Powers & Abilities Roger isn’t a swordsman

[Rootbeer]

And Kouzaburo’s son says the opposite

How is it not a debate when characters in the story say different things

also I love how you don’t consider things like Parrying, Blocking, ripostes, spacing, agility, haki as part of swordsmanship. Somehow everything else that Zoro does that’s not cutting is suddenly not Swordmanship. Incredible

The core base main goal of Swordsmanship is to strike your opponent with the sharp edge of your Sword, Swords were invented to cut.. It's not up for debate..

the reason Roger’s sword didn’t hit Rocks was because it physically wasn’t close enough to hit rocks. And the reason Zoro’s swords hit Hachi is because he was physically close enough for that

and in both cases both characters do long range attacks while in melee range

What if Roger was physically close enough to hit Rocks but still opted for a range attack..

It's different, Zoro physically strike Hacchi with his Blades, Roger didn't..

What the fuck are you saying? His “unique sword skill” is a blunt force attacks

And what the hell does Mihawk have to do with this? Are you making some kind of point with mihawk

Rocks was famous for his Sword Skill right.. If it's a Sword Skill that can be learned or mimicked by others it wouldn't be famous to the point of being established by the narrator.. Roger didn't get this level of praise even though he has one of the highest Sword Skill shown in the series where we don't really know how or what he did.. I'm saying Mihawk Sword Skill can most probably do what Roger did but not what Rocks did..

Rocks doesn’t have a “sword fighting style”. He doesn’t call out a sword style in his attack names

What we know is that he is famous for blunt force attacks. So I would say yes, he is famous for the thing he uses the most. I mean in his fight with Harald he only used blunt force attacks

So you're saying Rocks' blunt force attacks is his main fighting style.. That would mean he's not a Swordsman either solely based on your answer.. I haven't made my mind on Rocks personally..

 

[kekaro]

absolute noodle win for the fact alone this has 43 pages
Like a fiddle

 

[BornAgain]

The core base main goal of Swordsmanship is to strike your opponent with the sharp edge of your Sword, Swords were invented to cut.. It's not up for debate..




What if Roger was physically close enough to hit Rocks but still opted for a range attack..

It's different, Zoro physically strike Hacchi with his Blades, Roger didn't..

Rocks was famous for his Sword Skill right.. If it's a Sword Skill that can be learned or mimicked by others it wouldn't be famous to the point of being established by the narrator.. Roger didn't get this level of praise even though he has one of the highest Sword Skill shown in the series where we don't really know how or what he did.. I'm saying Mihawk Sword Skill can most probably do what Roger did but not what Rocks did..


So you're saying Rocks' blunt force attacks is his main fighting style.. That would mean he's not a Swordsman either solely based on your answer.. I haven't made my mind on Rocks personally..

What about Roger using cutting attacks in his ultimate attack to finish off Domi Reversi Rocks?

 

[Rootbeer]

What about Roger using cutting attacks in his ultimate attack to finish off Domi Reversi Rocks?

This suggest to me that it's a Blunt attack..

And as well as Divine Departure and Wild Spirit being both Blunt Damage..

 

[BornAgain]

This suggest to me that it's a Blunt attack..

And as well as Divine Departure and Wild Spirit being both Blunt Damage..

That's an interesting point. What visual effect should cutting attacks have?