Zoro’s fighting ability is inconsistent
Basically what Morj says is that Zoro is as strong as the plot requires him to be
Which falls in line with my theory that Oda doesn’t even know how Zoro fights.
Remember back in Mihawk vs Zoro in alabasta? Zoro finished that fight with a failed attempt to perform “3 sword secret technique 3000 worlds”. Makes sense. Mihawk is no.1 so Zoro pulls out “secret techniques”.
Question is, what happened to this “secret technique”? As a point of reference, Zoro DID NOT use this technique again until Thriller Bark fighting Oars. That’s a 400 chapter gap in which Zoro has got into extreme difficulty fights and even got multiple power ups, BUT did not ever use his “secret technique”
The next time this technique appears is Zoro cutting Pica. Note, he cuts Pica using “3000 worlds” while he cuts Pica’s golem using “Greater 3000 worlds”. This of course implies that he held back on Pica not to literally kill him hence downgrading to a weaker version of the technique.
The problem with that is this is the only time Zoro’s shown to be able to do this. For example Onigiri turned into Purgatory Onigiri post time skip and Zoro has never been show on be able to revert back to the regular Onigiri post time skip.
We know Zoro still knows the pre time skip versions of his abilities such as him using “two sword Tower climb” on Hawkins but we’ve never seen him have both pre time skip and post time skip version of a technique except with the “3000 worlds”
And of course not to mention Ashura that hasn’t returned for 500 chapters same was “3000 worlds” didn’t return for 400 chapters yet both Techniques appeared to be Zoro’s best.
All in all this general lack of consistency in how Zoro’s powers are structured in Oda’s mind along with Morj’s video about how loose Zoro’s power level is just leads me to believe this is just a plot thing. Zoro’s abilities and strength are probably the most dependent on what the plot says than anyone.
The plot says “Zoro trains everyday” so Zoro can be as strong as whatever Oda wants. The plot says “Zoro actually used Haki in Alabasta” so now Zoro can fight Kaido without 30 chapters of training like Luffy. The plot says “Zoro trains with Enma” so whatever level of strength is required he gets.
Basically what Morj says is that Zoro is as strong as the plot requires him to be
Which falls in line with my theory that Oda doesn’t even know how Zoro fights.
Remember back in Mihawk vs Zoro in alabasta? Zoro finished that fight with a failed attempt to perform “3 sword secret technique 3000 worlds”. Makes sense. Mihawk is no.1 so Zoro pulls out “secret techniques”.
Question is, what happened to this “secret technique”? As a point of reference, Zoro DID NOT use this technique again until Thriller Bark fighting Oars. That’s a 400 chapter gap in which Zoro has got into extreme difficulty fights and even got multiple power ups, BUT did not ever use his “secret technique”
The next time this technique appears is Zoro cutting Pica. Note, he cuts Pica using “3000 worlds” while he cuts Pica’s golem using “Greater 3000 worlds”. This of course implies that he held back on Pica not to literally kill him hence downgrading to a weaker version of the technique.
The problem with that is this is the only time Zoro’s shown to be able to do this. For example Onigiri turned into Purgatory Onigiri post time skip and Zoro has never been show on be able to revert back to the regular Onigiri post time skip.
We know Zoro still knows the pre time skip versions of his abilities such as him using “two sword Tower climb” on Hawkins but we’ve never seen him have both pre time skip and post time skip version of a technique except with the “3000 worlds”
And of course not to mention Ashura that hasn’t returned for 500 chapters same was “3000 worlds” didn’t return for 400 chapters yet both Techniques appeared to be Zoro’s best.
All in all this general lack of consistency in how Zoro’s powers are structured in Oda’s mind along with Morj’s video about how loose Zoro’s power level is just leads me to believe this is just a plot thing. Zoro’s abilities and strength are probably the most dependent on what the plot says than anyone.
The plot says “Zoro trains everyday” so Zoro can be as strong as whatever Oda wants. The plot says “Zoro actually used Haki in Alabasta” so now Zoro can fight Kaido without 30 chapters of training like Luffy. The plot says “Zoro trains with Enma” so whatever level of strength is required he gets.
