As many people know Oda was the apprentice of the Mangaka who wrote Rurouni Kenshin. He’s been getting a lot of flak lately, you can research that if you want but that’s not what we’re talking about here.
Oda definitely looks up to his former sensei, so much so that he would create a character based on his work ? Let’s analyse.
The main character of the series is Kenshin (he might be a historical figure actually), a master swordsmen who killed countless people and then swore an oath to never take another life again. Towards this he had a Katana made for him. The Katana was unique in that it was reverse bladed. It had a blade on the inside edge which means it can only be used non-lethally, unless you hold it backwards. This was done so that Kenshin could use the blade as a weapon but non-lethally as a sort of blunt sword. In case he ever had to seriously injure someone or in case he ever went back on his oath he had the option of using the sword while holding it backwards.
Let us analyse the design of Shanks. Shanks has long red hair and scars on his face. Do you know who also has long red hair and scars on his face ? Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin. Now you may think that this is just a coincidence... but what if it’s not ?
In a YouTube comment I read someone noticed how the guard on Shanks’ sword seemed to be on the wrong side.This is what got me thinking about this theory.
I think Shanks used a reverse bladesword. Or at the very least he normally fights with the dull edge of his sword, both would explain why the guard is on the wrong side.
What do we know about Shanks ? We know from pretty much when we first met him that he follows the doctrine of non-violence. I think Shanks doesn’t like killing people. Who also dislikes killing people and has never killed anyone on panel.... Monkey D. Luffy. But Shanks seems to be even more obsessed with non-violence than Luffy. I think he used to be extremely violent and was reformed at some point and since then made a vow to never kill anyone or at least never kill anyone unless he had to to save his friends. Or maybe the bet shut theories about him being Rocks’ son are true and he doesn’t want to be like his father. Maybe like Kenshin there is a chance that he could go mad.
Maybe this is why he trained his COC so well. To knock out people around him non-lethally and minimise the spilling of blood.
Now let us talk about Kaido. We know Shanks stopped Kaido before Marineford but the theory was that Shanks talked him out of it or something mainly because Shanks is a swordsman and Kaido only had the 2 scars from Oden. Maybe at God Valley he was KOed by Garp not Roger which is why he received no scars.
But if he was defeated by Shanks... a swordsman... why did he receive no scars ? The answer is because Shanks fought and defeated him using the blunt side of his blade. Causing him to merely be KOes non lethally and maybe receiving a few internal injuries but crucially leaving no scars. Since he didn’t actually cut him... more like bashed him with the blunt side of his sword. So he defeated Kaido without inflicting any scars.
What do you guys think ?
Oda definitely looks up to his former sensei, so much so that he would create a character based on his work ? Let’s analyse.
The main character of the series is Kenshin (he might be a historical figure actually), a master swordsmen who killed countless people and then swore an oath to never take another life again. Towards this he had a Katana made for him. The Katana was unique in that it was reverse bladed. It had a blade on the inside edge which means it can only be used non-lethally, unless you hold it backwards. This was done so that Kenshin could use the blade as a weapon but non-lethally as a sort of blunt sword. In case he ever had to seriously injure someone or in case he ever went back on his oath he had the option of using the sword while holding it backwards.
Let us analyse the design of Shanks. Shanks has long red hair and scars on his face. Do you know who also has long red hair and scars on his face ? Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin. Now you may think that this is just a coincidence... but what if it’s not ?
In a YouTube comment I read someone noticed how the guard on Shanks’ sword seemed to be on the wrong side.This is what got me thinking about this theory.
I think Shanks used a reverse bladesword. Or at the very least he normally fights with the dull edge of his sword, both would explain why the guard is on the wrong side.
What do we know about Shanks ? We know from pretty much when we first met him that he follows the doctrine of non-violence. I think Shanks doesn’t like killing people. Who also dislikes killing people and has never killed anyone on panel.... Monkey D. Luffy. But Shanks seems to be even more obsessed with non-violence than Luffy. I think he used to be extremely violent and was reformed at some point and since then made a vow to never kill anyone or at least never kill anyone unless he had to to save his friends. Or maybe the bet shut theories about him being Rocks’ son are true and he doesn’t want to be like his father. Maybe like Kenshin there is a chance that he could go mad.
Maybe this is why he trained his COC so well. To knock out people around him non-lethally and minimise the spilling of blood.
Now let us talk about Kaido. We know Shanks stopped Kaido before Marineford but the theory was that Shanks talked him out of it or something mainly because Shanks is a swordsman and Kaido only had the 2 scars from Oden. Maybe at God Valley he was KOed by Garp not Roger which is why he received no scars.
But if he was defeated by Shanks... a swordsman... why did he receive no scars ? The answer is because Shanks fought and defeated him using the blunt side of his blade. Causing him to merely be KOes non lethally and maybe receiving a few internal injuries but crucially leaving no scars. Since he didn’t actually cut him... more like bashed him with the blunt side of his sword. So he defeated Kaido without inflicting any scars.
What do you guys think ?
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