The sword originally belonged to Shimotsuki Ryuma, and was buried with its original master in Wano Country upon his death, where it was prized as a national treasure. Main article: Three Sword Style History Past As a testament to this, all three hardened sword could cut the Executive Officer, who had assumed a size surpassing an Ancient Giant then again after Pica completely hardened himself using Busoshoku Haki and holding back the Torikago, which could cut through meteorites without being damaged. During their battle at Dressrosa, this, Sandai Kitetsu, and Wado Ichimonji, could cut apart Pica's stone golems without much effort. His first notable feat being cutting a massive galleon ship in half moments before reuniting with the Straw Hat Pirates, and then decapitated Dragon Number Thirteen, mirroring Ryuma's legendary feat. In conjuncture with his improved strength and skills, Shusui enhances the effectiveness of Zoro's One Sword Style much greater than Wado Ichimonji or Sandai Kitetsu. Īfter training with Dracule Mihawk for the next two years, Shusui is noted as having become Zoro's favored blade and has overcome its negative attributes. Another being that it was heavier than his previous sword, all of which makes the sword much harder to control. The most notable being that it turned out to be a "problem child", no different from Sandai Kitetsu, causing too much destruction when cutting. Zoro's hardened swords cut through Pica's hardened body.Īlthough, Shusui can deal extremely powerful and heavier strikes, there's some major problems that comes with it. In Zoro's hands, Shusui could deflect the Zombie Oars' punch when wielded horizontally, then made a giant flying slash after using Hyaku Hachi Pound Ho, absorbing the flying slashes produced by his two swords, thereby increasing its already destructive power. Zoro noted that if their fight continued then Shusui would've broken Sandai Kitetsu and Wado Ichimonji, both swords created by some of the best Wano swordsmith. As shown when the modified Zombie Ryuma, in addition to his strong body empowered Brook's Fencing Sword Style, making it much stronger and destructive than a Gentle Blade. In addition to being much heavier than Yubashiri, Shusui has the distinct trait to increase its wielder's destructive power. Zoro believed requiring Shusui would be absolutely necessary for him to win against Kaidou and the Beast Pirates in the upcoming Onigashima Raid. In the past, Ryuma was most known using it to behead an enormous Dragon that appeared over Wano with little effort. As such, Zoro commented such a trait makes Shusui durable, to the point where even if a Dinosaur stepped on it, the blade wouldn't bend a millimeter. It was most known as the signature sword of the legendary Samurai, Shimotsuki Ryuma, which became a permanent Black Blade. ĭuring the Dressrosa Arc in the manga, Shusui's hamon was changed to red, most likely to match its anime color.Īs one of the 21 Great Grade Swords, Shusui is one of the finest swords in the world and the national treasure of Wano. Shusui has a traditional sheath, but a pattern of circles in their thirds can be found stretching across it.Īfter the Thriller Bark Arc, Zoro wrapped a sageo rope around the upper part of the sheath, although this was not shown in the anime until after the timeskip. A saw hamon pattern adorns the sides of this blade in a shining dark magenta while the hamon of the blade is colored purple, though it is equally as dark as the black bo-hi. There are two half-circle holes on each side of the blade.
The crossguard is in the shape of a flower, with the sides being dark gold but the edge is normal gold. The kashira is identical to the kojiri found at the end of the sheath. Shusui has a solid hilt with a samegawa wrapped around it. In descriptive terms, Shusui is a Hira Zukuri katana with a black blade. Kashira, tsuba and kojiri end cap are golden, and the sheath is black, decorated with dark red circles split into even thirds.
It also has no accessories on the hilt, being wrapped with black silk. Shusui is a black blade that has as distinct white (reddish-purple in the anime) reverse wave hamon (hardening line) that is of a Kanemoto style and its tsuba (handguard) has flower-like edges in the shape of an octofoil.
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