Shanks, for about 430 chapters, got his hype from Mihawk. We knew Shanks was strong because he had duels with Mihawk (who we knew was strong).
It’s once we saw him clash against Whitebeard that we saw his strength on-panel.
If we’re talking about in-verse, who gets his fame from the other? It’s Shanks who gets his fame from Mihawk again.
Mihawk gets brought up by characters when interacting with Shanks. (Whitebeard mentions Mihawk, Ace in his novel mentions Mihawk). Even Shanks mentions Mihawk himself when talking about who gave him the eye scar. When talking about Mihawk, Shanks isn’t brought up as justification of his strength, we know he’s strong because he’s the world’s strongest.
It’s always
‘Shanks, the guy who used to fight with Mihawk, is an emperor’
Never
‘Mihawk, the guy who used to fight with Shanks, is the world’s strongest swordsman’.
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You are relying to a post lumping up Vivre Cards and databooks as one. I am explaining that they aren’t, and that even among databooks, there are pretty big differences.
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It’s like everything I just said went above your head lol