I think Shanks is using Luffy but for the right reasons. He wants Luffy to reach Laughtale and obtain the One Piece before Blackbeard does. So he'll join the race to give Luffy that extra competitive push.
This seems like the most likely situation and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Considering that the last time they met, Luffy promised he’d beat Shanks and gather a crew even better than his, I think that’s what Luffy would want too tbh.
I disagree, If he was using Luffy he'd be pointing him somewhere, he's let him run loose. You can't use someone or something without directly controlling it
Honestly it almost seems like the reason he’s making his move now is because now with the defeat of Kaido and Big Mom, Shanks is arguably the strongest pirate around. He’s almost like a hunter waiting for the perfect moment before going in for the kill
He was already the strongest even with kaido and big mom. Dudes basic conquerors haki knocks out vice admirals and made kizaru and Fujitora nervous and retreat just so they wouldn’t fight bim
@@kiraamv5507 Yeah thats most definetly the case, you prob need somebody who is joyboy to find laughtale, and since mytical zoans have a mind of their own the Nika Nika is definetly going to lead Luffy to the One Piece.
Shanks is definitely a good guy and a friend of Luffy's, but that still doesn't necessarily mean he won't be an antagonist. Luffy has pretty unambiguously stated that he wants to beat all of the Emperors, and what with Bartolomeo's shenanigans, the story seems to be building up some conflict between them. I could see the two crews butting heads and figuring out who's the best, but in a more friendly way than we've seen till now.
Shanks definitely will be testing out Luffy and company for the sake of increasing their power. Not to mention that Shanks has an insanely powerful Conqueror’s Haki, so it’ll be moreso friendly match, but pushed to extremes in some way.
I think that the One Piece can only be attained when joy boy is awakened, and that when Roger and his crew arrived to Laugh Tale they laughed because they found the greatest treasure but couldn't attain it since Joyboy hasn't been awakened yet. That's why I believe Shanks decided to take on Roger's dream/journey in his stead, since he became ill and couldn't live to the day Joyboy is awakened, and find the perfect candidate for the Nika fruit, hence Luffy, and wait for Joyboy to awaken to finally be able to attain the One Piece and complete Roger's journey/dream.
Nah I'm not buying that Shanks is completely evil. His role might be the ultimate barrier entrusted by his very own captain Roger to filter the fittest candidate for the next Joy boy.
I remember in the flashback of wano there was a scene where Roger said something to shanks and shanks started to cry or something like that. Was it his'instructions
@@tistakere5055 right bruh..shanks already knew in the first place who shall eat that DF..it's not an accident in the first place that he let Luffy eat that DF..
Kurouma is probably like high-vice admiral level, there were other vice admirals with that naming scheme, Chaton (brown pig) and Momousagi (pink rabbit) who were admiral candidates but Ryokugyu and Fujitora were chosen over them. They probably give those codenames to the most powerful marines, including butnot limited to the admirals. I wonder if Sengoku had a name like that before he became fleet admiral, maybe "Kinyagi" (Gold goat) since his DF is a gold Buddha and he likes goats
I wonder what devil fruits those two (Chaton and Momousagi) possess... Chaton might have an earth logia (because of Brown) and Momousagi... I don't know.
I think one of 2 things: Shanks is using Luffy to pave his own way towards the One Piece and keep the attention off himself Or Shanks has been leaving breadcrumbs for Luffy to follow towards the One Piece since the start
Usopp meeting his dad is definitely gonna be so emotional since they both haven’t seen each other in a long time, and well Usopp will definitely be pissed since Yassop did leave him and his mother to join Shank’s crew. But what’s going to be more emotional is when Usopp has to break the news to Yassop that his wife died
I think it's the complete opposite. Usopp looks up to his father and that's why he told tall tales that imitated what he imagined his pops was doing -- being a brave warrior of the sea with a crew of 5000 pirates. As for the issue with his sick mother that passed away, yeah, I think that'll warrant at the very very least a mean right hook from Usopp into his Dad's jaw as he tells him what happened to his mother and calls him a deadbead, etc, at which case, I really hope that Yassop had no idea at all, because I think watching him break down emotionally at that instance will be healthy to slightly balance his title as a deadbeat dad if he shows true remorse and turmoil over not knowing the fate of his wife and the life that Ussop had to live. In the end though, I know for a fact that Usopp doesn't regret his father becoming a pirate, just you know, maybe next time send some gold you pillaged back to the village ya deadbeat!
@@Kekimus Ah, damn, really? Well, then yeah... Usopp can go suplex him then. 👍 though on a side note, she died of an "incurable disease" ... I wonder if the incurable disease that Roger had was something similar. Such as cancer, a tumour, etc. Something that in the world of one piece can *happen to anyone* but doesn't have a cure. Just a random side thought since they both had incurable illnessess.
I think Shanks was hanging around Wano in case Luffy's fight went badly, so he could step in like he did a Marineford to keep Luffy alive, or reclaim his devil fruit if he died
@@pcbangbros8350 maybe not 2 yrs bc Oda wants Shanks to have more screen time in the Movie. Maybe that's the first step of involving him more in the story
My thoughts & opinions of the chapter: 1. I will accept that Ryokugyu's power is a Logia for now. But if he shows some properties that aren't purely that of a Logia, I'll bet that it will confirm that there are more Devil Fruits where their respective awakenings were so dangerous & powerful, the Government had no choice but to change their names. Plus the possibility that that Luffy isn't the only one with Mythical Zoan that wasn't entirely based on a Mythological creature or individual that already exists. 2. Despite what the news says, It's good to know that Sabo isn't dead/captured, and that he did rescued Kuma, and probably Vivi & Bonny. However, I still fear that they could be in danger since they may not be able to safely contact Dragon & the others. Which means that Luffy will have no choice but to go & help them by any means necessary! And I believe that just like what Ace did to save Luffy, his younger brother may also take the same risks he did in order to save Sabo. 3. I don't know exactly what Shanks meant when he said "it's time to go for the One Piece", since he never saw it himself, or he was speaking to Luffy the same way when he left Ace & WB's resting place? But if Bartolomeo (& the rest of Grand Fleet) is somewhat involved in this, then I believe he may trigger a big event during the final saga where Luffy will learn that there’s more to being a great pirate & an Emperor than strength alone (regardless on how he learns it). As well as Bartolomeo receiving a real character development where just like most fictional fan boys (such as Deku from MHA & Spider-Man from MCU), he too needs to renounce his childish ways in order to be the best grand fleet commander he believes to be, as well as helping Luffy be the Pirate King!
i dont think its a matter of if, i also didnt know this because i am new to reading the series, used to be anime only, but on a cover artwork story, oda drew bart and the fleet burning shanks flag.
@@gevoian either way, I still want Luffy to start being a smarter & more thoughtful pirate (at least close to Shanks on that topic), and for Bartolomeo to have a character arc similar to Izuku & MCU Peter Paker.
To be fair, luffy is already being forced to learn that lesson. He needed 5000 comrades in wano. He needed bege/minks/etc in wc. I think you're right, but him learning that lesson is probably closer than you think
Don’t forget Bonney was at the reverie as well. It’s possible Oda is setting us up to think Vivi is with the Revolutionaries, but what if she’s with Bonney instead? Probably just hopeful thinking on my part. I’ve been dying to know more about Bonney since Blackbeard tried to use her to barter with the Marines.
Bonney was the one who tried to kill Charlos I assume. And I think Vivi got abducted on Imus orders. He had her picture in his hand when the Gorosei were talking about which light should be put out.
Also, remember Cobra wants to have a meeting with Gorosei so most likely Gorosei is the one who killed Cobra and might be Vivi too but failed because Sabo entered the scene and escape with Vivi
Shanks is the ultimate strategist. I think he knows what's coming and the certain pirate he spoke about to the gorosei was definitely BB but I think he asked them to make buggy a yonko knowing more people would join buggys fleet now that he's a yonko and his ability to draw people in would only make him the perfect Allie in the upcoming war. Shanks knows if anyone else was made yonko they wouldn't side with them so having buggy as yonko would only benefit both WG and pirates against the real threat BB
"As I'm sure you all know, Oda uses symbolism, pattern repetition, and inversion as part of storytelling and worldbuilding. Over the years, the community has discovered many of these things, yet there are still many details that are overlooked."
I promise you, people are going to be upset when they realise these things aren’t as intentional as they think. Oda is a human, humans have biases and tropes and patterns they go to naturally.
@El camino de la paz ❤️ It’s not about difficulty, it’s about trying to make everything seem deeper than it is. Ohara has literally used the fact that two characters have hit a bell in different chapters as a parallel. Even though it’s happened multiple times before. The OP of this comment. Has another comment where they say things like Luffy starting this arc happy is a parallel.
I have assumed for a while that if a Sea Logia exists, Imu has eaten it. In a world where Pirates are the biggest issues to maintaining a group like the World Nobles and where the most insane powers all come with a weakness of ocean water, being able to control the ocean would be the best power to maintain control. Plus it could also play into the oppression of fishmen since Poseidon and Fish Man martial arts would both be able to heavily assist devil fruit users in a case where they need to take someone on who controls ocean water. Especially since the holy land is so far above the sea level that being able to control the sea kings wouldn’t be a major factor in a war taking place there.
"control the ocean be the best power to maintain control". It will also explain why Haki, and DFs are the key to being the strongest as only haki would overcome this problem.
With an admiral seeing momo I feel that when greenbull reports back about seeing a new dragon, will lead into the reveal of Vegapunk recognizing that the fruit he made was not a failure after all
@@ranie4877 the fruit momo ate was made by vegapunk but he thought it was a failure and threw it away. Caesar took and used that fruit as a basis for his SMILE fruits.
Oda's message about revealing all the mysteries was pretty on point. 1054 went a long way confirming many of the unanswered questions we had between the Reverie and the end of Wano. It makes me curious how long we'll need to wait to get the answers about Hancock's and Coby's encounter (pretty confident Weevil and Mihawk could hold their own and Buggy's survival is already taken care of.) Perhaps Oda's working his way backwards, saving the early mysteries for closer to the end.
Great to hear that I'm not the only one being kinda hyped for Kurouma. The naming scheme as you mentioned but also organizationwise it would make sense that the marines have a branch for internal affairs and to me at least it would also make sense if they're close to the admirals in power as well as that we didn't know of them yet because there was no reason for them to be introduced.
I still think that shanks knows something about the relationship between the one piece and devil fruits. The fact that there are no devil fruit users on his crew even though they have had some in their possession before speaks volumes. Perhaps there is an undersea trial waiting for those that would claim the one piece, making it theoretically impossible for a fruit user to get there (unless they had some sort of insane cartoon powers that ignore physics, that is!)
@@azure3225 Roger was able to reach laugh tale just fine, he was just too early. Fruit users might not be able to get that far by normal means even when the destined hour has arrived.
Shanks never really mentored luffy or taught him anything, except by example. Luffy himself shows that he respects the pirate flag in drum island. Shanks was more of an inspiration to luffy of the ideal pirate.
One of my favorite things about these new developments is that they’re doing right by Sabo and making him more than just the Ace replacement a lot of the fanbase saw him as
Admirals and vice admirals seem to have a certain theme to them. CHINESE ZODIACS Akainu, red DOG Aokiji Blue PHEASANT/ROOSTER Kizaru yellow MONKEY Fujitora purple TIGER Aramaki Green BULL/OX Tensei black HORSE Gion pink RABBIT Koby (possibly RAT) Smoker white SNAKE(name of his move) Sengoku GOAT maybe You will have to make the other connections lol brain is fried
Yes is like a reverse Saint Seiya, where Saints are zodiac based also. Plus stars and astrology is important in One piece, because the world is on islands, so people like Nami are important because the use stars and Astronomy to navigate.
I love just how in every video Manu makes something diffrent. Either camera angle, or cutting style, or background, or type of video, or how he narrates etc etc etc, Shows the hard work, that he always wants to step up his quality and make good content (and that clearly he has some kind of Problem lmao love you manu)
Theory. Shanks has filled his crew with people who hold the ideals of Nika/joyboy. They all give the same energy luffy does when it comes to parties. And it would explain why shanks left the fruit so unguarded. He knew the fruit would chose someone and was just waiting until it happened. And was completely surprised when some random kid was the one it chose
It feels like Oda is setting up a plot for conflicting allies for Luffy. Sabo vs Vivi, Shanks vs Barto, etc. We always asked how could anyone stop Luffy when he has so many allies? Well, theres the answer.
Don't you guys think that the one who killed COBRA (King Of Alabasta) wasn't Sabo but someone from "Marine" or "Celestial Dragons" doing their dirty work under the name of "Revolutionary Army" and that vivi knew that her father was killed by "Marine" or "Celestial Dragons" and not by Sabo so she escaped with Sabo. What do you guys think ??
My current theory is that the world government kidnapped Vivi and since Cobra was dying anyway he had sabo kill him in order to spur on the revolution as long as he promised to rescue her. It's a stretch but man I'm going to be absolutely unbearable if I turned out to be right
Yeah, I feel you on that. After 20 years of weekly (sometimes every other week) of keeping up with One Piece it's going to be so weird to feel like somethings missing. But, at the same time, I want the story to end while the story is so good. I trust Oda will end the story on an extremely high note and probably even at a point that makes us CRAVE more. Only for him to say: "And that's the end of the romance dawn."
I've been ready for 2 years for it to be over. The story is really good. But I'm ready for the end. There are plenty of other great stories out there I don't need to spend half my day watching Ohara theory's. I don't have to but I will continue to do so.
I think Shanks knows everything about the One Piece, he knew that Roger was too early, also that now must be the right time to have the world war and I think that he forced Nika to awaken.
I really hope that shanks going after barto is a prologue to meeting Luffy, because Luffy might be angry at shanks for going after barto instead of talking to him, since what barto did was under luffy's name (even though he refused the grand fleet). If shanks will attack a friend of Luffy, it will be very conflicting later on.
Even tho Lucy rejected the fleet they act under their flag and name. They are also all friends of Liffey. I’m sure this Barto issue is the beginning of the grand fight it was mentioned that this fleet was going to participate in
10:00 You're wrong about this one. It's actually been confirmed twice that Fujitora's Devil Fruit is a Paramecia going by the name the "Press Press Fruit" and the name means the sound of heavy stomps. The first time it was confirmed was from a video titled (in japanese) "ONE PIECE Devil Fruit Summary ~ Paramecia Edition" on the Official One Piece youtube channel The second time it was confirmed was about 2 weeks ago during the month long break where we got special information pages and there was a devil fruit compendium and Fujitora was listed amongst the Paramecia users.
So if everybody till now in the marines with a logia is an antagonist. Maybe Fujitoras paramecium hints at the point that he won’t be forever an antagonist. Mind play an speculation activated xD
@@whitegold2960 that very well could be. Didn't Fujitora basically say he wants to change the way the marines/WG are from the inside? Between him, Smoker, and Coby... they may well become proper frienemies to Luffy by the end.
oh yeah remember when the gomu gomu no mi was actually confirmed to be a paramecia for over 1000 chapters?? And now its a mythical Zoan? Things change and storys unfold differently all the time. so Ohara saying Fujitoras fruit could possibly be a Logia is absolutely in the realm of reason and not as far fetched as you want to portray it. But Oh, i forgot you read the whole Devil fruit encyclopedia.
@@Sven-xw4zv I can almost guarantee you luffys fruit will be the only one that is “renamed”. Maybe Blackbeard’s too but I don’t think oda wants to start retconning a bunch of fruits. I don’t think fans want that either
The inversions and repetitions continue further, with both Camie and Kawamatsu being outcasts in their respective arcs due to their race. Furthermore, both the auction house and Udon prison are part of the underworld organization, which Doffy and Kaido are a part of. Luffy also enters both islands filled with joy. At Sabaody, he enjoys spending time with his crewmates at the amusement park, whereas Wano sees him excited to explore and learn about the country with Otama at his side. Both arcs see the Straw Hat crew keeping a low profile and being somewhat separated from one another. Both cases also see Luffy not maintaining a low profile, destroying the “illusionary hierarchy” Kaido has established in Wano and punching a Celestial Dragon in Sabaody. Both arcs eventually also see Admirals arrive, with inversions there as well. Kizaru accepts the order to go to Sabaody, whereas Ryokugyu seems to be going to Wano out of self-interest. Going back to the geographical inversions, maps of both areas also appear similar, with Sabaody made up of groves and Wano made up of regions. When Kizaru enters Sabaody, he destroys an entire grove for no reason, whereas Ryokugyu is seen bringing life to the desolate lands of Wano as he traverses them.
Man I am so glad I was born into this era!. Reading a manga as the chapters are coming out in the best part is really the best way to read a book because you have a week to digest every moment whereas if you binge read it, you kinda read over big parts and just go meh, next chapter. I caught up to One Piece when it was at Dressrosa and have been reading the weekly releases since then. My fav One Piece reviewer is Sawyer7Mage as the cake, a little dash of RogersBase candy, a sprinkle of Tekken101 and Ohara as the icing on top. It is going to be a fun and wild ride boys, let's do this.
I think it’s pretty clear that Luffy’s awakening is the trigger for shanks heading for the one piece and the reason he won’t meet with luffy on wano. Shanks didn’t accompany roger onto laugh take but was there on the Oro Jackson when the crew returned. He must’ve heard that the one piece was tied to joyboy and that roger was too early. He probably knew after luffy ate the devil fruit that he needed to wait for it to awaken. Upon seeing the picture of luffy in the new he must’ve known that the fruit was a awakened and he’d actually be able to obtain the one piece now. My guess is he might be waiting for luffy on laugh take when he arrives there because he would know roughly where it is (he literally sailed there with roger and just didn’t go on the island) but knows he needs luffy. While shanks likely isn’t evil they might have to clash on laugh take to determine which of them will get the one piece. Not something I think for sure will happen but just some points of interest I noticed after reading the chapter.
@@dandeliond.3560 I gotta agree with that assertion. Roger probably didn't leave or take anything from or at Laugh Tale. He likely got there too early like OC said, and without the recurrence of Joy Boy the island itself was useless. Roger's goal had always seemed to be to change the world, but since he wasn't able to, he would pass the mantle.
This chapter was everything we could ask for, Oda gave us some answers but he also brought even more questions and mysteries to life especially surrounding our one armed savior Shanks. I’m glad to be along on the final part of this journey with the whole community I’ve been here for all 25 years and this final saga will be the epitome of Oda going out with a bang.
with black horse you have 8 of the 12 chinese zodiac for the admirals Blue Bird-Aokiji Yellow Monkey-Kizaru Red Dog-Akainu Purple Tiger-Fujitora Green Bull-Ryokyugu Pink Rabbit-Momosagi Brown Pig-Tokikake Black Horse-Kurouma Snake, Dragon, Rat & Ram Remain My theory Smoker = White Ram Hina = Vermilion Snake Coby = Dragon (eats Kaido's Fruit) John Giant = Gray Rat this creates a marines vs straw hats zodiac matchup
The thing that gave me goosebumps reading this chapter is that Shanks quoting "claim the one piece" my thoughts are we claims things which we believe is ours.
If shanks, being a swordsman that he is, can also do what roger did to oden, the kamusari technique(heavenly departure) which is releasing the conqueror's haki as a sword wave(like a getsuga tenshou), then he is currently on roger's level and is still several levels above luffy.
@@furorteutonicus9045 Bro... the wano arc lasted 4 years.... so far... I hope it's over soon 😭Not that it wasn't an amazing saga, but god damn, that's a long long time! Bring us to Elbaf for the next 4 years, then we can do 4 years of Laughtale.
@@furorteutonicus9045 Oda recently said that there’s only a tiny bit of wano left so it should finish very soon. I’m thinking maybe 5 chapters left of wano. 🤷🏽♂️
07:34 i very much like that insight, and have been wondering myself lately on why is that and i assume since shanks in a mysterious way one of the most knowledge characters in one piece (going to whitebeard to try stop ace vs black beard before it even happened not being a part of the crew itself or meeting up casually with the gorosei) it kinda reminds me of the roger pirates themselves, afaik no one there also had a devil fruit (Talking about the roster which made it to the final island not including buggy) and i thought for a long time what could possibly be the reason for them reaching the end of their journey at the final island finding the so called treasured one piece and just starting to laugh their asses off, i believe its because they didn't have any devil fruit users among them, perhaps the one piece itself is related to devil fruits and another stage to its awakening perhaps if its a mythic creature it could revive it completely separately but i'm not sure its a direction or turn of events that is in the one piece spirit so just sharing my thoughts out here :)
Shanks was waiting for luffy to awaken his true power before meeting him. Looking back, we all thought that shanks saved luffy purely because he cares for him, but now it appears that the main reason why he saved luffy is because luffy has the hito-hito no mi model nika. That's also the reason why he gave luffy the strawhat, because it originally belonged to joyboy -- which is apparently luffy.
I think Shanks would save Luffy regardless because he considered Luffy as his friend already. However, what you said was true when he gambled his arm on Luffy!
In regards to Kurouma, there have been instances where Vice admirals got the same name scheme as the admirals (the animal then colour) . Specifically there is Chaton (brown pig) and Momousagi (peach rabbit). So I think that Kurouma is a Vice admiral but works in a specialised branch of the marines
wasnt it the chapter where we learned about rocks pirates or the one where garp talked about the rocks pirates for the first time i guess i think it was that moment with hina and him but i could be wrong
@@AGOPSKuzan was a pheasant not a rooster. In Tibetan some parts of Nepal The roosters just a bird but that feels like a stretch since a pheasant is a specific type of bird. In Japan it's a rooster
@@noremac7216 yeah I get your point but ODA's mind can be really hard to decipher. Maybe Aokiji is better than Aoondori in ODA's mind LOL. It's a bit of a stretch yeah but I'm still gonna go with the 12 zodiac vibe.
Shanks the more time progresses the shadier he becomes. In the first chapter him loosing Luffy to Higuma also seems sketchy, most likely it was intentional, as well as his sacrifice. Shanks most likely possesses future sight. Maybe everything he has done was to awaken the nika fruit to serve his own purpose.
@Zhou I thought the same thing as well. Just like Fujitora, I think Aramaki put people's welfare above anything else. His badmouth is just an act. Anyway, can't wait to see the development.
One seemingly not very important panel has cought my attention, when we see Shanks's retrospection we can see the sea monster that is attacking Shanks and Luffy and on the next panel we see close up on Shank's smile followed by close up of the ripped off arm. He may simply smile because he menaged to save Luffy, but why Oda is showing the smile to us in so limited retrospection with 3 panels in total. It always seemed odd to me that someone like Shanks lost his arm to a monster that was easily defeated by Luffy at the very beginning, i just assume that it was an early idea, but when it turns out that even the oldest idea were planned maybe Shanks purposefully let the moster to rip his arm off for some reason, maybe as a part of "manipilation" to arouse more emotions in Luffy, or something ;p
@@Thewindyfan after 1054 chapters of One Piece (not even mention other manga) i somehow menaged to figure out how to prperly read it xD The smile after the panel with ripped off arm is current Shanks, but there is also a panel with him smiling right before that and it's him in the past. There are 3 panels from the event in the water, on first we can see the moster, on the second Shanks's smile and ripped off arm on the thrird. It's not even clear if he is smiling after or before the attack, so if he smiled right before it means that he let the moster to do it ;p but even if it was after why he smiled and why Oda showed us the close up of the smile.
"You have to remember Luffy, the only reason I lost my arm is because you ate that fruit and mouthed off to those bandits. I'm gonna make you pay me back for my arm now." Bruh lol Luffy will know he's right, and he'll be conflicted between his two friends, and his guilt over Shanks' arm.
I found it weird that Yamato is there with the scabbards again while Kine'mon isn't present! Yamato also seems to follow Momo's commands/wishes! It still feels like Yamato is going to stay behind in Wano, with Momo and the scabbards!
@@kungfungus4047 Vivi will probably join the crew as “political negotiator” and the Straw Hats will start to slowly end up directly fighting the World Govt. Probably end up in an alliance with the Revolutionary Army and Sabo. Mainly because it’ll be revealed that the World Govt assassinated Cobra.
Maybe Shanks is using Luffy to get the one piece because only a member of the D family can actually obtain it or fully use it. Because the way he said and looked when he mentioned claiming the one piece have me thinking Shanks might be the villain
There are some things I am curious about now: As the 5 Elders mentioned, they know about the Gomu Gomu no Mi, and they have known. Then why did they not do a little more to protect it on the boat from this chapter? They must have known the Marines were carrying it right? Or it could be that no one thought it was important enough to tell the 5 Elders about it, as only a couple people know of course. Second thing: We can conclude that Shanks has known what the Gomu Gomu no Mi was from the moment the story begins in Foosha. First off, why handle the most powerful DF in such a careless manner for Luffy to just eat it like that. And if they planned for Luffy to eat it, why get as upset as they did? They know the government knows, so they put Luffy in huge danger by leaving him, waiting for the WG to find out he has the fruit. That baffles me anyway, the 5 Elders would have known Luffy has the Nika Fruit as soon as they found out he was made of rubber. Why didnt they send an admiral to his ass right from the start?
The first one, if they put like really strong dudes on the ship it would've dragged attention. There were no marines in the ship but cp agents but even they didn't know about it. Which means only the Gorosei and Imu knew about it. They probably didn't think anybody would know about it or come after it. The second is probably them underestimating Luffy and thinking he won't be able to awaken and act like dumbasses about it.
Simple. They themselves said the fruit had a mind of his own and always found away to sleep out of their hands. They did protected the fruit the best way possible by creating a false name and make people believe it was a weak devil fruit therefore no one would try to steal it. Hence why the CP9 agent (who’s who) wondered why Shanks was following if all they had was a weak fruit. Misinformation is the strongest security measure you can used to protect something so powerful. Just make people believe it simple and doesn’t have any value. If they were to announce it they were going to be constantly in war with emperors of the sea since Joy Boy is the basically the idol of all the strongest pirates. Back then white bears was still alive, Kaido, Big mom, Shanks and other strong pirates. It was the best move for the Government to hide the true nature of the fruit and just make it look like a simple devil fruit. Also, since for. 800 years no one had been able to awaken the fruits true power they just believed it no one would ever be able to awaken it. I think Shanks had an idea it was a powerful fruit, but not exactly which fruit until later. I feel like Gold D Roger or Rayleigh may have spoken to Shanks about the true nature of the fruit without giving too much detail. It is possible that Rayleigh may have told Shanks to get that fruit since it was important for the world to change.
The government put CP9 agents in charge, more would have raised suspicion. And Shanks probably wanted Ace to eat the Nika fruit, but the fruit itself might have called out to Luffy directly, leading to him eating the fruit without thinking about it.
Adding to what has been said, the Gorosei also said they think the nika fruit is just a tale since nobody has actually seen it for 800 years. they just confirmed is real because of Luffy awakened it
He already knows what it is and seen it he didn’t say “find the one piece” he said claim it. And I think that Shaka crews reason for no devil fruits is because the fight will be underwater with the fishmen and once the power of pluton and Uranus is used with Poseidon there will need to be strong people to fight the draining power of the sea
I think when u get close to the one piece if you have a devil fruit you get sick buggy got sick Roger got sick the reason whitebeard never got the one piece shanks knows this so no one on his crew have a devil fruit
Shanks suppose to eat the DF that he stole, shanks supposed to be the joyboy as per roger, since luffy ate it instead of killing luffy to regain the DF back shanks bet on the new age, now that luffy is capable of being a great pirate shanks can now fight with luffy all out as luffy is not a kid anymore and has a crew as strong as his, the emperror battle in godvalley would be insane.
Very unlikely if you ask me. If one’s gotta eat the fruit, he would eat it as soon as possible. Not bringing it over to small town bar and leave it to a kid randomly.
@@Kharock well on my perspective they just stole it and ep1 was them celebrating their victory of taking the DF, you dont stole and eat it there is no thief that heist a bank then spend their money after they just rob
In all likelihood, Imu wanted Vivi dead and Cobra took the proverbial bullet to save her. Sabo has almost certainly saved her and is currently bringing her to Kamabakka, Wano, or maybe he even had Kuma use his fruit to send her straight to meet back up with Luffy in Wano.
Every Movie is clue from Oda to next fight, so Movie Red will be a sign when Luffy kick Uta (because he know Uta is Bad) so Luffy will doing same to Shanks (if He knows Shank is Bad Guy)... See Movie Stampede, Luffy KO Bullet with a huge fist and next Luffy KO Kaido with same punch, a very huge Fist, Bajrang Gun... Another Movie before is same, plot twist to next battle. Strong World, Movie Z, 3D2Y...
i think the same especially because cobra wanted a meating with them and how they talked about cobra and the nefertari family being traitors they prob. killed him themselves and wanted to kidnap vivi because of imus picture of her and they blame everything on sabo and co. but it still can be that sabo saving her when they notices how they killed her father
@@k.c.8744 I could see that. Cobra maybe wanted to leave the WG and they wouldn't have that - Being Alabasta is one of the 20 original countries in the WG 800 years ago. So the WG had him killed, Sabo saved Vivi after learning her history with Luffy and crew and now they're blaming Sabo and the Revolutionary Army.
Shanks and Buggy missed out on going with Roger. So it makes sense they go after it. At this point its going to be a race. Excited to see where it goes.
I could see Shank’s crew was excited to go “see” Luffy. Like they wanted to fight the straw hats. It would make sense they’re a young start up making waves, new emperor to set the tone with, and they just took one of his islands. Could also be why they were surprised he said no
You misinterpretated everything. Shanks crew love Luffy, Shanks too. But Shanks is holding back because he has something to do first. Shanks is having to supress his amity with Luffy to make him grow stronger. He cant go easy on Luffy now
Shanks crew loves luffy like he’s their little brother. They have a relationship similar to ace and his in a way competitive. He told luffy to come see him once he becomes a great pirate.
I wonder if Shanks is Rocks D. Xebec's son/descendant/family. At the beginning of one piece when we first meet Buggy and he talks about how he hates Shanks and that nobody has ever made him as mad as him and that he would never forgive him was actually about how after Roger and Garp fought and defeated the Rocks pirates, Shanks made a decision to either leave Rogers crew or take after Xebec in some way by leading his own crew even if it meant going up against former friends and allies, which in turn, makes Buggy feel betrayed by his best friend and sends him on a Naruto-esk style Journey to make his own crew and chase down his best friend to remind him of who he was in the past and what he could've been and can still be and he asks Luffy to leave Shanks to him while Luffy goes to fight Black Beard and Sakazuki in the middle of the Fiercest all out war between Luffy and all those that follow him and any who stand against him wether he be Marine or pirate (possibly even rebel army member?). I know it's highly unlikely and I'm in no way the most well versed One Piece analyst, so if there has been a scenario that can completely debunk my imaginary situation from even have the slightest chance of being plausible... Feel free to enlighten me and teach me something new, but until then, that is definitely a possibility that'd make for an extremely deep and bad ass situation to add to the astronomical intensity that will be the final battle. At least to me anyway 😅😳
Boy do I feel bad for Bartolomeo. I also can't wait to see Luffy's reaction when he hears what Shanks did through the grape vine. Obviously Luffy is far too preoccupied and busy with something else (and there's no warning or declaration) to go and defend Bartolomeo who is about to be made an example of. I can see it already. Shanks shows up and asksBartolomeo about burning his flag and raising Luffy's for Bartolomeo's eyes to light up and and tell Shanks how wonderful Luffy is etc, etc, only for Shanks to draw his sword and say: "Yeah, he's a great pirate. But, that doesn't excuse your behavior." And, just like that, no more Bartolomeo pirates. As their entire home burns down, cinders of Luffy's crews wanted posters burning on the wall as Shanks looks at Luffy's picture, watching it burn to ashes. I wonder how Luffy's feelings towards Shanks will be when he learns that Shanks went medieval viking on one of Luffy's friends, and went off and blood-eagle'd dat fanboi.
to follow up on the kurouma thing, it seems that all of the vice admirals who were candidates to become a new admiral were given the color+animal name designation. don't forget we have brown pig(tokikake a.k.a. chaton) and pink rabbit(gion a.k.a. momo usagi) so while it's certainly possible he's admiral level it's more likely he's weaker than green bull but at least vice admiral level
Ah, I was about to say the same thing but saw your comment before posting my own. A little bit of a follow up though; from what I remember, the whole admiral candidate part for chaton and momousagi was a filler arc or movie plot point, so I don't know how canon this really is, but they did both appear in the manga when Garp spoke about the Rocks Pirates from what I remember, so chances are that it is all canon after all.
I was a mess when I read the chapter. A series of "Oh my God, oh my God..." always left my mouth, especially when SHANKS APPEARED!!! And he's finally joining the fray! Also, I found it poetic that Sabo became the "Flame of Revolution" like... really poetic, I'm crying rn. In Ace, it was flame of life and a will to survive, flickering even when he gave one last smile to Luffy. In Sabo, it's the flame of revolution, though he inherited it for Ace, he made it his own and a Flame of Revolution would be there to assist us to the Dawn of the New Era.
I think the only reason shanks was outside wano was because he wanted to get to a place close to wano. If you haven't guessed which place, its zou. yes shanks is finally making his move to get the one piece, for which he needs the road poneglyph. Shanks couldn't find zou untill now. he somehow predicte zunesha would come to wano.
man just thinking about how all of this is gonna turn out gives me goosebumps. we really about to see shanks. lowkey kinda scared that oda hasnt shown blackbeard during all this atm.
When cobra died , it said that vivi escaped. Does this mean that she would go seek help of her old friend and join the straw uat pirates back ? Is WANO where she really is headed right now ?
i don't know if it's the same or similar in japanese, but we just got a huuuge hint to what the One Piece actually is. The phrasing used in english anyways is "Claim the One Piece" which seems to strongly suggest but not outwardly confirm that the One piece is an object and not some metaphorical thing like "friendship" or whatever. The expression Shanks gives as well could be a clue as his expression is dark, which is the opposite of what we saw in the Roger flashback which earned the name Laugh Tale. Which could mean a few different things, that Shanks himself will have to lose something to obtain it, the One Piece itself is an object of great power or importance which could save or destroy the world depending on who holds it, or that by obtaining it would set in motion events which could have dire consequences if mistakes are made. Also i wonder what role Vivi is going to play if she joined up with Sabo, Dragon and the revolutionaries. Rallying support of the other nations most likely in my opinon. guess time will tell if im right.
I have never questioned Shanks's power or place within the story, Where I differ with you is that he's not a rival, he's the last gatekeeper In Rogers plan. I don't know if anyone else thought of this, But it's strange that a member of Roger's crew was at every critical point in Luffy's journey. Think about it, Shanks gave Luffy the DF to start with, Dr Crocus was the first gate on the actual journey, he gave them the first Log post that would guide them, on their journey into the grand line. Silvers Rayleigh is the second gate, he was the judge that would determine the true one. Due to events outside his control, Luffy got somehow lost for a time. Once he caught up to Luffy, Luffy had lost so much you'd think he'd give up, but he wanted to get back with his friends. Rayleigh had another idea though, he saw Roger in Luffy and felt he was the one, so he took 2 years and trained him to better prepare him for the grand line. As far as the next gate I'm not sure, possibly Scopper Gaban, but I assumed he'd come before Rayleigh (Scopper being 2nd mate and Rayleigh being first mate), so not sure, That said i do know who the last gate is, Red Haired Shanks, he was young enough to still be at a strong enough level to be the final gate for Luffy to pass through to acquire the One piece. Remember when Luffy wanted to join Shanks? After he ate the DF and couldn't, he said he'd build his own crew to challenge Shanks. This was when shanks gave him the hat and said, "When you become a great Pirate, seek me out and give it back" That was his challenge to Luffy to come find him, my belief is that only Rogers will, will beat Shanks and therefore earn Luffy the right to the One piece
I had the opposite interpretation for shanks, it didn't seem to me at all like the kind and funny shanks we know is gone, it looked like he was having fun about all the new developments just as the rest of his crew, even the thing with Bartolomeo seemed like it was a game to him, and he didn't seem to have any bad blood with Kid. This chapter made it hard for me to think that Shanks is secretly the bad guy, I think he is a lot like Roger, a person who is able to scheme, plan and have fun. This scheming and planning part is interesting because it's something that early Luffy lacks and has sort of being developing since the new world after his big defeat, Luffy is going from pure instinct to thoughtful planning (obviously with the help of his friends) just like maybe Shanks did from when we first met him to now, a quality that I'd argue Roger definitely had. Shanks deciding to go for the One Piece in this chapter was surprising, but it's definitely part of the developments making him excited and reigniting his desires to go for the One Piece just like Roger did before him.
I feel like Shanks is a guy that is fascinated with the machinations of men and seems to have foresight because he understands these things. He understands what motivates, what distracts, what tempts, what unites, divides, what corrupts, taints, destroys and so on. I believe that's why he's typically calm, stoic, thoughtful, mindful , self aware and confident. I think he's become a master of winning battles before and even without swords ever being drawn. Seeing that smallest of decisions can lead to the downfall of one man and the arrival of another showed a young Shanks the power that words have...like social classification or titles and distinctions. Most importantly he learned the lengths people would go only to have a word (CEO, Admiral,Pirate, Captain, Warlord,YONKO, king)attached to them that gave the facade of something they believe will make them whole....like respect, fear, riches, power or whatever. Anyway I think the one time in his life he experienced surprise, craziness, fear, suspense, tension, and fun was when he was part of Rogers crew being led by a man that wasn't concerned with admiration, power, control, riches, or influence. So he couldn't be tempted , bought, manipulated, controlled , governed over or threatened into submission. Basically creating chaos by being driven by his own curiosity, search for the truth, and shining a light on a dark hidden past. Almost sounded like I was describing Luffy there huh.... I think that's the thing. The Chaos and inevitable destruction that will follow Luffy , that we've already been witness to, that excites Shanks and what he's been waiting for. In the beginning of the show it says"only one man has made it that far." Referential to Roger because all others are driven by desires and don't make it. Shanks sees that Luffy has become unstoppable and incorruptible which excites him again like Roger did before. So he's saying the time has come , let's go get this shit. But fuck I dunno ... I mean I just spent more time in a comment than Shanks has spent in the whole MFer lol. But shit sounds good and fits his style . Everyone be cool out there and FTP! Lol
I think most people didn’t realise that Momo didn’t use Blast Breath on purpose. He didn’t want the people of Wano to be scared of the horrors of Kaido again so he tries a different attempt. I really believe that he could do it but in that same panel the town was shown in the background with people still celebrating and a Blast Breath would surely be noticed by them.
@@whoshe6693 If you look at the panel, the moment Momo decides to not to the Blast Breath the people of Wano are shown and later he say's that he will never bring the terror back to the people. So i am pretty sure that he did do it on purpose, because he promised them that he freed them from Kaido
Yamato is among my favorite characters too. Before she had even 10 chapters of screen time, I said to myself "this is the FIRST time in One Piece I've seen a truly rounded female character" and I still stand by it. Before Yamato, the female characters in the series were either pretty but weak (physically), hideous but strong or some combination of that BUT lack any actual on-screen badassery. Yamato checks all the physical boxes plus has shown she's a powerhouse. I wouldn't go as far as say she's my 2nd favorite character though Ohara. Overall I still have Usopp, Sanji, Luffy, Doffy and Ace in my top 5. But maybe at some point later.
@@alschroed1992 She's more of a gimmick at this point and hasn't really done much on-screen. The most impressive strength or power feat I saw from her was in Stampede movie and that's like 97% filler.
I think Shanks has been keeping tabs on Luffy because he has been using Luffy as a contingency plan in case Blackbeard got through him, but as Luffy has grown, Shanks realized that he can't let Luffy get to the One Piece without having him prove his strength. I think Shanks also knows that this chase will lead to being in the middle of the war between the World Government and the Revolutionary Army, which having Sabo there will pull Luffy in for that sole reason, as he wouldn't want to lose his only remaining brother.
Shanks was always trying to keep the balance Until the awakening of luffy nika fruit Return of Joy Boy He wanted to meet luffy after he had awaken Because it was the prophecy Shirley also fore told that the souvenirs will come in 20 years Oden was waiting for them Those 20 and some years were important to keep the situation in balance The nika fruit chooses it's owner Other wise shanks could have eaten it himself Or even stolen it from luffy like blackbeard and his crew members are stealing But he bet the future in luffy He was convinced about similarities between Roger and luffy and their dream and their similarities possibly with Joy Boy And his dream
I think you could technically interpret shanks crew wanting to see luffy in 2 ways, like you definitely see they are excited to see him, like they are happy and all of that. But what if they were happy, because it was finally time to take luffy down, what if (this is just me stretching lol) shanks knows how whitebeards power was taken, also, possibly knowing how important the gumu gumu no mi was, what if essentially storing it in luffy, was his plan all along, and like you said, shanks is also manipulating the government. So maybe he figured in some way it was in both of their interest, once they found out, to keep it stored in luffy. And now shanks and his crew just want to take back what they stole. Maybe Yassop isn't ready to see Usopp, cause hes not ready to try to kill him?
hmm 2 Admiral fight did occur Kuzan aka Aokiji and Sakazuki fought for Fleet Admiral spot if am not mistaken on Punk Hazard but might have to rewatch some old arcs to refresh memory
the thing with the black horse epithet just means they have at least enough significance in marine politics as a vice-admiral, as momousagi and chaton being epithets for the two fan admirals that got added as vice-admirals. while probably not powerful literally, they do have power within the marines. atleast my guess towards what's going on with kurouma
I like where this is going. I made a video on imu with the tide-tide / moon moon no mi. A couple months ago would be great to see the pay off. Great video ohara
Man I was so eager to see how Manu felt when Ryokugyu was shocked after learning that Yamato is Kaido's son, adding to the theory of Ryokugyu being Shimotsuki Ushimaru
Luffy's final lesson from Shanks will be to defeat him (possibly returning the hat with the end of that fight when Luffy finally wins, then Luffy could get his own straw hat different from the one Shanks gave him), I think. He needs to make sure that Luffy is ready to be the one to defeat Blackbeard probably, or be ready for whatever the One Piece is, at least
In asian light novels the black horse is a title for hidden powerhouses. For example a character no one has ever heard of that just appears in a tournament setting and beats up a member of the top fighter group( like top 4 or so). I do not know if that has any meaning to it but mabey?
I think Shanks is the guy who never lets anyone in his way (you know that kind of vibe) lets expect the unexpectable here, since he knew Luffy had eaten nika fruit he has been waiting for Luffy to collapse the 3 great powers and it already happened warlords system has been demolished, Downfall of Yonko's alliance, and Luffy reached the whole new level i think its time for Shanks to reveal his true motive which is to rule the world (I know this is ridiculous idea but who knows)
Honestly, anything at this point is possible and I wouldn't be surprised at anything that he ends up doing. I feel like he's the lawful neutral type of the one piece world. Rather than let a pirate or the world government discover the one piece It wouldn't shock me if his goal was just to destroy it entirely so no one can have it; destroy all ancient weapons, destroy all devil fruits, destroy every trace of the void century including even the gorosei and Imu. Not in the name of good, nor evil, but for the sake of everyone.
Hey Ohara, about the Hiyori line there was a translation error. In Official Viz, She said "Kurozumi was born to burn". Was is singular so only Orochi not were. Hope you clear that up in next video.
If Yamato joins the Straw Hats, he'll be nerfed just like Robin was. When Robin joined, she was more powerful than than Sanji and Zoro. Then they had to make those 2 progress just like Luffy to maintain the "Big 3" status quo. If Yamato joins, Sanji will develop a more powerful array of attacks and prolly advanced armament Haki, and Zoro will also improve the same, though better.
And idk if anyone forgot but remember in the oden flashback oden said Roger said something to Shanks before he disbanded the crew maybe it was be the gate keeper for Nika. If Shanks Is making a play for the One piece how can the marines focus on Luffy? With Kaido and big mom out the picture only BB was actively looking for the one piece as far as yonkos go. Now 3 of the 4 are actively looking. Maybe it's a way to protect luffy
I think Shanks understands the nature of One Piece and sees Luffy as a "key" to it's true form/potential. As others have said, Roger pointed out they were too early. Now with Luffy "becoming Joy Boy" Shanks realizes that One Piece can be "unlocked" now. But he isn't using Luffy, he wants to make sure Luffy succeeds because of what One Piece could do for the world, but alot of this hinges on what you personally think One Piece really is.
I thought when Shank said he wasn’t planning to have a “reunion” with Luffy, he meant that he’ll fight him as an enemy. He’d meet him, but they won’t have a reunion.
Shanks planned to have their reunio at laughtale, but bb arrived before luffy. Bb and shanks would fight and bb would kill shanks. Luffy would arrived late when shanks already dead and would fight bb to be the pirate king. Luffy would win and become the pirate king and proceed to fight the wg (im sama) and destroyed the redline and held the biggest party with sake the found at laughtale, fullfilling joyboy's will.
Theory: Shanks lost his arm on purpose to seem like a non threat. Fly under the radar. We even got that scene where Mihawk said he's a has-been and not worth fighting.
Shanks showing up to Luffy's territory & asking for the Straw Hat would appear to the world like Shanks is punking Luffy. Not many people know about the promise & the news isn't great at highlighting nuisance.
I think Shanks is using Luffy but for the right reasons. He wants Luffy to reach Laughtale and obtain the One Piece before Blackbeard does. So he'll join the race to give Luffy that extra competitive push.
This seems like the most likely situation and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Considering that the last time they met, Luffy promised he’d beat Shanks and gather a crew even better than his, I think that’s what Luffy would want too tbh.
Yeah I thought he was going to laughtale just to stall blackbeard in time for luffy to get there
Facts it’s lik he’s making sure he’s strong enough and ready lik his last send off and luffy will keep the hat
I disagree, If he was using Luffy he'd be pointing him somewhere, he's let him run loose. You can't use someone or something without directly controlling it
What if Roger told Shanks that he will have to challenge the future pirate king.
Honestly it almost seems like the reason he’s making his move now is because now with the defeat of Kaido and Big Mom, Shanks is arguably the strongest pirate around. He’s almost like a hunter waiting for the perfect moment before going in for the kill
nahh I think Luffy awakening is more of a reason
He was already the strongest even with kaido and big mom. Dudes basic conquerors haki knocks out vice admirals and made kizaru and Fujitora nervous and retreat just so they wouldn’t fight bim
@@kiraamv5507 Yeah thats most definetly the case, you prob need somebody who is joyboy to find laughtale, and since mytical zoans have a mind of their own the Nika Nika is definetly going to lead Luffy to the One Piece.
@@SirJorge. yeah thats definitely head cannon
@@SirJorge.
Dude wtf are you talking about
Shanks is definitely a good guy and a friend of Luffy's, but that still doesn't necessarily mean he won't be an antagonist. Luffy has pretty unambiguously stated that he wants to beat all of the Emperors, and what with Bartolomeo's shenanigans, the story seems to be building up some conflict between them. I could see the two crews butting heads and figuring out who's the best, but in a more friendly way than we've seen till now.
Shanks definitely will be testing out Luffy and company for the sake of increasing their power. Not to mention that Shanks has an insanely powerful Conqueror’s Haki, so it’ll be moreso friendly match, but pushed to extremes in some way.
Kinda like the whitebeard vs roger pirates yea they were frienmies
@@exempligratia101 how will a friendly match help decide who gets the one piece?
@@theanimerapper6351 because no matter what luffys getting the one piece and I’m sure shanks knows it
@@Insomniacvfx shanks knows Luffy is the mc?
I think that the One Piece can only be attained when joy boy is awakened, and that when Roger and his crew arrived to Laugh Tale they laughed because they found the greatest treasure but couldn't attain it since Joyboy hasn't been awakened yet. That's why I believe Shanks decided to take on Roger's dream/journey in his stead, since he became ill and couldn't live to the day Joyboy is awakened, and find the perfect candidate for the Nika fruit, hence Luffy, and wait for Joyboy to awaken to finally be able to attain the One Piece and complete Roger's journey/dream.
Maybe BB fruit can too. He's Luffy Opposite it seems
@@ihateithere9298 maybe that's why he and shanks are rivals or archenemies. Shanks doesn't want him to awaken before luffy? Who knows
Ye that’s why shanks sacrificed his arms for luffy because luffy is joyboy
what if the one piece is you becoming joyboy and ruling the world
This makes the most sense I also think this is it
Nah I'm not buying that Shanks is completely evil. His role might be the ultimate barrier entrusted by his very own captain Roger to filter the fittest candidate for the next Joy boy.
i wonder if he will fight luffy tho. maybe challenge him to see if luffy is strong enough or deserving of the one piece.
I remember in the flashback of wano there was a scene where Roger said something to shanks and shanks started to cry or something like that. Was it his'instructions
How can he filter candidates? Luffy is factually joy boy lol and shanks didn't even give him the fruit he just ate it
@@theanimerapper6351 shanks knew what fruit that was
And he probably Set it up
@@tistakere5055 right bruh..shanks already knew in the first place who shall eat that DF..it's not an accident in the first place that he let Luffy eat that DF..
Kurouma is probably like high-vice admiral level, there were other vice admirals with that naming scheme, Chaton (brown pig) and Momousagi (pink rabbit) who were admiral candidates but Ryokugyu and Fujitora were chosen over them. They probably give those codenames to the most powerful marines, including butnot limited to the admirals. I wonder if Sengoku had a name like that before he became fleet admiral, maybe "Kinyagi" (Gold goat) since his DF is a gold Buddha and he likes goats
I wonder what devil fruits those two (Chaton and Momousagi) possess... Chaton might have an earth logia (because of Brown) and Momousagi... I don't know.
"Oh no, I'm having an illness called if you meet your son you'll die" - Yasopp probably
My dad must have the same illness.
I think one of 2 things:
Shanks is using Luffy to pave his own way towards the One Piece and keep the attention off himself
Or
Shanks has been leaving breadcrumbs for Luffy to follow towards the One Piece since the start
Usopp meeting his dad is definitely gonna be so emotional since they both haven’t seen each other in a long time, and well Usopp will definitely be pissed since Yassop did leave him and his mother to join Shank’s crew. But what’s going to be more emotional is when Usopp has to break the news to Yassop that his wife died
I'm expecting a Gon and Gin type of moment. Yassop is a true deadbeat dad as Is tradition in anime/manga.
i dont think usopp will be mad, he didnt show any signs of resentment during syrup village, he was proud that his dad was a pirate
I think it's the complete opposite. Usopp looks up to his father and that's why he told tall tales that imitated what he imagined his pops was doing -- being a brave warrior of the sea with a crew of 5000 pirates.
As for the issue with his sick mother that passed away, yeah, I think that'll warrant at the very very least a mean right hook from Usopp into his Dad's jaw as he tells him what happened to his mother and calls him a deadbead, etc, at which case, I really hope that Yassop had no idea at all, because I think watching him break down emotionally at that instance will be healthy to slightly balance his title as a deadbeat dad if he shows true remorse and turmoil over not knowing the fate of his wife and the life that Ussop had to live.
In the end though, I know for a fact that Usopp doesn't regret his father becoming a pirate, just you know, maybe next time send some gold you pillaged back to the village ya deadbeat!
I'm pretty sure Yassop already knows his wife died
@@Kekimus Ah, damn, really? Well, then yeah... Usopp can go suplex him then. 👍
though on a side note, she died of an "incurable disease" ...
I wonder if the incurable disease that Roger had was something similar. Such as cancer, a tumour, etc. Something that in the world of one piece can *happen to anyone* but doesn't have a cure.
Just a random side thought since they both had incurable illnessess.
I think Shanks was hanging around Wano in case Luffy's fight went badly, so he could step in like he did a Marineford to keep Luffy alive, or reclaim his devil fruit if he died
He cares about that fruit a little too much 😅
We got our shanks annual screentime! Rejoice!
Yeh every time he appears he sort of mixes something interesting to my taste of coffee.
our bi-yearly shanks scene/appearance. See him again in 2 years.
@@pcbangbros8350 maybe not 2 yrs bc Oda wants Shanks to have more screen time in the Movie. Maybe that's the first step of involving him more in the story
My thoughts & opinions of the chapter:
1. I will accept that Ryokugyu's power is a Logia for now. But if he shows some properties that aren't purely that of a Logia, I'll bet that it will confirm that there are more Devil Fruits where their respective awakenings were so dangerous & powerful, the Government had no choice but to change their names. Plus the possibility that that Luffy isn't the only one with Mythical Zoan that wasn't entirely based on a Mythological creature or individual that already exists.
2. Despite what the news says, It's good to know that Sabo isn't dead/captured, and that he did rescued Kuma, and probably Vivi & Bonny. However, I still fear that they could be in danger since they may not be able to safely contact Dragon & the others. Which means that Luffy will have no choice but to go & help them by any means necessary! And I believe that just like what Ace did to save Luffy, his younger brother may also take the same risks he did in order to save Sabo.
3. I don't know exactly what Shanks meant when he said "it's time to go for the One Piece", since he never saw it himself, or he was speaking to Luffy the same way when he left Ace & WB's resting place? But if Bartolomeo (& the rest of Grand Fleet) is somewhat involved in this, then I believe he may trigger a big event during the final saga where Luffy will learn that there’s more to being a great pirate & an Emperor than strength alone (regardless on how he learns it). As well as Bartolomeo receiving a real character development where just like most fictional fan boys (such as Deku from MHA & Spider-Man from MCU), he too needs to renounce his childish ways in order to be the best grand fleet commander he believes to be, as well as helping Luffy be the Pirate King!
i dont think its a matter of if, i also didnt know this because i am new to reading the series, used to be anime only, but on a cover artwork story, oda drew bart and the fleet burning shanks flag.
@@gevoian either way, I still want Luffy to start being a smarter & more thoughtful pirate (at least close to Shanks on that topic), and for Bartolomeo to have a character arc similar to Izuku & MCU Peter Paker.
Bro why do you keep copy pasting this
To be fair, luffy is already being forced to learn that lesson. He needed 5000 comrades in wano. He needed bege/minks/etc in wc. I think you're right, but him learning that lesson is probably closer than you think
I thought Ryukugyo's devil fruit was obviously going to be a logia. I would have been surprised by anything else
Don’t forget Bonney was at the reverie as well. It’s possible Oda is setting us up to think Vivi is with the Revolutionaries, but what if she’s with Bonney instead? Probably just hopeful thinking on my part. I’ve been dying to know more about Bonney since Blackbeard tried to use her to barter with the Marines.
Bonney was the one who tried to kill Charlos I assume. And I think Vivi got abducted on Imus orders. He had her picture in his hand when the Gorosei were talking about which light should be put out.
Vivi being with Sabo seems too obvious. Im and the 5 Elders must have done something to Vivi while Sabo was causing havoc.
I figured imu has her, he’s probably the one who killed cobra too and then they just pinned it in Sabo
Also, remember Cobra wants to have a meeting with Gorosei so most likely Gorosei is the one who killed Cobra and might be Vivi too but failed because Sabo entered the scene and escape with Vivi
Wouldn't be crazy if Bonney kidnapped Vivi for Blackbeard
Shanks is the ultimate strategist. I think he knows what's coming and the certain pirate he spoke about to the gorosei was definitely BB but I think he asked them to make buggy a yonko knowing more people would join buggys fleet now that he's a yonko and his ability to draw people in would only make him the perfect Allie in the upcoming war. Shanks knows if anyone else was made yonko they wouldn't side with them so having buggy as yonko would only benefit both WG and pirates against the real threat BB
I would definitely say he is also the strongest just by walking into Mariejois.
The balls on that guy is colossal
@@dailydose1729 100% oda left him last for a reason. Dragon and shanks are gonna set the bar this arc
Wher I can find that colour manga can you tell me
"As I'm sure you all know, Oda uses symbolism, pattern repetition, and inversion as part of storytelling and worldbuilding. Over the years, the community has discovered many of these things, yet there are still many details that are overlooked."
I promise you, people are going to be upset when they realise these things aren’t as intentional as they think.
Oda is a human, humans have biases and tropes and patterns they go to naturally.
@@YourBlackLocal well said.
@El camino de la paz ❤️ It’s not about difficulty, it’s about trying to make everything seem deeper than it is.
Ohara has literally used the fact that two characters have hit a bell in different chapters as a parallel. Even though it’s happened multiple times before.
The OP of this comment. Has another comment where they say things like Luffy starting this arc happy is a parallel.
@@YourBlackLocal true..as good as the story is..there’s a limit to D riding
I have assumed for a while that if a Sea Logia exists, Imu has eaten it. In a world where Pirates are the biggest issues to maintaining a group like the World Nobles and where the most insane powers all come with a weakness of ocean water, being able to control the ocean would be the best power to maintain control.
Plus it could also play into the oppression of fishmen since Poseidon and Fish Man martial arts would both be able to heavily assist devil fruit users in a case where they need to take someone on who controls ocean water. Especially since the holy land is so far above the sea level that being able to control the sea kings wouldn’t be a major factor in a war taking place there.
"control the ocean be the best power to maintain control". It will also explain why Haki, and DFs are the key to being the strongest as only haki would overcome this problem.
There is a water logia but as far as i know there is no sea logia unless its the same thing
Oda has already stated that there is no "sea/ water logia"
fake news nvm
With an admiral seeing momo I feel that when greenbull reports back about seeing a new dragon, will lead into the reveal of Vegapunk recognizing that the fruit he made was not a failure after all
Nice observation
but it's Caesar artificial devil fruit
@@ranie4877 the fruit momo ate was made by vegapunk but he thought it was a failure and threw it away. Caesar took and used that fruit as a basis for his SMILE fruits.
Oda's message about revealing all the mysteries was pretty on point. 1054 went a long way confirming many of the unanswered questions we had between the Reverie and the end of Wano. It makes me curious how long we'll need to wait to get the answers about Hancock's and Coby's encounter (pretty confident Weevil and Mihawk could hold their own and Buggy's survival is already taken care of.) Perhaps Oda's working his way backwards, saving the early mysteries for closer to the end.
4 Emperor's:
Luffy - Zoan
Buggy - Paramecia
BB - Logia
Shanks - None.
Great to hear that I'm not the only one being kinda hyped for Kurouma. The naming scheme as you mentioned but also organizationwise it would make sense that the marines have a branch for internal affairs and to me at least it would also make sense if they're close to the admirals in power as well as that we didn't know of them yet because there was no reason for them to be introduced.
In case luffy die he was gonna take the fruit back to safety , that's why he was in marineford and now wano.
didnt even think of that one yet, thats actually very logical
Lol you actually believe that?
Devil Fruit respawn is random
@@gendengraven5049 random around the area the user die.
@@Danibiondo86 oh I didnt know that, I thought it was random around the world
I still think that shanks knows something about the relationship between the one piece and devil fruits. The fact that there are no devil fruit users on his crew even though they have had some in their possession before speaks volumes. Perhaps there is an undersea trial waiting for those that would claim the one piece, making it theoretically impossible for a fruit user to get there (unless they had some sort of insane cartoon powers that ignore physics, that is!)
Well Gol D, Roger is also a non devil fruit user, which makes your statement a bit irelevant
@@azure3225 Roger was able to reach laugh tale just fine, he was just too early. Fruit users might not be able to get that far by normal means even when the destined hour has arrived.
Cartoon power physics, you say?
@@dylpickle6123 indeed
Didnt Shanks teach Luffy that a pirates flag means more to them than their life? Might be looking like a long day for Bartolomoe...
Shanks never really mentored luffy or taught him anything, except by example. Luffy himself shows that he respects the pirate flag in drum island. Shanks was more of an inspiration to luffy of the ideal pirate.
One of my favorite things about these new developments is that they’re doing right by Sabo and making him more than just the Ace replacement a lot of the fanbase saw him as
Admirals and vice admirals seem to have a certain theme to them. CHINESE ZODIACS
Akainu, red DOG
Aokiji Blue PHEASANT/ROOSTER
Kizaru yellow MONKEY
Fujitora purple TIGER
Aramaki Green BULL/OX
Tensei black HORSE
Gion pink RABBIT
Koby (possibly RAT)
Smoker white SNAKE(name of his move)
Sengoku GOAT maybe
You will have to make the other connections lol brain is fried
Interesting
Yes is like a reverse Saint Seiya, where Saints are zodiac based also. Plus stars and astrology is important in One piece, because the world is on islands, so people like Nami are important because the use stars and Astronomy to navigate.
I love just how in every video Manu makes something diffrent. Either camera angle, or cutting style, or background, or type of video, or how he narrates etc etc etc,
Shows the hard work, that he always wants to step up his quality and make good content (and that clearly he has some kind of
Problem lmao love you manu)
Theory. Shanks has filled his crew with people who hold the ideals of Nika/joyboy. They all give the same energy luffy does when it comes to parties. And it would explain why shanks left the fruit so unguarded. He knew the fruit would chose someone and was just waiting until it happened. And was completely surprised when some random kid was the one it chose
This comment low key has one hell of a solid sleeper theory....
yea but turns out the random kid isnt really random is he. Comes from a bloodline of badasses.
Man man man… wenn du solche Videos raushaust bin ich noch mehr gehyped endlich zu wissen wie es weiter geht. Der wahrhaft beste TH-camr
It feels like Oda is setting up a plot for conflicting allies for Luffy. Sabo vs Vivi, Shanks vs Barto, etc. We always asked how could anyone stop Luffy when he has so many allies? Well, theres the answer.
Also shanks vs kid
@@bedrrebd4700 nah
Why would sabo kill cobra sounds like a cover up too me he probably saved Vivi frm who actually killed cobra
@@austoosodrippy1864 i think imu is the one who keep vivi
Don't you guys think that the one who killed COBRA (King Of Alabasta) wasn't Sabo but someone from "Marine" or "Celestial Dragons" doing their dirty work under the name of "Revolutionary Army" and that vivi knew that her father was killed by "Marine" or "Celestial Dragons" and not by Sabo so she escaped with Sabo.
What do you guys think ??
My current theory is that the world government kidnapped Vivi and since Cobra was dying anyway he had sabo kill him in order to spur on the revolution as long as he promised to rescue her. It's a stretch but man I'm going to be absolutely unbearable if I turned out to be right
Perhaps Cobra and Sabo planned this to fake Cobra's death?
I'm at a place where i want one piece to end but also i don't want it to end
I don't think we will ever see any anime like one piece ever
Yeah, I feel you on that. After 20 years of weekly (sometimes every other week) of keeping up with One Piece it's going to be so weird to feel like somethings missing. But, at the same time, I want the story to end while the story is so good. I trust Oda will end the story on an extremely high note and probably even at a point that makes us CRAVE more. Only for him to say: "And that's the end of the romance dawn."
bro i am at age of 45 .i want it to end asap befor I die.
I've been ready for 2 years for it to be over. The story is really good. But I'm ready for the end. There are plenty of other great stories out there I don't need to spend half my day watching Ohara theory's. I don't have to but I will continue to do so.
I think Shanks knows everything about the One Piece, he knew that Roger was too early, also that now must be the right time to have the world war and I think that he forced Nika to awaken.
I really hope that shanks going after barto is a prologue to meeting Luffy, because Luffy might be angry at shanks for going after barto instead of talking to him, since what barto did was under luffy's name (even though he refused the grand fleet). If shanks will attack a friend of Luffy, it will be very conflicting later on.
Shanks sliced off Kid's arm and I'm sure Luffy knew about that.
@@snappyAF it was before the alliance was formed and kid doesn't consider him as his nakama
Even tho Lucy rejected the fleet they act under their flag and name. They are also all friends of Liffey. I’m sure this Barto issue is the beginning of the grand fight it was mentioned that this fleet was going to participate in
@@snappyAF i'm 100% sure luffy has no clue about that, and anyway kidd is not his friend, and he's the one who went after shanks.
@@ajithukkeri7180 i think he meant that shanks will not think twice about destroying his ennemies. Rip bartho if he disrespected shanks and his crew 💀
10:00 You're wrong about this one. It's actually been confirmed twice that Fujitora's Devil Fruit is a Paramecia going by the name the "Press Press Fruit" and the name means the sound of heavy stomps.
The first time it was confirmed was from a video titled (in japanese) "ONE PIECE Devil Fruit Summary ~ Paramecia Edition" on the Official One Piece youtube channel
The second time it was confirmed was about 2 weeks ago during the month long break where we got special information pages and there was a devil fruit compendium and Fujitora was listed amongst the Paramecia users.
You know, I'm only a casual fan of OP and even I knew this. I'm surprised that as an OP youtuber, @Ohara was careless enough to miss this one..
So if everybody till now in the marines with a logia is an antagonist.
Maybe Fujitoras paramecium hints at the point that he won’t be forever an antagonist.
Mind play an speculation activated xD
@@whitegold2960 that very well could be. Didn't Fujitora basically say he wants to change the way the marines/WG are from the inside? Between him, Smoker, and Coby... they may well become proper frienemies to Luffy by the end.
oh yeah remember when the gomu gomu no mi was actually confirmed to be a paramecia for over 1000 chapters?? And now its a mythical Zoan? Things change and storys unfold differently all the time. so Ohara saying Fujitoras fruit could possibly be a Logia is absolutely in the realm of reason and not as far fetched as you want to portray it. But Oh, i forgot you read the whole Devil fruit encyclopedia.
@@Sven-xw4zv I can almost guarantee you luffys fruit will be the only one that is “renamed”. Maybe Blackbeard’s too but I don’t think oda wants to start retconning a bunch of fruits. I don’t think fans want that either
The inversions and repetitions continue further, with both Camie and Kawamatsu being outcasts in their respective arcs due to their race. Furthermore, both the auction house and Udon prison are part of the underworld organization, which Doffy and Kaido are a part of.
Luffy also enters both islands filled with joy. At Sabaody, he enjoys spending time with his crewmates at the amusement park, whereas Wano sees him excited to explore and learn about the country with Otama at his side. Both arcs see the Straw Hat crew keeping a low profile and being somewhat separated from one another.
Both cases also see Luffy not maintaining a low profile, destroying the “illusionary hierarchy” Kaido has established in Wano and punching a Celestial Dragon in Sabaody. Both arcs eventually also see Admirals arrive, with inversions there as well.
Kizaru accepts the order to go to Sabaody, whereas Ryokugyu seems to be going to Wano out of self-interest. Going back to the geographical inversions, maps of both areas also appear similar, with Sabaody made up of groves and Wano made up of regions.
When Kizaru enters Sabaody, he destroys an entire grove for no reason, whereas Ryokugyu is seen bringing life to the desolate lands of Wano as he traverses them.
Man I am so glad I was born into this era!. Reading a manga as the chapters are coming out in the best part is really the best way to read a book because you have a week to digest every moment whereas if you binge read it, you kinda read over big parts and just go meh, next chapter. I caught up to One Piece when it was at Dressrosa and have been reading the weekly releases since then. My fav One Piece reviewer is Sawyer7Mage as the cake, a little dash of RogersBase candy, a sprinkle of Tekken101 and Ohara as the icing on top. It is going to be a fun and wild ride boys, let's do this.
I think it’s pretty clear that Luffy’s awakening is the trigger for shanks heading for the one piece and the reason he won’t meet with luffy on wano. Shanks didn’t accompany roger onto laugh take but was there on the Oro Jackson when the crew returned. He must’ve heard that the one piece was tied to joyboy and that roger was too early. He probably knew after luffy ate the devil fruit that he needed to wait for it to awaken. Upon seeing the picture of luffy in the new he must’ve known that the fruit was a awakened and he’d actually be able to obtain the one piece now. My guess is he might be waiting for luffy on laugh take when he arrives there because he would know roughly where it is (he literally sailed there with roger and just didn’t go on the island) but knows he needs luffy. While shanks likely isn’t evil they might have to clash on laugh take to determine which of them will get the one piece. Not something I think for sure will happen but just some points of interest I noticed after reading the chapter.
This brings up another point. Did Roger never had had the one piece in the first place?
Shanks didn’t sail with them to LT though. But he’s gotta know a good bit about it
@@dandeliond.3560 I gotta agree with that assertion. Roger probably didn't leave or take anything from or at Laugh Tale. He likely got there too early like OC said, and without the recurrence of Joy Boy the island itself was useless. Roger's goal had always seemed to be to change the world, but since he wasn't able to, he would pass the mantle.
We have the same theory, mate.
@@dandeliond.3560 That brings up another question commonly heard.. so what is this one piece actually ?🙈
Man im addicted to your vids I always watch them directly after reading the chapter in case I missed stuff.
Thx man
This chapter was everything we could ask for, Oda gave us some answers but he also brought even more questions and mysteries to life especially surrounding our one armed savior Shanks. I’m glad to be along on the final part of this journey with the whole community I’ve been here for all 25 years and this final saga will be the epitome of Oda going out with a bang.
When It is going to end?
Around 2024-2025
But unfortunately one piece will never reach its end, because by that time alot we already have happened...
with black horse you have 8 of the 12 chinese zodiac for the admirals
Blue Bird-Aokiji
Yellow Monkey-Kizaru
Red Dog-Akainu
Purple Tiger-Fujitora
Green Bull-Ryokyugu
Pink Rabbit-Momosagi
Brown Pig-Tokikake
Black Horse-Kurouma
Snake, Dragon, Rat & Ram Remain
My theory
Smoker = White Ram
Hina = Vermilion Snake
Coby = Dragon (eats Kaido's Fruit)
John Giant = Gray Rat
this creates a marines vs straw hats zodiac matchup
The thing that gave me goosebumps reading this chapter is that Shanks quoting "claim the one piece" my thoughts are we claims things which we believe is ours.
If shanks, being a swordsman that he is, can also do what roger did to oden, the kamusari technique(heavenly departure) which is releasing the conqueror's haki as a sword wave(like a getsuga tenshou), then he is currently on roger's level and is still several levels above luffy.
Luffy grows fast. Alot of time didn't go by in Wano, or Whole Cake Island. His growth is ridiculous. He'll catch up
What a crazy way to start the last Saga! Not gon lie, pretty heated Shanks doesn’t wanna meet Luffy yet 🤦🏽♂️but it should be soon….I’m hoping…
Yeah about months or maybe years from now
Uh, is this already the start of the final saga tho? We are still in the Wano arc.
@@mysteriousoverpoweredbaldg9284 hopefully this year 😬
@@furorteutonicus9045 Bro... the wano arc lasted 4 years.... so far... I hope it's over soon 😭Not that it wasn't an amazing saga, but god damn, that's a long long time! Bring us to Elbaf for the next 4 years, then we can do 4 years of Laughtale.
@@furorteutonicus9045 Oda recently said that there’s only a tiny bit of wano left so it should finish very soon. I’m thinking maybe 5 chapters left of wano. 🤷🏽♂️
07:34 i very much like that insight, and have been wondering myself lately on why is that and i assume since shanks in a mysterious way one of the most knowledge characters in one piece
(going to whitebeard to try stop ace vs black beard before it even happened not being a part of the crew itself or meeting up casually with the gorosei)
it kinda reminds me of the roger pirates themselves, afaik no one there also had a devil fruit (Talking about the roster which made it to the final island not including buggy)
and i thought for a long time what could possibly be the reason for them reaching the end of their journey at the final island finding the so called treasured one piece and just starting to laugh their asses off, i believe its because they didn't have any devil fruit users among them, perhaps the one piece itself is related to devil fruits and another stage to its awakening perhaps if its a mythic creature it could revive it completely separately but i'm not sure its a direction or turn of events that is in the one piece spirit so just sharing my thoughts out here :)
When shanks said "ONE PIECE"
I got chills through my spine.
I cried when he said it's shanking time
Shanks was waiting for luffy to awaken his true power before meeting him. Looking back, we all thought that shanks saved luffy purely because he cares for him, but now it appears that the main reason why he saved luffy is because luffy has the hito-hito no mi model nika. That's also the reason why he gave luffy the strawhat, because it originally belonged to joyboy -- which is apparently luffy.
I think Shanks would save Luffy regardless because he considered Luffy as his friend already. However, what you said was true when he gambled his arm on Luffy!
@@eastasiansarewhitesbutduet9825 good point
In regards to Kurouma, there have been instances where Vice admirals got the same name scheme as the admirals (the animal then colour) . Specifically there is Chaton (brown pig) and Momousagi (peach rabbit). So I think that Kurouma is a Vice admiral but works in a specialised branch of the marines
wasnt it the chapter where we learned about rocks pirates or the one where garp talked about the rocks pirates for the first time i guess
i think it was that moment with hina and him but i could be wrong
Then there should still be a rat, goat, snake, dragon. All admirals and candidates have been part of the 12 chinese zodiacs.
@@AGOPSKuzan was a pheasant not a rooster. In Tibetan some parts of Nepal The roosters just a bird but that feels like a stretch since a pheasant is a specific type of bird. In Japan it's a rooster
@@noremac7216 yeah I get your point but ODA's mind can be really hard to decipher. Maybe Aokiji is better than Aoondori in ODA's mind LOL. It's a bit of a stretch yeah but I'm still gonna go with the 12 zodiac vibe.
Shanks the more time progresses the shadier he becomes. In the first chapter him loosing Luffy to Higuma also seems sketchy, most likely it was intentional, as well as his sacrifice. Shanks most likely possesses
future sight. Maybe everything he has done was to awaken the nika fruit to serve his own purpose.
It is kinda interesting Aramaki is fighting the Samurai while making the dry land "greener" and "alive".
@Zhou I thought the same thing as well. Just like Fujitora, I think Aramaki put people's welfare above anything else. His badmouth is just an act. Anyway, can't wait to see the development.
One seemingly not very important panel has cought my attention, when we see Shanks's retrospection we can see the sea monster that is attacking Shanks and Luffy and on the next panel we see close up on Shank's smile followed by close up of the ripped off arm. He may simply smile because he menaged to save Luffy, but why Oda is showing the smile to us in so limited retrospection with 3 panels in total. It always seemed odd to me that someone like Shanks lost his arm to a monster that was easily defeated by Luffy at the very beginning, i just assume that it was an early idea, but when it turns out that even the oldest idea were planned maybe Shanks purposefully let the moster to rip his arm off for some reason, maybe as a part of "manipilation" to arouse more emotions in Luffy, or something ;p
You gotta reach right to left iirc the smile was after showing the arm ripped off
@@Thewindyfan after 1054 chapters of One Piece (not even mention other manga) i somehow menaged to figure out how to prperly read it xD
The smile after the panel with ripped off arm is current Shanks, but there is also a panel with him smiling right before that and it's him in the past. There are 3 panels from the event in the water, on first we can see the moster, on the second Shanks's smile and ripped off arm on the thrird. It's not even clear if he is smiling after or before the attack, so if he smiled right before it means that he let the moster to do it ;p but even if it was after why he smiled and why Oda showed us the close up of the smile.
"You have to remember Luffy, the only reason I lost my arm is because you ate that fruit and mouthed off to those bandits. I'm gonna make you pay me back for my arm now."
Bruh lol Luffy will know he's right, and he'll be conflicted between his two friends, and his guilt over Shanks' arm.
For at least a decade I always assumed he gave up the arm purposefully. Even before his full strength was revealed, I thought that was obvious.
Didn't shanks say to whitebeard he lost his arm as a price for a bet he put on luffy becoming a great pirate?
I found it weird that Yamato is there with the scabbards again while Kine'mon isn't present!
Yamato also seems to follow Momo's commands/wishes!
It still feels like Yamato is going to stay behind in Wano, with Momo and the scabbards!
Didn’t kinemom say he wanted to visit his wife I believe
@@scarfacemartinez Yea we even saw them together in the chapter prior to this.
reading this chapter made me change my mind on Yamato joining. Wano kind of needs him now
@@kungfungus4047 Vivi will probably join the crew as “political negotiator” and the Straw Hats will start to slowly end up directly fighting the World Govt. Probably end up in an alliance with the Revolutionary Army and Sabo.
Mainly because it’ll be revealed that the World Govt assassinated Cobra.
Yamato said "Going out to sea is my dream. I'm going on your ship" only like 2 chapters ago...
Maybe Shanks is using Luffy to get the one piece because only a member of the D family can actually obtain it or fully use it. Because the way he said and looked when he mentioned claiming the one piece have me thinking Shanks might be the villain
There are some things I am curious about now: As the 5 Elders mentioned, they know about the Gomu Gomu no Mi, and they have known. Then why did they not do a little more to protect it on the boat from this chapter? They must have known the Marines were carrying it right? Or it could be that no one thought it was important enough to tell the 5 Elders about it, as only a couple people know of course.
Second thing: We can conclude that Shanks has known what the Gomu Gomu no Mi was from the moment the story begins in Foosha. First off, why handle the most powerful DF in such a careless manner for Luffy to just eat it like that. And if they planned for Luffy to eat it, why get as upset as they did? They know the government knows, so they put Luffy in huge danger by leaving him, waiting for the WG to find out he has the fruit. That baffles me anyway, the 5 Elders would have known Luffy has the Nika Fruit as soon as they found out he was made of rubber. Why didnt they send an admiral to his ass right from the start?
The first one, if they put like really strong dudes on the ship it would've dragged attention. There were no marines in the ship but cp agents but even they didn't know about it. Which means only the Gorosei and Imu knew about it. They probably didn't think anybody would know about it or come after it.
The second is probably them underestimating Luffy and thinking he won't be able to awaken and act like dumbasses about it.
Simple. They themselves said the fruit had a mind of his own and always found away to sleep out of their hands. They did protected the fruit the best way possible by creating a false name and make people believe it was a weak devil fruit therefore no one would try to steal it. Hence why the CP9 agent (who’s who) wondered why Shanks was following if all they had was a weak fruit. Misinformation is the strongest security measure you can used to protect something so powerful. Just make people believe it simple and doesn’t have any value. If they were to announce it they were going to be constantly in war with emperors of the sea since Joy Boy is the basically the idol of all the strongest pirates. Back then white bears was still alive, Kaido, Big mom, Shanks and other strong pirates. It was the best move for the Government to hide the true nature of the fruit and just make it look like a simple devil fruit. Also, since for. 800 years no one had been able to awaken the fruits true power they just believed it no one would ever be able to awaken it.
I think Shanks had an idea it was a powerful fruit, but not exactly which fruit until later. I feel like Gold D Roger or Rayleigh may have spoken to Shanks about the true nature of the fruit without giving too much detail. It is possible that Rayleigh may have told Shanks to get that fruit since it was important for the world to change.
The government put CP9 agents in charge, more would have raised suspicion.
And Shanks probably wanted Ace to eat the Nika fruit, but the fruit itself might have called out to Luffy directly, leading to him eating the fruit without thinking about it.
@@jf_kein_k8590 Nope it was made clear in the Ace novel that Shanks didn't know he was Roger's son until Ace came to thank Shanks for saving Luffy.
Adding to what has been said, the Gorosei also said they think the nika fruit is just a tale since nobody has actually seen it for 800 years. they just confirmed is real because of Luffy awakened it
How to be a successful youtuber: “it finally happened” on every thumbnail
He already knows what it is and seen it he didn’t say “find the one piece” he said claim it. And I think that Shaka crews reason for no devil fruits is because the fight will be underwater with the fishmen and once the power of pluton and Uranus is used with Poseidon there will need to be strong people to fight the draining power of the sea
or he probably wanted to be just like roger crew
Didn't Shanks missed the moment where the crew went to Laugh Tale because Buggy got sick and had to recover in an island.
I think when u get close to the one piece if you have a devil fruit you get sick buggy got sick Roger got sick the reason whitebeard never got the one piece shanks knows this so no one on his crew have a devil fruit
@@wildinoutinpublicentertain6955 roger didn't have a devil fruit. And buggy wasn't sick I think but Odens wife
@@StockyDT Buggy was sick...he even cried because he had to be the one left out from seeing laugh tale.
WOOOOOW you was 100% right on the Sabo situation, I just went back and watched the Sabo video, that was scary on point
Shanks suppose to eat the DF that he stole, shanks supposed to be the joyboy as per roger, since luffy ate it instead of killing luffy to regain the DF back shanks bet on the new age, now that luffy is capable of being a great pirate shanks can now fight with luffy all out as luffy is not a kid anymore and has a crew as strong as his, the emperror battle in godvalley would be insane.
Very unlikely if you ask me. If one’s gotta eat the fruit, he would eat it as soon as possible. Not bringing it over to small town bar and leave it to a kid randomly.
Remember the five elders mentioned zoan devil fruits have will of their own to choose their masters.
@@Kharock well on my perspective they just stole it and ep1 was them celebrating their victory of taking the DF, you dont stole and eat it there is no thief that heist a bank then spend their money after they just rob
Strawhats and shanks crew are gonna have a davy back fight 100%
In all likelihood, Imu wanted Vivi dead and Cobra took the proverbial bullet to save her. Sabo has almost certainly saved her and is currently bringing her to Kamabakka, Wano, or maybe he even had Kuma use his fruit to send her straight to meet back up with Luffy in Wano.
That's the theory that I was thinking too, the 5 elders asked Imu what light to be put out, most likely was Vivi but somehow the ploy went bad!
i thought kuma was mentally broken. could he even still do that?
Every Movie is clue from Oda to next fight, so Movie Red will be a sign when Luffy kick Uta (because he know Uta is Bad) so Luffy will doing same to Shanks (if He knows Shank is Bad Guy)...
See Movie Stampede, Luffy KO Bullet with a huge fist and next Luffy KO Kaido with same punch, a very huge Fist, Bajrang Gun...
Another Movie before is same, plot twist to next battle.
Strong World, Movie Z, 3D2Y...
I don't believe Sabo actually killed Cobra. Will be interesting to see moving forward. I am glad they rescued Kuma as well as Sabo being alive still.
Yeah, it was prolly the WG and they're using him as a scapegoat. It would line up well with their past actions.
i think the same especially because cobra wanted a meating with them and how they talked about cobra and the nefertari family being traitors
they prob. killed him themselves and wanted to kidnap vivi because of imus picture of her and they blame everything on sabo and co. but it still can be that sabo saving her when they notices how they killed her father
That's the thing, Why would Sabo kill Cobra?
@@arielxgarcia1 Agreed. Can't have their WG narrative shattered by revolutionaries.
@@k.c.8744 I could see that. Cobra maybe wanted to leave the WG and they wouldn't have that - Being Alabasta is one of the 20 original countries in the WG 800 years ago. So the WG had him killed, Sabo saved Vivi after learning her history with Luffy and crew and now they're blaming Sabo and the Revolutionary Army.
Shanks and Buggy missed out on going with Roger. So it makes sense they go after it. At this point its going to be a race. Excited to see where it goes.
I could see Shank’s crew was excited to go “see” Luffy. Like they wanted to fight the straw hats. It would make sense they’re a young start up making waves, new emperor to set the tone with, and they just took one of his islands. Could also be why they were surprised he said no
You misinterpretated everything. Shanks crew love Luffy, Shanks too. But Shanks is holding back because he has something to do first. Shanks is having to supress his amity with Luffy to make him grow stronger. He cant go easy on Luffy now
Shanks crew loves luffy like he’s their little brother. They have a relationship similar to ace and his in a way competitive. He told luffy to come see him once he becomes a great pirate.
I wonder if Shanks is Rocks D. Xebec's son/descendant/family. At the beginning of one piece when we first meet Buggy and he talks about how he hates Shanks and that nobody has ever made him as mad as him and that he would never forgive him was actually about how after Roger and Garp fought and defeated the Rocks pirates, Shanks made a decision to either leave Rogers crew or take after Xebec in some way by leading his own crew even if it meant going up against former friends and allies, which in turn, makes Buggy feel betrayed by his best friend and sends him on a Naruto-esk style Journey to make his own crew and chase down his best friend to remind him of who he was in the past and what he could've been and can still be and he asks Luffy to leave Shanks to him while Luffy goes to fight Black Beard and Sakazuki in the middle of the Fiercest all out war between Luffy and all those that follow him and any who stand against him wether he be Marine or pirate (possibly even rebel army member?).
I know it's highly unlikely and I'm in no way the most well versed One Piece analyst, so if there has been a scenario that can completely debunk my imaginary situation from even have the slightest chance of being plausible... Feel free to enlighten me and teach me something new, but until then, that is definitely a possibility that'd make for an extremely deep and bad ass situation to add to the astronomical intensity that will be the final battle. At least to me anyway 😅😳
Boy do I feel bad for Bartolomeo. I also can't wait to see Luffy's reaction when he hears what Shanks did through the grape vine. Obviously Luffy is far too preoccupied and busy with something else (and there's no warning or declaration) to go and defend Bartolomeo who is about to be made an example of. I can see it already. Shanks shows up and asksBartolomeo about burning his flag and raising Luffy's for Bartolomeo's eyes to light up and and tell Shanks how wonderful Luffy is etc, etc, only for Shanks to draw his sword and say: "Yeah, he's a great pirate. But, that doesn't excuse your behavior." And, just like that, no more Bartolomeo pirates. As their entire home burns down, cinders of Luffy's crews wanted posters burning on the wall as Shanks looks at Luffy's picture, watching it burn to ashes.
I wonder how Luffy's feelings towards Shanks will be when he learns that Shanks went medieval viking on one of Luffy's friends, and went off and blood-eagle'd dat fanboi.
Bartolomeo and bartholomew are diff people ^^
@@Miata.Is.Always.The.Answer Oh man, you're right. I totally got those two names super mixed up lol, they're so close to each other!
Man tbh that second to last part just doesn’t sound like something Oda would do
@@pcbangbros8350 tip: mew=cat=paw paw fruit
I remember it like this
Shanks gonna sneak on and get Kaido poneglyph
to follow up on the kurouma thing, it seems that all of the vice admirals who were candidates to become a new admiral were given the color+animal name designation. don't forget we have brown pig(tokikake a.k.a. chaton) and pink rabbit(gion a.k.a. momo usagi) so while it's certainly possible he's admiral level it's more likely he's weaker than green bull but at least vice admiral level
Ah, I was about to say the same thing but saw your comment before posting my own. A little bit of a follow up though; from what I remember, the whole admiral candidate part for chaton and momousagi was a filler arc or movie plot point, so I don't know how canon this really is, but they did both appear in the manga when Garp spoke about the Rocks Pirates from what I remember, so chances are that it is all canon after all.
I was a mess when I read the chapter. A series of "Oh my God, oh my God..." always left my mouth, especially when SHANKS APPEARED!!! And he's finally joining the fray! Also, I found it poetic that Sabo became the "Flame of Revolution" like... really poetic, I'm crying rn. In Ace, it was flame of life and a will to survive, flickering even when he gave one last smile to Luffy. In Sabo, it's the flame of revolution, though he inherited it for Ace, he made it his own and a Flame of Revolution would be there to assist us to the Dawn of the New Era.
I think the only reason shanks was outside wano was because he wanted to get to a place close to wano. If you haven't guessed which place, its zou. yes shanks is finally making his move to get the one piece, for which he needs the road poneglyph. Shanks couldn't find zou untill now. he somehow predicte zunesha would come to wano.
Lol
Zou is like a week away by now, so your theory sadly falls into the water.
man just thinking about how all of this is gonna turn out gives me goosebumps. we really about to see shanks. lowkey kinda scared that oda hasnt shown blackbeard during all this atm.
When cobra died , it said that vivi escaped. Does this mean that she would go seek help of her old friend and join the straw uat pirates back ? Is WANO where she really is headed right now ?
i don't know if it's the same or similar in japanese, but we just got a huuuge hint to what the One Piece actually is. The phrasing used in english anyways is "Claim the One Piece" which seems to strongly suggest but not outwardly confirm that the One piece is an object and not some metaphorical thing like "friendship" or whatever. The expression Shanks gives as well could be a clue as his expression is dark, which is the opposite of what we saw in the Roger flashback which earned the name Laugh Tale. Which could mean a few different things, that Shanks himself will have to lose something to obtain it, the One Piece itself is an object of great power or importance which could save or destroy the world depending on who holds it, or that by obtaining it would set in motion events which could have dire consequences if mistakes are made. Also i wonder what role Vivi is going to play if she joined up with Sabo, Dragon and the revolutionaries. Rallying support of the other nations most likely in my opinon. guess time will tell if im right.
I have never questioned Shanks's power or place within the story, Where I differ with you is that he's not a rival, he's the last gatekeeper In Rogers plan. I don't know if anyone else thought of this, But it's strange that a member of Roger's crew was at every critical point in Luffy's journey. Think about it, Shanks gave Luffy the DF to start with, Dr Crocus was the first gate on the actual journey, he gave them the first Log post that would guide them, on their journey into the grand line. Silvers Rayleigh is the second gate, he was the judge that would determine the true one. Due to events outside his control, Luffy got somehow lost for a time. Once he caught up to Luffy, Luffy had lost so much you'd think he'd give up, but he wanted to get back with his friends. Rayleigh had another idea though, he saw Roger in Luffy and felt he was the one, so he took 2 years and trained him to better prepare him for the grand line. As far as the next gate I'm not sure, possibly Scopper Gaban, but I assumed he'd come before Rayleigh (Scopper being 2nd mate and Rayleigh being first mate), so not sure, That said i do know who the last gate is, Red Haired Shanks, he was young enough to still be at a strong enough level to be the final gate for Luffy to pass through to acquire the One piece. Remember when Luffy wanted to join Shanks? After he ate the DF and couldn't, he said he'd build his own crew to challenge Shanks. This was when shanks gave him the hat and said, "When you become a great Pirate, seek me out and give it back" That was his challenge to Luffy to come find him, my belief is that only Rogers will, will beat Shanks and therefore earn Luffy the right to the One piece
I had the opposite interpretation for shanks, it didn't seem to me at all like the kind and funny shanks we know is gone, it looked like he was having fun about all the new developments just as the rest of his crew, even the thing with Bartolomeo seemed like it was a game to him, and he didn't seem to have any bad blood with Kid. This chapter made it hard for me to think that Shanks is secretly the bad guy, I think he is a lot like Roger, a person who is able to scheme, plan and have fun. This scheming and planning part is interesting because it's something that early Luffy lacks and has sort of being developing since the new world after his big defeat, Luffy is going from pure instinct to thoughtful planning (obviously with the help of his friends) just like maybe Shanks did from when we first met him to now, a quality that I'd argue Roger definitely had. Shanks deciding to go for the One Piece in this chapter was surprising, but it's definitely part of the developments making him excited and reigniting his desires to go for the One Piece just like Roger did before him.
I feel like Shanks is a guy that is fascinated with the machinations of men and seems to have foresight because he understands these things. He understands what motivates, what distracts, what tempts, what unites, divides, what corrupts, taints, destroys and so on. I believe that's why he's typically calm, stoic, thoughtful, mindful , self aware and confident. I think he's become a master of winning battles before and even without swords ever being drawn.
Seeing that smallest of decisions can lead to the downfall of one man and the arrival of another showed a young Shanks the power that words have...like social classification or titles and distinctions. Most importantly he learned the lengths people would go only to have a word (CEO, Admiral,Pirate, Captain, Warlord,YONKO, king)attached to them that gave the facade of something they believe will make them whole....like respect, fear, riches, power or whatever. Anyway I think the one time in his life he experienced surprise, craziness, fear, suspense, tension, and fun was when he was part of Rogers crew being led by a man that wasn't concerned with admiration, power, control, riches, or influence. So he couldn't be tempted , bought, manipulated, controlled , governed over or threatened into submission. Basically creating chaos by being driven by his own curiosity, search for the truth, and shining a light on a dark hidden past.
Almost sounded like I was describing Luffy there huh.... I think that's the thing. The Chaos and inevitable destruction that will follow Luffy , that we've already been witness to, that excites Shanks and what he's been waiting for. In the beginning of the show it says"only one man has made it that far." Referential to Roger because all others are driven by desires and don't make it. Shanks sees that Luffy has become unstoppable and incorruptible which excites him again like Roger did before. So he's saying the time has come , let's go get this shit. But fuck I dunno ... I mean I just spent more time in a comment than Shanks has spent in the whole MFer lol. But shit sounds good and fits his style . Everyone be cool out there and FTP! Lol
I think most people didn’t realise that Momo didn’t use Blast Breath on purpose. He didn’t want the people of Wano to be scared of the horrors of Kaido again so he tries a different attempt. I really believe that he could do it but in that same panel the town was shown in the background with people still celebrating and a Blast Breath would surely be noticed by them.
interesting
I thought he didn't use blast breath because he can't.
@@whoshe6693 agree
@@whoshe6693 If you look at the panel, the moment Momo decides to not to the Blast Breath the people of Wano are shown and later he say's that he will never bring the terror back to the people. So i am pretty sure that he did do it on purpose, because he promised them that he freed them from Kaido
@@22101990ab interesting read may be you are right.
Yamato is among my favorite characters too. Before she had even 10 chapters of screen time, I said to myself "this is the FIRST time in One Piece I've seen a truly rounded female character" and I still stand by it. Before Yamato, the female characters in the series were either pretty but weak (physically), hideous but strong or some combination of that BUT lack any actual on-screen badassery. Yamato checks all the physical boxes plus has shown she's a powerhouse. I wouldn't go as far as say she's my 2nd favorite character though Ohara. Overall I still have Usopp, Sanji, Luffy, Doffy and Ace in my top 5. But maybe at some point later.
What about hancock?
@@alschroed1992 She's more of a gimmick at this point and hasn't really done much on-screen. The most impressive strength or power feat I saw from her was in Stampede movie and that's like 97% filler.
I think Shanks has been keeping tabs on Luffy because he has been using Luffy as a contingency plan in case Blackbeard got through him, but as Luffy has grown, Shanks realized that he can't let Luffy get to the One Piece without having him prove his strength. I think Shanks also knows that this chase will lead to being in the middle of the war between the World Government and the Revolutionary Army, which having Sabo there will pull Luffy in for that sole reason, as he wouldn't want to lose his only remaining brother.
After meeting green bull I think he follows the justice (or law) of the jungle which is also why he admires akainu
Shanks was always trying to keep the balance
Until the awakening of luffy nika fruit
Return of Joy Boy
He wanted to meet luffy after he had awaken
Because it was the prophecy
Shirley also fore told that the souvenirs will come in 20 years
Oden was waiting for them
Those 20 and some years were important to keep the situation in balance
The nika fruit chooses it's owner
Other wise shanks could have eaten it himself
Or even stolen it from luffy like blackbeard and his crew members are stealing
But he bet the future in luffy
He was convinced about similarities between Roger and luffy and their dream and their similarities possibly with Joy Boy
And his dream
Vivi got captured by Imu for sure, just remember the scenes during the Reverie.
I think you could technically interpret shanks crew wanting to see luffy in 2 ways, like you definitely see they are excited to see him, like they are happy and all of that. But what if they were happy, because it was finally time to take luffy down, what if (this is just me stretching lol) shanks knows how whitebeards power was taken, also, possibly knowing how important the gumu gumu no mi was, what if essentially storing it in luffy, was his plan all along, and like you said, shanks is also manipulating the government. So maybe he figured in some way it was in both of their interest, once they found out, to keep it stored in luffy. And now shanks and his crew just want to take back what they stole. Maybe Yassop isn't ready to see Usopp, cause hes not ready to try to kill him?
hmm 2 Admiral fight did occur Kuzan aka Aokiji and Sakazuki fought for Fleet Admiral spot if am not mistaken on Punk Hazard but might have to rewatch some old arcs to refresh memory
How did shanks stop kaido from coming to marineford? He himself said in this chapter the last time he was at wano was at the goodbye for oden
I think buggy is gonna be a wildcard.....appears before everyone as the weakest and turns out to be a force to reckon with😬
the thing with the black horse epithet just means they have at least enough significance in marine politics as a vice-admiral, as momousagi and chaton being epithets for the two fan admirals that got added as vice-admirals. while probably not powerful literally, they do have power within the marines. atleast my guess towards what's going on with kurouma
I like where this is going. I made a video on imu with the tide-tide / moon moon no mi. A couple months ago would be great to see the pay off. Great video ohara
Man I was so eager to see how Manu felt when Ryokugyu was shocked after learning that Yamato is Kaido's son, adding to the theory of Ryokugyu being Shimotsuki Ushimaru
Imo this chapter didn’t make Green bull look scarier it makes him look weaker
Luffy's final lesson from Shanks will be to defeat him (possibly returning the hat with the end of that fight when Luffy finally wins, then Luffy could get his own straw hat different from the one Shanks gave him), I think. He needs to make sure that Luffy is ready to be the one to defeat Blackbeard probably, or be ready for whatever the One Piece is, at least
In asian light novels the black horse is a title for hidden powerhouses. For example a character no one has ever heard of that just appears in a tournament setting and beats up a member of the top fighter group( like top 4 or so). I do not know if that has any meaning to it but mabey?
I think Shanks is the guy who never lets anyone in his way (you know that kind of vibe) lets expect the unexpectable here, since he knew Luffy had eaten nika fruit he has been waiting for Luffy to collapse the 3 great powers and it already happened warlords system has been demolished, Downfall of Yonko's alliance, and Luffy reached the whole new level i think its time for Shanks to reveal his true motive which is to rule the world (I know this is ridiculous idea but who knows)
Honestly, anything at this point is possible and I wouldn't be surprised at anything that he ends up doing. I feel like he's the lawful neutral type of the one piece world. Rather than let a pirate or the world government discover the one piece It wouldn't shock me if his goal was just to destroy it entirely so no one can have it; destroy all ancient weapons, destroy all devil fruits, destroy every trace of the void century including even the gorosei and Imu. Not in the name of good, nor evil, but for the sake of everyone.
Hey Ohara, about the Hiyori line there was a translation error. In Official Viz, She said "Kurozumi was born to burn". Was is singular so only Orochi not were. Hope you clear that up in next video.
If Yamato joins the Straw Hats, he'll be nerfed just like Robin was. When Robin joined, she was more powerful than than Sanji and Zoro. Then they had to make those 2 progress just like Luffy to maintain the "Big 3" status quo. If Yamato joins, Sanji will develop a more powerful array of attacks and prolly advanced armament Haki, and Zoro will also improve the same, though better.
Well he is the son of kaido and has a zoab fruit you can’t poop that down much
And idk if anyone forgot but remember in the oden flashback oden said Roger said something to Shanks before he disbanded the crew maybe it was be the gate keeper for Nika. If Shanks Is making a play for the One piece how can the marines focus on Luffy? With Kaido and big mom out the picture only BB was actively looking for the one piece as far as yonkos go. Now 3 of the 4 are actively looking. Maybe it's a way to protect luffy
I think Shanks understands the nature of One Piece and sees Luffy as a "key" to it's true form/potential. As others have said, Roger pointed out they were too early. Now with Luffy "becoming Joy Boy" Shanks realizes that One Piece can be "unlocked" now. But he isn't using Luffy, he wants to make sure Luffy succeeds because of what One Piece could do for the world, but alot of this hinges on what you personally think One Piece really is.
Yo what's up ohara your theory about king cobra died and sabo framed up is correct Man. Sheeesh awesome Man keep up the good work 👍🏻
I thought when Shank said he wasn’t planning to have a “reunion” with Luffy, he meant that he’ll fight him as an enemy. He’d meet him, but they won’t have a reunion.
Shanks planned to have their reunio at laughtale, but bb arrived before luffy. Bb and shanks would fight and bb would kill shanks. Luffy would arrived late when shanks already dead and would fight bb to be the pirate king. Luffy would win and become the pirate king and proceed to fight the wg (im sama) and destroyed the redline and held the biggest party with sake the found at laughtale, fullfilling joyboy's will.
Love the lighting on this setup
Theory: Shanks lost his arm on purpose to seem like a non threat. Fly under the radar. We even got that scene where Mihawk said he's a has-been and not worth fighting.
Shanks is coming to Luffy now, with an issue, as fellow Yonko. Coming to Wano without a reason would be disrespectful to an equal.
Shanks showing up to Luffy's territory & asking for the Straw Hat would appear to the world like Shanks is punking Luffy. Not many people know about the promise & the news isn't great at highlighting nuisance.