The founders of shimotsuki village were not merely samurai from wano, they were pirates. And they left wano 50 years ago.
Given the timing, I think there’s a big possibility that the pirates who founded Shimotsuki village had ties to the Rocks pirates.
This is why we got no conclusive answer to Zoro’s backstory in wano. Oda intends to reveal all of it in Hachinosu/Elbaf, when the SHs save Ochoku from Teach’s prison(along with Koby and Pudding).
Given how Luffy’s dad is dragon and Sanji’s dad is Judge, a King of Germa and member of MADs, Zoro’s dad has to be someone important. Who would be a better fit than Ochoku?
My theory is that Ochoku was Kouzaburo’s captain, the leader of the shimotsuki pirates who left wano. At some point, they went their separate ways. Kouzaburo left piracy behind whereas Ochoku ruled Hachinosu. He had a kid with a woman whose surname was Roronoa. Zoro inherited that name instead of Ochoku’s, as they didn’t want him to be hunted due to who his father was.
Given the timing, I think there’s a big possibility that the pirates who founded Shimotsuki village had ties to the Rocks pirates.
This is why we got no conclusive answer to Zoro’s backstory in wano. Oda intends to reveal all of it in Hachinosu/Elbaf, when the SHs save Ochoku from Teach’s prison(along with Koby and Pudding).
Given how Luffy’s dad is dragon and Sanji’s dad is Judge, a King of Germa and member of MADs, Zoro’s dad has to be someone important. Who would be a better fit than Ochoku?
My theory is that Ochoku was Kouzaburo’s captain, the leader of the shimotsuki pirates who left wano. At some point, they went their separate ways. Kouzaburo left piracy behind whereas Ochoku ruled Hachinosu. He had a kid with a woman whose surname was Roronoa. Zoro inherited that name instead of Ochoku’s, as they didn’t want him to be hunted due to who his father was.