So, let me explain what I mean by that.
When Naruto starts out, it was a series about an untalented child working hard to attain an impossible dream, “to become a Hokage.”
Naruto is consistently portrayed as Un-talented, dumb, and a poor ninja overall, but it was his strong desire to work hard and become a great Ninja that set him apart from talented Ninja like Neji and Sasuke.
Fast-forward some 700 Chapters, and we find out that Naruto is a literal god-incarnate, who’s entire family lineage is essentially gods and kings inbreeding with each other to create Naruto, a child of prophecy and literal diety in human form.
Naruto went from an admirable character, an untalented ninja working as hard as he could, to becoming a god, handpicked by destiny for greatness, and all of his hard-work went down the shitter as a result.
With the reveal that Zoro has Conqueror’s Haki, and the implication that the most powerful people in the world also have this form of CoC, is One Piece heading down a similar path?
For a lot of people, Luffy’s character went down the toilet when it was revealed that he was related to Garp and Dragon. Luffy was changed from just a fun-loving kid who wanted to go on an adventure, to becoming a genetically stacked pirate Jesus who was destined to reach pirate king levels of strength even if he spent most of his time wacking off on the Sunny.
With Zoro now having Conqueror’s Haki, it appears that Oda intends to treat him the same way. Zoro was always different from Luffy, he actually spent time training while Luffy was goofing off. But no longer is Zoro just a really hardworking guy, destined to succeed because of how much he wants his ambition and works to attain it, but now Zoro is genetically a King. It’s not enough to have Zoro succeed in the New World because he works really hard, Oda had to make him a King by lineage?
More lineage bullshit has been foreshadowed by the “lineage factor” nonsense. I’m not sure why the Japanese think that it makes characters interesting to give them some “legendary lineage”, it actually devalues all of the trials they’ve overcome in the past. Zoro is just genetically destined to overcome all of the genetically flawed opponents he’s come across no matter what. The only trials he can’t overcome seemingly, are other genetically chosen super-freaks like Kaido.
The message Oda is sending with this is becoming clear: want to succeed in life? Well, you’d better hope you were chosen by destiny at birth, or you pretty much have no chance at ever accomplishing something great. I’d like to meet an OP top tier who achieved their status despite not being born a god-king.
This philosophy is garbage and I honestly don’t know why Oda couldn’t just leave Zoro be, but hey, Oda was on a roll at ruining everything about OP in Wano, so I guess it was inevitable that Zoro would be too. Not like most of us didn’t see this shit coming lol.
Anyway, discuss: is Zoro ruined now? Has all of his hard work gone down the toilet since he is genetically chosen to succeed? Share your thoughts.
@TheAncientCenturion @comrade @Blackbeard @Owl Ki @ShishioIsBack @Tekashi69420 @MarineHQ62 @Sentinel @playa4321 @HA001 @Light D Lamperouge
When Naruto starts out, it was a series about an untalented child working hard to attain an impossible dream, “to become a Hokage.”
Naruto is consistently portrayed as Un-talented, dumb, and a poor ninja overall, but it was his strong desire to work hard and become a great Ninja that set him apart from talented Ninja like Neji and Sasuke.
Fast-forward some 700 Chapters, and we find out that Naruto is a literal god-incarnate, who’s entire family lineage is essentially gods and kings inbreeding with each other to create Naruto, a child of prophecy and literal diety in human form.
Naruto went from an admirable character, an untalented ninja working as hard as he could, to becoming a god, handpicked by destiny for greatness, and all of his hard-work went down the shitter as a result.
With the reveal that Zoro has Conqueror’s Haki, and the implication that the most powerful people in the world also have this form of CoC, is One Piece heading down a similar path?
For a lot of people, Luffy’s character went down the toilet when it was revealed that he was related to Garp and Dragon. Luffy was changed from just a fun-loving kid who wanted to go on an adventure, to becoming a genetically stacked pirate Jesus who was destined to reach pirate king levels of strength even if he spent most of his time wacking off on the Sunny.
With Zoro now having Conqueror’s Haki, it appears that Oda intends to treat him the same way. Zoro was always different from Luffy, he actually spent time training while Luffy was goofing off. But no longer is Zoro just a really hardworking guy, destined to succeed because of how much he wants his ambition and works to attain it, but now Zoro is genetically a King. It’s not enough to have Zoro succeed in the New World because he works really hard, Oda had to make him a King by lineage?
More lineage bullshit has been foreshadowed by the “lineage factor” nonsense. I’m not sure why the Japanese think that it makes characters interesting to give them some “legendary lineage”, it actually devalues all of the trials they’ve overcome in the past. Zoro is just genetically destined to overcome all of the genetically flawed opponents he’s come across no matter what. The only trials he can’t overcome seemingly, are other genetically chosen super-freaks like Kaido.
The message Oda is sending with this is becoming clear: want to succeed in life? Well, you’d better hope you were chosen by destiny at birth, or you pretty much have no chance at ever accomplishing something great. I’d like to meet an OP top tier who achieved their status despite not being born a god-king.
This philosophy is garbage and I honestly don’t know why Oda couldn’t just leave Zoro be, but hey, Oda was on a roll at ruining everything about OP in Wano, so I guess it was inevitable that Zoro would be too. Not like most of us didn’t see this shit coming lol.
Anyway, discuss: is Zoro ruined now? Has all of his hard work gone down the toilet since he is genetically chosen to succeed? Share your thoughts.
@TheAncientCenturion @comrade @Blackbeard @Owl Ki @ShishioIsBack @Tekashi69420 @MarineHQ62 @Sentinel @playa4321 @HA001 @Light D Lamperouge
