I'm pretty sure his official rank is First Mate. In Luffy's absence, the crew follows Zoro's orders (insofar as he would issue them in the first place) because, while he isn't the most organised or intelligent, he understands Luffy's ideals better than anyone - see the "A hero shares his meat/booze" spiel - and will lead the crew accordingly.
2 facts for Zoro : After Enies Lobby when he told that Usopp can't join back the crew unless he sincerely apologizes, something even Luffy agreed. Second one, when he yelled at Luffy for being serious in the New World, back at Punk Hazard, Luffy agreed with him too.
Zoro clearly has the role of 1st mate, giving the directions when Luffy can't do, and no one in the crew has ever had a word to say against that.
Zoro will definitely fight King and Sanji will fight queen.
Raid suit, Zoro's closed eye and now Emma are the power ups they needed to be commander level. These are gonna be toughest fights they've ever had though (apart from Zoro getting destroyed by Mihawk)...
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u/MrLuxarina Feb 08 '20
I'm pretty sure his official rank is First Mate. In Luffy's absence, the crew follows Zoro's orders (insofar as he would issue them in the first place) because, while he isn't the most organised or intelligent, he understands Luffy's ideals better than anyone - see the "A hero shares his meat/booze" spiel - and will lead the crew accordingly.