Questions & Mysteries Why is Shanks so strong?

#21
Descendant of Ryuma (looks just like him as well)

He has high/top tier ancestry

Big Mom might be the only character in OP that's a top tier without a crazy background
When you look into it more closely it's clear zoro does carry shimotsuki blood his grandmother furiko was older sister of Uhimaru. That explains the massive resemblance between them however the shimotsuki aside from Ryuma himself don't really appear all that powerful.
 

Gol D. Roger

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#23
It still comes down to genes. Nature gave Big Mom and Rayleigh CoC. As did Big Mom receive a powerful body. You are born to be a top tier.
Those aren't inherent for them though. It started with them. They were born with great potential and realized it. Many people die without ever knowing they're conquers. Sabo comes under the same roof too.

If we're to ignore the CoC users, then the admirals that don't have CoC will take the cake assuming some of them aren't born with CoC.
 
#25
There is no need for scurrying around since the manga outright confirms Mihawk >>> Shanks your last glimmer of hope was crushed when Shanks pulled out his sword to deal with Kid.
Sword being his physical weapon doesnt matter since he's stronger than Mihawk even while being a weaker swordsman thus crushing your last glimmer of hope.
 
#29
Sword being his physical weapon doesnt matter since he's stronger than Mihawk even while being a weaker swordsman thus crushing your last glimmer of hope.
When shanks can solely rely on haki as fighting style without using gryphon every time he fights maybe you would have a point. Shanks is more reliant on his sword than anyone else as cripple it becomes infinitely more valuable.
 
#33
When shanks can solely rely on haki as fighting style without using gryphon every time he fights maybe you would have a point. Shanks is more reliant on his sword than anyone else as cripple it becomes infinitely more valuable.
Yeah Shanks could cut Kidd's cannon properly but he nuked him, i have a point alright. "Shanks being more reliant to his sword than anyone else as cripple it becomes infinitely more valuable" by you purely wishing on it doesnt change Shanks has better feats and portrayal in the manga compared to Mihawk. While Mihawk's WSS title was exposed to follow the sentence "greater specifically in sword skill than Red Hair", so much for WSS title being glimmer of hope of being stronger than Shanks.
 
#36
Yeah Shanks could cut Kidd's cannon properly but he nuked him, i have a point alright. "Shanks being more reliant to his sword than anyone else as cripple it becomes infinitely more valuable" by you purely wishing on it doesnt change Shanks has better feats and portrayal in the manga compared to Mihawk. While Mihawk's WSS title was exposed to follow the sentence "greater specifically in sword skill than Red Hair", so much for WSS title being glimmer of hope of being stronger than Shanks.
Why are you still pushing that nonsense? Being stronger than someone does not automatically mean you are more skilled than them. Just like being faster than someone does automatically mean you are a more skilled runner.

Here is the scene.


It tells us not only is Mihawk stronger than Shanks by being the WSS, he is also a more skilled swordsman. Mihawk being the World Strongest Swordsman doesn't automatically mean he's more skilled than any other swordsman. It just means he is stronger.

The manga doesn't need to tell us Mihawk is stronger because the WSS title already does that. It's no different than an announcer not needing to tell everyone the winner of the race is faster than the competition. Why, because winning the race did that.
 
#38
Film Red implies its genetic and the figurlands just have a huge potential. Garling continues the celestial body theme of the Gorosei and Ancient weapons, so it might even be that Figureland family also has some god power or status. I’ve speculated before that Gatling could be the Sword God for example.
 

HA001

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#40
Shanks cut Kidd's cannon cruder, rougher, poorer than even Zoro. According to that panel, Zoro is already a stronger / greater swordsman than Shanks. Had this debate with you many times before, but no choice than to contradict Shanks slander from the thread starter now.
Cope. He's just a swordsman nothing more.
 
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