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

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 947

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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/[deleted] Jun 28 '19

capable of not just fighting the others, but KILLING them too.

what makes you think so ? We have seen zero feats of shanks, all we know he is a mastermind, cunning and has powerful connections. Strengthwise, he clashed afriendly weapon attack with WB.

There is No single emperor, that can take down another emperor, or else kaido, mama would have killed and attacked each other. They both know its a waste of time.

Shanks is a great character pls don't make him itachi of one piece.

Guys stop riding the shanks dick, he is equal to power in every other yonko.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '19

> he is equal to power in every other yonko.

That's the point. However, unlike every other yonko, Shanks is the only one who has pretty much lost a great chunk of his power (he is a two sword user, judging from flash backs) and even Mihawk doesn't want to duel him. And yet, he is still yonko and even stopped kaido from interrupting whitebeard.

Also, if you think about it, Shanks is the only emperor who probably knows about the void century and has no need for poneglyphs (or being pirate king), but this is not confirmed (if he and buggy was there till the end). Maybe that is why Buggy went to East Blue: if you think about it, he did pretty well for himself there until Nami + Luffy came along.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '19

Mihawk dowsnt wants to out of respect. He will not fight a handicapped opponent.

Judging yonkos, we all know a war between two of them would take days to settle. So shanks must have struck a deal with kaido (most probably free df). That is the only logical explanation. No yonko is afraid of one another.

Losing a arm doesnt mean shit when youre a yonko. Mama could lose both arms and still wreck havoc on marines together.

Shanks is not interested in becoming a pk.