00:00Zoro was supposed to be a marine, not a pirate.
00:02Zoro was never supposed to join Luffy.
00:05In Oda's original version, he worked for the navy and was tasked with executing pirates.
00:10In the One Piece Data Book, Green, page 82,
00:13Oda reveals that Zoro was a pirate hunter under direct contract with the marines.
00:18His role is to capture or kill criminals in order to climb the ranks.
00:21It was only later that the editor told him Zoro had to be on Luffy's side.
00:26otherwise the public will not become attached to it.
00:28And Oda said, "I wanted to create a black and white character."
00:31But my editor said, readers need an emotional connection.
00:34This means that in a parallel universe, Zoro would have stopped Luffy
00:38And we would never have known One Piece as we know it now.
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