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Zoro Was Almost Part of Buggy’s Crew in Early Drafts

Before finalizing the story of One Piece, Eiichiro Oda had a different path in mind for Roronoa Zoro. Early drafts showed Zoro as a pirate working under Buggy the Clown, which would’ve placed him on the opposite side of the story’s main crew. Thankfully, Oda changed course and introduced Zoro as Luffy’s first crewmate. That decision helped define the Straw Hat dynamic and gave fans one of the most loyal and iconic swordsmen in all of anime.