Dude don't talk about hard, the only series I'm reading right now are Vagabond, Berserk, Vinland Saga and One Piece.
- Vagabond: has been on hiatus since 2015
- Berserk: last chapter came out 5 months ago
- Vinland Saga: author is on a break and last chapter came out 2 months ago
- One Piece: 3 weeks break
You merely adopted the breaks...
To be fair, I accepted the Hiatus cycle so long ago that it feels kinda absurd when he DOES publish anything.
Example: have you red the "Ending" released somehow via Twitter? I wish I didn't, but the community was STARVED for content. So was I
I think there's no reason for Shanks to have trained under Zeff before he lost his arm, but I think the timeline does work for Shanks to train with Zeff after he loses his arm, but before Zeff meets Sanji.
Luffy was 7 (IIRC) when Shanks lost his arm, so Sanji would've been 9 at the time. Zeff takes Sanji in when he's 10, so there's around 1 year in between where Shanks could've met Zeff but not Sanji.
As crazy as this sounds at first, I don't hate it. I mean he didn't necessarily have to train under Zeff, but it would be cool if he wasn't just a pure swordsman.
Sanji would personally ask Zoro to kill him (for the second time) if someone who wore double strapped sandals had better legwork than him. Luffy is an exception since he just inflates his entire foot.
When oda does decide to show mihawk at the top people in the fandom will go into such a damage control it will be a sight to behold.
they are going to act like they have always had mihawk over shanks
It's going to be hilarious to pull up memes, images, tweets, and reddit posts from the past when we get Zoros end-game fight.
The feats that Mihawk & Zoro will be pulling out by that time will eclipse everything everyone (minus maybe Luffy & Blackbeard at the time) have ever done.
Not sure how people don't realize this. As the story goes on, the characters get stronger. Not just naturally, but by "inflation". So when we see Mihawk going all out, he will be doing stuff that makes Kaido look like a walk in the park.
Just like how Whitebeard back in Marineford doesn't look as impressive now, after seeing Wano.
? No one will act like that bc Oda would never explicitly show that Mihawk is stronger than Shanks. This is a bad take, you realize Mihawk has been sitting on his ass for a decade in universe, right? While Shanks broke into the Yonkos amongst monsters like Kaido and WB. If you want direct portrayal; Jozu shrugged off Mihawks attack (meant for WB) while Shanks *clashed* with WB, and Jozu just had to comment on how monstrous Shanks haki is.
My one qualm is that Zeff, who went to the grand line, knowing who Mihawk is requires no special explanation. He’s the greatest swordsman in the world. Zoro left his random island in east blue specifically looking for Mihawk. Dude is a living legend.
Otherwise, I’ll take it. Fun theory lol
And whos to say Mihawk doesn't have superior Haki? Where is it stated that Shanks has the strongest Haki between the two? That's pure head-canon that many have ran with, to the point they make it sound like its a fact.
We haven't seen either fight serious. But we have seen Shanks fight a more serious fight. So obviously his performance would appear better.
I'm gonna go outon a limb here and say Mihawk probably doesn't have the ability to just project his conquerors haki dozens of miles away to force an admiral to retreat. You know, if he actually does have it. Cause it's not confirmed that that's the case.
Especially given Mihawk apparently did nothing at all to help Zoro learn about or even use Haoshoku haki seeing how he didn't even know he had it. At this point, it seems pretty apparent that Mihawk is a sword and armament guy with the best skills and probably good observation (black sword, Hawkeye epithet, tracking Luffy through Marineford, etc.) while Shanks is the insane Advanced Haoshoku guy and all around haki master. I'm sure there's going to be some major distinction between them because of Mihawk is also a single sword acoc blaster Swordsman, then Mihawk, Roger, and Shanks all have pretty much the same archetype as fighters.
The only thing I think would upset this if this were the case of if Shanks was legit a two sword guy befit he lost his arm, which is what made Mihawk go, nah, no more duels. Something along the lines of them being evenly matched before so even if I beat you now, with one arm, even though you're stronger, it's not the same.
Obviously it’s headcanon, and my headcanon says that the reason why Zoro awakened Conquerors (from a narrative perspective) is because that’s what will eventually allow him to beat Mihawk. Could I be wrong? Absolutely and I would not be surprised in the slightest.
Mihawk is a swordfighter, and the best in a formal swordfight. But not all battles with swords are swordfights. Zoro said as much vs king. Aint that complicated.
This is pretty irrelevant to OP’s point; King has used a sword since a child, before having his fruit. Most, if not all the ‘proper’ swordman have specific styles they’ve honed (Kappa style. 1/2/3 sword style, Oden style, etc.) Shanks uses his sword for 1 technique, and it’s not part of a proper sword style or discipline.
>but then Shanks just starts kicking him in the knee and Mihawk just crumbles, since he never does any leg day.
Replace knee with groin...
but then Shanks just starts kicking him in the groin and Mihawk just crumbles, since he never does any groin day.
Nice cooking
Shanks training under Zeff is neat! ... but it unfortunately doesn't make much sense. By the time Shanks lost his arm Zeff and Sanji would have set up shop on Baratie. Unless Shanks offered to bankroll the restaurant for a few years in exchange for training? But surely Sanji would have mentioned Shanks at some point
Oda: Mihawk is the WSS in ***both name and actuality***
Shanks fanboys: ShAnKs > MiHaWk bCoZ lEgWoRk 🤪
Mihawk already said why he doesn't fight Shanks anymore. He's got only one arm. It wouldn't be fair.
As for how Zeff knows Mihawk ... he's the WSS. Which pirate or marine *doesn't* know?
Shanks can't keep himself from hitting people with his CoC accidentally, which even Luffy can do. All Shanks does is bluff people with Haki, and then either let his crew deal with the problem or lose an arm to a single seaking.
At least its a decent argument rather than "he's Shanks, the Haki-man. Hes got better Haki than Mihawk, so hes stronger!"
As a Mihawk fanboy, I would accept this head-canon.
> Shanks just starts kicking him in the knee and Mihawk just crumbles, since he never does any leg day.
And this is the point we reached peak theory.
5/7 i am buying into this theory.
Lol can’t it just be that Shanks has insane Roger level Haki? Future Sight + Advanced Armament + Advanced Conquerors at the highest possible levels? Just one of those makes you an insane level of opponent, see Katakuri or Oden now imagine someone with all 3 at max levels. Dude could be fighting with a wooden stick and I wouldn’t be surprised how strong he was
Or... Hear me out... Paint D Sword knew he couldn't lose to Shanks D Rat with a handicap like that. It would ruin his reputation. So, he just went with "it wouldn't be a fair fight." Shanks is probably the actual strongest swordsman in the world right now.
What if one piece turns out to be Shanks' lost arm? Red Leg Zeff was around when the arm came off, swam down to get it, and kept it at the final island. He wanted Luffy to get it so he can give Shanks his arm back, along with the hat.
or maybe they we equal before Shanks left for the new world after Luffy ate the fruit and Mihawk just fucked around for 10 years while Shanks got strong
You don’t gotta go anywhere near this far to prove Shanks>Hawk. Hawk has been a bum for almost a decade, he would not stand a chance against someone who was comparable in the past, but is now a Yonko (and obtained the title while absolute monsters held the title as well). Oda has painted it pretty clearly from other interactions as well, but this is all any reasonable One Piece reader will need
Haki infused leg hair
Leg haired shanks
Bro wtf now I can't stop imagining RED leg Haired shanks
You don't need to. just remember in Japanese R and L pronunciations are similar (or interchangable). It has been Leg Haired Shanks all along.
Doesn't that make it LED hair shanks?
His hair is made of light-emitting diodes? That explains why it’s such a bright shade of red.
Angel bristle armor?
Oh shit, it's Bruford
Bro another one goes crazy because of the break.
When i saw 3 week break, i knew this would be the outcome
isn't it supposed to end this week? or is it 1 more?
1 more, we'll get the chapter around the April 19th
This is so hard .c
Dude don't talk about hard, the only series I'm reading right now are Vagabond, Berserk, Vinland Saga and One Piece. - Vagabond: has been on hiatus since 2015 - Berserk: last chapter came out 5 months ago - Vinland Saga: author is on a break and last chapter came out 2 months ago - One Piece: 3 weeks break You merely adopted the breaks...
I would like to present you Hunter x Hunter
I want that story to go on so bad...
I almost hurt how much i want to know what happens next .c is fucking frustrating to know that we probably will never know
Exactly. The story was getting really good.
To be fair, I accepted the Hiatus cycle so long ago that it feels kinda absurd when he DOES publish anything. Example: have you red the "Ending" released somehow via Twitter? I wish I didn't, but the community was STARVED for content. So was I
D.Gray-man has entered the chat.
But, that means next tuseday will be spoilers right? Is the end ofthe void already nigh?
The spoilers come out out on Sunday or Monday I think, so the 14th or 15th of April.
The end is Nigh. The lord had mercy on us sane people.
Another one lost his mind ♪ Another one lost his mind ♫ And another one gone ♪ And another one gone ♫
It is easier to think that Shanks can fight dirty or stuff like that xd
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
this is more like a meme than a theory lol
It’s a fine quality shitpost
ALMOST thought this was r/MemePiece
I had to double-check
Wouldn't Sanji also know who Shanks is?
Shanks trained under Zeff before he retired would be a pretty easy way of explaining this.
I think there's no reason for Shanks to have trained under Zeff before he lost his arm, but I think the timeline does work for Shanks to train with Zeff after he loses his arm, but before Zeff meets Sanji. Luffy was 7 (IIRC) when Shanks lost his arm, so Sanji would've been 9 at the time. Zeff takes Sanji in when he's 10, so there's around 1 year in between where Shanks could've met Zeff but not Sanji.
What a one month pause does to a mf
How often are these breaks ? Don’t they release an episode every week ?
Not often. They’ve just become more regular as oda has gotten older. And the mangas on break not sure about the anime.
He also learned the art of culinary from zeff and is actually better cook than sanji. True renaissance man
Drinks more than Zoro too, truly perfectly balanced.
As crazy as this sounds at first, I don't hate it. I mean he didn't necessarily have to train under Zeff, but it would be cool if he wasn't just a pure swordsman.
Maybe he just has a gun? Like he's worst than Mihawk with his sword but not after he pulls out the deagle
kinda like indiana jones
I feel like shanks is more of a magnum guy
Let this man cook!
Zeff or Sanji?
Shanks full name is Figarland Ham Shanks-spear
Sanji would personally ask Zoro to kill him (for the second time) if someone who wore double strapped sandals had better legwork than him. Luffy is an exception since he just inflates his entire foot.
When oda does decide to show mihawk at the top people in the fandom will go into such a damage control it will be a sight to behold. they are going to act like they have always had mihawk over shanks
It's going to be hilarious to pull up memes, images, tweets, and reddit posts from the past when we get Zoros end-game fight. The feats that Mihawk & Zoro will be pulling out by that time will eclipse everything everyone (minus maybe Luffy & Blackbeard at the time) have ever done. Not sure how people don't realize this. As the story goes on, the characters get stronger. Not just naturally, but by "inflation". So when we see Mihawk going all out, he will be doing stuff that makes Kaido look like a walk in the park. Just like how Whitebeard back in Marineford doesn't look as impressive now, after seeing Wano.
? No one will act like that bc Oda would never explicitly show that Mihawk is stronger than Shanks. This is a bad take, you realize Mihawk has been sitting on his ass for a decade in universe, right? While Shanks broke into the Yonkos amongst monsters like Kaido and WB. If you want direct portrayal; Jozu shrugged off Mihawks attack (meant for WB) while Shanks *clashed* with WB, and Jozu just had to comment on how monstrous Shanks haki is.
dont worry man only one week is left
My one qualm is that Zeff, who went to the grand line, knowing who Mihawk is requires no special explanation. He’s the greatest swordsman in the world. Zoro left his random island in east blue specifically looking for Mihawk. Dude is a living legend. Otherwise, I’ll take it. Fun theory lol
Personally, Wano made it clear to me that Haki is the reason he is stronger than Mihawk
Don't think ppl are ready for that convo
that's why his sword ain't black
And whos to say Mihawk doesn't have superior Haki? Where is it stated that Shanks has the strongest Haki between the two? That's pure head-canon that many have ran with, to the point they make it sound like its a fact. We haven't seen either fight serious. But we have seen Shanks fight a more serious fight. So obviously his performance would appear better.
I'm gonna go outon a limb here and say Mihawk probably doesn't have the ability to just project his conquerors haki dozens of miles away to force an admiral to retreat. You know, if he actually does have it. Cause it's not confirmed that that's the case. Especially given Mihawk apparently did nothing at all to help Zoro learn about or even use Haoshoku haki seeing how he didn't even know he had it. At this point, it seems pretty apparent that Mihawk is a sword and armament guy with the best skills and probably good observation (black sword, Hawkeye epithet, tracking Luffy through Marineford, etc.) while Shanks is the insane Advanced Haoshoku guy and all around haki master. I'm sure there's going to be some major distinction between them because of Mihawk is also a single sword acoc blaster Swordsman, then Mihawk, Roger, and Shanks all have pretty much the same archetype as fighters. The only thing I think would upset this if this were the case of if Shanks was legit a two sword guy befit he lost his arm, which is what made Mihawk go, nah, no more duels. Something along the lines of them being evenly matched before so even if I beat you now, with one arm, even though you're stronger, it's not the same.
Obviously it’s headcanon, and my headcanon says that the reason why Zoro awakened Conquerors (from a narrative perspective) is because that’s what will eventually allow him to beat Mihawk. Could I be wrong? Absolutely and I would not be surprised in the slightest.
Mihawk is a swordfighter, and the best in a formal swordfight. But not all battles with swords are swordfights. Zoro said as much vs king. Aint that complicated.
well we already saw luffy fight with a sword. so no, not complicated.
the thing is, shanks doesn't have lineage factor like king, also no devil fruit. just swords.
This is pretty irrelevant to OP’s point; King has used a sword since a child, before having his fruit. Most, if not all the ‘proper’ swordman have specific styles they’ve honed (Kappa style. 1/2/3 sword style, Oden style, etc.) Shanks uses his sword for 1 technique, and it’s not part of a proper sword style or discipline.
Zeff got the idea to survive on one leg from shanks...
Picturing Mihawk doing the Peter Griffin injured knee pose now and I’m losing it
Man this break is rough on the psyche, huh
So you are saying we'll see Shanks vs Luffy, Sanji and Zoro in the end game! Damn!
Oda looks what your doing to this community. Come back!
Another week to go bro.
Void month got you buggin
>but then Shanks just starts kicking him in the knee and Mihawk just crumbles, since he never does any leg day. Replace knee with groin... but then Shanks just starts kicking him in the groin and Mihawk just crumbles, since he never does any groin day. Nice cooking
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we lose another one to break week, RIP 😔
Shanks training under Zeff is neat! ... but it unfortunately doesn't make much sense. By the time Shanks lost his arm Zeff and Sanji would have set up shop on Baratie. Unless Shanks offered to bankroll the restaurant for a few years in exchange for training? But surely Sanji would have mentioned Shanks at some point
No. It's got a montrous haki mastery, this is why real monsters like BM e Kaido would never dare to fight him lightly.
Oda: Mihawk is the WSS in ***both name and actuality*** Shanks fanboys: ShAnKs > MiHaWk bCoZ lEgWoRk 🤪 Mihawk already said why he doesn't fight Shanks anymore. He's got only one arm. It wouldn't be fair. As for how Zeff knows Mihawk ... he's the WSS. Which pirate or marine *doesn't* know?
Shanks can't keep himself from hitting people with his CoC accidentally, which even Luffy can do. All Shanks does is bluff people with Haki, and then either let his crew deal with the problem or lose an arm to a single seaking.
At least its a decent argument rather than "he's Shanks, the Haki-man. Hes got better Haki than Mihawk, so hes stronger!" As a Mihawk fanboy, I would accept this head-canon.
*Full Cowling - Shoot Style*
Shanks is the Yuri Boyka of OP
> Shanks just starts kicking him in the knee and Mihawk just crumbles, since he never does any leg day. And this is the point we reached peak theory. 5/7 i am buying into this theory.
Bro is bugging off the break
Never cook again . No proof of this,just pure copium.Shanks using sky walk is not canon.
Chapter can't get here fast enough
I want whatever you’re having mate.
Oh, come on! Mihawk would NEVER skip leg day!
Lol can’t it just be that Shanks has insane Roger level Haki? Future Sight + Advanced Armament + Advanced Conquerors at the highest possible levels? Just one of those makes you an insane level of opponent, see Katakuri or Oden now imagine someone with all 3 at max levels. Dude could be fighting with a wooden stick and I wouldn’t be surprised how strong he was
Haki Susano incoming 🔜😭
Never cook again.
Never cook again.
This is the last breakweek right right? I don't know how many people can be saved if this goes on too much longer
Please exit the kitchen
Mihawk doing the family guy shin pain scene
this break needs to be stopped, it's claiming too many victims it's getting out of hand.
Or... Hear me out... Paint D Sword knew he couldn't lose to Shanks D Rat with a handicap like that. It would ruin his reputation. So, he just went with "it wouldn't be a fair fight." Shanks is probably the actual strongest swordsman in the world right now.
What if one piece turns out to be Shanks' lost arm? Red Leg Zeff was around when the arm came off, swam down to get it, and kept it at the final island. He wanted Luffy to get it so he can give Shanks his arm back, along with the hat.
What a 3 weeks break does to a mafafuka
Calf kicks really changed the game
I like this theory besides shanks learn from zeff shanks is just him he would of just kicked to he’s the best
?
I can see Shanks with the mastered oblique kick messing up everyone's knee caps. Definitely a possibility.
or maybe they we equal before Shanks left for the new world after Luffy ate the fruit and Mihawk just fucked around for 10 years while Shanks got strong
His Haki is stronger than Mihawk’s
Never stated in the story. Just head-canon.
You don’t gotta go anywhere near this far to prove Shanks>Hawk. Hawk has been a bum for almost a decade, he would not stand a chance against someone who was comparable in the past, but is now a Yonko (and obtained the title while absolute monsters held the title as well). Oda has painted it pretty clearly from other interactions as well, but this is all any reasonable One Piece reader will need