Did Oda really say this?

[Diamond Ryan]

I've seen a few things on forums that state that Oda said in a SBS that Post Skip Usopp is as as strong as Pre Skip Zoro. Is this actually true?

 

[Classic Adamas]

That's obviously not true. Pre-skip Zoro showed incredible strength in the chapter in which he sliced the Super Blue Moon in half. Post-skip Usopp has shown no such feats.

 

[Yoshi]

That's obviously not true. Pre-skip Zoro showed incredible strength in the chapter in which he sliced the Super Blue Moon in half. Post-skip Usopp has shown no such feats.

Have you caught up to the Manga?

 

[Classic Adamas]

That's obviously not true. Pre-skip Zoro showed incredible strength in the chapter in which he sliced the Super Blue Moon in half. Post-skip Usopp has shown no such feats.

Have you caught up to the Manga?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

It's fake in my eyes until proven otherwise, as despite many claiming such, they can never provide a specific source to back up their claims. Not to mention that the OP Wiki says nothing of such, and they're one of the more reliable Wikis, citing nearly everything with a source. Even should it be true, most of the more reliable sources that state this cite that Oda didn't mean in terms of pure strength, but in the power or his new abilities such as Impact Wolf and the other Pop Green attacks, which indeed seems understandable, as that'd seem like the bare minimum for him to be able to tag Caesar or take down Buffalo/Baby 5, even if they were heavily weakened.

I have all the volumes from the timeskip that've been released in english thus far, so I'll read through them to see if I can find the statement at some point.

 

[ahill1]

But what moment of Zoro? His Arlong Park self or his fight against Pacifista self?

 

[ahill1]

It's fake in my eyes until proven otherwise, as despite many claiming such, they can never provide a specific source to back up their claims. Not to mention that the OP Wiki says nothing of such, and they're one of the more reliable Wikis, citing nearly everything with a source. Even should it be true, most of the more reliable sources that state this cite that Oda didn't mean in terms of pure strength, but in the power or his new abilities such as Impact Wolf and the other Pop Green attacks, which indeed seems understandable, as that'd seem like the bare minimum for him to be able to tag Caesar or take down Buffalo/Baby 5, even if they were heavily weakened.

I have all the volumes from the timeskip that've been released in english thus far, so I'll read through them to see if I can find the statement at some point.

Captain Cadaver, I watched the movie "Heart of Pure Gold" and didn't see Lucci exchanging punches with Sabo. Where did you find it?

 

[Uchiha]

From what I've read of his interviews he doesn't really make those kind of statements

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Captain Cadaver, I watched the movie "Heart of Pure Gold" and didn't see Lucci exchanging punches with Sabo. Where did you find it?

It's Film Gold that it occurs in. Heart of Gold is the prequel to it. Also, wrong thread to discuss that.

 

[xmysticgohanx]

I highly doubt Oda said that, he would have said pre skip Zoro and Luffy given the fact that they have the same power

 

[Captain Cadaver]

G3 Luffy >> Asura Zoro pre-skip tho'.

 

[ahill1]

I highly doubt Oda said that, he would have said pre skip Zoro and Luffy given the fact that they have the same power

Luffy pre TS should be considerable above Zoro though.

 

[xmysticgohanx]

Zoro and Luffy have always been close in strength if not equal:

Zoro vs Luffy in Whiskey Peak, then Zoro's Alabasta arc growth, the databook (Oda writes those) that came out during post Enies Lobby stating Zoro and Luffy have similar battle power, Zoro's new sword in Thriller Bark to combat whatever gap there was with G3 and Ashura, Zoro's performance vs Kuma, Zoro surviving Luffy's pain while Luffy was knocked out by it.

Post skip there's no denying how good Zoro's looking. He did better a lot better vs Monet and Hyouzou then G2 Luffy did (don't remember if Luffy used G2 vs the PH dragon but if he did, add that to the list lol), has had no major (and very little minor damage) done to him, hasn't shown his new techniques and Ashura, pushed back Fujitora several meters with his air slash and prompting Fujitora to call it "brutal" etc.