Uhhhh what? No that's not the case in the slightest. Hacchan is not a dog shit swordsman, not sure where the hell you got that from outside of sheer downplay. Hacchan is directly stated to be a better swordman than most humans due to extra limbs and how agile and fluid the movements with said limbs are, making his strikes un-predictable and nearly unavoidable by attacking at all directions at once.
You literally hasn't proven that. You simply said Rengoku is more skilled without posting actual feats of skill.
Rengoku is not >>>> Mitsuri. She's one of the fastest Hashira, with Shinobu being the fastest. Also that's a speed thing, not a skill feat. She also has shit like See Through World so again, not a skill feat.
Mickey just stop it. Goken is durability negation and Analytical Prediction, it isnt Buso Haki. Two completely different things. Air slashes are also something different from Buso, Air Slashes are a result of the Goken swordsmanship style.
Going by numbers Zoro is still stronger.
Which isnt quantifiable.
Rengoku needs to be on the verge of death before he can use Awakened Power.
Zoro can, the feat was literally from East Blue pretty early on.
9th form isn't a speed amp.
Which is irrelevant since they still leave behind similar effects to what they're using. Zoro resists the effects of heat so even if Rengoku doesn't use real fire he's still leaving heat behind which Zoro resists.
Zoro was willing to cut off his own legs to keep fighting and got half way through them with no ill effect.
1. Which is why I stated this to be a NLF since he claims himself to be superior to most humans when
every other human swordsman in the series has shown better skill feats due to either defeating, upscaling from, or being comparable to either the main cast of their respective arcs or a similarly skilled/powerful enemy. Hacchan's only feat was keeping up with Zoro who at the time only had one sword, had several gaping gashes across his chest from Mihawk, and was exhausted from the events of that day, only to get 1 shot once Zoro had more swords. Hacchan's page on this wiki also doesn't do him any favors
Hacchan is a comparatively unimpressive swordsman compared to the vast majority of the verse, so using Zoro's feats against him isn't a good skill feat. He has a bevy of other feats, but you guys seem to gravitate around this one the most, which doesn't make much sense to me
2. Man surpassed his dad by reading a couple of books, and was consistently severely injuring Akaza, who solo'd 67 Kendo users by himself when he was alive, and only survived due to his regeneration. He's also vastly superior to the likes of Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, who are some of the strongest and most skillful in their respective breathing styles among non-Hashira Demon Slayers, even this early in the series.
This certainly sounds more skilled than a dude with 6 arms and 300kg swords that basically uses 2 moves, one of which points all 6 swords at someone and charges headfirst into them, and the other that is literally described on the wiki as "swinging his swords wildly at his opponent while charging at them".
3. Rengoku is Mitsuri's teacher, and his feats against Akaza are better than MARKED Mitsuri against Hantegu. If you want to remove Mitsuri's Instinctive Reaction from her profile, make a CRT
also she doesn't have See Through World, where did you get that from? And even if she did, that allows the user to see organs, that doesn't help anyone with dodging anything.
4.
- Busōshoku Haki (Color of Armaments): Zoro can utilize an application of Armament Haki known as Mighty Blade swordsmanship (Goken) which allows him with his swords to cut through the thickest steel when he wishes and at the same time for it not the cut the thinnest of paper. To do this he senses the "Breath" of what he wishes to cut or not cut. When sensing the "Breath" of something he can know the trajectory of it's movement before it happens as well as it's location despite not being visible to him. By doing so he can determine the speed, power and angle of where he should cut. Then by conveying his will into his sword, it allows him to achieve his desire to cut through things he otherwise couldn't with strength alone.
this is what he unlocked against Daz Bones
Not to mention Zoro doesn't get ranged attacks until Skypiea, which isn't the key being used
5. Except if you read the scaling chain I provided, Rengoku is vastly above 80 tons (several 1 shot worthy gaps between several steps in the chain), vs Zoro's 113 ton feat. Zoro's really not that much stronger, at bare minimum Rengoku's only less than 50% weaker, and Rengoku has blatant mid battle amps via Awakened Power while Zoro doesn't in this key
6. And why wouldn't that be applicable in this fight?
7. Pressurized Air Slashes aren't unlocked for him until Skypiea where he invented 108 Pound Phoenix. He can't use that in this key
8. I'll concede on this point, I thought Rengoku blitzed Akaza with it. Regardless, this doesn't give him a power amp, and even if he managed to land the move, it'll be extremely difficult to one shot Rengoku with it, not only due to the lack of a x7 difference in power, but also Rengoku's aforementioned outfit resisting slashing effects
9. Once again, no, that's not what happens. Demon Slayers don't have elemental manipulation, and although they can technically use heat using their Nichirin Blades and the Red Blade techniques, Rengoku's Fire Breathing directly ***** with people's senses to feign heat without actually emitting it. he doesn't use the Red Blade techniques, and he can still cause the sensation of burning regardless. Therefore, it still works on Zoro since it bypasses his heat resistance.
10. But a person... can't fight... without legs?
you're missing my point
it doesn't matter if you survive a hit if said hit leaves you incapacitated physically. When Zoro took Luffy's pain, he still has incredible pain tolerance and all of his limbs intact, so therefore he could have theoretically kept fighting if he was fighting someone at the time. However, if he gets bisected at the waist, there's really nothing either of them can do, regardless of how much of the pain they can ignore. I'm not trying to downplay Zoro's pain resistance, I'm saying that no one can fight with significant portions of their body missing.
