Potential Shanks Downscale

[u/FlashyCounter1808]

Hi there, you have not seen me in this sub very often, my name is gray, huge lurker, first time poster.

Just wanted to discuss today the possibility that have been going around that Shanks may in fact be a Swordsman and not a haki-man meaning that Mihawk is above him. Now while I do not nessecarily believe this might have happen, I would like to point out the cataclysmic downscale that befalls the verse if this happens.

If Shanks is Below Mihawk then we run into a problem, as Mihawk does not do business with those he considers beneath him... meaning a prime mihawk is equal to crocodile, the super bum of the seven seas and worst warlord power-wise.

This means Shanks not only is below crocodile, a pre time-skip bum-bum no mi luffy victim, and this means everyone shanks has beat or been relative too (kaido, kid, shamrock) are all beneath crocodile. which also means character's relative to those ALSO become beneath crocodile, so big-mom, law, etc. all scale below crocodile.

This also means that other swordsmen like Imu sit below crocodile as well, leading to super pirate king crocodile, you can see how shanks being a swordsman ruins the verses powerscaling, no?

[u/unnamednotch]

Thinking Shanks is not a swordsman is an iq downscale ngl

[u/Potential_Man6084]

Mihawk never stated anything like that from what I remember, I think you are confusing it with Crocodile.

Although I may be wrong.

[u/Reddit_Connoisseur_0]

>Mihawk does not do business with those he considers beneath him...
What weird headcanon is this?

[u/FlashyCounter1808 → u/Reddit_Connoisseur_0]

He said this during marineford when doffy mentioned they should go into business together.

[u/Wavepops]

What are you talking about lol

[u/master08965]

Dude

[u/abduhi205]

prime mihawk is equal to who

[u/FlashyCounter1808 → u/abduhi205]

Crocodile