Break Week What are Swordsmen? What does it mean to be WSS? Directly answered by Zoro

[Shanal]

So what is swordsmanship then?

so what does Oda mean when he says Mihawk’s swordsmanship is superior to Shanks?

by this I’m asking both WHAT does this mean in the story and also WHY did Oda bother mentioning this seemingly useless fact about Mihawk

so… is Shanks a swordsman?

I have opinions on swordsmanship but that's a separate thread entirely anyway. And less pure canon.

The point of this thread was just the canonical (as far as Zoro is concerned) definition of swordsmen and what does it mean to be strongest swordsman.

 

[Blax Blah]

 

[ImmaIvanoM]

One has to live by it

What does this mean?

What seems to matter is Sword Skill

sword skill is swordsmanship

but if you want then I will change the wording

What is “Sword skill”?

I have opinions on swordsmanship but that's a separate thread entirely anyway. And less pure canon.

The point of this thread was just the canonical (as far as Zoro is concerned) definition of swordsmen and what does it mean to be strongest swordsman.

you don’t think Mihawk being introduced as having superior swordsmanship to Shanks has anything to do with him being WSS?

you are legit saying swordsmanship has nothing to do with the WSS title at all?