General & Others This move from Zoro was far more impactful for me than Hiryuu Jingoku

[uyuu]

It showed Zoro's calm assessment about his opponent's weakness and motion, a dose of ruthlessness to sacrifice his own face in order to ensure his exchange landing, and the best was the quick decision-making on how which named attack to launch and as a precise counter at that, not just as a simple attack relying on brute force. Imo it was a rare jewel of post-TS Zoro moment. I dont know whether we will see something like this again in Zoro's future fight, but i certainly do hope so.

 

[Sword God Ryuma]

It showed Zoro's calm assessment about his opponent's weakness and motion, a dose of ruthlessness to sacrifice his own face in order to ensure his exchange landing, and the best was the quick decision-making on how which named attack to launch and as a precise counter at that, not just as a simple attack relying on brute force. Imo it was a rare jewel of post-TS Zoro moment. I dont know whether we will see something like this again in Zoro's future fight, but i certainly do hope so.

He didn't sacrifice his face, he blocked it

 

[zzShinichi]

True, this is the best panel of the entire fight. No flashy move, no big black lighnting haki beam, just pure sword strike to King's face. Beautiful choreography

 

[Peroroncino]

That one page had better choreography than the entirety of SvQ

 

[uyuu]

That one page had better choreographh than the entirety of SvQ

Quoted for the truth why Oda do this, its like he gave all the acrobatics, the hyped enemies with great and mysterious lore, relation to Kaidou, CoC Coating for Zoro while leaving none to Sanji, this is real sus

 

[Franosuke]

Quoted for the truth why Oda do this, its like he gave all the acrobatics, the hyped enemies with great and mysterious lore, relation to Kaidou, CoC Coating for Zoro while leaving none to Sanji, this is real sus

From his perspective he just spent like 4 years writing a whole arc just about Sanji tho

 

[Finalbeta]

Whatever Zoro unleashes he is absolutely staggering :cheers:

 

[Lor D. Coast]

I dont know whether we will see something like this again in Zoro's future fight, but i certainly do hope so.

Against Shiryu, CoO, speed and reaction time, tapping into FS will be the key to defeat Shiryu.

 

[CbShadow]

He didn't sacrifice his face, he blocked it

Correct. He didn't sacrifice his face. He blocked it like earlier.

It showed Zoro's calm assessment about his opponent's weakness and motion, a dose of ruthlessness to sacrifice his own face in order to ensure his exchange landing, and the best was the quick decision-making on how which named attack to launch and as a precise counter at that, not just as a simple attack relying on brute force. Imo it was a rare jewel of post-TS Zoro moment. I dont know whether we will see something like this again in Zoro's future fight, but i certainly do hope so.

Even thought he didn't sacrificed his face for the reason above I do agree with the rest. King is an incredibly skilled fighter who uses and switch between his different fighting styles. That in itself can be hard to deal with. Zoro perfectly countered King's attack and uses it to create an opening and hit King.

I believe the fighting skills Zoro displayed in this battle is the type of skills needed to beat characters like Mihawk and Shanks. They may not have strong/durable bodies like Kaido and Big Mom. They have strength in other ways. Their fighter skills makes them hard to hit. If they can't be hit they can't be hurt.

Then there's the famous sword catcher scene.


In the past King was able to surprise Zoro and take his swords.

Now, Zoro used his CoC/CoA blast to free his swords and blow King away.

That was amazing. The way Zoro is growing during this battle remembers me of his growth from his battle with Kaku.

 

[Finalbeta]

Anything concerning Woro san is highly impactful to me :cheers:

 

[nik87]

The whole scene involving Bird Dance was the highlight of the fight.
The ending scene was just Zoro's brutality.
What a shame that Yasha Garasu wasnt used against the one guy who could have tanked it...

 

[Herrera95]

I understand your point but realize that Zoro's finisher on King was a ranged attack. Imagine the damage would have caused if he actually touched King.

 

[BOCCHI]

I’m not sure what King was thinking about here…. Used CoA on his sword yet used his leg like wtf? Nonetheless, Zoro was great in this page.

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

Haven't seen Zoro this big brained before ever since the 5 steps plan against Pica.

 

[Finalbeta]

Haven't seen Zoro this big brained before ever since the 5 steps plan against Pica.

Zoro won against Pica but continental Pica would prove a better match up for Curren Woro