follow me into the rain

Thanks! I have to admit I never noticed the "BF36" thing until someone on a discussion forum pointed it out. I pretty much steal ideas from all over.

Zoro and his swords are interesting. He does seem to think the strength of the blade and the will of its owner is the same, right? And there's that arresting line in Arlong Park (paraphrased), "Johnny, Yusaku! Lend me your swords - your souls!" I re-read the Ryuma fight the other dayin the Swedish translation, and noticed he claimed to only be carrying the broken Yubashiri for balance. Yet later we saw him doing a kind of funeral ceremony for it, next to Brook remembering his old crew. I took that to mean that Zoro felt the spirit of Yubashiri would be at rest now, knowing Zoro had found a worthwhile successor.

(I may be over-analysing things...)