Speculations How would you frame the presumed last 3 arcs?

#42
Beating Ace or Law is far different from him beating the character with the canonically highest display of Haki in this series (barring Joyboy), but go ahead and believe what you want lol.

I guarantee you that we do not know enough about Shanks to make hard claims that he and Luffy wont fight, especially when Luffy himself only agreed to ally with Law as long as it wasnt about fighting Shanks first.

I have my PFP for a reason, its to reiterate the fact that Shanks reacts to Luffy in an antagonistic way, not as an ally (unless you think that face means he just wants to congratulate him lol). The dude decided to attack his fleet members, why are we still denying this?
Because we literally never saw or heard of shanks attacking Barto… for all we know Shanks saw Barto was one of Luffys men and just left him with a warning then went to go get drunk in Elbaf seeing how shanks left Wano not long before kid, went to drop off Marco then make it to Elbaf
 
#43
Because we literally never saw or heard of shanks attacking Barto… for all we know Shanks saw Barto was one of Luffys men and just left him with a warning then went to go get drunk in Elbaf seeing how shanks left Wano not long before kid, went to drop off Marco then make it to Elbaf
Or it just hasnt happened yet lol. This is a 2 way street bruh
 
#45
Okay, but if it hasn’t happened yet you can’t use it as proof as shanks being an antagonist?
I can use it because all we have his intended dialogue lol.

We cant assume anything has happened yet because Oda never said he found or encountered him. The dude was at Elbaf already before Kid arrived. How would he have found Barto that fast?
 
#46
I can use it because all we have his intended dialogue lol.

We cant assume anything has happened yet because Oda never said he found or encountered him. The dude was at Elbaf already before Kid arrived. How would he have found Barto that fast?
We can’t; but judging by Shanks’ ideals and character so far, there’s no reason for he and Luffy to fight and any fight they share will have no stakes.

However, we know Shanks is actively hunting a character who’s regularly set up as one of Luffys greatest enemies and has been for 2 years.

Shanks vs Blackbeard is a much safer bet than Shanks vs Luffy. It’s about as likely as Linlin vs Luffy Imo
 
#47
We can’t; but judging by Shanks’ ideals and character so far, there’s no reason for he and Luffy to fight and any fight they share will have no stakes.

However, we know Shanks is actively hunting a character who’s regularly set up as one of Luffys greatest enemies and has been for 2 years.

Shanks vs Blackbeard is a much safer bet than Shanks vs Luffy. It’s about as likely as Linlin vs Luffy Imo
Like I said, believe what you want. In my opinion though, one instance doesnt negate the other. They will all fight at the same time. Thats the vibe ive gotten from years about this.

In my opinion, there is no feasible way Blackbeard offscreens (and you know there is no way Oda will dedicate enough chapters to show us this....) Shanks' entire ship and keeps him hostage lol. Shanks isnt Ace 2.0, the dude scared Akainu in person and an Admiral without even being present.

Severe underestimation here I think
 
#48
Like I said, believe what you want. In my opinion though, one instance doesnt negate the other. They will all fight at the same time. Thats the vibe ive gotten from years about this.

In my opinion, there is no feasible way Blackbeard offscreens (and you know there is no way Oda will dedicate enough chapters to show us this....) Shanks' entire ship and keeps him hostage lol. Shanks isnt Ace 2.0, the dude scared Akainu in person and an Admiral without even being present.

Severe underestimation here I think
Current Blackbeard definitely not. But I would not bet on Shanks over 3 fruit Blackbeard.
 
#51
Imo, I really feel the BM storyline to Elbaf is largely superficial. She doesnt need to be present at all and frankly doesnt need to find out about Mother Caramel. But thats just me. Its just redundancy on a character that needs to stay gone considering she took up way too much panel time. Lets focus on whats left, not characters that have happened.

Big Mom was done and dusted the moment she hit her head in Wano

That was Oda's way of saying: fuck it how can i get rid of this overpowered character alongside other overpowered character in the same arc? think oda think...
 
#52
And villains are wrong in their ideals all the time. I wouldn’t put much faith in Kaidos words here
Okay bro, alright. :seriously: even though Luffy literally out-Haki'ed Kaido in the end to win (so no Kaido wasnt wrong)

When the dialogue fits your argument, its undeniable truth. When it doesnt, we shouldnt believe it. Apparently Luffy is a villain and I shouldnt believe his words about wanting to fight Shanks either.

Gotcha.
 
#54
Okay bro, alright. :seriously: even though Luffy literally out-Haki'ed Kaido in the end to win (so no Kaido wasnt wrong)

When the dialogue fits your argument, its undeniable truth. When it doesnt, we shouldnt believe it. Apparently Luffy is a villain and I shouldnt believe his words about wanting to fight Shanks either.

Gotcha.
Luffy did not win because his haki was greater; he won because of his fruit awakenings. Just because someone’s haki is stronger never guarantees a win. We’ve seen that literally countless times in the manga.
 
#59
His awakening doesn’t require haki, and what I mean is stronger haki =/= stronger fighter. Shanks can have the strongest haki in the verse, doesn’t guarantee a win
My guy, read the story lol. Apparently this is Luffy not using Haki to not touch and defeat Kaido:



What are you trying to say here lmao. Haki was required to defeat Kaido.
 
#60
My guy, read the story lol. Apparently this is Luffy not using Haki to not touch and defeat Kaido:



What are you trying to say here lmao. Haki was required to defeat Kaido.
Yes, haki is a good weapon here, but Kaido was beat because Luffy was able to awaken his fruit. The combined might of Luffys haki and Luffys fruit is what allowed Luffy to finish Kaido.

Please tell me why you think stronger haki = Stronger fighter when we’re shown that’s not always true
 
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