The Greatest Shanks & Mihawk Theory Ever

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The Greatest Shanks & Mihawk Theory Ever
Today, we take a deep dive into a One Piece Theory near and dear to my heart. Shanks and Mihawk's true forms or at least,,, the demon transformations of their family! The Holy Knights will be the next big bad villain of One Piece and it is only right that they all have unique powers like Imu inspired forms like the Gorosei and their awakenings!
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[@SyvRetcon]

SOMEONE HAD A BEAUTIFUL COMMENT SAYING THAT GARLING IS A PLAY ON "GARLIC" BECAUSE OF THE RIVALRY TOO!! MIHAWK ALSO HAS AN ATTACK CALLED "16 HOLY MOONS" IN PIRATE WARRIROS 4 (A GAME ODA THAT GAVE INSIGHT FOR) I RE-SOLD MYSELF ON THE THEORY *Also yee I made a mistake calling "The Monster" Frankenstein here!

[@Ka0ziun]

Small correction Ju Peter might be inspired by easter mythos aswell. Namely the Olgoï-Khorkhoï mongolian cryptid !

[@killme1389]

I’m sure shanks has a brother why wouldn’t a celestial dragon have another child after loosing one

[@biggimmicke]

Well, technically it’s not incorrect to refer to the Monster as Frankenstein, its a pedantic nerd thing to get hung up on, esp when the Monster (named Adam in Shelly’s letters) actually refers to himself as Frankenstein’s son.

[@christo2239]

The Greek word for "moon" is "φεγγάρι" (pronounced: fe-ngá-ree) Not to far from "Figar"land

[@quintonedens8467]

Your from Oklahoma?!? Wild! Lol

[@su93r62]

Thumbnail: Vampire vs Werewolf Fans: Fraud vs Rat

[@flare7441]

Mihawk = homophobic (calls okama insects at Marineford), fraud (sword painter) Shanks = rat, evil, fed, OP

[@BiggieCrescent]

Syv has gotta be the most underrated One Piece creator/theorizer 😭🙏

[@jimmyjoseph7726]

💯

[@blacktootherson]

💯

[@MiKeY04TMNT]

Preach my comrade! I'm doing my part in the Army of Syv.

[@elusivemane9638]

Bro is carrying one piece youtube rn.

[@user-xn5ns8bw5m]

1000%

[@NeptunesParty]

If you play the one piece games, You can find that Mihawk has an attack called “16 Holy Moons” or “16 Crescent Moons” adding onto that the Symbols that cover his sword are infact crescent moons. With his sword being named night aswell. In the anime Doflamingo also calls Mihawk “uncouth” which is probably the biggest hint of him being a CD. Since No one else on the Warlords is actually a CD.

[@Millymanj]

I thought i was the only guy who saw the crescent moons. If you Look at the Flag Of Wallachia, it has a Moon A Bird A Cross.

[@NeptunesParty]

Yeah in the games it actually makes him stronger over time. It might be canon now 💀

[@SyvRetcon]

FOUND IT!! ITS IN PIRATE WARRIORS 4 AND ODA HELPED GIVE NAMES TO ATTACKS IN THE GAME, THE THEORY DEEPENS

[@NeptunesParty]

@@SyvRetcon Yes Indeed. Everyone who is Affiliated with the World Government has symbolism to the Night Or The Moon. On The Other Hand Everyone who has sided with the Will Of D. (assuming dawn) has also sided with the Sun God. Out of both of these the third being Black beard who is the Odd one out. Assuming he represents a black hole.

[@damaniherrington4170]

Anything shanks and mihawk related I’m here

[@Ryumin009]

Same

[@yazid6024]

Same

[@kellenmck]

Bro is lowkey cooking with this theory

[@jchvx]

Syv here's some head cannon for you. In Norse mythology there are two wolves that go by the name Hati and Skoll. Hati chases the moon through the night and Skoll chases the sun through the day. I think in the context of Shank's family we can make a connection to Garling representing Hati due to his themes of the moon and Shanks representing Skoll. Shanks being depicted as a lion would make sense due to the connections between Lions and the Sun for instance Strawhats ship being the thousand sunny and the lion head being on the front. We can also see the connection of Shanks pushing for the dawn of a new pirate era similarly to how Skoll chases the sun or in this case ushers in the dawn. Also to make the connection to Elbaf, the mother of these wolves in north mythology is a giant. If this in fact is the case and this idea is a representation of these two characters then maybe there's evidence of the part these characters play in the final saga of one piece as in Norse mythology both of these wolves swallow their respective heavenly bodies they are chasing when Ragnarök occurs.

[@mmike5474]

Shanks being a Griffin makes even more sense when you realise that the Greek God Apollo was guided across the skies by a Griffin. Similar to how Luffy (the Sun God) was guided by shanks

[@jonathancook5915]

Mihawk= Dracula obviously. Shanks= Werewolf 🤯

[@uzhollywood5044]

Maybe. But we already know someone with a vampire devil fruit. Stussy. So unless the one piece universe is revealed to have actual monster species, doesn’t stick.

[@mylespando5192]

One of the figures of the Holy Knights in god valley kind of looks like Heracles. Which gave me the idea that the Holy Knights are all the children of a CD and a regular person. Essentially making them demigods. Heracles has the name of a demigod and it makes me believe that the Holy Knights have a good chance of following the Greek pantheon. We might see a Cerberus fruit and a Hydra fruit for example.

[@roninmidori1188]

Oda used Full Moon Transformation for the Su Long. That was his reference to warewolves.

[@Growthstonks]

We love Syv Theories

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

Syv " Werwulves!!! " Jabra : "...am I a joke to you? "

[@LazarSoljaga]

Well Jabra is less Werwulf and more Wulf-Man

[@anthonydillarf9630]

shanks and mihawks families probably had wars against each other

[@Vegibyte]

I thought about a "bigfoot" or great ape transformation as well. With Toriyama passing recently it would be a great tribute to give it that classic Saiyan great ape look.

[@DaMightyLamp]

Ooh this is the first time I’ve heard of theory with an emphasis on the #16 very cool

[@SyvRetcon]

Yeeee #1-6 is very prominent among the WG kinda like how 5-6 is prominent for Luffy;;;

[@Vibricks]

Is that sarcasm

[@mylespando5192]

There’s a ton of them lol

[@istheyear-ry1el]

anything regarding Mihawk and Shanks theory I click! they both are now one of the most interesting characters in One Piece 🤣

[@jaydrich8115]

2:37 another line that shouldve stood out to you would be what mihawk said to zoro When mihawk got excited "SOMEONE like you hasnt come around for quite sometime" Hence zoros sparking mihawks excitement for a duel And the last person to ever Raise mihawks excitement was indeed shanks All im saying is that If mihawk fought shanks again today And they fought to a draw what does that say about the "worlds greatest swordsmàn" if you tied with a one armed man" not lose but TIE

[@iobyoj]

Great video as always Syv ❤️

[@yardietaylor7790]

Next theory: mihawk was the pirate who killed zoro's dad his rival before shanks

[@Dionisio97]

👀👀👀

[@ChilltheImpaler]

Theory: there is a motif of witches and clowns in one piece. You'll often find a "witch" paired with a "clown". There's a clown-like guy who's a goof and a "witch"-like woman with some special powers or is a seductress. Alvida/Buggy Ussop/Nami Cesar/Monet Foxy/Porsche Vegapunk/Stussy Neptune/Otohime Luffy/Nami (Most of boroque works and Mr. 2 actually acts as both a witch and a clown) I believe that Nika's witch was Imu. I think that they probably had personal relationship (ie. They were friends and knew each other well) and that they had a falling out where Imu turned on Nika. This is why there are so many of Nika's friends who felt like they betrayed him (example Zunesha). Zunesha and others like her helped Imu to Nika's detriment thinking that they were actually helping Nika too since those two used to be friends.

[@singjordan715]

Congrats on the sponsor 👏🏾🙏🏾✊🏾

[@kl1en47]

18s is crazy

[@exitproject]

Great picks man

[@blackrevenant742]

I love it. Also, Shanks full transformation might be Fenrir and werewolf-like in hybrid.

[@Yohoho9]

Joy boy theories just came out with a really good one about blackbeard and sleep. Connecting the two theories in some ways I can really see a 'werebear' black beard fighting a animal form shanks for when he got that scar.

[@ChilltheImpaler]

Syv I have a theory that among the mythical races in one piece there is also a monster race OR monster races. Those monsters banned together, took over the world, and are now known as the celestial dragons. Shanks comes from werewolves. Mihawk from vampires. But also mummies, zombies, satyrs, and maybe more

[@ServantofAnubis007]

Smart. Also ties into oni, OARS race, Numbers are all demons/monsters.

[@markherron4249]

there mad man really made a theory

[@EpicShaymin]

16:05 Wi-Fi Haki

[@Butrstixs]

That’s a cool thought, there definitely seems to be a connection between Mihawk being some kind of a beast or at least different from what he shows on the surface. I immediately thought of chapter 1073 when zoro briefly clashes with the s-hawk seraphim and says “you’re actually a little MORE human than him.” Which definitely comes off as ironic because s-hawk is genetically modified after an incredibly rare race of people and happens to be powered by be artificial green blood created by vegapunk. It would make sense that zoro would know about mihawks hidden abilities/ transformations because he wouldn’t want mihawk to hold back during their training. Of course to what extent is mere speculation. But it would make sense that zoro’s “sudden” inclination in becoming the King of hell is fitting because he has started to piece a few things together since his training with mihawk. He understands that simply being the greatest swordsman will no longer cut it (pun intended) and his fight against king was a key factor in proving that that there is more than just human who stand in his way of becoming the greatest swordsman/ the right hand man of the pirate king. Zoro has always been willing and imp now capable of reaching the pits of hell if it includes being on the level of his opponent and is fully aware that it is necessary at this point. The demonic resemblance of the gorosei is just square one and that would back up your claim of mihawks affiliation/abilities.

[@uzhollywood5044]

He didn’t say he seems more human, he says he has more humanity than the original. Meaning the seraphim has emotion. If Mihawk wasn’t human to zoros knowledge do you really think it would be a secret for this long or that he wouldn’t mention it? Also, he says he has to become the “ king of hell” because enma literally is the king of hell in buddhist mythology. It wasn’t a reference to mihawk at all, he was holding the literal blade of hell and wielding it meant he had to be the “king”of it.

[@uzhollywood5044]

Your entire reasoning to back up this theory is based on your misunderstanding/ misinterpretation of what was said.

[@LiamKeane-wp1eh]

This is my fav One Piece theory OF ALL TIME

[@sungjin-woo332]

bruh! how you cooking harder than parvision. This was a fun watch.

[@MrReborn56]

Bro is always cooking

[@Mrswhosemelon]

I greatly love this theory. More theory awaits❤

[@ztokataj1990]

I’m from Oklahoma too you’re def the #1 one piece creator now

[@lilbenzo]

He said lemme pay bda law editor to boost me up😂😂😂

[@adilmc8309]

huh

[@ibrahimsurti4922]

Mihawk is immortal The level of not giving a fuck is such a draula personality

[@GourSmith]

Cute theory. But unfortunately, not gonna happen.

[@Dattebayolo]

Mihawk is immortal, from the previous user of the op-op fruit using the immortal surgery. Fígarland is his son, and Shanks is his grandson.

[@auron7361]

It turns out that Hannyabal is Mihawk's mother, and Magelan is Mihawk's father. It turns out that Hannyabal and Magelan are also immortal beings from previous ope ope fruit users 😒

[@DARamMz]

And I'm the one who started your bloodline, say hello to your moms

[@kellnworldpeace]

Bro OKC watcher here! Hell yeah!

[@koalaslaw3790]

Imagine crazy old lady skin walker transformation

[@FMF6A]

This is fire 🔥

[@apieceofart130]

Garlings moon hair adds value to werewolf’s theory

[@YoungSmokeyvp_7]

Good job cooking let’s see some more 🔥 keep it going

[@SyvRetcon]

Thank you thank you bro! Much appreciated!!

[@mrbubbles6468]

So what you are saying is Mihawk stole Shanks girlfriend…

[@keelsron634]

I must say I really enjoy this theory!

[@SyvRetcon]

Thank you!

[@gauvacado1091]

Amazing theory I hope it's true, but here's the interesting thing, Shanks Sword Name & Mihawks sword name Gryphon=A Gryphon & Yoru=Could mean multiple things but half of yo as in Yomi or Yokai, then Run as in Ruler The Yokai Ruler The Grand Vampire The Demon King Dracule Mihawk And there og names Dracule Mihawk= Dracula Mi as in Nomi like devil, Hawk Shanks Figarland= Fantasy Were Land If we take the literal translation This makes me think your therapy is even more correct and Where as Shanks is a Gryphon or has the ability to transform into one because of there sword Mihawk is the same and instead of being a straight up bat or vampire, they will represent the actual depiction of Lucifer a deamon with black wings symbolising a fallen angel and Dracula as the king of Deamons, but in another interesting twist this is why luffy doesn't look like the typical version of Lucifer, it will be Mihawk It could also be interesting if Shanks Gryphon form actually also represented a mantocore and had bay wings Showing even further there relationship in great writing while being outcasts It also is possible that the smoking gun we haven't seen is these Holy Knight transformations are from sacred blades which would hint that if each Holly sword and wazimodo offers this... We may be getting a Tiger Spacifically The Baihu of the 4 great Holly beast transformations for Zoro.. which has been foreshadowed many times And actually while thinking about it That fits think about it Luffy son of Dragon the centre Then Zoro is the Tiger Sanji Is The Rooster Chopper is the Forest Dragon The Turtle o In the end I could see these 5 being the strongest on Luffys crew but what's more interesting is each 2 straw hats make up attributes of one of the 5 Holly beasts Sanji+Robin Winged Bird of life force and heart depicted Zoro+Nami control over steel and lightning also both depicted as cats-Baihu Ussop+Chopper The Forest Dragon Franky+Jinbe-The dark Chimera bulky Luffy+Vivi-Sun & Rain, Rain or Shine The strongest kinks the centre dragon or strongest beast Also ngl not even joking... I actually kinda would ship most of these if they were genuine It would all thematically work Extremley well even though I know oda doesn't care about making things romantic but hear me out -Zoro & Nami ending up together makes soo much sense it hurts, represents real life and they both compliment eachother Sanji & Robin both work because of there chaotic goofy yet Extremley chill natures and I could see them both genuinely caring about eachother just giving having a cigarette and wine Ussop ends up with Kaia but chopper lives with them ! Which also makes the animal bushes, the merry and all of it foreshadowing Franky we do not know if they are gay or straight, making them gay plays off of ace Ventura even more, would explain there flamboyant mess, that they don't care if women see there junk.. And he grew up with Fishman If Franky and Jimbe were gay and ended up in a relationship honestly I'm here for all of these they would work soo well on a complimentary personality level and represent how relationships are, where you like someone at first but eventually end up with those who just naturally were there the most for you And that would be very oda.. PLUS OMG BOA DOESNT END UP WITH LUFFY... VIVI DOES but because of her lineage ... It still works because nefretari DLilly is of Amazon Lilly ?! And Boa would most likely then end up with Sabo because of them both appreciating them taking care of and helping luffy I would ship these hard Btw I was high on life when I made this 🤘

[@beardedmotu2007]

Whitebeard and Garling 🌙 very curious 👀 … Nice work

[@sonjoku6847]

I like this this theory syvv

[@biterface03]

6:09 The short one on the left could be an Automata like the ones on the Moon, I still believe that somehow chopper ate a Automata variant devil fruit

[@imajohnson4161]

syv I think that oda will create a character who can transform into a judge who can pass judgement by just looking at someone and the judge guy could have the ability to turn someone into a monster like Athena did to medusa and the judge guy would be like Gyomei from demon slayer since he had such and good character and personality. And the judge would be associated with Buddha.

[@SyvRetcon]

That'd be really sick bro! Yeah imagine us getting a "REAL" monster judge like what we saw at Enies Lobby even! It was a gag there but could be a real monster in the Holy Land!

[@bravewryy6781]

Peak theory vid right here

[@jarodgeiger]

Ya you cooked here❤ waited till the end of the video to comment but ya this theory is really good tbh

[@danilocastro3109]

The theory is good but the sand worm is based on one of the oldest yokais. I sont eemember name but was some sort of a hairy snake/ worm body who works as the protector of plants and agriculture. I think oda make a few changes for the release of dune. And the fact this is one of the less known yokais or myths of asia. But tecnically jupiter hasba yokai fruit. But i really hope the holy knigth has some sort of mytical zoan of eastern or indian mytology. That would be awesome

[@saturdaycrush]

Yo this is a crazy theory.

[@QuickLuffy]

Also the Royalties in Lulusia Kingdom resembles a vampire too.

[@aionwafu05]

That sea montser looks like a wolf eel. So it is still a wolf reference.

[@aether5031]

I've been a big "16" guy for a while. But it never gets any traction online . I think it's interesting that Imu's name can sorta be read as 1-6. I think the celestial dragon namesake comes from Imu itself, leading me to believe he/she is a dragon but it's going to be an Oda original design, the punk hazard creations were failed clones. Also, unrelated: Syv, do you think the 3 skulls ties Blackbeard to the ancient giants? I think we get significant parts of Blackbeards story during the Elbaf arc

[@SyvRetcon]

I think there could be something there, haven’t looked into the BB stuff in awhile but with BB there’s just so many routes Oda could go with it that it’s hard to pinpoint. I might just make a general video going over all the 3s maybe? 🤔

[@saintsinott1293]

Maybe the crosses on Mohawk are holding his Vampire powers/ transformation back

[@benjimentv]

Im calling it now. Shanks can😮 manipulate his haki to make a temporary haki arm

[@lwp_pwl2351]

Love the fenrir pic from smite lmao

[@zakaryabenayache5162]

Hi syv I'm in the hunt of a good ZORO Asura theory Like what is it. is it haki ? if yes why doesn't luffy kaido bm ... have a form of their own and it's not an illusion because others can see it so what is it

[@gtx9577]

What if Blackbeard is also one of the transformations? His devil fruit is weird and coule be mythical aswell

[@aryansalunke]

bro did cook

[@gow113]

Uuhh 11:31 I think you do, I swore it was full moons they went wild over

[@ethansawyer5858]

wendigo holy knight on everything bro

[@SyvRetcon]

Shape-shifter/Skinwalker/Wendigo Holy Knight would be bonkers and would put Devon/Bon Clays DFs to shame

[@ethy5217]

A bit far-fetched, but why not. Except that Garling Figarland is inspired by the yokai Katsura-otoko, so it is more likely that he has the powers of this yokai and not the werewolf

[@uzhollywood5044]

This theory is cool but it doesn’t hold up well like others we’ve seen. Oda bringing mythology from his culture/ surrounding cultures doesn’t mean we’re going to see western mythology. The yokai the elders turn into are more than likely mythical devil fruits or the purest form of getting a devil fruit power, they’re clearly awakened zoans and their different forms are referred to as beasts and hybrids. This theory is dependent that monster races exist within the world and that if they don’t, stussy’s fruit isn’t a vampire zoan and mihawk is rlly the one with a vampire fruit and that shanks actually has a fruit.

[@tylerhernandez-sida1825]

They do have Werewolf and Vampire vibes

[@LeBearr]

I’d like to think mods watched Dune 2 loved it so much and changed Ju Peter’s design

[@postmasterpez]

Maybe Mihawk and Shansks are brothers? Mihawk called Hawkeye and Shanks beeing a Griffin. They might have the same mother, a hawk. And Mihawk beeing a Bat-hawk and Shanks beeing a Lion-Hawk aka a Griffin. Also, I think Garm and Fenrier is the same wolf.

[@twitchchat6590]

I like that you are making more effort to edit and make content between chapters

[@dontgetmarried]

Damn, let bro cook

[@AJ-kt5zo]

Hey any part of them being involved with werewolf 🌕🐺 and vampires🦇🔺

[@wickedfanatic1916]

Somebody cooked here

[@spacejampurp100]

Son you are the goat 🐐 for this video

[@scuba7236]

Thumbnail alone made me click and like holy heat to the artist 🔥

[@Hunter-oy8ux]

you also said Mihawks son when the panel said Daughter highlighted

[@jackboyoffset770]

Werewolf mythical zoan will go hard ngl

[@SebringHighSchool7]

LORDT

[@mecoalford4248]

Syv, if the fegaland are werewolf, like you stated, why used swords why not use claws, put haki on those claws and make werewolf claws slashes versus opponents in a fight

[@SyvRetcon]

A lot of Zoans in One Piece have weapons too. just looking at Wano for example, Kaido’s a dragon with claws, he uses a Kanabo. Yamato is a mythical and she also uses a Kanabo, King is a Pteradon with claws and he uses a sword too, Sasaki is a Dino and uses a sword, Who’s Who uses a mix of claw attacks and sword attacks. Just because a character has a transformation doesn’t mean they rely solely on the form’s power. Pre-TS, Kaku is a giraffe and he has a Nose Shigan that’s stronger than his other attacks but he uses swords too, even Pell a bird uses a sword, the Minks all have claws but a lot of them have swords. Just because the Figarland family are werewolves doesn’t mean they can’t use swords I believe.

[@user-gl7xd5ez9m]

So how do he have transformation without a devil fruit

[@pinkdifferent5533]

the hair is not just moon but garlic

[@SyvRetcon]

Good catch too!

[@yjkenoy9894]

I like the theory but if shanks has a transformation then how was he able to swim and save Luffy ?

[@zah13r41]

goat

[@Moelmii]

My goat cant be a Warewolf🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@handerly7992]

Vampires age very slowly, we've seen kid mihawk before

[@SyvRetcon]

Oop, yeah I think where I draw the line for Mihawk (and even Shanks) is that they are not those forms. Their families are but they are not, it even kinda ties back to how OP has a running thematic of "Blood family" vs "Adoptive family" Mihawk I believe is a real human and Shanks is prob a Griffin. Thumbnail is a bit misleading but I also got the thumbnail before the theory was made and fleshed out lol

[@AppleofEdenn]

Did Kaido fly with King to Marineford?? I thought he took his ship and crew offscreen there

[@SyvRetcon]

He could’ve taken his ship there but when they talked about it they said that it was just Kaido and King so I assumed they flew since they didn’t allude to any fodder/crew coming

[@whole_wheat_soup9321]

Dracule is actually a real word. Dracule was the title of Vlad the Impaler, and the one who came before him. Dracula was a legend based off of Vlad the impaler who would put his victims on stakes to ward of intruders. If anyone is more knowledgable on this matter please correct me, i am basing this off of my memory of looking into castlevania and what draculas origins were.

[@silvercrown2787]

ong 🙏😭

[@bethelnosike9089]

I guess Mihawk does seem kind of “Dracula” inspired

[@nephiilim]

Frankenstein's monster, not Frankenstein. Frankenstein is the scientist that created the monster

[@mahirsharma7789]

Dammm This theory is so Good I really hope it becomes true

[@ttodd313]

The holy knights will have a pokemon transformation...👀

[@aliasname2257]

I know para had his hand in this lmao

[@tylerc5311]

It's ironic if Mihawk really is a vampire because his sword is a giant cross. Wonder why Oda would do that...

[@trds9]

Mihawk exist solely for zoros sake

[@abrarak478]

Aren't the Lulusian Royalty supposed to be vampires? Doesn't that confirm that vampires already exist in One Piece

[@derekkae]

Frankenstein, is the name of the guy that created the monster not the monsters name

[@mrsmrmrsmr]

The monster’s formal name is JR

[@DaityaGod]

​@@mrsmrmrsmrhis name is Adam He himself named him cuz unlike in movies he is smart mf in books

[@KRiderMan1248]

They really want a BogFoot they need to make that bounty Tax Free.

[@superscourgeepicness]

Gonna be honest i forgot the Holy Knights were a thing.