Questions & Mysteries Are Shanks and Mihawk still rivals?

[Albino 👑]

Are shanks and mihawk still rivals in current day?

Every time they've interacted or talked about the other:
Mihawk meeting up with shanks to talk about luffy

Shanks and whitebeard talking about mihawk

Mihawk talking about shanks during marineford

I think that's it unless i missed something

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

Yes they're still rivals in the traditional sense as Shanks is the only current swordsman that can fought toe to toe with Mihawk. But they're no longer interest in bout.

Like let's use Star Wars as an example here, Obi-Wan and Darth Maul are rivals, but they no longer fight each other anymore.

 

[Rurushu]

They are no longer rivals but in the narrative, the Oda leaves it ambiguous which of them is stronger.
On the one hand, Mihawk has the WSS title and Shanks is served as a swordsman throughout the Manga, but on the other hand, we only received a statement that Mihawk is superior to him in swordsmanship and we don’t know how their duel ended (presumably a draw)
Something like this.

 

[Salah WG]

"Has-Been"

 

[Sir Yasheen]

They’re rivals in the manner that Shanks is the second strongest swordsman and Mihawks the strongest.

But narratively? They don’t care to ever fight one another again.

 

[Albino 👑]

Yes they're still rivals in the traditional sense as Shanks is the only current swordsman that can fought toe to toe with Mihawk. But they're no longer interest in bout.

Like let's use Star Wars as an example here, Obi-Wan and Darth Maul are rivals, but they no longer fight each other anymore.

I don't know anything about star wars how come they don't fight eachother

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

I don't know anything about star wars how come they don't fight eachother

Spoiler: Star Wars Spoilers

Obi-Wan defeated Darth Maul in the first movie "The Phantom Menace", resulting in Darth Maul getting split in half then they no longer fight each other until episode 20 of Star Wars Rebels season 3, in which Obi-Wan killing Darth Maul which ended their lifelong rivalry.

Many people considers Obi-Wan and Darth Maul as one of the greatest Star Wars rivalry.

 

[SkySanji]

Mihawk isn't strong enough to be Shanks rival

 

[Konstantis]

No,case Mihouk is scared to fight

 

[JoNdule]

Nope
They stopped being rivals 12+ years ago

 

[Buggy D Clown]

No they aren't, Mihawk knows Shanks isn't strong enough to push him anymore

 

[Garp the Fist]

This is literally answered in the first time they meet. Mihawk has no interest in fighting him anymore. He was more interested in the potential of fodder Zoro.

Now, Cross Guild could potentially bring a change in their relationship if the two were ever to find themselves on opposing sides, but it’s unlikely since Marineford wasn’t enough.

 

[Deleted member 65730]

No. Mihawk's statement to Shanks makes it clear that they aren't anymore.

Which means when they were rivals, considering the heights of the two, Shanks was the superior rival until he gave up his arm.

 

[milluki]

Zoro will cut away an extremity of Mihawk, in their final fight, so his mentor can finally resume dueling against Shanks as a fellow hasbeen (no longer WSS) cripple.

 

[roronoa_fan]

They haven't fought in over a decade. Shanks no longer poses a challenge, so Mihawk has trained Zoro to be a challenge again.

 

[Urouge D. Rouge]

To be a rival means to be pursuing a similar goal while being adversaries

They'd be rivals if shanks wanted to be the strongest swordman or Mihawk wanted the one piece dreaming of the All Wine

 

[Rob Luffy]

No,case Mihouk is scared to fight

They scared to come outside = roaches

 

[Albino 👑]

Mihawk talking about shanks goal

 

[DarkKingSlander]

No they aren't, Mihawk knows Shanks isn't strong enough to push him anymore

Mihawk knows nothing of current shanks strength. Prime Mihawk was in his 30s fighting a 20-something rookie shanks.

 

[LolonoisZolo]

No they're not anymore, Mihawk surpassed Shanks long ago.
Buggy is Shanks' rival.