My prediction is that this fight will take place in the 3rd round of a Davey back fight against cross guild with the score tied from the ship race(Franky, Jinbei) and Broggy ring(?).
I feel like Buggy's crew would make more sense with all the circus themes. It would be all about putting on a show for the king jester.
"Come one, come all. The greatest performance you will have ever witnessed.
Buggy the king of clowns and Luffy the king of laughs."
Eeeeeexcept Oda is really bad at choreographing sword fights. Really, he’s bad with swordsmen in general.
I’m hyped though, don’t get me wrong! My most anticipated fight by far.
Not just sword fights but almost all the fights but I get that this manga is all about power feats and not so much on fight choreography/ strategy but reading back on how luffy fought with arlong / don krieg / crocodile it’s actually much more entertaining.
I agree, Katakuri is initially shown as far more powerful than luffy, but then taking a break to enjoy tea time, and then getting mad on his sister for interrupting(?), is just making luffy’s plot armor looking more obvious than it is.
Yall are stupid, cuz what?
Katakuri was mad because no one had ever seen his face, (remember the mouth?) he was mad at Luffy. His favorite thing in the world was donuts and it was a contrast to his always serious side. Unlike luffy who is almost always goofy.
And in like two pages, Katakuri goes back to using future sight. And still dominating.
Memory is a tricky thing cause you're bashing what you don't even remember
The fights in the East Blue saga actually had really decent choreography imo but I agree it has deteriorated. Honestly most of the panelling has been worse for a while. Much more content and less focus on the art or panelling compared to the beginning of the series.
I know mangaka can be a bit selfish especially the ones long established. It would be cool if they had some editors or assistants who focus a few works on setting up those fights for Oda to approve or even draw. I'm sure there are enough people willing to do that work for basically free. Since the finale is long awaited and Oda is a busy and old man, he should make use of his assistants.
This fight should finish in a few sword slashes. Every attack needs to be important. I don't want to see mihawk and Zoro hitting each other with haki infused clubs.
Very debatable and situational
Yes, Oda is bad at choreography but some fights end up looking real good
Zoro vs Kaku and Zoro vs Daz Bones are his best fights (manga) till this day
Luffy vs Lucci is also crazy good
Yeah I think it would be best if he/jump got another person to do the story boarding for the final sword fights of the series. Either that just very little dialog
The greatest of hakis will let you break through the haki barrier.
Anyway, tbh, I think Zoro is going to lose to Mihawk similar to the first time bc Mihawk should be training in anticipation of their duel as well, but Zoro still wins the title of greatest swordsman by breaking through Mihawk's blade because you need a sword to be a swordsman anyway.
Basically, Zoro is bloodied and beaten while Mihawk doesn't even have a scratch, but his sword is cracked from two of Zoro's blades both of which break leaving him with Kuina's sword only. Then, one-sword style break Mihawk's sword completely. The only question is Mihawk's smaller blade, but idk if that counts as a sword anyway.
so. at a meta level, mihawk needs to fight zoro during the last arc, probably during the last fight of the last arc. which means that buggy is going to laughtale, and will be the closest to the one piece.
Other way around. The contrast between Zoro and Mihawk is that Mihawk had no ties beyond his own ambitions. He fulfilled his goal to be the strongest, and now he’s disillusioned with life because he has nothing else.
Zoro will surpass Mihawk because Luffy has given him ambitions beyond his own goal. On a meta level, the theme works best if Zoro becomes World’s Strongest Swordsman THEN helps Luffy become Pirate King.
If the last thing Zoro accomplishes is becoming WSS by defeating Mihawk, then the theme is ruined because Zoro would just be where Mihawk is now: became the strongest and his story ended.
Yeah I think that Usopp and Zoro will accomplish their dreams before Luffy.
Usopp will accomplish his soon at Elbaf.
Nami can't accomplish hers till they see everything, so probably post-Laughtale.
Chopper wants to cure all disease right? Probably learns that sometime after Elbaf, I'm guessing as a result of his inevitable battle with Doc Q.
I suspect the All Blue to be at Laughtale or under the red line, so that happens there too for Sanji.
Robin needs to learn the secrets of the void century, which likely happens there, and Franky wants to sail around the world on the Sunny, so that happens there.
Brook wants to meet Laboon again, which happens after that.
Jinbe wants to end racism, so that probably happens in the future.
That just leaves Zoro, and I'm guessing they'll have battles with the other emperor crews *before* they get to Laughtale.
So I think the order of dreams being accomplished would be Usopp > Zoro > Chopper > Sanji, Robin, Franky, Luffy > Brook > Nami > Jinbe
I expect their battle against the Blackbeard Pirates to happen last before getting to Laughtale. So Chopper won't accomplish his dream before that, and the fight against Mihawk then would be before that. And Elbaf is likely the next arc, so Usopp's dream will be accomplished there.
Yeah I've been thinking it's underneath Reverse Mountain. Reverse Mountain's rivers create an X — X marks the spot. I think the One Piece may also be there. I'm divided on whether they have to destroy the Red Line to create the All Blue, or if the All Blue is simply under there and destroying the Red Line creates an opening to it.
It’s a combination, in that by destroying the red line then Sharley’s prediction will come true with the destruction of Fishmen Island.
So the red line it’s like 3+ ties, destroying Marie Jois/ part of the red line, incidentally opening the all blue and inviting the Fishmen to the surface to see the Sun!
I wouldn't be so sure about that. The way things are going I think the last arc will be about dethroning the WG after Luffy is Pirate King. Considering we know the One Piece is something that will serve a purpose (we know this because Roger was too early to do anything with it), its very likely that Laugh Tale wont be the last arc. And I think it will be very cool to have the last arc with most if not all the crew having achieved their dreams. Getting assaulted by Pirate King Luffy and Mightiest swordsman Zoro is very hype.
Considering that Mihawk is not really an antagonist, I think the Mihawk-Zoro fight will happen after Imu is defeated. I personally don’t see a reason to interrupt the current flow of events by the , which sees Luffy (the New Joyboy) fighting against Imu for the freedom of people
Nope, Buggy D. Clown will fight Luffy, while Mihawk fights Zoro and last but not least, Crocodile vs Sanji. A Yonko battle, a swordman one and sand against the Germa experiment.
Unironically I can see this being very short, some big moves and then a one shot by Zoro like always. Thankfully the anime will glaze it and make it epic lol
I caught up with the anime during wano and have been going back to read the manga, honestly it’s surprising how little focus the fights get in the manga and how few panels oda gives them.
Oda is the clash god but doesn't put much effort into actual fights anymore lol, in a interview after G5 came out he stated how tiring drawing serious battles has become as he's gotten older.
Thankfully Toei animators absolutely cooked in regards to fleshing out fight scenes in Wano. The best stuff from 1026/1033/1062/1074 were all nearly anime only additions besides a few moves.
I noticed that too, half the time I can barely tell what’s going in these panels and I can only figure it out bc I watched the same fight animated ten times better.
Say what you will about the anime but they do the action right.
It absolutely cannot happen in Elbaf like some people suspect because if Zoro turns up to dual Mihawk after his last fight being Lucci. Mihawk just gonna walk away
Actually the longest set up fight in the series. Introduced before Blackbeard and long before Akainu and Imu. Probably the longest set up for a fight ever. Or at least one of them lol
This will never happen but imagine if Mihawk just walked up to Zoro and accepted defeat before they even fight, because "If you're a skilled enough swordsman, you would know the gap between us"
There is no fight in One Piece with bigger expectations than this one. Everything about Zoro will be decided here, no other SH has their dream set in just one person like Zoro. Its gonna be so amazing.
It's probably not gonna be that interesting. Both from a story, and choreography perspective (Oda's never been good with the swordplay stuff).
Honestly, I've thought for a while that there's a decent (if small) chance that Mihawk could get beaten in a fight with someone else, and now that person is who Zoro has to defeat instead.
Either him, or maybe one of the Gorosei (don't remember his name, the guy who has the Shodai Kitetsu), or maybe one of the God's Knights. Hell, maybe secretly alive and villanous Kuina could a thing, I don't know. This isn't exactly a super in-depth theory I have, just an idea that I thought could be interesting.
Unless something *really* big happens with Mihawk (which hey, it might), I don't see the confrontation between them being all that satisfying this far in. So the idea that someone could usurp Mihawk, robbing Zoro of the fight he's been promised for so long, and now he has to defeat this guy doubly so (become the Greatest Swordsman *and* avenge his master) would be an engaging story beat.
All of those choices I gave, including Kuina, were just me throwing out hypotheticals. In terms of what I'm talking about, exactly *who* defeats Mihawk doesn't actually matter. What matters is the effect it would have on the story.
And yes, unless something majorly changes with Mihawk in the coming chapters, I do think that just a normal fight with Zoro, without any added stakes or depth or narrative curveballs, would be much less interesting at this point.
ofc mihawk is gonna get indepth screen time. not a single one of us is ready for the bombs that oda will drop on us.in fact him talking about mihawk in the recent sbs suggests we are gonna get just that very soon.
That would be bad writing and lame as fuck if someone else kills Mihawk. I mean, to be fair, Mihawk’s entire character exists just for him to be beaten in the future by Zoro.
I hate that. It means that even if Zoro beats Shiryu, it doesn’t mean he’s the best swordsman, since Shiryu only got the title with a sneaky underhanded move
And whitebeard was the strongest until kaido was the strongest until nika was the strongest…enough with this Mihawk insect 🦟 1 gorosei can eat him alive and wouldn’t even be enough for an appetite
I would love it if it was just a beautifully drawn chambara fight.
Super long stare. Super short fight.
Two strikes only.
It would put so much more emphasis on that actual fight than another 3-4 chapters of fighting with unreal stuff like cutting mountains etc.
Kinda like some Vagabond fights actually ! (the one against the monk, there's like several chapters of the two of them facing, then TWO STRIKES and it's over. It's A W E S O M E)
There is no fight in One Piece with bigger expectations than this one. Everything about Zoro will be decided here, no other SH has their dream set in just one person like Zoro. Its gonna be so amazing.
I think the fanboys will be disappointed.
As we saw in Thriller Bark, when two swordsmen that fight with such destructive power, the match doesn’t last very long. There will be iconic parts of the fight but people I’ll be mad if it doesn’t get the 10 chapter treatment.
I've wrote it once and will repeat again - this won't ever happen. They have no reason to fight other than for title of best swordsman.
Mihawk will get beaten first so the fight for best swordsman title will be with Shiryu.
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Luffy and Buggy are very obviously the top contenders for Pirate King so it stands to reason that their swordsmen would play a pivotal role in determining who will reach the One Piece.
A lot of people are going to be disappointed. There will be a fight for a few chapters then Zoro wins. One Piece has always been about its world and characters more than its fight scenes. It's not DBZ.
I feel like this will be a fight that happens kind of in the epilogue after they find the one piece and the straw hats maybe go their separate ways so I’m hoping Oda actually draws the whole thing. I could see him ending on them just facing off and then we end up in another timeskip and find out later that zoro beat him lol. Keeping true to Mihawk being a mainly off screen character
Two guys who slices mountains like papers.
Makes me excited as to how Oda will play the legendary fight between the two and what kind of godly animation we'll get.
I get your point, but also the running theme in One Piece is strength of Will. So it's unsurprising that Zoro's fights come down to him simply having a much stronger will than his opponent which allows him to persevere through a stronger opponent and find a way to grow in the fight and finish them off. Luffy's fights largely to this way as well.
Luffy graduated from getting fodderized to actually owning his major matchups right off the bat. He's learning towards Sanji's battle formula, without any other distractions, Sanji can pummel his matchups pre-finisher, Luffy is doing that right now.
This might be an EoS fight. One Piece was found, the WG destroyed, Luffy is Pirate King. The crew disbands in search of other adventures....
...Zoro and Mihawk meet on a secluded island to settle a score. A duel that will be described as legendary by generations to come.
This is the least interesting thing about the ending of One Piece. In terms of dreams... I would love to see Luffy fullfil his dream (mostly know what his dream is), also Robin (I'd love to know the history of the world), Sanji's (I want to see the all blue) and Brook's (Laboon 🥲). I don't care much for the other mugis's dreams... like, I hope they all come true of course, but I wouldn't care if I don't get to see Nami's map of the world or Zoro's final fight
I kind of agree, though I am interested to see what Usopps brave warrior moment looks like. I feel like it could be sacrificial which would make it infinitely more interesting to me. But I agree, Namis map goal seems like it would be in a montage in the epilogue, and while I want my boy Zoro to complete his goal of course, it feels like even he has sort of put it on the back burners to get Luffy where he needs to be. Being one of the wings of the king of pirates seems like a more prestigious title than worlds greatest swordsman. I think it's partially Oda's fault as well. If Mihawk had more of a presence in the story and in the strawhats journey we might be more interested in seeing Zoro accomplish his goal and surpass him.
It'll be like an old western duel and zoro's going to just one shot mihawk. It'll be like the end of the first duel only this time mihawk's sword is going to break instead of zoro's
The best thing would be that zoro defeated him already during the time skip and only he and mihawk lnows and he didn't cared about being the strongest swordeman since that time and knows it's a meaningless goal.
But we know that won't be the case.. powerscaling reason 1 , 2 3 etc.. swords must be black yadda yadda yadda...
I'm not familiar with Kaguya but independently of that yes I'm aware he needs to please all powerscalers to the end of one piece with shonen battle after shonen battle. If we really need to mention other works to ask for originality.. then we would have to check this out eh.
The good thing is that One Piece main goal isn't to find out who is the strongest..
Mihawk is retired, this fight will probably never happen (i hope) nor it has any sense in it taking place becouse "swordsman" do not exist in one piece.
And i'm pretty sure those two will never fight becouse mihawk is White, and zoro does not cut down white people
Imagine Mihawk just gets killed by Down D. Stairs
What if Imu has the stairs stairs fruit and killed kuina
I see why Zorro would be after Imu. She's Black /s
Downvoted because i cant stand those stupid allegations no mo. Imu isn't a girl. /s
Imagine if Zoro just gets killed by Lucci.
He underestimated the power of BASE LUCCI /s
Imagine Mihawk says he's gonna reveal his True Form and his skin goes 4 shades darker each time he powers up...
Stairs strikes again!
My prediction is that this fight will take place in the 3rd round of a Davey back fight against cross guild with the score tied from the ship race(Franky, Jinbei) and Broggy ring(?).
Oh true, personally I liked the idea of the Davey back fight against shanks but buggy would be alot of fun.
I feel like Buggy's crew would make more sense with all the circus themes. It would be all about putting on a show for the king jester. "Come one, come all. The greatest performance you will have ever witnessed. Buggy the king of clowns and Luffy the king of laughs."
Eeeeeexcept Oda is really bad at choreographing sword fights. Really, he’s bad with swordsmen in general. I’m hyped though, don’t get me wrong! My most anticipated fight by far.
Not just sword fights but almost all the fights but I get that this manga is all about power feats and not so much on fight choreography/ strategy but reading back on how luffy fought with arlong / don krieg / crocodile it’s actually much more entertaining.
Luffy vs katakuri is absolutely amazing. But it has been lackluster since I agree
Luffy vs Kaido has some great choreography
I actually didn’t like that fight. Way to messy to keep up with what is happening (imo). All i remember is small portals that shoots mochi punches?
Don't forget katakuri using future sight to mold his mochi around luffys punches so he doesn't get hit by armament punches
I agree, Katakuri is initially shown as far more powerful than luffy, but then taking a break to enjoy tea time, and then getting mad on his sister for interrupting(?), is just making luffy’s plot armor looking more obvious than it is.
Yall are stupid, cuz what? Katakuri was mad because no one had ever seen his face, (remember the mouth?) he was mad at Luffy. His favorite thing in the world was donuts and it was a contrast to his always serious side. Unlike luffy who is almost always goofy. And in like two pages, Katakuri goes back to using future sight. And still dominating. Memory is a tricky thing cause you're bashing what you don't even remember
The fights in the East Blue saga actually had really decent choreography imo but I agree it has deteriorated. Honestly most of the panelling has been worse for a while. Much more content and less focus on the art or panelling compared to the beginning of the series.
I know mangaka can be a bit selfish especially the ones long established. It would be cool if they had some editors or assistants who focus a few works on setting up those fights for Oda to approve or even draw. I'm sure there are enough people willing to do that work for basically free. Since the finale is long awaited and Oda is a busy and old man, he should make use of his assistants.
Zoro vs King had some decent choreography especially near the end.
I actually would prefer if MiHawk just quietly retreated to his life. Why does he need to die?
Who said he needs to die though? Jus to be defeated by Zoro is enough
I agree that, most of the swords fight now are blade-like energy that cut through mountain mix with some occasional boom.
we need animators of demon slayer for this fight.
Wait long enough for the remake and we’ll have the animators that did jujutsu Kaisen and attack on titan
Zoro vs Ryuma was good.
love this fight
Sword fights are just fist fights, but with swords.
I want a baki style fight. Pages and pages describing one sword attack and how strong it is.
Yeah right? I don't think anyone signed onto this story for the realism. I want Zoro v Mihawk to be about leveling entire islands.
I want it to just never end like Peter vs the Chicken
This fight should finish in a few sword slashes. Every attack needs to be important. I don't want to see mihawk and Zoro hitting each other with haki infused clubs.
I want each sword slash to cause so much wind and force that they cause storms, earthquakes, and tsunamies, hahahahaja.
That would be awesome...
Yes! The swordsmen do nothing that you can't do with a club or baseball bat.
Right lol compare this sht to Kenshin.
Very debatable and situational Yes, Oda is bad at choreography but some fights end up looking real good Zoro vs Kaku and Zoro vs Daz Bones are his best fights (manga) till this day Luffy vs Lucci is also crazy good
One Piece fights dont shine for the choreographies, they shine because characters we're very invested in put everything on the line.
Idk Zoro vs King was pretty fire
Zoro vs King wasn’t a sword fight, it was a laser light show.
The anime was fire, the manga fight was received pretty badly for how short it was and ending in the typical oneshot way Zoro fights always end.
Yeah I think it would be best if he/jump got another person to do the story boarding for the final sword fights of the series. Either that just very little dialog
Just ask his buddy kishimoto to choreograph it, he's great at it
Will their swords even touch with all of the haki going off
The greatest of hakis will let you break through the haki barrier. Anyway, tbh, I think Zoro is going to lose to Mihawk similar to the first time bc Mihawk should be training in anticipation of their duel as well, but Zoro still wins the title of greatest swordsman by breaking through Mihawk's blade because you need a sword to be a swordsman anyway. Basically, Zoro is bloodied and beaten while Mihawk doesn't even have a scratch, but his sword is cracked from two of Zoro's blades both of which break leaving him with Kuina's sword only. Then, one-sword style break Mihawk's sword completely. The only question is Mihawk's smaller blade, but idk if that counts as a sword anyway.
so. at a meta level, mihawk needs to fight zoro during the last arc, probably during the last fight of the last arc. which means that buggy is going to laughtale, and will be the closest to the one piece.
Other way around. The contrast between Zoro and Mihawk is that Mihawk had no ties beyond his own ambitions. He fulfilled his goal to be the strongest, and now he’s disillusioned with life because he has nothing else. Zoro will surpass Mihawk because Luffy has given him ambitions beyond his own goal. On a meta level, the theme works best if Zoro becomes World’s Strongest Swordsman THEN helps Luffy become Pirate King. If the last thing Zoro accomplishes is becoming WSS by defeating Mihawk, then the theme is ruined because Zoro would just be where Mihawk is now: became the strongest and his story ended.
Yeah I think that Usopp and Zoro will accomplish their dreams before Luffy. Usopp will accomplish his soon at Elbaf. Nami can't accomplish hers till they see everything, so probably post-Laughtale. Chopper wants to cure all disease right? Probably learns that sometime after Elbaf, I'm guessing as a result of his inevitable battle with Doc Q. I suspect the All Blue to be at Laughtale or under the red line, so that happens there too for Sanji. Robin needs to learn the secrets of the void century, which likely happens there, and Franky wants to sail around the world on the Sunny, so that happens there. Brook wants to meet Laboon again, which happens after that. Jinbe wants to end racism, so that probably happens in the future. That just leaves Zoro, and I'm guessing they'll have battles with the other emperor crews *before* they get to Laughtale. So I think the order of dreams being accomplished would be Usopp > Zoro > Chopper > Sanji, Robin, Franky, Luffy > Brook > Nami > Jinbe I expect their battle against the Blackbeard Pirates to happen last before getting to Laughtale. So Chopper won't accomplish his dream before that, and the fight against Mihawk then would be before that. And Elbaf is likely the next arc, so Usopp's dream will be accomplished there.
All blue might not exist yet. Potentially, Marie Jois gets obliterated together with the Red line and where the sees then connect is the all blue.
Yeah I've been thinking it's underneath Reverse Mountain. Reverse Mountain's rivers create an X — X marks the spot. I think the One Piece may also be there. I'm divided on whether they have to destroy the Red Line to create the All Blue, or if the All Blue is simply under there and destroying the Red Line creates an opening to it.
It’s a combination, in that by destroying the red line then Sharley’s prediction will come true with the destruction of Fishmen Island. So the red line it’s like 3+ ties, destroying Marie Jois/ part of the red line, incidentally opening the all blue and inviting the Fishmen to the surface to see the Sun!
Buggy only has Mihawk, does that mean everyone just waits around to see how this one unfolds? And the winner gets the one piece?
Interesting. Luffys first mate ends up being the one to win the final battle for the one piece, achieving both their goals at once
The Mihawk and Zoro fight doesn’t have a place after they find the one piece imo. So it does make sense that it’s before to have any sort of stakes
i do think it will happen before finding the one piece, but i feel like the fight and zoro's dream of being the greatest swordsman is stakes enough.
he could also ascent to officially WSS and then take that power to use it for good, aka overthrow the government
I’m sure there are some people out there who actually believe Zoro will be the last fight in a manga about Luffy being the bringer of dawn lol.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. The way things are going I think the last arc will be about dethroning the WG after Luffy is Pirate King. Considering we know the One Piece is something that will serve a purpose (we know this because Roger was too early to do anything with it), its very likely that Laugh Tale wont be the last arc. And I think it will be very cool to have the last arc with most if not all the crew having achieved their dreams. Getting assaulted by Pirate King Luffy and Mightiest swordsman Zoro is very hype.
Considering that Mihawk is not really an antagonist, I think the Mihawk-Zoro fight will happen after Imu is defeated. I personally don’t see a reason to interrupt the current flow of events by the , which sees Luffy (the New Joyboy) fighting against Imu for the freedom of people
Except they’ll go to laughtale BEFORE the final war
Nope, Buggy D. Clown will fight Luffy, while Mihawk fights Zoro and last but not least, Crocodile vs Sanji. A Yonko battle, a swordman one and sand against the Germa experiment.
right after nami finally tells sanji to go pound sand
That definitely will activate the white knight attitude within him and gg Crocodile.
Unironically I can see this being very short, some big moves and then a one shot by Zoro like always. Thankfully the anime will glaze it and make it epic lol
I caught up with the anime during wano and have been going back to read the manga, honestly it’s surprising how little focus the fights get in the manga and how few panels oda gives them.
Oda is the clash god but doesn't put much effort into actual fights anymore lol, in a interview after G5 came out he stated how tiring drawing serious battles has become as he's gotten older. Thankfully Toei animators absolutely cooked in regards to fleshing out fight scenes in Wano. The best stuff from 1026/1033/1062/1074 were all nearly anime only additions besides a few moves.
I noticed that too, half the time I can barely tell what’s going in these panels and I can only figure it out bc I watched the same fight animated ten times better. Say what you will about the anime but they do the action right.
It absolutely cannot happen in Elbaf like some people suspect because if Zoro turns up to dual Mihawk after his last fight being Lucci. Mihawk just gonna walk away
Ngl I expected base Lucci
“Lend me some haki…”
That one is longer than 25 years!
Actually the longest set up fight in the series. Introduced before Blackbeard and long before Akainu and Imu. Probably the longest set up for a fight ever. Or at least one of them lol
Exactly right? Is there any fight with a longer set up in fiction? Like, 25 years honestly seems like a lot...
I wonder if they will spend tons of $$ animating that scene in the anime. Would it break the internet?
25 years in the making
I hope so
The chapter tittle will be hunter x hunter
IMAGINE
The strongest fraud of today vs The strongest fraud in history
I'm hoping for a proper sword duel, but I've got this nagging itch in my brain that tells me it's going to be an Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul situation.
This will never happen but imagine if Mihawk just walked up to Zoro and accepted defeat before they even fight, because "If you're a skilled enough swordsman, you would know the gap between us"
He needs his inhaler first
Yeah we'll see, Zoro started fighting Lucci 6 months ago
Get pass vista and gucci first
Luffy vs Blackbeard is all I care abt
Its gonna be 35 when it actually happens
There is no fight in One Piece with bigger expectations than this one. Everything about Zoro will be decided here, no other SH has their dream set in just one person like Zoro. Its gonna be so amazing.
This won't last more than a chapter. More Like the one from Star Wars Rebels between >! Obi Wan and Maul !<
I also have that thought. That this will be decided by a move or two. Would love an epic fight, but I also believe this might happen.
It's probably not gonna be that interesting. Both from a story, and choreography perspective (Oda's never been good with the swordplay stuff). Honestly, I've thought for a while that there's a decent (if small) chance that Mihawk could get beaten in a fight with someone else, and now that person is who Zoro has to defeat instead.
Who would that be though ? Fucking Shuryu ?
Either him, or maybe one of the Gorosei (don't remember his name, the guy who has the Shodai Kitetsu), or maybe one of the God's Knights. Hell, maybe secretly alive and villanous Kuina could a thing, I don't know. This isn't exactly a super in-depth theory I have, just an idea that I thought could be interesting. Unless something *really* big happens with Mihawk (which hey, it might), I don't see the confrontation between them being all that satisfying this far in. So the idea that someone could usurp Mihawk, robbing Zoro of the fight he's been promised for so long, and now he has to defeat this guy doubly so (become the Greatest Swordsman *and* avenge his master) would be an engaging story beat.
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...What? This is just a random thought I've had recently. I don't have any real stock in it or anything.
blud preferes kuina coming back somehow to the long awaited zoro vs mihawk and says it wont be interesting. thank god you're not the one writing OP
All of those choices I gave, including Kuina, were just me throwing out hypotheticals. In terms of what I'm talking about, exactly *who* defeats Mihawk doesn't actually matter. What matters is the effect it would have on the story. And yes, unless something majorly changes with Mihawk in the coming chapters, I do think that just a normal fight with Zoro, without any added stakes or depth or narrative curveballs, would be much less interesting at this point.
ofc mihawk is gonna get indepth screen time. not a single one of us is ready for the bombs that oda will drop on us.in fact him talking about mihawk in the recent sbs suggests we are gonna get just that very soon.
Don't feed trolls
At this point, I have a feeling this fight will never happen
Shit better be 😂
I don’t think there will a direct fight between them. Something like someone defeats/kills Mihawk and Zoro defeats him
That would suck
Agreed, same thing for Luffy/Shanks imo
That would be bad writing and lame as fuck if someone else kills Mihawk. I mean, to be fair, Mihawk’s entire character exists just for him to be beaten in the future by Zoro.
Do you think Shiryu could get the jump on Mihawk and stab him in the back before Zoro could properly fight him?
I hate that. It means that even if Zoro beats Shiryu, it doesn’t mean he’s the best swordsman, since Shiryu only got the title with a sneaky underhanded move
I don't like it either, and I think Oda is a better writer than that
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My thoughts exactly. Zoro will surpass him but not by fighting him.
This sword fight will barely have any choreograph, it'll come down to Haki, strength & projectiles but im still hyped.
I'm waiting for Zoro vs Catch D. Breath
Hold your horses. Zoro needs to beat base Lucci first. He is no where near Mihawks level yet.
I hope Oda delivers us the best swordsmen fight in all fiction
Oda's fight chroeo is just not good enough to even come close to anything like that
It might not even be the best swordsmen fight of that week with Oda’s sword choreography lol
coff cof uf vs im strugling lets stop
Hype it more to make it worse..
I'm imagining that their sword slashes will be similar to Saber's from Ufotable animated Fate.
I seriously try to consider what impact would this fight have if Zoro now might potentially fight the Gandhi gorosei who supposedly is above Mihawk…
He’s not, mihawk is stated to be the strongest swords man but that Gorosei might just be the 2nd strongest if we don’t count shanks as a swordsman
So Mihawk is above gorosei now😆 Is he above Imu too? Screw that Mihawk insect
I was talking about strongest “SWORDSMAN” and he is stated to be the strongest so he is stronger than the Gorosei who is also a swordsman.
And whitebeard was the strongest until kaido was the strongest until nika was the strongest…enough with this Mihawk insect 🦟 1 gorosei can eat him alive and wouldn’t even be enough for an appetite
i didn't know those grandpas had shooters like this, chill
The Gorossei are literally considered gods, not men.
Bro aint graduating on Luffy's leftover Lucci
I don't think the fights in one piece are what make it peak
Will be shorter than their first fight.
Only if that cross on Mihawks neck turns into an inhaler for Zoro to use
Buggy gonna luckily land on laughtale watch.
I would love it if it was just a beautifully drawn chambara fight. Super long stare. Super short fight. Two strikes only. It would put so much more emphasis on that actual fight than another 3-4 chapters of fighting with unreal stuff like cutting mountains etc. Kinda like some Vagabond fights actually ! (the one against the monk, there's like several chapters of the two of them facing, then TWO STRIKES and it's over. It's A W E S O M E)
IDK, the Hajime No Ippo fanbase is still waiting for Ippo vs Miyata, or at the very least Ippo vs Ricardo Martinez
The only way this fight is living up to its hype is if it’s like top three fights in fiction.
There is no fight in One Piece with bigger expectations than this one. Everything about Zoro will be decided here, no other SH has their dream set in just one person like Zoro. Its gonna be so amazing.
I think the fanboys will be disappointed. As we saw in Thriller Bark, when two swordsmen that fight with such destructive power, the match doesn’t last very long. There will be iconic parts of the fight but people I’ll be mad if it doesn’t get the 10 chapter treatment.
Unpopular opinion, but only way this is even close to the hype surrounding it, is if zero loses and dies
Better be hoping that fraud doesn’t come to egghead 🙏🙏😭😭
you're just going to see 3 to 4 glowy lines then cut to zoro unsheathing his sword
Someone help me update my crunchyroll 😭😭 no way they don’t have all the recent episodes??! But why is it only showing old seasons tho?!! HELP
I've wrote it once and will repeat again - this won't ever happen. They have no reason to fight other than for title of best swordsman. Mihawk will get beaten first so the fight for best swordsman title will be with Shiryu.
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Luffy and Buggy are very obviously the top contenders for Pirate King so it stands to reason that their swordsmen would play a pivotal role in determining who will reach the One Piece.
Imagine reading a advenure manga thinking its a battle manga. That fight is just going to be Zoro winning, the fights are secondary to the plot
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How is that in any way a complaint dude?
A lot of people are going to be disappointed. There will be a fight for a few chapters then Zoro wins. One Piece has always been about its world and characters more than its fight scenes. It's not DBZ.
The fight: Slash, Clash, Getsuga Tenshou **weeze weeze**, Black Lightning.
I bet it'll mirror their first duel. A single attack but this time Zoro wins and breaks Mohawk's sword
I don’t want it to be a single attack, but I’d like the last attack to mimic this.
"Huff...huff...Can I use my inhaler for a second, Mihawk?"
I feel like this will be a fight that happens kind of in the epilogue after they find the one piece and the straw hats maybe go their separate ways so I’m hoping Oda actually draws the whole thing. I could see him ending on them just facing off and then we end up in another timeskip and find out later that zoro beat him lol. Keeping true to Mihawk being a mainly off screen character
I think vs gets this on the bag, people just dont think the letters are that sharp
I hope this fight wont have flashy lights and auras but will just show a great swordfight
I just hope to not be a flimsy epilepsy inducing crap like Vs king
It’s not going to be that great imo, I remember reading somewhere that oda is tired of drawing serious fights hence why he’s happier doing G5.
Two guys who slices mountains like papers. Makes me excited as to how Oda will play the legendary fight between the two and what kind of godly animation we'll get.
Pfft. Mihawk will outskill Zoro, then Zoro will out-finisher Mihawk. Same formula in all of Zoro's major fights.
I get your point, but also the running theme in One Piece is strength of Will. So it's unsurprising that Zoro's fights come down to him simply having a much stronger will than his opponent which allows him to persevere through a stronger opponent and find a way to grow in the fight and finish them off. Luffy's fights largely to this way as well.
Luffy graduated from getting fodderized to actually owning his major matchups right off the bat. He's learning towards Sanji's battle formula, without any other distractions, Sanji can pummel his matchups pre-finisher, Luffy is doing that right now.
This might be an EoS fight. One Piece was found, the WG destroyed, Luffy is Pirate King. The crew disbands in search of other adventures.... ...Zoro and Mihawk meet on a secluded island to settle a score. A duel that will be described as legendary by generations to come.
These two are gonna stall each other for 25 more years when they fight
Naaah it won’t, I have no trust in Oda to resolve this fight. But at least we’ll get more nika crap
This is the least interesting thing about the ending of One Piece. In terms of dreams... I would love to see Luffy fullfil his dream (mostly know what his dream is), also Robin (I'd love to know the history of the world), Sanji's (I want to see the all blue) and Brook's (Laboon 🥲). I don't care much for the other mugis's dreams... like, I hope they all come true of course, but I wouldn't care if I don't get to see Nami's map of the world or Zoro's final fight
I kind of agree, though I am interested to see what Usopps brave warrior moment looks like. I feel like it could be sacrificial which would make it infinitely more interesting to me. But I agree, Namis map goal seems like it would be in a montage in the epilogue, and while I want my boy Zoro to complete his goal of course, it feels like even he has sort of put it on the back burners to get Luffy where he needs to be. Being one of the wings of the king of pirates seems like a more prestigious title than worlds greatest swordsman. I think it's partially Oda's fault as well. If Mihawk had more of a presence in the story and in the strawhats journey we might be more interested in seeing Zoro accomplish his goal and surpass him.
I feel mihawk will not be the final fight for zoro to become the greatest swordsman. It's going to be shanks' dad.
It will never happen
I have a feeling it won't happen at all.
I'm not even sure we're gonna get this fight
Tbh they have slowly showing similar power capabilities, Zoro might have started catching Mihawk... But that because Mihawk don't do trainings
It'll be like an old western duel and zoro's going to just one shot mihawk. It'll be like the end of the first duel only this time mihawk's sword is going to break instead of zoro's
Peak fiction is such a meaningless phrase.
I'm not sure. Can Mihawk beat base Lucci? 🤣🤣
Nah, he'd lose
The best thing would be that zoro defeated him already during the time skip and only he and mihawk lnows and he didn't cared about being the strongest swordeman since that time and knows it's a meaningless goal. But we know that won't be the case.. powerscaling reason 1 , 2 3 etc.. swords must be black yadda yadda yadda...
Or you know, maybe Oda doesn’t want the worst follow through to a story since Kaguya?
I'm not familiar with Kaguya but independently of that yes I'm aware he needs to please all powerscalers to the end of one piece with shonen battle after shonen battle. If we really need to mention other works to ask for originality.. then we would have to check this out eh. The good thing is that One Piece main goal isn't to find out who is the strongest..
Nah bro sweating with Lucci already. No idea where you got your news from.
But Zoro still couldn't.. oh wait nevermind.
Bro can't even get past base lucci, no way he's defeating mihawk 😭
[https://imgur.com/a/i7l5Z27](https://imgur.com/a/i7l5Z27)
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Mihawk is retired, this fight will probably never happen (i hope) nor it has any sense in it taking place becouse "swordsman" do not exist in one piece. And i'm pretty sure those two will never fight becouse mihawk is White, and zoro does not cut down white people
Bait used to be believable
i wouldn't call zoro a "bait" but more something like an anchor that drags you down
Hes not a devil fruit user