Chapter 355: The Four Realms of Sword Dao
One Piece: Zoro's 4 realms of swordsmanship, now led astray by Hawkeye, Koshiro is the "great god"
In the anime One Piece, the strength division is actually a vague setting. Ordinary people can have a strange ability by eating a fruit, and after reasonable development, their strength can be raised to a very terrifying level.
However, the fruit is not the only way to go, swordsmanship is also a way to improve strength. And Luffy's first partner Zoro is a swordsman.
After two years of training, the Straw Hat Pirates have made great progress in strength, and Zoro's swordsmanship has also improved a lot, but there is still room for improvement.
Today let us take a look at the four realms of Zoro’s kendo. Now that he has been led astray by Hawkeye, Koshiro is the “great god”.
1 Swordsman
Regarding the division of kendo realms, the show has actually given three divisions based on titles. The first stage is the primary swordsman. When Zoro was in Koshiro's dojo and before he met Mr. 1, he could actually be considered at this level. Simply put, being able to pick up a sword and have sword moves can be called a primary swordsman, which is the lowest level of kendo.
2. Swordsman
After meeting Hawkeye, although Zoro was recognized, it was only spiritual recognition. His swordsmanship did not improve because of Hawkeye's words.
Zoro entered the second stage from the primary swordsman when he fought with Mr.1 of Baroque Studio. He realized the art of slashing iron and was considered to have entered the second stage. And becoming a swordsman of slashing iron was actually taught by Koshiro. At that time, Zoro recalled the swordsmanship taught by his master and realized the secret of slashing iron.
3 Swordsman
The realm above the level of cutting iron should be what Zoro has always pursued, which is to cut through everything and become a swordsman.
Hawkeye, who is known as the world's greatest swordsman, is theoretically at this level and still has room for improvement. After all, although Hawkeye is known as the world's greatest swordsman, he still has a gap in hard power compared to the Four Emperors.
During the war at the top, Hawkeye himself said that he wanted to know the gap between himself and the Four Emperors, and Red Hair's swordsmanship is probably at this level. If Hawkeye's swordsmanship really reaches the top of the world, he will definitely not be just a Shichibukai.
4. Do Not Cut
Hawkeye's slashing attack can be said to have reached the highest peak of the third realm, which is to be able to cut through everything. And the strongest realm of kendo is probably the realm of no slashing that Koshiro had already taught Zoro.
Whether with a sword in hand or not, he can overwhelm the opponent with his momentum. When facing the snow girl Monet, Zoro once displayed a similar power of Ashura.
However, after Zoro became Hawkeye's apprentice, he seemed to be getting further and further away from the third realm, and now he is being led astray by Hawkeye. Maybe it will take a special opportunity for Zoro to discover that Koshiro is a "great god", just like when he first realized Zan Tie.
A very special ability has emerged. This ability is very powerful and is called "listening to the voice of all things."
Possessing such an ability would allow one to communicate with different kinds of living things or even non-living things through language or consciousness.
This ability seems to be somewhat similar to Observation Haki, but the ability to listen to the voices of all things is not Observation Haki.
Domineering power is a kind of power that everyone possesses and can be acquired through practice.
This kind of power is innate, but it was not stimulated or could not be stimulated before practice.
After the practice of Observation Haki to a certain level, it can sense, predict, and even understand the emotions and thoughts of living beings.
However, there is still a difference between the ability to observe Haki and the ability to listen to the voices of all things.
There are not many characters in the anime that have this ability. There are only a few people like the anime protagonist Luffy, the previous One Piece King Roger, Kozuki Oden and Kozuki Momonosuke.
Before Luffy learned the Haki of Observation, he had already shown the ability to listen to the voices of all things. For example, he could communicate with animals such as old dragons and manatees.
Although Kotsuki Momonosuke does not have the Observation Haki, he can still understand what other animals say.
From this, Luffy can see that the ability to listen to the voices of all things is not Observation Haki.
However, although the ability to listen to the voices of all things is not Haki, it is innate, just like Haki no Haki, and is not an ability that can be acquired simply through training.
One Piece Roger
What is the purpose of the ability to listen to the voice of all things?
One Piece Roger uses this ability to interpret original historical texts and communicate with sea kings.
Kozuki Momonosuke uses this ability to communicate with the elephant master without any obstacles.
Even Roger, the King of Navigation, is not as good as Momonosuke in communicating with large creatures. Although Roger can hear the words of the Sea Kings, he cannot understand the content.
The plot in the anime about Momonosuke clearly explains the ability to listen to the sounds of all things. It was mentioned by Rayleigh when he was telling Luffy, Robin and others about Roger's past.
"...Roger didn't just decipher those words (in the original historical text). He could hear the sound of all things..."
Originally, Robin's role on the pirate ship was to interpret the original historical texts, so as to help Luffy reach Raftel and become the King of the Navigation.
Now that Luffy has this ability, will Robin's character become dispensable?
the answer is negative.
Because Luffy's brain is not working well, even if he has the ability to listen to the voices of all things, it is completely useless when faced with the original historical text because he cannot understand it.
Robin's Postscript: When Luffy was a child, he was hit on the head by Garp, so his head doesn't work very well.
Because Garp's fist is not an ordinary fist, but an iron fist!
Although this is a joke making fun of Luffy's brain, in reality Luffy's brain is indeed not working well.
Luffy always looks dull and shows incomprehension when others put clues of things in front of him.
From the fact that Garp beats Luffy, we can see that Robin's existence is very necessary.
The original historical text tablet is indestructible, so it can only be scattered around the world. When Robin collects all the contents on the tablet, it will be the beginning of Luffy's journey to become the King of Navigation.
In One Piece, the top combat power in the navy is definitely the admirals. After all, this is what Oda said himself. The existence of the admirals is an important guarantee for the world government to rule the world for so many years. It can be said that if the admirals collectively turn against the government, the overthrow of the world government is a foregone conclusion. So far, there are a total of seven admirals who have been confirmed. So, which of these seven admirals is the strongest?
Some fans may not remember who Admiral Sengoku is. In fact, he was the later Marshal of the Warring States Period. However, before he became a marshal, he was still a navy admiral. Sengoku was his code name when he was a general.
When Sengoku became an admiral, the great pirates like Roger and Whitebeard were at their peak. However, he was still able to lead the navy to fight against these fierce pirates and maintain peace and stability on most seas.
Zephyr the Black Arm is a navy admiral who was in the same period as the Warring States Period. He has mastered the powerful Armament Haki at a young age. His name Black Arm is an honorary title based on his achievements in exterminating pirates.