So far what we know about black blades/weapons are the following, not doing a very thorough essay on this:
Zoro gets Shusui, tells that a black blade won't break/bend even if a dinosaur stepped on it. Black blades are the toughest/most durable weapons.
Mihawk teaches Zoro haki and tells him that any blade/weapon can be turned into a black blade. Black blades are forged. At that time due to context the general consensus was that CoA is required or is the main factor for forging a black blade, now we know CoC or ACoC is an upgrade of that.
Onimaru tells Zoro that Ryuma forged Shusui into a black blade through a history of battles.
Yoru is called the strongest black blade, it is of supreme grade, Shusui is great grade.
In the magazine road to Laugh Tale, it is said that WB also has a supreme grade blade like Ace of Roger and it is required or that the blade is strong enough to channel his enormous strength. Similarly with Kaido's Kanabo the same is stated and that his Kanabo would be legendary.
Over time some theories have come up to explain how black blades are made/forged. Some say that with top tier armament you can make one. Some say that you need to have a very loving relationship with your sword/blade to make it a black blade. Some say you need to fulfill the sword's dream to make it a black blade etc.
To this day it is one of the most intriguing mysteries of OP, even devil fruits have now been explained before black blades. And it seems unlikely that we are going to get the answer anytime soon. The biggest problem is that when you think of top tiers like WB, Roger, Kaido, Ray you realize that none of these guys was able to forge a black blade. I think we can all agree that the four guys are absolute top tiers in terms of haki CoA, ACoA, CoC, ACoC. Two of them have supreme grade weapons. One is confirmed to have a very loving relationship with his sword so much so that he named his son after it. And they all have lived longer as pirates and most probably have had much more battles and experience than Mihawk. At this point all three points separately or collectively do not seem to answer the question.
Top Tier Haki, Check
History of Battles, Check
Loving Relationship, Check
The only thing that makes sense to me at this point is that you need more power, a stronger haki to make a blade/weapon permanently black. And by power I mean AP that allows the attacker to cut/destroy anything. That is when true pinnacle of swordsmanship is achieved when you have the power to cut anything that you wish. I think this happens when the wielders strength grows beyond what the blade/weapon can handle and hence it requires the wielder to reinforce it. The reinforcement is not to protect the blade from outside damage like normal CoA is used but from the internal damage which will shatter the weapon due to the overwhelming power of the wielder. Hence it requires more strength/power to forge supreme grade into a black blade than a great grade sword and why WB and Roger have not been able to forge their supreme grades into black blades.
Zoro gets Shusui, tells that a black blade won't break/bend even if a dinosaur stepped on it. Black blades are the toughest/most durable weapons.
Mihawk teaches Zoro haki and tells him that any blade/weapon can be turned into a black blade. Black blades are forged. At that time due to context the general consensus was that CoA is required or is the main factor for forging a black blade, now we know CoC or ACoC is an upgrade of that.
Onimaru tells Zoro that Ryuma forged Shusui into a black blade through a history of battles.
Yoru is called the strongest black blade, it is of supreme grade, Shusui is great grade.
In the magazine road to Laugh Tale, it is said that WB also has a supreme grade blade like Ace of Roger and it is required or that the blade is strong enough to channel his enormous strength. Similarly with Kaido's Kanabo the same is stated and that his Kanabo would be legendary.
Over time some theories have come up to explain how black blades are made/forged. Some say that with top tier armament you can make one. Some say that you need to have a very loving relationship with your sword/blade to make it a black blade. Some say you need to fulfill the sword's dream to make it a black blade etc.
To this day it is one of the most intriguing mysteries of OP, even devil fruits have now been explained before black blades. And it seems unlikely that we are going to get the answer anytime soon. The biggest problem is that when you think of top tiers like WB, Roger, Kaido, Ray you realize that none of these guys was able to forge a black blade. I think we can all agree that the four guys are absolute top tiers in terms of haki CoA, ACoA, CoC, ACoC. Two of them have supreme grade weapons. One is confirmed to have a very loving relationship with his sword so much so that he named his son after it. And they all have lived longer as pirates and most probably have had much more battles and experience than Mihawk. At this point all three points separately or collectively do not seem to answer the question.
Top Tier Haki, Check
History of Battles, Check
Loving Relationship, Check
The only thing that makes sense to me at this point is that you need more power, a stronger haki to make a blade/weapon permanently black. And by power I mean AP that allows the attacker to cut/destroy anything. That is when true pinnacle of swordsmanship is achieved when you have the power to cut anything that you wish. I think this happens when the wielders strength grows beyond what the blade/weapon can handle and hence it requires the wielder to reinforce it. The reinforcement is not to protect the blade from outside damage like normal CoA is used but from the internal damage which will shatter the weapon due to the overwhelming power of the wielder. Hence it requires more strength/power to forge supreme grade into a black blade than a great grade sword and why WB and Roger have not been able to forge their supreme grades into black blades.
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Lmao this is desperate.
