General & Others Onepiece without Zoro

#62
I didn't watch the whole Luffy vs Kaido on the anime.. But it looked better animated than all of the fights. Luffy is number 1 at the character popularity. I know on some countries Zoro have over taken him but i don't think if Zoro isn't in the story it would change anything.
 
#63
Zoro only sells as a secondary character. It's probably true that one piece wouldn't be anywhere near as good without him but his story on it's own wouldn't last a year.

Oda's previous manga 'Wanted!' kind of shows that Zoro is a favourite and given how much of his story was incorporated into one piece he is likely the MC that Oda wanted all along. But his character is too dull to make it work

One piece without Zoro wouldn't sell as well, but a story only about Zoro wouldn't sell at all.
Lmao. The story wouldn't be good without Zoro?
 
#64
Pre Alabasta one piece wasn't that popular to begin with
I can make a case that the show wouldn't be there w/o any of the east blue SH
Your claim is just baseless

Who saw Mihawk once pre skip and he came really late lol no one in the fandom follow the story for Mihawk nor Shanks either
This entire thread is about baseless claims. You have absolutely no basis for either knowing what Oda would do if you removed an entire main character from the story or the general reception of the story had that entire main character been removed

there is no character that would fill the void that Zoro would leave in the story. Plain and simple. Sanji wouldn’t suddenly be more likeable because Zoro isn’t there. Neither would Usopp. Remove Zoro and all his popularity and the people who legitimately find Zoro entertaining and sometimes the most entertaining character in the story WOULD BE AFFECTED BY WHAT THE STORY IS

I’m telling you that there is a reason so many mangaka create a “Zoro type” character in their story… it’s not a coincidence that this archetype of character exists across every Shonen you can think of… So claiming that One piece would just be unaffected by the removal of this extremely common archetype is bullshit… Especially since ZORO IS EXTREMELY POPULAR

Like outside of whatever you think of his importance to the story, he is clearly important to its popularity… which manga or story do you know can just delete its second most popular character just like that with no consequences? And why the hell do you think One piece would randomly be unique to be the one story that is fine doing this?

Actually I know why. It’s because the post time skip hasn’t been about the strawhats for the last 12 years… that’s fine… After Oda spent 13 years building up the good will of audience by focusing on the strawhats as characters, he cashed in said good will and betting the audience wouldn’t leave if he spent another 13 years NOT giving a shit about said strawhats… and it worked… One piece fans have been fine with over a decade of stories where the main characters aren’t main characters in the story anymore

But if this is your logic for why you think you can just delete Zoro then you’re obviously wrong in that this entirely hinges on the post time skip having been about these main characters in the first place
 
#65
Zoro:OP = Sakura:Naruto
Thats Sanji you taking about lmfao

Zoro:sasuke / luffy:naruto / sakura:sanji

Sanji=sakura both weak af compare to other 2 and could get oneshot killed by either of them.

And stand side by side each to other so sanji/sakura fans can think they are close in strength lmfao

That's a lot of bullshit. Lot of great things happen in One Piece happened because of Luffy's recklessness. Enies Lobby and Marineford arcs wouldn't happen without him. He is a great MC to have the plot moving forward.
Zoro who?
Lmfao luffy is so fucking trash no one even paying attention to that clown anymore.

Zoro, mihawk, shanks hype carried the whole OP manga since the beginning. Luffy was like a filler character who involved in the plot all the time.

Lmao. The story wouldn't be good without Zoro?
Lmao Oda will sucide if he don't invole zoro in his story because he won't even reach 100 chapters with such a garbage story
 
#66
50% of all topics and discussions are Zoro, Mihawk and Shanks. Goofy is garbage, his fights have become complete shit after Niki, now when he loses a joy fight inside the fruit, he will resurrect him again and awaken the TRUE FORM of GIR 6. Without Zoro, Mihouk and Shanks, I would quit reading this shit without even starting....
 
#71
Zoro is very loved, but One piece without wouldn't had been that different plot-wise, his vital moments would be split to the crew or Luffy.

His role is to fight and have cool moments, there is no story breaking if you write him off
 
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