[Xefiris]

Originally Posted by Slayerx

actually, looking back at the chapters... it seems like he's been hanging out at that lighthouse watching over Laboon for the past 50 years...

He does seem to have some kind of relationship with Roger, just not as a crew though... y'know kinda like how Gan Fall in skypeia had a relationship with roger... you don't need to be a member of a crew to end up having a relationship with the captain... though it does make ya wonder what kind of relationship they had...


From the databooks, it's been said that both Shanks and Mihawk were once rivals in swordsmanship (hence Shanks lil' offer to fight when mihawk came to see him)... so that would just about make him one of the best, if not second best swordsman in the world...

also

Spoiler for manga:

In the second half of the grandline, there are four pirates that rule over the area like kings, known as "the 4 emperors" (you'd might say they are the 4 strongest non-shichibukai pirates)... Whitebeard and Shanks are two of them

Awesome! Thanks. This makes me more anxious to see the anime when it gets that far.

it is possible that he got a DF ability AFTER saving Luffy.

Shanks having a DF ability would just seem lame to me.