Yes, I believe Imu connected his life to sword, so untill sword is broken Mihawk will be immortal. Which explanes the whole Idea of surpassing the Sword of Mihawk.
Wait a minite!
Are you telling me...
...that Mihawk himself is the >sword of god(Imu)?

So basically, Yoru is Imu's sword and Mihawk himself is just basically the Squirrel to Ragnir, a mythical Dracula fed to Yoru?

Interesting idea, Kon-chin... But I doubt it.
Hey Nik, straight up question, you ready to accept Imu as beign worthy to be included in the "goat of goats" discussion yet or nah?
Because from the looks of it, Nemesis looks more and more like it was not just some random Omen weapon, but could potentially be a straight up black blade. And even if not, chances are among the 19 damn blades one of them could be his "personal" sword and that would be black.
Think Imu has done plenty at this point to establish he has the deepest bag in the verse, with ridiculous strength and portrayal along with it.
I dont think any of his 20 weapons are black blades but we will see...
Whether he is among goat of goats, he will show. I am not impressed yet.
His victims are Loki and Luffy, both incompetent. Let's see how he fares against old fart Gaban.
Yes, one of the 20 is Imu's own sword.
I would not mind if it is a Kokuto but I doubt it.
Bro, dont go full Erkek on me now and start talking to Ai...
I think it was the whole point. Oda made it clear Base Sommer is far weaker than Zoro.
At the same time oda made it clear that Zoros durability is also unique swords attacks that have high level lethality with advococ couldnt finish him or put him down for good (Gaban, Rayeligh).
Oda been playing to boost them with Omen from the beginning.
I think Omen buffed and Gram-wielding Sommers is still weaker than Zoro.
There simply might be no way around Gram's supposed ability other than negating it with haki burst.
Zoro was weaker and slower than King (and rightfully so, Luffy needed G4 for YCs) till it just wasn't anymore. It is the usual stat boost the so-called "base" Zoro gets at the most convenient times during most of his fights. Not to mention King kind of forgot he had a hybrid form.
No gears/modes needed if the author favours you
Do not despair nik-kun, the stat boost is on his way once again
It doesnt work that way, Jacky-chin...
Zoro is still weaker, physically, than King and slower than him.
He will never be stronger than King in those stats.
This is not DBZ where you need to go head through the wall...
There are no stat-boosts for Zoro... He has been maxed out on physicals since TS...
Every boost has been haki boost which is not stat boost... Merely buff for attack or block...
If the issue here is Gram's hax ability, the only solution would be Joyboy/Shanks haki burst to negate that ability.
And that solution does not give any boost whatsoever... Merely convenient ability for specific problems...