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You misunderstood me. Enma Choose Zoro because his worthy, the Scabbards are not. Just because the Scabbards have to "Haki or Will" to slay Kaido they only possess 1 form of that Haki I've mentioned in my entire post. Haki isn't just one's goals, Will or desire etc. Its also CoA, CoO, CoC, etc... it has many uses and definitions linguistically and in an entire new form that is used in an attack form in the Manga.
The Scabbards lack the latter of what I've just described.
Zoro chose Enma. Sounds like a "same difference" thing but it's a pretty different concept actually and the problem some are having here. The idea that a sword mastered before Oden was 18 and left to weakass Hiyori determines the strength of a guy who mastered a black sword.

it's different from the other swords, but there's nothing that he won't be able to do without it once he's gotten the hang of it.

sorry.. but.. he doesn't even know enma's name..
So you... agree?
 
yet narratively oda makes zoro say that he'd get stronger after he mastered a sword that grants him more haki exertion.. and he changes it with shusui.. when zoro could have returned shusui after the arc..

edit: the logic being if shusui is capable of doing what enma does then zoro shouldn't be much stronger... but if you wanna argue that shusui can't draw haki like enma.. then it wouldn't make sense for zoro to be equally capable with shusui when it doesn't offer the same attributes..like why does zoro claim that he can get stronger by repeating the same with enma...

it is narratively put in place that zoro is highly contingent on enma to damage kaido... from panel to panel.. from comment to comment... enma recieves more recognition than zoro


... I'm pretty sure zoro said he hasn't exerted most of enma...meaning the haki he drew in it wasn't enough.. and he doesn't mention his other swrods that he has mastered more profusely obviously...

Kaido doesn't mention wado and Sandai when he gets cut... he doesn't mention how those blades were able to cut him.. he also doesn't mention how other blades have the same oddity and feeling like enma since it takes zoro's haki... this is not to prove that ODEN HAKI IN ZORO SWORD WOW... this is to prove that kaido distincts enma from the rest of the blades mind you he has mastered completely



so.. mastering a blade of the same rank should be easier... if cutting and not cutting is what makes a swordsman master a sword.. even tho you are not taking into consideration that zoro was struggling with enma drawing haki... and not it cutting too much like Sandia.... its different for different swrods... one cut too much.. one is heavier, one draws exponential haki... cutting and not cutting isn't the right metric to see if anyone can cut and not cut ONLY.. not that it isn't a factor.


he shouldn't be "MUCH STRONGER" after mastering enma then.. it doesn't make sense of he's able to do the same with shusui...
that's a narrative fallacy


.. the PH dragon.. and the ability to cut it...


luffy was punching the shit out of that thing doesn't mean he'd be able to punch kaido around while damaging him... that false equivalency... tho i agree the Ryuma parallel gleams the most there.. but that still narratively shusui cutting the dragon... if zoro was able to replicate it.. oda wouldn't have had him change swrods...THAT MAKE HIM MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN HE IS RN MIND YOU.. when he coukd have had a romantic moment with hyori where where she calls him "zori-kun" and asks him to return it and he gifts it back after replicating Ryuma's legacy.. again narratively inconsistent arguments

and bro let's not even get to zoro using a certain number of swrods to cut yet it lands one slash...

Zoro uses 9 swrods.... and he's seen lifting enma (in his right hand) in a posture that indicates a post-cutting stance...... so zoro cut Kaido with Enma YET AGAIN.. and it even causes one scar... so zoro using 1 sword give kaido 1 scar..

idk if we can use this perspective on other moves which are way more ambiguous but this is an obvious visual blatantly screaming at you... that I FUCKIN CUT THIS TUNA WITH 1 SWORD BITCH.


and about zoro having ryou... until its mentioned I'm not ready to belive it.. Mr 1 argument doesn't logically sit right with me... it like saying since the sky is blue and the ocean too... sky = ocean
This is an interesting post because just about everything you posted I have already answered or countered so I'm just going to post those responses here.

Before I even answer this question I need to explain what ryu is. Some people don't understand. Ryu is Wano citizens term for haki. The only difference is most of them are swordsmen or weapon users for them to be able to properly use ryu or haki with their weapon or fighting style they have to learn flow/barrier haki so they can add it to their weapon. Flow/barrier haki is the ability to flow haki from the body.

Zoro first used ryu against Mr. 1. Yes, he has had that power (ryu) since pre time skip.


First, Zoro having enma using doesn't automatically mean he can Kaido. When Zoro first attacked Kaido he didn't cut him. That alone proves the ability to cut Kaido comes from the users (Zoro), not the sword (enma). I almost believe Oda did that on purpose to squash the belief enma is the reason he cut Kaido.

When Zoro used Dragon twister he cut Kaido with all three swords. That is a 3 sword attack. If he wouldn't have cut Kaido with all 3 swords then he would have commented on it. The manga even hints at Zoro ability to cut Kaido way back when he cut the dragon during punk hazard. That's why that feat is compared to Ryuma's feat in the official one piece magazine and even ask if Zoro will repeat Ryuma's legendary dragon cutting feat in Wano.


Enma doesn't increase the strength of Zoro's haki, it just forces him to release larger amounts of haki. Zoro's haki strength would be the same with or without enma. Enma does not retain its previous users haki or store haki.


Yes, Kaido and Big Mom both comment on the sword because it is a unique sword. I have already explained that.


When Zoro cut Kaido with his dragon twister Big Mom stated Zoro cut Kaido. While Kaido stated he felt an unfamiliar haki. It wasn't Oden's haki since Kaido is familiar with Oden's haki. That means the haki he felt was Zoro's haki.


Zoro would be stronger right now with shisui because he fully mastered that sword.
His battle against Pica showed us a small percent of his true power.


We didn't see the true strength of that attack because he didn't need to use billion fold world to cut the golem. The second attack Zoro used, which was a none name attack, cut a large section of Pica than his first attack.

I have already mentioned he cut and killed a dragon with shisui.

Swordsman grow stronger with new swords but that is after they master the sword. That comes from properly controlling the sword. If the user cuts too little or too much with the new sword they haven't mastered. Zoro hasn't fully mastered enma. He is stronger with enma then he was when he first obtained it but still has ways to go. Remembering, what true makes swordsman strong is their ability to cut what they want to or not cut.

Zoro without enma but with shisui would perform similar.

PS: The reason some believe Zoro can't do much to Kaido without enma is because they fail to understand ryu/haki is the key to cutting/hurting Kaido, not enma.
The number of cuts Zoro's opponent receives isn't determined by the number of swords uses to cut them.

Zoro used 3 swords attack against Pica but it produced one cut.


The Fishman and shields receive one cut from the dragon twister.


Kaku received one cut from Zoro's asura mode (9 sword style) attack.


You can see from above that Kaido receiving one cut doesn't mean he only cut him with enma. Zoro cut Kaido with all swords since that's what he wanted to do and he didn't say didn't happen.

The reason he focused his attention on enma was because that was his new sword, he hasn't master it, and it was the cause of his problems. Zoro didn't want to use too much haki and ended up using too little haki.

Shisui is stronger than enma pound for pound. If both sword were used and the same amount of haki or no haki was used shishu would produce the stronger attack. That is because shisui is a black blade. That makes it stronger.
Shisui was the source behind the raw of that attack. While with enma, Zoro's haki is the source behind the strength of the attack.

I'm saying if you want to cut/hurt Kaido, excluding sound attacks and other attacks that by pass his durable body, ryu/haki is needed. Zoro and Killer only gave him a bruise with their first attack. Technically, you could count that as an injury but they still didn't cut him.
The reason Kaido mentioned enma it's because that is the only sword that he knows. He didn't even call The sword by his proper name. He just said Oden's sword because that's all he knows about the sword.

Why he called the other two swords out by the name if he doesn't even know anything about those swords.
Strange haki as in unfamiliar haki. Which means that is Zoro's haki.

Kaido is familiar with Oden's haki so it wouldn't be a strange haki to him.
He's my post again because you need to read it again.


If Zoro only cut Kaido with enma than he would mention it. Skill swordsman cuts what they wish to cut. If Zoro is using a 3 sword technique that means he wishes to cut his opponent or target with 3 swords. If that doesn't happen he would stated it.

It's funny to me that the Scabbards, who are all weaker than Zoro, can cut Kaido with enma but some believe Zoro needs enma to cut Kaido.
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I believe he commented on their attack because it was a strong attack. He gave props to Law for dropping some rocks on him and called everyone little monsters.

An Yonko doesn't know everything. The reason he's single out enma was because that's the only sword he knows about.

We aren't told the sword change the haki in any way.


I believe Kaido mentioned it because he felt a large amount of haki he's never felt before and he knows that can damage him.
Luffy never damage the dragon. Only punched it. Zoro killed it with one attack. There is a big difference between the two.
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We know shanks fought with Kaido. But as we see, shanks did not cut Kaido.

Reason is so obvious . No need to discuss.

We also know that Shanks haki ability >>>>>>>>>>>> Zoros.

Conclusion is very easy.

W/o enma , anybody cannot cut Kaido.
Every Scabbards cut Kaido. They can't use enma.
 
The highest rank Shusui can achieve, is the rank Enma already is. Enma should be on the cusp of becoming a black blade and ranking up at this point, making it stronger than Shusui.

Oda is not going to replace one of Zoro's Swords, with a weaker one.
But see thats the thing Enma has the potential to surpass shusui so does wado...and nidai doesnt it make sense that shusui stands atop all the other regular blades in its class when it ranked up?zoro understands this ..once i master enma and make it black it will surpass shusui eventually same for the other blades in its class and maybe im wrong with this logic but if the level up system applies to yoru then heck we have 11 other blades with the potential to be over it without even needing to be black because they would be at the cusp of turning black and achieving a rank untold of...yes i understand that this is headcannon and yoru may have been a supreme grade at the start im just going by what tengu said could happen so to me it makes sense that shusui is in a league of its own but yes i agree with u its maxed out but zoro could trade if off making himself weaker yes but in the long run gaining more strength becaue enma has way more potential then shusui
 
This is an interesting post because just about everything you posted I have already answered or countered so I'm just going to post those responses here.









Luffy never damage the dragon. Only punched it. Zoro killed it with one attack. There is a big difference between the two.
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Every Scabbards cut Kaido. They can't use enma.
sorry but you didn't really..
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He would make the same damage as the scabbards without Enma (at Ashura Douji lvl probably, though Oda didnt really cared about distinguishing the strength between each scabbard and all of them looked equal, but we know that's not the case).

But anyway, it won't be much different since if Zoro with Enma did 0,5 % of damage, without it is 0,25% let's say, Kaido won't really perceive it anyway.
 
Zoro chose Enma. Sounds like a "same difference" thing but it's a pretty different concept actually and the problem some are having here. The idea that a sword mastered before Oden was 18 and left to weakass Hiyori determines the strength of a guy who mastered a black sword.

it's different from the other swords, but there's nothing that he won't be able to do without it once he's gotten the hang of it.


So you... agree?
In the Japanese language the word "Haki" encompasses many definitions and on top of that It's additionally also a form of attack power in the One Piece world. When "Haki" gets translated people don't know what type of "Haki" is mentioned when a character's or objects "Haki" is mentioned. That is were the confusion comes in. People need to understand this word linguistically in its original language in order to understand what the characters in the manga are talking about.
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Think of Enma as a Cursed Blade. Its unfulfilled "Will" is so great that whoever touches it, it takes his "CoA" to fulfill its "Will". Which is to kill Kaido. Notice how we are differentiating all these types of "Haki" with different words like "Will" and "CoA" etc... A typical Japanese wouldn't need to all these different terms to explain this word. They would understand its whole meaning unlike many of us.
Enma is Berserking Blade out for Kaido's blood. Only someone who's "Haki" or "Will" is greater than it can wield it.

So Enma just wants a capable user who is able to carry out it's "Will".

Enma tried to drain Zoro but couldn't. Others who tried died or nearly died. Its a Cursed Blade that tried to over power Zoro but Zoro's "Will or Haki" overpowered Enma's "Will". So Zoro's "Haki" is greater than Oden or Enma's.
Same thing can be said about how Zoro's first cursed blade he got at Louge town.
 
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sorry.. but.. he doesn't even know enma's name..

and you initial argument was about zoro imbuing his own haki (which is true) which is what kaido feels...soo that should go the same for his other swrods since during tatsumaki he hardens them.. according to u kaido should be feeling the oddity in all of zoro's swords but kaido says..



IT MUST BE ODEN' SWORD... you kinda contradicted yourself there by not applying the oddity is haki aspect to other blades that QUOTE EN QUOTE cut Kaido
Enma was one of the sword the scarred him and gave him PTSD. It's no different than when he freaked out over the Scabbards cutting him and he thought they had Oden's ryu. Kaido doesn't really understand ryu.
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sorry but you didn't really..
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Yes, but if you want to ignore it that's on you.
 
You misunderstood me. Enma Choose Zoro because his worthy, the Scabbards are not. Just because the Scabbards have to "Haki or Will" to slay Kaido they only possess 1 form of that Haki I've mentioned in my entire post. Haki isn't just one's goals, Will or desire etc. Its also CoA, CoO, CoC, etc... it has many uses and definitions linguistically and in an entire new form that is used in an attack form in the Manga.
The Scabbards lack the latter of what I've just described.

Also "Inherited Will" is a very important part of the manga. In fact right when Zoro received Enma their was the editor's note regarding "inherited Will" mentioned on that very same page. Enma's or Oden "Will: thirsting for Kaido's blood doesn't add any power up to Zoro. it's the same thing as using intimidation. Enma let loose its blood lust. That's all it did and drained Zoro's Haki much more than Zoro wanted. Big Mom and Kaido felt Enma's or Odens "Will" within the sword. "Will" being its desire for slaying Kaido which is Enma's Will that Oden left unfulfilled.



You didn't even read my post. If you did you would realize I've mentioned and differentiated between the types of Haki you are talking about. You calling me out on something we share the same opinion on is really weird and I don't even know what you are talking about.



I meant to say the same Attack Ryuma used on the Western Dragon in Wano that Long time ago. The pose Ryuma had when he killed the dragon was the same as Zoro had when he was attacking Kaido.
Upon carefully reading I see your point. Essentially what you are saying is that enma choose zoro because it senses his haki. Basically he has the conquering will (kings haki) to weild the sword in the first place. I get that. Wasn't arguing that though. Was arguing in what I thought you were explaining haki to be. Though I will admit if you were trying to say what you are saying now then I was the one that misunderstood you and apologize
 
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The number of cuts Zoro's opponents receive isn't determined by the number of swords used.

Zoro used 3 swords attack against Pica but it produced one cut.


The Fishman and shields receive one cut from the dragon twister.


Kaku received one cut from Zoro's asura mode (9 sword style) attack.


You can see from above that Kaido receiving one cut doesn't mean he only cut him with enma. Zoro cut Kaido with all swords since that's what he wanted to do and he didn't say didn't happen.

The reason he focused his attention on enma was because that was his new sword, he hasn't master it, and it was the cause of his problems. Zoro didn't want to use too much haki and ended up using too little haki.

Shisui is stronger than enma pound for pound. If both sword were used and the same amount of haki or no haki was used shishu would produce the stronger attack. That is because shisui is a black blade. That makes it stronger.
Makes sense nice job breaking it down :cheers: but I still think enma is much stronger
 
I think Shusui>Enma!Enma is not a black blade and is a liability because it sucks more haki than intended!It added nothing to Zoro's AP!But it is a training tool for his coa manipulation!
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I've been looking over a few chapters & came with the conclusion that without enma zoro wouldn't have did so well as he did against the yonko's , kaido only made reference to enma not zoro, big mom also, even when zoro use three swords to cut kaido it was only enma that cut not the other two sword, it's a fact zoro needed oden sword to become stronger even zoro knows this :kayneshrug: now someone prove me wrong
So, by your logic, Asura, that scarred Kaido, is a 1-sword style (Enma only) instead of a 9-sword style? :milaugh:
 

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I think Shusui>Enma!Enma is not a black blade and is a liability because it sucks more haki than intended!It added nothing to Zoro's AP!But it is a training tool for his coa manipulation!
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Indeed, the major issue is the black blade notion since Enma was proved to likely costitute a training tool and not much more overall. So swords of the same grade should possibly entail a similar power and the black blade could make a difference potential. Also no real proof Zoro mastered Enma's usage on top of the cake.
 
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