User blog comment:AYET/Post-TS SHP member vs old pre-TS foe (Part 1)/@comment-4493594-20120716084224/@comment-4754162-20120716093612

Same thoughts, Neo-dear. Soul King (post-TS Brook) should be able to overcome (Zombie) Ryuma + pre-TS (Brook's) shadow. But if one were to place the Soul King vs Ryuma + post-TS shadow then no way even in hell (pun intended) the Soul King can win this matchup.

In speaking of comparing Soul King vs pre-TS Zoro, that is a good one. It got me thinking a while... my conclusion is Zoro (pre-TS) would prevail over Soul King and Ryuma (pre or post-TS Brook's shadow). My weightage :


 * Zoro's swordsmanship consists of (mainly) 3 parts - technique, agility and brute strength


 * Brook's swordsmanship are mainly technique and agility

I think its safe to assume that in comparing Zoro and Brook (of the same period in time), Zoro should always prevail over Brook because apart from a (swordsmanship) technique vs technique, Brook's agility may not be able to surpass Zoro's (agility) and Brook's strength (in swordsmanship) pales in comparison to Zoro's (duh!).

Thus the conclusion of pre-TS Zoro prevailing over even the Soul King (post-TS Brook). Unless pre-TS Zoro is not as agile as the current Soul King, then perhaps Soul King may be able to land a "hell-chilling" slash on (pre-TS) Zoro. Otherwise in a like-for-like comparison, Zoro's stature of the first and main swordsman in SHP stays...

YOHOHOHO!!! Thanks for your analythical thoughts, I love these kinda comments! ^_^