Break Week Why Zoro will fight Vergo in the future
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Yes, that's basically what happened with Kaidou vs Luffy, Luffy vs Katakuri, even though both have FS the focus is so big on their opponent that they can't see attacks performed by other people around them unless they know of that individual's presence as well , so Cp-0 and Flampe managed to hit Luffy.
Law's nickname by Luffy means "tiger guy" (Torao, トラ男, which is an actual Japanese name).
Tiger has tons to do with bamboo, it's quite a well-established, common trope in both Chinese and Japanese arts and folklore, among other East Asian countries. To begin with, the tiger is addressed as the king of the forest because it's said to be only one capable of penetrating the forest of bamboo (this comes from ancient texts like the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra); hence, a symbolism of strength and perseverance was given to it since the tiger could even subdue bamboo, and even samurai used the two as motif as it represented the strong (samurai) protecting the weak (bamboo, in comparison). Knowing that bamboo itself symbolizes strength and resilience, the tiger subduing it is seen as an statement of utter overcoming an obstacle (which is exactly what Law cutting Vergo's strong armament represents, this was metaphorical for the tiger overcoming the bamboo forest).
Funnily enough, Zoro's animal counterpart is also depicted holding bamboo "swords" because of this relationship; there's another layer here that you may ignore, by the way, which is that the word for the bamboo plant is sasa (笹), which also means alcohol (ささ) —while otora (大虎) not only means big tiger but also describes shaky drunktards. No surprise the sake-loving Zoro is compared to a tiger with bamboo:
So there you go; don't worry because this had nothing to do with Oda skipping parts only to get Sanji negged. Law defeating Vergo is a metaphor for the tiger (guy) overcoming bamboo.
Tiger has tons to do with bamboo, it's quite a well-established, common trope in both Chinese and Japanese arts and folklore, among other East Asian countries. To begin with, the tiger is addressed as the king of the forest because it's said to be only one capable of penetrating the forest of bamboo (this comes from ancient texts like the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra); hence, a symbolism of strength and perseverance was given to it since the tiger could even subdue bamboo, and even samurai used the two as motif as it represented the strong (samurai) protecting the weak (bamboo, in comparison). Knowing that bamboo itself symbolizes strength and resilience, the tiger subduing it is seen as an statement of utter overcoming an obstacle (which is exactly what Law cutting Vergo's strong armament represents, this was metaphorical for the tiger overcoming the bamboo forest).
Funnily enough, Zoro's animal counterpart is also depicted holding bamboo "swords" because of this relationship; there's another layer here that you may ignore, by the way, which is that the word for the bamboo plant is sasa (笹), which also means alcohol (ささ) —while otora (大虎) not only means big tiger but also describes shaky drunktards. No surprise the sake-loving Zoro is compared to a tiger with bamboo:
So there you go; don't worry because this had nothing to do with Oda skipping parts only to get Sanji negged. Law defeating Vergo is a metaphor for the tiger (guy) overcoming bamboo.
Law's nickname by Luffy means "tiger guy" (Torao, トラ男, which is an actual Japanese name).
Tiger has tons to do with bamboo, it's quite a well-established, common trope in both Chinese and Japanese arts and folklore, among other East Asian countries. To begin with, the tiger is addressed as the king of the forest because it's said to be only one capable of penetrating the forest of bamboo (this comes from ancient texts like the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra); hence, a symbolism of strength and perseverance was given to it since the tiger could even subdue bamboo, and even samurai used the two as motif as it represented the strong (samurai) protecting the weak (bamboo, in comparison). Knowing that bamboo itself symbolizes strength and resilience, the tiger subduing it is seen as an statement of utter overcoming an obstacle (which is exactly what Law cutting Vergo's strong armament represents, this was metaphorical for the tiger overcoming the bamboo forest).
Funnily enough, Zoro's animal counterpart is also depicted holding bamboo "swords" because of this relationship; there's another layer here that you may ignore, by the way, which is that the word for the bamboo plant is sasa (笹), which also means alcohol (ささ) —while otora (大虎) not only means big tiger but also describes shaky drunktards. No surprise the sake-loving Zoro is compared to a tiger with bamboo:
So there you go; don't worry because this had nothing to do with Oda skipping parts only to get Sanji negged. Law defeating Vergo is a metaphor for the tiger (guy) overcoming bamboo.
Tiger has tons to do with bamboo, it's quite a well-established, common trope in both Chinese and Japanese arts and folklore, among other East Asian countries. To begin with, the tiger is addressed as the king of the forest because it's said to be only one capable of penetrating the forest of bamboo (this comes from ancient texts like the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra); hence, a symbolism of strength and perseverance was given to it since the tiger could even subdue bamboo, and even samurai used the two as motif as it represented the strong (samurai) protecting the weak (bamboo, in comparison). Knowing that bamboo itself symbolizes strength and resilience, the tiger subduing it is seen as an statement of utter overcoming an obstacle (which is exactly what Law cutting Vergo's strong armament represents, this was metaphorical for the tiger overcoming the bamboo forest).
Funnily enough, Zoro's animal counterpart is also depicted holding bamboo "swords" because of this relationship; there's another layer here that you may ignore, by the way, which is that the word for the bamboo plant is sasa (笹), which also means alcohol (ささ) —while otora (大虎) not only means big tiger but also describes shaky drunktards. No surprise the sake-loving Zoro is compared to a tiger with bamboo:
So there you go; don't worry because this had nothing to do with Oda skipping parts only to get Sanji negged. Law defeating Vergo is a metaphor for the tiger (guy) overcoming bamboo.
This was not even obstacle in terms of swordsmanship. Law used awakening to overcome the haki of Vergo. Swordsmanship was never used to overcome bamboo
So what changed? You gave this theory more ammunition. Thanks
I didn't give this theory more ammunition because Zoro defeating Vergo would be redundant as Law did it first for the same reason, since the reason why swordsmen cut bamboo is ultimately the same that lies behind it serving as the obstacle that the tiger overcame; the parable is the same, just expressed differently. Law being a tiger by nickname (leopard snows, Law's animal, are also the closest panthers to tigers, by the way; oh, and we also have chapter 1014's cover*) is more than enough for the symbolism to be carried through Punk Hazard; you can believe Vergo will return from his death for Zoro to cut him down, but Oda doesn't need to do this: what Law did was more than enough because it conveys the message already.
I didn't give this theory more ammunition because Zoro defeating Vergo would be redundant as Law did it first for the same reason, since the reason why swordsmen cut bamboo is ultimately the same that lies behind it serving as the obstacle that the tiger overcame; the parable is the same, just expressed differently. Law being a tiger by nickname (leopard snows, Law's animal, are also the closest panthers to tigers, by the way; oh, and we also have chapter 1014's cover*) is more than enough for the symbolism to be carried through Punk Hazard; you can believe Vergo will return from his death for Zoro to cut him down, but Oda doesn't need to do this: what Law did was more than enough because it conveys the message already.
Truth is Oda could have thought of ways to finish Vergo with swordsmanship, with Law himself or a team up with Zoro. Zoro would be the better candidate to triumph over Vergo than Law based on animal inspirations.
it is also more fitting that bamboo’s resilience and strength is actually overcome with power and skill, not magical df power. Maybe the panel of Vergo thinking he is a swordsman is more than just gag…
