Why is Zoro Called Zolo? | One Piece

[@geehonedmund6061]

Even the R in his name gets lost

[@edwardsinger7644]

Yoooooo How has this comment not received more likes

[@brysonandrews1043]

^agreed

[@AnimationsStudioza]

Fr😂

[@Soulxamv]

Because the "R" in Zoro stands for racism

[@BurpBukowskiHearn]

Huh Nami is a Nig- -Zoro Zolo

[@doronsworld]

I don’t even know how to respond to this

[@realthunder6556]

​@@doronsworldIt is impossible to respond to pure facts

[@Bas3mentDwell3r]

true

[@ArizonaJoshua]

Aw yes Zoro the minority hunter. Zoro shows that good old fashion Japanese spirit.

[@demilung]

Meanwhile South Park went and changed every piece of text, including all the subtitles to gaslight people that Token was always named Tolkien

[@scooterlooter420]

Monkey D. Ruffy

[@maxgarriga6199]

Actually in the catalan dub and manga he's called Ruffy xD

[@morrohir]

in german he was always called ruffy. thats why i was confused when i heard the english and japanese version

[@JoylessBurrito]

No joke his name is spelled rufi in Japanese

[@signesanda]

He's also called Ruffy in danish 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@mikeoxlong3391]

Here in Italy we call him Rufy

[@Kings_Gam3]

Zoro is called zolo cus he solos

[@Omgsanti640]

You mean he zolos?

[@unknownmalware7378]

zolo its time to golo

[@Frozengreen757]

I think you for got to add the Your mom part

[@hi-tt8xy]

@@unknownmalware7378zolo has to golo so he can solo

[@Scarbonara_]

Yessir the Zolo zolos

[@dippypig]

I didn't even realise that is says Zolo in the manga until now 💀💀

[@edwardsinger7644]

Right! When reading the manga I only consciously notice it like 1 out of every 15 instances. I read "zolo" and my mind just automatically pronounces it "Zoro" most of the time

[@FI12446]

levely is where the kings are leveling up, not solo leveling, kings leveling👑

[@aj1046]

Zolo Leveling

[@zozotantzozote8361]

Yes but no, it comes from the French word “reverie” so it's not levelie but reverie

[@FI12446]

@@zozotantzozote8361 ok.....

[@arvmoney11]

English person: Hello Asian person: Herro

[@sawyertaras1180]

Happened with enel as well, in the anime they pronounce it eneru, Japanese syllables always end in a vowel (except n) so in order to write the name enel in Japanese you have to add a vowel at the end. Also there is no r or l sound in Japanese, it’s a weird combination or both sounds as well as d. So Enel became Eneru

[@jameswolf133]

The previous Zorro character is a pulp fiction masked swordsman who fought against tyranny in early 19th century California. He was featured in a popular 1950s TV show.

[@64Memess]

Also alabasta was sometimes referred as arabasta

[@ushakarn3663]

Why don't the marine claim the one piece before the pirates do so that no one becomes the pirate king ?

[@doronsworld]

Very good question I’ll make a video on this

[@Tree511]

W question

[@chavezsebastian]

@@doronsworldi’m hype

[@M4y0nn41s3]

It's impossible, the marines don't have the manpower to get each road poneglyph

[@Axelblaze1022]

The government doesn't know where Raftel is

[@TheZprogram]

His name is Zolo, he's just like a samurai

[@dannyskittle]

Nahhhhhhh he’s a crocodile

[@-TheLegendHimself-]

HOHOHO HE TOOK A BITE IF GUM GUM

[@TheodoreBotman]

L A D Y NAMIS NOT SHY.

[@RaffiPrima23]

​@@TheodoreBotmanUsopp doing Marksman thing,Sanji Cooking,Chopper doctoring

[@Gooseman420]

Oh that’s why people call alabasta arabasta

[@Jay-cd8hc]

Or Loguetown being translated as Roguetown, which actually has a major impact on both the pronunciation and the reputation of the town

[@reaperplayz3569]

Oh so thats why the subs call "louge town" as "rouge town"

[@kalebnance2131]

Stands for Zoro Only Loses Once

[@HeavenlyDemon7]

4kids didn’t want to get copyrighted for Zorro the other swordsman

[@TechyCatz]

I was just thinking about this yesterday. I swear phones can read minds😅

[@shrek8368]

I thought it was because of copyright issues as there is another fictional swordsman named zoro

[@TheWorldOfGojo]

If ur wondering Japanese people mostly pronounce L as the sound of R so for block you would say brock

[@flawedandnotperfect]

My head canon is that Zoro + Solo= Zolo cause he does solo

[@RuyVuusen]

And he does solo since he gets lost.

[@thegoldennoob108]

This also is for krillin in dragon ball manga due to the confusion with Ls and Rs, making krillin in the manga have the name of kririn

[@Johnnekaiser]

And don't forget about Enel vs. Eneru or however you say that lightning gods name

[@x-mighty7602]

By the logic of people who call him Eneru, they should say Arongu instead of Arlong, Kurokodairu instead of Crocodile, Ruchi instead of Lucci, etc.

[@leafytriger4542]

there also a common misspelling is Tensura where people misspell Luminas as Ruminas

[@WallyInfinite]

Someone probably already said this but it's not that L's and R's sound similar in Japanese. it's just that Japanese doesn't have any characters that make an L sound so they use the R sound instead when writing 'foreign' names, so translations basically just have to use context clues to know which is more accurate

[@vanshlaladia]

"PILATE HUNTEL LOLONOA ZOLO"

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

Zolo yelling yolo when solo

[@HandsomePrat]

I think it’s because Zoro is quite obviously based off of Zorro, the swordsman who would cut three slashes to form a Z as his signature move which is represented by Zoros three swords, 4kids was cautious of a copyright claim which was understandable, it’s just that I don’t think one was ever made so… 😂

[@dismaldimwit2200]

I always assumed his name was changed to zolo in English to avoid copyright issues with the Zorro movies.

[@necronexus580]

I remember hearing they had issues calling him Zoro because of Zorro. Apparently the company that owns the rights to Zorro is really strict with the name's usage since they own the copyrights. It is sort of like how you cannot use Eternia because of He-Man in North America, or the word Edge because of copyright. By the way. The one about edge is really messed up and there are videos about it, as well as how you cannot use Eternia in North America.

[@DanielDTUBWeinberger]

regardless, on a recent episode (forgot which one) Zoro does the Zorro cut LOL

[@bungogoldbungo8285]

I think its because of the fear to not get copy right claimed by the creators of zoro that wears all black + in the end of one of the episodes where zoro was fighting king in the "to be continued" scene zoro cut the screen like the mexican zoro does

[@Potpie_king]

and the single joke made in the 4kids dub. "Zolo time to golo." - Monkey D. Luffy

[@gregorygejoff1628]

Ok that is one change that is for once not 4kids fault. Since the main issue there was copyright problems

[@ilyadShadowYT]

People say "Raftel" or "Laftel" but i call it "Laugh Tale" for no reason

[@griffin8346]

even though i prefer "Reverie," i figure "Levely" is correct because during the anime's episodes about it, people were seen holding signs that said, in english, "LEVELY"

[@coronapinus3714]

And this is why in italy, Luffy is Rufy (which i strongly prefer, it's more fluid and mayumi, luffy's VA says it that way)

[@mhammed275]

In the old french translation, sanji's old name was Sandy

[@vocalvortexstudios2058]

That last part is also the reason why when battle of the gods came out for DBZ, a bunhc of online platforms mispelled Beerus' name as "Bills" Yes. Really. God of Destruction Bills. Some pirate sites actually still use the incorrect name

[@renunagar1657]

Another reason: in Japanese, the r and l sounds are the same, sounding like a mix of both. The sounds in English can be one or the other. That’s why it can technically be “zolo” and “zoro” - they are the same thing.

[@thatrainbowguy]

he literally said that

[@sachinsourav6681]

It's going out of hand now as even the letters in his name are getting LOST!

[@TheSazukiultra23]

It’s honestly the most understandable change 4Kids made. Just look at how many names JoJo has to change, and they aren’t even trying to make it for kids 😂.

[@santoshsharma-gf5bg]

Thats why if u listen carefully “luffy” actually sounds like “ruffy” in the sub ver. Of the anime

[@desiislost]

Zoro is called Zolo in the manga and the 4kids dub to avoid copyright from another character named Zoro. They still call Zoro zolo in the English manga I’m pretty sure.

[@jhfle26]

“Herro Hello 😑” Brief explanation

[@aidenrandall9279]

Actually its because the r sound in japanese is an inbetween sound of R and L

[@Heavy-TF2]

“ZoLo is called ZoLo because he’s a walking L” -daddy Papazuki

[@Narinjas]

He is the definition of LOST...

[@calcifur]

OG remebering Kiraras name in Inuyasha

[@mcstotti8691]

The intresting thing is that Zoro in one piece is almost definitely named after Zorro one the legendary swordsmen of western literary canon. An Mihawk looks a lot like some incarnations of Zorro. Zorro is a dashing Spanish nobleman who is also a vigilante at night. And while the storys dont necessarily match the archetype of the arrogant noble spaniard swordsman he depicts is Zorro.

[@josepio4168]

From what I can tell, other than for Enel and Alabasta, the community decides to use the R version instead of the L version

[@AffyMoon]

Laughtale as well

[@themeow-sician1664]

In german Luffy is actually called Ruffy which is also kind funny

[@crimson_ruino]

I have the one piece manga and in the manga suprisingly Zoro is spelled Zolo as in Japan the letter L is mostly pronounced as R

[@deathwishtommy9773]

Rare Nami with first episode clothing

[@JuzzerMiner]

Raftel, Laftel... I call it Laughtale.

[@atominezombie]

luffys actual name is also ruffy its just the translation in german its ruffy. they actually often mixed up the l’s and r’s

[@BBOY_11]

Don’t forget about Logue town vs Rogue town

[@mmaniacs]

The mistake actually happens often in translations of manga because, in Japanese they don't technically have the exact equivalent of the sound "L" they substitute it with their "R" in theirs. So it's never fully known if the writers meant r or l and the translates assume. Examples: Artoria from FGO is translated as Altria. Spy x Family Forger, is Folger. Laws ability in dressrossa is Chambres, not Shambles.

[@SakuraiHikari15]

Though in the case of Artoria, the actual Japanese company actually does use Artoria for her name (written in Roman letters even) in official stuff. There are only 2 things that use Altria; 1) The infamous Chinese bootleg figure (nicknamed as Sader) labels it as Altria to avoid copyright law and 2) Aniplex of America for reasons that have never been actually given (outside of a lie they tried to tell and got busted on immediately). Also in Japanese we don't technically have L's or R's, our version of them is to basically say both L and R at the same time, which is why the confusion is evenly argued for both sides. Other sounds like that in our language are Th and Z and B and V.

[@mmaniacs]

Thank you for the correction on the R and L thing. The Altria info was also nice to learn@@SakuraiHikari15

[@SakuraiHikari15]

@@mmaniacs No worries at all, I like dispensing the fun facts

[@BardeAgneau319]

Though R and L a pronounced and writen the same, let's also keep in mind some characters/places are named after English or other European words. So, Levely, Raftel...etc. are phonetically correct, but don't really make sense. For Zoro/Zolo, I guess that doesn't really matter, unless he was named after Zorro the Masked Hero

[@midorinounko]

There’s no L in Japanese, so when you’re reading an English word like (for example) Luffy, his name is ruffi,、ルッフィー…多分)、「ー」をありませんけど、知りません。So technically Luffy’s name is ruffī but we call it luffy. So same with Zoro but in reverse. Because of how pronouncing “ra” and the following ra ri re ro involve letting the tongue touch the top of your mouth, it sounds like “La” and so on. You can search “how to pronounce r’s in Japanese” if you’re interested. 皆、聞いてくれてありがとござました^_^

[@mawa349]

In french the first tomes of the one piece manga had GOOFY AS FUCK NAMES like "Terrence Sabrelong" (Terrence Longsword for Zoro) Pipeau (Liar for Usopp, ironic), Monkey D. Corentin, Colonel Fumette (Sergent "smokery" for Smoker) Or straight up DAMIEN for Chopper (if I remember well it's a Damien is a common french name for deers in french fiction)

[@byrondobbie763]

Arabasta and alabasta, eneru and enel you see it everywhere in one piece

[@luizcookie7583]

...i always thought it was Laughtel like in laugh? In one piece laughter and smiles take a big place in anime and manga arent they? So the last place needs to be full of joy ,no?...

[@zangetsukurosaki4027]

Cool to know that its the same reason for the miscommunication on the name of Laughtale. Although ngl i still think that “Raftel” is a cooler name for a final island, but I understand why it was given the name Laugh Tale instead

[@SenYT01]

Because zoro can zolo everyone

[@GamerLord64]

Also why there is 2 ways to say the name of skypia entagonist Enel or Eneru

[@EBOBULATORgames]

Bro I knew I seen his name was zolo. I remembered from way back. None of my friends believed me

[@nemanikodarko]

am i the only one who is hearing ruffy insted of luffy when i watch one piece

[@luisfradique2031]

Laftel is later fixed to Laugh Tale

[@Dznts1234]

Raftel vs Laugh Tale is kinda stupid, its written "Laugh Tale" on the eternal pose in Stampede

[@blobsealproductions3683]

Btw “ro” in Japanese can also be pronounced “lo”

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

Luffy in German is also called Ruffy because of this ambiguity

[@johnnydogstar5137]

Ls and Rs are swapped in japanese which is why in jojos Buccierati is Bucciealatti this does not always apply though

[@mrshamaki]

They aren't swapped. Rs and Ls aren't defined by themselves to begin with in japanese so they ended up sounding very close to each other when translating. But they aren't swapped.

[@achmahnsch]

In germany Alabasta is called Arabasta

[@xsneakatokex8783]

Everyone talks about Zoro and Zolo, but no one mentions Zori.

[@kiburi4080]

Isnt raftel/laftel technically a translation error considering in odens flashback it was revealled as laughtale?

[@xander6153]

Zoro zolos ur favorite verse

[@Zonkskiismydaddy]

Also in japan l and r have the same pronunciation so zolo is pronounced the same as zoro

[@codyjarvis4557]

Yeah it’s Zoro. 😂

[@Krisz01777]

Its not that R and L in japanese is similar, its that japanese technically has neither of them, it has a sound betwee the two, usually closer to R. But if we consider it an R like the gépben writing does then they have no L at all.

[@ASlikesMACROPHAGE]

The reason why this happens because Japanese people can not pronounce L, so they use the closest thing they can make of it, R. For ex: “Jet Gatling gun” is pronounced in Japanese as “Jetto Gatoringu” See how the L was replaced with R. And your pronounce it as “Jet-toe-gat-or-ring-uh”

[@ikidnappedyourfamily]

And alabasta and arabasta

[@zeromontalvan1514]

In japanese it doesn't exist the "L" so they use the "R" so technically he should be named zolo just like in dragon ball there is pikoro named piccolo or beerus translated to just bills in Spanish, since at the end in japanese it's the same ゾロ

[@Ryan_vdp]

Loguetown is actually Roguetown and I will die on this hill

[@EggTheGamer06]

And "Alabasta" and "Arabasta".

[@affanrahim5921]

It's the Japanese alpha when you look in hiragana It's らりるれろ

[@zamn7937]

Not as bad as the change in translation from gomu gomu to rubber rubber

[@ezilexozwa9536]

I'm a new One Piece, so don't crucify me. I finished Skypiea like a month ago and they were calling the big bad Eneru and everytime I hear people speak about him, they call him Enel, what's up with that??

[@JoylessBurrito]

In Japanese they don’t have separate letters/sounds for L/R. They also don’t ever end words with consonants, and if a word ends with a ‘u’ they usually don’t really pronounce it. So his name was spelled Eneru in Japanese, but could be pronounced as either Enel or Eneru

[@Chickenwings258]

Because he Zolos the Verse

[@KamiKiDB]

Same with "Enel" and "Eneru"

[@Nullis_V01d845]

Also because he could zolo a lot of different anime characters

[@dankrishnadasan9295]

Looks like I don’t need to go to r/onepiece anymore. It’s all on this channel 😂

[@MrMcBaine1]

Oda borrowed the name as a homage from another excellent fighter, namely Zorro (the masked guy dressed in black that carves the Z with his Rapier). So "Zoro" is the only correct pronounciation despite the problems with L and R in japanese, since the author's stated intent was the homage.

[@mageds2684]

Now let's change Alabasta to Arabasta

[@jeremyearley9162]

These debates for the names are just people mishearing it. Raftel isnt right, the name is Laugh Tale. The Katakana for it is "ラフテル" which is pronounced Rafuteru. Dont go off of the English dubs, go off of the Japanese characters such as the Kanji or Katakana

[@PhantomHydra808]

i still call him zolo despite i’ve never seen the 4kids anime

[@keesh2736]

This is the one thing keeping me from wanting to buy the manga

[@adonissa8284]

Zolo is south african slang for kush😂😂

[@joemamma-wb3xz]

I really can’t remember which one is right anymore

[@masongallagher2326]

It's actually because in Japanese r's technically be switched over an l That's why they called it so zolo

[@byrondobbie763]

Imagine if he was lolonoa zolo