Chapter Discussion Did Zoro use Barrier Haki in stopping Hakai?

[Geo]

As the chapter demonstrated, Zoro momentarily stopped the entire size of Hakai. So these are the questions it presents;
> How was he able to stop the entire attack? Was it Haki or just brute Strength.
> If Haki, then what level of Haki strength is required to pull off such a feat?
> If Haki, then did Zoro create a barrier similar to the size of Hakai?
> Which other characters do you think have Barrier haki capable of being extended to the size of Hakai?


Discuss

 

[HA001]

if we look at this side in particular i think we get a very clear and obvious answer

something to note both luffy and killer make statements on the size of it

Spoiler

they will do something big

and we wont be able to dodge
so this attack thats coming at the 5 of them is so big none of the 5 can dodge

back to the image above first of all the top panel shows the impact of zoro straight away and shows that he stops it dead in its tracks
we see later the difference when law moves him

Spoiler

thats how far the attack should have gone straight away

the middle part is obviously zoro in front of it with 3 swords

but the bottom panel is the most clear and gives the answer on this topic

from kidds perspective we can see zoro in front and he is indeed holding back the attack and it is not spilling past him to hit any of the others


so imo he is very clearly using ryou barrier on all his swords and albeit for a few seconds his barrier was big enough to not only cover hakai but hold it back

 

[Lukegranders]

imo no

It looks like some of the attack spills past zoro in the bottom left panel.

I don’t think it was barrier

 

[vikas]

Barrier haki is just for weaklings who need an excuses, zoro stoppedmit with his strength.

 

[HA001]

imo no

It looks like some of the attack spills past zoro in the bottom left panel.

I don’t think it was barrier

few things
zoro is the size of 1 man

theres 4 of them spread out there behind him if it spilled past zoro it hits them

and what proves for sure it didnt spill past him

the impact shows it stops the attack

 

[draganax]

it's just pure strength, also his swords weren't clad in armament (though that might be a drawing mistake). and if he did use haki then it's nothing special it's just that strong.
there's no proof he can even use that type of armament. that's why enma sucks, if oda made him learn ACoA instead he would become too op.
and law didn't move zoro, in fact law only move himself, the other were clearly running away and zoro was already being overwhelmed by the hakai while the others were dodging, the explosion happened immediately hence why kid say it didn't buy much time.

 

[HA001]

it's just pure strength, also his swords weren't clad in armament (though that might be a drawing mistake). and if he did use haki then it's nothing special it's just that strong.
there's no proof he can even use that type of armament. that's why enma sucks, if oda made him learn ACoA instead he would become too op.
and law didn't move zoro, in fact law only move himself, the other were clearly running away and zoro was already being overwhelmed by the hakai while the others were dodging, the explosion happened immediately hence why kid say it didn't buy much time.

This doesn't make sense. The size of the attack dwarfs zoro. So even if he stopped it just for him the others would be hit.
This has nothing to do with enma but shows zoro can use it on all swords regardless of enma.

 

[Geo]

imo no

It looks like some of the attack spills past zoro in the bottom left panel.

I don’t think it was barrier

If it spilled past Zoro then it would've hit the others

 

[draganax]

This doesn't make sense. The size of the attack dwarfs zoro. So even if he stopped it just for him the others would be hit.
This has nothing to do with enma but shows zoro can use it on all swords regardless of enma.

zoro definitely stopped hakai on his own for a moment. it's not necessary barrier haki. the attack was big yes but blocking it follows the same logic when blocking big flying slashes with swords (zoro blocked kaku's ultimate technique without haki), (it's DBZ type of logic where a buu block a massive genki dama until overwhelmed). once the attack is released it becomes a solid mass.
i didn't mean enma helped him in blocking that attack, i would've preferred it if zoro learned ACoA in general.

 

[Geo]

it's just pure strength, also his swords weren't clad in armament (though that might be a drawing mistake). and if he did use haki then it's nothing special it's just that strong.
there's no proof he can even use that type of armament. that's why enma sucks, if oda made him learn ACoA instead he would become too op.
and law didn't move zoro, in fact law only move himself, the other were clearly running away and zoro was already being overwhelmed by the hakai while the others were dodging, the explosion happened immediately hence why kid say it didn't buy much time.

How would pure strength be possible when the rest of the attack didn't spill past Zoro?

Isn't the proof in the chapter?


If Law only moved himself then why was Zoro next to him after the attack ended?

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zoro definitely stopped hakai on his own for a moment. it's not necessary barrier haki. the attack was big yes but blocking it follows the same logic when blocking big flying slashes with swords (zoro blocked kaku's ultimate technique without haki), (it's DBZ type of logic where a buu block a massive genki dama until overwhelmed). once the attack is released it becomes a solid mass.
i didn't mean enma helped him in blocking that attack, i would've preferred it if zoro learned ACoA in general.

Actually Zoro deflected those flying slashes from Kaku. He never actively blocked them

 

[draganax]

How would pure strength be possible when the rest of the attack didn't spill past Zoro?

Isn't the proof in the chapter?


If Law only moved himself then why was Zoro next to him after the attack ended?

Post automatically merged: Apr 3, 2021

Actually Zoro deflected those flying slashes from Kaku. He never actively blocked them

zoro definitely stopped hakai on his own for a moment. it's not necessary barrier haki. the attack was big yes but blocking it follows the same logic when blocking big flying slashes with swords (zoro blocked kaku's ultimate technique without haki), (it's DBZ type of logic where a buu block a massive genki dama until overwhelmed). once the attack is released it becomes a solid mass.
i didn't mean enma helped him in blocking that attack, i would've preferred it if zoro learned ACoA in general.

no

they were all next to law despite every one of them run away on his own and they barely dodged. also there's no indication that law moved zoro.

 

[HA001]

zoro definitely stopped hakai on his own for a moment. it's not necessary barrier haki. the attack was big yes but blocking it follows the same logic when blocking big flying slashes with swords (zoro blocked kaku's ultimate technique without haki), (it's DBZ type of logic where a buu block a massive genki dama until overwhelmed). once the attack is released it becomes a solid mass.
i didn't mean enma helped him in blocking that attack, i would've preferred it if zoro learned ACoA in general.

no

they were all next to law despite every one of them run away on his own and they barely dodged. also there's no indication that law moved zoro.

No we aren't talking about enma. This only proves he can use ryou on all 3 swords.

 

[draganax]

How would pure strength be possible when the rest of the attack didn't spill past Zoro?

Isn't the proof in the chapter?


If Law only moved himself then why was Zoro next to him after the attack ended?

Post automatically merged: Apr 3, 2021

Actually Zoro deflected those flying slashes from Kaku. He never actively blocked them

nah, he blocked the attack completely, it just disappeared into mist.

Post automatically merged: Apr 3, 2021

No we aren't talking about enma. This only proves he can use ryou on all 3 swords.

there's no canon proof that zoro can use ACoA (only headcanon), that's what made this feat more impressive to me.

 

[Finalbeta]

The direction of the deflection makes me believe about barrier haki, in all likelihood.

 

[Irregular]

How do you read?
The attack went off the island. That is, Zoro blocked only his own small area.

 

[Geo]

How do you read?
The attack went off the island. That is, Zoro blocked only his own small area.

The irony. The attack went off the island after Zoro was moved out of the way

 

[Afroking]

If he didn't,the attack would spill past him,like when Law defended against this Doflamingo attack

Spoiler

 

[Fuckthis3]

Probably but if not it just him being talented as always

 

[Sword God Ryuma]

it's just pure strength, also his swords weren't clad in armament (though that might be a drawing mistake). and if he did use haki then it's nothing special it's just that strong.
there's no proof he can even use that type of armament. that's why enma sucks, if oda made him learn ACoA instead he would become too op.
and law didn't move zoro, in fact law only move himself, the other were clearly running away and zoro was already being overwhelmed by the hakai while the others were dodging, the explosion happened immediately hence why kid say it didn't buy much time.

Your swords don't need to be black to use Ryou.

 

[GreenEggsAHam]

Nope it was just brute strength