being able to happily co-exist with the main character is suddenly free from that sort of inevitable sense of failure that comes from being the number two guy think about how much that flips the script on its head recently we've had kid become more involved in the story and he seems to be finally you know an actual traditional rival figure being written into the narrative to actually rival luffy and of course that means that anything that kid does is immediately going to be scrutinized and compared to luffy and all kid can really ultimately do is fall short he is not ever going to be the pirate king that's not to say kid isn't going to have you know great moments and get some good spotlight down the road but his storyline is set for tragedy from day one in that he is simply not the main character he is the unfortunate rival living in the shadow of someone else's story there is only one pirate king every panel kid had in the rooftop battle was immediately compared to and criticized in comparison to what luffy was doing on the other hand with zorro who is happy to be luffy's subordinate every moment zorro gets everything zoro does is a pleasant surprise in that in the first place the fact that he is even involved in the rooftop fight against the final boss it's a pleasant surprise seeing him fight side by side and seem comparable to his captain for a while because he is supposed to be below luffy so therefore he is essentially getting to break the mold by showing that he can be just as capable as his captain at times and that makes the character infinitely more appealing in that the expectation in the first place is that zoro is the subordinate he's not equal to the boss the captain is always supposed to be the strongest which means that zoro is getting to always actually exceed expectations by often doing so much more than what you would expect from a subordinate and before we get to my next point i know you can't stop looking at the amazing poster i have behind me i bet you're looking at zorro in that poster after all it is an amazingly detailed artwork of every major one-piece character in minimalist design it's a supreme quality print in museum grade paper with a matte finish and if you want one for yourself you can still get yours today link is in the description below that aside my next point is that what makes zoro even more appealing is that oda clearly writes him with the implication that zoro could easily be so much more than just luffy's subordinate if he wanted to but zoro just doesn't feel like it we get quote after quote throughout the series essentially playing up this side of zorro that he is actually extraordinarily strong and capable for a henchman that zoro seems like he could be the boss maybe even should be the boss that it seems like he could easily be so much more than just the first mate but it's out of his own choice that he actually chooses to support someone else instead so compare two character concepts in most series you have the typical you know number two figure who is constantly fighting a losing battle trying to keep up with the number one guy versus in one piece we have the number two figure who actually happily chooses to defer to the number one guy even though it is
START_SELFPROMO_TOKEN next point i know you can't stop looking at the amazing poster i have behind me i bet you're looking at zorro in that poster after all it is an amazingly detailed artwork of every major one-piece character in minimalist design it's a supreme quality print in museum grade paper with a matte finish and if you want one for yourself you can still get yours today link is in the description below that aside END_SELFPROMO_TOKEN