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| He would have been fucked if Pica went into his lower half of his body. |
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| In the words of Bartolomeo: Zodo-senpaii! |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| Full body haki seems to be hella effective, everyone who uses it gets oneshot instantly. |
| Damn king punch is something. |
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| Zoro what a fearsome guy Only if he isn't lost at every battle xD |
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| Zoro is so awesome. A badass' badass. Took a hell of a long time to reach this point though! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| Zoro is awesome. Finally pica went down good episode indeed |
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| LMAO everyone and the townfolk jizzed in their pants watching badass Zoro being BAD.ASS. lol... Duh. Zoro said he wouldn't follow anyone weaker than him and Luffy is always the final trump card to victory. |
| That's debatable, I'd say they're equal in strength if not Zoro being stronger. Luffy's rubber power wouldn't fare well against a skilled swordsman like Zoro and it also seems like Zoro has no trouble cutting down someone who reinforces themselves with Haki. Still, Luffy does have the advantage in speed with his Gear mode so he'd be a pain in the ass to fight if he got serious. UNLIKE THIS SHIT WITH BELLAMY |
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| That awkward moment when you actually agree with Pica- Riku really isn't cut out to be King. As terrible as it sounds, he's too 'just' to be a leader...and leaders (even largely morally sound ones) have to have some air of ruthlessness about them. Who's to say something similar to this situation wouldn't happen again?? Would Riku just sit back and refuse to fight, waiting in the wings for some random outsiders to clean up the mess his bad decisions made? Like, it's very noble of you to lay down your life, Riku...but who do you think is gonna run the country if you die? -_- Tbh Doffy suits being a King, and he makes a much better one than Riku imo. Anyway, I know it took a while to get there, but this finale of Zoro vs. Pica was so worth the wait! I may have even screeched a little when he used Haki XD Loved how in-sync with the battle that flashback was too...Zoro really has come a long way since the early days! Hands down my favorite Zoro fight, and I'm almost never really gripped by his bc he so easily overpowers everyone. Just Bellamy, Trebol and Doffy to go now. will someone plz go help poor limbless Law now |
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| any Zoro focused episode is a good episode |
| Great Zoro one more time!!! |
| Haki blades, nice. Defintely a Mihawk worthy slash right there. |
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| From the titlecard I knew this would be a good episode! Pre-timeskip Zoro facing away, current Zoro facing the screen, and Mihawk overwatching it all, that tells a story in itself. A story of far how Zoro has come and with much help from Mihawk, be it the first horrendous loss; a truly humbling moment for him, or the training he was given. It didn’t lie, the episode was exactly that, how the old Zoro is gone and the new Zoro is here, how far he has come. I like what was done with this fight. From the initial sword fight,we got the idea that Pica was no match for Zoro. However, his power allowed him to be a struggle, the fight ended up being a game of figuring out how it worked and isolating him. Once he did so, Pica went down like a frog in a dang well. As a man who thought he was much more than he actually was. To get into the details, I think the start could have been far better. Riku and Pica were speaking on the nose which is to be expected when it comes to One Piece, Riku stating that he was a bad king but a good man and would rather die than kill, and refusing to acknowledge a country which mass murders. And we had Pica yelling that a king ought to be strong and ruthless, stating literally that he would “pulverize Riku’s ideals”. It gave me some Wapol flashbacks. Yet, Pica was stopped and thus his ideals were too, because a king like Riku has allies on allies on allies. Where Doflamingo has his family but otherwise forces people’s hand to support him, Riku doesn’t even need to ask for help. The other thing that I think is not just preference but would have actually been almost undeniably better is if we didn’t see Zoro’s plan in detail. As Riku stood there planning to die and Pica swung his fist, there was no tension, we were waiting for Zoro to be thrown. It was a “when will Zoro get here?”, not a “what will he do?” If we were questioning what was about to occur and cut to Orlumbus buffing up and tossing Zoro I think we would have lost our minds. Regarding Zoro, I like how Pica leading him away, as long as it lasted, allowed him to understand Pica’s power and allowed him to befriend the contestants like Elizabello and Orlumbus. He was able to see their abilities and plan with them in mind. When he was tossed I adored how goofy he looked, his face flapping in the wind, because One Piece can never be too serious, it always needs some fun. And to have him cut through Pica clean and jump off the wall to cut him up even more as everyone screamed in shock, that was cool. Overall the method of Zoro’s to isolate the active and dead stones and force Pica into a state where he can no longer hide was a theory I saw someone post on Crunchyroll and seeing it come to life was satisfying. Pica was forced to come out and imbue his body with haki, something which already had me shouting that we already saw Vergo get one shot that way, but then when Zoro flashed back to Mihawk, it was as if we were being told he was definitely about to get one shot. Zoro showed off his haki, his acrobatics, and ultimately used that attack from way back in Baratie to slice through Pica! Comically, Elizabello was set up to use his destructive punch for clean up duty. With all that done, Pica is down, another Alabasta-esque victory screen was created, and somehow Bellamy is one of the remaining three Don Quixote family members. I did some research on Zoro’s lines in this episode, the Buddhist words on the three thousand worlds which I still lack some understanding of but gave it some depth, and particularly his final line to Pica: “Stop causing innocent people trouble!” While it already suggests an ethical stance of Zoro’s, one that we’ve seen through the kindness he occasionally shares with the common folk, the phrase is actually pretty important in Japanese. Apparently the Japanese is a famous motto among yakuza, this post from reddit user /u/SurgeonChao summarizes it well: In Japanese society, the ranking of people are as follows: people with respectable occupations (堅気 katagi), beggars, yakuza, and thieves. The yakuza cannot look down on the beggars, but they look down on the thieves. An underground society with "ethics" cannot bother the common folks. Being a pirate, Zoro is like a yakuza and he's basically telling Pica to not mess with the ordinary people. It goes to suggest explicitly a code we’ve seen Zoro partake in throughout the series which fits for a man of such convictions. I love Zoro, what a great character. |
| Zoro finally wore his bandanna again!!! Been a while since he's had one serious fight! |
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| At this point, I wonder how Zoro would fare against Mihawk considering how much he has improved. He had probably found out the answer himself when he neared the end of his two years of training but I want to see that for myself! It was awesome to see Zoro figure out where Pica was while he was hiding in the statue as well as seeing him slice the guy up using his armament-coated swords. |
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| Somethimes , the best plan is to cut everything untill theres nothing left lol Sound realy boring , i hope he will stop bouncing a little |
Loli world is just a cute world full of cute meat |
| Pure adrenaline watching Zoro fight. What a guy. |
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| Zoro used Busoshoku Haki for the first time in the series and it was awesome!!!! Now all that's left is Ahole bellamy and Doffy!!!! |
| Zoro is awesome whenever he’s fighting its just hype everyone’s reaction’s says it all |
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| Fuuuuckkk that was awesome! Zoro somehow channeled his haki into his katanas and they became dark-matter black blades that cut through Picas head. And awesome king-punch to save everyone from debris. We’re getting closer to finish!!! |
| You know something badass is about to happen when Zoro puts on the bandana. |
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| Oh my god, the timing. I just watched the One Piece live action, that scene with Mihawk. It's so good to see the flashbacks again. Zoro using HAKI!! This is why we love RORONOA ZORO!! One of the best episode of Dressrosa Arc. |
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| One Piece really knows how to make the viewer furstratingly give them a pass on the excessive padding and dragging with episodes like the this. The shaking stills, the back and forth monologuing, the flashbacks. Everything became worth suffering through the moment we finally saw Zooro use armament not just on his hands, but to infuse the entirety of all 3 swords. Sorry Pica. As impressive as your full haki coating is...Vergo still did it better :P |
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| Absolute cinema. Zoro is soooo peak. I honestly wonder how many of the arcs finale bosses could Zoro of taken. Luffy my favorite still. But with the exception of shanks and Hawkeye. The coolest character in one piece. |
| World's Greatest Swordsman in the making BABYYYYYY |
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