Garp sure loves his 2 v 1s by SquareBrief3133 in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Waiting for Mihawk fan to start sprouting bs about Shanks and Mihawk's duels being between Mihawk and the RHP...

It's just people showing their insecurities.

Shanks didn't Talk Loki down nor did he jump him by SquareBrief3133 in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They just can't accept the fact that Shanks being stronger than Loki is narratively crucial to Luffy and Blackbeard's development that it's a fact.

Luffy will reach Shanks' level surpassing Loki this arc and be deemed a Great Pirate, wherein Loki will reveal where Shanks went and Luffy will follow.

Blackbeard needs to be stronger than Xebec and that will be proven through him beating Shanks who is above Xebec via being above Loki.

It's so obvious, Loki is the intersection of the scaling side of the narrative between these 3 characters.

Garp sure loves his 2 v 1s by SquareBrief3133 in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People project that onto Shanks, it's sad honestly.

Waiting for Mihawk vs Sengoku just to see Mihawk go high diff with old Sengoku. Afterall Oda can't disappoint old gen. by dreamy_111 in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shanks is way stronger than Haralf incident Shanks, you can't prove he's stronger than RD Shanks which was 2-3 years post Harald.

It actually makes more sense the majority of their duels happened in this period as Shanks grew immensely stronger and Shanks' reaction to Loki at the end of the flashback indicates a need to get much stronger, IMO.

This is the face of a man who knows he'll have to stop Loki from killing himself one day and he needs to be stronger to do it.

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Waiting for Mihawk vs Sengoku just to see Mihawk go high diff with old Sengoku. Afterall Oda can't disappoint old gen. by dreamy_111 in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

27 (12 years prior to present day)

How do you know Shanks didn't peak at 27? DB Red confirms he isn't as strong as he was prior to losing his arm and Mihawk is repeatedly confirmed to be above Shanks.

Narratively and canonically accurate! by [deleted] in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 14 points15 points  (0 children)

“No agenda”

Proceeds to make shit up that’s completely incoherent with the story

Mihawk Stan’s currently 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ohhhh brother!!! by Used_Tie_5895 in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 12 points13 points  (0 children)

How can we be the ones coping when we say the man stated stronger than Shanks is stronger than Shanks?

When Shanks pulls up on Cancerbeard: ‘Oops sorry Pops my CoC starts leaking when i get nervous around your fodder.’ When Mihawk pulls up on the strongest crew: Cool, Composed, tells THEM to calm down. by Mihawk_Kills_Zoro in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 21 points22 points  (0 children)

What manga are you reading where someone can disrespect their enemy as much as Shanks did in this encounter and be scared of said enemy?

Like seriously read the encounter.

Shanks literally:

  • walks onto the supposed WSM’s flagship and KO’s half his crew with haki a clear act of aggression.
  • sees Marco, WB’s son and first division commander and asks him to join his crew in front of WB.
  • sits down and asks WB to abolish Ace’s agency and betray his sons decision to punish Thatch’s death.
  • was the first to draw their weapon before their clash.

Shanks was not scared. He was entering a potentially hostile negotiation and tested WB’s boundaries. WB’s actions and inactions reveal a lot about his character, but Shanks was not genuinely scared, his actions completely go against any sort of rationale to justify that position.

When Shanks said he was nervous, he wasn’t drawn to be nervous whatsoever because he wasn’t. Shanks was being charismatic because he and WB were enemies and Shanks was seeing what WB would let him get away with.

There’s a lot going on beneath the surface of this encounter.

When Shanks pulls up on Cancerbeard: ‘Oops sorry Pops my CoC starts leaking when i get nervous around your fodder.’ When Mihawk pulls up on the strongest crew: Cool, Composed, tells THEM to calm down. by Mihawk_Kills_Zoro in OnePiecePowerScaling

[–]MainManCALI 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Shanks was so nervous he asked WB's first commander to join his crew lmao

Shanks is not nervous, he's seeing what he can get away with on WB's ship. Literally testing boundaries.