Controversial Shanks whole purpose is Teach

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Herrera95

#21
Maybe in an EoS flashforward when he has already given the hat to somebody else, probably the son of Shanks, but aside from that imo he will keep it until the final fight to symbolize Joyboy/Roger/(Shanks)/Luffy will against Xebec/BB/whoever may be added to this list (Im?).
The hat will be meaningless EoS
 
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Herrera95

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Nah, imo Oda will keep it as the link to the next generation he will eventually milk Kishimoto style. Just wait for Shanks son or Luffy son to be named Buffy.
The strawhat is pretty much the promise, the inherited will, that someday someone will come to free the world. That will happen by the end so no need of another hat unless you expect a One Piece Super Shippuden with the adventures of Mika the daughter of Nika and Hancock
 
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Borasey79

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The strawhat is pretty much the promise, the inherited will, that someday someone will come to free the world. That will happen by the end so no need of another hat unless you expect a One Piece Super Shippuden with the adventures of Mika the daughter of Nika and Hancock
Completely agree.
Then again, plenty of DFs can create a different, parallel, or pocket dimension. The strawhat can be used as a promised inside one such mini-worlds for a SH descendant to liberate in a spin-off.
 
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The strawhat is pretty much the promise, the inherited will, that someday someone will come to free the world. That will happen by the end so no need of another hat unless you expect a One Piece Super Shippuden with the adventures of Mika the daughter of Nika and Hancock
Actually you have a point, Luffy should indeed be the last link as he will solve the problem still I don't see Oda throwing in the bin the symbol of his precious inherited will (among other stuff), also Oda would have to be a serious writer to actually end the story once and for all. But we actually should expect the next gen for OP too eventually.
 
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