he attacks generally, but it sounds cool.
2. They're arbitrary anyway. We don't have Straw hat Roger or Shanks (far as we know, but no one points it out even after the revelation) but we have Straw hat Luffy. At this point you're more likely to describe him as Warlord Stomper or point to the huge scar. Zoro is attacked more than he attacks generally, but it sounds cool.
This is the arc where it will change imo.
I think his epithet should be something that's unique to him and that's easily noticeable like Strawhat to Luffy and Hawkeye to Mihawk (ignoring whatever the hell Imu has going on there), and this fits perfectly:
Pirate Hunter Zoro (Kaizoku Gari no Zoro) > Three Sword Style Zoro (Santoryu no Zoro).
Marimo also works, when a fodder says "Hey, look! it's the Marimo" everyone will be able to recognize him instantly.
I think his epithet should be something that's unique to him and that's easily noticeable like Strawhat to Luffy and Hawkeye to Mihawk (ignoring whatever the hell Imu has going on there), and this fits perfectly:
Pirate Hunter Zoro (Kaizoku Gari no Zoro) > Three Sword Style Zoro (Santoryu no Zoro).
Marimo also works, when a fodder says "Hey, look! it's the Marimo" everyone will be able to recognize him instantly.
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