Speculations The battle is coming to a "head"
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It's not about in verse logic. Obviously Zoro and Robin are more dangerous in terms of killing intent because they've actually killed in the past, but the fact here is that Oda explicitly said this in SBS 57:
D: This is a question, but Luffy and his crew always seem to say "I'll beat him up" or something along those lines when they defeat a villain, right? Accurately, I don't think any enemies died. When the way of saying "kill" or "crush" is not used here, is it because they never kill their opponents? Is this some kind of policy? P.N. Tochitsuki
O: It has publication reasons. There was a phone call from my granny in my hometown, and she said that "it ain't good to use words sayin' that someone will kill the other". It's obvious Luffy and his crew don't use it, but I think as for the enemies, that's just.. too bad. It is the mature me that thinks it is really bad word usage when a friend of mine dies from time to time. Well, as for the running gags and the evilll villains, it is used, but I use it thinking "oh, this is a bad thing to say." Don't use it, everyone.
Even regarding Zoro I recall a specific euphemism is used in order to avoid the word "kill" in his mouth. And Oda may joke about it, but when he starts with "It has publication reasons" I'm pretty sure that granny in his hometown is his boss applying some "PEGI 12" restrictions for his shonen.
Anyways, the big picture here is that, for "publication reasons", Oda won't have his main characters saying ugly stuff yet what some people are assuming here is that he will draw one of the good guys doing this to a person:
A good guy who can't even pronounce "kill" because it's too harsh yet he's expected to murder a defeated human being (sure, in dragon form, but still a person we've come to known through the arc) on screen and with one of the most gruesome, most explicit methods ever.
Literally every reason you can give supporting ZKK is obvious for any reader, this isn't a hard story to follow after all. But that's not the issue here, the issue is that, for "publication reasons", Oda won't let Zoro say "kill".
D: This is a question, but Luffy and his crew always seem to say "I'll beat him up" or something along those lines when they defeat a villain, right? Accurately, I don't think any enemies died. When the way of saying "kill" or "crush" is not used here, is it because they never kill their opponents? Is this some kind of policy? P.N. Tochitsuki
O: It has publication reasons. There was a phone call from my granny in my hometown, and she said that "it ain't good to use words sayin' that someone will kill the other". It's obvious Luffy and his crew don't use it, but I think as for the enemies, that's just.. too bad. It is the mature me that thinks it is really bad word usage when a friend of mine dies from time to time. Well, as for the running gags and the evilll villains, it is used, but I use it thinking "oh, this is a bad thing to say." Don't use it, everyone.
Even regarding Zoro I recall a specific euphemism is used in order to avoid the word "kill" in his mouth. And Oda may joke about it, but when he starts with "It has publication reasons" I'm pretty sure that granny in his hometown is his boss applying some "PEGI 12" restrictions for his shonen.
Anyways, the big picture here is that, for "publication reasons", Oda won't have his main characters saying ugly stuff yet what some people are assuming here is that he will draw one of the good guys doing this to a person:
A good guy who can't even pronounce "kill" because it's too harsh yet he's expected to murder a defeated human being (sure, in dragon form, but still a person we've come to known through the arc) on screen and with one of the most gruesome, most explicit methods ever.
Literally every reason you can give supporting ZKK is obvious for any reader, this isn't a hard story to follow after all. But that's not the issue here, the issue is that, for "publication reasons", Oda won't let Zoro say "kill".
