The parallels aren't forced, they're just there. I don't think they're really reflective of anything other than Oda really liking his character design for Shanks and featuring several characters in the story.
Oda likes this certain archetype and certain tropes that go with it.
Do you not find...
Sanji existed since Oda wanted a counterpart to his samurai character.
Along the way, he got turned into a Shanks-like to mirror all Shanks like.
The parallel with Shanks are particularly strong by design, but he’s not the only one.
Ace, Law, Sabo, Loki is and Yamato also have strong overlaps...
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