u dont need to be a swordsman to use swordsmanship lmao
oda has never differentiated df and normal swordsmen
its all agendas
literally all these " pure swordsman " use haki lmao
fuji : gravity blade
law :
shanks : roger literally saw his talent through his sword skills
and then later made shanks inherit his own sword style
shanks even had multiple duels with mihawk
he even went as far as using his sword while doing a simple haki blast
he is also very graceful with his sword
a sword without grace isnt a strong sword as mihawk said
shanks uses his sword for literally everything
he is also VERY honourable just like zoro
if this isnt oda showing him being a swordsman then idk what is
tho this thread is only abt swordsmanship , its not abt who we consider a swordsman or who we dont
i simply copied nik's tag list
and i also have no interest in adding a brain rot like him
mihawk has barely even shown anything lol
and even in simple terms , we have seen both the parties display strong sword slashes , which is a sword skill
a strong swordsman is hyped up by his sword skills and haki
and shanks's swordsmanship is pretty renowned in the onepiece verse considering the world government used his sword skills to hype up mihawk
its saying his swordsmanship is only second to mihawk's
and with haki , we have a lot of examples of zoro's haki being hyped
like i said , swordsmanship and haki go toe to toe with each other
anything done through a sword is swordsmanship as i have alrdy said above
law uses his spatial hax through his sword
but its still swordsmanship
similar to law's
knife - room
1. headcanon
2. shanks can use a metal pipe for all i care , but the fact is that he did it with his sword thus its swordsmanship
kaku can throw air slashes through his kicks , but when he does the same with his sword
its still called swordsmanship
its not like just cause he can do the same without swords , it cant be considered swordsmanship