A summoning circle appearing with number 0 and Shanks walking out in some crazy demon form would be hype
Nah he walks out normally, but black fire starts to regrow his arm to show the sacrifice and everything up till now has all been a front
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Trust me this has never been my mindset with Shanks (I dont think hes mustache twirling eViL, but has a real goal for PK/Luffy, just that Luffy wont agree with it) , but I wouldnt complain:kayneshrug:
 
Frankly, all that matters is Imu is potentially stronger than everyone, not necessarily the Gorosei. They don't necessarily need to be above BB/Shanks/Akainu to be endgame, because they are subordinates, though its possible some of them are depending on where Zoro, etc are at that point.

Imu's subordinate count is also ridiculous compared to the rest:

- Akainu presumably has 9 major subordinates (2 Admirals and 7 Zodiac VAs, discounting Kizaru if he's gone this arc)
- Blackbeard has 10 major subordinates (if you count Kuzan)
- Shanks has 9 major subordinates
- Luffy has 9 major subordinates

Imu has, on paper, at least 14! 9 God Knights that we know of and 5 Gorosei, all of which "seem" to be relative to an Admiral potentially. So unless they lose this arc, Imu is not balanced like the rest are as a major group.

Random tangent, but Doflamingo may have categorically similar with his 4 suit Executives and those under them. I mean, compare these scenes even!

Gorosei are still technically leaders of the faction like admirals and god knights though. They just have too much narrative importance, even the subtle ones like being planet-themed as opposed to Luffy’s Sun. The OGs like Shanks and BB are likely stronger but the gap might be much smaller or who knows, it’s unclear at this point.

Yeah, that Doffy and Imu parallels are pretty cool. Maybe Oda was giving out hints of the WG’s true nature via Doffy. Dressrosa’s like a microcosm of the entire world’s situation right now, with Imu being the one behind the strings.
 
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