Due to his Figarland heritage, Shanks clearly has major final war relevance.
This is likely why, despite Luffy becoming yonko, Oda chose to postpone Shanks’s meeting with him.
Shanks’s time won’t come until much later in the story.
So while Teach might fight him, maybe even beat him, imo it’s unlikely Shanks will die by Teach’s hands. I think if anyone will kill Shanks, it’ll be Imu or one of the Figarlands.
This is likely why, despite Luffy becoming yonko, Oda chose to postpone Shanks’s meeting with him.
Shanks’s time won’t come until much later in the story.
So while Teach might fight him, maybe even beat him, imo it’s unlikely Shanks will die by Teach’s hands. I think if anyone will kill Shanks, it’ll be Imu or one of the Figarlands.


