
Let me cope.
Which one of them actually got a spin off canon anime/manga.
Like Zoro was called two pea in a pod alongside ryuma. Luffy was also called joyboy by Zunesha.
Loda will always tease, he will never let them shine on screen simply cause he's that insecure.
Always remember that Loda added Zoro as a backup MC, in case Luffy (his desired MC) was a flop. It almost sounds as if Loda did this without his heart in place, but purely out of cynical realism.
Now that the series is too big to fail, he doesn't need to make Zoro shine anymore, and doesn't want to give anyone the wrong idea. It is Luffy show.
ZKK, and Zoro's treatment in Wano (samurai island!) should've been a wakeup call.
Had all the buildup he could've got, yet cucked