ONE PIECE: NICO ROBIN AND ZORO, A HIDDEN RELATIONSHIP

ONE PIECE: NICO ROBIN AND ZORO, A HIDDEN RELATIONSHIP

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By joe 7 il 27 Sep. 2016

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ZOROBIN MOMENTS: ZORO AND ROBIN, FIRST MEETING

Zorobin moments are already present since from the beginning, from the first meeting between Zoro and Robin. In addition, there were also another Zorobin moment FIRST this meeting, among other things, in many instances, but that’s another story. Let’s see how Zorobin moments develop in this first meeting. The crew of Luffy, after fleeing away from Whisky Peek (where Zoro, among other things, had just defeated by all the men of Baroque Works: an important detail, since this is precisely the story arc where Robin appears),
give welcomes onboard to the princess Bibi. Igaram, who was the steward of Bibi, makes a personal getaway to deceive Baroque Works and so allowing Bibi and the crew of Straw Hat to flee away. But Robin, who at that time was “Miss All Sunday”, the number two of Baroque Works (like Zoro is the number two of the crew, another hint) , had already discovered the deceit and she had detonated Igaram’s boat with him on board. And, after the crew of Luffy looks upset the explosion of Igaram boat, suddenly Miss All-Sunday/Robin appears aboard the Merry, Luffy’s ship. Before continuing, it should be noted the anti-FRobin quote: Igaram was number 8 of Baroque Works, and 8 is Franky’s number. Definitely an ominous omen for every idea of Franky-Robin relationship … (the fact that Igaram survived does not change the concept).
Robin looks like a strange enemy, because she suggests to Luffy to be careful to the rocks below, and makes them the compliments, though mockingly. Moreover, she adds that this is a beautiful ship: a phrase that she will repeat when she will enter the crew, at least in the anime, and also speaking in front of Zoro.

Already in these phrases can be understood that Robin shows some respect towards Luffy and his crew: in fact, on several occasions, she will help Luffy in the battle against Crocodile. But, on this page where Robin appears in front of the crew for the first time ever, you will find that Zoro, in the final panel, in which appears Robin, is presented in a prevalent way: in fact, he takes up more space than the other three characters of the crew, and his face, turned to Robin, is the closest to her in the construction of the panel. Already here we see the Zorobin moment, but it is only the beginning.

Already in this panel under we can see the interaction between Zoro and Robin: the three ones at the left are real motionless (Luffy ’s arms are crossed), only Zoro has his foot forward, ready to act. Sure, it’s a normal defensive action, but it is curious that he is the only to do it.

Under here, Zoro and Robin’s position is pretty much the same of the first page posted: here, Zoro is close-up and his action is the first to be noticed, always in Robin’s direction (see the sword).

When Robin, with her powers, put away Sanji and Usopp, Zoro is the first to be surprised. Could be another, perhaps Luffy or Nami: instead Zoro is the first.

Again, in the central panel, Zoro has priority and you can not observe Zoro without seeing where he look at, that is Robin. In addition , Zoro is the only to speak and to ask questions about Robin. By the way, here Zoro grabs his left hand, a gesture made by chance: just that the left hand, which is on the same side of the heart, is listed as the hand of love. A hidden Zorobin message.

The fact that Robin takes Luffy’s hat and put it on her head already anticipates her inclusion in the crew, although she is actually mocking them, but without hide a certain admiration for their courage. It’s not really a Zorobin moment, but deserved to be mentioned. Moreover, her “hidden admiration” can also refer to Zoro in particular: in fact, the storylines of the drawings not only show Zoro-Robin direction, but also the reverse , Robin-Zoro direction, as will be seen shortly.

Robin is always talking to Luffy, but remains the fact that in the first panel she appears to be talking to Zoro, who is in the foreground.

It ’s also funny seeing the last panel with Usopp yelling Robin and Zoro interacts: in the future, Usopp will always be shocked by Robin’s dark gags and Zoro often will give her manforte. And it is curious the fact that Zoro does not participate in the general indignation of the crew against Robin, but he rather criticizes Usopp asked him how old he is …

Here Robin, although always with a mocking tone, helps the crew giving them an Eternal Pose to go to Alabasta. Look closely the scenes where Robin appears: you switch to a close-up, then a really close-up, and finally to a close-up-in-detail, where you can see in detail her eye. And, next to the final close-up, there is Zoro, and there is also a Zoro phrase Zoro with a Robin response. The close-ups in comics and film are made to emphasize the interest of the character towards something or someone: and here everything is built in such a way that Robin appears interested in Zoro. In fact, in the last panel, the eye of Robin, in the foreground, fixes Zoro. A 100% Zorobin.

At the end, Robin goes away, saying she does not displease brave men: and the fact that first she had intensely fixed Zoro makes it clear that she indicates especially him. This implies the fact of Whisky Peek happened just before, where Zoro had faced alone all the people of the country, affiliated to the Baroque Works, and Robin was present at the time of the act: then, she saw what Zoro has done. Yes, Luffy split the Eternal Pose refusing her help, but here Robin has spoke in the plural (brave men), rather than the singular (Luffy). Then, Zoro is included in her observation, and him in particular by force, after that exchange of glances.

And when Robin goes aboard a turtle, Luffy does not mention her, but the animal. Zoro, instead, mentions precisely Robin, calling her as an “incomprehensible person”. In any case, he is the only one among the crew that beckons to her (apart from Nami and Bibi, of course, but they are women and therefore do not count in this context).

This whole sequence is a set of hidden Zorobin.

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Edited by joe 7 - 19/10/2020, 18:05

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Julia Solovie

Posted on 1/7/2020, 08:00

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Mi piace molto la tua analisi.

Mi piacerebbe conoscere la tua opinione sull'arco attuale. Sfortunatamente, l'interazione tra Zoro e Robin è zero. Avevo grandi aspettative per Wano, ma Oda mi sta deludendo. Oggi molti
preferisco RobinxFranky / RobinxLaw / RobinxJinbei ... ZoroxHiyori. Pensi che questa sia la fine della zorobina?

Mi dispiace per i possibili errori grammaticali ... L'italiano non è il mio forte;)

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Posted on 1/7/2020, 12:50

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CITAZIONE (Julia Solovie @ 1/7/2020, 09:00)

Non c'è problema, ho capito benissimo, hai un buon italiano. Per comodità ti rispondo sia in inglese che in italiano. ^_^

VERSIONE INGLESE

The couples you have indicated (RobinxFranky, RobinxLaw, RobinxJinbe, ZoroxHiyori) don't have any bases; also, thay are not as solid as Zorobin couple, which, unlike them, has a sea of evidence, so much so that I have not yet finished posting them even after two years.

But Wano's story arc is strange, in fact, because Zoro talks to everyone less than Robin, Robin talks to everyone less than Zoro.

It is too strange to be casual or accidental, it is a kind of reverse Zorobin.

We have to wait for the end of Wano's narrative arc to understand what Oda has in mind.

I don't think it's the end of Zorobin, because there are several symbolic Zorobin moments in this narrative arc, but certainly this persistent absence of relations between the two of them is a great delusion: they don't even talk, a thing that has never happened before. We'll see...

VERSIONE ITALIANA

Le coppie che hai indicato (RobinxFranky, RobinxLaw, RobinxJinbe, ZoroxHiyori) non hanno basi e non sono solide come la Zorobin, che, al contrario di loro, ha un mare di prove, tanto che non ho ancora finito di postarle nemmeno dopo due anni.

Ma l'arco narrativo di Wano è strano, in effetti, perchè Zoro parla con tutti meno che con Robin, Robin parla con tutti meno che con Zoro.

E' una cosa troppo strana perchè sia casuale, è una specie di Zorobin al rovescio.

Bisogna aspettare la fine dell'arco narrativo di Wano per capire bene cosa ha in mente Oda.

Non credo che sia la fine dello Zorobin, perchè ci sono diversi momenti Zorobin simbolici in questo arco narrativo, ma di certo è una bella mazzata questa assenza insistita di rapporti tra loro due: neanche si parlano, una cosa che non è mai successa prima. Vedremo...

Posted on 2/7/2020, 04:03

English is a little easier for me.
I hope you understand hahahaha ...

I don't like the couples I mentioned so your answer calms me down. I just hope that Oda is as Zorobin as I am.

Please don't leave this couple. Hahahaha It was so hard to find your blog. Few people are dedicated to talking about the relationship of these characters in such a coherent way.

Here in Brazil even the zorobin fandom has died. That makes me sad. You have no idea how grateful I am for your work. I started to ship Zoro and Robin at the end of the Whiskey Peak arc. Well, that's it ... thanks for the answer ...

I will be waiting for your analysis of Wano when the arc ends. Good evening!

Posted on 2/7/2020, 13:20

CITAZIONE (Julia Solovie @ 2/7/2020, 05:03)

Oda is Zorobin for sure, because he put a lot of Zorobin moments in 20 years. Only, there is a little problem: Oda is a sadic.

Please don't leave this couple. Hahahaha It was so hard to find your blog. Few people are dedicated to talking about the relationship of these characters in such a coherent way.

I put a lot of articles about Zorobin, and I will continue, there is no problem. But - sorry - I did not have enough time to translate everything. I translated only some articles at the beginning, the rest is italian. A day perhaps I will translate these articles too, anyway you can read these italian articles and if you have a problem to understand something, you can make a post or send me a message with the messenger. The link to ALL Zorobin articles (italian and english) is this: link.

Here in Brazil even the zorobin fandom has died. That makes me sad. You have no idea how grateful I am for your work. I started to ship Zoro and Robin at the end of the Whiskey Peak arc. Well, that's it ... thanks for the answer ...

I will be waiting for your analysis of Wano when the arc ends. Good evening!

Zorobin fandom has died in Brazil? No, there is again a person: you. Sometimes a person can make the difference. ^_^

Whisky Peek (o Peak) was almost the beginning of Zorobin moments. A day I will post my analysis on Wano. ^_^

CHIBI

Posted on 3/7/2020, 04:26

You are right I am still here and I intend to make a blog or wiki when I have time. For now I keep being called crazy on social networks for each thread created, because here people prefer ZoroxTashigi / Zoroxhiyori and RobinxFranky / Lawbin ... However, it's like you said: Oda dedicated 20 years of zorobin moments. I prefer to believe in the author, even though he is sadistic and ambiguous.

Thank you for the link and for offering to help me if necessary.

Thank you again for your attention and I will definitely read your analysis regarding wano. ^_^

Posted on 3/7/2020, 14:29

CITAZIONE (Julia Solovie @ 3/7/2020, 05:26)

It is not a bad idea, if you make a blog pease send me the link. ^_^

Once the people called "crazy" Captain Harlock, but he was right...The couples they put (Zoro-Tashigi etc) are preferences made following their liking, not following the story nor the characters!

When Wano arc will finish, I will post my analysis.

Posted on 5/7/2020, 01:19

If I make a blog I send the link.

You're right they don't follow the story.

Send me the link when you do the wano analysis. If you remember me ^ - ^

Posted on 5/7/2020, 13:31

CITAZIONE (Julia Solovie @ 5/7/2020, 02:19)

I will send you the link, I promise, but I have to wait the end of Wano arc, and it is not near...I think it will finish next year. Perhaps...

Posted on 6/7/2020, 22:16

Yes of course. I'll be waiting

Posted on 14/10/2020, 05:58

good night
I don't want to disturb you ... I entered the blog today and read: GOODBYE, ROBIN AND ZORO. ODA TREATMENT

I am devastated ... I spent years and years believing it was possible. I feel cheated, really. Why did the author deceive me like that. The text talks about Frobin but forgot that Oda is also playing Hiyori for Zoro. I am very sad about the Wano bow. in fact, I stopped following one piece. And now I don't know if I'll ever watch the anime or read the manga again. I can't trust an author who changes everything from nothing.

finally, I would like to know your opinion about this text.

Posted on 14/10/2020, 12:40

I'm sorry for the post I made, but the covercolor that Oda put on, along with other Robin and Franky scenes in the manga, were really in bad taste. Oda is very fickle: personally, I believe that he is always Zorobin, but he loves to muddle things with these (pathetic) tricks. He does not have a great reliability as a narrator, from this point of view of couples. He loves to play with couples, simulating fake pairs that cover real pairs. But this time the scene was really of bad taste. Oda can't show similar scenes with Franky and Robin. They don't erase the Zorobins, but they make fun of the reader.
In any case, the Wano saga, which is certainly not a nice saga (I think), still has several Zorobin moments. I was thinking of posting them after Wano ends, but, since Oda is postponing episodes all the time, after I will finish analyzing the Zorobin of Big Mom saga, I will also post the Zorobin analysis of Wano, even if it's still ongoing.
You don't have to worry: Zoro and Robin are still real, only there is the fact that Oda doesn't want to show them together and he wants to show Zorobin only through analogies. It's his way. But I hope he doesn't make other stupid things like that FRobin covercolor, which doesn't really make sense, as I explained in the article. These are only things with a bad taste. I hope one day to find the time to translate all the Italian Zorobin analyzes into English, so that they are easier to read for you and for all foreign readers.

Have a good day. ^_^

INSIEME

VERSIONE ITALIANA

Mi dispiace per il post che ho fatto, ma la covercolor che Oda aveva messo, insieme ad altre scene di Robin e Franky nel manga, erano veramente di cattivo gusto. Oda è molto volubile: personalmente, credo che lui sia sempre Zorobin, però ama confondere le acque con questi (penosi) stratagemmi. Non ha una grande affidabilità come narratore, da questo punto di vista. Con le coppie ama giocarci su, simulando coppie false che coprono le coppie vere. Solo che stavolta la scena è stata davvero di dubbio gusto. Non si possono mostrare scene simili con Franky e Robin. Non cancellano gli Zorobin, però prendono in giro il lettore.
In ogni caso, la saga di Wano, che non è certo un granchè, ha comunque diversi momenti Zorobin. Pensavo di postarli dopo la fine di Wano, ma, visto che Oda rimanda in continuazione gli episodi, dopo che avrò finito di analizzare la saga di Big Mom, posterò anche le analisi di Wano, anche se è ancora in corso.
Non devi preoccuparti: Zoro e Robin ci sono ancora, è Oda che non ha voglia di farli vedere insieme e vuole mostrarli solo attraverso delle analogie. E' il suo modo di fare. Spero però che non faccia altre cretinate come quella covercolor alla FRobin, che non ha davvero senso, come ho spiegato nell'articolo. Sono solo trovate di cattivo gusto. Spero un giorno di trovare il tempo per tradurre in inglese tutte le analisi Zorobin, così da essere leggibili più facilmente per te e per tutti i lettori esteri.

Posted on 5/12/2020, 06:33

Good night, thanks for the reply. Oda annoys me sometimes kkk anyway ... I'm waiting for your analysis.

Posted on 5/12/2020, 12:39

CITAZIONE (Julia Solovie @ 5/12/2020, 06:33)

I posted the first analysis about Zorobin at Wano here. I'm sorry if it is in Italian, but I can explain to you the phrases that are not clear to you. I hope to have the time to translate all adequately.

Unfortunately, I will temporarily break this blog because of Christmas holydays: I will restart on 7th January 2021 with new Wano Zorobin.

Stay tuned! ^_^

Posted on 2/3/2021, 02:50

Thank you very much, I'll read

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