#one piece ushimaru

[kiarakarma]

I won some Amazing One Piece merch through Ichiban Kuji (Japanese Lucky Draw Game is what they call it at the store)

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[hylianane]

When Oda dropped the Shimotsuki family tree everyone jumped on the fact that he couldn’t help further paralleling Zoro and Sanji by naming Ms. Roronoa ‘Tera’ when Sanji’s mom is named ‘Sora’, but few realized that he couldn’t keep his grubby little hands from going even one step further- by confirming that Zoro’s Shimotsuki lineage comes from his dad’s side, meaning that while Sanji is the spitting image of his mom, Zoro canonically looks just like his father.

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One Piece Character Fusion

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[joy-girl]

One Piece ep 1075 // Shimotsuki Ushimaru

[the-frizzle-fry]

Here we go y’all. Oda finally dropped it.

So. Zoro’s dad n mom were Roronoa Arashi and Tera (a criminals daughter) who both died.

Arashi was born to his parents Shimotsuki Furiko and Roronoa Pinzoro.

Shimotsuki Furiko is the older sister of Shimotsuki Ushimaru.

So Ushimaru is Zoro’s great uncle.

It also stated that Ushimaru is a descendant of Ryuma so that means Zoro is too!!

Side note: This information has no effect on the story. So there is no reason to go into a flashback about it all. Zoro’s parents died when he was young and his grandparents probably did too. Kinda pisses me off that people are complaining that Zoro didn’t get a backstory when he did. And I t shaped who he is now. Oda also didn’t include it because of time. That’s why he only showed Zoro interacting with grandpa Kouz, that’s all that mattered.

Edit: That’s probably how Tashigi came about. Only 10 of the 25 stayed in Shimotsuki Village. One of those other 15 must have been related to Grampa Kouz or he had another kid that left the village and that’s why Kuina and Tashigi look so alike.

[akira-sss]

We finally got to meet Shimotsuki Ushimaru and 2 other Daimyos and dAMN they're so strong and cool and KIND aghdvsnsbsk

Not me wishing to be starved-child-Yamato just so I could have the attention and care from 3 older men amsbsjsgsb 💀

Also Shimotsuki Ushimaru,,,his aesthetics and voice,,,man's balls must have dropped to his ankles, gAWHDAMN

[sanjipussyindulgence]

this family tree is confusing the fuck out of me but ushimaru is zoro’s great uncle? which makes him a distant relative of ryuma, like we all kind of figured. honestly what i care about more is that him and kuina are cousins or something.

[witchyuria12]

All this Yamato discourse I'm seeing reminds me of an idea I had back when I was catching up the manga. In Yamato's flashback, one of the Samurai imprisoned alongside Yamato (he's likely Shimotsuki Ushimaru) outright just accepts Yamato as Oden. No ifs and buts. He doesn't care that they are physically different people, he see's the spirit of Oden in Yamato and just accepts it. No calling Yamato delusional or anything.

So my idea was for someone to turn this into a Chad Wojak vs Soy Wojak where the soyjak is like "Noooo, Yamato is delusional!!! You can't be another person!!!" and Shimotsuki Ushimaru as the chad Wojak is just like "He is Kozuki Oden"

Unfortunately I suck at art/photoshop so I can't do it myself.

[onepiecebdays]

november 2nd - shimotsuki ushimaru

debut chapter: 953

recent chapter: 1048

age at death: 50

affiliation: wano country

bounty: none

[uaremyjae]

Zoro and his Great Uncle , Shimotsuki Ushimaru is similar. Yes I agree with Boss Hyogoro that Zoro is the spitting image of Shimotsuki Ushimaru.

In manga, they just mention about how Zoro appearance look very similar with Ushimaru & sword style. I was like yeah I can see that

BUT is no one bat an eye how Zoro & Ushimaru both have animal friend with them???

I think the fact Ushimaru has an animal friend, Onimaru; a fox with flame-like mane & tail who has Human-Human Fruit: Model Onyudo is just 🫨

Like Zoro also has animal friend with him and really closed with. Yeah it’s Tony Tony Chopper 😭 a fucking reindeer who happened has Human- Human Fruit too. WHAT A CONVENIENT COINCIDENCE IS THAT??

I find that details itself so cute how oda try to tell his readers that “YES THIS MARIMO IS AN EXACT SPITTING IMAGE OF HIS GREAT UNCLE FROM APPEARANCE TO HAVING ANIMAL FRIEND BESIDE HIM and also curly eyebrows friend ”

[efnanmeyy]

Sometimes i remember how a lot of people were surprised that oda would go the destiny chosen one route as if luffy hasn't been shown to be the chosen one from the beginning like,how much in denial can ppl be?!😭😭

Like there are way too many moments in the story that show that luffy is the chosen one let's start:

Luffy surviving being almost beheaded by buggy by a lightning strike,we still don't know if dragon did that so I'm counting this too,him surviving that felt like the heavens intervening,smoker says as if the world wants him to survive.

The constant comparisons to Roger,constant mentions of how lucky he is.He is the son of the revolutionary Dragon,the grandson of Garp,I'm mentioning his family bc his family is the reason he's so strong and talented,he inhereted it from them,as garp was saying in marineford that luffy was really born with it just like dragon and him and ivankov mentioned it too.

He has the voice of all things,the comparisons to joyboy,whitebeard saying that luffy is the one roger is waiting for and the one who will carry the history on his shoulders and find the one piece.

He is a d clan member,has Roger's hat,everyone that meets him says that he is special.It is also said that the d people are destined for greatness.

The mayor of Luffy's town talking about if Luffy's dream of becoming a pirate is his dream or his destiny?

When luffy was about to leave for fishman island rayleigh seemed to remember roger and his first meeting with him and said that "maybe there is no such thing as coincidence in this world,as though it was meant to be,mysterious bonds slowly but surely weave their forms".

Him having the same dream as Roger.

In fishman island it was prophesied that luffy will destroy fishman island and that will happen someday whether luffy knows it or not so idk why everyone is so surprised and heated that he's the chosen one and how he's not free lmao why did no one have a problem with this back in fishman island lmao😭😭

Then there is the prophesy of oden in which he says that joyboy will come to wano and what did luffy do he fucking came lmaoo😭😭He told toki she has also been searching for the day the world is overturned and said to her to just jump to 20 years and it will happen.

Yamato talking to Momonosuke about how out of all the pirates as numerous as the stars in the sky you happened to meet him and brought him to this country and said that she can only consider this as an act of fate.

Ppl saying that fate doesn't exist in one piece are straight up in denial,it has been mentioned a lot ESPECIALLY in wano.

Even with zoro,when he was fighting king, hyogoro and kawamatsu were talking about how he looks just like ushimaru and ryuma right down to their sword handling that it's uncanny,they were talking about how this young man was the one to finally return shusui to wano.How it must be fate at work after all ryuma was also a one-eyed swordsman.

And now that it's confirmed that Ushimaru is the great uncle of Zoro and that Zoro is a descendant of Ryuma it makes this even funnier lmaoo😭You absolutely CAN NOT say that him being related to these ppl did not help him bc it fucking did lol he is destined to do this,I'm not saying he didn't train bc we all know he did but his talent was also there.For me he leans on talent more than hard work but that's just MY opinion.As for luffy he is without a doubt more talent than hard work(I'm not saying he didn't train we know he did).

Zoans are confirmed to have a will of their own which hints at the possibility of Luffy's fruit choosing him.Awakened zoans have the user be consumed by the fruit's animal,like for ex with luffy when he is in his awakened form he exudes contagious joy and tends to laugh more,feels light,(we know he doesn't get fully consumed like the jail beasts in impel down but he is not fully himself either)in short he acts like his fruit's animal,not so free now huh luffy lmaoo😭😭

Luffy literally is Joyboy and has a god fruit,how much clearer can Oda be lmao😭

[robinchan-hananomi]

Went shopping for Zoro’s birthday. I wanted a Kuina too but they didn’t have any

[triangularz]

nothing insightful

big boys with thangs in mouths. zoro -> extra pic -> because I love him and so forth -> also great uncle ushimaru does not disappoint

[symbologic]

YESSSSS, more examples! Thank you for sharing them. There IS a lot going on, isn't there?

Oda's always used Zoro to mirror and emphasize Luffy's kingly (and now "god-like") qualities. But in Wano, he cranks those parallels to eleven and throws a heaping dose of fate into the mix.

Want another insane example? Take one of the reasons Hyogoro feels Zoro's presence in Wano is fated: He reminds him of Shimotsuki Ushimaru.

Turns out, Ushimaru has a white, flame-furred partner/retainer – Onimaru, a fox. In Japanese folklore, foxes are seen as servants of Inari, a goddess who rescued Japan from harsh famine.

It's fitting, then, that this fox buddy can also turn into a monk. How? Because he ate a mythical Zoan-type Human Human Devil Fruit...similar to a certain captain.

Fast forward a couple decades, and Zoro becomes the right-hand man to a guy who transforms into a white, flame-haired god. And would't you know it, he helps this god liberate Wano from starvation! In other words: Ushimaru and Onimaru are like flipped versions of Zoro and Luffy.

Why so many parallels? Well, Oda highlighting Zoro's service to Luffy ("I made a promise to my Captain...") — on top of drawing connections between Zoro and other powerful figures (god of the underworld, god of the blade) — shows us not only how extraordinary Luffy is as a leader, but also the incredibly unique bond they share as equals in willpower and strength of character.

Hyogoro and Kawamatsu noticed Zoro's outward resemblance to Ushimaru. But for fans who appreciate the depth of Luffy and Zoro's relationship...that parallel serves on so many levels.

It's like narrative poetry, everything rhymes. Fate at work, for sure.

Soul-Bound in Wano: The Spooky Simpatico of Luffy and Zoro

Just finished Wano, and wow. I'm surprised there isn't more talk about the crazy parallels between Luffy and Zoro throughout the arc, but especially the raid. It's like Oda was trolling us with how perfectly they mirror each other in places.

Of course, there's the whole shared "wandering samurai" theme in Acts I and II, and then there's the heartwarming scene with them both freaking out over spilled soup. (Side note: I wouldn't be shocked if Zoro's anime-only sake scene was stuff Oda had to cut from the manga – it totally fits Oda's style with Zoro.)

But that's just the tip of the iceberg. We've got a ton of other stuff too:

Zoro uses Conqueror's Haki to injure Kaido because they're all desperate? Boom, Luffy digs deep and starts doing it too.

Zoro gets bandaged up like a mummy? Well, guess who can't move because he fell in the ocean?

Both of them get their own team of doctors? How lucky!

Zoro gets revived with an injection? Here comes Luffy, fueled by some meat!

Zoro declares he'll become a GOD if that's what it takes? 🤔 Makes you wonder what that means for Luffy...

Death himself shows up for Zoro? Not good! Now Luffy's literally in cardiac arrest! Speaking of, Zoro's looking rough. Those sunken eyes, man...

Thank god they're both too stubborn to die. And guess what? They get put right next to each other, while people pray for them to wake up

And wouldn't you know it, they wake up at the EXACT SAME TIME

This can't just be a coincidence, right? It feels like they're on some spooky, soul-bound level where Zoro's fate weirdly determines Luffy's. Which actually slots so, so neatly into Wano and its recurring themes of fate! Hell, Oda himself even said in an SBS (the one about Zoro's family tree) that Zoro's story is that of a strange, twisted fate he's completely clueless about.

Honestly, I love that for them.

Zoro might not get a whole arc dedicated to his backstory like Nami, Robin, or Sanji. But the choices he makes carry a surprising amount of weight in the grand scheme of things.

[mishelkie-art]

Been working on some sketches of my mer!Zoro, since he's one of my favorite designs. What started as me figuring out what his markings look like under his bandana turned into some of them ending up a bit more uh... sluttier than I imagined 😅😆

And then, while drawing these, I started to spiral and wonder what Tera and Arashi would look like as well, what traits Zoro inherited from each parent. Well, all this pondering resulted in new mer designs!

I had already designed a human form of Tera which is on my insta, so all she really needed were some tweaks, but I hadn't drawn Arashi yet so I had to come up with his from scratch. Originally I had wanted to take more inspiration from Kurogane from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles (sole reason being he and Zoro share the same English VA lol) and while I could see human Arashi wearing a similar outfit, I decided to make his overall look more distinct. I made him a blunette since a lot of the Shimotsuki have blue or blue-ish hair, and, like Zoro and Ushimaru, Arashi inherited Ryuma's huge-ass forehead 😂

Obviously, Arashi is a tiger shark, and originally Tera was going to be a leopard shark, but I ultimately decided to make her a thresher shark instead as I think the long tail matched her hair. This now makes Zoro half-tiger/half-thresher. Her eye color is a little detail I enjoy, as in fics I often find that people can't decide if Zoro's eyes are gold or silver, I prefer silver personally, but I made Tera's eyes gold in reference to that lol

I also wanted Tera to have an obvious sun theme, to go along with the Shimotsuki's moon theme. If I remember correctly, Shimotsuki Village was founded after the people from Wano drove off bandits, and Tera is the daughter of bandits, sooo... what if she was the child of the very bandits that were driven off? Maayybe there was a little Romeo and Juliet thing going on with her and Arashi? Maybe a diamond-in-the-rough bandit's daughter met the descendant of Wano's sword god and it was the greatest romance in One Piece history?!! Lol I just think it would be so funny if Zoro's parents were pretty much a Disney couple. She's the Megara to his Hercules, the Aladdin to his Jasmine, the Eugene to his Rapunzel 😆🤣🤣

Bonus for those who made it though my rant:

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