#zoro and luffy

[kliaksa]

just a two silly boys. Love them ❤💚

[kacievvbbbb]

What I think is so funny about the parallels between Luffy, Zoro and the men they wish to meet again and surpass.

Is that Luffy wants to fight Shanks like a son showing his father everything he’s learnt; look how far he’s come, who he’s become.

And Zoro wants to fight Mihawk like a feral cat fighting god in a back alley; Inevitable, preordained, there can only be one.

And both are equally as valid.

[bora-panda]

Captain Luffy and his first mate Zoro >:)

I love them a totally normal amount...she lied

[green-crocs12]

idiots in love (nami already hates them)

[tanj1ranj1swaan]

Headcanon:

Every time Zoro is just so tired of everything and wants some rest, he casually uses Luffy as his pillow.

(He’s usually clingy when it comes to this)

Luffy art :)

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[luffylovie]

is falling..

is looking for luffy,

and found him!

♡ his first priority.

[nanachiita]

Zoro:

Luffy >>>>>>

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in the original picture it was enma but I had to put Luffy on it

SORRY (or not)

[emberheartbeat]

Luffy and Zoro for the soul ❤️💚

[luffyzone]

ORANGE TOWN ARC | 01

[keegsmcclue]

I'll never get over the implications of zoro sacrificing himself for luffy and the full scope of that.

Like

It's WILD.

Cause Luffy -- he's unconscious. He doesn't even know Kuma was there. And we'd never met Kuma till he shows up after luffy has already stretched himself to his absolute limit and passed out to recover in the belief he and everyone was safe.

Then we have Zoro, who flat out told Luffy, if he gets in the way of his dreams, he'll force Luffy to commit hara kiri, which according to Google, is ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword. It was formerly practiced in Japan by samurai as an honorable alternative to disgrace or execution. That's the stipulation he joins the crew with.

And like, yeah, after Mihawk slices him and tells him to live, to get stronger, so that one day Zoro may surpass him, Zoro doesny really acknowledged that. Instead, his only response is to pick up Wado Ichimonji, the sword of his long dead friend and of which he made his inital vow of becoming the world's greatest swordsman, to carry on kunia's dream in her honor, Zoro then proceeds to swear to never lose again because it's be embarrassing for Luffy as Pirate King.

And this whole scene is wild as well, because mans was basically on deaths door and all he could think about was how it'd disgrace luffy is he lost again. Like???

But this scene, it makes it apparent that Zoro's dream isn't just for himself and Kunia, it's shared by Luffy now as well.

Which, we know Luffy. Every crew members dream is a dream Luffy takes on as personally as his own. He shoulders those dreams and the weight of making them a reality as seriously as his own dream of becoming king of the pirates. Their dreams are Luffy's now too.

This is different than that tho. Because while the dream was shouldered by Luffy, it was still for Zoro's own like... fullflillment? Idk how to convey it. It was still wholy Zoro's, it belonged to Zoro. But by saying it'd be embarrassing for Luffy, or a disappointment, for Zoro to lose again before he becomes world's greatest swordsman-- it's now theirs in a way it wasn't. He's not JUST becoming the world's greatest swordsman, he's becoming the world's greatest swordsman because it's what Luffy deserves. He's becoming the world's greatest swordsman because Luffy's gonna be King of the Pirates and for Zoro to give him anything less than the world's greatest swordsman is a disappointment.

But that's still -- becoming the world's greatest swordsman is still his... the most important thing to him. He just has another reason besides Kunia and himself now. But you still don't get the sense that like... I dont think the zoro who loses to mihawk would be willing to sacrifice himself on the way zoro on thriller bark did.

Because while Zoro has never been afraid of dying, that was because he'd rather die trying to become the world's greatest swordsman then to not have tried at all. It's a mindset he shares with Luffy. This all or nothing mentality, right?

Neither of them have ever been afraid of dying as long as it's in pursuit of their dream.

But in Thriller Bark, he's not dying in pursuit of his dream. When he offers his head in exchange for Luffy's, he's effectively saying goodbye at ever achieving it, actually.

And he knows that, and you can see it jn the way he lays his swords down, because what use does he have for them if he's dead?

Kuma even says it here, "You have such an ambition, and yet you're saying that you're willing to take his man's place?"

He's not just offering his life in exchange for Luffy's, it's his dream he's exchanging too.

In doing this, it's made known that Luffy now holds more importance over Zoro's life, his swords, and his dreams.

Because this act, this sacrifice he makes, him dying in this way, isn't in service of dream and ambition, it's in service to his captain and king.

And idk how we're meant to be normal about this.

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Zoro being canonically good at maths makes him the best first mate of Captain Luffy. Because Luffy strikes me as a person who would say " I can count to ten since I have 10 fingers...at most I can count to twenty if I also include my toes" xD

[brainrotcharacters]

peak scorpio behavior ♏

[haflacky]

Zoro and luffy fanart for my friend

[onepiecehiperfixation]

Luffy: That's the plan. Rule the world. You and me. Anyday! Zoro*spaced out* Luffy: Love your hair... Zoro*going back*: huh? Luffy: Nothing, nothing. i.. I... Love the air.

[green-crocs12]

I HAVENT POSTED IN FOREVER i just had so many ideas in my brain

[sailing-ever-west]

Something I love is that Zoro joined Luffy while dizzy from heat and on the brink of starvation and also dependent on him to get out of being executed, which would be valid reasons not to treat his in-the-moment decision as binding (I mean the man was about to get shot and this weird rubber kid had the nearest rope-cutting tool; he kinda had to play his side to survive). But then...he never goes back on his loyalty, not once. Zoro is not a guy to serve somebody he doesn’t want to. It would've been easy and perfectly within his rights for him to leave Luffy right after Shells Town, but he stayed. No doubts, no take-backs, not even any conflict over "I want to leave this guy, but I made a promise." The only thing tying him to Luffy is whatever spark he saw while tied to that cross, and that means it couldn't have just been heat or starvation or a strategic move, what struck him then was real, and over time it only became brighter.