Character Discussion Training under Mihawk hurt Zoro's character more than it helped

[Dettles]

Having Zoro spend two years training under Mihawk ultimately ruined Zoro's character.

Pre Timeskip his goal to be the best Swordsman was the reason Zoro constantly pushed himself to his limits. But there were also things and enemies that he couldn't beat and had to get himself stronger.

After the Timeskip he doesn't anymore. The two years training under Mihawk ties his strength to Mihawk's more than any other character. So if he had to struggle or isn't able to beat a foe or cut something then it reflects onto Mihawk.

Since the Timeskip Zoro hasn't pushed himself like he used to because the only goal for him left is to beat Mihawk. Not cutting diamonds, or beating anyone else it's only Mihawk.

Take Dressrosa, when it came to the Birdcage Zoro didn't try and cut it. Because if he couldn't it would look bad, instead of something he would need to get stronger to do.

 

[Salah WG]

or beating anyone else it's only Mihawk.

You started reading OP last chapter? He literally wanted to Fight almost every Top Tier He senses,

 

[nik87]

You can hear things like this only from non-Zoro fans.

 

[Cruxroux]

Since the Timeskip Zoro hasn't pushed himself like he used to because the only goal for him left is to beat Mihawk. Not cutting diamonds, or beating anyone else it's only Mihawk.

Take Dressrosa, when it came to the Birdcage Zoro didn't try and cut it. Because if he couldn't it would look bad, instead of something he would need to get stronger to do.

We have been saying this since the beginning lol.
No one has pushed Zoro until Kaidou and King.

Birdcage is a hax. You can't cut or destroy it, you gotta take out the one playing the cards.

 

[Nagasaki]

Fujitora and Zoro didn't try to cut the cage because the ricochet would have killed too many people.

 

[Chiji_]

Mihawk acknowledged that Zoro coming to him for help means that he found something more important than his ambition which is why he even agreed to help him because its intriguing and it may allow Zoro to go further than he would have than before. Zoro since Thrillerbark put the lives of his crew and their dreams above his own, he no longer strives to get stronger for just his own sake and not only for Kuina, he does it for his crew/family, its very Whitebeard like in that way. He still strives to test the limits of his strength like he displayed in Wano his eagerness to strike Kaido down, which ofc he could not but he left his mark, it wasn’t only because of Yasuie but he was interested in testing someone that had been hyped to be “the strongest in the world”. The thing is the only ones that could give Zoro that thrill was a yonko like Kaido and he still strives to surpass Mihawk, he’s disappointed in his clone, he’s unimpressed with Lucci, he eagerly strikes at demon giants. Timeskip Zoro feels like a baby Kenpachi he cannot find someone to push him and when he does they’re always out of his league or they operate on some kind of tricky gimmick, ultimately Mihawk made him into a monster that won’t be satisfied until he faces other monsters and coming back to Mihawk will be a full circle encounter. Afterall he did tell him to learn about the world, have his own experience before they have their duel and for good reason.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

It’s better for Mihawk, otherwise we’d have seen even less of him post Timeskip.

 

[Senfret]

It's pretty lame... Previous WSS would have been a way better choice than Mihawk, even if he's really old or maimed

 

[HerreraIsBack]

Not exactly. The whole timeskip thing was a huge mistake honestly based on how things worked out right afterwards. But narratively it made Zoro and Luffy character even greater.

 

[BoaHancocksHusband]

It's pretty lame... Previous WSS would have been a way better choice than Mihawk, even if he's really old or maimed

Agreed.

 

[Fn Lucci]

Time skip worked in many ways and there are some very exclusive narrative problems but a lot of the critiques I see are based on the problem with pre time skip: shallow, surface level appeal. I think that a lot of current readers were too young at the time, in any case.

Zoro here is being reduced to "cut hard things" and not being that is perceived as a drawback when the opposite is true.