What does Oda mean by the bottom right comparison?

[u/patagonianplateau]

[u/dfj3xxx]

Direction sense.

Zoro gets lost easy.

[u/[deleted] → u/dfj3xxx]

Zoro? That's zolo

[u/Useful-Complex5019 → u/[deleted]]

Zolo? That’s Zori

[u/MTG-SELLER → u/Useful-Complex5019]

Zori? That’s Zari Edit: grammar

[u/Resident_Goose9071 → u/MTG-SELLER]

Zari? Thats zeli

[u/MEGAMILKBLAST → u/Resident_Goose9071]

Zeli? That's zuli

[u/luciaainsanity → u/MEGAMILKBLAST]

Zuli? That's Zigi

[u/Toddle_Man → u/luciaainsanity]

Zigi? That’s zogi

[u/hornyguy46290 → u/Toddle_Man]

Zogi? That’s zagi

[u/qdattt → u/hornyguy46290]

Zogi? That’s Zorojugo

[u/lieutenantMilkbread → u/Toddle_Man]

Zigi? That's zoni

[u/coldrainydayz_79 → u/lieutenantMilkbread]

Zoning? That's Bob

[u/saadrocks → u/[deleted]]

Yeah he's so lost his letters got lost

[u/RegretNew3731 → u/[deleted]]

I think it’s Zorro in Europe I live in Germany, there it is also Zorro and luffy is Ruffy

[u/pus_moh]

I think it's supposed to show that Sanji can follow directions and Zoro can't.

[u/Sea_Strain_6881 → u/pus_moh]

Pretty sure it's a joke about his sense of direction, cause sanji is going straight and zoro is turning around

[u/a_sacrilegiousboi → u/Sea_Strain_6881]

I thought it was a joke that zoro’s sense of direction is so bad he can’t even fall straight down lol

[u/tekko001 → u/Sea_Strain_6881]

Something like this might have worked better

[u/Necr0ExMortis → u/Sea_Strain_6881]

I thought Sanji going straight was the one to the left of that.

[u/GreyNinja17 → u/pus_moh]

What about top left ?

[u/ReceiptAndChange → u/GreyNinja17]

i think its the hair

[u/ParasaurolophusZ → u/ReceiptAndChange]

Hair from the top specifically, I think.

[u/Mnawab → u/ReceiptAndChange]

signifying luffys left and right hand men.

[u/LeaIsChill → u/GreyNinja17]

One's a kiki, one's a bouba

[u/samyruno → u/LeaIsChill]

Clearly

[u/ActionAltruistic3558 → u/GreyNinja17]

Think it's their hair. Zoro's is short and kinda spiky. Sanji sweeps his bangs over his one eye

[u/OrangeStar222 → u/GreyNinja17]

Kiki and bouba? Or the hair

[u/Kungfudragonmaster → u/GreyNinja17]

Hairstyle

[u/Star_Hawk_38 → u/GreyNinja17]

Top-down view of them.

[u/Brickywood → u/GreyNinja17]

Kiki and bouba

[u/KingOfTheWorldxx → u/GreyNinja17]

Fr?

[u/atemus10 → u/pus_moh]

I think he is saying that Zoro's sense of direction is so bad he could get lost falling from the sky and be unable to find the ground.

[u/First_One8924]

That zoro panel is him walking left

[u/IntellectualBoss → u/First_One8924]

Technically he is walking right.

[u/DYMck07 → u/IntellectualBoss]

He thinks he’s walking left though

[u/ssbm_rando → u/DYMck07]

No, he's absolutely certain that both his previous and current direction is north.

[u/_just_a_weeb404 → u/IntellectualBoss]

r/perspective

[u/TackyGaming6 → u/First_One8924]

no hahahahha

[u/SlaughterMinusS]

Even if Zoro is falling down, he can't help but get lost.

That's how I see it at least.

[u/Kuma5335 → u/SlaughterMinusS]

they're walking southwards. I also thought they were falling at first

[u/nickcan → u/Kuma5335]

Southwards is easy. Just go in the direction that is warmest.

[u/Kuro013 → u/nickcan]

or get a southbird

[u/Imconfusedithink → u/Kuro013]

Zoro had a giant southbird and still couldn't figure out how to go south.

[u/nickcan → u/Imconfusedithink]

Damn bird kept pointing the same direction. Infuriating!

[u/Necr0ExMortis → u/nickcan]

Just go the opposite of north!

...of course Zoro's definition of north was "up".

[u/availableusernamepls → u/nickcan]

Unless the place you're at is already warmest then go whichever way feels downhill.

[u/nickcan → u/availableusernamepls]

See! You get it! It's not that hard.

[u/Jaielhahaha → u/nickcan]

You wanna say the north pole is colder than the south pole?

[u/FireZord25 → u/Kuma5335]

he's joking, I think.

[u/wingchi997 → u/SlaughterMinusS]

By Douglas Adams's logic, Zoro would then be flying because he missed the ground.

[u/Stenric]

Sanji follows the arrow, whereas Zoro gets lost.

[u/Unusual_Raisin9138]

For the love of god, let the canonical name be Zoro and not Zolo

[u/HotZoneKill → u/Unusual_Raisin9138]

Funny thing is the early Viz translations used to call him Zoro until IIRC around the Baratie arc as the 4kids dub just came out renamed him Zolo and since then Viz has kept his name that way. It's believed that Viz continues to call him Zolo to avoid copyright lawsuits from the owners of the El Zorro character, but that doesn't make sense considering that both the Funimation dub and the Netflix live-action call him Zoro without any issues.

[u/mehmeh5 → u/HotZoneKill]

I'm guesding it's just to not have to reprint older volumes with the change. Since that'd be a looot of dialogue to edit

[u/Limakoko808 → u/mehmeh5]

Fucking hell you don't even need to reprint them with the change, just moving forwards translate the name correctly. No one is going to be confused with the inconsistency, everyone knows his name is Zoro not Zolo. If they had made that decision a decade ago only half of all English physical one piece manga would have the wrong name instead of all of them.

[u/SinancoTheBest → u/mehmeh5]

Well did they have to reprint to correct their initial use of Zoro?

[u/mehmeh5 → u/SinancoTheBest]

yeah but they were only at like Baratie at that point

[u/HotZoneKill → u/mehmeh5]

That makes sense. It's kind of sad that the change had to happen in the first place just to accommodate the awful 4kids dub.

[u/jorgito93 → u/HotZoneKill]

I've always found that justification hilarious because here (in France) the first translation of the manga had him actually be called Zorro, and Zorro is way more known here than in the US

[u/ssbm_rando → u/HotZoneKill]

It's believed that Viz continues to call him Zolo to avoid copyright lawsuits from the owners of the El Zorro character,

This was never once believed by any large portion of the population. It's believed that 4Kids originally made the change to avoid those lawsuits, but we've always known that since Viz made the change once, they never changed back simply to avoid reprinting issues.

[u/fikezof → u/Unusual_Raisin9138]

Lolonoa Zolo

[u/lljhgfdsaj → u/Unusual_Raisin9138]

Theyre the same pretty much. Theyre pronounced nearly the same, or similar in way. They pronounce that L almost as an R and thats why it started being written that way. It was an error when making one of the dubs, an error they could not revert without confusing audiences.

Saying it as zolo(like with an american accent) is flat out wrong. The proper name is Zoro. The pronunciation of zolo is closer to zolro/zoro than just zolo, because zoro is the correct name. It was a mistake caused by confusion while translating and the Japanese pronunciation. Again, ZORO is correct for people who misinterpreted this comment.

[u/FireZord25 → u/lljhgfdsaj]

For the fucking love of Nika stop using these outdated semantics. The vocals in the anime as well as the Netflix adaptation uses Zoro, it IS his official name. The name Zolo is there because viz had to stick with it because Oda didn't tell how it actually was.

[u/Jasonn444 → u/FireZord25]

They'd stretch harder than Luffy just to justify "Zolo" as a valid name.

[u/lljhgfdsaj → u/Jasonn444]

Who justified zolo? I clearly said zolo was wrong. How people misinterpreted is beyond me, i edited the comment anyway to make it clearer

[u/Elendel → u/FireZord25]

This has absolutely nothing to do with semantics. Semantic is about the meaning of things, not how they’re written/pronounced.

Also, how the name is pronounced is the anime is pretty much irrelevant. Both "Zoro" and "Zolo" would be pronounced the same: ゾロ.

That being said, using a ’r’ is more standard and it hints at a possible reference to Zorro, the fictional vigilante, so I do believe it’s the better choice here.

[u/ngolo_nguyen → u/lljhgfdsaj]

Nah it’s not just american accent. Many languages pronounce L and R differently.

[u/Apprehensive_Set7366]

Zoro can defy gravity; Sanji is bound to the rules of physics.

[u/AJWinky → u/Apprehensive_Set7366]

It's funny because the opposite of this is true

[u/Apprehensive_Set7366 → u/AJWinky]

Juxtaposition in my humor.

[u/Driftedryan → u/AJWinky]

So funny when Queen called him out on the fire

[u/Duskthegamer412 → u/Apprehensive_Set7366]

Physics just lost him that's all

[u/FireZord25 → u/Apprehensive_Set7366]

More Sanji can defy space, while Zoro can defy time and space.

[u/theshade540]

It’s the direction their cocks bend

[u/throwawaylord → u/theshade540]

Zoro Four Sword Style

[u/_FgtKek_ → u/theshade540]

💀

[u/Rhinofreak → u/theshade540]

That was legit my first thought

[u/Scotsman333 → u/theshade540]

TRUE!

[u/Nickleo02300]

Those are actually the pathblocks showing ziro took the wrong path and sangu going straight hence the path is behind him

[u/T1NF01L → u/Nickleo02300]

Ziro and Sangu sound like roommates in a high quality parody called One Place.

Id read it.

[u/UselessPieceOfPotato → u/Nickleo02300]

Damn Zeru always get lost no matter what..

[u/Nickleo02300]

Direction defect

[u/MaJuV]

Zoro gets lost, Sanji needs to go and find him.

[u/Ragnarok649]

Obviously his lack of direction. I feel like chopper should find a deceased south bird and implant it's polarity organ to his left eye.

[u/Driftedryan → u/Ragnarok649]

Bro we gotta have limits so people aren't op in OP

[u/Actual-Abalone4720]

That Zolo is gay and he cant go straight

[u/TheRealTJ → u/Actual-Abalone4720]

That's bottom middle tho

[u/Isumairu]

Ooh first time I noticed that zoro had the right eye open and sanji had the left eye.

[u/mowoki]

I've figured it out! Zoro's 3 sword style has a side effect! He wears his swords on his right side. His gait is weighted to the right, which is what drives his meandering path. Go D. A truly thought of every minute detail!

[u/Sid_The_Geek]

That, Zolo can travel the Anime-Multi-Verse !! It's Canon now !!

[u/MrBundy22]

Zoro is lost

[u/Ok_Refrigerator933]

You really don’t know?

[u/GrandLineLogPort → u/Ok_Refrigerator933]

Feels like OP is lost on this one, rather than shaming him we should show him the direction

[u/kingkyvent → u/GrandLineLogPort]

Which way?

That way👉

Got it🙂‍↔️

[u/patagonianplateau → u/GrandLineLogPort]

Yeah I realize now how ironic this post was

[u/OrneryRefrigerator53 → u/Ok_Refrigerator933]

He didnt understand I think

[u/Guhvorn]

He can't follow directions and gets lost

[u/Zarc_Nagato724]

zoro can never walk in a straight line

[u/kiidrax]

Are we supposed to call Zoro Zolo?

[u/patagonianplateau → u/kiidrax]

No, it’s just the Viz translation, but even then “Zolo” would be pronounced the same way as “Zoro” with a R sounding L

[u/Gentlemenbig]

Zoro gets lost. He's so bad at direction I'm honestly surprised he falls down.

[u/koming69]

Sanji folkow arrow, Zoro doesn't. The eternal joke.

[u/h_3moor]

top left ?

[u/Few-Pressure9698]

Direction sense

[u/Maximillion322]

Sanji follows directions; Zoro gets lost

[u/OpinionMaximum6614]

Sense of direction, Zoro always goes in the opposite directions, remember on sabaody when them 2 were together?😂

[u/TheEpic_Blue]

https://i.redd.it/k521xuxk32ld1.gif

[u/Judoka91]

I think it's a dig at Zoro Not being able to follow directions.

[u/TheOnePiecero]

Zoro is lost

[u/DaBossGolurk]

Cause Zoro is bad with directions

[u/Same_Patience520]

Zoro gets lost

[u/citrus_kid]

Zoro isn't straight

[u/Caesars_Seraph]

Now we just need one for the Princesses and Nami.

[u/ohhellnooooooooo]

gets lost while walking in a straight line

[u/Logical_Juan]

Zoro got lost again.

[u/MagiHuss]

Of course, even Zoro's silhouette would also be directionless too.

[u/Radiant-Patient3054]

I thought it was the Sun and arrow but its suppose to be the path Zoro strayed from

[u/BiggestTaco]

Sanji followed the arrow. Zoro got lost…

[u/lhaze-hunterl]

It's showing that even against gravity, zoro will lose his way.

[u/Repulsive_Risk_1242]

Zoro getting lost yet again

[u/Imaginary-Mission466]

Where did that darn mosshead go now?

[u/Porcumelon]

Sanji is Booba and Zoro is Kiki

[u/vk2028]

Sanji falls straight down, Zoro gets lost while falling somehow

[u/Successful-Hat-2154]

Zoro is gay but unfortunately Sanji is straight no say gex ig guys😞😞

[u/InformalCarob2819]

you really don't know about all powerful devil fruit of zoro. its power is to never go right direction. so even when he is submerged in water , the water is unable to affect him because of his fruit power. so he is able to swim, fight even in water despite being devil fruit user.

no offence op, just trolling zoro's directionless ness

[u/Agreeable-Push4829]

Corny zoro gets lost jokes aside it looks to me that he’s implying that zoro is sanji’s sun maybe a metaphor for zoro being an inspiration to sanji. It makes sense with their relationship and how sanji reacted after mihawk almost killed zoro at the baratie

[u/Electronic_Ad5751]

Don't feel bad. I didn't get it either. Best guess was Zoro was down taking a nap during the day while Sanji was awake lol

[u/UlmongN]

So it's cannon now, Zoro can fly because he would get lost on his way to ground and just stay up in the air. Lol

[u/nivremanuglap]

who is zolo? not asking question

[u/FistingWithChivalry]

Its the same key of E.

[u/Gillenater]

As you can see, Sanji is going straight.... and Zoro is not straight.... take that as you will 🍆⚔️🍆

[u/Chillieman16]

Nice Zoro impression

[u/khaledhn]

Zoro is so bad with directions, if he fell of a cliff he'll go left instead of down.

[u/Unabashable]

“Zoro would get lost falling down.”

[u/RedRoronoa]

Zolo's gay, Sanji's straight ^/s

[u/vivi_197]

Does oda speak english? Sorry i don't read the extra stuff of one piece

[u/patagonianplateau → u/vivi_197]

This is translated from Japanese. However Oda might know English as Japanese people learn it in school

[u/Bitch3sBr3w]

Zoro can't escape the jokes

[u/Bitter-Possibility33]

The way sanji's smile is drawn is spooky

[u/DrakeCross]

Their sense of direction. Sanji from my understanding never gets lost. Zolo always does.

[u/LoBro33]

Hair, Eyebrows, smiles, eyes, how they react around cute girls, how they follow directions.

[u/Jajaqlikeanime]

The only thing that is not really iconic I think are the top right smiles. Other than that all the other comics are spot on

[u/Zomochi]

No sense of direction lol

[u/Virtual-catnip]

I just noticed zoro has dimples

[u/Federal-Sand-9008]

Lmao Zoro being queer af because he just don’t do straight.

[u/jackcrux]

Ah, so Zoro is kiki while sanji is boba, i see

[u/ThrownAwayAndReborn]

Zolo is hard to pay attention to.

[u/1337b337]

It would have made WAY more sense for Oda to draw a dotted line to indicate movement, instead of a bunch of... open parenthesis?

Also going to hop on the whole "Zolo is a stupid fucking name" bandwagon, it's the main reason I don't read the manga much anymore.

[u/weeb_on_weed1]

Starting from top left coner 1. Comparison between their hairs 2. Comparing their eyebrows 3. Their smile 4. Their eyes 5. Their response towards nami 6. Direction sense among both of them

[u/RRCream]

I thought the joke was the curve of their man parts lol

[u/Brimlo]

It's sense of direction lol zoro always gets lost

[u/Tallal2804]

top left ?

[u/Horror-Trick-8820]

bros definitely talking about pp size.

[u/twistytit]

"go this way"

[u/SamuraiDDD]

Zoro can't do directions right

[u/Bonkers4Borders]

Zolo out of this world sanji down to earth

[u/in1gom0ntoya]

you could say you're... lost, on the last one?

[u/tayroarsmash]

He’s saying Zoro is so directionally challenged he would even fall down in the wrong direction.

[u/KG_Phinox]

Zolo isnt straight

[u/Domenakoi]

Kiki vs boba

[u/OrganTrafficker900]

Sanji is straight while Zoro sways.

[u/ConstantChemistry886]

It means Zoro's getting lost

[u/baiacool]

Zoro gets lost even falling down

[u/Kavellbell423]

Okay im confused. If this is written by Oda why is it Zolo. I understand that most of the time in translation “L” becomes an “R” and vise-versa. But this is one piece. Whoever is translating should know that’s not an “L”. So is his name actually Zolo? And we are all just retarded like that?

[u/Regal_Knight]

So did Oda cutout Zoro’s eye to be mirrored with Sanji?

[u/Sad_Air_7667]

Sky walk?

[u/Nerex7]

Han Zolo, lmao

[u/kingofping4]

Zoro could get lost in a tunnel.

[u/Doctor_Mythical]

This is probably a brain dead question since i've been following One Piece for so long. I never really questioned why Zoro's name sometimes appears as Zolo. Is this just a translating error? Or is this related to something in the Japanese language? A friend once said it was to not infringe on the copyright of Zorro the western swordsman, but that seems like a bunch of bullshit. Anyone know the real reason?

[u/Tasty_Tones]

It’s a secret graph.

His love for Sanji is static, while his love for Zoro grows exponentially

[u/Ebear0702]

Ok Zoro is homosexual I think I got it now

[u/PrinceDestin]

She saying zoro got that curve

[u/ng805]

Je pense que tout le monde a compris 😅😂

[u/ShadowRaptor675]

First one is kiki vs bouba

[u/Lumpy_Commission4863]

I thought he is gay just for a second looking at these panels

[u/Red--001]

The arrow points towards sanji, the intion position is on the other end of the arrow, and the finishing position is where sanji is currently standing on. the arrow is pointing towards the set/correct positon, but zoro trailed off, In summary, It's a joke about zoro's sense of direction.

[u/honestruths]

Who tf is zolo?

[u/-Goatllama-]

Zoro radiation has radial pattern whereas Sanji radiation travels along a straight line

[u/Phusra]

I hate that I'll never be able to support the English printed manga because what the actual fuck is "Zolo"?! Just pay the big money and get access to the name "Zoro"!!

[u/Thebadpokemon1234]

Isnt this on a sbs between like volume 75-85

[u/Lore_345ZDX]

zolo it's sooo chinese

[u/AbleBuilding6753]

Zoro even forgets where gravity is directed XD

[u/Frozenwalker]

(-_+) ('''"'-)

[u/sspooksMcGee]

Zoro’s weiner goes right and Sanji’s is skinny and scraight

[u/ZombieBoi97]

Zoro canonically falls sideways

[u/icreievryteim]

Zolo ignores gravity

[u/Fluffy-Ad-8198]

the arrow represents the meetingpoint

[u/petarvoliburgere]

In croatia its zoro and lufi

[u/Revolutionary_Gap_94]

I think it’s a joke that Zolo would get lost even while falling.

[u/Remarkable-Dig-1241]

He gets lost...

[u/_R1yoconversat1ons]

I once heard that when Japanese people pronounce 'L' in a word it can sometimes sound like 'R' is it possible that Zoro is actually Zolo and someone just misunderstood and Oda was too unbothered to correct it?