I disagree tbh. Zoro’s among my favorite characters but you can tell pretty much from the beginning that he’s manufactured to be “the cool guy”
3 swords, bandana, works out 24/7, endurance monster, cool one liners in every fight, level headed (mostly)
“I never pray to god” or Arlong saying that he’s too dangerous to be left alive, every other character saying he reminds them of a demon, telling Kaku that his swords hunger for blood, etc
None of this is new
I just think that Oda used to balance this out better with goofy Zoro moments. Now he’s almost
strictly the cool guy instead of the cool guy that can goof off with everyone else
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