General & Others How did Shanks>Mihawk become so popular?

Jokes aside, anyone who isn't biased knows Mihawk is stronger than Shanks. One of the main reasons some don't want to accept this is how Zoro should compare to Luffy and Sanji. According to their headcanon, Zoro can't be comparable to Luffy and be much stronger than Sanji, so Oda saying Mihawk is WSS means Shanks isn't a "pure" swordsman or isn't one at all. One headcanon leading to more headcanons.

We're close to the end of OP so we'll see Hakiman in action soon :endthis:
 
To play devils advocate

> We don't know who was superior between Shanks and Mihawk with their rivalry
> We don't know how Mihawk obtained his title
> We know that Shanks hasn't fought Mihawk since he lost his arm and thus hasn't challenged Mihawk for his title

So until more information is given between the Mihawk and Shanks rivalry and how Mihawk got his title, you can argue for Shanks > Mihawk
We don't know if Mihawk didn't fight Shanks after he lost his arm. We know that he no longer considers Shanks worthy opponent and is waiting for a swordsman stronger than Shanks.

You can't argue Shanks is stronger Mihawk. That's like claiming Shanks is the Pirate King. Oda tell us Mihawk is the WSS and since Shanks is a swordsman Mihawk is stronger than Shanks.
 
as long as they had rivalry, they were on par, or else they would stop when one won and people would mention the winner, not their duels.


we know he obtained it early on and he had it easy obtaining it
Being rivals up doesn't mean they're equal. If you talk fights you will spend more time talk about the fight then the outcome.

The outcome tells us the winner but not how they won. How a fight went is usually more exciting than the outcome.

Look at Zoro vs Pica. Everybody knows Zoro won and destroy Pica but they still talk about what occurred during the battle.
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Big mom is =TO THE WSC whos stronger than mihawk and shes swordsmen, what would that mean?
Kaido's title is not an official title. It is a rumor based title.

I don't think Kaido is stronger than Mihawk.
 
Well, they think that it's a case of Shanks being Luffy and Zoro being Mihawk, which isn't really right because Shanks is just one of four pirates that Luffy needs to overcome, and he's not the strongest one either.

Plus they make the mistake of thinking relevance = strength- again, not true. Shanks is by far the more important character, I'll never argue against that. But that doesn't mean that Shanks is stronger than him, anymore than it makes Shanks stronger than Whitebeard or Kaido.

And the major one of the idea of Zoro being one of the strongest characters in the series causing people to break out in hives and start foaming at the mouth.

Ultimately I just come down on Mihawk and Shanks being dead equals like Roger and Whitebeard until Shanks lost his arm and got a bit weaker. Mihawk is raging because he never really got his title the proper way and that's why he was the way he was at the start of the series, Shanks is still one of the strongest people in the world but knows he's not who Roger was waiting for, so was happy to sacrifice his arm and pave the way for Luffy to come along.
 
Famous blade, not sword. Unless you disagree with Oda?
Zoro already has 2 advanced hakis and since he is stronger than Luffy, his CoC will be stronger too.
I will believe into advanced CoC when Oda steps on what he said previously - that CoC cannot be trained.
Shanks without his sword becomes low diff fight for Mihawk. Sword is the only thing that allows him to push Mihawk to extreme.
Wazomono also means sword but since WB > Mihawk, it's not a sword. WSS title is vague.
I know my Shanks theory is hard to swallow but your Zoro statement is worse. When did Zoro use Adv CoO and CoA?
Shanks strongest attack/form mid/high diffs Mihawk.
 
as long as they had rivalry, they were on par, or else they would stop when one won and people would mention the winner, not their duels.


we know he obtained it early on and he had it easy obtaining it
You can have a rivalry with one member slightly edging out the other member and we don't know how the duels went.

We don't know if Mihawk didn't fight Shanks after he lost his arm. We know that he no longer considers Shanks worthy opponent and is waiting for a swordsman stronger than Shanks.

You can't argue Shanks is stronger Mihawk. That's like claiming Shanks is the Pirate King. Oda tell us Mihawk is the WSS and since Shanks is a swordsman Mihawk is stronger than Shanks.
Chapter 96 When Mihawk tells Shanks Luffy's bounty and chapter 580 when mf war ends both parties don't show any intrest in fighting each other.

Like I said Shanks hasn't challenged Mihawk for his title it's possible for him to be stronger than Mihawk.
 

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Wazomono also means sword but since WB > Mihawk, it's not a sword. WSS title is vague.
I know my Shanks theory is hard to swallow but your Zoro statement is worse. When did Zoro use Adv CoO and CoA?
Shanks strongest attack/form mid/high diffs Mihawk.
The 12 Supreme blades include a spear and naginata. They are not just swords, they are all blades - sharp weapons.
Nothing vague about it. The title is absolute, just like Zoro's dream is absolute, nothing vague about it.
Any CoC theory is hard to swallow if you look at facts that CoC cannot be trained.
Both have been used in Alabasta.
Yeah, in the fantasy of Shanks fans, I bet he does.
 
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