Anybody else think that this Shimotsuki Ushimaru guy is going to end up being related to Zoro?
Not only does he seem to have looked kind of like Zoro, but his family name is the same as the village where Zoro's dojo is (the name of it is Shimotsuki Village). Doubt it's a coincidence.
My guess is Ushimaru is Zoro's father. Twenty years ago (when Zoro was only a year or two old), I'm guessing he changed Zoro's last name to "Roronoa" and had him sent to East Blue to escape Kaido. Would make a nice story for Zoro to end up taking up his father's sword and using it to help avenge him.
Not only does he seem to have looked kind of like Zoro, but his family name is the same as the village where Zoro's dojo is (the name of it is Shimotsuki Village). Doubt it's a coincidence.
My guess is Ushimaru is Zoro's father. Twenty years ago (when Zoro was only a year or two old), I'm guessing he changed Zoro's last name to "Roronoa" and had him sent to East Blue to escape Kaido. Would make a nice story for Zoro to end up taking up his father's sword and using it to help avenge him.