ZOROBIN ADVANCES: CHAPTER 107

Here I place the Zorobin moments that appeared in the manga before Robin's appearance. Let's look at the cover of chapter 107, which is part of the Whiskey Peek arc.

First, remember that chapter 100 is titled: "The legend has begun". It is a particular story, twice as long as normal (32 pages) in which Luffy manages to escape from Rogue Town by escaping the pirate Bagy and the marine Smoker, thanks also to the help of the revolutionary Dragon: but, above all, it is the chapter in which Luffy, together with his crew, for the first time enters in the "Grand Line", the most dangerous stretch of ocean in the world, where the entire One Piece adventure begins. It is the beginning of the real story. It's like it's some kind of chapter zero.

And chapter 107, in which there is the narrative arc of Zoro facing the Baroque Works, is the beginning of the narrative arc in which Nico Robin/Miss All Sunday appears for the first time. So it can be seen as a "chapter 7", and seven is Robin's number (not counting her nickname: "Miss All Sunday", Miss Sunday. Sunday is the seventh day of the week) . Let's move on to the title: "Moonlight and tombstones". They are concepts that connect to the dark world, to evil, to death. And they connect with "dark" characters like Zoro and Robin. Looking at the cover, you can see that Zoro is sleeping right in front of everyone, he is in the foreground, even though he is lying on the ground. Sanji is holding a yellow sheet of paper that says "GOAL?" in interrogative form, with many arrows going in every direction. He indicates an inability to reach the finish line, that is the goal, the direction, the point where you want to go: and in fact Zoro is the only one of the crew famous for not having the slightest sense of direction. Also, the skull indicates death, the evil spirit: Asura (evil spirit) is the name of one of Zoro's most powerful blows. Also, Sanji touches Zoro with his foot, as if to indicate that he is talking about him.

Also, Luffy is drinking beer with the same indifferent expression as Zoro when he drinks. Usopp instead drew a black sheet showing a flower and a bat, or demon, smiling and the words "don't funk". Well, the flower is the symbol of Robin (in fact she uses the power of Flower Flower), the demon refers to the nickname of Robin, "demonic child" and the writing means "do not touch". It's like saying "don't touch Robin or Zoro will intervene".

In addition, the sofa where Usopp and Sanji sit is decorated with flowers, the symbol of Robin. Nami has a posture similar to that of Robin, complete with glasses put on her hair.

The owl on the sofa, in addition to being a bird (Robin's symbol), also wears a headdress that resembles Zoro's bandana.

Also, at the bottom left is a green plush that shows a teddy bear: well, green is Zoro's color, and the plush is reminiscent of Chopper, whom Robin treats almost like a son, and remembers the fact that Robin likes them. cute things. It's curious that Chopper wasn't there yet: he would appear about a hundred episodes later.

In essence, this cover shows that Oda already had Robin's character in mind from the start and he wanted to put her together with Zoro from the start.

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Edited by joe 7 - 23/5/2022, 18:15