Zoro mouse pads for the desk

Our Zoro mouse pads and desk mats carry art inspired by Roronoa Zoro, the swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, printed edge to edge on a 3 mm neoprene pad with a fabric top, a non-slip base and stitched edges. Eight sizes are on offer, starting with an 11.8″ × 15.7″ (30 × 40 cm) pad for the mouse alone and ending with a 23.6″ × 47.2″ (60 × 120 cm) mat long enough for three drawn swords; nothing is printed until you order.

Zoro's page belongs to the One Piece section. The crew together, the ships, the flags and the world map are on the One Piece page, while Luffy, Nami, Shanks and Trafalgar Law each have a page like this one.

Swords and the shape of a desk mat

A desk mat is long and low, and so is a drawn katana. That simple match is why Zoro works so well on the larger sizes. A blade laid along the top edge of the mat runs above the keyboard instead of under it, so it stays in view however you arrange the desk, and a pair of swords crossed at one end leaves the middle free for typing.

Zoro's own stance helps too. He holds his swords out to the sides, with a third clamped in his teeth, so a front-on Zoro is almost as wide as he is tall. That pushes the drama of the image out to its edges, which is exactly where a keyboard won't cover it.

Santoryu: three swords, one in the mouth

Zoro fights in his own three-sword style, Santoryu, with a blade in each hand and the third held in his mouth. It is the detail that makes him recognizable even as a silhouette: three lines of steel radiating from one figure, and a jaw set hard around a hilt.

Close crops of his face, with the third sword between his teeth and its blade running sideways out of the frame, suit the long M size, 11.8″ × 27.6″ (30 × 70 cm), where the crop follows the strip from end to end. On the small pad, the same idea works with just his eyes and the edge of the blade.

Wado Ichimonji, Kitetsu, Shusui and Enma

Zoro's swords have names and histories, and a design built around them says a lot about which part of the story you care about.

• Wado Ichimonji: the white sword that belonged to Kuina, his childhood rival at the dojo, and the one he usually holds in his mouth. It stands for his promise to her that he will become the world's greatest swordsman.
• Sandai Kitetsu: a cursed blade he chooses in Loguetown by tossing it into the air and holding out his arm, trusting it to miss him. It does.
• Shusui: a black blade he wins at Thriller Bark from the zombie of the legendary samurai Ryuma.
• Enma: the sword of Kozuki Oden, which Zoro receives in Wano and has to learn to control, because it draws out its wielder's Haki.

A row of the swords laid side by side, sheathed or drawn, makes a calm, graphic design without a character in it at all. It suits a desk where you want One Piece to be there for you rather than for everyone else.

Green, gold and black

Zoro's own colors are green hair, three small gold earrings on his left ear and the black bandana he keeps knotted around his upper arm. Green is an unusual color on a desk, because so few peripherals come in it, and that works in a Zoro design's favor: on a black or charcoal desk, the green becomes the only real color in the setup, and it looks deliberate.

For accents, follow the gold rather than the green. A brass desk lamp, a keyboard with a gold-tone frame or warm light picks up the earrings, while green RGB at full brightness tends to make the art look flat. If you do light the desk green, keep it dim and let the pad carry the color.

When the bandana goes on

Most of the time, the bandana sits around Zoro's left arm. When a fight turns serious, he unties it and wraps it around his head, and the shadow it throws over his eyes is the series' shorthand for Zoro no longer holding back.

That gives you two Zoros to choose from. The bandana-on-the-arm version is relaxed, the swordsman who naps on deck between fights, and it suits an everyday desk. The bandana-on-the-head version belongs on a gaming setup: darker and more intense, eyes shaded, swords already drawn, a design that matches the moment a ranked match starts.

Scars that tell the story

Zoro's body keeps a record of his fights. The long diagonal scar across his chest comes from his first duel with Dracule Mihawk at the Baratie in the East Blue. Beaten, Zoro turns to face the final blow head-on, because a scar on the back is a swordsman's shame, and Mihawk respects him for it.

After the two-year timeskip, he returns with a second scar running down over his left eye, which he now keeps closed. The two eras give two very different designs. The young Zoro, both eyes open in a white T-shirt, is bright and simple; the older Zoro, one eye shut, is heavier and quieter, better suited to a dark desk and dim light.

Mihawk on the other side of the mat

Mihawk is Zoro's goal, the man he has sworn to surpass, and later, during the timeskip, the teacher who trains him. The two make a natural pair for a desk mat: Zoro at one end in green, Mihawk at the other with his hawk-like yellow eyes and the huge black blade Yoru, and the keyboard between them like the open ground before a duel.

Give a face-off like this the XL, 15.7″ × 35.4″ (40 × 90 cm), or something larger. On a narrow mat, the two figures drift too close to the center, and your hands end up covering one of them.

Asura

Zoro's most frightening technique, Asura, first used at Enies Lobby, makes him appear with three faces and six arms, holding nine swords. To the opponent facing it, the extra heads and arms look completely real, and the series leaves open exactly how it works.

Designs inspired by it are dark and crowded at the edges: a looming figure, nine blades fanning outward and a haze of shadow around them. That fan of swords needs both width and height to read properly, so it suits the deeper mats, where the arms can spread above the keyboard instead of disappearing beneath it. Pair it with a black desk and very little light.

Lost again

For all his discipline, Zoro has no sense of direction. He gets lost walking in a straight line, wanders off on island after island and insists that the path moved, not him. It is one of the longest-running jokes in One Piece.

That joke gives Zoro designs their lightest side: a baffled swordsman at a crossroads, signposts pointing every way, a compass needle spinning. They suit a younger fan's desk, a homework setup or anyone who has also, at some point, taken the long way around. A chibi Zoro asleep against his swords, his other famous habit, is just as easy to live with.

Zoro and Sanji

Zoro and Sanji argue about everything, and the crew mostly leaves them to it. Sanji calls Zoro "marimo", after the round green moss balls, and Zoro gives as good as he gets. Under the bickering, they are two of the crew's strongest fighters, and in Wano they take on Kaido's top officers, King and Queen, at the same time.

A mat that places them at opposite ends, green hair on one side and a blond head above a black suit on the other, has the balanced layout of a duel scene with a sense of humor added. It suits a desk shared by two One Piece readers, or a fan who refuses to choose between them.

For gaming and practice

Underneath the swords, a Zoro pad is the same pad as every other in our range. The fabric top gives a steady, even glide for tracking and quick corrections, the non-slip base keeps the mat planted when you snap the mouse across it, and the stitched edges stop fraying where your forearm drags. On a desk that hosts shooters as well as One Piece games, XL or larger gives a low-sensitivity setup the room it needs.

Sizes for a Zoro desk

Zoro designs aren't all offered in every size; each one's product page has its own list. These suit Zoro art.

Setup	Size	Good for
Mouse only	S, 11.8″ × 15.7″ (30 × 40 cm)	Wado Ichimonji or three crossed swords
Beside a laptop	TCG Mat, 14″ × 24″ (35.5 × 61 cm)	A chibi Zoro asleep against his swords
Long, narrow desk	M, 11.8″ × 27.6″ (30 × 70 cm)	A close crop with the blade in his teeth
Keyboard and mouse	XL, 15.7″ × 35.4″ (40 × 90 cm)	Zoro and Mihawk at opposite ends
Room above the keys	XXL, 23.6″ × 35.4″ (60 × 90 cm)	Asura with all nine swords
Wall to wall	4XL, 23.6″ × 47.2″ (60 × 120 cm)	His swords laid out in a row

For a long desk with little depth, the L, 11.8″ × 31.5″ (30 × 80 cm), and the 3XL, 19.7″ × 39.4″ (50 × 100 cm), are worth a look as well.

Gifts for a Zoro fan

A Zoro pad suits the friend who trains every morning, the kendo student, the one who quotes Zoro's promise to Kuina or simply the person in your group who always gets lost. Choose between the young swordsman and the scarred one before anything else, and if the desk is a mystery, an XL fits a standard keyboard plus mouse space on most desks without hanging over the edge.

Count on 1–3 business days in production; after that, the parcel usually crosses from Turkey to the US in 2–5 business days.

Keeping the green sharp

Zoro designs tend to be dark, with green and black dominating, which hides marks well but shows lint and dust. Wipe the surface with a lightly damp cloth whenever it looks dull. When a wipe isn't enough, sink it briefly in lukewarm water with a little mild soap, work over it with your hands, rinse it and squeeze the water out by pressing it into a dry towel, then let it air-dry flat. Keep it well clear of washing machines, dryers and irons.

A note on names

Roronoa Zoro, Dracule Mihawk, One Piece and the names of swords, techniques and places are mentioned here to describe what our designs draw on. Padrift has no connection with, and no sponsorship or endorsement from, Eiichiro Oda, Shueisha, Toei Animation, Bandai or Netflix.