I would be lying if I say I don't believe Zoro will kill Kaido. I still don't openly claim it is what will happen, but after the latest chapter, I would be surprised if Zoro did not land that final blow.
Whatever beliefs I profess, that expectation remains the same. ZKK.
Katakuri is the only High Tier that I think it's reasonable to argue might be able to beat Santoryu Zoro.
Santoryu Zoro has the offensive prowess to oneshot virtually all high tiers with his most powerful techniques. To beat him, one would need the ability to shut down or otherwise neutralise his offense.
Future Sight + Shapeshifting + Snakeman speed might give Katakuri the ability to do that.
I find the Zoro haters annoying, but I'm having people tell me that Kaido screaming after Law's Rock Spam and Kidd's Slam Gibson doesn't mean that Law and Kidd actually damaged Kaido.
There's delusional, and then there's claiming "AAAAAAAAAAAARRGGHHH!!!" is not a scream in pain.
The substantial difference in combat ability between Killer and Kamazou was humbling.
I had spilled much ink arguing that Killer wasn't significantly nerfed while fighting Zoro because he had several weeks to adapt to his new Scythes while Zoro was able to improvise a named technique within seconds.
The lack of named techniques and the different weapons should have been enough.
I'm not going to argue that Zoro beats Katakuri yet. I think a case can be made, but Zoro will get more feats soon, so I'll wait on them.
The main things I think people are missing:
* Underestimating the size of Zoro's strongest slashes (they're not actually thin/narrow, see 1080 PC vs Pica)
* Even if Zoro's slashes were narrow, Kata can't warp around moves like Kokujo Ou Tatsumaki.
I have said that I don't think Zoro will surpass Oden. I still don't think he will, but last chapter has caused me to make an update in that direction.
I'm always willing to change my mind, so below are the events would make me update in favour of Zoro surpassing Oden (ordered in ascending order of importance):
That no one is attributing Killer's accomplishments to Punisher, Law's to the Ope Ope no Mi or Luffy's to the Gomu Gomu Gomu no Mi is in retrospect pretty surprising.
Zoro fans fucked up by even entertaining the notion of separating Enma from Zoro.
Attempts to deny Zoro's accomplishments should be treated with the same regard as attempts to deny the accomplishments of any other Supernova.
No one, literally no one. Not @ShishioIsBack, not @nik87, not myself expected that this chapter Zoro would unleash an attack that would terrify a Yonkou, or cause the "Invulnerable Kaido" to dodge it.
Let that sink in, Zoro is already outperforming our wildest expectations.
Not gonna lie, I don't understand how people think Kidd is on Santoryu Zoro's level let alone superior to him.
* Zoro's offensive prowess outclasses Kidd's by several tiers.
* Zoro had much greater portrayal vs Apoo.
* Zoro could easily react to Destructive Wind while Kidd couldn't (suggesting better COO).
* Zoro's COA shits on Kidd.
* Zoro has several kilometres range.
The strongest characters I feel confident arguing Santoryu Zoro can beat:
* King
* Marco
* Mera Sabo
* Dragon!Kaido
Zoro's victories in the above matchups are very contingent on his ability to cut fire, and while that does provide him a matchup advantage, without his other stats being as formidable as they are, it wouldn't be enough.
Is this just a matchup advantage, or is Santoryu Zoro a low top tier?
My Santoryu Zoro vs Dragon!Kaido thread is complete. Even giving Dragon!Kaido the full benefit of the doubt, I fail to see how he pushes Santoryu Zoro beyond high diff. His victory seems out of the question entirely.
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FS + shapeshifting + awakening is still very tricky and dangerous for him.
Zoro beats all high tiers not named Marco, Kata, Shilliew or King (???) comfortably which speaks for his strength.