Advanced Hardening?

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Ok, my suggestion about Katakuri was wrong. I'm talking about the scabbards now, and how you are claiming they are using an unknown type of Haki.
 

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Never said anything about unknown type of Haki. I just don't think it's as simple as emission, because it contradicts the premise of the technique itself.

Nothing is confirmed and I could be wrong, but my own theory is that it has something to do with Ryou control. Zoro and Oden I think could probably cut Kaido because they are able to flow a large amount of Haki onto their blades, due to training with Enma. Then Oden taught this same principle to all the Scabbard but they didn't need to use Enma to learn it.

Not saying this is actually the case, all I'm arguing is that it doesn't make sense that it would emission given what we know. Hey, if you end up being right about it then I'll eat my own ass but I'm pretty confident that it's not case.
 

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Likewise, I'll happily admit I'm wrong. It is merely a theory based on a lack of information, but I just feel as though it would be strange for Hyogoro to act like emission is the norm in Wano when it really isn't. Kawamatsu also displayed a technique that could have been emission before.

Without wanting to debate further, I am curious as to why you think emission would be contradictory? Why do you think it can't be applied to a sword?
 

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The way I see it, emission and coating a blade/object in Haki uses the same principle. They are both flowing Haki in a certain way. That's why Hyogoro was known as the ''mighty blade'' in the past because he was capable of doing this. This is why it's called ''Flowing Cherry blossoms'', because in Wano, Haki is most used in this kind of way because of their way with the sword.

The difference is that with emission, you are flowing Haki without a medium, which forms the barrier around your body part. This is why I feel that you can't form a similar barrier with CoA on a bladed weapon already hardened with Haki, because you are already applying the same principle. That barrier from ''emission'' would already be used to coat the blade in the first place.

This is also how I see the relationship with Luffy and Zoro's power ups in this arc. In my mind, Zoro is likely extremely skilled in flowing his Haki, which is why he's able to survive Enma. He could probably use Emission if he wanted to already. However, he needs to learn how to use a large amount of his Haki onto the blade without the draining effect, which is what makes Enma a training tool. Luffy on the other hand, is already capable of using an extremely large amount of Haki with forms such as Gear 4, but his training involved learning how to flow his Haki like Zoro does. They are both learning what the other lacked in specialty.

This is just my interpretation of how it works based on what I see from the story. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right.
 

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Good write up. I like it.
 
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