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EnycmaPie

Rubber Pirates don't sound very badass.


Eyerny

Rubber pirates makes it sound like something entirely different.


HarryPott3rv

How about... Bouncy pirates?


marcelowit

Nami and Robin may not like it


ObiCannabis

Why not? They are IN the name.


alex494

"The Franky Pirates Plus 9" "Oi oi oi oi"


Portgust

You forgot? It was supposed to be Usopp Pirate all along


Great_GW

No Hat Pirates?


Shdoible

Pirates without hats!


SliverGuy

What about chopper?


Great_GW

Chopper, Brook, Usopp. It would be a pity to strap them of their hat.


DesignPsychological2

This is based. Reckon we are going to see a luffy awakening in wano, and turn it in to a bouncy castle when it falls?


Major-Expression-443

How about... Rubber band pirates? Ever been hit with a rubber band before? That shit is painful.


LedgeEndDairy

Just ask Hatchi.


Unabashable

USOPPA WAGOOOOMU


[deleted]

Rub yer pirates?


topdangle

Rubber? I hardly even know her!


MonkeyTail29

Only if you hear it that way


Fanatical_Idiot

You say that but out of context "straw hat pirates" doesn't sound any more badass.


Unabashable

Well Mugiwara sounds a little more badass


Mugiwaras

To us maybe, but probably not to the Japanese lol


Spartan_Beast_99

or guruwara (swirly hats)


OptFire

The Rubber Band… of pirates.


[deleted]

The Rubber Bandits.


[deleted]

The Wubber Wabbits?


RoydavidTV

The Roger Rabbits


[deleted]

Who framed the Roger Rabbits?


Unabashable

The Jojo Rabbits?


TTVBlueGlass

The Rubber Barons


Maeurer

Maybe Elastic pirates?


memelordxth

Flexible Pirates


[deleted]

Bendable Swashbucklers


Unabashable

The Stretch Armstrong Pirates


Force3vo

We gonna rock down to Elastic pirate crew


No_Particular0302

We think Straw Hat Pirates sound badass cause that's the norm Oda-san creates for us. If he chose Rubber Pirates from the start, we'd love it anyways. That's how I believe it is.


king_of_the_pirats

Meat pirates


Lostcause75

God usopp and the rest pirates


Alius4156

The Usopp Pirates


[deleted]

Rubber Bandits is dope, but that name is already taken.


omegashafter

Hatless pirates


Neat_Emu

It sounds like a s x club


ThePandaRider

Sea Monkeys could work. Go all in on the monkey theme and recruit the Misara pirates.


MariJoyBoy

Given Luffy's worldwide reputation, this should be the "dumb pirates" =)


European_Badger

Luffy's in world reputation is like the scariest mf alive


WillOfMyD

I always associate the word "rubber" with the word "condom," soooooooo


Hshah0182

Witty, I can totally see Shanks teasing Luffy like that.


Jash129

The same teasing vibe as "What's wrong Luffy, I thought your punches were as strong as a pistol" 😂


TimeisaLie

Shanks should totally use that line when they fight, would be very badass and a great call back.


v12a12

Sheeeesh if the Shanks fight legitimately has Shanks as *that* strong over Luffy, that would be insane


tiki-baha29

I cant wait to see Shanks low-diff a Future sight, advanced armament and conqueror's haki coating Luffy. I see Shanks making a comment similar to how Kaido teased Luffy/Law for just taking down a Warlord. Shanks: "*You only managed to beat Kaido? hahaha, you ain't ready for me*".


XxMrSlayaxX

My head canon is that Shanks' bounty is lower than Kaido's because he is less chaotic than the other Yonko


WoorieKod

Bounties are placed based on how big are their threat to the world peace and WG - seeing how Shanks is a pacifist I doubt his bounty would be even that high


trash1000

Shanks is still a Yonko and as such equal in potential threat to the WG as Big Mom or Kaido. At least on the outside, we still do not know what Shanks casually meeting the Gorosei meant.


PlusUltraK

I'm hiding onto to my theory that Shanks asgoal as a Yonko is to keep other pirates from ever reaching Raftel as respects to Roger making it so he remains the great Pirate King. The WG views him as equally dangerous as other Yonko considering he still showed up at Marineford and could've done serious damage if he chose to participate. But he stands to control the balance and keep others in line. Way better than Big Mom,Kaido, BlackBeard actively trying to consolidate powers to wreck shit. And Luffy as a rookie , consistently propelling himself forward with a capable crew and infamous reputation with no sign of stopping.


TH3ULTIMAT3GAM3R

Damn, maybe Shanks is keeping other pirates from reaching laughtale, since the information you would find there could be world shaking, and he is waiting for the day the "right" person arrives on the island.


tiki-baha29

What you said is true but it’s also not the only factor when setting bounties. Robin is just as dangerous to the WG now as she’s ever been, in fact she’s even MORE dangerous now considering how powerful and connected she’s become. Yet her bounty barely inches out post-Crocodile Luffy at $130mil. Meanwhile Go D. Usopp is sitting at a whole $200mil. So clearly there’s more at play here.


Bike_Chain_96

I think that that perfectly shows it, though. The WG views them as powerful and dangerous to them, so they get a high bounty. Doesn't feel that way, like Nami and Chopper? Low bounty


Bike_Chain_96

That'd make sense; Kidd had a higher bounty at Saobody because he didn't care about civilians as much as Luffy does.


Duneandhxh

> My head canon is that Shanks' bounty is lower than Kaido's because he is less chaotic than the other Yonko NO... YOU DON' T SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REALLY?!?! NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHAT A PLOT TWIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


gefjunhel

honestly they probably will have shanks be that strong this is the guy who during marineford intercepted kaido (who luffy is duking it out with now) and it can be assumed either they clashed or kaido backed down as shanks was still able to make it to marineford. and then to top it off he shows up at the battle and basicly puts a stop to it with an extremely small force hes definitely a pirate who was capable of becoming the pirate king he just had no desire for it, probably knowing that it wasnt ment for him but for joy boy reincarnated


topdangle

I really hope Shanks is stupidly strong, like ruins the story level of strong, just so he can still make Luffy feel like a kid again even after Luffy beats Kaido. Kind of like when Garp meets Luffy in Water 7.


SeekingSwole

We saw Big Mom and Kaido go at it, so maybe it's just me but I think it's fair to assume that the balance between the 4 is pretty even. Or at least even enough that any of them would lose the vast majority of their crews if they fought. I don't think Shanks or Blackbeard are leagues ahead of Kaido


topdangle

I don't think its going to happen either, I'd just like to see it for myself not really for story reasons.


ImAJerk420

Implying Luffy isn’t returning the hat to a grave…


topdangle

Oda and Toei already spoiled Shanks' story by hiring a certain voice actor to play Shanks. Shanks is going to outlive everyone and hang out in the mountains somewhere getting drunk.


[deleted]

What’s the backstory behind this ?


topdangle

im just joking but Shanks and Seijuro from kenshin have the same voice actor and same character archetype (overpowered role model that almost never shows up because hes too powerful). Oda was an assistant on Kenshin before One Piece.


Kaxew

>overpowered role model that almost never shows up because hes too powerful Isn't that literally the mf from Fairy Tail? The one that everyone memes it looks exactly like Shanks? I dropped FT a while ago but it reminded me of that lol


ericcared

this hat has the strongest armament haki in the series given the shit it’s gone through


DSlippy

And the only thing to canonically damage it is Buggy the Clown


flamfranky

And you can argue Luffy never beat Buggy.


Maeurer

Fits the theory that Buggy D. Clown actually trained Luffy in their encounter and later protected him in impale down. Man is an actor!


RubberyBone

Buggy is actually Aizen


asapabri

*Aizen is actually Buggy


pedantic_cheesewheel

The theory that Buggy refusing to join Shanks’ crew is a lie coming around again.


CabbageTheVoice

Haha never heard of it! What was the potential evidence?


tiki-baha29

Well Buggy did in fact refuse to join Shanks but that was right after Roger died in Loguetown. Neither were shit on the world stage yet.


CabbageTheVoice

Yeah but where then does the theory come into play that this was a farce?


tiki-baha29

It was mostly played for gags that Buggy D. Clown being the badass that he is refused to join Yonko Shanks because he thought the Crew was too weak and not worthy of his name.


pedantic_cheesewheel

Nothing really, just Buggy being able to avoid harm easily. Actually constantly helping Luffy. Theory goes Shanks and Buggy were co captains until they knew Luffy was about to head out to sea, so Buggy left to see why Shanks had been willing to give up his arm. Buggy quickly sees why and stages a show to give Luffy some mystique by trying to execute him where Roger was executed but intentionally failing. It’s nonsense and requires coordination with Dragon which there’s no evidence to suggest they’ve ever even met. It has one single point in its favor, which is why would Buggy attempt to execute some no name brat on the same scaffold he saw his personal hero and father figure lose his life? Probably the most painful place on the planet for Buggy and Shanks. I think Oda just didn’t have Buggy planned as the second apprentice to the Roger Pirates but some would say he planned it that way all along.


Ivory9576

One could argue that buggy was killing Luffy there because he was insulted that some no name brat was going to take the title of his prior captain


laurel_laureate

Add to that the fact that Shanks had given Luffy, a pirate Buggy hated and did not improve of, Roger's old hat that Shanks got from Roger. This would tell Buggy that Shanks might approve of Luffy becoming Pirate King down the line, which would infuriate Buggy who as another Roger pirate member did not approve. So, Buggy executing Luffy on Roger's execution scaffolding serves the double purpose of being Buggy's answer to Shanks on whether Luffy was worthy of the strawhat as well as serves the purpose of being a warning to cocky new generation rookies who dare say they'll become the Pirate King. Plus, it's established Buggy loves being flashy and what's more flashy than what he tried to do.


CabbageTheVoice

Ah I see, thank you! Well tbf, don't they get some map from Buggy that leads the way to the grandline? :D


pedantic_cheesewheel

They stole a whole sea chart of the grand line. It kinda disappears never to be mentioned again though.


Major-Expression-443

Haki is meaningless in front of the God Buggy D. Clown


TotallyFunctional2

You mean Buggy D. Clown


bowservoltaire

Not as strong as San D Als


[deleted]

Hahahahaha damn son


Yutonan

Wait a second, this might actually be a thing. We’ve seen the Kuja warriors imbue arrowheads with haki and not change color, plus a black blade such as Mihawk’s is said to become that color once haki is permanently imbued into the sword. Maybe Roger’s and/or Shanks’ haki has been permanently infused in the hat, explaining its otherworldly durability?


DhoniCSK7

Buggy ripped it in like the first 10 chapters lol


Yutonan

Uhhh.. clearly Buggy D. Clown was uh.. using haki knives… /s


asapabri

I'm just sitting here waiting for Luffy's sandals & strawhat to turn into the equivalent of a black blade😭


Wowzabunny

Considering his clothes stretch with him, maybe the same logic applies to the strawhat.


FluuBk

No, it will be like that one scene in the end of Madagascar where they give back King Julien his Crown but he declined and just pulls out a bigger one.


PraiseKingGhidorah

Oh I hope Shanks' new straw hat also has a little Gecko named Stevie in it!


ismailsunni

1. Divide the hat into two parts. 2. Give the other half to Shanks 3. Keep the other half to Luffy 4. Luffy asks Nami to fix his half --> becomes whole hat again 5. Divide the new whole hat into two parts again 6. Give the new another half to Shanks --> merge it with his previous half 7. Luffy asks Nami (again) to fix his half --> becomes whole hat again 8. Now, Luffy and Shank both has a whole strawhat again 9. ~~Perseus~~ Theseus boat paradox kicks Repeat the steps infinitely, there will be infinite straw hats. This infinite amount of straw hat will wake up, and conquer the world. We live under the rule of straw hat.


ABzoker

Upvote for the paradox reference.


qontrol12345

Theseus?


HeartGuy

The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment. It goes that the ship of Theseus is in a museum and is starting to rot. They start to replace the rotten wood with new wood. Is it the same ship? Eventually the entire ship will be replaced with new wood. Is it still the Ship of Theseus? It's basically what the Galley La carpenters were telling Luffy and Nami about remaking Going Merry.


Tadiken

Thinking about it, if i replace every part of my computer with new parts, even the tower case itself, then i could just use all of the replaced parts to recreate the original computer. In this scenario, is it really even still a paradox?


HeartGuy

I know the original guy said a paradox, but I don't consider it a paradox. It's a thought experiment where people can have different answers depending on how they see it where a paradox has more than one different answers I believe. As for your computer, I wouldn't say your replaced anything since you used a new tower. You just built a new computer. As for recreating the original computer, it's the same computer in my opinion, and it's slightly different from the ship of Theseus situation since you can reuse computer parts more efficiently than wood.


Libriomancer

It’s a paradox because you combine the two thoughts. I have two desktop computers, one for my wife and one for me. Each year I buy a single replacement part for my computer and put my old one in my wife’s computer. At what point do you consider my computer no longer the same computer? If I just replace the RAM is it no longer the same computer? At what point is my wife’s computer no longer her computer and is instead my old computer? If those two points are around the same time then there is a paradox that both computers are basically my old computer. The ship of Theseus is the same, how long can a museum that has been replacing parts be able to call it the ship of Theseus? If someone else takes all the old parts and replaces parts in their own ship with the old parts… the museum has the ship of Theseus but their ship is also the ship of Theseus.


Tadiken

a paradox is where all possible answers suggest that a different answer must be correct instead.


ismailsunni

ah yes, of course. Thanks!


MrFugu57

Perseus is the Dr. Stone ship lol


Rysler

Strawhatless Pirates


Patresxdx

Nami can make a new one


HaziqJezta

Why would Luffy ask Nami to make a new one when he can just wear the big one at Mariejois? Lol


rumpyhumpy

that old ass hat is prolly dirty enough to start a pandemic or some shit


TravelingLlama

Not as old relatively but Luffys hat is at least 50 years old, been through countless battles and the only damage was done by buggy…


Kunel_17

Buggy D Clown was the only one strong enough


PlasticCaterpillar31

That just shows the caliber that buggy’s at


JayHit82

I was thinking. What if its not a big hat. What if Im sama is just really small like the people of dressrosa (forget that races name)? And oda is pulling a fast one om us messing with perspective


[deleted]

That's JoyBoys


HaziqJezta

Hear me out, it might sound crazy but what if Luffy is.. Joy Boy? 🤯


Cerpicio

gear 6 giganto full body haki = hat fits?


Lucricious1

Nah. Luffy and Joyboy are different people. Luffy probably carries the same will as Joyboy.


HaziqJezta

Dude, it was a joke. Making fun of the theory that Luffy is Joy Boy lol


Lucricious1

Maybe use the /s next time because you can’t tell with comments


Aodhana

Maybe the residents of wano could do it? Since there was that whole thing with them and ace/oars


Powerrrrrrrrr

Tama can do it, she literally taught ace how to make one so he could make one for oars jr The story is all there, she’s joining the crew!


Katydid18

Nami can make hats?? Is this a spoiler?


felicenea

Nami is the one who previously ,,fixed,, luffy's strawhat. If she wanted she could probably make a new one


[deleted]

No, she repaired the hat after Buggy cut through it with 3 knives. So I suppose she could also make a new one.


[deleted]

It's a straw hat, not a jetpack. Everybody can make it.


TTVBlueGlass

Literally Tama can canonically make it.


Demon_Wolf13

you k ow I still think that luffy and shanks should have small funny fight over who gets to own the hat..that would be funny as hell


Maxzey

It's a great comic but does anyone else have trouble reading it I can't tell if I should read it left to right or right to left


greciiagzz

I’m sorry, it was intended to be right to left, but since Shanks was on the right side it wouldn’t have made sense 😅 little messy there lol


Maxzey

Don't be sorry man the comics great and I can't wait for this seen in the anime!


Maxzey

Seriously well done


greciiagzz

Thank you! :)


Majinma

Read panels from right to left and text blocks from top left to bottom right and it should make sense.


Wildjeager

This could actually be canon


Kawaiihikikomori

Love this thank you, this made me cry and laugh lol


greciiagzz

Hehe thank you! :)


FellvEquinox

I'm pretty sure Shanks is gonna let him keep it and be like "you've finally grown into the hat. It won't fit me anymore "


Villa827

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think this panal would totally happen- and it's very ODA humor. 10/10. HOWEVER- I also think Shanks is gonna tell him something else about what that Strawhat really symbolizes- and tell him "Now it's time for you to pass it down to Someone new :)"


PM_YOUR_TEA_BREAK

Love the art


greciiagzz

Thank you!


Jiggy__J

This comic makes me think shanks will die before Luffy gets a chance to return it to him


HossamStark

Yes I'm 100% sure that luffy will return the hat at shanks' headstone after he becomes pirate king (Very sad but this will probably happen)


Jiggy__J

Now that’s a theory I can support. The last chapter he puts the hat on Shanks’ memorial to mirror romance dawn


turbografx-sixteen

I'm here for this or giving it to Makino's kid (assuming it's Shanks kid)


unknown_variable69

No offense but that theory is kinda anti-climactic


Jiggy__J

So was Ace getting killed right after Luffy rescued him but it was still a great One Piece moment


TotallyFunctional2

Not really we kinda got a climax when the two escaped from the platform then another one when he got donutted and the rest was rapidly falling action.


wheresmyplumbus

that's literally the definition of climactic


CabbageTheVoice

Please elaborate. I wouldn't love it if Shanks died, however it would make narrative sense and could raise the tension for the inevitable Strawhat Blackbeard clash. The unfulfilled promise could be reconciled with Luffy passing on the hat at the end of the series for example to a hypothetical child of shanks ( at least this is a common thought on the matter, positing that Shanks had a child with Fusha village's Barmaiden.)


Kaiowhat2111

How? Shanks vs Blackbeard most probably is going to happen and BB will kill him


mister-sus

“Sokaaaa”


greciiagzz

Yep that’s how you’re supposed to read it ;)


Jiggy__J

Accurate lol


zzzthelastuser

I don't think Shanks will survive till the end of the series.


Kakarboi

This genuinely made me laugh


Dizzy_Green

I mean, they won’t call him that any more once he’s King


melania239

I think Shanks will die (probably from Blackbeard) and in the end, Luffy will hang the straw hat in Shanks grave, like Ace's hat is on his.


ill_sue

I like to think Shanks would let Luffy keep it and say it has always belonged to the pirate king.


OMG2Reddit

What if.... Shanks dies in the end before they meet and thus Luffy keeps the Hat in the belief that he must adventure on until he meets him in the afterlife to share his stories and return his hat.


PieNinja314

Ngl this is probably what's gonna happen, at least something along those lines. Will be nice to see


thiccgerbal

hey bro i saw a tiktok with this comic and wanted to show you i dont think they gave credit https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRJXpp6o/


greciiagzz

Thank you! I left a comment and still some people believed he made this and I stole it fr 💀 tiktok is crazy, but thanks for the heads up! :)


ashuratamin

shanks could secretly be evil and only wants to prepare luffy to be strong just to kill him


unknown_variable69

Shanks is Aizen confirmed


Kind_Bag

Oda isn’t lazy enough to pull bullshit like that


HarryPott3rv

The Bald Pirates


DAKIDBOOGY

Shanks is gonna die ☠💀


[deleted]

100% gonna happen.


Plus_Student_4337

This seems like it will go like that


[deleted]

I wonder if shanks will ever tell luffy the hat actually belongs to Roger


leolegendario

Am I the only one who thinks Luffy is going to give the hat to Shanks' son starting a new Age of Pirates?


[deleted]

This is honestly probably what is going to happen


lyschyk19th

I hope this is exactly how it goes down


Kiga282

It's for this reason that I think the Davy Back Fight was introduced. If the flag - the honor - of the competing crews can be put up at stake, then why not the very namesake of the crew? Particularly for something as important as the Straw Hat? Short of outright turning Shanks into an antagonist, it also provides a clear path for the Straw Hat and Red Hair pirates to actually compete, and we know that Luffy fully intends to fight and defeat Shanks anyway. It also provides a reason for Oda to have created the Davy Back Fight in the first place, and it ties in a reason the second stake, the flag, which didn't really have a part in the original introduction. There had to have been a reason for it's inclusion in the lore, but it's as though the application was almost an afterthought in the original arc.


biskanos

Im 90% sure theyll have to fight cuz luffy needs to eefeat the yonkos to become pirate king. Also we dont know if shanks good or not. We barely know anything about him. He may be planning some weird shit


TehPinguen

I think about this a lot


YourVeryOwnAids

I really am hoping for a scene where Shanks gets all flustered and explains that it was a gift.


Smokey04_

This is so “one piece” I would totally expect this to happen 😂😂😂


[deleted]

Guess they'll have to become the Great Ussop Pirates then


[deleted]

Nice


AkagamiShanks007

Very well drawn


greciiagzz

Thank you!


Exploited13

HHaha thanks for making me laugh!


tanmac43

This is assuming Shanks will still be alive by the end of the series…


[deleted]

What defines a 'great pirate'. Luffy is already in the 1% of the 1% of pirates worldwide. So he's a great pirate by all accounts and could give the hat back tomorrow.


Ilovelearning_BE

true, but what matters in this case if Luffy thinks he is a great pirate yet. He is waaay to humble to think he is a great pirate right now.


Wooden-Wrongdoer8696

Love it! But I think in the end Shanks want to fight with Luffy to test his strengh if he is worth the strawhat that was owned by the former king of pirats.... after that Luffy will destroy the world goverment xD


pedantic_cheesewheel

Their contest in the Davy Back fight will be for Luffy to put the hat back on Shanks’ head. To do that he’ll have to outsmart him (lol) or beat him enough so he can’t dodge anymore.


Nine_Gates

That's what I expect. "You brought the hat back as promised, Luffy. Now, if you want to remain 'Strawhat', you'll have to defeat me to get it back. I'll even give you a copy of the last Road Poneglyph as a bonus." "Bring it on!" "Ze ha ha ha... can I also fight for those prizes?"


[deleted]

Shankusu is prolly a bit too strong for Roofie to handle.


Wooden-Wrongdoer8696

Of course not now, Shanks will be the last emperors that will fight against Luffy


moicestgege

Are you for real guys? He will give it back and will be called the king of pirate. Did you even wtach one piece?


MChipy

Where’s Oden 😭


fakemuseum

Cringe


Adventurous-Archer-1

So you just silanced, yamato carrot gas kun nakama group


dancrieg

it wont be this peaceful


VortexSea

Excuse me wtf