It's not cute, your crying and seething is amusing lol.
You are confusing something mate. I only theorized ONE hypothosis : Carrot joining the crew after Wano. But my analysis about One Piece still stand hehe.
I don't recall any of that - must be a parallel world.
I EXPLAINED how G5 was implemented in the story. This was not a debate, not a defense and not an hypothesis, it was simple storytelling analysis mate based on narrative datas
Don't lie; you tried convincing people that G5 was the best thing ever happening in fiction - a true masterpiece when Oda foreshadowed everything perfectly and everything went perfectly fine looking at the narration.
I don't remember losing any debate here lol.
LMAO
Yes, that's why most theorist are failing to predict anything.
LMAO 2.0
The lack of self awareness is strong in this one.
Again, a deuteragonist is a "second actor", its a word used to describe a specific context (a three actor ancient greek play) and his not pertinent as a storytelling tool for our present narrative world. The narration evolve since then and we have other ways to call characters.
Zoro is the close ally, falling under the archetype of the guardian.
He is not the most important character after Luffy in term of narration and Oda is not saying that either. You guys are projecting.
Who says this? You? Oda obviously have a different definition to what a deuteragonist means than you and if he believes that the Nr. 2 is still the deuteragonist - even after +1100 chapters, why do you vehemently try to argue against it? It's illogical because a deuteragonist doesn't have to set the story in motion. That's the protagonist.
It doesn't and Oda clearly disagrees.
It's you who comes up with narration. Oda never stated Zoro is the most important character after Luffy in terms of narration when he is still fulfilling his role of supporting Luffy till the end. That's
his role as a deuteragonist.
The initial definition was derived from the ancient greek but modern literature clearly have different meaning and definitions for them.
You are the only one projecting shit.
This is both true and false.
In the sence that, yes, each stories are different because they will be perceived differently. BUT each MODERN stories are following a similar storytelling pattern and similar outline. It can vary of course (for example it varies a lot in One Piece) but the structure remain the same for every story.
So when I say that there are basic foundamentals or Rules or principle, call them whatever you want, I'm not jocking.
???
A deuteragonist is often a secondary MC who aids and helps the MC in various ways. Only because Luffy's crew got bigger, doesn't mean Zoro's (and Nami's) roles got replaced or changed. Again, it's the contrast. Oda reiterated yet again Zoro's position in the story.
There are countless modern stories trying their own kind of storytelling and there are differences indeed. Again, you have characters like Genos, Sasuke, Vegeta, Lucy, Megumi, Sherlock's sidekick Dr. Watson and so on - all of them are deuteragonists but their roles in the stories are still perceived differently.
Yes, true, so how is Zoro's position damaging them in the first place and how do you know that Oda clearly follows these?
No. again, none of them are deuteragonist. Simply because this term is not relevant for our current storytelling era.
Sasuke is the Rival and main antagonist
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Genos is the sidekick
Both are falling under the category of allies (and then antagonist for Sasuke, back to ally again)
Lol what? You are not even their writer, lol. You are just a self proclaimed expert at story and narrative telling. Sasuke not being a deuteragonist, LMFAOO.
Sasuke is the rival and deuteragonist.
Kaguya was the main antagonist.
Genos is deuteragonist who is Saitama's sidekick.
No?
Here are several examples of deuteragonists, each of them having their own role within the story:
3 Types of Deuteragonists
The deuteragonist usually plays one of three roles:
- 1. The sidekick: Many deuteragonists follow the protagonist around as a best friend or assistant, offering insight, comic relief, or serving as a gentle combatant (depending on the deuteragonist’s own conflict or goals). Good examples of protagonists and sidekick deuteragonists include Batman and Robin in the comic books and films, and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories.
- 2. The antagonist: Often, a secondary character can be the antagonist of a story if their goals conflict with the protagonist’s. An antagonist is only considered the deuteragonist if they are especially present in the story and play a major role—for example, Luke Skywalker (protagonist) and Darth Vader (an antagonist deuteragonist) in Star Wars.
- 3. The love interest: In love stories, the second most important character is usually the love interest of the main character—for instance, Will Turner (protagonist) and Elizabeth Swann (a love interest deuteragonist) in Pirates of the Carribean.
7 Examples of Deuteragonists
There are strong examples of deuteragonists in all sorts of media and genres. Here are a few well-known ones:
- 1. Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (protagonist: Sherlock Holmes)
- 2. Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (protagonist: Huckleberry Finn; tritagonist: Tom Sawyer)
- 3. Darth Vader in Star Wars (protagonist: Luke Skywalker; another deuteragonist: Han Solo)
- 4. Sam in The Lord of the Rings (protagonist: Frodo)
- 5. Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight (protagonist: Batman/Bruce Wayne)
- 6. Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Caribbean (protagonist: Will Turner; another deuteragonist: Elizabeth Swann)
- 7. Hermione Granger in Harry Potter (protagonist: Harry Potter; another deuteragonist: Ron Weasley)
Source.(From the quote)
Other source.
Source Nr. 3
So you see, Zoro can perfectly fit into the role as a sidekick and let me ask you ONE QUESTION: Did Zoro's role ever, EVER, change within this manga? Did someone replace his role?
Again, Oda is not even saying that zoro is the deuteragonist. Also, he is talking about Ryuma AND he is talking about the EARLY process of fabrication of his story. A stage where he thought that he would have two protagonists instead of One (something that can sometimes happen in stories, Frozen for Example). He does not say that in the present day Zoro is the most important cahracter after Luffy and he does not use the term of the ancient greece. You guys are projecting your desire.
The reality is that in a story, the second most important character for the narration after the protagonist is the antagonist.
Which is blackbeard in One Piece.
Dude, your lack of reading comprehension is astonishing, seriously. Oda intented to make someone as the secondary MC to push the popularity of One Piece even further, then he thought about Ryuma who was the protagonist of his one shot and implemented a character - linked to Ryuma - into the story to make him the secondary MC.
He didn't scrape this idea, I don't even know why the fuck you believe this was the case lol.
In fact, Zoro had a huge appearance in chapter 2 and from then on, Oda introduced his role into the story even further. Heck, he was Luffy's FIRST CREWMATE. Then later on in the story, as if it isn't enough after Zoro sacrificing himself to protect his captain, Oda introduced the character closest to Roger, his best aid, his right hand man, the vice captain: Rayleigh.
Both Luffy and Zoro are related to Roger and Rayleigh; one who shaped the current world and its generation and the other one who was his best ally. That's why you had Zoro fighting Luffy alongside Kaido.
Are you kidding me? The purpose of a deuteragonist and the antagonist are two entirely different pair of shoes. Why are you even comparing Blackbeard with Zoro?????
No, i'm just stating the facts.
You are not stating facts; you're just beating around the bush and try to fraud your way by portraying your headcanon as facts, lol.
Yes, like an ally. Also fun fact, Nami was supposed to join first.
Yes, because Nami was truly meant to be the deuteragonist at first.
She was both navigator and fighter but Oda scraped this idea and chose a character who was more likely to make One Piece very popular, which was Zoro.
Not at all no.
In the reality of the story, Zoro's backstory is very thin and only happened once when Luffy had not only the entire first chapter, but the entire marineford Saga + another long flashback. Zoro's arc development is the least interesting out of all the strawhats narratively. (which is logical, it happened first, and Oda didn't want to create an epic setting). The treatment between Luffy and Zoro is NOT comparable. In fact - granted, Zoro has a few cool moments that are important for his characterization and overall story) but - a lot of strawhats have more development than Zoro overall. Sanji, for example, is a character that gets a lot more narrative love that his swordman counterpart.
It doesn't mean that Zoro is not interesting. There is a LOT to say about his story, but its just not on the level of Luffy. Zoro is like all the strawhats, a close ally. Nothing more.
Yes, it is after all.
Only more excuses. Now it's "B-but Zoro's backstory", "B-but character development", "B-but you're wrong!". It was never about Zoro receiving equal plot relevance as Luffy, it's about him being the deuteragonist who is, in fact, not that "irrelevant of a character" like the haters make it out to be. So his backstory was shit? We've got his entire lineage, that's more info than Luffy's family tree. Zoro's arc development? It could have been more but Oda went his way to portray Zoro as Ryuma's descendant, so take it as you like. When it comes to Luffy and Zoro comparisons, as I said, they are comparable: One is into meat, another one in sake, both are supernovas, in dire situations, both have their backs and do impactful things in arcs, Luffy takes on the boss, Zoro takes on the bosses' right hand man or number 2 in an arc. When Luffy or other crew mates are not thinking rationally, Zoro shuts them up. It happened in Water 7 and Post Wano as well. It even happened when Sanji went to WCI, Zoro reminded the crew that they're about to face two Yonko all at once.
I missed the point when Zoro has to be comparable to Luffy to make him the ideal deuteragonist, lol. Like, it's even a lost cause, nobody can rival Luffy's plot relevance in the story as he's basically portrayed like the Pirate Jesus...
Cool moment yeah, and that's his role. nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing fancy. it doesn't transcend his position as a crewmate.
Yes, because only Zoro calls out other crew members when they are about to do stupid shit. He has done this stuff not once, not twice but thrice.
When the whole existence of the crew was in shambles in Thrillerbark, Zoro was the one who took the lead in fighting Kuma and he was the one who sacrificed himself to protect his captain and the crew.
It's not, lmao.
Roger is the pivot of the entire story and narration and Rayleigh was his closest aid. Why don't we see Roger's Nami, Roger's Chopper, Roger's Brook or Roger's Sanji?
Yet, Oda introduced us Roger's Zoro who is Rayleigh. He is another legend, comparable to Roger and Whitebeard, has an epic epiteth called "Dark King" and he was Luffy's mentor.
Yes, logically since Zoro has a strong bounty.
Weak argument.
Zoro certainly didn't become a supernova merely because of a high bounty.
Btw, Zoro was also the second one receiving a bounty after Luffy, let it sink in...
Actually I ask you to do the opposite.
The story = Canon
The words of the author = Not necessarily Canon.
If the words of the author contradict the story, then you must listen the story and not the words of the author.
Already explained in my other posts.
No. i'm saying that the words "deuteragonist" is not adapted to talk about modern characters since the words is stripped from his contextual meaning (that was a three actors play).
I'm also saying that in a story, the most important character NARRATIVELY after the protagonist, is the antagonist.
Simply because the story is constructed around their battle for a common goal.
So? Where exactly is the issue then? Oda is obviously having his own set of definition when it comes to a deuteragonist and Zoro fulfills this role according to Oda. You're just rambling on about irrelevant things.
Yes, that's your understanding of narration - it's not Oda's, so how is it relevant again, you lil expert?
If you really want to use the word Deuteragonist in One Piece, its technically possible (even if it would still be non pertinent), BUT you have to use it for All the strawhats and ALL the main arc character. which mean more than 20 characters who became protagonist on parralel to Luffy during their arcs.
Not specifically for Zoro.
There is just one small difference... It's not ME who used the word "deuteragonist" in One Piece, it's ODA who proclaimed Zoro to be Nr. 2 when it comes to the MCs. How many times do I have to explain this to you? It's only Nami at best who has a comparable role to Zoro, the other strawhats are extentions to the deuteragonists but they are not equal to them. Zoro's role still didn't change and even after approximately +1060 chapters, he proved it yet again.
How so when Zoro is the only one who gets paired with the other right hand men and even with Rayleigh? Do you see Sanji, Franky, Robin, Jimbei or Usopp on that list?
[...]The term is CONTEXTUAL to a CERTAIN form of ancient greek play. It is NOT relevant to use it to describe current modern characters in stories. Why ?
Because the way to create stories has evolved in 2 millenia
[...]
Dude, just tell you run out of arguments.
Now you wanna sit on the horse by claiming it's relevant to look at the origin of this term whose form was used in ancient greek literature and play. It's all fine and all but again, your words are still irrelevant when we look at Oda's statement, lol.