This....is a speculation gold mine! What could "best balance, impregnable crew" mean here?
Shanks may have the lowest old era Yonkou bounty, but the highest bounty crew. So the strongest or most dangerous crew?
And they're all swordsmen or shooters with no DFs, is that really the best balance? Maybe the ability to swim or fight without DFs makes them very balanced as opposed to BM/Beast/BB pirate crews because they can battle at sea as well as land.
Maybe best balance is referring to the structure of Shank's crew. 10/11 highly capable fighters, and they don't rely on mass armies of fodder. Just like the Strawhats, which Oda may think of as a balanced pirate crew.
Shanks may have the lowest old era Yonkou bounty, but the highest bounty crew. So the strongest or most dangerous crew?
And they're all swordsmen or shooters with no DFs, is that really the best balance? Maybe the ability to swim or fight without DFs makes them very balanced as opposed to BM/Beast/BB pirate crews because they can battle at sea as well as land.
Maybe best balance is referring to the structure of Shank's crew. 10/11 highly capable fighters, and they don't rely on mass armies of fodder. Just like the Strawhats, which Oda may think of as a balanced pirate crew.