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Antagonist* lol. While he is aiding Luffy in some ways, he's also directly competing with him over One Piece, and as such is technically an antagonist.
However my point never was that Shanks was this evil Mastermind. Yes, something is going on with him. He's super enigmatic and has a role to play. Yes, hes highly respectful, but hes also brutal and violent. Yes he's nice to the common people and all about peace, but he also oddly can talk to Gorosei (which really is the weirdest aspect to his character).
Whether or not he actually plays an antagonistic role or is just a good ally in the end...no idea. This chapter and last seem to contradict each other. On one hand he stops an Admiral for Luffy/Momo, on the other he aims to take care of Barto/Aim for One Piece.
However my point never was that Shanks was this evil Mastermind. Yes, something is going on with him. He's super enigmatic and has a role to play. Yes, hes highly respectful, but hes also brutal and violent. Yes he's nice to the common people and all about peace, but he also oddly can talk to Gorosei (which really is the weirdest aspect to his character).
Whether or not he actually plays an antagonistic role or is just a good ally in the end...no idea. This chapter and last seem to contradict each other. On one hand he stops an Admiral for Luffy/Momo, on the other he aims to take care of Barto/Aim for One Piece.
Someone needs to sacrifice
I will be not surprise if Akainu and Dragon end up being hype tool for Imu