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Kytherno · 2009-12-31, 15:24

I'm either gonna stick with the idea that Luffy will either reunite:

A) At Shanks' death. Then, when he's buried, Luffy will put his straw hat either on top of his grave, or grave stone.

B) At the end, when luffy finds one piece, they have one last battle to determine who gets one piece. When Shanks loses, Luffy puts the straw hat on top of Shanks' head.

upiro · 2010-01-05, 10:01

I'm sure they'll meet in the New World but I have a feeling that they'll engage in a fight against each other. This would be an extraordinary plot twist but what if Oda ends up making Shanks into some sort of main villain?

So far, he seems to be a very decent, principled pirate who cares only about adventures and having fun and from all indications, doesn't seem to cause 'trouble' to the Government or civilians. The Gorosei states that he won't upset the balance and Vice-Admiral Momonga was suprised that he was fighting against Kaidou.

But, Oda has done this before. Until the recent arc, I always thought of Whitebeard as a more reckless and arrogant version of Luffy. The way he told off Rockstar, shrugged off Shanks' warning and kept proclaiming his strength. But, we now know that he's an excellent strategist, cautious and very flexible in his actions. He even reads the newspaper! :P

I think Whitebeard's had really good character development, completely changng my view of him. I suspect that Oda might do the same to Shanks. The only hint I have so far is when he meets Ace, he says "You want to greet me?" in a very ominous tone.

I can't imagine how Oda will pull off this character change but it'll be cool if he does and makes Shanks very different from what we expect him to be. Any thoughts?

paradox13 · 2010-01-05, 10:49

If One Piece was a seinen, I'd say this could be a (very interesting) possibility.

Still, since this is a Shonen, I can't really see it happening.

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Kytherno 12th Supernova Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Foxy arc	I'm either gonna stick with the idea that Luffy will either reunite: A) At Shanks' death. Then, when he's buried, Luffy will put his straw hat either on top of his grave, or grave stone. B) At the end, when luffy finds one piece, they have one last battle to determine who gets one piece. When Shanks loses, Luffy puts the straw hat on top of Shanks' head.

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upiro Member Join Date: Sep 2009	I'm sure they'll meet in the New World but I have a feeling that they'll engage in a fight against each other. This would be an extraordinary plot twist but what if Oda ends up making Shanks into some sort of main villain? So far, he seems to be a very decent, principled pirate who cares only about adventures and having fun and from all indications, doesn't seem to cause 'trouble' to the Government or civilians. The Gorosei states that he won't upset the balance and Vice-Admiral Momonga was suprised that he was fighting against Kaidou. But, Oda has done this before. Until the recent arc, I always thought of Whitebeard as a more reckless and arrogant version of Luffy. The way he told off Rockstar, shrugged off Shanks' warning and kept proclaiming his strength. But, we now know that he's an excellent strategist, cautious and very flexible in his actions. He even reads the newspaper! :P I think Whitebeard's had really good character development, completely changng my view of him. I suspect that Oda might do the same to Shanks. The only hint I have so far is when he meets Ace, he says "You want to greet me?" in a very ominous tone. I can't imagine how Oda will pull off this character change but it'll be cool if he does and makes Shanks very different from what we expect him to be. Any thoughts?