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Lord Mog

Yes, One Piece has a long, drawn out, and sometimes a monotonous plot.

Does that make it bad? No, it doesn't.

Even though the main antagonist is certainly showing, it's really all about personal preference. I mean, just because someone doesn't like a certain series doesn't mean everybody hates it as well. I could name a great number of other shows that are so lengthy and drawn out that it becomes almost impossible to watch them.

But again, personal preference.

Fixed for you.

Darc

Jesus christ,they dubbed it to portuguese.It sounds sooooooooooooo bad!

Anyways,was an episode of a annoying pink haired kid that wanted to join the navy.God,his voice alone made me spank a kitty.
...and why the **** does the "swordsman" have a 3rd sword,that he hold on his mouth?!

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Raiyne

Because the more swords you wield, the cooler you are. D'oh!

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Lord Mog

LOLOLOL!



History

Zoro's Vow for Kuina

Zoro spent his childhood training in a dojo in Shimoshiki village. How he became a student of that dojo was not explained in the manga, but was in the anime. When Zoro was a young boy, he challenged the dojo to a match with its strongest person in order to test his strength, even though he had no experience in sword-fighting whatsoever. He made a deal with the dojo master, saying that if he won, he'd take their school sign. If he lost, he'd join the dojo. However, instead of fighting against the dojo master as he'd expected, Zoro ended up fighting against the master's daughter, Kuina, who was only two years older than Zoro. Kuina defeated Zoro with one blow, and he ended up joining the dojo.

After training in the dojo for a short time, 11-year-old Zoro had become adept in fighting with two swords and was now strong enough to defeat the dojo's adults. However, there was one person Zoro still could not beat - Kuina. Frustrated, he tried to get stronger, pushing himself to his limits in training every day, seemingly to no avail. After their 2000th fight (and Kuina's 2000th victory) Zoro challenged her in private for one more match - with real swords. He lost. Afterwards. Zoro cried out of frustration; he couldn't fulfill his dream of becoming the world's best swordsman if he couldn't beat Kuina. After Zoro stated this, Kuina started to cry as well, explaining that she wanted to be the best swordsman too, but her father had said that girls can't be master swordsmen since they will mature to be physically weaker than males. This angered Zoro. He yelled at Kuina that this wasn't true, that she could still beat him, and that training so hard to defeat someone who'd become weaker than him made him look bad. Zoro swore that the day he defeats Kuina, it'd be because he trained hard and grew stronger, not because she grew weaker. This made Kuina feel better and she decided to continue chasing her dreams. Inspired, the two made a promise: that both would grow stronger, and one day, one of them would eventually become the world's best swordmaster.

The next day, Kuina died falling down the stairs to the basement while looking for her whetstone. Zoro attends her funeral procession without crying, showing his mourning instead by training more vigorously and desperately than ever.

* Note: In the English dub by 4Kids, this scene was censored and instead she was written to have been badly hurt by a group from a nearby town and was unable to fight anymore.

Later, Zoro's sensei, Kuina's father, had a private conversation with Zoro, saying that Zoro's presence had inspired her to train harder and become stronger than ever before. He said that because of Zoro, Kuina had begun breaking down the physical barriers that prevented a swordswoman from becoming the greatest. Though he doesn't specifically say so, it is clear that Kuina's father regrets telling his daughter that she couldn't be the best on the basis of her gender alone. Upon hearing this, Zoro cries for the first time since Kuina's death, and begs his sensei for Kuina's sword, so that he may achieve their shared dream of becoming the best swordsman for the both of them, and travel from then on with her memory beside him. His sensei agreed, and gave him the Wado Ichimonji, and Zoro begins training in Santōryū, three-sword style.

Several years later, Zoro, now a teenager, is seen using Santōryū to destroy rocks. He then prays at Kuina's gravestone with his sensei one final time before setting out on his journey to become the world's best swordsman.

In the manga, Zoro's past is much shorter, not explaining how Zoro came to be a student at the dojo. It also does not include any of the young Zoro's training scenes, Kuina's funeral procession, the sensei's conversation with Zoro about Kuina's growing strength, and Zoro's last visit to Kuina's grave before he began traveling the East Blue. These scenes were all added into the anime.

That pretty much sums it up.

ihou

Who doesn't? One piece plot may be weak but it's a good laugh ;].

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Syetactic

The One Piece plot isn't weak.. all the arc are intense and godly. They get you so into the anime, and the comic relief is actually funny, go figure.. (Bleach fail at funny)

One Piece is by far the funnest, and most intriguing anime I have ever watched.. Its the only anime that had me yelling at my screen in sheer amazement.. I got so into One Piece because the action sceens were so badass, and Luffy just goes crazy... much better then Naruto's lame *** when he tries to seem bad and go crazy... He's nothing compared to Luffy.. NOTHING!

Anyways, One Piece is the only anime that should be milked because of its Godliness.

combat_candy

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