As time passed, Zoro began to master Shusui's negative attributes.Īfter training with Dracule Mihawk for two years, Shusui has become Zoro's favored blade and has overcome its negative attributes. Among them is that it turned to be a "problem child" like Sandai Kitetsu having what Zoro described as a "temper", making it difficult to wield, as well as being significantly heavier than Yubashiri, which contributes to the decreased control Zoro has over some of his attacks. Though it is capable of dealing extremely heavy blows, Shusui has some major problems. He demonstrated it firsthand by deflecting Oars' punch when the blade was wielded horizontally, defending against Neptune's gigantic Trident, and the frenzied assaults of an Energy Steroid overdosed Hyouzou. Īfter receiving Shusui, Zoro commented that as a black blade, its durable enough that even if a dinosaur stepped on it, the blade wouldn't bend a millimeter. Zoro noted that had his battle with Ryuma continued, Shusui would have broken both Sandai Kitetsu and even Wado Ichimonji, another Great Grade sword. When used by zombie Ryuma and combined with the fencing style (Gentle Blade) of Brook using his shadow and modifications made to his already strong body, Shusui can create a strong blade version of his fencing style, making it far stronger and destructive than the original. Shusui is designed to increase both the damage potential and destructive power of the user to a tremendous extent, as was first demonstrated when Zoro used Shusui against Oars after using Hyaku Hachi Pound Ho, it created a larger flying slash attack by absorbing the flying slash of the two other swords ( Wado Ichimonji and Sandai Kitetsu), thereby increasing its already great destructive power tremendously. Before acquiring Enma, Zoro believed that Shusui was an extremely important necessity for him in order to attain victory in his crew's upcoming decisive battle against Kaidou and the Beast Pirates. ĭuring the Dressrosa Arc in the manga, Shusui's hamon was changed to red, most likely to match its anime color.Īs one of the 21 Great Grade swords, Shusui is one of the finest swords in the world, being a national treasure of Wano and also the signature weapon of the legendary samurai, Shimotsuki Ryuma, which became a permanent black blade in his hands. Shusui has a traditional sheath, but a pattern of circles in their thirds can be found stretching across it.Īfter the Thriller Bark Arc, Zoro wrapped a sageo rope around the upper part of the sheath, although this was not shown in the anime until after the timeskip. A saw hamon pattern adorns the sides of this blade in a shining dark magenta while the hamon of the blade is colored purple, though it is equally as dark as the black bo-hi. There are two half-circle holes on each side of the blade. The crossguard is in the shape of a flower, with the sides being dark gold but the edge is normal gold.
The kashira is identical to the kojiri found at the end of the sheath. Shusui has a solid hilt with a samegawa wrapped around it. In descriptive terms, Shusui is a Hira Zukuri katana with a black blade. Kashira, tsuba and kojiri end cap are golden, and the sheath is black, decorated with dark red circles split into even thirds.
It also has no accessories on the hilt, being wrapped with black silk. Shusui is a black blade that has as distinct white (reddish-purple in the anime) reverse wave hamon (hardening line) that is of a Kanemoto style and its tsuba (hand-guard) has flower-like edges in the shape of an octofoil.
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