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Zoro Sword Replacement Kit-of-Two
Status: confirmed · Technique: chekhov-explicit, prop-tell
The seed
The payoff
Zoro acquires the replacements at Matsu’s Sword Shop in Loguetown:
Sandai Kitetsu / Kitetsu III (named on-page page 12; acquired via luck-vs-curse bet page 15)Implied second sword (Yubashiri-name-pending) — Matsu’s wife (page 16): “Imagine a miser like you giving away your shop’s treasures.” — confirms an off-panel additional high-grade gift. Name canonization is Ch. 98-forward-pending.
Caption-payoff (Zoro internal, page 16): “Ahh, having three swords… makes me feel whole again.” The three-sword identity-kit is operationally re-completed.
Forward-pattern
The Loguetown-replacement-kit (Wado + Kitetsu III + Yubashiri) is the canonical Zoro three-sword configuration from Ch. 97 forward, until Yubashiri is destroyed by Shu at Enies Lobby and replaced by Shusui at Thriller Bark.
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