Chapter 1056 : Zoro's daddy
- Zoro leaves to Ringo to go visit Ryuma's grave
- Upon arriving he sees Onimaru
- Onimaru reveals that he was a fox that ate the Hito-Hito no mi and used to be the companion of Shimotsuki Ushimaru
- He tells Zoro that he was shocked seeing him the first time as he is the spitting image of his deceased friend
- He asks Zoro if he is Ushimaru's long lost son or some shit like that
- Zoro says he doesn't know about all this stuff of him resembling a dead guy but says his surname is Roronoa
- Onimaru shocked face
- He proceeds to tell Zoro about the man named (Insert name)Roronoa who was a foolish swordsman
- The Roronoa's were a low class family from Ebisu town
- Flashback starts and one day, Zoro's dad grabs a Katana and marches to the flower capital wanting to challenge the strongest man there
- His pregnant wife(Zoro's mom) pleads to him not to go
- He declares to the whole town that he's gonna be the greatest swordsman the world has ever seen
- All the citizens are surprised because this is some shit a main protagonist would say
- Nonetheless, they cheer for him all the way to the Flower capital already declaring him the winner and assume he's protected by plot
- As they parade through the capital, Zoro's dad announces that he will be the greatest swordsman in the world
- He then asks where the best swordsman is
- Everyone's shocked because of his bold statement, they never heard anyone say something like this
- A very large crowd forms (shogun also arrives) and some no-name samurai challenges him to a duel (to the death)
- When the battle starts he could barely hold his Katana
- When he finally unsheathes it he remarks how sharp and dangerous it looks
- He tries his best to hit his opponent swinging his sword around wildly and does a bunch of other goofy things
- In an absolutely AMAZING double-page spread we see the fodder samurai pierce Zoro's dad in the chest
- We see Zoro's dad crying while smiling saying some basic shit almost every dying charter says, "At least I tried"
- He collapses with a smile
- We see the whole flower capital ERUPT into laughter while his wife cries
- With the family name tarnished, Zoro's mom leaves secretly on a ship headed to the east blue hoping to start a new life
- She dies after giving birth to Zoro on the ship and Zoro safely reaches Shimotsuki Village
- After finishing the story we return to the present and see Onimaru shocked at Zoro
- In the final page we see Zoro shedding tears
Editors note: "Zoro finally get's character development?"
