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Regardless of your opinion for Zoro’s role in the Kaido fight, It’s very important for Him to defeat King in this arc and would be a complete disservice to his character to receive any assistance against him. First I want to establish the usual structure of Zoro’s fights:
Zoro fights the enemies #2 1 v 1 and usually they fall under one of these criteria that help him to continually evolve as a combatant:
1. He Seeks out and overcomes the strongest swordsman of the opposing group
2. His opponent provides him an obstacle/material that he must cut
1. He Seeks out and overcomes the strongest swordsman of the opposing group
2. His opponent provides him an obstacle/material that he must cut
I see the term “Pure swordsman” thrown around a lot but Oda clearly views many characters who use other abilities in conjunction with swordsman as suitable obstacles for Zoro to overcome. For instance Kaku (Zoan, Rokushiki), Pica (Swordsman + Stone Fruit), Cabaji (Acrobatics)
Now that we established the Formula, King actually falls under both categories. He is Kaido’s #2, a swordsman confirmed by OP mag 6, and provides something Zoro can learn to cut with his Fire. This will be a battle of pure endurance, Physical strength, Swordsmanship, etc
From the start Luffy knows which battles are for Zoro and It will definitely be the case here as well. If you don’t think he’s capable of pulling it off I think you’ve been heavily sleeping on Zoro post timeskip. He’ll leave the Wano arc a top 5 swordsman in the verse.
