User blog comment:White Hunter Smoker/Zoro vs Shiliew/@comment-1712781-20110902125036

I think haki is sweet and all, but im not one that believes it the be-all-end-all, if anything once you reach new world its a given, and it comes down to how tough you are underneath the haki..but with that said..

BUT when it comes to Zoro, the ability to cut the intangible DF users i think would be way sweeter if it was a swordsman power, not haki..(in the show i recall Zoro speaking about this on Skypeia, right before Usopp walks up with his new dials, forget if it was canon or not) but either way, itd be more impressive if it was a technique for piercing the elements, and it was Zoro's awesomeness unlocking his blades power.. (i can see him getting haki later down the line though, once Luffy's had it a while)

that would be the most impressive. Luffy's already going to show us all that is sweet with haki, let Zoro have is own thing. either way though, 10 years from now in the final arcs it'll be commonplace, Sanji will have it and maybe even Usopp (hell his dad probably uses it)