Stop with the Shanks dying/offscreen nonsense:
He's not being offscreened or dying by blackbeards hand. He's a far more important character than Blackbeard. Sick of seeing this "Shanks = Dumbledore" mentality we have of the character. He isn't Luffy's mentor, he never was. If you want to expect a character to be killed off, assume Luffy's "Dumbledore" is Rayleigh, not Shanks.
edit: mods deleting pics? One minute they are there and next they aren't