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Some people may desperately say he is not, but every source points out that Law is a swordsman.
Out of Law's DF attacks, many of them (even Law's absolute strongest one) see the sword as the primary element (like Fujitora, for example, who is stated to be a swordsman). Let's see:
- Amputate = a sword cut (it doesn't cut in the usual way... but it's still a sword cut, just with a different effect)
- Injection Shot = a sword pierce
- Sterben = a sword cut
- Radio Knife = a sword cut
- Puncture Wille = a sword pierce applying his Room powers to the sword
Of his DF attacks only Mes, Takt, Gamma Knife and Countershock aren't sword attacks. Shockwille isn't a sword attack, but to use that Law needs to pierce his opponent with the sword, giving his sword Room powers.
Kaku had Bigan, Rankyaku Amanedachi (his absolute strongest one), Bigan Kilimanjaro, Kama Kirin, Rankyaku Rodan etc that aren't sword attacks... and still he is a swordsman. Why would Law, who involves his sword more than him, not be one?
While fighting another swordsman, Law lectures his opponent about how a swordsman should be.
Weird behaviour for someone who supposedly is not a swordsman himself...
This comes from the Usopp Pirate Gallery, where fans send their drawings and Oda gives them a comment based on the content. Well, guess what? Oda's comment on this was "A gathering of swordsmen! Get cut and it'll hurt!". So in his mind all the characters in the picture are swordsmen. Roger, Rayleigh, Cavendish, Oden, Zoro, Shanks, Mihawk, Shiryu, Hatchan, Kaku, Vista... and Law; all of them are swordsmen. It's not my opinion or theory: it's Oda's. He could have commented "A gathering of strong guys!" but no... he labelled them as swordsman. Like it or not.
Another comment from Oda that again choses to label Law as a swordsman...
But obviously Oda's sword is not enough for some people. So let's go with the famous/infamous debate on what makes a swordsman a swordsman... Kaku used swords + Rokushiki + a DF, his strongest move was a cut but didn't need the usage of his swords and yet... he labelled himself as a swordsman. When Zoro went to Mihawk for training, the latter didn't teach him some circus trick with the swords... he teached him HAKI; does that make Mihawk a Haki-man and not a swordsman?
Let's talk about Zoro... this guy has Haki barriers and other Haki tricks, has a fighting style without swords with proper named moves... is Zoro himself a Haki-man and not a swordsman?
If Cabaji calls himself a swordsman... if Fujitora is textually stated to be a swordsman...
Then why Law, who uses the sword in most of his moves (his strongest move is basically using his DF power through his sword to make a giant pierce... it's more sword related than Kaku!), shows to know the "phylosophy" of a true swordsman, is constantly labelled as a swordsman by Oda... why shouldn't this guy simply... be considered as a swordsman?
I mean... evidence adds over evidence. Literally every source labels Law as a swordsman or gives us reason to see him as a swordsman. There's no reason to think he is not, honestly.
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Out of Law's DF attacks, many of them (even Law's absolute strongest one) see the sword as the primary element (like Fujitora, for example, who is stated to be a swordsman). Let's see:
- Amputate = a sword cut (it doesn't cut in the usual way... but it's still a sword cut, just with a different effect)
- Injection Shot = a sword pierce
- Sterben = a sword cut
- Radio Knife = a sword cut
- Puncture Wille = a sword pierce applying his Room powers to the sword
Of his DF attacks only Mes, Takt, Gamma Knife and Countershock aren't sword attacks. Shockwille isn't a sword attack, but to use that Law needs to pierce his opponent with the sword, giving his sword Room powers.
Kaku had Bigan, Rankyaku Amanedachi (his absolute strongest one), Bigan Kilimanjaro, Kama Kirin, Rankyaku Rodan etc that aren't sword attacks... and still he is a swordsman. Why would Law, who involves his sword more than him, not be one?
While fighting another swordsman, Law lectures his opponent about how a swordsman should be.
Weird behaviour for someone who supposedly is not a swordsman himself...
This comes from the Usopp Pirate Gallery, where fans send their drawings and Oda gives them a comment based on the content. Well, guess what? Oda's comment on this was "A gathering of swordsmen! Get cut and it'll hurt!". So in his mind all the characters in the picture are swordsmen. Roger, Rayleigh, Cavendish, Oden, Zoro, Shanks, Mihawk, Shiryu, Hatchan, Kaku, Vista... and Law; all of them are swordsmen. It's not my opinion or theory: it's Oda's. He could have commented "A gathering of strong guys!" but no... he labelled them as swordsman. Like it or not.
Another comment from Oda that again choses to label Law as a swordsman...
But obviously Oda's sword is not enough for some people. So let's go with the famous/infamous debate on what makes a swordsman a swordsman... Kaku used swords + Rokushiki + a DF, his strongest move was a cut but didn't need the usage of his swords and yet... he labelled himself as a swordsman. When Zoro went to Mihawk for training, the latter didn't teach him some circus trick with the swords... he teached him HAKI; does that make Mihawk a Haki-man and not a swordsman?
Let's talk about Zoro... this guy has Haki barriers and other Haki tricks, has a fighting style without swords with proper named moves... is Zoro himself a Haki-man and not a swordsman?
If Cabaji calls himself a swordsman... if Fujitora is textually stated to be a swordsman...
Then why Law, who uses the sword in most of his moves (his strongest move is basically using his DF power through his sword to make a giant pierce... it's more sword related than Kaku!), shows to know the "phylosophy" of a true swordsman, is constantly labelled as a swordsman by Oda... why shouldn't this guy simply... be considered as a swordsman?
I mean... evidence adds over evidence. Literally every source labels Law as a swordsman or gives us reason to see him as a swordsman. There's no reason to think he is not, honestly.
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This is TLDR version of my opinion since the start.
Seriously I feel like a lot of people hyperfocus on the "swordsman" designation way too much, probably due to the "if Shanks uses a sword and Mihawk is the WSS does that mean Mihawk>Shanks" thing. But yea Law is definitely a swordsman, almost all his attacks uses his sword, it's not just a prop.
Yeah I think this is also the answer to the Mihawk VS Shanks convo (tbf im not sure people who argue Mihawk>Shanks cause of WSS label re serious or shitposting). Mihawk is the better Sword Master but the lesser fighter overall.
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Yeah I think this is also the answer to the Mihawk VS Shanks convo (tbf im not sure people who argue Mihawk>Shanks cause of WSS label re serious or shitposting). Mihawk is the better Sword Master but the lesser fighter overall.
Some people may desperately say he is not, but every source points out that Law is a swordsman.
Out of Law's DF attacks, many of them (even Law's absolute strongest one) see the sword as the primary element (like Fujitora, for example, who is stated to be a swordsman). Let's see:
- Amputate = a sword cut (it doesn't cut in the usual way... but it's still a sword cut, just with a different effect)
- Injection Shot = a sword pierce
- Sterben = a sword cut
- Radio Knife = a sword cut
- Puncture Wille = a sword pierce applying his Room powers to the sword
Of his DF attacks only Mes, Takt, Gamma Knife and Countershock aren't sword attacks. Shockwille isn't a sword attack, but to use that Law needs to pierce his opponent with the sword, giving his sword Room powers.
Kaku had Bigan, Rankyaku Amanedachi (his absolute strongest one), Bigan Kilimanjaro, Kama Kirin, Rankyaku Rodan etc that aren't sword attacks... and still he is a swordsman. Why would Law, who involves his sword more than him, not be one?
While fighting another swordsman, Law lectures his opponent about how a swordsman should be.
Weird behaviour for someone who supposedly is not a swordsman himself...
This comes from the Usopp Pirate Gallery, where fans send their drawings and Oda gives them a comment based on the content. Well, guess what? Oda's comment on this was "A gathering of swordsmen! Get cut and it'll hurt!". So in his mind all the characters in the picture are swordsmen. Roger, Rayleigh, Cavendish, Oden, Zoro, Shanks, Mihawk, Shiryu, Hatchan, Kaku, Vista... and Law; all of them are swordsmen. It's not my opinion or theory: it's Oda's. He could have commented "A gathering of strong guys!" but no... he labelled them as swordsman. Like it or not.
Another comment from Oda that again choses to label Law as a swordsman...
But obviously Oda's sword is not enough for some people. So let's go with the famous/infamous debate on what makes a swordsman a swordsman... Kaku used swords + Rokushiki + a DF, his strongest move was a cut but didn't need the usage of his swords and yet... he labelled himself as a swordsman. When Zoro went to Mihawk for training, the latter didn't teach him some circus trick with the swords... he teached him HAKI; does that make Mihawk a Haki-man and not a swordsman?
Let's talk about Zoro... this guy has Haki barriers and other Haki tricks, has a fighting style without swords with proper named moves... is Zoro himself a Haki-man and not a swordsman?
If Cabaji calls himself a swordsman... if Fujitora is textually stated to be a swordsman...
Then why Law, who uses the sword in most of his moves (his strongest move is basically using his DF power through his sword to make a giant pierce... it's more sword related than Kaku!), shows to know the "phylosophy" of a true swordsman, is constantly labelled as a swordsman by Oda... why shouldn't this guy simply... be considered as a swordsman?
I mean... evidence adds over evidence. Literally every source labels Law as a swordsman or gives us reason to see him as a swordsman. There's no reason to think he is not, honestly.
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Out of Law's DF attacks, many of them (even Law's absolute strongest one) see the sword as the primary element (like Fujitora, for example, who is stated to be a swordsman). Let's see:
- Amputate = a sword cut (it doesn't cut in the usual way... but it's still a sword cut, just with a different effect)
- Injection Shot = a sword pierce
- Sterben = a sword cut
- Radio Knife = a sword cut
- Puncture Wille = a sword pierce applying his Room powers to the sword
Of his DF attacks only Mes, Takt, Gamma Knife and Countershock aren't sword attacks. Shockwille isn't a sword attack, but to use that Law needs to pierce his opponent with the sword, giving his sword Room powers.
Kaku had Bigan, Rankyaku Amanedachi (his absolute strongest one), Bigan Kilimanjaro, Kama Kirin, Rankyaku Rodan etc that aren't sword attacks... and still he is a swordsman. Why would Law, who involves his sword more than him, not be one?
While fighting another swordsman, Law lectures his opponent about how a swordsman should be.
Weird behaviour for someone who supposedly is not a swordsman himself...
This comes from the Usopp Pirate Gallery, where fans send their drawings and Oda gives them a comment based on the content. Well, guess what? Oda's comment on this was "A gathering of swordsmen! Get cut and it'll hurt!". So in his mind all the characters in the picture are swordsmen. Roger, Rayleigh, Cavendish, Oden, Zoro, Shanks, Mihawk, Shiryu, Hatchan, Kaku, Vista... and Law; all of them are swordsmen. It's not my opinion or theory: it's Oda's. He could have commented "A gathering of strong guys!" but no... he labelled them as swordsman. Like it or not.
Another comment from Oda that again choses to label Law as a swordsman...
But obviously Oda's sword is not enough for some people. So let's go with the famous/infamous debate on what makes a swordsman a swordsman... Kaku used swords + Rokushiki + a DF, his strongest move was a cut but didn't need the usage of his swords and yet... he labelled himself as a swordsman. When Zoro went to Mihawk for training, the latter didn't teach him some circus trick with the swords... he teached him HAKI; does that make Mihawk a Haki-man and not a swordsman?
Let's talk about Zoro... this guy has Haki barriers and other Haki tricks, has a fighting style without swords with proper named moves... is Zoro himself a Haki-man and not a swordsman?
If Cabaji calls himself a swordsman... if Fujitora is textually stated to be a swordsman...
Then why Law, who uses the sword in most of his moves (his strongest move is basically using his DF power through his sword to make a giant pierce... it's more sword related than Kaku!), shows to know the "phylosophy" of a true swordsman, is constantly labelled as a swordsman by Oda... why shouldn't this guy simply... be considered as a swordsman?
I mean... evidence adds over evidence. Literally every source labels Law as a swordsman or gives us reason to see him as a swordsman. There's no reason to think he is not, honestly.
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Sorry, but no
This doesn't mean anything
There's no swordsman, DF swordsman and Haki swordsman, this is absolute fanfiction, sorry
Kaku used his DF even more than his swords... and yet calls himself a swordsman, nothing more nothing less
All strong swordsmen, Oden, Zoro, Rayleigh, Mihawk, Shanks, Vista and so on... all of them use Haki... that doesn't make them less swordsmen than they are
Oda labelled all these characters and many others as swordsmen, it's not like he ever cared about this "pure swordsmanship" bullshit, that was never showed, stated or implied in the manga or any source
When Zoro went to Mihawk asking for training... the latter teached him some circus trick with the sword? NO. He teached him HAKI. Is Zoro who uses Haki not a swordsman? And Mihawk who teached him that is not a swordsman?
Now Zoro even learned Advanced Conqueror Haki. He uses that not only to upgrade the power of his slashes, but also even to create some Haki barriers. I guess that makes Zoro not a swordsman anymore, huh?
I mean... this argument is so bad it became a meme
So, with all due respect, this is a terrible argument.
DF swordsman, pure swordsman, Haki swordsman... these things don't exist. The ones labelled as swordsmen are swordsmen, nothing more, nothing less.
This doesn't mean anything
There's no swordsman, DF swordsman and Haki swordsman, this is absolute fanfiction, sorry
Kaku used his DF even more than his swords... and yet calls himself a swordsman, nothing more nothing less
All strong swordsmen, Oden, Zoro, Rayleigh, Mihawk, Shanks, Vista and so on... all of them use Haki... that doesn't make them less swordsmen than they are
Oda labelled all these characters and many others as swordsmen, it's not like he ever cared about this "pure swordsmanship" bullshit, that was never showed, stated or implied in the manga or any source
When Zoro went to Mihawk asking for training... the latter teached him some circus trick with the sword? NO. He teached him HAKI. Is Zoro who uses Haki not a swordsman? And Mihawk who teached him that is not a swordsman?
Now Zoro even learned Advanced Conqueror Haki. He uses that not only to upgrade the power of his slashes, but also even to create some Haki barriers. I guess that makes Zoro not a swordsman anymore, huh?
I mean... this argument is so bad it became a meme
So, with all due respect, this is a terrible argument.
DF swordsman, pure swordsman, Haki swordsman... these things don't exist. The ones labelled as swordsmen are swordsmen, nothing more, nothing less.
