Luffi , Zori , Nami are the main protagnist. It's been decided since day one.
Thre first 3 of the crew.
At first, Nami was supposed to have Zoro's role. In Oda's previous drafts, Nami had a mechanical arm with an axe iirc, so she was meant to be the navigator and fighter of this true.
Zoro was intented to be Buggy's underling but it was later changed because he was meant to be the Ryuma in One Piece, essentially the Nr. 2 MC.
So now, the deuteragonist got split between Zoro and Nami.
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Pretty sure , Jonudule and other will just jump on that train.
They don't have any real argument if you look at it properly. They just don't wanna accept it.
It's like Sanji Getting AdCoC + AdCoO + AdCoA + Kizaru fruit in the next chapter.
Zori fans just couldn't accept that shit to explain why this was shit writing cuz just in chapter it happened.
I mean, it is one thing to dislike the character which is pretty fine. It's also fine if Zoro gets downplayed, alright.
But nothing makes sense to deny him being the deuteragonist of this story. Law received some higher plot relevance because he was introduced to be Luffy's
strongest ally when it comes to beating Kaido. Law was also one of the top 5 supernova, along with Kidd. That's why both got greater roles, Law even far more. Is Law a better deuteragonist than Kidd? Nope, their role just largely ended now since they lost the PK race. At this point, Luffy is no longer allied to Law and Kidd as all 3 went their own way.
However, Zoro will always, ALWAYS, stay the Nr. 2 in Luffy's crew, always his closest comrade, always will be.
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