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All according to Karasu* *Karasu means crow
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Rohan Kishibe posted:Even if Shanks is that powerful now, that was like 15 years ago. He should've still been at high level, he was sparring with Mihawk and had a bounty of a billion then
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May 11, 2023 19:55
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Kild posted:He should've still been at high level, he was sparring with Mihawk and had a bounty of a billion then *Fraudhawk
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May 11, 2023 19:58
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how the gently caress did the colossal sea monster with giant sharp teeth bite a man’s arm off. truly the core mystery of one piece. i mean did the sea king even know what shanks’s bounty was
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May 11, 2023 20:13
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Seriously idk why people call it a plot hole. We havent even gotten the sea king's douriki yet.
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May 11, 2023 20:36
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erm you really expect a division captain of whitebeard to not be able to simply block the magma with his haki? heh, methinks a plothole is afoot
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May 11, 2023 20:55
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That Lord of the Coast eating Shanks' arm stuff ain't a plothole. That's just what it looks like when an actual goddamn sea monster rolls a nat 20. I don't find it hard to believe that a giant sea serpent with swords for teeth might be able to do some damage if it bites you when you're off your game. Also maybe its lifespan is poo poo-short and Luffy's first win was him smacking an elderly animal around.
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May 11, 2023 21:29
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Kild posted:He should've still been at high level, he was sparring with Mihawk and had a bounty of a billion then Yeah but there's high level and then there's "we need an elaborate 14 point plan to emotionally destroy this old woman because otherwise no weapon forged by man can injure her" level.
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May 11, 2023 21:31
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Desumaytah posted:
Yep, the only other time shanks took damage was vs Blackbeard so the lord of the sea was at least blackbeard level but clearly fell off. Rohan Kishibe posted:Yeah but there's high level and then there's "we need an elaborate 14 point plan to emotionally destroy this old woman because otherwise no weapon forged by man can injure her" level. Need a 15 point plan for shanks or you wind up like useless mid
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May 12, 2023 00:08
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The animation for almost that entire episode was top notch, Queen going over the side at the end was done so well. Of course they immediately previewed that the next episode would be a clip show 
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May 12, 2023 00:44
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Irony Be My Shield posted:In terms of Shanks' motivation, I think it would make some sense if his reason for working with the government is that he doesn't want the One Piece to be found. He didn't reach Laugh Tale but Roger did tell him something, and maybe there's some consequence of its discovery he wants to avoid. He basically did nothing while Big Mom and Kaido's stalemate largely guaranteed that no-one could find it, and only started moving once that balance was broken. Now there's a real threat from both Luffy and Blackbeard he wants to get there first and prevent someone else from finding it and 'changing the world'. Yeah this is what I think too. Finding the One Piece will drastically change the world in unknown ways, and a lot of people will probably die in the process. Shanks thinks it’s better to maintain the status quo, even if some things aren’t perfect(the World government being tyrants), because it might get worse. Luffy represents Change/Freedom and thus will naturally come into conflict with him.
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May 12, 2023 01:01
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RatHat posted:Yeah this is what I think too. Finding the One Piece will drastically change the world in unknown ways, and a lot of people will probably die in the process. Shanks thinks it’s better to maintain the status quo, even if some things aren’t perfect(the World government being tyrants), because it might get worse. Luffy represents Change/Freedom and thus will naturally come into conflict with him.
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May 12, 2023 01:05
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Shanks realizes the best option is to let Buggy get the One Piece, what a perfect ending
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May 12, 2023 01:06
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I think shanks ultimately is taking actions with Luffy to push him forward to be the one to topple the current world power structure. Shanks can work to keep the peace and do good things as a pirate, and even influence events to bring about Luffy's rise, but at the end of the day he has some compelling reason to be the defender of the world nobles, even if he doesn't want to be. I have to assume whatever reason Roger defended the Celestial Dragons at God Valley is the same reason Shanks has to play that role too. It's probably also what Roger whispered to him before he died.
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May 12, 2023 01:08
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why didn’t shanks simply use his perfect observational haki to see what the bandits were going to do
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Inadequately posted:I think people tend to make that assumption because that was basically true of all the other Emperors we've seen. Kaido and Big Mom were pretty much impervious to actual physical damage - the heroes had to resort to attacking them from the inside with Law's fruit/haki - and Whitebeard was implied to have been on the same tier before he grew old and sick. In Big Mom's case she was only physically impervious to damage cause she had like, subconsciously powered her body with haki - like part of the initial plot to assassinate her is because when the photo of Caramel was damaged, she lost her ability to keep the haki up to the point where a simple fall was enough to scrape her knee. In Film Red, Shanks and his crew allow themselves to get beat up by civilians under Uta's control because protecting themselves with haki would result in the civilians getting hurt (they are capable of using haki, as seen when Ben uses Armament to save a civilian from getting shot by a Marine) - Shanks legit has bruises on his face and a bit of blood around his mouth. A sleeping Garp got cut by Morgan, the second antagonist of the series and a dude who was no match for pre-Grand Line Luffy or Zoro. Dadan also bruises him a bit when attacking him after Ace's death.
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May 12, 2023 01:44
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Why didn't Lucky Roux, demonstrably the fastest man in the Grand Line, save Luffy instead?
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May 12, 2023 01:47
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Why didn't Benn Beckman, the most Beckman of Benns, not Benn Luffy's Beckman?
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May 12, 2023 01:49
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Funky Valentine posted:Why didn't Lucky Roux, demonstrably the fastest man in the Grand Line, save Luffy instead? This. I think Lucky Roux might be the bad guy.
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May 12, 2023 02:10
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If I'm wrong about any of my theories posted earlier, I'll certainly be eating Karasu
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May 12, 2023 02:16
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:A sleeping Garp got cut by Morgan, the second antagonist of the series and a dude who was no match for pre-Grand Line Luffy or Zoro. Dadan also bruises him a bit when attacking him after Ace's death. Since both Whitebeard and Big Mom are both shown to be capable of defending themselves in their sleep, Garp’s vulnerability there is also a bit odd in retrospect. I guess Garp’s narcolepsy is his special weakness.
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May 12, 2023 03:35
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Funky Valentine posted:Why didn't Lucky Roux, demonstrably the fastest man in the Grand Line, save Luffy instead? VileLL posted:why didn’t shanks simply use his perfect observational haki to see what the bandits were going to do Waffleman_ posted:Why didn't Benn Beckman, the most Beckman of Benns, not Benn Luffy's Beckman? cgfreak posted:he was totally wasted. Just completely and utterly blasted.
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May 12, 2023 03:58
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Silver2195 posted:Since both Whitebeard and Big Mom are both shown to be capable of defending themselves in their sleep, Garp’s vulnerability there is also a bit odd in retrospect. I guess Garp’s narcolepsy is his special weakness. Honestly I just took it for granted it was like being scratched to him and utterly insignificant, everyone thought he was dead because he just kept sleeping after getting slashed up.
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May 12, 2023 04:00
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A thing to note in One Piece is that even high level guys will get messed up by a gun if they are hit by a shot. Kaido and Big Mom are like notable for being too durable for that stuff to harm them. The Teeth of a sea king would easily rip Shanks arm off. He made a quick decision and lost his arm, he scared it off with a glare after, so he could have handled it easy had he not been in a rush.
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May 12, 2023 04:01
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Yeah, regardless of how powerful Shanks is or is not at the time, it doesn't matter, because his focus isn't defeating the Lord of the Coast. It's saving Luffy's life, he could have potentially wrecked the Sea King, but there's no guarantee he'd save Luffy doing so. He's ignoring the monster, because it matters less to him that it can (and does) bite his arm off than Luffy's survival. It's that simple (hopefully).
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May 12, 2023 04:05
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I wanna know why Belo Betty's deputy commander has a robot arm but Shanks doesn't.
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May 12, 2023 04:10
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Why didnt luffy simply ask the sea king to gently caress off or rescue him
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May 12, 2023 04:13
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Why didn't shanks get vegapunk to grow a replacement
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May 12, 2023 04:31
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Lord_Magmar posted:Yeah, regardless of how powerful Shanks is or is not at the time, it doesn't matter, because his focus isn't defeating the Lord of the Coast. It's saving Luffy's life, he could have potentially wrecked the Sea King, but there's no guarantee he'd save Luffy doing so. Rather recently we saw Shanks super speed across a much larger chunk of ocean to a stomp a rude dude in a instant, truth told I think he could have finessed it better.
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May 12, 2023 04:50
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Why is a giant rear end in a top hat fish hanging around the coast when Garp has passed through like a dozen times and could punch it to death?
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May 12, 2023 04:57
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Garp ain't there now
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Shanks was obvs weak as hell back then, he spent over a year needing a freaking home base in Luffy's village. Luffy however spends less than a month aimlessly wandering the sea becomes the most dangerous man in the East.
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May 12, 2023 05:32
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Maybe Shanks let the Sea King take his arm. Maybe Shanks let Blackbeard gently caress up his face. Maybe Shanks actively looks for chances to plausibly get a cool guy kinda wound because he's more invested in his self image then he lets on, personal convenience be damned. Shanks will be the guy with the eye patch after very unconvincingly letting Buggy poke it with a knife in an attack the latter never thought would work. Shanks was only made at Luffy for doing a scar the direct way without propping up a cool story around it. Caidin fucked around with this message at 05:37 on May 12, 2023 |
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May 12, 2023 05:35
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notwithyourheart posted:ah that makes much more sense. thank you very much. i actually got it a bit mixed up lol, the other ex-cp9 members only appeared as cp0 in film red before. in the earlier levely chapters we only saw luffy/kaku/stussy but it's pretty clear the others are also here as cp0 now
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May 12, 2023 06:33
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No Wave posted:gently caress. imagine two shanks vs three blackbeards. lol
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good ch.
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May 12, 2023 06:37
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lol this a hxh ref?
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May 12, 2023 06:39
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ThatBasqueGuy posted:Why didn't shanks get vegapunk to grow a replacement He placed a bet on the new generation, and you can't take your stakes out of the pot until the bet's over.
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May 12, 2023 10:33
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Gyges posted:He placed a bet on the new generation, and you can't take your stakes out of the pot until the bet's over. When its over hes going to comission a new arm to he can take over Silvers Rayleighs job of sitting in a chair while wearing a hawaiian shirt and shorts and reading newspapers
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Waffleman_ posted:Why didn't Benn Beckman, the most Beckman of Benns, not Benn Luffy's Beckman? Steady on now, this is a family series.
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