Questions & Mysteries Is Shanks afraid of Eustass Kidd?

[TheAncientCenturion]

@TheAncientCenturion make a bet thread if shanks is a swordsman or not
Since its gonna be finally revealed next chaps when he fights

Don't bet "yes" cause Kidd is gonna steal Shanks' sword next chap

 

[Tejas]

Oh no TAC is stanning Kid, this means Kid is gonna lose. Happened the same with Jack, King and Greenbull.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

You'd probably have thought Blackbeard would only need him self and Burgess to beat Law prior to that fight but look what happened.

I mean, he still only needs Jesus. Teach takes down Law, Jesus drops a mountain on the crew.

 

[L55]

Don't bet "yes" cause Kidd is gonna steal Shanks' sword next chap

Do it

 

[Monster Zoro's Tesla Supplier]

Uh, no.
Plus she literally emitted a burst of Haki that didn't knock out even Usopp.
BTW congrats on the promotion.

Ignore this I thought he got a promotion because he got a new Admin tag

 

[Blother Fertitta]

So to you, it's perfectly reasonable that Shanks has brought literally everything he has and then some to take on Kidd?

Yes they are pirates
There’s no fairness in piracy
Lmao
Who is Eustass Bum to get any freebies

 

[Mr. Reloaded]

Shanks was afraid of Kaido and Big Mom. Now he is afraid of Kid.

I bet he only faced Akainu at Marineford like that because his friend Mihawk was there to protect him if anything happen.

 

[Garp the Fist]

The crew was there before Kid was though. They aren’t there because of him.

Shanks trying to deescalate situations is literally everything he has ever done in the series. He doesn’t fight until he feels he has to. It’s no shock he’s doing it again.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

The crew was there before Kid was though. They aren’t there because of him.

Shanks trying to deescalate situations is literally everything he has ever done in the series. He doesn’t fight until he feels he has to. It’s no shock he’s doing it again.

And recruiting the Elbaf giants to help him fight, when he's got his entire army with him?

 

[Garp the Fist]

And recruiting the Elbaf giants to help him fight, when he's got his entire army with him?

Still fits his main goal of protecting Warland.

Kid sees how completely outnumbered and outmatched he is and gives up, meaning Warland is saved from becoming a battlefield

or

They all gangup on Kid, beat the shit out of him quickly and little damage is done to Warland.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

Still fits his main goal of protecting Warland.

Kid sees how completely outnumbered and outmatched he is and gives up, meaning Warland is saved from becoming a battlefield

or

They all gangup on Kid, beat the shit out of him quickly and little damage is done to Warland.

He's already got his entire crew, which alone is enough to accomplish that. He's got his allies. Which makes that even easier.

It's ridiculous that Shanks is asking for more help.

 

[DarkestKnightofSpoilers]

@Le Fishe D. Tomdou thoughts about that thread?

 

[ReggieZoldyck21]

Rereading chap. #1076, it stuck out to me just how vast Shanks' forces were on Elbaf. Not only does Shanks have his individual strength + his powerful crew, he also has the allied and subordinate pirates with him as well. Essentially his version of the Grand Fleet.

And also... Very much like what Whitebeard came to Marineford with; The full force of Whitebeard's influence that he used to take on the Navy + Shichibukai.

And on top of having his Grand Fleet and Crew assembled on Elbaf, we find out that this region of Elbaf (if not the entire island) is so infatuated with Shanks that they want to pay him tribute, want to be taken out to see, find him incredibly handsome, etc. His ties to Elbaf go so deep that the world renowned and feared Elbaf Pirate Captains Dorry & Broggy call him a brother... And Shanks personally asked them to assist him in battle.

He's asking the Elbaf Pirates to help him out against Kidd... And if that wasn't bad enough, Shanks is still trying to deescalate the situation by bargaining with Kidd and using his overwhelming military might to intimidate him.

So Shanks has his crew at full power, his grandfleet and the Elbaf Giants all there ready to fight... Kidd and Killer. And he's still not willing to go right to fists, he's doing everything in his power to avoid a fight. Shanks has more power concentrated right now than Whitebeard had running into the War of the Best. Let me just rephrase that again.

Shanks' total strength > Whitebeard Pirates during Marineford and he still doesn't want to fight Kidd.

My only question left is one that Shanks himself has asked...

@Roo @ReggieZoldyck21 @rerere @Pantheos @Peroroncino @Read no Mi @Monkey D Theories @Shiroyru @ShishioIsBack @HA001 OF THE RAIN @Albino 👑 @EtenBoby @Meeyori @Mr. Reloaded @Blackbeard @Erkan12 @Red Admiral

Little do y’all know. It may look like he’s calm, but Shanks is actually shitting his pants right here. Real ones can tell

 

[Garp the Fist]

He's already got his entire crew, which alone is enough to accomplish that. He's got his allies. Which makes that even easier.

It's ridiculous that Shanks is asking for more help.

Shanks is using every resource at his disposal to achieve his aim. What’s ridiculous about that?

This is all consistent with chapter one Shanks, never mind the rest of the series. He doesn’t care about fighting fair. Kid has picked a fight and he needs to deal with all the consequences of that.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

Shanks is using every resource at his disposal to achieve his aim. What’s ridiculous about that?

This is all consistent with chapter one Shanks, never mind the rest of the series. He doesn’t care about fighting fair. Kid has picked a fight and he needs to deal with all the consequences of that.

It's using a gun to deal with a mouse, that's the ridiculous part. He's assembling the equivalent of what Whitebeard did to take Ace back, to handle Kidd and his (fairly weak) partner Killer.

 

[nik87]

lol not even Shanks is immune to Oda's shenanigans...
He certainly gave ammunition to anti-Shanks people with this one.
Everyone looks dope until the time comes for them to look like fools.
Zoro is the only character who is treated well and thus - Dont speak ill of Zoro.

 

[Novak D Jokovic]

I think Shanks has his entire fleet for another purpose. Propably he is ready for a war against someone else like Navy or Blackbeard.

 

[Admiral Mou Bu]

Shanks' total strength > Whitebeard Pirates during Marineford

That is definitely cap. Whitebeard and his Fleet were superior.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

That is definitely cap. Whitebeard and his Fleet were superior.

In terms of what each brought, Shanks has his core crew, his allies and even Elbaf Giants. Whitebeard only had his core crew and allies.

I didn't mean 1 | 1 power, but percentage of their strengths.

 

[nik87]

That is definitely cap. Whitebeard and his Fleet were superior.

Not necessarily. If Giants are backing Shanks, they are superior to WBPs in MF.
It seems to be a recent thing considering that one of them wants to pay the tribute.