I think this makes my theory of Zoro’s origin being inspired by the discriminated Burakumin clan much more plausible. Let me remind you that the Burakumin were treated as an “abundance of filth” as well. I believe the hippos represent Zoro’s family, and the story in the newspaper is revealing how they escaped Wano, hence why Zoro is so interested.īut why choose hippos? Well, hippos are generally thought of as disgusting “filthy” creatures. Plus, the adult hippo has scars, just like Zoro.Īnd the baby hippo is the only other person to wield a sword besides Zoro, which makes me connect the two. Which is a common path for the bottom class to go down to make a living. It translates to “Robbery” or “Highwayman”. If you look at the sign, it doesn’t say Dango Shop. These hippos are not just regular hippos. You might think that is only referring to the hippos in the color spread, but I beg to differ. According to Sandman from Arlong Park, the words come out to be “Hippo family escaped.” Second, in the newspaper that Zoro is reading, there is kanji that can be read if you look closely. Well first off, it is a Japan influenced setting, so there’s a slight connection already. But, I believe in the color spread of chapter 802, Oda purposefully hinted at Zoro’s past and connections to Wano. And that’s a fair point, just because it connects historically doesn’t mean for sure Oda looked to it for inspiration. Now, I hope what I’ve been saying makes sense, but I’m sure this isn’t enough for some people. Exactly like a member of Japan’s outcasts.
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But if Zoro stayed wherever he came from, he wouldn’t even know how to pick the thing up. If we apply this to my Zoro-Sanji parallel rule, if Sanji stayed with Germa, he would’ve been a swordsman. Judge said himself that he trained Sanji in the way of the sword himself. Burakumin were also the only clan who could not become samurai.Īnd this is extremely interesting to me, cause if we go back to Sanji’s past, he used a sword as a child. Mostly due to people being surprised of his unhuman strength, but most notably:īurakumin could be killed by samurai for practically no reason, if the samurai wished to do so. They were called hinen- not human- Zoro on numerous occasions was noted to be not human. The reason as to why they were ostracised is theorized, but one guess is that when Buddhism- the religion where Zoro gets many names of his attacks- was introduced to Japan, cutting meat, executing criminals, and other jobs dealing with death, were despised. They were originally called Eta, which means “abundance of filth” but it was considered too derogatory and changed to burakumin. They were expected to show signs of subservience, and touching them was taboo.
They were at the bottom of the social order, and were not allowed to change caste, unlike other castes who could on special circumstances. In Japan, there is an ethnic group that was discriminated and oppressed called the Burakumin- hamlet people. Since we established that Zoro will come from a poor, disrespected background, is there anything from Edo Period Japan that resembles that? The answer is yes.
These facts give this island an Edo Period feel. Women are expected to act modest, according to Kinemon. We know there are samurai, ninja, daimyo, and shogun. We already know of the closed border policy in Wano, which happened in Japan hundreds of years ago.
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The fact is- Wano Kuni will be the most historical based arc in the series thus far. But fear not, there is another fact that Oda gave us that can be inferred from details he’s revealed to us. Going from that, Zoro came from people who aren’t feared or strong, and he is bottom class.Ĭontrasting Sanji’s past only gives us a vague idea though. Sanji is from the powerful royal family of assassins in the North Blue. So we can use what we learned from Sanji’s past, reverse it, and come up with an idea of what background Zoro is from. I believe that Oda will reveal Zoro’s past to be opposite, a complete parallel to Sanji’s. And that’s what I’m trying to get at, Oda wrote Zoro and Sanji to be parallels- they may go the same direction but never cross and find common ground.īut, this does not disprove that Sanji’s past has a connection to Zoro’s. Can you imagine Zoro and Sanji actually sitting down and relating to each other? It would just be too jarring for me, Oda wrote them out to be barely friends who don’t understand each other. Similar enough to the point where they would ultimately relate with each other. Just think, if Zoro was secretly part of a powerful/royal bloodline, it would be similar to Sanji and the Vinsmokes.
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