Mihawk is WSSM. We know he got his title by going around defeating swordsmen until he was the strongest. But then that begs the question, who is the strongest swordsman Mihawk has defeated?
Whenever Mihawk is hyped, it’s always in relation to Shanks. Brannew did this directly when revealing Mihawk’s bounty.
But there’s an issue with this. Mihawk stopped fighting Shanks years ago when Shanks lost his arm. This was back when Shanks was a 1 billion berry rookie and not a yonko. So could Shanks have actually given Mihawk his title? Unlikely imo.
Rather, what if it was Shamrock who Mihawk actually defeated to gain his title. Shamrock is, after all, Shanks with two arms. It would make perfect sense for Mihawk to go after Shamrock after Shanks lost his arm.
Obviously the WG isn’t going to publish that a holy knight was defeated, so instead they lied and said Mihawk defeated yonko Shanks instead, thereby granting Mihawk the WSSM title.
Oda just hasn’t explained this as he didn’t want to reveal Shamrock until recently and he also didn’t want fans thinking Shanks actually got defeated, regardless of Mihawk being WSSM.
In any case, I’m not insinuating Mihawk is a fraud. Until and unless Oda decides that Shanks is truly a haki wizard(not impossible lol), mihawk is stronger.
but it does make no sense for mihawk to gain his title by beating pre yonko shanks. So him beating Shamrock in his prime and gaining the title that way would make sense.
If this is true, I’d expect Oda to make Shamrock the strongest swordsman of the WG, so that Mihawk isn’t a fraud. Alternatively this theory would work if Mihawk beat Garling or Nusjuro, but I think the lie of him beating Shanks makes more sense if he actually beat Shanks’s twin.
Whenever Mihawk is hyped, it’s always in relation to Shanks. Brannew did this directly when revealing Mihawk’s bounty.
But there’s an issue with this. Mihawk stopped fighting Shanks years ago when Shanks lost his arm. This was back when Shanks was a 1 billion berry rookie and not a yonko. So could Shanks have actually given Mihawk his title? Unlikely imo.
Rather, what if it was Shamrock who Mihawk actually defeated to gain his title. Shamrock is, after all, Shanks with two arms. It would make perfect sense for Mihawk to go after Shamrock after Shanks lost his arm.
Obviously the WG isn’t going to publish that a holy knight was defeated, so instead they lied and said Mihawk defeated yonko Shanks instead, thereby granting Mihawk the WSSM title.
Oda just hasn’t explained this as he didn’t want to reveal Shamrock until recently and he also didn’t want fans thinking Shanks actually got defeated, regardless of Mihawk being WSSM.
In any case, I’m not insinuating Mihawk is a fraud. Until and unless Oda decides that Shanks is truly a haki wizard(not impossible lol), mihawk is stronger.
but it does make no sense for mihawk to gain his title by beating pre yonko shanks. So him beating Shamrock in his prime and gaining the title that way would make sense.
If this is true, I’d expect Oda to make Shamrock the strongest swordsman of the WG, so that Mihawk isn’t a fraud. Alternatively this theory would work if Mihawk beat Garling or Nusjuro, but I think the lie of him beating Shanks makes more sense if he actually beat Shanks’s twin.
