I think Oda just hyped Mihawk so much when he showed Roger using a sword. Before it was just generic pirate stuff but Roger's first attack/battle on panel was a named attack from a named sword. Oda could have easily gone for the Luffy parallel with Roger and shown Roger using his fists to fight and being a haki monster but no. He doubled down on it by making Roger's sword a supreme grade sword and then named the sword Ace so we learn that Roger indeed had some deep bond with his sword to name his son after it. People have been overdosing on copium since then. The previous PK who most put as Top 1-3 ever is now a declared swordsman with a named supreme grade sword and named attacks. They fear how high Zoro's ceiling might be if he becomes the WSS ever (surpassing the likes of Ryuma, Mihawk, Kaido, WB and Roger), the very thought makes Zoro haters shit their pants.
