I just had a crack theory btw, its probably been suggested and discussed here before but Oda introduced Shamrock so he can give Zoro "his own Shanks" to fight and since Shamrock is "evil Shanks", Zoro can fight him all out and go lethal as needed. Add the immortality regen and Zoro can really fuck him up and go savage naturally and still get a really long fight out of it too.
But will Shamrock be as strong as Shanks or slightly weaker at least?
Shamrocks being green means the perfect association for our green themed swordsman to fight him too ofc. They are also typically a 3 leaf clover and Zoro is a 3 style swordsman with 3 earrings and Shamrock has Cerberus fruit on his sword which is the legendary 3-headed dog that guards Hades/Hell itself and Zoro has just declared himself the King of Hell and seen the Grim Reaper recently somehow and WAIT A MINUTE, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE ODA, GODAMN!
But also its not like Shanks and Shamrock are gonna be fighting together.....or will they? Lmao. Zoro should meet and face Shanks and discuss Mihawk as they clash and spar and they test one another.
I was thinking Luffy would and should face Shanks and Zoro could face Shamrock instead, but Luffy and Zoro should really face Shanks regardless though. Shamrock is such a confusion last minute inclusion and thus such a wildcard, I'm trying to understand Oda's purpose for even creating and introducing him and if he was part of Oda's plans all along or not. I doubt he was but if he was, credit to Oda I guess, you got us HARD with that subterfuge!




But will Shamrock be as strong as Shanks or slightly weaker at least?
Shamrocks being green means the perfect association for our green themed swordsman to fight him too ofc. They are also typically a 3 leaf clover and Zoro is a 3 style swordsman with 3 earrings and Shamrock has Cerberus fruit on his sword which is the legendary 3-headed dog that guards Hades/Hell itself and Zoro has just declared himself the King of Hell and seen the Grim Reaper recently somehow and WAIT A MINUTE, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE ODA, GODAMN!
But also its not like Shanks and Shamrock are gonna be fighting together.....or will they? Lmao. Zoro should meet and face Shanks and discuss Mihawk as they clash and spar and they test one another.
I was thinking Luffy would and should face Shanks and Zoro could face Shamrock instead, but Luffy and Zoro should really face Shanks regardless though. Shamrock is such a confusion last minute inclusion and thus such a wildcard, I'm trying to understand Oda's purpose for even creating and introducing him and if he was part of Oda's plans all along or not. I doubt he was but if he was, credit to Oda I guess, you got us HARD with that subterfuge!





So he now doesn't need to fight them a clash and small fight with shanks is enough to show superiority.
So I think zoro will defeat shanks while loki defeat shamrock.