Roronoa Zoro/History/Non-Canon

One Piece: The Movie
On the Going Merry, Zoro finds himself starving alongside Nami, Luffy, and Usopp, specifically because Luffy ate all of their food and provisions. As they’re starving, a group of thieves come to steal their treasure and supplies. Luffy stops them and wrecks their getaway boat, which had a kid on it as a hostage. Suddenly, a large pirate ship led by a man named Eldoraggo, appeared. Since the thieves worked for his pirate crew, an angry Eldoraggo, using his Devil Fruit ability, while aiming at Luffy, destroyed what was left of the getaway boat. Luffy and the kid both fell in the sea, and Zoro jumped in to save them. As a result, Luffy and Zoro were separated from Nami and Usopp.

After reaching a floating Oden stand owned by his grandfather, Ganzo, the kid; who's name is Tobio, told Luffy and Zoro about Woonan, the Great Gold Pirate, who, according to the legend, obtained almost one-third of the world's gold and disappeared with it to a remote island. As Luffy and Zoro hastily eat while listening, they learned from Tobio that Eldoraggo was determined to find Woonan's loot, too, and that he had the treasure map, which had the coordinates of the location of Woonan's treasure in possession. After hearing this, Luffy wanted to meet Woonan and find his treasure too, but he and Zoro were both stopped by Ganzo, who told to pay for the food they just ate. When he heard that they had no money at all, Ganzo tied them both up in chains.

After arguing with his grandfather about Woonan and the gold, Tobio and the others see Eldroraggo using his devil fruit in the distance, and Tobio decides to go for the treasure. As they reach the island, and Tobio runs off alone to the forest, a concerned Luffy, still chained to Zoro goes off after him, forcing Zoro to go along with him as result. After the three run into Eldroraggo, the pirate easily wards off Tobio, while Luffy and Zoro have better luck despite being chained together, with Zoro stuck with only his mouth to use one of his swords. As Luffy continues to try to fight back, he makes a mistake that leads to him, Zoro, and Tobio being launched into a distant hill, with Nami and Usopp carefully escaping Eldroraggo to follow them.

After Nami and Usopp reach the hill, Nami undoes the chains binding Luffy and Zoro, and she reveals that took the map from Eldroraggo. After both destroying and deciphering the map, the group meet up with Ganzo, who reveals that he knew Woonan and tells them how Woonan became a pirate and how he became a Oden shop owner. After hearing the story, the Straw Hats take Tobio and Ganzo to the plateau where the treasure is located, unfortunately Eldroraggo and his crew figured out the location as well.

As the Straw Hats begin their counterattack, Zoro is pitted against the mercenary hired by Eldroraggo, Golass. As the two duel, Zoro notices Golass' strength as a swordsman, but is disappointed by his apparent greed. As the duel continues, Golass seems to have the upper hand, till Zoro shows him that he is stronger, and then soundly defeats him. Although Golass lost, Zoro allowed him to live, as he realized that Golass never wanted to fight for money, and that during their duel, he wasn't. Zoro then leaves him there, and tells him to come back to challenge him if he ever regained his pride as a swordsman. After Luffy manages to defeat Eldroraggo, the Straw hats, along with Tobio and Ganzo go inside the house, hoping to find Woonan and the treasure in a hidden chamber. It turns out it was the resting place of Woonan himself and that he returned all the gold he stole to its rightful owners. As the Straw hats try to settle the earlier payment for the food, Ganzo refuses and states that they don't have to pay anymore, stating that they can pay it back after they reach their dreams, which Zoro and the others happily agree to. The Straw Hats then bid farewell to Tobio and Ganzo and sail away to their next adventure.

Luffy Falls! Adventure in the Uncharted Ocean's Navel
It's a random day aboard the Going Merry, and Luffy is being yelled at by Nami for urinating in the ocean. While on fishing duty, Luffy catches something big and tries to reel it in, only for it to drag the ship backwards instead of forward. As the ship crashes, the fishing line, as well as the ship ends up caught at a rocky crater with a chest chained to it.

While Luffy is disappointed that he catch anything to eat, the others are more interested in the chest, namely Nami. She opens the chest, only find a skull inside. Usopp picks up the skull and reads the back of it, and finds an engraving about a treasure that can make anyone's dream come true. It also says that it can be located at a place called the Ocean's Navel. While the others explore the Ocean's Navel, the Going Merry begins to fall down into the crater, causing Luffy to almost drown, and for Zoro to have to save him. As they are doing this, they meet the one who sent the message in the bottle, Hamu as well as his guardian, Meroie. After being welcomed to their hidden village, they are immediately attacked by a monster, but Zoro manages to stop them with a polearm. Hamu and Meroie give them food, and asked them why the two of them are there, and Luffy explains they fell looking for treasure and that they are pirates. After hearing this, Hamu gets upset and leaves, when Luffy and Zoro asks what was wrong, Meroie explains the village's past and how it was destroyed by the pirate captain Joke.

She asks them if, even though they are pirates, they will help Hamu avenge his mother and protect his village. They reply that they will and decide to go to the mountain. As soon as they reach the end of the village, the monster they encountered before attacks them again. Zoro immediately starts fighting the monster and tells Luffy to go find Nami and Usopp. Meroie stays with Zoro while Hamu runs towards Luffy. Zoro keeps fighting the monsters with rusty swords that were provided by Meroie until Sanji shows up and delivers the finishing blow. Zoro is glad that Sanji is there, but then gets immediately annoyed at Sanji's behavior towards Meroie. After Joke is defeated, the monsters and treasure disappear, and Zoro, Sanji, and Meroie reunite with the others. When the Straw Hats leave the island, Hamu tells Meroie that he hadn't asked their names, but she states that it doesn't matter since they are just a bunch of pirates, to which Hamu agrees. He looks at the Straw Hats' ship sail away and smiles.

Clockwork Island Adventure
Having found a sunny, peaceful island in the midst of their voyage, the Straw Hat Pirates disembark and relax on the beach together. Their relaxing day is ruined when Luffy not only go on about a toy windmill that he finds on the beach, but later when Luffy sees The Going Merry sailing away, as the ship has been stolen to everyone’s shock.

With no possessions and forced to rent a small paddleboat and clothes from a nearby wedding shop, the crew chases their ship, only to run into a boy floating in the water. After stopping to help, they are caught in a net, realizing that the boy, Akisu lured them into a trap alongside his brother, another thief named Borodo. After seeing that they had nothing to steal, the pair let the straw hats go and introduced themselves. Then they explained that they were planning to steal the legendary Diamond Clock, which is located on Clockwork Island, which is where the Going Merry is currently headed. When asked why, the brothers explained that the Island was taken over by the Trump Pirates which is led by a pirate named Bear King, and that they are the ones who took their ship. As they began explaining who the Trump Pirates were and how big of fleet they had, the group soon became surrounded by a part of the fleet.



The fleet was commanded by two members of the Trump Pirates, Boo Jack and Honey Queen, who soon corners the brothers' boat. Despite Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji happily fighting back, Usopp frantically rows the boat away when the pirates almost capsize them all, accidentally causing Akisu to drop a music box in the sea, and causing Akisu to force Usopp to stop so Borodo can retrieve it. Borodo manages to get the box, but the Trump Pirates catch up as a result, destroying the boat, and even kidnapping Nami to be their captain's new bride.

After salvaging enough of the boat to make a raft, the remaining Straw Hats, along with Akizu and Borodo, make their way to Clockwork Island, and listen to Akisu's past. As they arrive, they see a small, barren rock in the sea, which Borodo explains is the entrance to the Island. Atop this rock stands a huge spiral staircase, stretching far beyond the clouds. This staircase leads to the "true" Clockwork Island, a hill town full of scientists and engineers. The hill is topped by a great castle, which houses the delicate engine keeping the island stable; for seven years, Bear King has commandeered it as his base, Trump Castle, using the people of the island to build a weapon powerful enough to help him become the king of the pirates, the King Cannon. As they go up the staircase, they storm through trap after trap, with Zoro stopping one trap by uprooting a part of the floor with his bare hands. Eventually, they reach the top of the staircase, though extremely exhausted and begin to head to Trump Castle.

As Borodo spots both the Diamond Clock and the Going Merry at the top of the castle, the group decides to go into town first for food and clothes. After finding both, they soon meet the town's chief engineers, who explain the town's current situation and tells the group to leave while they still can. Despite them telling the group to leave, they head straight to the castle by parasail, but are attacked by the Trump Pirates again, this time being separated from Sanji, who falls into a hill filled with landmines and is quickly captured after. Borodo brings the parasail to a crash landing at the gates of Trump Castle, where everyone continues inside through the gates.

As the group is met with hundred's of the Trump Pirates' foot-soldiers, Luffy and Zoro quickly make short work of them. When the group is attacked by another member of the Trump Pirates, Skunk One, Usopp decides to hurl himself towards him so the others can continue moving forward inside the castle, being captured in the process. As they make their way through the upper floor of the castle, Akisu is stopped by a foot-soldier and is knocked out. Seconds later, the floor springs a pressure-trap that threatens to crush them against the ceiling. Luffy and Zoro desperately try to hold the trap back, only for Borodo to slip away, taking himself and Akisu to safety. As the Straw Hats look on in shock, Borodo coldly deems them unfit to fight the Trump Pirates and reveals he had stolen their ship and planned to sail it to Clockwork Island so they would fight the Trump Pirates and hopefully save Akisu's hometown, but now he has decided to defeat them on his own, leaving Zoro and Luffy stuck on the floor.

As Borodo moves on, the trapped Luffy and Zoro are accosted by the last Trump member, the vengeful Pin Joker. As Pin Joker recalls his past with Zoro and the scar he received from him, Zoro dismisses him entirely, claiming not to even remember ever fighting him in the past. Enraged, Pin Joker began unleashing a flurry of feather darts with poison gas held within at them. However, to Luffy's horror, Zoro throws himself into these darts head-on, shielding Luffy's body at the cost of his own, and is then stabbed by Pin Joker and taken to the Bear King, where he is crucified along with the other captured Straw Hats.



While Borodo and later Akisu is being beaten by Bear King for their actions, the toy windmill from before fails down to the floor Luffy is on and breaks in front of his feet. Reminded of the Thief Brothers' integrity, Luffy finds the resolve to shove straight through the ceiling and every floor above, and after reaching the top, he randomly grabs a stick of dynamite and "plays" with it, causing everyone to freak out and make Luffy toss it away, causing an explosion, which accidentally frees the rest of the Straw Hats. After being freed, the Straw Hats, despite being upset by Luffy's antics, rally for another fight with the Trump Pirates, with Zoro quickly confronting Pin Joker. After Usopp manages to retrieve Zoro's swords and the other's stuff, The Straw Hats were finally ready for a proper fight. With his swords returned to him, Zoro begins a fight with Pin Joker, who tries to sneak attack Nami, only for Zoro to block his attempt. The two continued fighting until they reached the edge of the balcony. An angry Pin Joker then launched anther wave of poison darts at Zoro for correcting his speech, but Zoro managed to not only block the attack, but send them right back at Pin Joker. Zoro then tells Pin Joker that he won't be defeated by him and finishes him off with an Onigiri attack.

As the Straw Hats defeats the members of the Trump Pirates, Luffy gets into an intense fight with the Bear King, who ends up using the King Cannon on Luffy. This backfired as Luffy caught the bullet and shot it back at the Bear King, sending him crashing into the King Cannon and through the floors of the castle. As the Bear King was defeated and the impact from Luffy's attack using the King Cannon's bullet caused the island to collapse, the townspeople watched as the castle and hill collapsed. Zoro and the others got onboard the Going Merry and made a dangerous escape attempt using a large piece of canvas as an emergency parachute, which did lead to them landing back into the water safely. With the island destroyed, the islanders pledge to seize the future that the Thief Brothers and the Straw Hats staked their lives for, and build a new homeland elsewhere on the sea. Hearing this, and the crew sees an alive Akisu, who is quickly reunited with his mother, who was one of the chief engineers, after seeing this, Borodo decides to leave Akisu with his real family.

As they leave the ruins of Clockwork Island, the Straw Hats and Borodo quietly sail their separate ways. Despite the Straw Hats' questions, Borodo tearfully insists that he and Akisu can't stay together anymore now that he's found his real family. Despite this, Akisu boards Borodo's boat and shocks everyone by stating that not even his blood family can erase what he truly is: a man of the sea, and Borodo's brother. As the two tearfully reunite, the Straw Hats happily sail away, ready for their next adventure.

Warship Island Arc
Back on the Going Merry, Luffy asks Nami if they reached the Grand Line yet, and she tells him no. Usopp then spots a flock of birds off their starboard side and Luffy sees something in the water and stretches his hand out to grab what he thinks will be a fish. The crew are all surprised when he pulls in a girl instead and accidentally knocks Zoro off the edge of the boat. The girl is unconscious but wakes up when she smells Sanji's cooking. After learning that she is on a pirate ship, she freaks out and refuses to eat any food given to her.

Later in the night, Zoro and the rest of the crew are awoken to both Luffy and the girl in the kitchen, after being reassured that they were not evil and would let her take what she wants to eat, the girl introduced herself as Apis the next morning after making everyone breakfast. She tells them that she is from Warship Island, but refuses to tell them why she is being chased by the marines. After a Marine ship begins attacking the Going Merry, the crew manage to avoid and escape the marines, but only to end up stranded in the Calm Belt.

The Merry ends up atop the head of a Sea King as the crew are surrounded entirely by them. After Apis manages to pull out the Sea King's nostril hair, it sneezes, causing the Going Merry to be blown back out of the calm belt into the regular seas. After this, the group start sailing to Warship Island to take Apis home. As they reach the port, Apis had to persuade the locals not to attack the Straw Hats, telling them that they were the ones who rescued her. After doing so, Apis' grandfather, Bokuden shows up, and tells Apis to come home, and invites the Straw Hats for dinner. While waiting, the group asks Bokuden why the marines are after Apis, to which he asks Apis the same question, only for her to refuse to answer. Bokuden then tells them about the island's old legend about the Lost Island, the millennial dragons, a substance called Dragonite, and the Elixir of Immortality.

A day later, Luffy and Nami come back with Apis and tells the others the truth about why the marines are after her, and they tell them about her pendant and about the millennial dragon Ryu. With Luffy wanting to help Apis and Ryu, the crew prepare to get the two of them off the island before the marines show up. Unfortunately, the marines of the 8th Branch, led by Nelson Royale already have the island surrounded, and they even have a mercenary by the name of Eric hunting the two. Everyone splits into groups, Usopp and Zoro move the ship into position, Nami and Apis get Ryu onto a cart, and Luffy and Sanji fight off the Marines. Despite all this, the group still have trouble shaking off Eric, as he hunts them with his Kama Kama no Mi, but manage to lose him in a mirage.

After going into the mirage, the crew spot an island hidden in the mirage and go towards it. After reaching the island, Ryu is still unsure if the island they are on is the Lost Island, so they go to the top of the mountain to find the Dragon's nest. Instead, they find a building with a dragon emblem. While trying to find the entrance, they end up falling down into a underground temple. After examining the temple ceiling and its paintings, Nami comes to the conclusion that the Lost Island is actually hidden beneath Warship Island, and a sleeping Ryu wakes up and confirms her theory. As Eric shows up, the others flee with Apis and Ryu, while Zoro holds him off. After battling Zoro for a while, Eric flees the building to chase Ryu, Zoro chases after Eric, stopping him by throwing a stick at his legs. Despite Eric finally agreeing to fight Zoro for real, the others had finished getting Ryu's cart back to the Merry, and Luffy stretches his arm and pulls Zoro back onto the ship, much to his frustration. The crew then escape Eric and sail out of the mirage.

Even after the crew escape and make it to the Lost Islands' coordinates, Nelson's fleet manage to blockade them, with Eric and lieutenant Hardy's ship closing in. As the ship becomes blockaded with giant chains, the crew starts to board the marines ships to kick the marines out. As Eric comes and takes Ryu and Apis, an angry Ryu knocks Eric into the water after knocking Apis back. As Ryu starts to finally fly, Nelson has his ship fire several cannonballs at Ryu, to everyone horror. As Ryu falls to the water, he asks Luffy to keep Apis safe. As this happens, Ryu lets out one final roar, leading to the Lost Island rising from the ocean, and multiple dragons flying from it. After this happens, the straw hats begin their counterattack once again, with Luffy and Sanji fighting off the marines and Zoro cutting the chains connecting their ship to the marines.

While Luffy decides to finish off the marines, the other reach the Lost Island with Apis, upon doing so they learn that the so-called substance called dragonite meant for creating the Elixir of Immortality was in fact the fossils of ancient sennenryus. After Luffy destroys Nelson's Ship, he gets on land and makes it to the others, after which he tells Apis Ryu's final message to her; that when the dragons die, they are reborn in the nest. Seconds later, a baby dragon hatches from an egg, with the baby supposedly being a reborn Ryu. The baby screeches at Apis, and she cries happily agreeing with what it's telling her.

Unfortunately, both Nelson and Eric show up, however an angry Eric slashes Nelson and proposes a deal with the straw hats. He states that he wants to split the dragonite and the immortality with them, but a critical Nami points out that the fossilized sennenryus that make up the dragonite couldn't possibly be used to make the Elixir. That's when Eric states that the alive sennenryus could, which upsets Apis, who runs towards him out of anger. As Eric tries to attack her, Usopp and Zoro protect her, and Luffy tells them all to stop, and that he’ll be the one to beat him, because he promised Ryu he would. Eventually Luffy does succeed in taking Eric down.

As the Straw Hats get ready to leave Warship Island again, they are met by Apis and Bokuden. Luffy asks Apis if she wants to come with them, to which she replies that she would like to but she will stay in the village to protect the Dragon's Nest. The Straw Hats set sail and say goodbye. Then Usopp asks the rest of the crew if Apis will be fine and Sanji, Luffy and Zoro all say that she will be okay. As the Straw Hats finally reach the entrance to the Grand Line, they have a rough time going through Reverse Mountain, which is made even worse by Eric showing back up and telling them that if any of them move and he will tear the ship apart. Nami warns him that there is Dragonite besides him, and he falls for it and she kicks his leg, throwing him to the current. With Eric officially gone, the crew celebrate as they enter the Grand Line.

Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals
Following a lead from an old treasure map, the Straw Hats set sail for Crown Island, with everyone ready for a new adventure; except Chopper, who worries over every possible danger. While the others tease Chopper, the Going Merry suddenly begins shaking. Rushing above-deck, the Straw Hats find the sea erupting with dozens of massive geysers, one of which directly strikes the Merry and launches it high into the air. In midair, the crew can see the entirety of the island, and the crown-like ring of steam its surrounding geysers produce, but then the ship starts to fall and crash land on the island, accidentally Knocking Chopper off the ship in the process.

As Chopper vanishes in the forest, the others land in the far-off shore, with several bizarre animals surrounding them, including a Bald Parrot. The crew was taken aback when the Parrot started speaking english, but then listened as he explained that he was the elder of the island, and the island was filled with animals as intelligent as him. He then explains that for years, the creatures of the island lived peacefully under the rule of the Kirin Lion, but their ruler passed away and now the kingdom needs a new ruler, one that falls in line an ancient prophecy.

After listening to the story, the crew hears a celebration happening in the mountains, and they go to investigate, with Usopp giving everyone animal themed disguises to blend in. On the way though, the celebrating is cut short by the arrival of the islands natural predators, the Horn Eaters, a herd of armored beasts. As everyone runs away, Luffy gets targeted by the beasts due to his costume having fake horns. Panicked, Luffy snaps them off, but throws them straight ahead, leading the Horn-Eaters to trample him anyways, with the others watching annoyed.

Later, the Straw Hats stumble across a cliff-side camp where the Horn-Eaters have been trapping and trampling scores of horned animals. They soon come to learn that the beasts are being controlled by a man named Battler, who's collecting horns in an attempt to find a treasure on the island said to have power that could shake worlds. Realizing that he told the Straw Hats too much, he controls the Horn Eaters with a special hypnotic violin and orders them to attack, unfortunately Luffy was also effected by the hypnotic music and goes on a rampage knocking himself and the crew over a cliff and into a crocodile filled river. Once Luffy is out of range, he grabs everyone and breaks their fall with his rubber body.

The straw hats then see dozens of dehorned animals along the riverbanks. Realizing how much damage Battler has already done, the crew start to worry more about Chopper, while doing that they notice the Bald Parrot from earlier flying above. They ask for his help, and he agrees to take them to the mountain to meet the new king of the beasts, unaware that they are being followed by Battler and his men, Heaby and Hotdog. Once they reach the top of the mountain, however, they are surprised to learn that the new king is Chopper, and while Chopper is happy to see them, Mobambi; the only human resident of the island, and a talking bird named Karasuke, who thinks they are invaders, and asks Chopper to fight them. Chopper tells the animals that the Straw Hats are safe, and so he leads the Straw Hats over to a great feast so they can eat together. Mobambi demands what's so great about the Straw Hats, and when the animals hear that they are pirates and when Luffy asked for meat, the animals flee in terror thinking Luffy is going to eat them. Nami asks Karasuke about the treasure of Crown Island, but Usopp says that they should just grab Chopper and leave.

Then, a large blast is heard from the distance so the straw hats and the animals go to see what is going on. They see Battler and his men down below, and he states that the power he is looking for is in the horns of the King of the Beasts. Battler demands that they tell him where the king is and starts playing his violin, so the Horn Eaters start charging. An angry Chopper leaps down and lands in front of Battler declaring himself as the King. Battler stops playing the violin, unconvinced by Chopper's words. Chopper tells him to stop attacking the animals and to call off the Horn Eaters, but Battler says he will only if Chopper beats him. Luffy tries to help, butt is unable to leave the entrance, due to eating to much and becoming fat, which ended up blocking Zoro and Sanji as well.

As Chopper and the others try to divert the Horn Eaters away, Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy arrive, and Zoro and Sanji run off to go help Chopper. Luffy says that Mobambi should go help too, but Mobambi says that he is not strong enough, remembering that he was helpless when his father was killed by pirates. As the others console Mobambi, Zoro begins fighting off one of Battler's henchmen, Hotdog. As the fight went on Zoro became restrained with a metal ball and chain, and began taking an onslaught of powerful kicks from Hotdog. This goes on for awhile, until Hotdog becomes overconfident and ends up kicking the chains holding Zoro loose, till Zoro eventually breaks free from them. As Hotdog brags about having the world's strongest kicks, Zoro simply notes how careless the man is, before finishing him off with his Tatsu Maki Technique, finally defeating him. After this, Zoro openly states that Sanji's kicks are more powerful, then goes off to find the others.

As Luffy finally defeats Battler once and for all, a day later as Mobambi and Chopper say their tearful goodbyes, the Straw Hats talk about the great party they had after the defeat of Battler. As they head toward their next adventure, Usopp jokes with Chopper about possibly seeing some monsters next, and Luffy happily yells that they will just keep moving, full steam ahead.

Ruluka Island Arc
The Straw Hats are being chased by a small fleet of Marine ships led by Major Pasqua and Isoka. The crew barely escape when the Major accidentally sinks one of his own ships. The crew then make their way towards an island named Ruluka.

After making landfall, they soon meet Flip, the leader of the Collection Party, a group who collect taxes from the people of Ruluka. He is also the son of the island's mayor, Wetton, who used to be a pirate, and is currently over taxing the people to build the Rainbow Tower. Wetton hires a professor named Henzo to build the tower, and to research a phenomenon called the Rainbow Mist. As the straw hats eventually meet Henzo, he explains the Rainbow Mist to them, they then hear two townspeople rushing to the harbor to see a galleon and they rush there as well.

Some of the mist begins to arrive as Henzo rushes to the galleon, that he recognizes as the Tarielishin on his small boat. When the mist begins to reach the island, Henzo borrows the Going Merry, with Luffy, Usopp, Robin, and a sleeping Zoro on the ship, into the mist. The inside of the Mist is full of wrecked ships and treasure, and is guarded by a group of kids calling themselves the Pumpkin Pirates.

Henzo explains that the flow of time is different inside the mist, and that those children were once his friends. He tells them that Ruluka was attacked in the past by the Wetton Pirates and that the children stole the pirates ship but were chased by Wetton and his crewmate Ian. As the children fight off Wetton and Ian, Wetton and Henzo fall overboard and the children sail directly into the Rainbow Mist never again returning. Understanding now how the Rainbow Mist kept the children from aging, the crew attempts to find a way out.

Finally, Flip communicates with Henzo with a Den Den Mushi and the group realizes they are still connected with the outside world. Knowing this, they try to reach the end of the mist, alongside the Pumpkin Pirates. As they do that, Sanji, Nami, and Chopper are trying to get to the harbor to find the others, as they are hindered by Lake, Wetton's grandson. He tells them that the mayor has announced all the shipwrecks there have untouched cargo just laying around with jewels and coins, and that the Rainbow Tower will be used as a bridge between the island and the Shipwrecks in the mist, just as Luffy propels himself and one of the kids outside of the mist.

After the Rainbow Tower is connected, Nami manages to get into the mist and reach the Merry. After asking where Luffy was, Zoro and Usopp told her that he was gone, and then continue trying to make it out of the mist, despite Wetton and his invading forces. As Luffy returns, he fight Wetton off, but Wetton manages to escape and blows the Tower away. Despite this, Luffy and the others manage to escape the mist onboard the Going Merry, when the Pumpkin Pirates stay behind and help the Merry escape with an explosive.

Outside the collapsing Mist, Wetton finally gets arrested by a group of powerful Marines, who turn out to be the older versions of the kids who stayed behind in the Rainbow Mist. They reveal that after the mist collapsed, they were thrown 50 years into the past and became marines. They decide to let the Straw Hats leave as a thanks, and the crew departs the island of Ruluka, going onwards to their next adventure.

One Piece Film: Strong World
On board the Thousand Sunny, the Straw Hats read news of attacks on East Blue. Luffy said they would return to East Blue to protect it when Shiki's ship appeared overhead. After warning him of the storm ahead, he came down to meet them. There, he revealed he has a Devil Fruit power to make any inanimate object he touches ignore gravity and float. After learning it was Nami that delivered the warning, and that they were heading to East Blue, Shiki offered to take them there and used his power on the Sunny. Together, the two ships traveled to the floating island seen before, where Shiki suddenly kidnapped Nami. Zoro and the others tried to rescue her, but by controlling the Thousand Sunny using his power, Shiki escaped them and scattered them among the fragments of the island.



Zoro and Chopper ended up on a snow mountainscape. Upon riding around on a Mammoth Dense, they found and rescued a young girl named Xiao and were lead to her village. Along the way, they learned that the large poisonous plants, called Daft Green, located around the village emit a stink so powerful that the animals stay away. However, long term exposure to the plants is poisonous to humans and Xiao's grandmother had become ill from it.

When the rest of the crew showed up at the village, Robin informed them of Shiki's plan. They learned that Shiki was planning to let loose the animals on the island into the East Blue in a gambit to force the World Government to surrender. They also learned that to prove the power of the animals, Shiki was planning a demonstration by targeting a village on the floating island.



Shiki then arrived sometime later and confronted the Straw Hats. Zoro attacked with Nanajuni Pound Ho slashes, which Shiki easily deflected. Sanji then launched Zoro into the air as he tried again to fight Shiki, who sent him back down to the ground with one blow. Despite some initial success in the others fending him off, Zoro and the Straw Hats were defeated, and Nami was coerced into rejoining Shiki by him agreeing to spare them and her hometown.

Xiao reappeared and gave them the Dial Nami left for them. Her mother, who earlier had expressed relief about the animals being sent to East Blue, apologized for saying how happy she was for Shiki leaving for East Blue. They then played the message, and the crew, except Luffy, listened to the whole thing.

The Straw Hats later arrived at Shiki's palace, broke down the gates, and made short work of the guards outside. They then marched into the main meeting room brandishing various firearms and a new wardrobe.



After a short confrontation, where Shiki called them simply a suicide squad, he revealed hundreds of men around them. They unloaded their firearms in the room, defeating most of those gathered, before splitting up to defeat the rest. Luffy chased after Shiki, as Zoro clashed swords with Dr. Indigo.



Zoro later showed up at Indigo's lab and challenged Indigo for the antidote. Indigo mocked him and stated that the world would not care if East Blue was annihilated. This comment enraged Zoro, due to his origins and most of his crew being born and raised in that area of the world.

He knocked Indigo through the wall and the two began to fight on a bridge. Indigo showed off his Chemical Juggling ability, attacking the swordsman with his chemical orbs. Zoro was unable to keep up and was hit by them. This merely annoyed Zoro, who stated that he did not have time for his acrobatics. Indigo then used the Mass Juggling ability, creating one giant ball of energy and threw it at him. Zoro survived the attack with little damage and defeated Indigo in one strike using his Ashura: Ugui technique. He handed Chopper the antidote and headed back to the ship.

After Shiki was defeated by Luffy, the other Straw Hats escaped on board the Thousand Sunny, using Shiki's pirate sail as a parachute. Zoro was seen much later on the ship as Nami recovered.

Adventure of Nebulandia
The Straw Hats were lured onto Kinoko Island by the Foxy Pirates, who posed as a marooned crew. Luffy agreed to a Davy Back Fight rematch, and Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji took part in the first round, where they had to eat as many mushrooms as possible. However, the mushrooms caused the three of them to become lethargic, and they were captured along with Porche and Hamburg as the Foxy Pirate Komei revealed that this was part of his plan to take down the Straw Hats. Komei then captured Zoro, Sanji, Porche, and Hamburg and took them to Nebulandia, where he imprisoned them.

Zoro and Sanji were later taken outside and chained to a rock formation along with the other captured Straw Hats in order to lure Luffy to Komei. However, Chopper and Brook came with an antidote and reinforcements, and Zoro and Sanji were freed and restored to their old selves. They then helped beat back the Marines, and the Straw Hats and Foxy Pirates returned to Kinoko Island afterwards, where they parted ways. The Straw Hats then held a banquet to celebrate their victory.

Silver Mine Arc
As the Straw Hats and Barto Club slept for the night, Luffy and Bartolomeo were suddenly kidnapped by the Silver Pirate Alliance. The two crews woke up to confront the kidnappers, but Peseta and his men fired Adhesive Shells at the Going Luffy-senpai. Zoro sliced them up, but became covered in a sticky substance which rendered him and everyone else immobile.



The next day, the Straw Hats and Barto Club reached Silver Mine, where Luffy and Bartolomeo were being held. As Peseta was forcing Luffy, Bartolomeo, and their allies to surrender by taking hostages, Zoro freed the hostages and confronted Peseta. Peseta mocked Zoro about his predicament the previous night and fired more Adhesive Shells at him. However, Zoro sliced them up without getting any adhesive on him and sent Peseta and his men flying far away with Kokujo: O Tatsumaki. Zoro and Kin'emon prepared to take Luffy and Bartolomeo back to the Going Luffy-senpai, but the Silver Pirate Alliance leader Bill cut the two groups off, and Luffy told Zoro to go on ahead while he dealt with Bill.

Zoro and Kin'emon returned to the Going Luffy-senpai, attacking some of the Battle Boats besieging it. Luffy and Bartolomeo later returned, and the Straw Hats and Barto Club set sail for Zou.

Heart of Gold
While at sea, the Straw Hats encountered a girl named Myskina Olga, who fruitlessly tried to threaten them. Olga revealed the existence of the great treasure Pure Gold to the Straw Hats, and they wished to go after it with her. Suddenly, they were attacked by Mad Treasure and his crew, who were also after the Pure Gold. The Straw Hats easily repelled Treasure's crew, but Treasure pulled Olga to him with a chain, starting a tug of war between him and the Straw Hats. Eventually, Zoro cut Olga free and returned her to the Sunny, but her ring fell into the ocean into the process. This caused a giant fish named Bonbori to emerge and consume the ring, and the Straw Hats sailed into Bonbori after hearing that the Pure Gold was inside it. Treasure followed the Straw Hats into Bonbori, and rammed his ship into the Sunny, nearly causing it to hit Bonbori's uvula. However, Luffy prevented a collision, but was blown far away after being shot by Treasure's subordinate Naomi Drunk. Olga went to rescue Luffy as the Sunny fell into Bonbori's throat. Zoro, Sanji, and Franky later ended up in Bonbori's second stomach along with the Sunny.



Zoro, Sanji, and Franky later reunited with Luffy when he and his companion Myskina Acier came into Bonbori's second stomach. Upon hearing that the rest of their crewmates were captured by Treasure, Zoro and Sanji accompanied Luffy and Acier to the island of Alchemi, where the Pure Gold lay. They were attacked by Treasure's crew at the coast of Alchemi, but Zoro and Sanji stayed behind to deal with them as Luffy and Acier continued on. While easily dispatching Treasure's masses, Zoro confronted Naomi Drunk, who repeatedly and unsuccessfully shot arrows at him. Zoro dodged and cut apart all the arrows as he approached Naomi, and hit her with an air slash. He then knocked Naomi out by driving a sword into her cap.

Zoro and Sanji returned to the rest of the crew right after Luffy defeated Mad Treasure, and they prepared to escape on the Sunny. The Straw Hats and Myskina family exited Bonbori as it vomited, and they watched as the Pure Gold was absorbed into Bonbori's lamp. The next day, the Straw Hats parted ways with Olga and Acier, but they were disappointed at their failure to get the Pure Gold. However, Nami revealed that she had acquired a Vivre Card leading to the entertainment city Gran Tesoro, and the Straw Hats excitedly set sail for it.

One Piece Film: Gold Episode 0
On the Thousand Sunny, the Straw Hats were having a barbecue. After the volleyball game between Nami and Chopper versus Robin and Franky, the Straw Hats discussed what they will do when they reach Gran Tesoro. Usopp then demonstrated a show for Gran Tesoro in case betting in the casino failed. Zoro spectated the sumo wrestling matches between Luffy versus Usopp and Luffy versus Franky. After a long match between Luffy and Franky, they both decided to use their signature attacks, but Nami punched the two because they could have destroyed the ship. Moments later, the Straw Hats approached the City of Dreams.

One Piece Film: Gold


The Straw Hats entered Gran Tesoro, and were showered with gold dust at the entrance. They emerged in a pool of liquid gold that had a concert venue around it, but quickly found themselves under attack by the Long Long Pirates, who intended to rob the Straw Hats to pay off their debts. Narcie rushed toward the napping Zoro, but Zoro countered his sword strike. When Narcie attacked again, Zoro ran on top of his sword and used Oni Giri on Narcie, defeating him. The Straw Hats managed to defeat the Long Long Pirates, and watched as Gild Tesoro, the proprietor of Gran Tesoro, encased the remaining enemy pirates in gold.

The Straw Hats docked, and were approached by Baccarat, who offered them a VIP experience due to their fame. Baccarat drove them through Gran Tesoro in a turtle car, and took them to a VIP hotel at the heart of Gran Tesoro. The Straw Hats donned new outfits as they prepared to enjoy their vacation, although several kids tried to sell them flowers to pay off their families' debts. They went to the casino, and were given 20,000,000 worth in tokens. The Straw Hats managed to get very lucky and drastically increase their earnings, and Baccarat took them to the VIP lounge, where they had the chance to become millionaires. They played a dice game hosted by Dice and won, when Gild Tesoro arrived and challenged the Straw Hats to a game. However, Baccarat used her Devil Fruit powers to take away Luffy's luck, causing him to lose. When the Straw Hats found out about her deception, they refused to give Tesoro their money, and Tesoro and his subordinates retaliated with force. Zoro confronted Tesoro, but as he raced toward him, Tesoro encased his legs in gold using the gold dust that had been showered on him at the entrance before blocking his sword strike with a gold tendril. Tesoro covered more of Zoro's body in gold, rendering him helpless, and held Zoro as a hostage. Tesoro allowed the Straw Hats to try and repay their debt by 12:00 the next night, but if they failed, then Zoro would be executed.

Zoro was held in a dark room afterwards in a gold structure, with most of his body encased in gold. The next night, Tesoro came to him and mocked the Straw Hats' hopes of beating him, and Zoro had no reaction.

Later, Zoro was taken to an entertainment venue where he was to be executed and where his crewmates were to be trapped. However, thanks to a plan developed by Carina, seawater sprayed from all of Gran Tesoro's fountains, freeing Zoro and his crewmates from their gold encasement. Zoro rejoined his crewmates, and Tesoro blew up the hotel, causing a deluge of gold to fall on them. However, Sanji, Robin, and Franky carried their crewmates to safety, and Tesoro confronted the Straw Hats inside a giant gold golem. As Luffy battled Tesoro, the Straw Hats were confronted by Dice, Baccarat, and Tanaka, who had been given golden armor and weapons by Tesoro.

Dice attacked Zoro with a giant golden axe, but Zoro managed to counter his strikes. Dice managed to block Zoro's attacked with Busoshoku Haki, but Zoro eventually managed to disarm Dice and send him flying back in a whirlwind. However, Tesoro summoned gold tendrils to grab Zoro's swords, and Dice curled into a ball and rolled toward Zoro with great force, sending Zoro flying and causing him to lose grip on his swords. Dice took two of Zoro's swords and attacked him with them, but Zoro managed to counter them with only his Busoshoku Haki-imbued arms. He then used Tatsu Maki to send Dice flying back, and after Dice recovered, he rolled toward Zoro again. However, Zoro reclaimed one of his swords and used Shishi Sonson, cutting through Dice's armor and defeating him.

However, after Luffy managed to get the upper hand on Tesoro, Tesoro turned his golem into liquid gold, swamping everyone in it and preventing them from moving, except for the aerial Luffy. Luffy managed to defeat Tesoro, freeing everyone on Gran Tesoro, and they all rejoiced. However, a timer suddenly appeared, and Carina stated that the ship would sink once it reached zero. The Straw Hats then returned to the Thousand Sunny, but then found out that the timer was a ruse in order for Carina to take command of Gran Tesoro. However, they had no hard feelings, and were forced to depart once the Marine fleet nearby began chasing them.

One Piece: Stampede
After receiving an invitation for the Pirates Festival, the Straw Hats headed to Delta Island. After exploring and playing around a bit, they decided to take part in the main event, a Treasure Race for Gol D. Roger's treasure. After the Straw Hats started to ascend the Knock Up Stream, they then noticed that Law has boarded their ship, who reveals he's been chased due to coming close to a secret behind the Festival. The crew then decided to split up, with Robin, Brook and Sanji accompanying Law to further investigate his suspicions. The rest continued to the Treasure Island atop the Stream, where an all out brawl occurred as they raced towards the treasure, with Zoro engaging Killer briefly. However, the race ended when the island was destroyed by Douglas Bullet. After also receiving news that the island was being surrounded by a Marine fleet, Zoro was assigned to take care of the crew on the Sunny. When they made it to the coast, the Pirate Hunter soon found himself facing Issho, who he held of until Bullet started to make his move. Issho left, but not before leaving a parting gift in the form of a meteor, which Zoro managed in two, though it was only blown away thanks to Dracule Mihawk, who was present to fulfill his duties as a Warlord. Bullet then altered the island's terrain with his ability, creating walls on the edge of the island and trapping both pirates and Marines within. When Zoro noticed that Crocodile was aiming for Bullet after Luffy destroyed his colossus and ship, Zoro briefly intercepted the former Warlord. After Luffy defeated Bullet, the Straw Hat's reunited on their ship, where they set sail and attempted to penetrate the Marine's encirclement of the island, together with the other members of the Worst Generation, as well as several other pirate crew. In the end they were able to escape thanks to Sabo and Ann creating blazing path for them to go through.

One Piece Film: Red
Uta organized a concert on Elegia in order to realize her dream of performing for the whole world. Zoro was present during the concert.