Now THAT is in Character.

dragon trainer, i must congratulate you. you have succeeded in making that speech just as bad ass as the original while making it seem like it was coming from someone put on the spot. its one of the reasons i LOVE this comic, you are able to keep the characters recognizable while making me believe they really are just people playing a d20 game.

Never stop winning. Always be winning. Upgrading that flaw puts him on a totally different frequency.


On a more serious note, that was some great line delivery.

And now, he is a man.

(gay seeeex)

Now he's a mawn!
(Man!)
A mawny-mawny-mawn!
Now he's a ma-mawn!
(Man!)
M-A-N Mawn!
He's a maaaywawnnnn...

This was very well written, that's about all I can say.

This reminds me, we should probably spruce our voting efforts back up.

I concur, this comic deserves to be in the top 100, lets make it happ'n

Voted.

Kudos for working his original back story in there. Very well done, as usual.

*standing ovation*

Not to ruin the mood...but we need to keep a running tally of how many times Zoro loses after making that declaration.

You mean aside from his daily eating contests with Luffy?

im pretty sure zoro has never lost on screen after this right? (i assume he lost a lot during the time skip). he's ALWAYS defeated his enemy, so the worst you could say is a draw

Maybe, but that's TRAINING, so it doesn't count.

lets see.. He lost against number three, as luffy had to save him from a wax cake, unless falling into a trap doesn't count, looses the lighting god straight out, beaten in their first face off with CP9... was at the mercy of the light admiral and got beat by the tyrannt - twice. unless we only count death as failure, in which case he has hardly won at all.

fair enough. but i dont think the spirit of what he said here has been soured. he hasnt lost to a swordsman

Which is kinda the point. Luffy's biggest weakness is and always has been swords and swordsmen. He can overcome a lot through pure willpower or strength, but a mere needle has canonically stung him. Zoro is the one who will always be able to cover Luffy's weakness, like a good First Mate should. (Even if that's never been stated as his 'role.'

wasn't kaku (CP9) a swordsman?

he was, but he didnt USE any swords till the 2nd fight

in their real fight, Zoro win. the first was barely a warm-up

The wax guy doesn't count because he was going to win... all he had to do was cut off his ankles. He got halfway before Luffy showed up to tag in :P

*Spoilers*

*Spoilers if that wasn't really clear*

*Just in case you are scanning vaguely and don't want spoilers*
I was going over things again, if you only count going down (i.e. unconscious) as losing, he's only lost to Enel since then (the lightning god).
If someone else takes over the fight in the middle, it doesn't count :P
The fight against cp9 he just got blown away, but was still quite conscious and not even really that injured.
The light admiral probably would have defeated Zoro, but traded off to Rayleigh as an opponent.
Kuma did defeat the crew the first time (but they were all already exhausted), but Zoro was still conscious and standing even after taking Luffy's injuries. The second time, Zoro still couldn't defeat him, but everyone just got knocked away (pretty dang far).

By my life and honor as a swordsman I pledge that though I may fall into the abyss, though I may drown beneath the waves, though I may drinketh damnation eternal, never shall I abandon yee in thine hour of need. I pledge to you my LOYALTY UNDYING!!!

just a thought.

You made a grown man cry. I hope you're happy.

You managed to make this moment as great as the original, but with a twist. great work.
also, that last panel was both cool and funny.