The Revelation of Shank's Family Name!!

[@DZMoops]

It's a nice parallel if Godknight Figarland is Shanks' dad. Last chapter he said "those who protect scum are worse than the scum they protect" while serving a power he believes higher than himself (Imu). Meanwhile we see Shanks protects crews weaker than himself since they are his underlings and Shanks will always protect his friends from anyone.

[@chadwhitfield6946]

He's the grandfather. Shanks' father is the silhouette we see.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

So what I'm curious about, does shanks have a young brother or cousin, because I'm wondering if shanks knows he's a figarland and that's why he visited the gorosei, or if it's a relative who is most likely a gods knight too and wants shanks to be killed as he's considered a disgrace of the family for being a pirate and protects those weaker

[@mckennalester2248]

Yeah he is acutal worse then Saturn he doesn't like anyone he may even kill Shanks If he defends luffy if he is a spy like theory say probably not . So there are some things that don't make sense Shanks bounty never in creased it's frozen and he was never chased by the navy in the anime or Manga and the government left Shanks territories alone so it kinda hinted he was related to him besides he looks like Shanks when you see the god valley flash back

[@CamKoudo]

It's crazy how Oda can hide an entire different side of a character by just omitting their last name for the majority of the story. First Sanji and now Shanks?

[@davidortiz3094]

Sanji family ain't that hype

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@davidortiz3094 Sure, its not that we almost had a literal war becase of them or nothing and then learned that not only is cloning a thing...but open genetic manipulation.

[@tashkashka]

​@@davidortiz3094 noone claimed they were hype

[@eloquitodelaesquina]

​​@@davidortiz3094 not the point lol its still a HUGE new side to Sanji's character

[@joelthomas6517]

We already knew something was weird with Shanks the moment the Gorosei actually took the time to meet with him.

[@zerocola070]

Can't wait for Shanks' brother Shunks to be introduced

[@EE-jp5ev]

You know we're gonna be in the one piece end game when his cousin Shucks shows up

[@nazarinoutama8269]

What about his uncle St.Spanks the Great

[@Rhodes09]

Yea stabs will just as crazy as shanks

[@strawnut6652]

And his Uncle Shrenk

[@EE-jp5ev]

@@Rhodes09 idk I hear stabs is quite the poet

[@Streek471]

How much of Shanks protecting weak pirate crews comes from the goodness in his heart, and how much of it comes from the well of 'screw you dad!' energy that i'm sure we're going to get to see.

[@eloquitodelaesquina]

Nono, his way of saying "screw you dad" IS being a good hearted dude lol

[@kura4674]

How familiar with Garling is Shanks actually likely to be? Garling might more or less be a total stranger to Shanks for all that we know.

[@eloquitodelaesquina]

@@kura4674 yeah I think that too, im sure he knows about it but doesnt have to care at all honestly

[@monkeydgarp9663]

How would Shanks even know his father? He was found in a treasure chest when he was still a baby and he was raised by Roger.

[@kura4674]

@@monkeydgarp9663 We don't know how Shanks knows, but we can surmise that he does know. At the very least the Gorosei are shown being aware of Shanks' status as a Figarland in Film Red and we can assume Shanks is aware of it himself since he requested a meeting with the Gorosei.

[@b.skander5140]

Whitebeard didn't have his scars yet during the Oden flashback so unless Oda messed up and forgot to draw them, he didn't get them from the god valley incident which happened before his encounter with Oden

[@catflower_queen7497]

Could be a "found family" type situation with the West Blue thing. Shanks just decided he really liked an island/town in the west and wanted to call it his home.

[@cooperalt7980]

I think Garling is Shanks' uncle. I think his parents were the compassionate ones who were focused on saving their child, while Garling was the arrogant ruler charging into battle with Rocks.

[@cooperalt7980]

Or! Shanks' mother was one of Garling's slave wives and hid him in the treasure chest. She might have originally been from West Blue.

[@GabrielPerk1ns]

@@cooperalt7980 tbf god valley could’ve been in the west blue

[@totallynottwo5727]

My head canon until we get more info is that Garling's daughter had an affair on her husband with Rocks, what was suppose to be a one time thing turned into a pregnancy. She told her husband who decided to raise the kid anyways but Garling overheard it somehow, he clearly doesn't like helping other below him so a half blooded pirate disgusts him. I think he kills the husband to make an example and put his daughter in her place, Rocks shows up blah blah, Garling goes to battle before dealing with baby Shanks and she puts him in a chest, hoping a pirate life is better than death. Either way it turns out though I'll be excited to finally learn it.

[@anotherpawn]

Why would they be compassionate ones?

[@DripJambe]

@@totallynottwo5727then one piece will go down as the greatest story with cuck dads☠️.

[@briancamargo4492]

Tenryubito are actually quite strong based on what we have seen in the story. Fighter types ranked amongs the strongest and even Non-fighters like Charlos have insane durability.

[@lilveltheplayer2164]

Yep. Any normal person attacked by a serious punch from Luffy would be obliterated even if it was a weaker version of himself 😂

[@lucasakira9962]

If Garling indeed hid Shanks away during the God Valley Incident, it could be that Roger "heard" Shanks' cries or something of the sort, we know he possesses the "Voice of All Things", it would make sense he literally heard Shanks and took him in as his real father

[@radaro.9682]

Observation Haki would cover this.

[@lucasakira9962]

@@radaro.9682 I guess... But what I had in mind, is if there was a Palace of some sort for the royalty, Garling would have hid Shanks in there. However the Battle of God Valley would obviously take place in some sort of battlefield, away or nearby to the castle. In this instance, at the end of the battle, or in-between, Roger could have been hearing Shanks' voice and went in there to retrieve the Treasure Chest because he could hear it, in which case he would later find it to have Shanks inside

[@visluuu]

@@lucasakira9962 i don't think voice of all things works that way, it is simple as it is someone stole or found a treasure chest brought it to the ship and they get a suprise.

[@mckennalester2248]

This is possible cuz God valley isn't a very good island to have children so he probably hid him during the slave hunting games and then the incident happen or he allowed Roger to take him knowing he would their is a theory he did it on propose and that Shanks poisoned Roger cuz figlarland told him too.

[@notaltaisygo]

One simple Note i have to add: Oda already revealed who scarred Whitebeard, in Databook Yellow (page 170 in the english version ) he says „That scars are evidence of Whitebeards battles with Roger and a Memory“ ( Not a Word to Word translation) and in the Databook it also shows the Panel from Chapter 434 where Shanks and Whitebeard talk about the Scar.

[@DaityaGod]

Listen dude Oda contradict even vivre card which he was involved more to make do you think he won't change things from databooks if he has interesting idea for main story

[@notaltaisygo]

@@DaityaGod Yes Oda did redcon somethings he said in Databooks ( cant think of an example in the vivre cards ) . but as long Oda doesnt contradict it in the manga itself its still canon. (since oda even referenced the databook in an sbs multiple times ). Still yeah if he would write a chapter explaining how the judge godknight scared whitebeard that would be canon , but right now the only canon statement we have on those scars is that roger made them.

[@Going4Broke2528]

@@DaityaGod If you don't trust the word of the guy who made the damn manga, whose word do you trust? Oda could change the story later on, sure, but as of now the one explanation given was that it was Roger.

[@AnyMEmdq]

23:25 Your hometown doesn't need to be the place where you were born. Nami's hometown is definitely Cocoyashi Village, for example. Let's say Shanks was born in God's Valley. When he is about 1 Roger gets his gacha chest with Baby Shanks and says "hey, we cannot keep a baby here, it's fucking dangerous. Let's leave him with my friends in the West Blue for the time being, we'll pick him back up when he can fend for himself a little better"

[@rakionyellowmind2293]

ehh, for me at least it seemed like shanks was always on that ship but idk

[@AnyMEmdq]

@@rakionyellowmind2293 Maybe, but that's not shown. There's no evidence neither saying he was nor saying he wasn't. The youngest we see Shanks is when he is reading a paper with Buggy on the same chapter Oden's boards Whitebeard's ship, and they are 9 at the point, but it states it's "In another sea", so one could easily argue that it's the West Blue and Roger just picked Shanks back up, or Paradise, and they just picked up Buggy while returning from the West

[@rakionyellowmind2293]

@@AnyMEmdq really? I didn’t know he said that, if he did it’s really likely they did what you said.

[@AnyMEmdq]

@@rakionyellowmind2293 Say what? "in another sea"? Let's say the narrator says it. It appears in a box, last page of... 964, I believe. It's the chapter that introduces Toki, so if you check her first appearance in the wiki you'll get the exact number

[@mckennalester2248]

That is a good point

[@fdvdsfk]

Figarland means land of the Fig. Fig trees have a lot of religious (Christianity, Judiaism, and Islam) significance. Notably, in the Garden of Eden, after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, it was used to cover their naked bodies. This could tie into Devil Fruit's origins, somehow. Also, in Judiaism it is more or less a symbol that represents the rejection of the messiah. In one piece it could mean that the Figarland family could have been those who rejected the Sun God and sided with the world nobles.

[@mckennalester2248]

Um yes that is correct he is in for the cleasing like horse guy is

[@LuckyWunder]

I think Garling is his Grandfather, he looks as old as Kureha, I think his daughter was Shanks' mother and that Garling executed his own daughter for having a child with none other than Rocks D. Xebec. It was similar to the paramount war in that Rocks went to try to stop her execution. That was the ultimate taboo that he broke. Garling doesn't seem like the type to spare his own kin if he feels they have betrayed him or the Celestial Dragons as a whole in some way.

[@botks894]

5:10 since chopper is related to kureha, I think this nominates chopper as a potential conqueror hakis user and as shank's nephew

[@anotherpawn]

I really like how Shanks is the anthesis to what a Celestial Dragon is despite by all means being a “god”. He’s willing to get humiliated and laughed at (i.e. Higuma spills booze on him) whereas the Celestial Dragons are all about pride, looking down on others, and projecting an image of being “gods”. He also uses his overwhelming strength to protect those that cannot defend themselves (i.e. his fleet) instead of sitting at the top of the world and watching others suffer. He also views himself as equal to most people and would happily sit in a tiny bar in the East Blue and drink cheap booze with his mates and a village boy rather than living in luxury atop the Red Line. He is one of the most human characters despite being a “god” by virtue of his birth, which means that he becomes living evidence that Celestial Dragons are as human as the rest of us. It really shows what impact Roger had on him and how nurture trumps nature, and he’s an example of how the Celestial Dragons could choose to be good people if given the right upbringing. I really hope that he doesn’t turn out to be evil since that would undo all of his and circle back to the whole thing of “blood is everything” where if you are born to be evil, you’ll always remain that way, no matter who you’re raised by and what values you are taught. Thankfully most evidence seems to contradict this since he protected Luffy after Wano rather than killing him (like the Gorosei would have wanted), and because of the fact that he gave a member of the enemy of the Celestial Dragons (the D family) the key to defeating them (the Gomu Gomu No Mi).

[@anotherpawn]

@Great Peace Are you serious?

[@anotherpawn]

@Great Peace I'm obviously talking about it from an in-universe perspective. Like how if I discuss haki, I don't actually believe that human beings in our universe are able to shoot laser beams and see into the future.

[@robertthomas905]

I’m I firm believer in the theory that the person in chapter 907 talking to the gorosei wasn’t Shanks but his twin brother who’s a god knight. It sounds outta left field but it kinda can’t be denounced at this point. Firstly, shanks has 2 very character specific features, his scars and missing arm, neither of which we seen in chapter 907, go check for yourself. Secondly, when they spoke they never once called him Shanks. Maybe that was just to keep the suspense for the last panel but still, it was never said. Plus their familiarity and casualness is a bit odd giving their standings, unless Shanks isn’t who we thought we were which is entirely possible. Lastly, I just realized myself that the new chapter 1086 surprisingly gives a bit more evidence. It shows us that the god knights (or at least just garland) wear a cloak similar to the one “shanks” wore in 907. So then I think that certain he wanted to talk about literally was shanks so it’s like a crazy plot twist. Idk as out there as it sounds the evidence got me hooked😂😂

[@starry-eyedatstarryskies1797]

They probably also are keeping Garp around because he's likely favored by some celestial dragons he saved at God Valley. Crack theory: maybe one of the celestial dragons he saved found out he had a son and wanted to set Dragon up with their daughter? An arranged marriage would've been a good instigator for Dragon turning away from his dad early on.

[@definitelyachad3700]

I would love if Kureha was somehow the previous ope ope fruit user but using the fruit doesn't actually kill the user but somehow removes the fruit from the user while granting them immortality as well (2 for the price of 1). I know it's laughably unlikely, but I'd be so happy because her phrase "wanna know the secret of my eternal beauty?" would have been crazy foreshadowing

[@eliaspanayi3465]

Maybe she discovered the procedure and is a skilled enough doctor to be able to perform it without the ope ope fruit

[@mckennalester2248]

I never thought that particular devil fruit killed it's user but it is suspicious how some of these users die I don't think it's the devil fruit but some do have a mind of there owns but that's only mythical zoan fruits I don't think that's a myical zoan

[@mckennalester2248]

There is also a,theory it's not imu who has it it's Jun Peter imu is a supreme being actual don't belive it's the ope ope devil fruit I think it's just demon powers ju Peter is the actual user of ope ope umi .

[@Moody.Smiruai]

Shanks for the video Tekking , as fun as always.

[@AnyMEmdq]

As for the foreshadowing, we can say it started when we got to know Garp was known as "the Hero" and it had nothing to do with Roger. We got to know there was a story there, when we got to know it was God Valley, where him, fighting alongside Roger, saved the Celestial Dragons, so there are Celestial Dragons that used to live in God's Valley and not in Marie Geoise, so we knew immediately there's a different story there. Even if you don't include what we learn on Film Red about Shanks and Uta being basically part of a Pirate Gacha game where you find treasure chests with babies, and what baby you get is totally random, so if you cannot tie Shanks to these people, you know there's a story to be told, there, and we've known that since before Wano. Common sense also dictates, given how big assholes Charlos and his family can be, how big of an asshole Mjosgard himself was before going to Fishman Island, and how much of an asshole was whoever ordered the Tequila Wolf bridge to be build hundreds of years ago, that there needs to be someone to mediate in their internal disputes. It cannot be someone below them, because they are above everyone, so there needs to be a group formed from within their own ranks, like the Gorosei, that can exert authority. Yeah, nothing points at them being incredibly badass, sure, they could just be a bunch of "lawyers", but we don't need that to be foreshadowed.

[@rennntyt9174]

Yay tekking upload

[@malachiteserpent7742]

Well for the the whole ‘Shanks coming from the West Blue’ thing, it could be that, like Tekking said in a previous video, Roger and Releigh found him in a chest and then sent him to be raised in an island in the West Blue before he joined up as an apprentice later. It could be that Shanks calls this island his hometown because this was the place where he grew up before his time on the Oro Jackson.

[@johngreen5725]

For me my "Hometown" is where I grow up not where I was born.

[@KVrma26]

This guy is like a best friend whos never met me

[@TheWish80]

Thank you for the video! I always enjoy watching your videos!

[@GreenTornadoX]

Tekking, that image of baby shanks from god valley is fan made. In the Volume 4 Billion booklet when Oda drew the Roger Pirates finding Shanks, he just drew a rough sketch. A fan made the version you show in the video haha

[@lastassassin4443]

Day 81 of asking for a discussion video on Vice Admiral Tsuru he did one for Garp and Sengoku let the Marine Trio finnaly be completed

[@chanchaiken5522]

you missed one day. #fakefan

[@blablableep6811]

#fakefan

[@huggy68]

That video would be pointless. We know minimal information about her, and he's talked about fruit in depth multiple times.

[@dkdadon9863]

Your asking for a 30 min video on a character we literally know nothing about.

[@benzohhhhh]

@@dkdadon9863 there are already videos like that on the channel lol. TBONE recently for example

[@nickwilliams2745]

I just interpreted shanks home in the west was where he lived between rogers execution and starting his crew

[@samfisher6606]

Ohara had a theory that all of the gods knights are from the Figarland family. That’s their role among the Celestial Dragons. I agree but I also think that Garling is the supreme commander because he is the patriarch. The other 8 knights are his wife, younger siblings, children, and niblings. Im also still in the camp that Shanks has a twin brother. I looked it up and Garling is German. It goes back to Charlemagne. So I think that Shanks’ real name is Figarland Charlemagne and his twin is Figarland Wayland (Wayland being Wayland the Smith, who was essentially Charlemagne’s right hand man.)

[@Drachendaemon1]

I don't know about the connection to Charlemagne but "Garling" is the low german (plattdeutsch) version of "Gerling". "Ger-" is old high german (althochdeutsch) meaning "(throwing-) spear" while "-ling" is a suffix that means "the decendant / son / sucessor of", making Gerling "The decendant of the spear". Some other names with the same scheme that came to my mind are: Gerald = Ger- + waltan / waldan - old saxon (altsächsich) for "to administrate or to rule" - "The spear bearing ruler" Gerhard / Gerhart = Ger- + harti - old saxon (altsächsich) for "hard / strong / powerful" - "The strong / powerful spear bearer / wielder".

[@Dorodere89]

Some of the discussions about the translations about Shanks in the treasure chest I've read implied, that the treasure Roger Crew got was the treasure the Rocks Pirates have stolen from the Celestial Dragons, before Garp and Roger arrived and that Shanks was intentionally kidnapped by Rocks Group. If that would be true, than Whitebeard would have known which child they kidnapped and thus who Shanks parents are. Hometown doesn't nessesarily need to mean it's the town where you are born, but maybe the town you grew close to and you cherish. So, maybe that's how Shanks told Withebeard that they carry relativly same values and tried to build a connection threw this. Withebeard himself cared for Sphinx, although he grew up at that Island as comparison to Shanks, but Shanks saying "hometown" may aslo mean that although both know he is a born Celestrial Dragon, he choose to be a "normal" person in a normal town (as normal as a pirate might be)

[@ThaEgyptianPianist]

A nice parallel that might be true as the Figarland family representing the moon might be that it starks as a contrast to the Kozuki. Both are symbolic to the moon while the Figarland are the dark side (standing with Nerona Imu) and Kozuki the lighted part (standing with Joyboy). Maybe they're destined to clash?

[@eloquitodelaesquina]

Whitebeard didnt have any scar through the whole Oden flashback, so it didnt happen at God's Valley. Right now Roger is still the safect option.

[@exodusalphaxx]

The sword confirmed to be a Saijō Ō Wazamono wasn’t Gryphon, it was Ace, Roger’s Sword. As for the God Valley thing, God Valley was never confirmed to be in the Grand Line. It could have been a place in the West Blue, which would be an interesting idea.

[@couchpotato8729]

I personally like the idea that Shanks wasn't lying to Whitebeard, but that the island in the West Blue is his adoptive hometown for some reason. I think it really ties in well with the idea of inherited will in the story. As for the similarity to "that man", it could be something like a similar presence, or similar eyes or something that Whitebeard was picking up from Shanks.

[@GabrielPerk1ns]

What if god valley is in the west blue

[@couchpotato8729]

@@GabrielPerk1ns Huh, hadn't thought of that. Not sure if it was ever directly stated anywhere that God Valley was in the New World!

[@GabrielPerk1ns]

@@couchpotato8729 also the west and north blue are on the new world side of the grand line so it would be technically easier for all those big name pirates to get to the west, especially when the rocks pirates had shiki who could theoretically float the ship over the calm belt to the west where I believe God valley is.

[@xSH1N0B1x]

Im a huge fan of the idea of Garling Figarland but the design, I see it and all I can see is Mac Tonight

[@OHKOKyle]

Actually what I think is Garlings Celestial Daughter ended up defying him. She then fell in love w/ Rocks D. Xebec who's child together ended up being Shanks. Rocks' final wish after falling at God Valley was to then save his son from Garling by giving him to Roger. In the end what I believe Rocks' most prized treasure was, was Shanks. Just how Roger in the future entrusted Ace to Garp.

[@brandonotten9501]

Pretty good theory

[@OHKOKyle]

@@brandonotten9501aye! Thanks!

[@friendly3swordwielder341]

Tekking using berserk references in one piece vids is something I never thought I needed until today

[@mathieuleader8601]

Given how Garling is moon shaped I think Garling could have the blood logia because of the lunar event known as blood moon or the fear paramecia because of Mars's moon Phobos which means fear

[@darionedding3142]

Tekking should do a fan fiction short story competition during this break

[@myu2k2]

God Valley may have been in The West Blue.... it would be the easiest solution between "Shanks is from the West Blue" and "Shanks is from God Valley". I don't remember if it was specified that it was in the Grand Line.

[@SilverSlugs16]

I think what you said about Shanks making up the story still works even if Whitebeard knows he’s a Figarland. In fact it might work better. He hadn’t seen shanks in forever and you never know how someone’s going to turn out when they grow up - it was probably refreshing for Whitebeard to see that grown up Shanks is still down to earth and humble even without Roger / Rayleigh’s guidance, and didn’t turn into what Garling is

[@fleshcrunch7988]

hey Tekking I think you are my favourtite youtuber of all time. Thank you and have a good day sir

[@brianq6244]

We all know conquerors haki could be passed down throughout the family, so if this guy related to Shanks his conquerors haki has to be crazy. I'm also sure that the sword is just not for looks. Figarland was also the king to God valley so he laid witness to his country being under siege by Rocks, he might have been the one to also call a buster call on his own country to have it destroyed, what if the Figarland family has protected the celestials since the beginning, something passed down from birth and only why he still on command is because shanks got taken away and raised as a pirate, plus in film red the gorosei didn't seem to want to anger that family, which goes to show that family power is very influential and could be one of the 19 he ascended to God hood

[@w.8372]

Maybe it's similar to how Fukurokuju served Wano, he served Wano the ruler did not matter. That's something a royal guard does with a royal bloodline. So maybe they always served house Nerona. The other option i can think of is that the Figarland family always served the royal house of the ancient kingdom and Imu married into it becoming the queen. I think Imu orchastrated a coupe so a royal guard turning on the king would be a perfect mirror to house Nefeltari and house Riku with there steadfast loyal royal guards.

[@brianq6244]

@@w.8372 I'm just hoping they aren't trash like the tobi ropo, don't bring in new characters to be trash.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

He's either Shank's father or his uncle. I could see Shank's father dying at God Valley and his brother becoming the family head.

[@Tharsix36]

Strong Lion King vibes in this theory but there could be something to it.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@Tharsix36 It doesn't even need to be foul play, The Rocks Pirates are a menace. Dying to that collection of monsters isn't shameful in the least. In fact it might be a point of contention that Shanks father died, because he was strong enough to be seen as a threat and maybe his younger brother wasn't.

[@TheRubyGamesOG]

If Shanks was born on God Valley, and grew up on Roger's ship. So when Shanks brings the Sake to Whitebeard, you could say, he lived there between his time of Roger's death and his time with this own crew. So maybe his hometown wasn't necessarily a lie however, Shanks making up a story to win over Whitebeard makes more sense

[@Ctrooper2011]

I had just watched Artur's video about Chapter 1,086 upon starting to watch this vid. He theorized that Figarland's Moon-like haircut may actually be a reference to the Moon like the Five Elder Planets.

[@itachi15243ify]

It's even weirder now that shanks can get a meeting with the five elder stars. You would assume he uses his father's/his own last name for that, but why would his father let him? Shanks is a pirate now and a yonko at that. You'd figure he be disowned or something

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

This assumes they are actually working together in some way already. You really think they'd let an unaffiliated Yonkou that close to the rules of the world? Nah, he *has* to be working with them in some way.

[@Navjeet97]

Rogers Sword is called Ace and is one of the 12 Supreme Grade Swords

[@johnnypollack3243]

Love the video and keep up the great work tekking

[@Days-ru8jh]

Shanks’ long lost brother, Stabs

[@doronrosstuvia3489]

Kureha being connected to the celestial dragons makes sense because 1. She knows what the will of D is and 2. She was able to be at the reverie for some reason. Plus her castle parallels Pangea Castle. It makes a ton of sense.

[@TheClemento787]

She was at the reverie as company of dalton, part of the representatives of drum island. If I’m not mistaken

[@shujilevee]

25:35 I don't think Shanks made up a story. Yeah he was probably born on god's valley, but does that make it his hometown? Luffy was probably not born in the Goa Kingdom, but foosha village is still his hometown. Maybe Shanks just settled down for a while in the West and chose this one village as his hometown. Or Roger dropped him off there because he couldn't take care of an infant. Years later, when Roger checked up on the village, Shanks wanted to come along, paralleling Luffy. Only difference: Roger said yes.

[@bermix17]

1:46 and The WG Commander-In-Chief Kong :D

[@jackroberts2704]

I think the silhouette from a few chapters ago of the holy knights could be Garling but what he looked like back during the God Valley incident. Maybe Shanks will also get really into moons and hair spray when he's older.

[@legendmaker_1271]

Shanks being a celestial dragon or at least related to one makes sense as to why he could visit the gorosei without a problem

[@romanssensei]

Buggy’s love interest HAS to be Shanks’ sister 😂

[@sumireokamura]

Maybe, God Valley was in West Blue. And Garling may had another hairstyle, and red hair, 38 years ago.

[@Red4331]

You had me cracking up at "Hanks"

[@pf3558]

Every time Tekking says ‘Ara Ara’ it triggers my fight or flight response

[@frigawesomer]

Kureha has the same cool shades as Garling as well 😮

[@joostlochter6824]

i said it before and i say it again. We have no lacation for god Valley, for all we know it could have been in the west blue. Also for the Island where the celestial dragons resided to be in the grand line or the new world really doesnt make much sense. those are the most dangerous places in the whole world. Yeah someone like Garling or the gorosei wouldnt have a problem living there but people like charlos? i find it much more plausible to think god valley was in one of the saver parts of the world like the west blue.

[@IndigenistVoices]

Tekking!!! You need to see the similarities between the "Void Century" with the Black Legend, the "Tenryubito" with the Anglo-Saxons, and the "Ancient Kingdom" with the Hispanic Empire. Fun fact. The english word "dawn" sounds like the real-life D. used by Hispanics in front of their names.

[@TKFLam3]

3:24 He puts his legs on like shanks put his arm on at times lmaooo

[@johnychrist5475]

I can see the reason Garland doesn't hasn't have an arm being the same reason why Shanks sacrifices his arm when he probably easily could've stopped the seaking without losing it. Maybe the samething happened to Garland but in a different context, or to save Shanks himself

[@InsaneBasti]

Another idea about the meeting of Shanks and Whitebeard: Both are wise men. Im sure WB knows whos son hes talking to. But the story of Shanks could be seen less as an attempt to trick the old man, but moreso to show "hey im not my dad, im not bound by my blood family. I see my home in the west blue and theyr sake shows the love in their hearts, have a taste." And if anybody could read in between these line like that, its Whitebeard, the man who quit literally defys his family by the people around him and not by his blood.

[@admiraltraunt6150]

I like Tekkings theories because they often times have some kind of information I qoildnt otherwise know or think of that could be true or ends up becoming true.

[@jeffheithaus9120]

Ok the main chapter is out and all the Elder Star have St. in front of their names. So the early release just didn't add it before. So all are Saint. So we have the Family of Nefertari, Donquixote, Nerona, Figarloand, Jaygarcia, Marcus, Topman, Ethanbaron, and Shephard. That right there 9 out of the 20 original Family named now.

[@mr.feeny-5]

Devil's Luck Pirates week! You have your own characters with backstory and LORE! We need DnD OP videos for the crew for a whole week. How's that for video ideas!?

[@donsauyce9156]

13:21 He could’ve just got it from Roger and he was saying that seeing Shanks reminds him of the old days, or even that Shanks in some ways reminds him of Roger so seeing him makes him think of him

[@ninjaassassian9]

Maybe God's Valley was where the heavenly tribute was initially kept. It would make sense for the vault and the treasure, and since countries literally give up their kids as tribute. Figarland found one of the kids (Shanks) and decided to keep him, then proceed with your story of putting him in the vault etc etc

[@cameron02]

I enjoy how with Garling's design, now that his hair is white it looks like a regular cresent moon, but in the past it probably looked like a blood moon

[@eonshiki9156]

7:19 tbh every shonen manga does this, you had goku fighting a carrot man who was causing trouble in a small village and then 10 years later he’s fighting a space emperor with the power to destroy planets. Shonen is crazy

[@haywoodlunsford4238]

Whitbeard wouldnt care who Shanks family is because just like he told Ace, everyone is a children of the sea.

[@groovygravy2293]

Wonder what we'd be thinking if Film RED didn't have that random Figarland line

[@BWizard1]

So why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that whitebeards scar was caused by shank's dad or someone related to him? Why couldnt he be referring to Roger when he's talking about the scar? Shanks is an adult at this point so it would be well known that Shanks was on Rogers crew. I'm not saying it isn't someone related to shanks but I've always been under the impression that he was talking about Roger there? Maybe it's been said somewhere that it wasn't Roger and I somehow missed it. Definitely lmk if it has. But for that interaction there I just feel like it was more of a Shanks/ Roger hype comment than foreshadowing.

[@hamimhasan_]

Saint garling is what I wanted vegapunk to look like a badass old dude

[@lolthejoker]

Also Tekking I think never were said that God Valley was in the grand line, for all we know, it could have be in the West Blue

[@bbhhii]

The God's Knights were introduced this late in the game probably because up until now, we don't have any skirmish between celestial dragons until Mjosgard starting to have open rebellion against another celestial dragons.

[@visluuu]

The reason I think shanks called his hometown is in west blue because when he was found by Roger pirates they couldn't take care of a baby so they left him in west blue or shanks after Roger death remained in west blue as he said to lay low for a while. Also whitebeard could be saying about Roger when he sees shanks face not figarland, as he always fought Roger pirates and it were serious battles so getting scars are common like shanks got from teach.

[@Dracopyro21]

Shanks was on Roger's crew. And even Buggy thought that Shanks would follow in their captains shoes. Whitebeard could just saying that he sees the similarity between Shanks and Roger.

[@stayvibing1126]

Ayo “Shanks has a wicked hot sister, who is a twin sister“ 😂😂

[@Kusuno777]

While I was watching the video and when I heard money making scheme, 2 things come to mind. One being a scam. Stuff like MLMs and similar things. The second thing is a robbery or heist. A personal theory i had was that the "money making scheme" was that the Rocks crew were planing a robbery on God Valley. Maybe for Celestial Dragon money or a super weapon or both. But knowing tidbits of the Rocks crew members (what they were like back in the day) it might have been the robbery option. The heist was something not like in Oceans 11, but like a pelito bay smash and grab in GTA 5. Also correct me if I'm wrong but has Oda done a heist arc yet? We have a war based arc (Marineford), a horror based arc (Thriller Bark), and right now a mystery/sci fi arc (Egghead) and probably a arc based on norse mythology in Elbaf, so a heist arc could be cool. And if someone brings up G14 it would be more of a stealth and escape type of arc. And we can include the Davy Back into this as Rocks way of a vetting process type of thing. And in most heist movies there would be something that would go wrong that the characters did not expect or count in their plans. Like BOTH Roger AND Garp being there to make things go up in flames. Fill free to talk about it if you guys want, but that's just my personal idea.

[@damien5821]

I'm almost certain the "Hometown" bit was a nod/wink to Whitebeard, and him not knowing who Shanks is would be a bit strange, given context. It's also a subtle enough diversion that the people nearby who don't know wouldn't pick up on the lie.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

So ideas for videos while on chapter breaks, how about about mother flame, the future for the revolutionary army, as well as for vivi, predictions on when we get back to egghead Island, info videos on each of the individual gorosei!

[@ProfWollhoven]

This whole Figarland thing can turn out either pretty good or absolute terrible. Like I mentioned in the last video, there is no reason for Garling to be the last king of God Valley. Lili "vanished" because she wanted to go back to Alabasta so why would the Figarland family get any special treatment? Also, I always thought Whitebeard was refering to Roger. They fought so many times and I'm pretty sure Roger left some traces on Whitebeards body + Whitebeard only knew Shanks being around Roger.

[@Iris_1217]

Maybe there was something in God Valley that needed to be watched over by one of the original founding families of the WG so the Figarland family was given that responsibility?

[@zigazdovc6175]

God Valley is most likely a special island to the CDs, maybe the island where the 20 families gathered to start the war against the Ancient Kingdom OR there were some secrets there that needed protection.

[@Jeff-wj1gh]

In Japanese, garling is stated to be the 王者of God valley, which can also be translated as a champion rather than an actual king. I think that makes more sense.

[@Going4Broke2528]

Roger was confirmed to have given WB that scar in Databook Yellow years ago.

[@fluffypenguins]

Well while talking to shanks, whitebeard mentions Roger by name later on so why would whitebeard not just say he got it from Roger. why would he say "him " instead of Roger when whitebeard brings up Rogers name later on

[@pflynn12]

The meeting that Shanks had with the gorosei I bet that had something to do with Garling

[@haywoodlunsford4238]

If your talking about how he got into Mariejoise then yeah but Shanks came to "talk about a certain pirate."

[@pflynn12]

@Haywood Lunsford Fair enough but if Garling & Shanks are relatives than that's probably got a lot to do with how he managed to enter Marie jois

[@haywoodlunsford4238]

@@pflynn12 yeah thats what I said. I think the certain pirate Shanks wanted to talk about was himself. I guess Shanks wanted to find out more about himself.

[@eloquitodelaesquina]

When Sengoku was born Kureha was 62

[@Sigmaairav]

Crescent moon beard and hair styled is to be considered a "punk" style like mohawks and liberty spikes

[@Tharsix36]

How do we know God Valley wasn't in west blue and sake from there is rare and costly precisely because the island disappeared?

[@abdullahiaffey8530]

Tekking it’s impossible for WB to have received his scars in God Valley. Simply because WB didn’t have those scars in WANO, and when he fought Roger’s crew for 3 days. So it’s was %100 after. Most likely even after Roger’s death

[@AnyMEmdq]

14:00 Not necessarily someoe that "looks like", but someone Whitebeard can relate to Shanks, like Roger, for example, which would make more than perfect sense

[@Sktx_]

I believe the front God's Knight silhouette in chap. 1083 is not Garling. The one silhouette that actually fits him damn too well is the one to the far right, between the two text bubbles. Once you've seen it, it's hard to discard it. Which means that the front silhouette COULD still be Shanks, or more plausibly a brother/sister... Also, the parallel between Dressrosa and the anticipated Mariejoie/WG antagonist arc could include a parallel between the Don Quixote family protecting Doffy, and the Figarland family protecting Imu/the Gorosei.

[@gibey216]

We gotta remember that time shanks went to talk to the gorosei, i pretty sure that no pirate without connections to the celestial dragons would be "welcomed" at the room of authority

[@novamaster9645]

Whitebeard- Shanks are you related to Garling Figarland? Shanks- how do you figar that?

[@L0v3dNL0st]

Just throwing out the idea that Roger had Shanks raised in the west until he was old enough to join his crew. Wasn't that were Ace's mom was at? Maybe she raised Shanks and later they decided to have a child of their own.

[@paulsander3799]

Garling sacrificed god valley to become a tenryubito, which ties back to what's going on on egghead right now. Roger came along and wanted to stop that maybe even along Rox. But where Rox was only interested in plunder and carnage roger and garp wanted to save the people there.

[@Infinium411]

I always read that scene between Shanks and Whitebeard as referring to Roger.

[@irresponsiblecaptain851]

The scars on whitebeard might still be normal slash wounds dealt by a normal size person, whitebeard is huge

[@verdrang5614]

Honestly, for me having a member of the Figarland family being the adjudicator of justice in the God's Knights kinda tells me that Shanks is _not_ a double agent. Don't know about anyone else, but Garling does not read as a guy who'd even engage in these tactics, having his family mingle with the 'scum' of the lower realm

[@DanaRJabbaR]

Low-key I read his name as garlic figarland

[@Falkuzrules]

When I saw Garling for the first time, my immediate thought was "....Welp, guess the Holy Knights are gonna be goofy-looking too, just like Vegapunk and the Numbers... can't wait to see how much Piratefolk hates this!" And then I went over there and... they're treating him as their second deity behind Akainu now. The One Piece fandom often collectively has a completely opposite opinion from me about some things so it's not THAT surprising, but I certainly didn't expect it.