#zoro wano kuni

[thrillersbark]

Pure instinct...

ONE PIECE (1999) ⚔ episode 982

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ONE PIECE: STAMPEDE - RORONOA ZORO

[livelaughloveluffy]

together, we'd follow you to the ends of the earth 💗

[apiratefellinlovewithastar]

and yet Sanji never once dropped him, and Zoro never once had any doubt in his abilities to take care of all the small fries.

[kuroashims]

f r e e d o m i s o u r s !

[sashi-ya]

can someone please tell me to stop thinking of the twitching boob close up Toei did to Zoro?

[vampyrebug-art]

[beaulesbian]

Luffy & Zoro in Wano || One Piece ep. 897

[everypageofnicorobin]

Oda is so fantastic at lighting. <3

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

I'm curious how Zoros fight with King comes across in Japanese, especially his declaration of being king of hell

so what i find really exciting and interesting about this development is something i do think is somewhat obscured in translation, which is now it sets up zoro as a parallel and successor to rayleigh.

rayleigh's epithet in japanese is 冥王/meiou, which is generally translated into english as 'dark king,' since that's the literal translation of the kanji. however, 冥王/meiou/'dark king' is also the term used in japanese to refer to hades/pluto, the greek and roman god of the underworld. the king of hell, in other words.

as we know, zoro's newest sword, the one that was formerly oden's and which he struggles with throughout this fight, is named 閻魔/enma. this is also the name of a king of hell- enma is another name for yama, the buddhist wrathful deity of the underworld.

after answering king's challenge and saying that yes, he does have the will to become a king himself in order to fulfill his promises, zoro starts using the word 閻王/enou in his attack names, a word which the manga emphasizes to show its importance. this is another title of yama, and also mirrors rayleigh's epithet basically exactly, being a two-kanji name of a deity seen as the king of hell, where the second kanji is 王/ou ('king').

rayleigh is associated with hades, zoro is associated with yama. both are kings of hell- zoro is just somewhat more buddhist about it, which is fitting, given his wano heritage and his trend of invoking buddhist theology in his attack names. i would not at all be surprised if, if zoro ever does get a new epithet to replace his old kaizokugari/'pirate hunter' one, it's 閻王/enou.

[hierophant-meme]

Look at malewife Sanji prepping lunches for his husband Zoro & all his little samurai friends 🥰 and he’s making his hubby’s favorite food too, he’s so in love 🥺💕✨💖

[thrillersbark]

ONE PIECE (1999) ❀ episode 1079

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luffy finally meets zoro after one full arc ( ◕▿◕ )

[livelaughloveluffy]

also since i started wano not too long ago i cant NOT talk about the luffy and zoro reunion 😭😭😭 im not a huge zolu shipper or anything (more of a zosan/ east blue polycule girly😌) but like ... im also not blind because like

luffy instantly spotting zoro from SUPER FAR AWAY and getting soooo excited (because its just luffy being luffy, loving every one of his friends to the extreme)

zoro initially not realizing it was in fact luffy, but his face of shock and excitement when he comes to terms with it in fact being luffy in wano and the pure joy of being reunited with his captain

luffy, too unable to contain his excitement, literally JUMPS INTO ZORO'S ARMS AND ZORO SOOOO SO EXCITED THAT HE'S JUST READY FOR IT

his mild panic when he realizes "oh shit, yeah he's full sending that jump and im gonna have to just brace for it and catch him"

and luffy just 100% beyond thrilled to see zoro; fully ready to just CLINGGGGG to that man

zoro; stumbling, still shaken from his captain literally throwing himself at him, and now getting increasingly worried about his ability to breathe if the captain keeps clinging to him

takes the quickest moment to catch his breath, then just quickly debriefs with luffy WHILE CONTINUING TO HOLD HIM

tldr; i get where the zolu girlies are coming from, this shit gay as hell and im eating it up😭😭😭😭

and a silly close-up of luffy for making it all the way through this post!!! 💗

[jake-is-screaming-in-tune]

screencaps under the cut

[sanjiafterhours]

hmmm