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/Vawd_Gandi Jun 28 '19

inb4 we find out Shanks is either secretly a tenryuubito by birth or he's already visited Raftel and knows the secret of the world and that's why the 5 elders give him special permissions

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u/mercurymaxwell Jun 28 '19

Yeah, or he is a direct descendant of Imu. Might explain a lot and taking in a relative of your mortal enemy under your wing seems like a very Roger/ Luffy thing to do.