okay first… it was on ep. 23 when he first got introduced in the anime. i was already loving the baratien arc and i was learning all about sanji so it was super interesting to me. and ofc with the whole don krege fight between him and luffy was really good and since the villain got defeated i was like “oh okay, arcs over.” right?

WRONG.

A WHOLE SHIP GETS SLICED IN HALF BRUH

DO YOU RELIZE WHAT YOUNGER ME WAS THINKING BACK THEN???????

AND THEN- the whole krege crew is going crazy like “he going to kill us!!!” and then they show mihawk and i’m like wtf i was expecting a whole MONSTER not a man with really good style

younger me was thinking “there’s no way that dude in that tiny ass boat sliced a whole ship.”

BUT THEN ZOROS REACTION LOOK-

YOUNGER ME THOUGHT ZORO WAS SO FREAKING STRONG THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD GET DEFEATED BUT MY GUY IS SHAKING IN HIS BOOTS SO GUY IN THE TINY BOAT MUST BE STRONG

and then the actual fight… this was where mihawk just grabbed me by the collar and never let go.

i was thinking dude your about to die but i was so wrong

my jaw DROPPED.

I WAS ON THE GROUND

I WAS LIKE WTF HOW IS HE SO STRONG

also all of his little poetic sayings during the fight really made me simp for him just a bit harder

and i really thought he was going to kill zoro but he didn’t he ended up mildly injuring him <33

(i’m really sorry for all the zoro slander)

and then mihawk leaves and I’m like okay i officially like him I’m going to be watching out for him but he doesn’t come back for THE LONGEST TIME EVER

i was so mad cause younger me could not sit and watch more than 10 episodes a week. I CAN WATCH 10 EPISODES IN A DAY NOW.

but then he just shows up out of nowhere with the crews first bounty’s and he has zoro’s so i’m like aw he actually paid attention and remembered him and is watching him

AND THEN

he shows up for the 3rd time at the first warlord meeting (and the way he walks in bruh, all nonchalantly 🧎🏽‍♀️🧎🏽‍♀️🧎🏽‍♀️) also i think this is where doffy caught my attention too

BUT THE WAR ARC IS WHAT DID IT FOR ME BRUH

HE LOOKED SO FINE

SO GOOD

THIS RIGHT HERE

SCREAMED

I HAD TO WALK OUT OF THE ROOM.

and also not only that but just the general visual of him they offered were really pretty to me

like omg he’s so handsome 🤧

but moving on-

i also really liked how he didn’t want to fight shanks and as much as he acts like he’s so annoyed by him he thinks of shanks as a friend even if he won’t admit it

okay but shahondy arc-

please it was so funny when they revealed that he lives on an island literally called “gloom island.” and his castle? it fits him so well

but the visuals they gave when zoro asked for his training…. HAHAAHAABDKDNKABXKCB

HES SO- HES JUST SO-

and ik looking back at all of this it’s funny cause i’m explaining the quick version but this was all drawn out over YEARS that i watched the show. i didn’t catch up with the show as a whole until only recently. and ofc in those years i saw some amazing fanfics and work so that also aided my addiction to this fine man