Powers & Abilities Why didn’t Oden have a black blade?
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First Ryuma was the equal of Joy Boy that should tell you how important you need to be to achive a blacke blade
Second only the strongest sworman which fought Shanks many time could achive this feat
Roger which name is blade after his son Ace, should tell you that he had a super affinity with the blade and he is a swordman
Shanks is as well one with grifon and we saw from movie Red that he coated his blade with a haki flame (like Zoro did vs King)
Now Oden's dad stated that Oden coudnt achieve that even while having massive haki feat and using advcoc
He was certain that Zoro could achive that and surpass Oden
So the blacken blade is feat that make 100% Zoro stronger than Oden
We dont know the process but Mihawk stated that every blade can become a blacken one yet there are only 2 in all OP
Probably is the rarest power in OP
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I dont think is luck, you need to be super special, Ryuma was the equal of the Joy Boy in that era while Mihawk is still a mistery but the dude I am sure clashed against Shanks advcoc coating fire grifon so let see what is the process to get a blacken blade
Second only the strongest sworman which fought Shanks many time could achive this feat
Roger which name is blade after his son Ace, should tell you that he had a super affinity with the blade and he is a swordman
Shanks is as well one with grifon and we saw from movie Red that he coated his blade with a haki flame (like Zoro did vs King)
Now Oden's dad stated that Oden coudnt achieve that even while having massive haki feat and using advcoc
He was certain that Zoro could achive that and surpass Oden
So the blacken blade is feat that make 100% Zoro stronger than Oden
We dont know the process but Mihawk stated that every blade can become a blacken one yet there are only 2 in all OP
Probably is the rarest power in OP
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I dont think is luck, you need to be super special, Ryuma was the equal of the Joy Boy in that era while Mihawk is still a mistery but the dude I am sure clashed against Shanks advcoc coating fire grifon so let see what is the process to get a blacken blade
The most likely answer is because the black blade does not matter that much to a swordsman. It's more likely a symbol of status and the effects must be similar to a swordsman using coating during the battle.
People don't even know what a black blade actually do. For all effects, calling it a layer of paint is just as good as theory as anything.
People don't even know what a black blade actually do. For all effects, calling it a layer of paint is just as good as theory as anything.
Only three characters are known to have forged a black blade: Ryuma, Mihawk and, in the future, Zoro.
These three share a common trait: they are all dai-kengou who aimed at the top of swordsmanship and therefore spent their lives actively looking for adversaries to duel (this is more important than many of you seem to believe: the idea of dueling your way to achievement is something with a distinctive weight in Japanese culture and we see it reflected in many popular works; for example, winning a certain number of fights as an additional requirement to "evolve" is a mechanic found in games such as Digimon, Final Fantasy or Pokémon). No other character you will think of share these two traits: most if not all of the strongest swordsmen you will think about (Oden, Rayleigh, Roger, Shanks...) have other ambitions and aren't even considered dai-kengou in spite of weaker characters (Vista, Ushimaru, current Zoro) being recognized as such.
So far it seems obvious that those two are main requirements for a black blade and yes, it probably has something to do with becoming one with your sword in a deep level that only the greatest swordsmen (which isn't the same as strongest swordsmen) who aim at the top of swordsmanship (cutting anything but nothing) can achieve.
These three share a common trait: they are all dai-kengou who aimed at the top of swordsmanship and therefore spent their lives actively looking for adversaries to duel (this is more important than many of you seem to believe: the idea of dueling your way to achievement is something with a distinctive weight in Japanese culture and we see it reflected in many popular works; for example, winning a certain number of fights as an additional requirement to "evolve" is a mechanic found in games such as Digimon, Final Fantasy or Pokémon). No other character you will think of share these two traits: most if not all of the strongest swordsmen you will think about (Oden, Rayleigh, Roger, Shanks...) have other ambitions and aren't even considered dai-kengou in spite of weaker characters (Vista, Ushimaru, current Zoro) being recognized as such.
So far it seems obvious that those two are main requirements for a black blade and yes, it probably has something to do with becoming one with your sword in a deep level that only the greatest swordsmen (which isn't the same as strongest swordsmen) who aim at the top of swordsmanship (cutting anything but nothing) can achieve.
