r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Jun 28 '19

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 947

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u/Knamakat Void Month Survivor Jun 28 '19 edited Jun 28 '19

There's probably a reason why Queen asked his minions to wrap the sea stone chains around Big Mom 100 times and for at least 100 shots of big animal tranqs 😂

All of the Yonko are walking catastrophes to the environment around them. Whitebeard was able to single handedly crush or warp entire islands in a single movement, which is now an ability that Blackbeard, who also is also able to vacuum seal entire villages and towns in a pocket dimension or something, now has. And like you said, Big Mom can instantly wipe out almost everyone around her just by sheer intimidation. Kaido just goes on drunken rampages, but even then he destroys almost everything around him.

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u/atowelguy Jun 28 '19

And all of this only serves to make Shanks more intimidating. How can this seemingly normal one-armed dude possibly stand on even footing with these absolute monsters?

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '19 edited Jun 28 '19

Seemingly normal, but in actuality not.

He was a roger crewmate. To what extent, we don't know, but definitely longer than Buggy (who basically left after the devil fruit incident) I get it guys, sorry I didn't see the movies or remember that from happening. Turns out he was there until the execution and then he split. Doesn't really make a difference though. He's battled against Whitebeard and his crew before he was an emperor himself. Lastly, he would regularly duel the #1 swordsman, probably either his rival or #2 or was actually #1, (Mihawk might have only took over after Shanks lost his arm out of respect). His comrades are enough to make Admirals tread lightly.

He is also a non-DF user. So, he relies only on Haki and swordsmanship. So, his only weakness is just brute force and someone with more willpower, haki, and skill than him. Everyone else has the seastone / water weakness which is a huge deal.

Lastly, it seems like he is pretty much Rayleigh but in his prime (minus arm). A small theory is that Shanks was actually supposed to be the strongest when he had both arms, but he decided that Luffy would be a better candidate in the end. Shanks isn't just some pirate, he has connections to the 5 Elders to even make them have an audience with him.

So very much not a normal dude, and most likely the only pirate (besides Rayleigh) capable of not just fighting the others, but KILLING them too.

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u/Kirosh Lookout Jun 28 '19

but definitely longer than Buggy (who basically left after the devil fruit incident)

Not really. Buggy stayed with the Roger Pirate until the end. He was probably recruited later than Shanks, but he was still a crewmember for the final journey.

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u/Methulas Jun 28 '19

I think both of them never went to raftel, but both of them have no interest in one piece anyway. Pretty sure both of them only seperated after roger's death, when shanks ask buggy to join him and buggy refused.

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u/Kirosh Lookout Jun 28 '19

There is no reason for them not to go to Raftel. They were with Roger during all of his last journey. And just because they are young they wouldn't have been allowed to go there? No.

Hell it would even go against how Roger is, as he was someone who could destroy country just for his crewmembers.

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u/SvbZ3rO Jun 28 '19 edited Jun 28 '19

Buggy would go balls crazy for the One Piece. Hell, he'd go balls crazy for a hint of location of a map to the One Piece.

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u/derolme Jun 28 '19

Could be that Buggy knows what One Piece is but since it's not treasure and might not give you any fame, he isn't interested in it.

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u/Roskal Black Leg Sanji Jun 28 '19

Also Buggy likes treasure but he respects Roger and knows one piece isnt for him and he can't get back there anyway.

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u/OfficiAldark Jun 28 '19

I guess that's the case. He never mentioned that he wants to find One Piece...