Zoro vs King ended with him proclaiming that he will become the king of hell. He subsequently succumbed to the effects of the mink medicine, saw the grim reaper, and passed out.
I think a lot of people, especially ZKK supporters, really tend to downplay the damage zoro took. Zoro isn't simply at his limits, he is beyond them. Hakai immobilized zoro and brought him near death. Now on top of the damage he took from king, zoro's damage from hakai is being doubled. He isn't merely weakened or passed out, Zoro is literally at death's door, as signified by the reaper.
This is something that shouldn't and won't be resolved in several chapters. Look at how long it took Zoro to recover from mihawk's slash or the damage he took in thriller bark. In both cases, Zoro started off the next arc severely injured and the damage he took in wano trumps anything he took in the past. So no, not only is zoro done for wano, he will likely be incapacitated for most of elbaf as well.
What happened to zoro in wano is that zoro entered the death and rebirth stage of his hero's journey. This is likely the lowest point for zoro's character in the series and I think the transformation that this will cause in zoro will directly lead to him becoming WSSM. More than that, I think this death and rebirth will directly tie into zoro taking Ryuma's mantle as the sword god.
ZKK supporters say this will happen by him merely killing kaido, but I personally fail to see how this makes Zoro a god. Kaido isn't invincible and if given a clean shot, I'm sure shanks and mihawk could cut off kaido's head as well. No, for Zoro to be the sword god it has to be something even greater than simply killing a yonko. What do I think? I think there's a very big chance that Zoro will become the "sword god" by returning from the dead.
The reaper is unique in that no matter how much damage we've seen a character take, Oda has never had anyone encounter the reaper before. Nobody except zoro. When you think about how much damage hakai already did to zoro, I feel as if death is the only logical thing that could happen to zoro after he takes double the damage from the medicine.
It might not be total death, but I think zoro will basically be declared brain dead. Law will give the SHs some equipment to keep him on life support but the diagnosis will be that this is something zoro can never recover from. This will ultimately lead into chopper's dream, which I see him fulfilling next arc. Chopper will create a miracle cure which will be able to revive zoro. While Zoro is out, I think Zoro will legitimately travel to the hell of one piece, where he will fight and slay the king of hell before chopper revives him. Then, once he is revived, I see zoro returning transformed.
We know that brook got special powers from returning from the underworld, I see zoro having the same powers, albeit to an even greater extent due to becoming the king of hell. He will be able to detatch his soul from his body, which ties into his buddhist theme. He will also be able to coat his blades with his soul, like brook does. Lastly, I see him being able to use his soul to regenerate. Brook and Linlin can both do this to some extent.
Having died, conquered hell, and then come back to life, zoro will accomplish something few characters in one piece ever have. As a result he will become known as the king of hell. When he beats mihawk on top of this, he will basically cement himself as the sword god.
Also, I think Zoro getting special powers from going to hell, slaying a demon, and coming back would perfectly parallel Luffy's legendary DF power that he is heavily foreshadowed to have.
Whereas the legendary DF will make Luffy the sun god, the hell powers will make zoro the sword god. Both are incredibly rare powers that nobody in one piece has.
I think a lot of people, especially ZKK supporters, really tend to downplay the damage zoro took. Zoro isn't simply at his limits, he is beyond them. Hakai immobilized zoro and brought him near death. Now on top of the damage he took from king, zoro's damage from hakai is being doubled. He isn't merely weakened or passed out, Zoro is literally at death's door, as signified by the reaper.
This is something that shouldn't and won't be resolved in several chapters. Look at how long it took Zoro to recover from mihawk's slash or the damage he took in thriller bark. In both cases, Zoro started off the next arc severely injured and the damage he took in wano trumps anything he took in the past. So no, not only is zoro done for wano, he will likely be incapacitated for most of elbaf as well.
What happened to zoro in wano is that zoro entered the death and rebirth stage of his hero's journey. This is likely the lowest point for zoro's character in the series and I think the transformation that this will cause in zoro will directly lead to him becoming WSSM. More than that, I think this death and rebirth will directly tie into zoro taking Ryuma's mantle as the sword god.
ZKK supporters say this will happen by him merely killing kaido, but I personally fail to see how this makes Zoro a god. Kaido isn't invincible and if given a clean shot, I'm sure shanks and mihawk could cut off kaido's head as well. No, for Zoro to be the sword god it has to be something even greater than simply killing a yonko. What do I think? I think there's a very big chance that Zoro will become the "sword god" by returning from the dead.
The reaper is unique in that no matter how much damage we've seen a character take, Oda has never had anyone encounter the reaper before. Nobody except zoro. When you think about how much damage hakai already did to zoro, I feel as if death is the only logical thing that could happen to zoro after he takes double the damage from the medicine.
It might not be total death, but I think zoro will basically be declared brain dead. Law will give the SHs some equipment to keep him on life support but the diagnosis will be that this is something zoro can never recover from. This will ultimately lead into chopper's dream, which I see him fulfilling next arc. Chopper will create a miracle cure which will be able to revive zoro. While Zoro is out, I think Zoro will legitimately travel to the hell of one piece, where he will fight and slay the king of hell before chopper revives him. Then, once he is revived, I see zoro returning transformed.
We know that brook got special powers from returning from the underworld, I see zoro having the same powers, albeit to an even greater extent due to becoming the king of hell. He will be able to detatch his soul from his body, which ties into his buddhist theme. He will also be able to coat his blades with his soul, like brook does. Lastly, I see him being able to use his soul to regenerate. Brook and Linlin can both do this to some extent.
Having died, conquered hell, and then come back to life, zoro will accomplish something few characters in one piece ever have. As a result he will become known as the king of hell. When he beats mihawk on top of this, he will basically cement himself as the sword god.
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Also, I think Zoro getting special powers from going to hell, slaying a demon, and coming back would perfectly parallel Luffy's legendary DF power that he is heavily foreshadowed to have.
Whereas the legendary DF will make Luffy the sun god, the hell powers will make zoro the sword god. Both are incredibly rare powers that nobody in one piece has.
