Zoro's first near-death experience occurred at the Baratie in East Blue when he faced Dracule Mihawk, whom he had longed to defeat. Realizing he couldn't win, Zoro still stood firm against Mihawk.

As we get a glimpse of Zoro soon after, he’s unable to move his body as is quite literally starting death in the face. The visage of the grim reaper looms overhead as he’s unable to dodge it ...

Before Zoro could fall to his death, Franky managed to save him in time. The swordsman has not been in action since then. One Piece Chapter 1051 reveals that Zoro is currently being taken care of ...

The previous chapters of the series then twisted the knife even more and teased that Zoro was very much on the brink of death as the impact of all the fights he has been in began to set into his ...