Episode 119

Essence of a Mighty Sword! The Power to Cut Steel and the Breath of All Things
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Japanese Information
Kanji	豪剣の極意！鋼鉄を斬る力と物の呼吸
Romaji	Gōken no Gokui! Kōtetsu o kiru Chikara to Mono no Kokyū
Airdate	July 21, 2002
Opening	Hikari e
Ending	Shining ray
Season	4
Piece	4
English Information
Title	Zolo vs. Mr. One
Airdate	April 28, 2007
Episode #	87
Title	Secret of Powerful Swordplay! Ability to Cut Steel and the Rhythm Things Have!
Airdate	March 16, 2010
Episode Credits
Screenplay	武上純希 - Junki Takegami
Art	佐藤美幸 - Miyuki Sato 丸森俊昭 - Toshiaki Marumori
Animation	井上栄作 - Eisaku Inoue
Direction	境宗久 - Munehisa Sakai
Other Credits	no
Statistics
Chapters	Chapter 194 (p. 2-18) Chapter 195 (p. 2-21)
Eyecatcher	Zoro - Zoro
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
TV Rating (%)	12.6
Rank	5

"Essence of a Mighty Sword! The Power to Cut Steel and the Breath of All Things" is the 119th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary

Nami is victorious against Miss Doublefinger. Meanwhile, Zoro is fighting Mr. 1 who has the ability to turn his body into steel. Zoro learns to cut through steel and finally defeats him.

Long Summary

Meanwhile, Roronoa Zoro is struggling in his fight against Mr. 1 due to his inability to cut through steel. After prolonged battle where Zoro displays a wide variety of techniques against the assassin, he thinks back back to when his old mentor said that a swordsman who can cut nothing can cut anything including steel. Still not understanding this idea, he is forced onto the defensive from Mr. 1's attacks which climax with the latter creating multiple spinning blades on his arm, landing a direct hit on the swordsman. Unable to defend against it Zoro falls against a pillar, and Mr. 1 delivers what he believes is the final blow that further wounds Zoro and destroying the pillar he was leaning on, causing the pillar and arch fall on top of him.

Mr. 1 begins to walk away, but quickly notices that Zoro has gotten up once again. Wondering out loud how Zoro was able to dodge all of the flying debris, the swordmsman claims that he did not dodge it all, and that he just was able to sense where no debris was falling and went there. Further elaborating to himself, Zoro notes that he can sense the rhythm of all things around him and can tell where his sword is, turning over a stone to finds it. Picking it up, he then turns and slashes at some leaves on a tree without cutting them, before then cutting a rock clean in half. Finally coming to an understanding of his teacher's words, he then attacks Mr. 1 anyway with only one sword. Zoro then proves he was finally able to cut Mr. 1 and defeats him, collapsing to the ground and wonders if everyone else is okay.

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Roronoa Zoro
• Mr. 1
• Dracule Mihawk (flashback)
• Koushirou (flashback)
• Kuina (picture)
• Monkey D. Luffy (flashback)
• Hatchan (flashback)

Anime Notes

• This is the first episode to use Shining ray as the ending.

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