Zoro Coming Back After The Timeskip With A Red Sash As A Part Of His Iconic, Base Outfit Is Something

zoro coming back after the timeskip with a red sash as a part of his iconic, base outfit is something i am fascinated by.

red, a colour so uncommonly associated with zoro; it’s the antithesis of him. the only time we see zoro intertwined with red is when he is decorated in blood, whether it’s his own or countless others. red is just not a character colour of zoro's, like we see all the strawhats lend themselves to colour palettes and personal preferences. as a character he is shrouded in black and green, with blue and white as secondary variations when the arc calls for an outfit change. he is peaceful like a winter's breeze, grass tipped in frost, and dark like the grim reaper's cold embrace.

zoro is not red, he is about as red as he is light pink or neon orange. red is, while also opposite to green on the colour wheel, opposite to his characteristics. yet for return to sabaody and onigashima he seems to wear it like a good luck charm. always when the situation is planned and monumental will we see zoro have a small token of red with him each time. quite unarguably, red means one thing in one piece. even more, red means one thing to zoro. red means luffy.

so a red sash? coming back after the timeskip shrouded in green and black, understandably for zoro, with an additional searing red sash around his middle. dressing for the final battle against kaidou and all his men, adding a contrasting red sash to his entirely black outfit. zoro wears red in significant yet small ways like it's something he doesn't own. zoro wears red like it's something to always bring with him, not like a fashion choice.

and that makes so much sense. zoro, sentimental and loving, would wear the colour of his captain at the centre of his outfit like a medal. he would long to be reminded of luffy, especially during those two years apart. zoro follows luffy with such eagerness i can see him already, choosing his outfits with purposeful swelling and devotion in his heart. zoro wears red, not because it's his own, but because it is luffy.

the situations and how he wears it are additionally significant. zoro wears red for the strawhat’s most important ordeals, like a symbol of his loyalty, a subtle sign of pride and alignment. he also wears it in his core outfit more than anything, like it’s a fragment of his very foundations. red is an intrinsic piece of his identity, luffy will always be integrated in his heart, eternally a part of him. lastly, he wears it as a sash; what holds his swords. it's like zoro's tying everything precious to him, his captain and kuina held against him, luffy holding onto wado. his two treasures.

zoro's red sash is a small detail i really love.

Zoro Coming Back After The Timeskip With A Red Sash As A Part Of His Iconic, Base Outfit Is Something

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Thinking about how Zoro was the first to join, first to call Luffy “Pirate King,” first to be sent away at Sabaody, first to return to Sabaody, and always the first to go along with his captain’s craziness.

Thinking about how Kuma sent Zoro to an island called Kuraigana. Kurai — lit. “Dark,” and Zoro was trapped in the gloom for two years without his sunshine. (Kuraigana is the perfect example of pathetic fallacy.)

Thinking about how Oda probably just did it for laughs, having Zoro the directionally challenged reach Sabaody first. But he’d given us too much of Zoro as Luffy’s ride-or-die that it’s entirely probable that Zoro simply couldn’t wait any longer. He’d suffered enough.

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Zoro: Hawk-Eyes, it’s been almost two years. I’m leaving. Bye.

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Perona: No way! I don’t work for him!

Mihawk: Right, but if you don’t take him, he’ll be stuck here forever, drinking all my wine and crying to you about his captain.

Perona: Then you take him!!

Mihawk, in his best sad-drunk Zoro impression: Did ya know, Luffy’s smile is bright like sunshine—

Perona: ARGH OKAY I’LL GO! STOP TRIGGERING ME!]

Lol. That was dumb I’m sorry.

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