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The statement is meaningless, it just shows how old WB is.
I mean do you really believe the version of Shanks who has at most a 1B bounty and got scarred by Base Teach (who even after eating the Yami got pushed to high diff by a YC2 level character like Ace) is close to his prime?
Shanks learned Kamurasi when he was 15 yo, so what's wrong about Shanks being close to his prime? This was 2 armed Shanks who already had several duels with Mihawk. 2 years later he lost his arm and Mihawk no longer accepted duels with Shanks.
Wait... Isn't this huge Mihawk downgrade as well? Because if 2 armed Shanks > has been Shanks, it'd mean Mihawk wouldn't be able to bypass Harald's barrier either. But if current Shanks >>> flashback Shanks, it means he's got several times stronger despite 1 arm.
Damn, Harald and Loki singlehandely destroyed so many agendas. It's crazy how 2 giants from a single arc caused so much powerscaling chaos.