Sometimes I remember that Zoro is an actual certified murderer, ‘in-story’ lol.
Some people over the years have said Zoro can be so serious at times or too often, unlike the most rest of the crew that are more playful and have a range of goofy personalities.
Well I think one of the reasons for his stoicism is something I really enjoy about Zoro’s character; how much he cares about the crew. He worries for them like a big brother and watches over the crew in his own way, different from Luffy.
Zoro knows the crew can be goofy, careless/easygoing. In this panel, where he’s the only one that didn’t easily warm up to Robin, he talks about how the crew is always like that.
but he cares for these quirky bunch so he keeps his guard up and stays on timing, to make up for them. It’s one of his ways he protects the crew.
It’s also reflected in Egghead, the crew can be their cheery relaxed selves, outsiders might make the mistake of underestimating the crew on first look, but Zoro in the back waiting for an enemy to fuck around and find out.
Also how Zoro worded this in the panel below, “well, I suppose it’s just a search party”/ “but I guess they can handle a little manhunt on their own”.
Zoro may have wanted to join and find Vegapunk but I think he also wanted to go to provide his strength as backup, not that he doesn’t trust Sanji/Jinbei but he maybe feels safer if he can be there, just incase anything pops off.
Another example:
Zoro does little “worrying” things like that all the time whether it’s wanting to be there for crew member(s) to provide support or steering the crew from a bad decision, or scolding Luffy/crew for one thing or another, truly the big brother of the strawhats
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