00:00:00 ⟾ [Sponsor], {Perona cosplay} 00:00:04 ⟾ Intro 00:00:49 ⟾ Progress 00:01:04 ⟾ Strong, silent, background character, Gentlemen Bastards Sequence reference 00:01:18 ⟾ {Favourite Series War commences} 00:01:47 ⟾ Character-type 00:02:05 ⟾ Action-driven, Dream, Zoro vs. Mihawk (1), honour, flashback 00:04:56 ⟾ All-or-Nothing, tenacity, mindset 00:07:13 ⟾ Innate goodness, sacrifices 00:11:57 ⟾ Team player, qualities 00:14:18 ⟾ Silliness, Navigational Skills, humility 00:15:35 ⟾ Assessment Skills, counsel 00:16:49 ⟾ Backstory, Dreams, Kuina 00:17:59 ⟾ Loyalty origins 00:21:03 ⟾ {Nothing happened.} 00:22:12 ⟾ Loyalty & Ambition, Humility 00:23:55 ⟾ Code, No Regrets 00:24:26 ⟾ Overview 00:24:43 ⟾ [Sponsor], {Perona cosplay} 00:27:04 ⟾ Outro 00:27:33 ⟾ [Promo]

Fun fact! In the game One Piece World Seeker, Zoro is a playable character. The game is open-world so there is a mini map on the bottom of the screen. When you play as Zoro, the map is blurred.

Perona Napier is either highly cursed or very very blessed.

Legend says zorro sense of direction will find the one piece 😅

Nux: No one understands Zoro. Merphy: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

One thing often overlooked about Zoro is how he often sleeps. At Whiskey Peak, Zoro is uncharacteristically awake. He doesn't trust the environment, the surroundings. He can sleep the way that he does normally because he trusts his crew.

I think at this point she is even a bigger fan than many of us.. and she is only at the half way point.

My therapist: perona merphy isnt real, she cant hurt you. Perona merphy: horohorohorohoro 👻👻

'Let's be honest, One Piece is also my favorite series'. I genuinely feel so happy every time a new fan experiences this masterpiece.

YOU DID THE LAUGH TOO WHATTTTT Merphy Napier cosplay icon lololololol. I mean horororo

One of my favourite Zoro quotes translates roughly to "A wound that would make an ordinary man unconscious, I won't lose to it. A wound that would kill an ordinary person, I won't lose to it! To face one who is extraordinary, Hawk Eyes - I can't allow myself to be ordinary!" His devotion to Luffy and his drive to better himself rank him firmly as my second favourite character, just below Luffy himself. Loved gushing over him along with you

I can't believe she actually cosplayed as Perona. And the funny thing is she did it on her own will. But somebody send her a Luffy figurine, she could put that somewhere in the back. Would look cool.

You get extra points for doing the "Horohorohoro".

Why I love Merphy (So far): She fell in love with One Piece as much as the long term fans, and expresses her thoughts so well

amazing cosplay 🔥🔥.

Merphy made a "no1 understand Zoro" before Nux did, and he talked about it for almost 2 years.... also Merphy nice vid and i hope next week will be the start of your New World adventure! it starts a bit slow, but it's overall amazing.

One of my favorite Zoro moments is when Arlong removes his bandages. Arlong goes from total confidence, playing with Sanji and Zoro, to absolute fear. Seeing Zoro’s wound from Mihawk made him 180 how seriously he takes the situation and instantly try to kill Zoro.

Zoro's complete lack of a sense of direction is the funniest thing to me how did he ever get anywhere

"I'm not actually One Piece's ghost writer, I lied earlier" that got me so bad omg

I was expecting Skypia review. But zoro video with persona cosplay was a great surprise ❤️

My favorite part about Zoro is the fact that even though he was willing to die rather than losing if it meant not being able to achieve his dreams. That's not the same as risking your life, that's literally choosing death. EVEN THOUGH he is like that, he still puts Luffy's dream above his own. In the Mihawk fight he showed he'd rather die than not achieve his dream, and in Thriller Bark he showed he'd rather save Luffy's dream than save his own. So it goes Life < Dream < Luffy's Dream and that is awesome

I just realized she’s dressed as Post timeskip Perona in the first half, the second one was pretimeskip Perona, so that must mean she’s read the next arc!

Zoro only gets better the arc that in the manga at the moment has some of his most epic moments in the series

"this was WAY more rambly than i intended it to be" would it really be a Merphy Napier video if it weren't that? never apologize, i am here for ALL of the rambling chaos.

28 minutes? It seems the rest of the video got lost😂

Perona merphy, yesssss!

You can tell Merphy had so much fun with that ad, she can hardly hold back that smile.

I like Zoro due to his strong sense of loyalty and direction.

Fun fact: Zoro sleeps on the ship so often during the day because he takes the most watches at night

A character willing to die for his own dreams is something I admire in stories. A character willing to put aside his own dreams to help somebody else... That hits me the hardest, and One Piece is filled with that. Maybe it is because Luffy. He's the first to put aside his dreams and fight for freedom and stuff like that, so I guess his own crew live up to such a great captain.

Its odd but my favorite Zoro scene was when he threw the black sword in the air and held his hand out to see if his luck is stronger than the curse of the sword. It was so bad ass and there was no enemy to defeat. Just him and the sword.

The most impactful words of zoro for me is When Sanji criticized Luffy and Zoro dreams and call them bunch of idiots he reply to him and said Ever since I've decide to become greatest swordsman I threw away my attachment to my life The only one Who has the right to call me an idiot is me alone

Love your Zoro talk! Just want to add a bit here since he's one of my favs in the series. I think a small detail a lot of people overlook a little in Zoro's development is when he himself finally started to expand what his ideas of what the "greatest swordsmen" encompasses when fighting Mr 1. He's always been a nice guy who is ready to help his friends and innocent people, but in that fight he really starts to think about his crew and the people he needs to protect which was the catalyst to finding the power to cut steel, to get even stronger. So while it never changes who Zoro is at the end of the day, it combined his drive to be the best swordsmen with his core character/morals which sets up stuff like "nothing happened". At the end of their fight we even get a bit where Zoro say's some things to the effect of somethings are too precious to cut in response to Mr. 1, showing that he thinks being the "greatest swordsmen" isn't just about cutting things and fighting for the sake of fighting anymore.

“Let’s be real, One Piece is also my favorite series” *Ladies and gentlemen, we got her.*

when merphy said this 25:04..... i felt that.

17:30 Him carrying the dream of Kuina alongside his own is the first clear example of what Oda means by "inherited will"

I think the strategist-esque stuff is more Sanji's lane, although Zoro is good at understanding what needs to be done he's very much a brute force kind of guy when it comes to getting it done

I think i can summarize zoro in a phrase "he is the backbone of the crew" I love the zoro analysis, my favourite character pretty much because of everything you said 😂

Nuxtaku: dam... I STILL need to make that "Nobody Understands Roranoa Zoro" video

Ghost girl!!!

I was legit taking a sip of water when I opened this video. Then i saw the Cosplay and now I have a watery mess on my desk that I have to clean up because I legit did a spit take xD I fucking LOVE it!!! AAAHHH!!

The reason Zoro is my favourite character in the series because of his clash with Mihawk. When he was willing to die for his dream so early on is kind of inspirational to me. Willing to give your all for your dream is idealistic of put your all into it. And I'm into that

That it, she's officialy hooked so badly she now cosplays into a secondary (tertiary?) character... Well done everyone! Job's done!! 😁😎 #PeronaForNakama ❤👻

My therapist: "Perona Napier is not real. She can't hurt you Perona Napier:... Jk excellent cosplay

There is a lot about Zoro that I love, but there's one thing in particular that is often displayed pre-timeskip and doesn't get mentioned often enough for some reason. While being somewhat a side character, Zoro is someone who builds his legend alongside Luffy and whose renown up until Marineford has probably outgrown even his captain's. Every big player in East Blue knew who he was and was cautios of him - Buggy, Don Krieg and Arlong, and even the Baroque Works were trying to hire him. Often when he gets on the stage people get shocked that a beast like that is not in charge of the whole crew and can actually obey someone like Luffy, like we saw in Water 7 and Sabaody. And when you're a pirate with a moniker of "Pirate Hunter" and such a reputation, said pirates will definitely watch out for you. In terms of fame he's probably the most outstanding Straw Hat at least at this point of the story, and yet he's the most loyal of them. There's also parallels between him and Rayleigh which just tell me that his legend will probably even outlive Luffy's. Definitely one of my favorite characters in this story. And that Perona ad is something that I'll look forward for in every video from now on :)

Wasn't expecting this but the cosplay was gold quality on par with that big bell in skypiea.

I’ve said this to some friends, but I think that calling zoro the rock of the crew is a horrible understatement. Zoro is like a goddam island that supports the entire crew and especially luffy, which is good because Luffy can’t swim lol. But for real, zoro will never say how he feels, but he clearly has a dedication to the crew and the long term success of the straw hats that even surpasses luffy’s. He will push luffy or be the bad guy because it’s what needs to be done, he’ll take as much pain and danger as you can throw at him without a second thought, and when luffy isn’t around zoro can take charge and act as the leader of the crew while luffy is occupied. Also a cool thing about his backstory is that one of the biggest themes in one piece is inherited will. The first thing that happens is shanks passing his “will” to luffy by giving him the strawhat, showing him that he believes luffy can be the pirate king. But zoro is the first person to consciously take on someone else’s will of his own volition. Kuina didn’t tell him to carry on and be the greatest swordsman for her sake, she died, and he decided on his own that he would take on the burden of her dreams and her will no matter what. All the strawhats take on someone’s will to some extent, but zoro was probably the most proactive about it if anyone. He wasn’t given her sword, he had to BEG for it. She didn’t tell him to carry on for her, he decided alone that he must do it. I think that shows a lot for zoro’s extremely deep sense of duty and honor that surpasses pretty much any character in the series, and idk I just thought it was cool

That's why I think Zoro and Sanji are absolutely best for being his hands,Zoro always looks out for his captain and Sanji always looks out for the crew like Zoro saying to his captain that Ussop can't come and Sanji explaining to Nami and the rest , also Zoro's Nothing Happened moment is saving his captain and Sanji's Thanks I Needed A Light is for saving Nami and Ussop. One more thing Zoro is basically the demon of the crew ,he most of the time directly challenges his opponents like Ryuma ,Kaku , Daz bones etc. While Sanji being the guardian angel cause most of Sanji's fights come from saving his crew member like saving vivi from Bon clay ,Ussop from Jabra ,Nami from that pervert (I don't remember his name) , etc. That's why they create the perfect dynamic and it's always fun seeing either of them on screen.

I know she’s taking her time and enjoying herself but I’m dying for her to catch up cuz I want to see more reactionssss and theories about what’s to come

I love all Strawhats, but Luffy and Zoro have my heart sience day one, i admire them so much, Luffy's happines and honesty ❤, Zoro's determination, loyalty, kindness, serenity and hardworking ❤, they are so similar and diferent at the same time

One of my favorite tiny things in this wonderful massive epic is when in Alabasta Zoro lets Chopper ride on his shoulders. The subtle protective older brother vibes Zolo has with most of the rest of the crew is just fantastic. Love it to bits.

I love that Perona cosplay 🥰💕🤗

I think the thing that really makes the nothing happened moment for me is something I don't find people talk about ever and it's at the very beginning when Zoro agrees to join Luffy he says something along the lines of I will join you, but if helping you pursue your dreams ever hinders my dream, then I will not hesitate to leave. What gets me is that I think he still lives by that statement, but with the nothing happens scene we fully see that Zoro's dream is no longer just to become the greatest swordsman, but also to see Luffy's dreams through. And I think that is also why he threatened to leave the crew after Enies Lobby, because in that moment if he let Usopp push his way back onto the crew without Luffy commanding the respect he deserved, then how would Luffy ever be able to fulfil his own dream. So if Luffy's dream is unattainable then it only serves to hinder Zoro on his journey to being the greatest swordsman.

Cant say I was expecting this to open with a "Ghost girl" cosplay

Zoro is my favourite fictional character, and your video did him so much justice! My favourite thing about him is that he is the first to call luffy out when he is doing wrong but also the first to back him up when luffy needs help

Perona Napier reminds me of that video of SuperMechaFrieza where she went from saying 'no way' to doing One Piece to absolutely rocking extravagant One Piece cosplay, how the time passed and how much One Piece can change people

The Perona Cosplay was the unexpected laugh I needed today. Keep being awesome Merphy and have a great day 😀

I was not expecting Perona Merph and what’s wild is how right you got the laugh too. Well done, that was an expert play right there. But over all loved the video, it was well done. Zoro is one of my favorites.

This video is basically making the case for why Zoro is technically the vice-captain of the crew even if he’s never called that officially. He is to Luffy what Rayleigh was to Roger.

The fact that Zoro is both the strongest and also the most nurturing of the straw hats, yes he’s deadly but he’s also so caring.

Favorite Zoro moment, every time he gets lost cause it never gets old for some reason xD, this dude will find a way to get lost while standing completely still.

This is very well timed with the manga rn. Zoro hype

Hello! Zoro is my favorite character too. If you love him now wait until you see THAT moment. Happy to see you enjoying this series.

Great job with perona's laughing style. It's so annoying but so authentic. What's your favorite laughing style. Mine are Brooke's Yohohohoho and Blackbeard's Zehahahaha.

Wonderful! Zoro is just the best character. I wish we could get more thoughts from his perspective like when he wandered around Skypeia by himself.

Alllllright you got me Murph. You’re content is just too damn good, I’m subscribing and supporting you until the end now.

How fitting, because of the latest chapter, that we get a Zoro video today 😁

This video was everything I needed today. Zoro is such a well developed, complex and lovable character and you said it best in this video. I just love listening to you talking about how much you love the series and the characters. Honestly, it is such a great time to be a fan of One Piece. Volume 100 released today and had a big celebration with big projects, the One Piece live action Netflix series adaptation just revealed their logo. Chapter 1024 dropped today and had some important Zoro news. There is just so much to love about this series. Tbh, I did not expect the Perona cosplay but I loved it! Seeing your ad for this site that helps you write awakened in me the desire to write. When I was a teenager, I used to read a lot of books and I really wanted to write my own so I did write some fanfiction (I was 14 lol). But then I got older and I started to read less and less books, then I got into anime and manga, then I started to watch less and less anime and now I really do not find so many things interesting, it is very hard for a piece of media to catch and mantain my interest. I always wanted to write fantasy books, but seeing the level of Oda s storytelling kind of intimidated me because I realised that I could never reach that genius level. But in the future I am sure that I will write and publish fantasy books because, as we learn from One Piece, we need to follow our dreams and work hard to achieve them. Seeing you ad for Camfire Blaze inspired me to want to get back into writing, cause I have a lot of ideas. Your One Piece videos really put a smile on my face. Thank you for everything!

Hey Merphy, I think after you have finished the Skypia re read you should also read Chapter 0. It's a special chapter that works as a little prequel to One Piece.

If I'm not alive when OP ends, i just know that I enjoyed the journey to get there, and the fact that i heard Merphy's Horohoro. That was the one piece i didn't expect i wanted.

I picked this series back up about 12 years ago now and have very much enjoyed going through it all again with you. Zoro is my favorite character in the series and you pretty much described my reasons why perfectly. Ultimate drive and ultimate loyalty matched with compassion and humility. Thanks for the video, and I look forward to next Friday!

1. I love that you did Perona's laugh!! 2. I can hardly wait for you to catch up to the current arc!!

SHE SAID ONE PIECE IS HER FAVORITE SERIES!!!!!

Damn I just realized Murphy has a pretty nice pair

Cosplay Murph! I needed this in my life!

it should be safe for her to watch the nissin commercials now one piece community help me

Maybe I'm just connecting red string where it doesn't belong, but the timing of this video with today's new chapter is unbelievable (the chapter relates to Zoro quite a bit). I don't think any of that would count as a spoiler.

Zoro video with Perona cosplay? Well well well, it seems shes become fully integrated into the crew

That Perona laugh was pitch perfect. Mad respect 😂👏🏼👏🏼

Zoro has always been and always will be my favorite character, your analysis was absolutely on point, I really enjoyed it! I love how Zoro basically takes away Luffy's weakness. Luffy couldn't be hurt by bullets, couldn't be hurt by Alvidas club and couldn't be hurt by cannonballs, yet he could be cut, and Zoro takes on all enemies who use swords. At this point in the series it's become mostly symbolic, because haki is very important and weaknesses like that can be overcome. But I still think it's an amazing detail with a lot of symbolic value that's often overlooked

You should watch "Why There is No Fictional Character like Zoro" it is an amazing character analysis that might just open your eyes to things you missed.

One of my favorite aspects of Zoro is that he's got such an immense respect for people's dreams that he's willing to go out of his way to help others. Plus he wears his honorability around everywhere. I think he's one of the two best crewmates at understanding Luffy (Robin being the other one) and willing to go along with whatever his captain asks of him.

OMG The ghost Writer cosplay is friggin... genius and adorable. I love it!!! Bravo Merphy... bravo!!! and you didn't even have to pay a celebrity to do it. ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE LEGENDARY PERONA COSPLAY HOROHOROHORO.!!! Also I wish more Zoro fans were like you

If you enjoy usopp as a character, i would really appreciate one of these for him. Hes by far my favourite one piece character and doesnt get enough credit imo

"The reason zoro is my least favorite character is because he's an annoying mosshead who deserves a good kick to the face." -Sanji

Zoro is a Ride or Die for Luffy. I love Ride or Die types. Unwavering loyalty is the shit!

one of my favorite bits about Zoro, which i hardly ever see mentioned anywhere. when zoro fights with 3 swords Wado Ichimonji (Kuina's Sword) is the one he holds in his mouth. (i think the only exception to this is a fight by a bridge in the Wano arc) when he fights with 2 swords, Wado Ichimonji is sheathed when he fights with 1 sword, he uses Wado Ichimonji Oda was very specific with what swords are used in 1, 2 and 3 sword situations, and it is one of the reasons Zoro is my favorite character

You're really going to love Zoro in the next few arcs he has some AMAZING moments

Man, that cosplay is amazing

Omg I love your Perona cosplay, best ad ever ❤️❤️ Zoro is just the best, many people think he is plain but man did you explain him so we'll. God I love him.

You cant hit me with a Perona Cosplay 😂😂 Just need the eyelashes and you perfect hahah!

Also I think Daniel is going to get ahead of you next week. He's gonna be starting the timeskip.

(no spoiler) And you couldn't have picked a best timing to make this video about Zoro. There has been some major revalations about his character in the latest chapter, I can't wait for you to catch up everything ! It's crazy what is happening atm

Campfire Blaze is literally the coolest thing I've ever seen being advertised on KZfaq, thanks!

I feel the main reason Zoro offered his own hear in place of luffy is because of something I think he said (I'm not sure) "how can I be the greatest swordsman if I can't even protect my captain" or something along those lines.. basically, his own goal would be unreachable without Luffy

Therapist: perona merphy isnt real, she can’t hurt you Perona merphy: horo-horo-horo

"I'll become so strong that My Name will reach the HEAVENS!!" - Zoro (10 Year old)

and that's why Zoro is, and will forever be, my #1

I am so sorry for saying so, but your parona cosplay has me more excited then I should be, and lost admiring your beauty! Love what you do, keep on keeping on!