The Japanese swordsman and the moon are depicted as a set,


The swordsman in ONE PIECE is definitely influenced by “Rurouni Kenshin”.

For example, Kutou-ryu(Nine sword style), Asura, and Makyusen(Zoro’s technique) are like this.


Kuzuryu(九頭龍) can also be read as Kyutouryu(九刀流).
Scenes influenced by Rurouni Kenshin
There are tons of them.
Mr. Oda has great respect for the author of this work.
Because Mr. Oda was my former assistant.
Apparently I told him this as soon as I started drawing ONE PIECE.
`Zoro becomes one-eyed.’

Wano Country is the Kozuki family.
和

月

The legendary samurai of Wano was at Gekko Moria.
和


月


Well, I’ll draw the Japanese character Zoro as the moon.
Because the author of Rurouni Kenshin is Watsuki(和月) sensei.
