## One Piece Chapter 51, pages 14-17: RORONOA ZORO FALLS INTO THE SEA - Chapter: 51 - Pages: 14-17 - Characters: Roronoa Zoro, Dracule Mihawk, Monkey D. Luffy, Baratie cooks ### Summary Page 14: Mihawk states calmly, "Yes, such is defeat." Zoro chuckles weakly, blood dripping from his mouth. "Haha... Then that's why I can't step back." Mihawk questions him further, "Even if it means your death...?" Zoro replies without hesitation, "I'd much rather die." Mihawk pulls his knife out of Zoro's chest. He thinks to himself, "What conviction he possesses! To rather choose death than defeat..." Mihawk then asks, "Kid... tell me your name." Page 15: Zoro steps back, spinning his swords to ready his stance once more. "Roronoa Zoro." Mihawk reaches over his shoulder and draws his massive, black, cross-shaped sword. "I shall remember it, and to pay my respect to you as a fellow swordsman, I shall end this duel with my black sword, the world's strongest sword. For your strength is not oft seen in this world." Page 16: The Baratie cooks panic upon seeing the giant blade. "He unsheathed it! That sword he used to cut our ship with!" Zoro prepares his ultimate stance, spinning his two hand swords rapidly like a windmill. "So this is it... The final blow... If I miss here, I'll die... To be the world's strongest... or to die here and now...!" Luffy screams desperately, "Bro, that's enough! Stop!" Zoro ignores him, fully committed to the attack. "SANTOURYYUU OUGI! (Three swords style secret)" Page 17: Zoro and Mihawk charge at each other, crossing paths in a massive, explosive clash. "SANZEN SEKAI!! (3000 worlds)" As they pass each other, the blades of Zoro's two hand swords shatter into pieces. Zoro stands frozen, realizing the outcome. "I lost... I'm no match for him... So this is... the strength of the world's strongest...! Never even thought about the possibility of losing..." Mihawk calmly begins to sheathe his black sword.