Pirate Alliance Saga
Moments from Pirate Alliance Saga. Canon arcs only. Please read pictures from right. The Pirate Alliance Saga is the first Saga to take place in the New World. I don't know if I should say it or not but...well, I am again squinting as much ZoNa moments as possible xD
This Saga has 2 arcs:
This Saga has 2 arcs:
- Punk Hazard arc
- Dressrosa arc
Pirate Alliance Saga canon moments
- Punk Hazard arc
-After the crew successfully entered New World, they encounter a mysterious island called Punk Hazard. The crew's captain of course wants to explore it, right after he heard a phone call asking for help. Zoro and Nami aren't together at first, because he was lucky and got a chance to explore the island with Usopp, Luffy and Robin. Nami, Sanji, Chopper, Brook and Franky all stayed on the ship. The group that stayed on the ship was later kidnapped and they are somehow able to break out from the prison they were kept in. As a little bonus, they also brought a strange samurai's talking head named Kin'emon with them. As they run, they encounter a room with children who ask them for help and Nami doesn't turn away and decides to help them, telling them to run with them. Unexpectedly, the group runs on Trafalgar Law (plus marines) and he changes their bodies and hearts. Nami's soul ended in Franky's body, Franky's soul in Chopper's body, Chopper's soul in Sanji's body and Sanji's soul in Nami's body. For a little orientation, I will do it this way: soul = underlined, brackets = body
egg. Sanji (Nami)
-From all the Straw Hats whose bodies and souls were mixed was Nami the most unlucky and unhappy one - she ended in both two perverts' bodies - Franky's and Sanji's.
-Even after the change, they were still able to run and hide. The crew is later reunited, Luffy and Usopp being the most excited from what happened to the rest, while Zoro and Robin are still calm although Robin calls the situation surreal and Zoro sweat drops and doesn't know what to say.
egg. Sanji (Nami)
-From all the Straw Hats whose bodies and souls were mixed was Nami the most unlucky and unhappy one - she ended in both two perverts' bodies - Franky's and Sanji's.
-Even after the change, they were still able to run and hide. The crew is later reunited, Luffy and Usopp being the most excited from what happened to the rest, while Zoro and Robin are still calm although Robin calls the situation surreal and Zoro sweat drops and doesn't know what to say.
-> ch. 663
-Zoro at first also sat next to Nami (Franky).
-> ch. 663
-However, Zoro's and Robin's calm attitude and somehow even uninterest doesn't last long as Robin is later seen to be scolding Franky for doing inappropriate faces in Chopper's body and in Nami's and Zoro's case...
Zoro is ordered by Nami (Franky) to go with Sanji (Nami) and Brook to make sure Sanji (Nami) would fight with him and not take an advantage of a situation he was in and peek on her body. As they both go, Zoro is angry at Sanji because he knows it's Sanji's fault (for being a peeking pervert) he has to tag along. Interestingly though, he didn't argue with Nami long about it and he did what he was told to do.
Zoro is ordered by Nami (Franky) to go with Sanji (Nami) and Brook to make sure Sanji (Nami) would fight with him and not take an advantage of a situation he was in and peek on her body. As they both go, Zoro is angry at Sanji because he knows it's Sanji's fault (for being a peeking pervert) he has to tag along. Interestingly though, he didn't argue with Nami long about it and he did what he was told to do.
-> ch. 665
May I chime in, Zoro totally changed his uninterested and calm type when Nami was somehow concerned. Zoro also didn't argue with Sanji much when his soul was in Nami's body. They even had normal conversations for people like them ^^" aside from Zoro accusing him of some things earlier.
-> ch. 669
-The previous picture has Zoro and Brook with some bumps on their head, right? The reason why lies in what happened earlier.
FLASHBACK:
-The trio finds some big mysterious footprints as they try to find the samurai. Zoro and Sanji (Nami) both at first find it ridiculous, but eventually, the three of them start imagining how could Yetis look like. I like how Oda used this chance to draw Zoro and Nami (her body) having the same reaction when mostly, Nami would just ignore the topic ^^" and seeing her getting excited over the "romance" is something very rare, too xD
FLASHBACK:
-The trio finds some big mysterious footprints as they try to find the samurai. Zoro and Sanji (Nami) both at first find it ridiculous, but eventually, the three of them start imagining how could Yetis look like. I like how Oda used this chance to draw Zoro and Nami (her body) having the same reaction when mostly, Nami would just ignore the topic ^^" and seeing her getting excited over the "romance" is something very rare, too xD
-> ch. 669
-In the end, the Yeti brothers set a trap on them and used gas bombs to make them feel asleep. The three fall from the cliff and if it wasn't thanks to Zoro, they would have died. Technically speaking, not a ZoNa moment, but let's just appreaciate Zoro saved her body ^^ from what those Yeti brothers said, it is possible Zoro is the heavier drinker than Nami since Sanji's soul in her body was sound asleep. Or it could be because it's not Nami's soul that is inside, that's why the body's resistance to alcohol got weaker..well, just some of my theories.
-> ch. 669
FLASHBACK end..not really.
-Smoking is bad, so don't do it, kids (uh, I'm kinda still a kid myself xD), you will get addicted to it and what's more, it's not healthy. That's why I kind of disagree with Sanji's behaviour here. He really shouldn't smoke in a body that isn't his. But if it doesn't really bother Nami and he even apologized to her, I think I can let it slip.
-That aside, what I would like to point out is that Zoro got hit from Sanji (in an attempt to wake Zoro up), but he didn't fight him back - he instead seems to have a very puzzled expression and some dots and a question mark in his bubble. Do you think Zoro would just let it slide when he knew Sanji beat him? Zoro would most probably fight him back, right? Then why he didn't do so, but instead seems to have a puzzled expression? That's most probably because Sanji's soul was in Nami's body and Zoro is probably used to being woken up by her. He is aware of the fact Sanji is inside, but his body experienced Nami's punch - when he realized that Sanji was the one presented, he was puzzled because he didn't know why he got that Nami-like punch when Sanji was there.
-Smoking is bad, so don't do it, kids (uh, I'm kinda still a kid myself xD), you will get addicted to it and what's more, it's not healthy. That's why I kind of disagree with Sanji's behaviour here. He really shouldn't smoke in a body that isn't his. But if it doesn't really bother Nami and he even apologized to her, I think I can let it slip.
-That aside, what I would like to point out is that Zoro got hit from Sanji (in an attempt to wake Zoro up), but he didn't fight him back - he instead seems to have a very puzzled expression and some dots and a question mark in his bubble. Do you think Zoro would just let it slide when he knew Sanji beat him? Zoro would most probably fight him back, right? Then why he didn't do so, but instead seems to have a puzzled expression? That's most probably because Sanji's soul was in Nami's body and Zoro is probably used to being woken up by her. He is aware of the fact Sanji is inside, but his body experienced Nami's punch - when he realized that Sanji was the one presented, he was puzzled because he didn't know why he got that Nami-like punch when Sanji was there.
-> ch. 669
-The trio finds the samurai and his torso in the river in which a poison is starting to leak in. Sanji (Nami) decides to save it since he is quicker than the rest. Zoro and Brook were asked to take care of the slime, but nothing works on it and after a while, they don't even attempt to do anything on it anymore. When Brook notices the lake has gotten the colour of poison, both swordsmen then watch as Sanji (Nami) is able to get out of it with the samurai's torso.
-> ch. 672
-It's true there are times Zoro doesn't listen to Nami, but when it comes to dangerous situations, he doesn't mostly do it. What's more, he never seems to be acting so immature in Nami's presence. So, why did he start picking his nose and ignoring Sanji's (Nami) instructions here? Well, that's because, Zoro was very aware of the fact Sanji's soul was in Nami's body, that's why he didn't really listen to him and even dared to pick his nose at this kind of situation.
-> ch. 672
-Zoro tells the rest to hurry and catch the dragon, but Sanji (Nami) doesn't have enough stamina and he uses a special boost. Zoro grows very angry at it - his bubble tells it and that angry symbol in his bubble, too. He couldn't believe Sanji used such a ridiculous power up, and in Nami's body at it (not like Sanji could do such a power up in his own body, right?). Indeed, Zoro was like Nami's prince there, growing angry when his princess' breast were groped xD
-> ch. 677
-Wow, what a big picture. Seems like nothing is here, yes? Ok, let's take a closer look-
Does everyone see it now? ^^ the left panel has a group Sanji, Brook, Usopp, Zoro and Nami in it - yes, finally, they are properly reunited (the real Nami with Zoro). And to make it better, Nami tells Zoro he can't go alone, knowing full well his extremely "good" sense of direction ^^" I find it endearing, because she thought about Zoro's sense of direction the most here, while I'm sure Luffy or even others could get easily lost, too ^^
Ahh...he is even running beside her and from the way she is talking, I can almost feel like she is telling him not to move away from her as much as possible ^^
Does everyone see it now? ^^ the left panel has a group Sanji, Brook, Usopp, Zoro and Nami in it - yes, finally, they are properly reunited (the real Nami with Zoro). And to make it better, Nami tells Zoro he can't go alone, knowing full well his extremely "good" sense of direction ^^" I find it endearing, because she thought about Zoro's sense of direction the most here, while I'm sure Luffy or even others could get easily lost, too ^^
Ahh...he is even running beside her and from the way she is talking, I can almost feel like she is telling him not to move away from her as much as possible ^^
-> ch. 678
-After seeing Chopper, Zoro and Nami seem to be the most concerned about him because Chopper transformed into his monster form, although they know he can control it now. It is understandable Nami reacted first because she and Usopp were both riding on the giant's head, but Zoro was lying on giant's back and couldn't basically see a thing. That's why I find it so endearing he is so concerned about Chopper after Nami informed them about him ^^
-> ch. 682
-As if it wasn't enough, Nami was the one to carry Chopper and the three of them are in one panel like a little family ^^ I don't think Oda had to write Nami's name here, because there was also Chopper, Robin, Usopp so calling it Zoro side would be enough (and showing the rest on a pic). Or in this case, Nami and Chopper had the more important role, while Zoro wasn't as worried about the kids as them. But no, Oda drew a panel with Nami, Zoro and Chopper and named their side Zoro + Nami side <3
-> ch. 684
-Nothing much, just that Usopp is asking Nami (well, more himself), whether it is fine to leave, but then he asures himself it should be fine while Zoro is there. Meaning, Usopp knows that no matter what, Zoro would protect Nami f he gets in danger or something? ^^
-> ch. 685
-Zoro defends Monet's moves and after a while, Monet disappears. He then rushes to Nami and he looks very pissed off. Nami is however terrified of his actions and she holds Chopper as a shield.
-> ch. 686
-Surprisingly enough, Zoro protects Nami and Chopper (Nami even holds Chopper from the danger!) from Monet. He shows to be very angry that Monet targetted Nami and Chopper and interestingly.. Zoro was able to get to Nami first although Monet targetted her from the beginning and Monet should be able to get to her faster. Yet, when Zoro discovered who was Monet's target, he is even faster than the enemy.
-> ch. 686
-What's more, Nami doesn't just hide behind Zoro. She tells no one in particular to get out and uses her Heat Ball, successfully injuring Monet. Nami then runs from the opponent, Monet recognizes her and vanishes into the snow. Zoro is surprised by it and he asks Monet whether she has any intention of fighting.
-> ch. 686
-The next moment, Monet finds her way to Nami and Nami is trapped in her snow body. Zoro immediately runs to Nami and calls out "Over there again!" and he seems pretty restless. What's also nice is that the moment Monet tries to bite Chopper, Nami holds him out from the danger ^^
-> ch. 686
-Since Robin later saved Nami, Zoro used his move momentum to destroy the snow wall, enabling Nami, Chopper and Robin to go after the children. In the panel where Zoro tells the group to go after the children, it seems like he is talking to Nami and Chopper because his head is turned in their direction ^^
-> ch. 686
-Zoro stays to ensure Monet won't go after the group and later, marines with Sanji leading them come to the room. Zoro tells them Nami and Robin are up ahead and to hurry up and go since they are in his way. Nothing much, but I'm just appreciating how Zoro said Nami's name first ^^
-> ch. 686
-Nami tells Zoro the right direction when he appears with Tashigi on his shoulder. Sanji got pissed about it, but Zoro didn't argue with him; and maybe Zoro was also glad he doesn't have to carry Tashigi anymore. What's more, he listened to Nami's navigation, while he didn't listen to Tashigi's and they both got lost because of it.
-> ch. 691
-Usopp and Nami decide to take care of the fleeing enemy and Nami tells Torao to trust them a little now that they are in an alliance. After hearing Nami say that, it immediately picks Zoro's interest and he asks her about it. However, Nami is too excited about taking care of the enemy to answer his questions.
-> ch. 695
-After Nami's and Usopp's speech, Zoro impatiently tells them he gets it and they don't have all day for something like that. Zoro probably also wanted to see their new skills - he didn't really see it properly in Fishman Island when they were all fighting in the Plaza and the one who was the most impatient and worried was Law, not Zoro. So why else would Zoro voice himself?
-> ch. 695
-Interestingly, both Nami and Zoro have some kind of relationship with Tashigi - who jsut by the way, is their enemy. Both of them see in her someone who was very important to them in the past - Zoro sees Kuina in her, while Nami sees Bellemere.
-> ch. 687
-> ch. 696
-Zoro tells Nami, Chopper and Usopp to pipe down.
-> ch. 698
-Later that day. The crew was mostly around Luffy playing samurais, Sanji was in the kitchen, Robin was bathing Momonosuke, but somehow, it seems like Zoro and Nami were alone on the lawn deck (with Caesar still captured present) until Kin'emon went and started requesting a fight from Zoro. It is possible those two were alone and talking about the past or even Tashigi and when Zoro mentioned how Tashigi was amazed by Shuusui, Kin'emon overheard it and requested a fight - for certain reasons that are too pain in the ass for me to write them now XD I'm sorry.
-> ch. 699
Later, the crew lands on Punk Hazard. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Franky and Kin'emon were supposed to destroy a SAD factory, Robin, Law, Usopp and Caesar were supposed to meet up with Doflamingo and Nami, Brook, Momonosuke and Chopper stayed on the ship. Of course, a lot of things will happen and the members will move from one group to another - well, see for yourself.
Later, the crew lands on Punk Hazard. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Franky and Kin'emon were supposed to destroy a SAD factory, Robin, Law, Usopp and Caesar were supposed to meet up with Doflamingo and Nami, Brook, Momonosuke and Chopper stayed on the ship. Of course, a lot of things will happen and the members will move from one group to another - well, see for yourself.
- Dressrosa arc
-Moving on, Zoro and Nami are separated at the beginning yet again (whyyyyyy!) as they enter Dressrosa. It won't take long and Zoro strays off when he ran after someone who stole his swords. Later, Zoro is seen running in the city and yelling how much he is in a hurry with a little dwarf popping from his shirt. He is seriously boiling with hurriness here and the reason why he is in such a rush...
-> ch. 711
FLASHBACK
-Zoro founds out the thief who stole his swords is a dwarf named Wicka. She by mistake reveals some very sensitive information and most importantly an information about the attack on Straw Hat's boat, which surprises Zoro a lot.
-Zoro founds out the thief who stole his swords is a dwarf named Wicka. She by mistake reveals some very sensitive information and most importantly an information about the attack on Straw Hat's boat, which surprises Zoro a lot.
-> ch. 711
-Zoro immediately catches Wicka's last words and he asks her about it, sweat dropping. However, Wicka is too absorbed in the fact she mistakenly revealed some information to him and can't anwer his question. Zoro gets worried and runs off. He is about to leave Wicka there as he rushes to Sunny and he would have even continued his journey on despite Wicka's request if she didn't tell him he is going in the opposite direction.
-> ch. 711
-Zoro wants to rush towards Sunny but because he couldn't go there without someone's help, he has to help Wicka and reach the Flower Garden first. However, because of his concern for his friends, he wasn't paying much attention to Wicka's navigation.
-> ch. 711
-Zoro-san after entering Flower Garden kind of forgot his main objective because he was distracted by Luffy's battle in the Tournament. Although he likes fighting and all, he then remembers Sunny is in pinch and he starts panicking again. What I find endearing is how he calls the group there Nami and others =.= and his face...his face says he is hella worried.
-> ch. 718
-Zoro and Wicka depart to reach Sunny. On their way, Wicka tells him some information about the enemy and he is surprised about how well informed she is.
-> ch. 722
-After a while, Zoro encounters Sanji and Kin'emon and Sanji tells Zoro he is going with him to save Nami and co., too. Zoro doesn't mostly care about Sanji when it comes to his fawning over other girls (except Nami at times), but in this case, he grew quite angry. He probably reacted this way because he got annoyed how Sanji can still behave like this when Nami was in danger.
-> ch. 722
-After Kin'emon says some of them should stay and wait for Luffy, it isn't Sanji who stays but Zoro. Considering Zoro's sense of direction, it might be wiser Sanji went to Sunny - and because he seems to be even faster, he could reach Sunny sooner, too. Well, a part of me can't help but think Oda did this intentionally so Sanji's bounty won't raise, while Zoro's and Luffy's will xD
Later, Zoro is remembering his conversation with Sanji, in which Sanji tells Zoro that he wil go and save Nami. What I find interesting is that Zoro wasn't pissed and he didn't even insult Sanji back when Sanji called him Mossy-ass. The swordsman was probably more worried about Nami & co to even think about insulting Sanji back and he even tells Sanji to go already.
Later, Zoro is remembering his conversation with Sanji, in which Sanji tells Zoro that he wil go and save Nami. What I find interesting is that Zoro wasn't pissed and he didn't even insult Sanji back when Sanji called him Mossy-ass. The swordsman was probably more worried about Nami & co to even think about insulting Sanji back and he even tells Sanji to go already.
-> ch. 723
-While disguising themselves, Luffy is in a koi fish, Kinemon in a frog, but.. Zoro Oda drew in a CAT! There are so many many many animals he could be disguised as, but no, it has to be a cat ^^ why am I pointing it out? It's simply because cats represent one particular Straw Hat and thaaat's....
*DRAMATIC PAUSE*
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NAMI! That's right! In SBS, Oda stated the cat represents her the most and in one colorspread, the cat was an animal parallel to Nami too ^^
-That's why, let's please appreciate this cat costume Zoro is wearing ^^
*DRAMATIC PAUSE*
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NAMI! That's right! In SBS, Oda stated the cat represents her the most and in one colorspread, the cat was an animal parallel to Nami too ^^
-That's why, let's please appreciate this cat costume Zoro is wearing ^^
-> ch. 734
-> ch. 735
-> ch. 735
-> ch. 735
-> ch. 736
-> ch. 736
-Not many Zoro x Nami moments again TT.TT at least, I was happy to see that Nami was displeased with Sanji being in her body and ordered Zoro to go with him ^^.
Somehow, I feel that ZoNa vibe more now ^^ I think there are more significant moments between them than in Fishman Island, no?
However and unfortunately, we haven't seen Nami and co. for a year now because the group split up TT.TT well, at least, there are still colorspreads that compensate it for a bit ^^
My opinion and feelings about this saga (show/hide more information)However and unfortunately, we haven't seen Nami and co. for a year now because the group split up TT.TT well, at least, there are still colorspreads that compensate it for a bit ^^
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