OH MY GOD.
I completely missed that, this is simply amazing!!!
It's literally a symbol of a "secret patron," as you rightly noted — the petals aren't just "haphazardly" arranged due to their fall, but are arranged in a "flower" shape.
Let's think about who could "collect" them?
Hiyori is, at first glance, the most obvious option (but only at first glance).
She really did "care for" Zoro while he was unconscious. But ask yourself, why would Hiyori, who was already there "every day", do something like that?
This doesn't fit Hiyori's character — she's always open, assertive, and unabashedly expresses her thoughts and feelings. She tells Zoro straight to his face, in front of everyone, that she "washed" him, or "Did you enjoy sleeping with me?" Hiding behind ambiguous floral patterns is completely out of character for her.
This gesture is more likely to belong to a "secret patron" or someone who expresses care silently and delicately. Who could it be? (:
Of course, I believe Robin did it.
Let me explain why.
It's perfect from a symbolic perspective.
Robin is always associated with flowers.
She has her own flowerbed on Sunny.
Her fruit is Hana-Hana (literally translated as Flower-Flower).
Similar petals appear when she uses her power.
And most importantly — she leaves flowers. Think of Ryunosuke in the Zoa arc, or, even closer, she was with O-Toko at Yasu's grave in Wano and left flowers there.
It's Robin's way of expressing silent respect, reverence, and care where words are unnecessary. If I'm not mistaken, she's the only character in the arc who consciously makes such "flowery" gestures.
Do you really believe Robin wouldn't check on Zoro and Luffy? Remember Thriller Bark, when Robin was also there for Zoro when he was unconscious after "Nothing Happened".
Or remember Dressrosa, when Luffy was unconscious after the battle, she also took his Straw Hat and placed it next to him.
Silently placing a neat little flower on Zoro's pillow while he was unconscious — that's totally her style!
She treats flowers very carefully, and I can easily imagine her arranging the fallen petals into a flower-like pattern.
Also, I might be exaggerating, but I think the "flower" the petals are arranged in bears some resemblance to a dahlia.
For those who don't know, Robin's fruit Hana-hana no mi is a dahlia.
Want another "coincidence" or just a fun fact?
There's a variety of this flower called the Dahlia Zorro.
If you want to hide something, put it in plain sight. Right? xd
Dahlia Zorro
Finally, I was able to tell about this somewhere…
So I think this flower pattern of petals is clearly no coincidence, because in the shot where they are shown from the side, this is also visible!
It's very similar to the "little kiss" for ZoRobin from the anime adaptation.
And of course, your art…
Do I even need to tell you how beautiful they are?…
Just take this as a "big comment" xd
Thank you! 💚💜
I'd like to take this opportunity to once again share links excellent posts about Wano by @hapifangurl and @kathitah
One of my favorite posts ever by @hapifangurl
Revisiting some scenes of Wano by @kathitah
Their joint observations (including about flowers)
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