SBS Breakdown 105 : Zoro's Family Tree & Tama Kurozumi!!

[@Mugiwara_JonC]

Zoro’s family names are based off of gambling Pinzoro (grandfather): double ones Furiko (grandmother): A person who rolls a dice. Arashi (father): Triple same numbers Tera (mother): Tera-Zeni, vigorish, a type of charge taken by gambling companies.

[@IcepickEvans]

That's hella cool, referencing Zoro's insane luck like he demonstrated back in Lougetown.

[@Mugiwara_JonC]

@@IcepickEvans duuuude! I didn’t even think of that! That is awesome

[@BlackLotus30]

Double Ones are called Snake Eyes.

[@primald23]

Now we know zoro's parents, we still don't know about nami's parents.

[@Kalbert7161]

What does zoro mean then

[@meridithg.42]

This SBS was actually insane. But man, Tama being a Kurozumi really makes Orochi look even worse. Shouldn't any Kurozumi on Wano live the high life?

[@PKLO9727]

Ikr! The dude was a scum through and through

[@1989jaklight]

To be Fair No one knew tama is a KuroZumi and i doubt that even Tama As a small child Knew her Lineage or even her last name of KuroZumi.

[@alfredhinton8792]

@@1989jaklightit was on her parents graves. I feel bad for anyone who will try to take vengeance on Tama.

[@meridithg.42]

@@alfredhinton8792 The fact that it's on their graves makes me think that nothing will happen to her. If they were going to attack her for being a Kurozumi, wouldn't they have done it right after her parents died?

[@1989jaklight]

@@alfredhinton8792 Yes it is BUT even in the wiki it reads That :Her parents were members of the Kurozumi Family, but currently the people around Tama are unaware of her lineage. it doesnt change my point. well as much.

[@SR-kh6yq]

18:33 Zoro's mom, Tera, died from illness. It's in the SBS too. I don't think Kouzaburou could have been another sibling of Furiko, because Furiko and Ushimaru were from a noble family of daimyos, descendants of Ryuma, while he was a swordsmith and there's no indication he was a descendant of Ryuma too. They probably belong to separate branches (families) inside the huge Shimotsuki clan, just like Yasuie and Ushimaru are from different branches. So we can't even say for certain that Zoro and Kuina are related, since they might only share one Shimotsuki ancestor that lived hundreds of years ago, and that would be so far back in the past it wouldn't count as "being related" anymore.

[@sumireokamura]

Maybe, his branch of family tree were closer to Yasuie's part than Kozaburo's

[@ItachiUchiha_1724]

It still makes them related though right?

[@SR-kh6yq]

@@ItachiUchiha_1724 no, because you wouldn't say you're "related" to every human who descends from the same ancestor from 400 years ago, or you'd have to consider thousands or millions of people your relatives. It's the "everyone from Europe is a descendant of Charlemagne" thing, you can look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about

[@uplaymedaltop5003]

dammn so his parents both died ? do u think in the anime or manga zoro will have a moment with someone that related to him?

[@Justic_]

I mean, the Shimotsuki-clan probably started with Ryuma, I'd assume all 3 of them are descended from him. Also, as Sukiyaki being the swordsmith of Ame-no-Habakiri and one of the Kitetsu should show us, being a swordsmith doesn't exactly mean one couldn't be a member of nobility.

[@VivioSaf]

I feel like, if someone like Robin asked, Luffy and Zoro may respond to her with a extremely resumed version, like ... Robin: "How did Usopp joined the crew?" Zoro: "Got to a island, beat some guys, got out with a Ship and a Long nose guy!" Luffy: "It was fun!" Usopp: "You guy make it sound like I was kidnapped with the Merry! Fear not, Robin. I'll tell you the story how I, CAPTAIN USOPP, saved day back on Syrup Village."

[@9hundun516]

most likely how it’d go 😂

[@jixseyloportacion9177]

Yup and from those few lines, Robin will have deduced the entire syrup village arc.

[@magnumbreakz]

yeah. zoro simply doesn't talk much unless it's necessary. luffy doesn't talk much because he doesn't remember details

[@sobrirosdriana3901]

Trueee. You dont go to Zoro for storytelling, you go to him for philosophy.

[@Yeahmydude10]

​@@sobrirosdriana3901 no U don't

[@obara7366]

I like to think that when Sanji, Nami or Chopper get a bit choked up when trying to tell their stories, that Usopp steps in with a flourish to tell the story, faithful to the facts, but with flourish to make them smile so that they're not stuck in the weeds of the painful memories.

[@lucymcelhone4332]

I love it, that’s perfect for him

[@SilverSlugs16]

Dude that is 100%. Just like with Kaya!

[@travisgames6608]

Her entire clan was hated, hunted down, and killed for what Orochi's grandfather tried to pull. Holding people who weren't responsible accountable for something the one person did. Orochi continuing that cycle of hatred and betrayal. Tama, on the other hand, experienced the same hardships and might have gone down a similar path. However, an act of kindness from Ace and being nurtured by Sukiyaki, placed her on a different path. One that will eventually redeem her clan. They might have been "born to burn". Yet that can go two ways. Burn the way Orochi did, burn with hatred and dispair unto those around him; or to burn brightly as beacons of hope and inspiration.

[@RockinAfr0]

Kind of like the expression "curiosity killed the cat" being completed by "but the satisfaction brought it back"!

[@mohamedxayle657]

Momo has hard work cut out for him Wano hella backwards they burned doggstorm cat viper and kappa for being different. Hunted down the Kurozomi clan for something someone else did back then and they treated outsiders hella bad due to being a closed nation. But momo got tama a kurosumi and Yamato Kaido son beside him so there is hope

[@brawl8]

Thank you someone else who sees how the term korozumi were born to burn can be used in a positive light. It’s a matter of perspective.

[@mohamedxayle657]

@@brawl8 let’s be honest kurosumi wasn’t meant to burn is a bad statement to backward people in Wano doesn’t end the cycle of hatred that oppressed Orochi and Kanjuro which led them to be horrific people. What if nami said the fish men was meant to be fried but just arlong that hella distasteful. The problem is not that Hiyori said it to Orochi the problem is that that statement was spread to the entire country especially the kids. Remember how they had to re-educate the kids and you teach the kids that the princess said the kurosumi was born to burn the cycle continues Wano has not learned it’s lesson there is a reason why Otama has not come forward with her last name

[@teslagod7221]

or maybe this could be a good oportunity for tama to not feel safe or unhappy at wano,which will fully make her mind about goig out to the sea and joining the strawhats.or it can be possible if vivi somehow came to wano,at the time that otama is being hated and nothing that anyone could easily resolve,thus,it would make sense,having her come with vivi to reconnect and join the strawhats sometime in the future,sooner or later...

[@manomo7123]

It weirdly makes sense that Zoro’s mom was a mountain bandit it explains his habits of excessively drinking and napping despite being disciplined in the way of the sword those were probably habits he got from her

[@mylespando5192]

I like this.

[@SilverSlugs16]

This actually makes a ton of sense. Even on both sides, he’s a descendent of a set of disciplined but still rebellious wano samurai who wanted to leave and make their own way somewhere else. That spirit is coursing through his veins - hes very disciplined, respects the sword and everything about it but he doesn’t resign himself to restrictions he doesn’t think are important. Sleeps all day if he wants, drinks a ton, doesn’t care about god, picks his own captain to follow and isn’t interested in superfluous customs

[@dreamzoe957]

Dadan is his mother 💀

[@OCSP33DY]

I think Mihawk and zoro are related

[@giantmastersword]

It also explains why luffy immediately got along with them

[@mhollis1989]

Ussop telling his stories even if you don't ask, is like Yassop. He chewed Luffy's ear off about Ussop, despite Luffy being tired of hearing about him. Could be him taking after his old man.

[@woos057]

Ussop just randomly starts talking about shit from the past like in a family guy cutaway gag. "Reminds me of the time we went to Drum Kingdom"

[@kenziehite7941]

@@woos057 Zoro be like Remember that time I drank our entire saki supply

[@afeathereddinosaur]

I believe we'll have a lot of important SBSs from now on, Oda will be trimming a lot of content from the manga, and it will all naturally end up in various SBSs

[@Dr.HooWho]

Yeah I think the final saga will have more important sbs since he can show things he cant fit in a arc

[@Xeno-The-Wanderer]

@@Dr.HooWho heck could reveal stuff about the world since the world is basically about to come to an end (not literally) where with the end of the story there’s no reason to make chapters regarding the info and Oda is now completely sure the info won’t be naturally prevalent to the current story

[@haydenhumphrey3307]

Man this is the first sbs I’ve seen since I started watching that actually peaked my interest tbh

[@wokstar.__]

LETTTSSS GOO…me nd tekking got tha same shirt but mines white lmaoo it’s a tuff shirt

[@georgez2702]

I hope he reveals the One Piece in an SBS

[@woos057]

It's actually great that not all the problems of a certain location are solved sometimes after the strawhats leave Like Alabasta is still plagued by droughts Smile users aren't cured yet A huge majority of Dress Rosa got annihilated, same with everything that wasn't the Upper Yard in skypiea. Some issues aren't a thing that you can solve in a day. It takes time to do that

[@ProjectStickman]

None of these get addressed or matter though. And for the smiles Chopper could have easily cured them in the week time he had if Oda didn't forget

[@DeclanVH]

@@ProjectStickman He wouldn’t have the research or equipment to do that. It would be the same as taking a devil fruit’s power out of a user. Only Vegapunk would be able to cure them if it’s possible. Maybe at the end of the story Chopper is able to find a way to fix them.

[@ProjectStickman]

@@DeclanVH He literally reversed the Ice Oni Virus that transforms your entire body within a few minutes in the middle of a battle. That's some bullshit.

[@davids7646]

​@@ProjectStickman sometimes cover story covers characters from the region making progress to the region strawhat visited

[@commonviewer2488]

A lot of rebuilding efforts are made after the Straw Hats leave. We sometimes check up on their progress on chapter covers.

[@sshuraii]

Zoro’s moms name being Tera (or Terra) mirrors Sanji’s mother being Sora. There is a theory that Luffy’s mom is Umi, meaning ocean or Sea. If you play Kingdom Hearts, there’s Sora, Riku, and Kairi. And there’s Ventus, Terra, and Aqua. Those three names meaning Sky, land, and ocean.

[@infernaldisdain8051]

Nami's name means Wave so she could be the water one.

[@Kurainuz]

Umi... imu D:

[@SunGodNika-bi2jr]

☁️Sora ⛰Terra 🌊Umi

[@willbrown6298]

​@@Kurainuz oh no...

[@samt3412]

​@@Kurainuzno... I believe Crocomom, but not Imumom

[@ExpertoftheBlade]

Are we just forgetting that Sanji openly talked about his past back in Jaya. the storyof Montblanc Noland was brought up, Sanji recognized it, most of the crew asked why he knew it, and he flat out said "Oh, i'm from the North Blue"

[@marmotarchivist]

Zoro was never a passionate bounty hunter, it was just a means for him to train and feed himself while looking for Mihawk. So I don't think he wanted to avenge his father's death or anything. I think both his parents probably died when he was very young and he never knew much about them.

[@harrisonsides6778]

I find it funny Zoro was born to the union of heaven(Arashi) and earth(Tera). That was a good pun on Oda’s end.

[@SunGodNika-bi2jr]

It reminds of certain mythologies where a Sky God and A Earth Godess mate and had children (ex. Uranus and Gaia)

[@mauriziobernotti9171]

Now that we known Zoro's family , I want to know about Franky' s parents since they are mentioned in the story.

[@khawabraghuvanshi8052]

They might be the one who killed zoro’s parents

[@kingofrpgs]

This just had me thinking maybe Franky is same special race as Kuma and that's why he can cyborg up as well

[@joshuaamador-coppin155]

One of THE BEST intros! Felt like I was coming home after a long day for some fun One Piece talk. Seriously Tekking you rock thanks for all you do

[@KingoftheKami]

slick i tried to watch something else at the 35 min mark, couldn’t leave without finishing the vid, it’s just respectful💀

[@muhammadfaisal5Y5]

Remember that Sanji did not mention his family at all. If Nami were to ask him if he has any siblings or specifically if he has a sister, he will say he does have a sister but they parted ways long time ago. If she gets curious and asks him more, he will say it is very complicated and a long story. He will stick to Zeff being his father and he will keep quiet about having brothers and if he is compelled to say anything, he will say he does not have them.

[@MagicCardboardBox]

I sorta imagine hiyori finding out tama is a kurozumi and just feeling really awkward

[@kugelblitzingularity304]

Well the kids are innocent despite their families theme has been a recurring theme is one piece lol

[@Maybelater1018]

Someone else pointed out how Sora was a vague play on Sengoku, since he was always with his seagull, also seagulls are a symbol of the Marines. But Firedog is probably new propaganda for Akainu. It's even in the name!

[@amogus1415]

That be pretty funny to see akainu supervising his own manga

[@xzil2167]

Yeah akainu mean fire dog

[@Maybelater1018]

@@xzil2167 red dog*

[@Syncopiia]

I could see a parallel to Doflamingo's childhood, when he and his family were strung up and the civilians were trying to kill them for being celestial dragons. The citizens of Wano try to kill Tama and other remaining Kurozumi like that, but this time Momo and company show up to put an end to it. Good lord, imagine bad timeline adult Tama after a traumatic event like that.

[@leleo2219]

I think Oda is gonna start treating the SBS like the cover stories, addressing big information that might not be important to the story but is still really interesting

[@Doommaster677]

I'd be fine with that, more lore is ALWAYS appreciated

[@tenkenroo]

Ya cause I’d like to know maybe namis biological parents.

[@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu]

He should the sbs should be for lore

[@RoderickThe13]

He can't help himself. Sanada will be back in volume 106.

[@mostacho8251]

​@@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu classic st*pids sbs >>>>> lore sbs

[@Gazer01]

Surprised you didn't mention how Oda stated that Sanji's genetic powers were there before the raid suit, which gave him enough heat resistance to use Diable Jambe initially

[@snuggie12]

Evidently there's debate about the translation of the answer. Though the first part is agreed, one of the translations leaves his pre-suit fire usage a mystery. I don't know Japanese so can't really say who is correct.

[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

I was so close with this one where I thought that it was Ushimaru’s daughter was going to be Zoro’s mother who left Wano 55 years ago which lead to her later marrying a man with the last name Roronoa in the East Blue, but since Oda did this I hope that we get reveals of other Straw Hats family history like Luffy’s mother, Nami’s birth parents, if Usopp is truly related to Noland which he “lied about”, what exactly happened to Robin’s father, who was Franky’s parents beside pirates that abandoned him, Brook’s past before the Rumbar pirates, & Jinbe’s parents

[@sarahvanburen5960]

I love how genuinely excited he is when talking about this stuff. There are too many people out there who do this kind of thing but only watch the anime or read the manga because they need to do their homework for their channel. This is my first time coming across this channel but this guy is a rare gem and I immediately subscribed. It’s so much more enjoyable to watch someone talk about something they clearly have an interest and a passion for.

[@siddhantjain2402]

33:00 Asking Chopper to cure Smile effects is like asking him to reverse Devil Fruit eatings. If Chopper can take away a Devil Fruit user's power with a pill, please crown him the Pirate King 👑

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Considering Vegapunk started recreating them from blood samples...are we handing out multiple crowns?

[@siddhantjain2402]

@@LupineShadowOmega I don't know, taking someone's power away v/s copying it is a going to be a tough match.

[@samvanroon5041]

I'd say he could do it someday a decent amount into the future with some very advanced technology and the right devil fruits, he might be able to do something.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@siddhantjain2402 Is it? He literally recreated Kaido's entire fruit as far as we know. We don't know all of the answers, but it feels like if anyone is capable of it, it would be the guy that feels like the current DF expert in the world at the moment. And that's assuming there isn't already some sort of DF reincarnation loophole that we the audience aren't aware of.

[@samnaamee6405]

Blackbeard could steal the DF out of a user's body.

[@xeta180]

HOLLLYYY CRAAPPP OVER 100K VIEWS IN 1 DAY. CONGRATS MANN.

[@nicks8060]

I actually really like that filler story with the magic seahorse that happens before water 7, where every straw hat loses their memory except Robin. And she basically didn't know any of their past or how they became friends, so she didn't know how to fill them in or even what kept such a motley crew together. I thought it was actually a really interesting filler arc idea.

[@jinkun2629]

There are some beautiful stories that came out of this. Ryuma's corpse and sword were stolen from Wano, and 20 years later, his unknowing descendant defeated his zombie and brought his sword back to his home country. And Zoro got rewarded with the sword made by Kozaburo, the guy who founded his own village. Tama, a child of the Kurozumi clan, lived a miserable life because of her own clan. And Sukiyaki, the same man that the Kurozumi blamed just for being born, took care of her. And the worst part is that we could have understood all this from the manga. But Oda had to spoon-feed us information because of all the toxic, illiterate fans who refused to read into it.

[@puraidoeustass]

Damn nice. I saw a little on Twitter/Reddit that people were upset with Zoro's family reveal. I don't really mind it. I was never that interested in Zoro's parents. But it is nice to know a little about them. I also like the question with the Straw Hats and if they'd talk about their past etc. that's cool.

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Other people discuss SBS: 10, 15, 20 minutes. Tekking: 52 minutes

[@vazukap8665]

Thats why we are all subscribed to him 🙂

[@applejackson8768]

I love the parallels between Luffy and Zoro, both having mountain bandits as family.

[@nialldoherty-po3cs]

how do you not have 1 million subscribers yet, its criminal. thanks for always coming out with the content

[@nicolastrujillo7661]

The strawhats have a journal that nami keeps with the details of their adventures. I remember brook read it right after joining the crew

[@Renjii1313]

If Furiko is the sister of Ushimaru, and since Ushimaru died before having children if I'm not mistaken, doesn't this mean Zoro is technically the heir of Ushimaru? Wouldn't that make zoro the daimyo of Ringo?

[@regiman222]

Also, shouldn't it be ok for him to keep Shusui, given he is a direct descendent of Ryuma?

[@randomahnameisthename3147]

@@regiman222 I mean not even the family of ryuma kept the sword so I don’t think so. Although zoro won it in a duel fair and square. He should’ve been allowed to keep the sword. Also fun fact while zoro had shisui he had not lost in a 1v1

[@SR-kh6yq]

he doesn't carry the family name and is from the female line of the family (of a female who even ran from the country), so maybe he doesn't fit the criteria? but technically yes lol

[@novrinkov0053]

In old japan, it is possible to adopt a child from a relative and succeed to a house name.

[@edwinsolis5710]

What Oda is describing in Picture Books is very similar to the Prince Valiant comic series from the 1940’s and the Pulp Fiction Magazines. They didn’t have speech bubbles. It was mainly illustrations and the pictures. Prince Valiant is a great example of what Oda is talking about.

[@pica2754]

I absolutely love your video about this SBS! I love how excited you were for it. Getting this information about Zoro made me so happy. I'm happy Oda addressed it at all.

[@rizalfadhlurrahman6622]

I don't know if Sukiyaki also knows that Tama is a Kurozumi, but I think he does. Mb that's why he looked after Tama, because he feels guilty for making the entire population of Wano hunt her clan.

[@animefan77]

I feel like Vira will be important as it was one of the potential locations of the final Road Poneglyph. And I have a special Terra was sort of a disgraced descendant of its royalty. Even if Dragon liberated it, I feel like it will be very important to the story.

[@TobyTheSusejDog]

Tekking always got us during our darkest days

[@SomeoneSomewhere42069]

My friend who is in Fishman Island, just told me the existence of this SBS, so here I am lol Side note: Tekking, what makes you so fun to watch, other than your humor and vast knowledge, is the sheer passion you have for the subject! It makes it SO enjoyable to listen to

[@Mezchano]

I have the feeling that outside of the possiblity of Luffys mother being story-important we'll end up getting a similar reveal of the family tree, or maybe if Oda does One-shots in the One Piece universe post-One Piece finishing we'll get the reveal in a similar way to how Gine was revealed as Goku's mother.

[@aohdan5713]

Best one piece KZbinr, I have the attention span of a nat and still watched all of this. Please continue for my entire lifetime 🙏🏻

[@Flaming_Saturn]

43:30 I’d imagine this story was pretty popular with the Lunarians, I could see King reading this when he was younger.

[@mokaljordan]

Now that zoros lineage is revealed albeit outside of manga format, oda might as well draw them too in a future sbs, now im curious who the other 15 were who didnt settle in the shimotsuki village, isshou,aramaki and tashigi may be the kids of the 15 which just leaves 12

[@Dobbyisfr33]

Oh, that's an interesting one

[@TheHermesLP]

Isshou is 54. It would be cutting it very close, but maybe if a passenger was pregnant, I guess...

[@amogus1415]

Aramaki being from wano and being related to zoro would be cool.It might make for a face turn.Or you could have it show hows hes even more evil for betraying his home

[@andremcleod2477]

Is it possible that Sukiyaki knew that Otama was a Kurozumi and because he saw the effects, of basically an entire country genociding 1 family(even if they deserved it),was trying to put and end to the cycle of hateful Kurozumi coming out of the wood work by tacking care of Otama

[@LupineShadowOmega]

They definitely didn't deserve it. How would an entire family deserve to be stalked, hunted, and killed for the actions of one of their members?

[@orbboom6119]

Wano is a very old timey and honor centric country so it makes sense why they would target the family of the dude that tried to kill all of the daymios, its wrong but it was like that.

[@revolvingworld2676]

​@@LupineShadowOmega You know the two old Kurozumis who helped Orochi on his plot from the begining? They left it ambiguous if they were PART of Orochis grandfathers plot or if they started the whole mess BECAUSE they were persecuted. Now if it was an Uchiha situation and most of the clan were planning a coup I could somewhat understand why the persecution happened.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@revolvingworld2676 They also left it vague, if they were actually even a part of the clan. Remember, the old lady literally had Mr.2's fruit and we watched her cycle through a few faces of the Rocks crew. At this point, she literally could have been anyone, and we know for a fact that she was trying to manipulate Orochi, be it to her own benefit, or perhaps that of other parties. We don't know. But unlike the Uchiha coup situation, we know that it couldn't have been the clan in general, because Kanjuro exists. His parents were literally just traveling performers. Killed because of their bloodline. The Uchiha was a ninja clan, the Kurozumi's are just regular people from all walks of life, a thing that we've seen similarly for lots of Wano's ruling families. The noble main families, couldn't possibly be speaking for every single branch member of the family. They were too vast a group of peoples. Yet all those folks got punished right along with their lord. Almost like that is tradition rather than logic.

[@Saint_Augustus]

​@@LupineShadowOmega One thing people tend to leave out was that when Orochis grandfather was caught for poisoning the other daimyos he committed seppuku (killed himself) to restore honour to his family, but the Wano citizens went on a killing rampage wasting people like Kanjuros parents who where just travelling actors, horrible people Yes Orochi was horrible but honestly the Wano citizens fucking deserved everything they got for 20 years

[@Gensolink]

it makes sense that Orochi didnt help his family, like the only other kurozumi he helped, Kanjuro, he used as a disposable pawn. The two other ended up dying but he didnt seem really affected

[@galaxiebechy-yq1xj]

Zorooooooooo! My best man! Love your work Tekking been watching on different accounts for 4-5 years thank you for everything you have done.

[@PKLO9727]

Honestly, some people just don’t care about their family linage if family was never their thing in the first place. And that could be how Oda is writing Zoro. Zoro never grew up with Family and has always just been fighting throughout his life. Plus, he’s not the emotional type. All he’ll give is just a smile or maybe just a “ooooh interesting” reaction. He’s not going to get all teary eyed by learning about his family. And I’m sure his Uncle (Kuina’s Dad) didn’t want to bring Zoro up like that. He wanted to make him a strong and ambitious fighter. Not depressed and dream/goal less because of the unfortunate outcome of his parents. So even if Zoro is told and shown who his family is right now, it may not even be that deep. Plus, Oda implies that he’s going to talk about the connection between Ryuma and Zoro later.

[@AnyMEmdq]

30:30 Yamato staying in Wano also helps with that. You have the Okuchi no Makami, guardian deity of Wano, one who very flashily fought against Kaido and was intrumental in keeping the remaining of the Beast Pirates in rein, being a descendant of the other oppressing figure, Kaido, I don't know who spread Tama's involvement in the battle of Onigashima was, but if it was publicly recognized, the best course of action would be to do it with the Kurozumi name tied to her, to accentuate that what both Tama and Orochi did, and same with Yamato and Kaido, has nothing to do with their lineage

[@wildtymespromoting875]

🤣🤣🤣 I love you're energy brother definitely top 3 anime KZbinrs.

[@xkiri7484]

I think Oda avoided making Zoro a direct descendant of Ryuma and stuff like that, so that Wano would not become a Zoro arc. Likely that stuff would have put a huge dent on the rest. Wano is JoyBoy arc and it makes sense with the time left. Maybe of Oda had a few more years to finish the story sure, but the man is working from a long time, I wouldn't ask for more tbh. Just keep up until the end and enjoy your life after, you damn genius.

[@Nicantropo]

Funny enough I just got snacks right before you mentioned it. Thanks, Tekking, you never fail to hit the jackpot with your audience! 🐺✨🙌🏼

[@the_linden]

Technicaly going by funky land and title inheritance laws, if Ushimaru Shimotsuki had no children, Zoro could legaly become the daimyo of Ringo thanks to his Shimotsuki grandma. So, another endgame for Zoro after the end of the series I guess.

[@SetSailTCGQueen]

Some great one piece SBS questions.

[@redtutel]

10:03 Ushimaru is Zorro’s Grunkle then 33:53 I assume you’d have to take a Devil Fruit out of someone to cure a Smile. I assume Law can’t do that, otherwise his fights would be much shorter. Vegapunk might though.

[@NitwitsWorld]

No it’s even said Dr. Vegapunk can’t cure Smile users effects and he took trial and error to create and replicate Kaido’s devil fruit (with a pink side effect instead of the blue coloring) 😅

[@mylespando5192]

Maybe someone with the yami yami no mi and op op fruit at the same time can cancel a devil fruit power then remove it

[@NitwitsWorld]

@@mylespando5192 hmm 🤔

[@stormstrider1990]

I think most citizens of Wano assume the Kurosumis are all dead at this point. For all they know, Orochi was the last of that clan.

[@TheInfernapeKingTV]

A cure for the SMILEs, that's something in Vegapunk's alley. I mean sure, Chopper and Law are talented doctors, I always thought that is beyond the medicine knowledge of Chopper and Law. Maybe that's why Zoro wanted to talk to Vegapunk in Egghead...

[@williamgreci8219]

Thoughts. 1. Before this, the most thought I put into Zorro's family was playing "The Wonderful 101 Remastered" on my P.S.4 and reading a bio for a minor character who, despite his top notch skills in driving, apparently has a sense of direction so bad that I considered him to fit as Zorro's father. But then again, the thing I pass off as a brain has made quite a few such connections between that game and "One Piece". Multiple sword fighters, including an actual Grim Reaper. Plenty of potential opponents for Zorro. A makeover specialist known for changing people to better align with their "true selves" to a point where even their gender can be changed. Sounds like a viable predecessor for Ivankov in terms of who wielded a certain devil fruit. A chef whose bio sets him up as being able to turn any ingredient into food so good that invaders sneak into his restaurant for a taste. And so on. And so forth. 2. Shame the story with Zorro's family couldn't be worked into the main story. On the upside, at least whoever sorts out the content of the anime will have that as an option to animate, should they need filler down the line. I could see an episode or 2 focused on that family history. As for the framing device, Zorro could've asked someone about the history of the maker of Enma after realizing that it was Kozaburo, someone he met in his youth. Could be set after the battle at Onigashima but before the Straw Hat crew left Wano. After finding out that Kozaburo left Wano the same year alongside a group of others, Zorro could hear the name of another that he recognized from his past, possibly his grandmother, and have a flashback to a day when she or someone who knew her told him about her life after leaving. 3. Yeah, that last line could've been phrased in a way that better emphasized the intended target. Possibly something connected to the whole "coal into diamonds" thing. I will now put my suggestion here. "When faced with the pressure of life, Kurozumi can either shine or burn. In the case of Orochi, he was born to burn!"

[@SilverSlugs16]

I thought Zoro was never a real pirate hunter? He said he never gave himself that name and only did it because he needed cash, plus it was free practice. He’d turn in pirates who were causing trouble / challenging him so he had money to eat

[@DescendingUranus]

Crazy how I was just looking to see if u covered the latest sbs yet

[@MikeSRyo]

You talked about Sanji having a late night conversation with Nami and that got me to thinking, has that ever been shown? I have seen him trying to peek at her or his eyes turn into hearts or him simp to her, but have they ever been shown to just have a normal talk?

[@afeathereddinosaur]

Every time you say Monkey Ball, I get reminded of a particular moment in Toriko, it made every mention very funny

[@sumireokamura]

Was said that Tera died because of a illness. Ussop's mother also died of a illness, and Sora, Sanji's mom, had an illness because of that potion to undo the experiments that Judge did to their unborn sons. Kind of a pattern on straw hats male members that were in East Blue.

[@kevincaler6105]

43:31 Fire Dog almost sounds like an adaptation of Akainu (Red Dog)'s life and career in the Navy (which probably reads like Punisher or Judge Dredd). Maybe it's even an attempt to create a new Sora but with Sakazuki as the new model Marine hero. If so, Ryokugyu probably is a monthly subscriber.

[@Quaznick_Ruttner]

You know that this "Great Journey" his family took from wabo to east blue was just them ultimately getting unintentionally lost. Why else would they get to such an unlikely place from wano

[@joelow1979]

Your videos always cheer me up

[@kathab8826]

Tekking’s excited laugh is giving me life 😂

[@VideoNinjaJim]

Battles without Honor and Humanity was also the name of the Famous Kill Bill Theme

[@psychronia]

In retrospect, I really feel like Oda should have split Wano up somehow. Maybe a larger Post-Wano arc just to decompress. For as crammed and slow as it felt during Onigashima sometimes, it also rushed through so many things that I really feel like it shouldn't have. I suspect that if Oda redid Wano from the start right this moment, he'd already be able to make it better thanks to hindsight. Kurozumi Tama is such a good detail and it doesn't deserve to be hidden behind the SBS. Maybe Oda can drop that tidbit later, but it just wouldn't hit the same.

[@tenkenroo]

Ya it was kind of go go go. I think he wants to get to eventual emperor clashes

[@gianlucamorelli]

@@tenkenroo yeah, he spent more than 20 years to craft the story up until this point, and now they are just rushing it a bit, revealing answers to a lot of secrets and long term mysteries all at once. at least this is how it feels like

[@zynergx6973]

Remember the whole deal with Tashigi being VERY similar to Kuina back then which sparked many over the top theories. I just thought of something which would make a lot of sense. The recent sbs stated that 25 members sailed from Wano. After they saved a village from mountain bandits in the east blue, only 10 members decided to settle thus founding the Shimotsuki Village. After reading it again, I thought to myself, "What happened to the other 15?". That's when I thought about the possibility that Tashigi might be descended from one of the 15 Wano immigrants who didn't settle in Shimotsuki Village. This theory would make a lot of sense and would explain her uncanny resemblance with Kuina. She's basically a long distance relative. It'd also add to how she's very knowledgeable on almost every famous sword.

[@PKLO9727]

If anybody tries harassing Tama, they got Luffy, Nami, Momo, and the new 7 Samurai’s to fight if anyone starts problems with her. I’m just saying, that little girl went through too much. I was sad af when she learned what happened to her parents. And to think your own family did this to you. Orochi didn’t even seek out his families. This means he just became power hungry and didn’t give af who he harmed once he gained the power. Like before, there will be people stepping up for her clan. But this time a majority. The sad part about everything that happened in Wano was that all the rulers didn’t want that Clan to be hurt and discriminated like that. It’s just that majority of the people are wicked and just aren’t going to listen to their rulers thinking that they’re right for fighting for their ruler. That’s why Oda said it’s still a problem in our time. Because not everyone loves doing things the right way.

[@in-craig-ible6160]

This SBS was quite a good one.

[@kura4674]

Tama played such an important role in Kaido's down fall, if that information is known by the people then I could see the common folk forgiving her.

[@CHIZZLESWORLD]

Love the whole visual hats and all the tekkingness

[@KevinVideo]

At the beginning of Egghead, Zoro says he wants to talk to Vegapunk about something specific. I'm hoping it's regarding the reversal of the Smile fruit. Wouldn't mind if you also discussed the trailer for Egghead Island where we got the official colours for Gear 5 Luffy.

[@TakariSoratoMishiro]

I really like the implication that both zoro and luffy were kinda half-raised by mountain bandits they don't even know about that similarity but it might be a factor why they vibe so easily with each other

[@TecknoVicking]

Tama was obviously a Kurozumi.

[@crimsonemperor2219]

Now this is gonna be good, was waiting it to drop since it was mentioned in last nights stream

[@lastassassin4443]

Day 24 of asking for a discussion video on Vice Admiral Tsuru he did one for Garp and Sengoku let the Marine Trio finnaly be completed (btw Tekking Tera is dead as said in the SBS she died of illness when however we dont know)

[@savonpitts7689]

Thank you thank you I was waiting on you to do this yesterday🥰🥰🥰

[@Therizztalk]

I am surprised that tekking's grandfather was also called Tekking

[@yeetusvanitas9800]

This really throws me for a loop. I was full in on the “Zoro is a clone of Ryuma made by vegapunk” angle. I’m actually kinda relieved.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

Zoro being the Son of a Samurai and a Mountain Bandit is very cool, I doubt Tera is still alive as Zoro was all alone when he met Kuina, did he run away from home, or did he go out to buy some milk and got lost and found his way to the Dojo Tama being a Kurozumi is no shock

[@jpthefisherman]

Always love the videos Tekking, keep it up.

[@blazervids]

Best birthday gift ever I can't even lie thanks tekking

[@iFkNxLegend]

Fun fact: you share your birthday with Ichiji, Niji, Sanji, Yonji and Sanjuan Wolf

[@blazervids]

@@iFkNxLegend had to Google this omg you're right !

[@FoggyWall]

Great energy for the video, but damn.... That Porygon shirt is the best thing I've ever seen. *thumbs up*

[@RedoxRay123]

I kinda wish tama came along the luffy tama dynamic would be soo good but hey we couldn’t get Yamato or carrot either Still though imaging just luffy being a big brother or scenes of something like luffy giving tama his food cause of how she was raised and teaching tama stuff it would shock the crew being almost a perental figure but that’s way too much fanfic slice of life territory but fun thoughts

[@tulip5210]

Tama brings out good things in Luffy 💙

[@RedoxRay123]

@@tulip5210 totally agree I think it’s really interesting to see there dynamic and that side of luffy

[@TheWish80]

Thank you for the video! I always love watching your videos!

[@bigmyke2008]

It’s a shame Oda only has so much time, he could’ve made a great story out of Zoros backstory, but I think it’s fitting we don’t see it. Zoros stoic and is only focused on moving forward, not unlike Guts

[@joshuaamador-coppin155]

Really like that view

[@marmotarchivist]

I agree, Zoro doesn't really care about that. But I still would liked to have seen his visit to Ryuma's grave, as I had awaited this since Thriller Bark was first published.

[@FlyOnAlbatross]

@@marmotarchivist forreal dude, might get lucky with some filler in the anime though post Wano Arc perhaps. Can always dream.

[@DF-es6tx]

Nah I wanna see it

[@theeyeballthatcameoutofthe5268]

Oda had to waste time with the fucking red scabbards and all of the eventually dropped subplots i cant even count

[@m1g4s]

So Zoro is the son of earth and storm? Pretty badass, and it does explain the moss-head

[@QuantumPineapple]

It's weird how Sanji gets the fleshed out backstory but is more often memed on while Zoro gets breadcrumbs for his backstory while Oda gives him more badass moments in canon. Tis the dichotomy.

[@zameize]

Sanji's backstory is integral to the plot point of WCI. Meanwhile Zoro's past is not integral to the Wano. Oda only gave hints for Zoro being the descendant of Ryuuma is enough narratively to give justification of his insane skill and durability when fighting King.

[@drm726]

Zoro is a badass swordsman that can cut almost anything and is one of the greatest threats to the world government in the story. Sanji is a perv that kicks things, and can’t even get the next highest bounty on his crew. They are not the same

[@LunarianSanji]

​@@drm726 They are both important equally because they are the wings of the future Pirate King. Lol

[@femthingevelyn]

​@@LunarianSanjiisn't Sanji the only one pointed out to be the wings in the Japanese?

[@LunarianSanji]

@Femthing Evelyn Yes in the manga it is stated that Sanji is the wings plural. That's why I put the lol. We don't know what Zoro is yet..

[@jonathanheady8619]

Thanks for the snack break. I needed it.

[@KratosCar]

I legit want to see tekking cosplay as Rob Lucci

[@maskedfitness2133]

😂😂😂

[@tenkenroo]

Now where is he gonna get a ventriloquist pigeon?

[@ahmadzuhayri2439]

Seeing how the gifters' powers manifested, it's possible that the SMILE fruits affects people at the lineage factor level. And that's probably beyond most people but Vegapunk at this point

[@alfredhinton8792]

I’m more interested in Tama heritage right now than Zoro’s. Look what they did to the kurozumi’s when the damiyo killed the others. What Orochi did was WAY worse. If anyone does anything to Tama, the shogun, the scabbards and the straw hats will rain hell upon them

[@SilverSlugs16]

I think part of what bothers people about it being in an SBS is the sense that like SBS is usually for truly just extra info, almost like an super unnecessary reading if you wanna see some neat stuff, and you’re just dying for more one piece. But folks gotta understand, the SBS has been going on for decades, it’s as reliable as the cover stories and a super valid part of the one piece experience. Non integral stuff that still greatly expands the world building, I think it was a great spot for Zoro’s family, honestly classic SBS material that people are (understandably) peeved about since it was just something we wanted for so long

[@RockinAfr0]

An important part of being a writer is knowing what backstory to include and what to leave out. It makes no sense for Oda to shoehorn Zoro's backstory in if there is no character reason for it to occur. I have no issue with Oda leaving it out, Zoro wouldn't care either!

[@thetruebluestarj4746]

Wouldn't suprise me if we get a full story on this through a flashback of what zorro experienced in wano when he meets death. It was a very epic suspenseful moment that seemed, at least to me, to imply zorro was experiencing the afterlife or at least limbo. Could maybe meet his family who present him their history and the choice to join them or return. Mybe he has to defeat one or more to return. Would be pretty crazy to see. Might even learn a new technique.

[@xxMidnitepyroxx]

NEW SBS! ZORO!!!! LETTTTS FREAKING GO!!!!

[@clarehidalgo]

17:04 You got it wrong Terra wit 2 Rs is "Earth", Tera with 1 R is "one trillion" though it is probably the Japanese Tera meaning "Temple" from Terasen "Temple money" as people have stated Zoro's family naming scheme being gambling