Unseen story of Zoro's past was again eh, but the payoff was more than worth it. Pouring his green aura Conqueror's haki into Enma and his heart, the black lightning surges at his boots was So badass. Toei uses the coolest effects for Zoro 💚⚔🔥

Lets fucking goooo

I remember last year watching this episode to think it would take a year for it to get turned to English

Let me tell you a Roronoa Zoro backstory you'd actually care for:

"Dracule Hawkeye Mihawk one day "supposedly" on assignment from an unknown entity destroys Zoro's village and leaves his dojo in SHAMBLES 😆 killing his master in front of him and leaving him alive on a whim, seeking a strong opponent one day to challenge him (like Justice from Afro Samurai not as callous as Cad Bane though). This leaves Zoro with a childhood anger to defeat/ kill Mihawk and take the title of World's Strongest Swordsmen from him.
At the Baratie, Mihawk does not remember Zoro at first, despite the green hair, but after seeing his resolve, he remembers him from the village. (So not majorly altering events)

"Only later does he realize it was not all as it seemed for Mihawk was on a checkered path and that to get more powerful, Zoro must put aside his vengeance and press Mihawk to train him at his castle for two years."
This way, no major changes happen to the main storyline involving Zoro and there doesn't have to be "I dONt caRe youRe a giRL, GeNder eQuAilty!! yoU haVe to bEcoMe stRoNg! I will become strOng fOr yoU."

*(this idea occured to me seeing Steven Ward in a Weebcon 2024 panel video today, his line saying "...thank you~" when Zoro said to him "you're the world's greatest swordsmen..." (Or some dramatic dialogue) and remembering how much he matters to Zoro!)
P.s. Sorry for the long piece of mind, but this thought was too good to let go, and needed to be said where it really mattered ⚔️) 11:30pm 7.4.2024