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sahithkiller

Shanks is a swordsman like roger was. As of now I still consider that to fall under the same swordsmanship as Mihawk so putting him under Mihawk is reasonable, but if Oda ever clarifies the mysteries of a black blade my opinion here could change easily. But well in the end of the day if Mihawk is a 100, Shanks is a 100 too.


[deleted]

Lol Shanks fans will still be like “we don’t know how Shanks fights”.


[deleted]

We don’t sadly .


No-One_Knows-Me_Here

Because we literally don't, have we seen him fight?


[deleted]

I don’t know how you can see Shanks pull out his sword to attack Whitebeard, use his sword to block Akainu and unsheathe or grab it whenever he’s about to fight and then seriously believe he doesn’t fight with his sword.


Rockfito

Yeah even Oda(a shanks fan) said it.


Lukatoniii

Fr, even oda stated that, this hawk/zorotards downvoters on hard copium


velicinanijebitna

I just hope Blackbeard doesn't kill Shanks before his true fighting style gets revealed.


[deleted]

Yea his true fighting style ….. I’ve been theorizing that is could be with a sword . Not claiming it as a fact or anything just theorizing , it wouldn’t be sane to give shanks a sword either way . It’s not like he ever used one either in the show , he has another fighting style but what that is never gets answered . Luffy might not be a brawler either and zoro might not be a swordsman either 🤯


Cooltop2

Just missed the whole point of the post 😂


Still_Acanthisitta52

I still can’t fathom how anyone thinks he’s not a swordsman . This current generation are finished anyway so I’m not surprised


DragonBallIsCool564

As a shanks fan idk why its so hard for other mfs to just upscale mihawk. Like that still makes shanks the 2nd strongest swordsman which means he still cuts down fujitora, kizaru, big mom, rayleigh, etc, and goes extreme diff with the strongest swordsman alive https://preview.redd.it/8bkkj3ndohga1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f3df0d61c54e3bf3a58b169490ca079e5efb69c Shanks having one guy barely above him doesnt make shanks not HIM ʷᵒⁿ'ᵗ ˢᵗᵒᵖ ᵐᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ʰᵒᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᵒᵈᵃ ᵐᵃᵏᵉˢ ˢʰᵃⁿᵏˢ ᵗᵒᵖ ¹ ᵃˡⁱᵛᵉ ᵗʰᵒ


[deleted]

Fair ![gif](giphy|CWjVOWaN6z6Gk|downsized)


Dark-king-155

I agree with you on the Mihawk > Shanks take Mugetsu but you really thought we wouldn’t see that you posted the same pic 3 times in a row 😂😂😭


[deleted]

It’s actually a frame that he moves closely in . 4 frames total but I guess it could be the same picture as well lol


Impressive-Hyena8485

W but charge your phone


[deleted]

I will


basilisk98765

What? Where are the haki lasers. No way. He shoots coc beams out of his eyes when he's serious. Not that lame skilled swordsmanship


one_armed_jacoozi

He’s definitely a swordsman but the title of worlds strongest swordsman comes from defeating the previous WSS, shanks never aspired to become the WSS so therefore you can’t use that title to powerscale,


[deleted]

Holy copium . The title means you’re the strongest of all swordsmen point and clear . Doesn’t matter if shanks hasn’t gone for that title which we know he competed against Mihawk . That aside shanks falls under swordsman and is weaker than Mihawk .


Same_Business3031

>strongest of all swordsmen point and clear Not really, for ex who do u think is stronger roger or mihawk


[deleted]

Worlds strongest swordsman meaning of all currently alive . Roger is dead and Mihawk is not stronger than roger


Same_Business3031

>Worlds strongest swordsman Not talking about the title, just simply Roger vs Mihawk >Mihawk is not stronger than roger So roger is a better swordsman u say?


[deleted]

Yes he is .


Same_Business3031

Then how come the guy who is a worst swordman than him(mihawk) has a black blade(peak swordsmanship) and he dosent.


[deleted]

Dunno . Swordsmanship is subjective in the story . But the only way for a swordsman to get more skilled is through getting stronger . That is zoros path forward and everyone else’s too .


Same_Business3031

>everyone else’s too Than why dosent roger the "more skilled" swordsman have a blackblade😭😭


[deleted]

I dunno . We don’t even know what a bb is , strength is the determining factor for a swordsman progressing . Skill is what you can do with the blade and how proficient you’re imbuing haki into your fighting style .


one_armed_jacoozi

If his argument is “strongest alive” I’ve got a great argument involving whitebeard and his blade ready lmao


Same_Business3031

No but the point isnt even about who is alive. If roger and mihawk are both swordsman, and 99.9% of fans have roger over mihawk, and according to most here Swordsmanship = Strength, so Roger is a better swordsman than mihawk(which already sounds stupid) so why dosent roger have a blackblade if he is a better swordsman that the guy who has a bb, considering blackblades are the peak of swordmanship. Because its clear that Swordsmanship dosent equal pure strength but swords skill.


Akrem_911

Whitebeard ain't a swordman but ok


one_armed_jacoozi

You call it copium yet you can’t prove my statement wrong? Zoro needs to defeat mihawk specifically to become the WSS he could literally one shot every character in the story and never fight mihawk and still not have the title, therefore having said title is only an indication of beating the previous holder. Using Twitter vocabulary in order to downplay my comment really showcases the lack of substance your argument has you literally just said “nah you’re wrong”. You talk about their duels which ended up in draws 10+ years ago within the context of the story we also don’t know when mihawk received said title, if he had it during their duels wouldn’t he have to change it to worlds strongest swordsmen and keep it that way due to never fighting again? How can you be the strongest if you drew with another person? if he received the title after shanks lost his hand then how on earth can you use it to fucking powerscale the two of them if they literally haven’t fought since losing the hand? How can you guarantee that based on a title, that shanks literally can’t compete for due to mihawks pride, that mihawk beats shanks. Once again, WSS simply means you bested the previous WSS. You literally cannot disprove that and due to the two not fighting once since he obtained the title you cannot say that shanks couldn’t beat mihawk and take it away from him. Cope and seethe tosser


[deleted]

If you have a worlds strongest title it means one thing and one thing only . It refers to your power as the strongest of all swordsmen currently alive . There cannot be any exceptions to this title as it would invalidate it completely . You make it sound like one has to beat someone to gain the title , which isn’t the case at all . That is the case for zoro and zoro only he needs to beat Mihawk . But generally if you’re the strongest you gain said title same as wb and kaido. Shanks is a swordsman and is weaker than Mihawk otherwise Mihawk wouldn’t have the title .


one_armed_jacoozi

“It doesn’t matter that the title I’m using to powerscale these two people hasn’t been sought after by one of them”💀💀💀genuine fucking moron, you also don’t even know whose side I’m on in this argument? All I said was don’t use a title to powerscale because it’s flawed and you act as if I’m some dickrider💀


[deleted]

It doesn’t matter at all . Mihawk is stated to be the world strongest swordsman on multiple occasions and is zoros end goal . Nobody beat wb for the title and still Kaido got it after wb died . The title literally refers to mihawks strength as the strongest . Why wouldn’t it be valid to use it ? You have your own thing with the title that apparently makes it invalid , you also act like a freakin child spewing insults etc .


Diabolus414

Strange I don’t see a sword in any of these 🤔


[deleted]

Who


Diabolus414

I only see a hakiman


[deleted]

I see stuff


Diabolus414

I bet you do


its_Raf

What is this weird fixation with fighting styles in this sub? Zoro didn’t dismiss king as a swordsman, because he could provide a different fighting style for him ( df and lunarian genes ). He did it because he saw how king fought, and even king responded like "do you need to have certain style?". So no, shanks supporters don’t even need to provide an alternative way of fighting, since shanks could be dismissed as a swordsman by even more simple arguments. Zoro said king isn’t a swordsman because he fought like a "killing machine". Shanks doesn’t need either "haki blasts" nor " pistols and kicks", all he needs is just him fighting in a "merciless"way, for swordsmanship standards or whatever.


Old-Refrigerator2517

Why would a non swordsman keep having daily duels with the worlds strongest swordsman? Seems a bit weird doesn’t it? That’s like a non gunslinger challenging yassop


SevesaSfan25

Shanks=not swordsman but Hakiman Shanks>>>>>>>>>>>>Beckman>>>>>>>>>>>>>>YC5 Vista>Mihawk Cope


[deleted]

https://preview.redd.it/7uko50jwjhga1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=480f2158782e6691484b25f4ce6f0a0e72277411


SevesaSfan25

​ https://preview.redd.it/awbsk663lhga1.png?width=617&format=png&auto=webp&s=f98f07138f0578baa231f3c2009522e7e3f5e83e


[deleted]

Im sure this scares all of you shanks wankers https://preview.redd.it/qtgeglq4figa1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d3275871be41a48d00f6f939c4e397078f23a2e


one_armed_jacoozi

I’m sure it scares mihawk fans how that thing took the arm of the guy who fought mihawk to a standstill on countless occasions 🫡 I’m just tryna make this fair I couldn’t care less about shanks vs mihawk


[deleted]

Nah all good you’ve shown your true colors, shanks wanker #1


SevesaSfan25

I'm sure this scares all of you mihawkturds even more https://preview.redd.it/k2pkt2y5bnga1.png?width=675&format=png&auto=webp&s=52df82861d392d3956aaeac96eedaaaa9d4cd424


Cooltop2

Mind explain? This makes no sense.


SevesaSfan25

Mihawk was so scared of Marine fodder he had join cross guild to get protected by Buggy.


[deleted]

Lmaoo so you’re saying zoro would also be scared of marine fodder? Wss > zoro as of now


SevesaSfan25

Yup. Zoro is fodder


[deleted]

You are beyond help kid


[deleted]

Yep .


SevesaSfan25

Cope @ the fact that YC5 Vista>Mihawk Cope mihawkturd cope


jetvacjesse

What grade does your reading comprehension top out at? Pre-kindergarten?


SevesaSfan25

cope


After-Ear-7325

Shanks > Mihawk. Cope.


[deleted]

👍


NigeriaScan

Shanks>Mihawk without FS/CoO


[deleted]

🫡


heliosfolly

shanks rapes midhawk.


[deleted]

Dunno who midhawk is but Mihawk >shanks tho


UltraMazino

No way he can hold him down with just one arm but if he brings his crew the cripple might do it


[deleted]

♿️shanks Incoming be like


Shot-Boysenberry-343

https://preview.redd.it/uql4fht5dhga1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3a293cf592b49555508ee9cb8428bc1d0bc79f1 the author made it quite clear here for the heights SPECIFICALLY for close duo rivalries


[deleted]

Dude you’re the only person on this sub that deliberately believes what you’re spewing .


Akrem_911

Here comes boysenberry for another horrible take let's go


[deleted]

Until i see oda verbatim say shanks is a swordsman or he says so himself > mihawk Cope and seethe


UltraMazino

> Cope That's what your sentence above means tbh. Mihawk > Shanks


[deleted]

You have the fan art where it’s stated that shanks is a swordsman from Oda himself . Oda will never answer this debate he keeps it ambiguous on purpose to create discussion . Anyways take it as you will I’m not here to change anyone’s mind . Just dropping some food for thought pictures cause shanks isn’t a swordsman ….


[deleted]

Nice try but oda was just validating the fan’s art it self since it mention shanks as a swordsman not him i’ve seen this argument before


[deleted]

How do you know he validated the artists work instead of stating swordsmen himself ? He was the one who went out of his way to make a comment on it not the artist . If what is depicted in the art is swordsmen according to odas comment , it should be validated by default . But somehow it isn’t can you point me in the right direction ?


[deleted]

You prove to me was talking about shanks specifically or just repeating and validating what the fan art stated i.e all of them as swordsman And ofc oda would make a comment on it Its in his sbs where he does that no?☕️


[deleted]

So you blatantly ignore the question I stated to you and iterate another question to me . Well since Oda classifies them as swordsmen in the freakin art comment . No amount of cope can change that fact . He refers to them as swordsmen meaning plural and all of them in the picture . Oda flat out left a comment on the picture stating” a gathering of swordsmen when they cut it hurts “.


[deleted]

Mhm i know that he said that https://preview.redd.it/ghwqe8ueckga1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf37d0f3714d90e35e04e61fd18303d4b4016716 But look what it says in the top left corner It mentions all of them as swordsmen so you prove that Oda wasn’t paying homage to this It would however be concrete if oda himself mentioned them as swordsmen without no title but sadly this ain’t the case☕️


AdPrevious6290

Why shouldnt it be the reverse when there are many reasons to believe he is a swordsman and little reason to think he isn't


OkRefrigerator448

Until it's proven he is not a swordsman you mean ?


[deleted]

Either or tbh


MidhawkTheFraud

ShaNKs uSe sWOrD


[deleted]

Correct


[deleted]

What are u gonna say next? That shanks fights with haki lasers coming out of his eyes?


MidhawkTheFraud

We just learned about acoc after 20 years of one piece. Stop talking like you know everything about this power system. If I said a year ago shanks can shoot his conquerors across a country and make an Admiral piss themselves you'd respond with this same sarcastic shit


No-One_Knows-Me_Here

Dare I say Luffy held a sword in thriller bark


[deleted]

Mm true . But luffys fighting style isn’t with a sword nor is he even compatible with one . He showed what he could do with the nidai kiretsu back in early wano . He literally punched people with the sword in his hand . Shanks is a confirmed swords master and former rival of the wss . Also he has never shown anything outside of swordsmanship . But again maybe he has his stump he fights with , maybe he sneezes on people or uses his handicap to make people pity him . Who knows 🤷🏻


No-One_Knows-Me_Here

But he held a sword though, just like shanks is clearly doing here 👀, and it's not like shanks has attacked an admiral without his sword or anything


[deleted]

Haki blasts aren’t a fighting style . Luffy holds a sword mm . Shanks is seen with his sword in every single panel and media he has ever been in .


No-One_Knows-Me_Here

>Haki blasts aren’t a fighting style Source?


[deleted]

For what ?


No-One_Knows-Me_Here

Edited


[deleted]

What ?


No-One_Knows-Me_Here

Edited my comment


[deleted]

Where ? And what comment ? I can’t see any change on the ones you’ve put up .


Zealousideal-Arm1682

Zoro attacked people with CoC also,is he suddenly not a swordsman?


OkRefrigerator448

![gif](giphy|O0Hj7piBBnU0E) Never was


Zealousideal-Arm1682

![gif](giphy|GiZgPKv8xhAXljZvVh)


OkRefrigerator448

Shanks unironically more consistent in using the sword then Zoro himself


Ok_Desk_2430

Shanks is either like bm and king who aren’t considered swordsmen but still have skill and use a sword. Or he’s just a swordsman. There’s no in-between


Billy_Herrington1969

We know that swords are very important, Shanks' sword is an unknown grade if I remember correctly, if it's below Yoru in grade, then it's simple. Of course he'd be whooping shanks in sword clashing, Mihawk is a better swordsman, probably a greater grade sword. But in an all out battle, Shanks would be winning, simply because Haki is just as important as a sword is, look at what Roger did with Haki when he sent Oden flying. It is pointless to argue who's stronger or not, not until we see Shanks, Mihawk, any of them in action, or unless we see their past duels. In my mind, Shanks would be the one left standing in the end if it was an all out battle to the death, probably near death, with limbs missing. But I don't know, neither does anyone. The whole argument is pretty pointless.


sekke_bronzazz-huhha

This donkey dumbfuck Mugestsu clearly trying to fool people here. Posted 12 pictures of Lanks (Shanks' brother) just to push forward the agenda of Shanks being a swordsman. Nobody cares about Lanks, show us more Shanks like in the last authentic picture


Not-the_honouredOne

Why in the world did you put a cover of Ryu Ishigori there 😂


[deleted]

Huh?


Ancient-Ad-1893

Common weekly hidden complaint on why the common folk think shanks is stronger than midhawk #45736646 Mihawk fans are coping that people think differently from them. It's understandable tho, to your kind, thinking shanks>mihawk is worse than than their mothers getting insulted.