## One Piece Chapter 1033, pages 11-12: Shimotsuki Kozaburo - Chapter: 1033 - Pages: 11-12 - Characters: Roronoa Zoro, Shimotsuki Kozaburo, Shimotsuki Village Children, Marines, Kuina, Enma ### Summary Page 11: In Zoro's memory, young Zoro finds the village geezer strange and asks whether he was really a samurai, because everyone at the dojo says he was. Kozaburo barks, "Quiet, boy!!" and warns Zoro that talking about him will bring the Marines down on his head. Zoro fires back, asking why the old man would care, and insults him as a useless old windbag. Despite their bickering, the old man trains with the children and lets them shout. This memory shows Kozaburo not as a distant legendary smith, but as the cranky old man Zoro knew by the shore. The page also explains why Zoro never understood the importance of the connection until now. Page 12: Young Zoro returns to Kozaburo after losing to Kuina again and says he needs to train nonstop. Kozaburo offers him practice swords, saying, "It's fine, take 'em, they're not much anyway," while Zoro protests that he has no money. Kozaburo explains his philosophy: swords exist to cut people down, and when smiths create them, they ensure the blades can take as many lives as possible. Zoro is shocked, but Kozaburo continues that each blade is like a person with a unique disposition, and a swordsman is someone who tames a sword's wild nature and bends it to his will. The memory gives Zoro the key to understanding Enma's behavior in the present.