I mean:
1. Did Oda mess up his writing with this? Shanks is just here since Oda wanna promote Film Red?
2. Or Shanks truly didn't know that meeting Luffy may be the best way to deal with Barto indirectly? Since you know Barto will obey whatever Luffy says including not to mess with his inspiration and most importantly not to mess with the character with Hiko Seijuro's Voice Actor?
3. Shanks wanna avoid Luffy since it'll be full on confrontation and he want Laugh Tale to be the stage and One Piece to be the stake of their fight instead of here and now (Wano, chapter 1054)?
4. Shanks is actually much weaker than we think? He just deal with everything by outsmarting stuff, and thats why Ben Beckmann deal with all combat-related stuff?
5. Etc others?
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1. Did Oda mess up his writing with this? Shanks is just here since Oda wanna promote Film Red?
2. Or Shanks truly didn't know that meeting Luffy may be the best way to deal with Barto indirectly? Since you know Barto will obey whatever Luffy says including not to mess with his inspiration and most importantly not to mess with the character with Hiko Seijuro's Voice Actor?
3. Shanks wanna avoid Luffy since it'll be full on confrontation and he want Laugh Tale to be the stage and One Piece to be the stake of their fight instead of here and now (Wano, chapter 1054)?
4. Shanks is actually much weaker than we think? He just deal with everything by outsmarting stuff, and thats why Ben Beckmann deal with all combat-related stuff?
5. Etc others?
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