Shanks vs Blackbeard Will Change the ENTIRE Final Saga

How will One Piece's greatest rivalry end?
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[@leolegendario1]

Gojo Vs Sukuna 2.0 Shanks: "Nah, I'd win." Blackbeard: "Stand proud, you are strong."

[@michaelausburn5379]

The worst decision in anime, made me stop reading/ watching

[@andrew-rn9ui]

​@@michaelausburn5379 cool less whiny babies for jjk fans to deal with 😂

[@michaelausburn5379]

@@andrew-rn9ui not my fault the anime killed off their most popular character

[@Jb-id1bu]

@@michaelausburn5379 A decision which literally anyone with a brain could have seen coming, given Gojo's entire character archetype, and the fact that if he didn't lose then the story would have been over (as Gojo canonically would have shitstomped every other villain by himself relatively easily). Lmao. Gojo fangirls are bizarre. They straight up just wanted their Daddy Gojo to be cool and beat everyone, while every other character was a cheerleader, and for that to be the big climax to the story. Weirdo's.

[@michaelausburn5379]

@@Jb-id1bu the portrayed him as an unbeatable character a man who had to be trapped in order for the bad guys to even consider winning. Then he loses to a not even full power sukana, trash writing

[@AK-kz8pe]

From Evil Shanks to Blackbeard killing Shanks...the fandom really is swinging across several extremities

[@Navaneethakrishnan-cq7kf]

😂 true

[@Navaneethakrishnan-cq7kf]

Oda has plan for everything unexpected happens all the time

[@user-zp8ih2bj4q]

Dang ur so cool bro

[@Doktor-in]

It would be so cool if blackbeard kills ruffys brother, kidnaped his grandfather or kills him too and then he kills luffys teacher Blackbeard kills ruffys whole familly without hating him thats so cool

[@TheDeshon1001]

Shanks definitely evil

[@trevorstroud9334]

I'll just say, I think we have the answer for B.B. in Cavendish at Dressrosa. I also think Shanks and Luffy's relationship is so cool that Shanks doesn't see Luffy as Nika and child of prophesy, but as the little boy in the East blue. This is going to be such a beautiful moment when they finally meet again.

[@misters6749]

Shanks’s hat stabbed by Hand blades in the 2nd arc while the theme was “What is Treasure ?” perhaps echoes Shanks being Stabbed by Teach with Hand-Blades in the 2nd to last arc? where Shanks is Luffy’s Treasure/Inspiration.

[@banjo4smash862]

Love this take

[@rebelrebel8398]

Now that Buggy announced that Cross Guild will also search for one piece, i think Buggy will appear at final clash between Blackbeard and Shanks too. Would be extremely funny if he would be the only one left at this island and public will give him all the credits for defeating Shanks/BB. Also, Mihawk meeting Shanks could reveal their past. Also, Buggy "winning" may as well be the "unexpected outcome" Oda hinted, because this outcome will be "real" in terms of One Piece universe for the public eye

[@errous]

I concur with this theory

[@user-zm6sc6sy3w]

I like this possibility because buggy always find himself in circumstances for better or worse lol

[@stavrosotinane8739]

this could also make shanks lose without killing his hype,he could sac himself to save buggy.

[@JaknTuck]

BB defeating shanks would also be the end of the old yonkos, seems fitting after Kaido and big mom fell to the other supernovas.

[@beneluna5821]

I wouldn’t consider shanks a old yonko he’s been a emperor for only 6 years

[@JaknTuck]

@@beneluna5821 compared to the other 3 newly crowned yonkos in comparison ? He is the longest serving Yonko now.

[@lifestyle46]

Shanks ain't dyin to BlackBeard !

[@JaknTuck]

@@lifestyle46 it already happened/ what you mean

[@doronrosstuvia3489]

There is a subtle continuous theme I realized from Mama Drawk, where everything is about waiting for when the time is right. Laboon, Shanks going for the One Piece, Mihawk fighting Zoro, etc etc. And Blackbeard’s whole thing is waiting for when the time is right. It calls back to the very first chapter, when Shanks doesn’t fight Higuma until the time is right, when his friends are threatened. And the Luffy does the same thing in Jaya, where he connects with Blackbeard because Blackbeard realizes that Luffy is doing essentially that. Maybe Roger was too early because he had to wait for when the time was right to strike using the One Piece. Maybe there does have to be a balance for the scales to be tipped.

[@basillah7650]

Roger was sick he could not do it even if he wanted to that the entire reason he went to the last island because was going to die even if he did not go.

[@orvkiva]

Say the scenario proposed at 19:40 were to happen and Luffy does reach the island as Shanks is dying, Luffy giving the straw hat back to Shanks only for him to place the hat back on Luffy like he did all those years ago, this time passing it down permanently, would make me cry lots actually..

[@K0Z1E]

An example of haki emulating devil fruits I don't see discussed often is how Pappag thought he was a human and began to speak and walk like one. When asked how he can do this, he said something along the lines of "The world runs on willpower, kid!" And willpower is essentially haki.

[@GodMajik]

No, Willpower IS Haki

[@tonyscaletty8705]

The main issue with the "most expected outcome," is that Oda said the outcome would be unexpected. Shanks dying is very obvious.

[@RickyDMons6251]

My exact same thoughts. But maybe while people in the west think Black Beard is going to win, people in Japan think otherwise? so then Black Beard winning would be unexpected for them?

[@tunnelvision7906]

@@RickyDMons6251 I don’t think so why would people in Japan think diffrently they’re watching the same thing as us

[@rockstar-made]

Shanks dying is not popular in Japan

[@rockstar-made]

​@@tunnelvision7906Popularity polls in Japan are widely different to the mainstream western opinions, BB always ranks low while Shanks ranks super high

[@RickyDMons6251]

@@tunnelvision7906 I recently saw a video by BDA Law where he goes over a list on what the japanese audience considers the top 20 strongest characters of all time in One piece and it was CRAZY. They had Zoro at #8 of all time over people like Kaido, Sengoku, Rocks Akainu, Ben beckman and they also put King at #15 of all time over Kizaru, Shiki, Oden and Rocks. Here is the video in question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX2nqZirma-fkMU My point being that even though we are watching the same show/manga, the interpretation on who is stronger than who is wildly different. Granted this is just one list so take all of this with a grain of salt.

[@AlexanderDRamos]

we gonna have a Shanks flashback before the battle, and it will be the greatest lore drop in one piece history, THE HYPE 😭😭😭

[@NoGymNeeded]

Imagine a huge build up and then shanks one shot kills blackbeard and as he's walking away, u just hear a demonic heart beat, drums of liberation but a black version, and black beard has a devil fruit awakening..

[@w.8372]

Personally i like the idea that Blackbeard does not kill Shanks. Instead we get a reverse situation of Luffy after Marineford, so Shanks whole crew is dead after the battle with the Blackbeard pirates and unfortunatly he also finds out that he has a brother working as a God's knight. The one that could pull Shanks out of his depression would be Buggy.

[@MrAVOsensei]

I like this

[@Kaysap]

Blud 💀 what are you yapping about

[@truffle6082]

The way I figure the last pirate that luffy will face for the One piece will be shanks !. In Punk Hazard he states he wanted shanks to be the last pirate , that he fights. Based on what’s going on in the story it’s hinting that Black Beard will be the next Yonkou crew luffy takes on. 1. He attack Boa Hancock 2. Kid napped both Koby and pudding 3. And now he has Garp as a hostage. All these are personal to our MC once he finds out about his Grandfather he will definitely rush to the pirate Beehive !

[@Asia-mp9uf]

sick video. thanks for pointing out the parallels

[@joonaheikkero432]

I’m very proud to be in the first million views this masterpiece of a video will get🍷

[@MrytVjKing]

88

[@carlosgomezmenendez]

Hahahaha niceee xD 👍🏼👍🏼😋😋🫸🏼🫷🏼🗽🗽

[@JSPagliacci]

Great video Spectacular thumbnail my man. I thought Luffy vs Shanks were the two that guys, but the thumbnail is just too awesome lol.

[@ChrisCornStarch]

Great Vid!

[@Football-cz6cw]

Man your videos are just❤

[@ryze_tv1092]

Fantastic video man

[@YoungUsopp]

Another great video! A lot of videos about the two, but none close to this one. get Dak’s to 100k so he can make his way to the New World!

[@DaksSake]

My guy! I appreciate you!

[@bleuvertetforetdepin]

Thank you Dak . 👍

[@Keith_E]

Great vid

[@geraldineyorarou2221]

"What good is a pirate that can't swim" That quotes about to be huge boys

[@theannouncer5538]

Shanks: Mihawk HELP ME!! Mihawk: dawg you KNOW I painted this sword. Leave me outta this

[@user-kb5ue6yg3q]

lol

[@icyasp]

every time you upload i cant wait to watch the video

[@Kaysap]

Same

[@Ometecuhtli13thGate]

Good stuff as always.

[@Shhmoov3]

Amazing video bro

[@DaksSake]

Appreciate you🤟🏼

[@tatakae656]

15:23 meaning of "let's claim it" can also be first approaching the man marked by the flames , another parallel and common trait which shanks and bb share is that they have immense knowledge of everything but they act on it onlyw hen it's necessary so maybe shanks is approaching man marked by the flames first .

[@rockstar-made]

"Shanks dying is too predictable" when has predictability has stopped Oda, specially when it's just basic storytelling and Shanks's very obvious fate from everything about his character? Shanks is a Blackbeard EOS hype tool.

[@tonefaulcon9729]

Great vid! Loved it! I’m so unsure of how this will all play out. I feel like Imu and the goresei aren’t the final villain of the series, Teech is. Teech is a being of darkness and chaos…and while the world government is positioned as the opposition to Luffy’s central ideal of freedom, it’s also is responsible for an established world order, which positioned as direct opposition to Black Beards central ideal of chaos. Teech, not Luffy, might be the one to bring down Imu and the World Government, throwing the world into complete chaos. I saw a theory that the Strawhats Will actually go to the moon and visit the ancient civilization. I think while they are there, Teech will overthrow the world government…and when the Strawhats return the world will be in chaos…Wano will be the last stronghold of stability (remember momo said he feels what is to come) and Teech will be trying to destroy Wano to get to Pluton.

[@armoredupknight2808]

What about the God Knights? Feel like we need Shanks to confront Garling and flesh out that storyline.

[@shadhinov]

Good lord you cooked at. I'm hyped

[@frostaay3912]

Thumbnail is insane

[@dumass804]

After finding out bb took pudding and can will be able to read the poneglyphs, this theory is even more solid

[@lampsonmcstand6150]

When you mentioned neither of them having a poneglith reader that’s kinda untrue as Blackbeard has pudding who should be able to read them if her abilities as a 3 eyed race awakened

[@the_chestnut_tanuki]

lots of great evidence for this one- im wondering how much oda will focus on the side characters for the next arc (elbaf) as it may be as i suspect- the new op meta - egghead 2.0 but a training arc for luffy and instead giving us more into the worldbuilding. if this is the case then i can absolutly see blackbeard vs shanks come so soon as well most likely be focused on it for a while

[@MD-jk6ng]

I think Black Beard turns into a being like werewolves do but doesn't need a full moon, and this is possibly a bear since his name is Black Beard which could be trickily named Black Bear(D) (the D just means member of the D clan?) all speculation or coincidences tho

[@silentgaming5010]

You aware that he is called kurohige so unless any kanji in there means bear that theory is based on the translated series and hence mehh.. sry to burst the bubble...

[@eldestgruff]

Thinking the D in Marshall D Teach isn't a will of the D but an initial for a third name. Marshall, "D.", and Teach, 3 different names for the 3 personalities or whatever the 3 theme is.

[@weegee_darthno4045]

boutta be Gojo vs Sukuna all over again

[@joseaugustosoriano5094]

I like how the saying in the thumbnail is just straight wrong, since BlackBeard has the same amount if not one more poneglyph than Shanks, since we dont know if Kid has the Zou poneglyph (obs, saying this without watching the video)

[@JOYOODBOYOO]

MAAA DAK POSTED 🥳

[@Anshelm77]

24:59 Because he thought it was too low. At least according to the first translation I saw, though I've since seen ones saying the opposite. But the fact that he even asked strongly implies the former to be correct, since he most likely did it because he thought he found his guy.

[@Chibason]

Agree with nearly every point here...except im hoping there's no Davyback fight included

[@anirudh.t8413]

I think the major battle is Akainu vs Dragon.Since Garp fought Aokiji,Luffy fought Kizaru and So it would make sense that Dragon being a part of the monkey family will fight the last of the original admirals

[@courtneymiller4993]

Since Blackbeard is a sneaky dude. I think he would wait til shanks and Luffy end up at the one piece exact location at the same time. Then challenges them both to a battle. Mid battle fakeout with the 1p shanks notices first b4 Luffy. S&B duke it out 1 on 1 b4 Luffy notices while the 2 are at the climax. Just 4 Luffy 2 witness first hand which 1 falls. Etc etc

[@GamerBoyDevin]

One thing I've always been curious about is where did Big Mom get her Road Poneglyph? Was it already on an island in that location and she chose to build her kingdom around it?

[@barnacleboy8011]

According to the comments oda made a jump festa. He said it’s not going to go how we think it will and for the most part everyone in the one piece community believe Blackbeard is going to beat shanks including me. How idk plot armor if we being real with ourselves unless beard got hidden abilities we don’t know about. That fruit can’t nerf haki I don’t understand how he can really beat shanks in a fight.

[@slidemguy]

Theory: usop will either hear about or witnes his fathers death, thus motivating him to take out van auger (and perhaps luffy will be told of shanks death by blackbeard)

[@rcwlson1]

So if dreams are the idealized version of your will put into action, and devil fruits are made of dreams, can blackbeard also eat your willpower and and thus your haiki? *raptor ponders question*

[@homiixide]

I always theorized that the darkness fruit can absorb haki if you use it on a higher level (perhaps awakening)

[@rcwlson1]

@@homiixide I mean ghost girl has already shown devil fruits can straight up negate willpower from a person. Why wouldn't the god fruit Blackbeard has not be able to?

[@homiixide]

@@rcwlson1 Oh shit you’re right. Blackbeard really is da GOAT

[@rcwlson1]

@@homiixide and on top of that I think there's a further connection devil fruits have with haiki. Just as conq haiki is needed to imbue a sword with a soul and make it a black blade, I think devil fruits require haiki being imbued into a fruit or the Adam or Eve tree to be born. I think the people in the void century and particularly Joy Boy who has been theorized to have been a botanist had people impart their will into the future by creating a soul using their own haiki that can inhabit things like a fruit. In this way dreams never die in the cycle of death and rebirth. Maybe basic haiki is needed to make a fruit at all, while advanced haiki is needed for zoans. And conqueror's haiki is needed to give a mythical zoan fruit a soul.

[@homiixide]

@@rcwlson1 Haki is willpower and Devil Fruits come from dreams/wishes so yeah they might be connected in some way

[@jasonfanclub4267]

The thumbnail is too brutal 😮

[@thatguycam1989]

I really don't think of Blackbeard as a coward. He just knows when to be cautious and picks his battles accordingly.

[@El_Gremlin8187]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@DaksSake]

I agree

[@tkay42]

I agree. And it still fits to the this video. Shanks and luffy loooooves enemys where the battle is fun. And there have fun, if it is even, or they may even can grow on the challenge. The battle agains kaido is a perfect example of it. They love the battle. The journey. Blackbeard love to WIN. The struggle, the journey is just a necessity, but not what Blackbeard is looking for. He has the goal in focus. And the way, to chose is the most efficent (or easiest? ) way. While Luffy loves the adventure, the journey, the personal growth on the challenge

[@NoName......]

People underestimate how smart BB truly is.

[@dustinglasner7080]

I would like to see a battle between Shanks and BB before the Strawhats make it to Elbaf. It would really change up my idea of how the plot would go. I was expecting more so the God Knights (or at least some of them) end up being the villains of Elbaf. I hope to see all four current Yonko alive by the time the location of the 4th poneglyph is actually revealed, as I truly believe it being moved was a plan setup by Whitebeard and whomever the Man Marked by Flames may be.

[@bam762]

that thumbnail is wild

[@khalidrafiq8080]

So where does Luffys fight with world government come in? Do you think it will be after defeating the black beard pirates?

[@dissect123]

Disagree with Shanks dying at BB's hand - lose possibly but not die. The core message of pre timeskip was that Luffy wasn't strong enough to protect his family, friends and crew. The core message of post timeskip will have to be that Luffy *IS* now strong enough to protect them. Essentially Luffy could swoop in like Shanks did in Marineford and end the battle with BB escaping again.

[@koinzellascheriit4282]

I see where you are coming from but Luffy till he got G5, still lost a lot in post-timeskip. He saw Law got shot 3x and later got his arm cut-off, Sanji got blackmail-kidnapped, Pedro died, a Traitor almost killed Momo, Kaido Boro-Breath'd his crew into a melting Mountain top and for 2 weeks he just hoped they dodged it. We will have to see how much G5 will ultimately matter, but theme of losing people close to luffy is very much real. (They killed pregnant Woman after Roger was dead, just because he was on some islands, forget about BB, the WG doesn't play around if Luffy threatens them, everyone, even Condoriano, is a risk) TL,DR: Luffy can't save everyone till the WG is defeated and I should go to sleep.

[@rockstar-made]

Using "the message" as an argument is already bad enough lol

[@Makitosenpai]

My theory - What if joyboy is nika brother and nika die because of imu and became a devil fruit joybo promise nika something that joyboy couldn't do ( like defeat 20 nation and bring piece between humans and fishman ) then joy boy fought his final fight and lost after joy boy became a devil fruit too and zunisha was tasked to take that fruit to someone special but she can't do it and leave it to raftel then she got cursed that she can't stop walking and roger bring nika fruit back and then world government claim it and shanks get it from world government and you know ufterwards if luffy it both fruit he will awaken full potential and difiat imu and maybe fully awaken joy boy or become his vessel Plz bring it to 🔝

[@sevi7301]

I guess it is save to say that blackbeard is going to defeat shanks (if he does) through some kind of trick, faulplay or surprise attack

[@silentgaming5010]

Shanks wasn't carteles when he got the scar and we further know nothing about Shanks endurance so BB could Just outtough him not like speed is much use when you get sucked in by the yami yami so Shanks Will get hurt, question is how good can he take it cause BB can take it good.

[@tarunbs4612]

May be KID would return for a revenge and give a surprise blow to weaken shanks

[@zoebrennan799]

I believe grand Line reviews said that Oda stated that he got those claws later after shanks got his scar

[@CaptainObvious0000]

blackbeard already had his claws as a teenager in whitebeard's crew. he is seen with them on the same battlefield as kid shanks when roger and prime wb clashed in a flashback in wano arc.

[@gamernebula]

Correct me if I’m wrong but was it confirmed the straw hats gave law the road poneglyph from whole cake? I thought le only had the Zoa and wano one

[@coleburns362]

I don't know if it will be from blackbeard.. but i am 100% confident that shanks will sacrifice himself to save luffy in order to parallel the Lord of the Coast event. I'm expecting it to happen before luffy really gets to reconvene with shanks, making the tragedy that Luffy could never return the hat like he's been planning the entire time.

[@user-yz4gw2uo6l]

You probably know how something you read about can lead to something in a completely different context? I think I managed to decipher the Katakana writing at 5:25... Is it the chiming of a bell? Does it read "Don!!" actually meaning "Bong!!" in English? So to make sure what it could possibly (also) mean, I compared it to German, English and French - and stumbled upon "Don" which can mean "put (something else😂) on" also in English (like changing the attire you are wearing) - So I can't blame you if you exclaim: "Huh?! What?!" 😁

[@eanternet]

That thumbnail is CRAZY

[@masterd_flabz7043]

The biggest plot twist would be if Blackbeard never had a secret zoan devil fruit to begin with. Instead he has a Siamese twin

[@Luffymynika11]

W video even shanks is my favorite yonko and I’m bias I already know BB has to win for plot reasons since he already has garp and if he beats/kills shanks it just adds more hype for luffy vs BB I just hope shanks introduce a new coc haki ability and lose by BB playing dirty by jumping him or using his 3rd df as a trump card and I hope kuzan is fighting shanks crew so it would it would make more sense for shanks crew to lose against a former admiral that fought akainu extreme diff

[@OldManHiggins]

I think Liffy has to battle Shanks and Blackbeard as a part of his progression. With Shanks, it may be directly or indirectly. Luffy has to reach Shanks level of Haki and show he's surpassed him before he could ever claim the One Piece. Blackbeard is the master of devil fruits, and Shanks is the master of haki. Luffy is on his way to becoming the master of both with an awakened devil fruit and mastery of all 3 forms of haki.

[@anime.fusion8]

What about yassop meeting ussop if shanks lost the fight against Blackbeard i mean yes I can agree that Blackbeard will eventually fight against luffy at his full strength thinking he can easily beat luffy but we know luffy is literally a god and will defeat Blackbeard then he will find the onepiece after that he will know truth about the worldgovt. And finally he will take down the IMU , my point is just like xebec wants kill celestial dragon in God valley where figarland , Roger and garp fought against xebec and taken down similarly shanks is a celestial blood so Blackbeard will also wants to eliminate shanks on certain island and luffy will eventually get this news and he will come to rescue shanks similarly garp comes in God valley....

[@Mr.M3447]

I feel like a Shanks flashback would be either one of if not the longest flashback of the series, from Garling, to Roger, heck even what the deal with canon Uta is

[@STOICedie1201]

Watching the latest anime episode, bb definitely trains haki in those timeskip. He freakin tanked an s-hawk attack directly, he had enough will power to not get turned into stone and, he is either fast enough to get close to Boa/ react fast enough if Boa is the one who attacked.

[@STOICedie1201]

Thus, he might actually pull of the killing of shanks

[@majestikforce]

I loved the video. Theories are also good. This just came to my mind. What if the battle of Shanks and Black Beard ends with Black Beard losing. Afterwards he runs away. So that when Luffy ends up fighting against Emu and the Five Elders. Black Beard shows up and instead of Luffy finishing Emu. Its Black Beard and he steals his devil fruit. And then Shanks comes to aid Luffy. And they have a battle with Black Beard. And after Shanks sacrifices himself for Luffy. Luffy defeats Black Beard and then pursues the One Piece. Afterwards he unites the whole world as the a true King.

[@user-yz4gw2uo6l]

What was it again that Santa Rosa said - "I may have won the battle, but not the war..." (the fight between Mexico and Texas) Wouldn't it fit here as well?

[@Soul_Biscuit]

Do you think it would be possible for cavendash’s split personality hakuba to eat a devil fruit if Cavendish also eats one?

[@lartnestpasdemain]

I expected a Shanksbeard theory video, but it was interesting anyway :)

[@lartnestpasdemain]

Can't wait for your interpretation 😊

[@maxmuller7086]

20:20 i think that shanks is not going to die,but he has really bad injuries and at this fight, i think that the cross guild would show up we get the zoro fight and in the end buggy and shanks sail together with luffy to laught tale.

[@gamerdays8548]

I feel like this is a really good theory

[@bigtimdavis1365]

The thumbnail is crazy😭😭

[@jodanprince2110]

My thing is what happened or vause this feud between shanks and bb,oda needs to give us some panel.on this,this happened also b4 bb had df and b4 shanks lost his arm so this situation is very critical towards the op world

[@mralias225]

Buggy said on raftel when Roger fought against WB he said "that boy over there with the black hair, he didnt sleep since we started fighting, i have a feeling ill have to fight him on this island in the future."

[@Pakodee]

luffy has the last poenglyph in his hat there is a red cloth which has it written over it

[@sorbomdattachowdhury9885]

Wicked plot twist luffy finds blackbeard before shanks and he wins

[@InfoFighter]

Narrativly speaking, I see one square which would have to be circled regarding a Red Hair vs Blackbeard crew fight: If the actuall fight would be shown, the powers of Blackbeard's crew would be spoiled, making a SH vs BB crew fight feel less epic than it should. On the other hand if you do not show the Fight and just show the losing Side dead or at least clearly defeated, that would not flight to well with the fans. Therefore I would argue, the most likely scenario would be the RH and SH crews teaming up or the SH pirates basiclly tag teaming in for the exausted RH Crew at the last moment. Also I have trouble squaring the dark rage of revenge with the loony toons Gear 5 - it is just to much of a tone and theme clash.

[@ArnoldOderSo]

I cant wait to read all of that in 5-10 years

[@Tooneric5252]

Thumbnail be like: WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87?!?

[@magicpyroninja]

It would be rough if it turns out that way because I believe that black beard and Luffy are going to have to work together in order to bring the new Dawn think it has something to do with balance and I think Joy boy was unable to come to terms with his alternate and that's why he failed originally

[@magicpyroninja]

Can't you imagine a point in the future where depending on the outcome of the fight between Blackbeard and shanks and weather shanks survives or not leads to a point where Luffy is about to kill blackbeard, people are telling him no, you can't do it. If you kill him. You kill your dream with him and him saying I just can't let him live after what he did Or perhaps shanks is the one who tells him don't do it and the fact that shanks is asking is the only reason Luffy doesn't kill him

[@mathieuleader8601]

Maybe Blackbeard is like Bonney having inherited the powers of the mix-mix fruit that the Charlotte Dectuplets have explains his multiple personalities being him having absorbed his siblings in Utero thanks to the mix fruit

[@samfisher6606]

I've always thought Shanks' story would end in four ways. These are in no particular order. 1, He is actually the main/final antagonist or villain and every other character has been a red herring. 2, He dies before Luffy can return the hat to him. 3. Shanks and Luffy have a Davy Back fight for the One Piece because they tie to Laugh Tale. 4, Shanks and Luffy have an actual fight, not to the death, for the One Piece.

[@Baji2202]

The idea of the Davy back fight now makes me wanna see gear 5 luffy vs crocodile, I think it would be hilarious because how ridiculous gear 5 is and how crocodile got beat by base luffy so his reaction would be priceless

[@snuggie12]

Shanks never lost to Teach. Next God Valley flashback we'll discover rocks...rocks...a claw.

[@lawznwdsc]

I can't wait for Shanks and Teach to fight, hey Dak's Sake do you think we'll ever get a space arc in one piece?

[@aleccampbell7707]

Blackbeard appears much stronger post-ts blocking S-Mihawks slash with only his arm, most of his named crew have strong DFs and now has Aokiji. We get a glimpse of Shanks fleet with Kid and he made Greenbull leave Wano just with his haki. There is no longer any doubt why BB/Shanks are Emperors, effectively replacing Big Mom and Kaido as the 2 strongest since Whitebeard died. Shanks is calculating making his move after he is the last Emperor of the 4 initial ones still standing and the Warlord system abolished next gen PXs revealed. SHs with just the Sunny can't compete v the Red Hair/ Blackbeard pirate groups, if we include the SH Grand Fleet it's much more even. Cross Guild has 2 monsters in Croc and Mihawk and perhaps Buggy if he was playing the fool since he was on Rogers crew and turs out to be a legit endgame threat, but in number of ships and crew seem lacking v the other 3 Emperors overall.

[@TheLizardofOzzz]

The whole “that character and that character will fight” thing from oda was said last year too 😭

[@arealhumanbean3058]

And we got Law vs Blackbeard; Kid vs Shank and Luffy vs Kizaru, he was being honest

[@TheLizardofOzzz]

@@arealhumanbean3058 you see how broad and vague the quote is though? It could’ve been shanks v bb then too is all I’m saying

[@boomgamersam4848]

What if black beard ate like a cat devil fruit, where since he has "9 lives" he can eat 9 devil fruits, and the claw shows his devil fruit

[@SURGNSaMa]

i could definitely see Shanks' speech about Luffy as his last words for sure

[@6darren6]

I don’t think Blackbeard can stand up against shanks fr even if he had three devil fruits

[@diablofx]

5min in, already another Daks W

[@psihco]

The only obvious is oda could be referring to anyone and we are getting trolled. Why? because next figth is Kuma vs Saturn and thats also been expected to happen. Apart from that theres no information on Oda's letter that suggests or refers to events apart of the current ones in the manga

[@restmydudes8778]

I know we've been told that Awakening is the highest level of DF powers, but just like Haki has at least one more tier I think there's one more for DFs which would be Incarnation. I'll Black Clover as an example. The Devils were able to grant people to use their power and the strongest users could get up to 70-100% of the devils powers, but the devils were still their own entities to be summoned. Awakening a DF is finally having your body and will capable of handling the Devil of the Fruit's power. I think it's reasonable to believe that the power can slowly corrupt you or you willingly give yourself over to the DF's will when that happens the Devil of the Fruit after finding a suitable host can Incarnate into the world. While an Awakened user is strong and masterful with the DF powers in their own right, I think that the being from which the power originates from will still be more creative and proficient. This can be another parallel between Luffy and Blackbeard. Blackbeard will end up relying on someone else's power to try and reach his goal, Luffy will ascend to the highest level of Haki and push forward with his own efforts and rely on his own power.

[@misters6749]

I wonder what the Significance of Cherry Pies are….. Specifically CHERRY Pies.

[@troymbisa7381]

so if there's a fruit that can take away powers, doesn't that mean that there's a fruit that can give powers?.......

[@Leviticusrich]

Random thought: what if DFs can eat other DFs? And the yami yami is a zoan fruit that’s eaten a logia. Which is why it behaves completely unlike other logia. I can see a weird guy like BB with a weird body that uses unconventional tactics to ascend the later intentionally seeking an unconventional fruit. And maybe like the nika fruit, bb’s has unique properties that he hides. But unlike luffy, who thought his fruit was the gomu gomu, bb knew from the start that the Yami Yami was a fake name and perhaps he knew exactly what it was. This could also be hinted at since although BB claims he has a logia, he also said his fruit “chose” him and we now know zoans seem to have a roll of their own. Maybe that will is what causes something the ability to consume others…much like bb said darkness consumes everything. 🤔🤔🤔