Character Discussion King is a Katakuri rip-off.

#1
1- both of them are around the same age and are very tall:
King: 47 years old - 613cm
Katakuri: 48 years old - 509cm

2- both of them are YC1 of their respective Yonko crew, and the right hand men of their captains

3- both of them wear the same manner of dark black edgy spiked leather clothes:


4- both of them say the same line in the anime:

5- both of them have bounties over 1 billion:
Katakuri: 1,057,000,000
King: 1,390,000,000

6- both them hide/cover their faces and get angry when someone sees it:



7- both of them have the same crimson red eye color:



8- both of them have tattoos on their bodies:



9- both of them have a calm, collected and stoic personality, preferring to talk less.

10- finally, both of them end up fighting the 2 strongest in the Straw Hats crew who have Conquerors Haki (Luffy & Zoro respectively) in 1v1.

Why is Oda repeating Katakuri's character for a second time in Wano?
 
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#2
1- both of them are around the same age:
King: 47 years old
Katakuri: 48 years old

2- both of them are YC1 of their respective Yonko crew, and the right hand men of their captains

3- both of them wear the same manner of dark black edgy spiked leather clothes:


4- both of them say the same line in the anime:

5- both of them have bounties over 1 billion:
Katakuri: 1,057,000,000
King: 1,390,000,000

6- both them hide/cover their faces and get angry when someone sees it:



7- both of them have the same crimson red eye color:



8- both of them have tattoos on their bodies:



9- both of them have a calm, collected and stoic personality, preferring to talk less.

10- finally, both of them end up fighting the 2 strongest in the Straw Hats crew who have Conquerors Haki (Luffy & Zoro respectively) in 1v1.

Why is Oda repeating Katakuri's character for a second time in Wano?
To show to everyone that King is not a pushover and actually gonna be a training tool for Zoro's progression.
Only difference Zoro is facing stronger and better fighter than Katakuri.
 
#3
To show to everyone that King is not a pushover and actually gonna be a training tool for Zoro's progression.
Only difference Zoro is facing stronger and better fighter than Katakuri.
Nah, Oda's just being lazy with the characters. He did the same thing for sasaki, and basically gave him the exact same ability Buffalo had.
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I thought the design had some similarities but it didn't bother me at first.

But giving King body image issues just makes him a katakuri rip off imo
 
#7
He's a mixture of Marco and Katakuri. I'd say the comparisons are much closer to Marco.

Btw, Oda loves recycling tropes. I think Marco/Jozu were based on Doffy/Kuma.





Then King/Queen also based on them



3rd strongest guy (Warlords, WBPs, Beast Pirates, RHPs) is always a fat, giant dude. 2nd strongest guy is a skinny dude with light hair (at least Beckman in his old age).
 
#8
They are similar but king > Kata :myman:
Wouldn't be so sure of that. Katakuri is the only character in the entire series that Luffy achieved victory over because they submitted, and admitted defeat.

Katakuri got back up before Luffy, and could have easily finished him off while Luffy was still recovering from G4, but chose not to. There is no telling how much longer Katakuri could have continued fighting for, had he chose to keep fighting.

If King truly loses to Zoro in a 1 v 1, in not even a fraction of the time Luffy and Katakuri fought, and King can no longer physically continue the fight, then Katakuri > King
 
#10
King is a version of Marco.

Both are fighters who use kamikaze flying attacks with partial transformation, basically the same fighting style.
 
#11
Wouldn't be so sure of that. Katakuri is the only character in the entire series that Luffy achieved victory over because they submitted, and admitted defeat.

Katakuri got back up before Luffy, and could have easily finished him off while Luffy was still recovering from G4, but chose not to. There is no telling how much longer Katakuri could have continued fighting for, had he chose to keep fighting.

If King truly loses to Zoro in a 1 v 1, in not even a fraction of the time Luffy and Katakuri fought, and King can no longer physically continue the fight, then Katakuri > King
Stop it with this garbage. He lost.



Just because he can move it doesn't mean he can fight.
 
#12
Katakuri got back up before Luffy, and could have easily finished him off while Luffy was still recovering from G4, but chose not to. There is no telling how much longer Katakuri could have continued fighting for, had he chose to keep fighting.
In that scene, I don't think Katakuri was in any position to keep fighting. Neither he nor Luffy were. All he could do was congratulate Luffy on surpassing him and fell on his back as some nod of respect.
 
#13
agree king is look like katakurai somehow and marco at same time ability wise
but he still has his own thing above that

so what that make him ?!
marco +katakuri +king special features = a character >>>>> kata & marco

so it means king is >>>>> maro and kata

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:goyea:
 
#16
Stop it with this garbage. He lost.



Just because he can move it doesn't mean he can fight.
Katakuri is a CoC user. You don't think he has the required willpower to have continued the fight, had he chose to?

The whole fight was built up as Katakuri to realize that no matter what he did, Luffy would continue to get up and fight. Knowing that, he knew his defeat was only a matter of time, and so he went down on his own terms, falling on his back.

That was the beauty of the entire encounter. The man whose back has never touched the ground, was not put on his back by some super powerful move, but rather him coming to grip with the reality that his opponent has surpassed him, and him admitting defeat.
 
#17
Katakuri is a CoC user. You don't think he has the required willpower to have continued the fight, had he chose to?
Wtf does that mean? CoC users have unlimited stamina?

The whole fight was built up as Katakuri to realize that no matter what he did, Luffy would continue to get up and fight. Knowing that, he knew his defeat was only a matter of time, and so he went down on his own terms, falling on his back.
Nice fanfic. Or, or, or. Luffy did what he said he would: surpass Katakuri.
 
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