One Piece is full of iconic characters, but Shanks is someone special, he may even be THE iconic character among the powerful for those who don't know the manga. Here's everything fans should know about her!
There are so many well-written characters in One Piece that you can never have enough of them. Throughout the episodes, we discover more and more characters 🏴☠️.
A lot about Shanks is still a mystery 🤫 and fans are dying to know more about him. So, in this blog, we are going to discuss ten things fans should know about him .
10. No Devil Fruits
Shanks is a special character, not possessing power from a devil fruit. This separates him from the rest of the Yonkou, as all of them have demon fruit powers 🍋 . Big Mom uses the powers of Soru Soru no Mi, allowing her to take possession of souls, Kaido has a mythical zoan used to transform into a Dragon, and Blackbeard is the only character in One Piece who has been able to combine the powers of two fruits : the fruit of darkness and the fruit of trembling.
The Darkness Fruit is used to negate the power of enemy fruits while the Tremor Fruit makes Teach able to cause seismic strikes. You will therefore have understood that to match these fruitless powers, Shanks is a real monster of power.
9. Yonkou the youngest
In one of the recent chapters of One Piece, it was confirmed that Shanks became a yonko just six years ago . The other Yonkou are much older than Shanks. Shanks' rise to Yonkou status would be a journey worth watching ↗.
It would be interesting to see what Shanks did to rise to Yonkou status at such a young age 🤔. There are too many mysteries surrounding this guy and we don't know when these mysteries will be cleared up.
8. Not a Pirate of the Rocks
Another particularity of Shanks is that he is the only Yonkou (before Blackbeard) who is not a member of the Rocks Pirates. The other Yonkou were members of the Rocks Pirates .
They would have clashed when the Rocks fought against Roger's pirates and the Navy ⚓. The God Valley Incident changed many things and brought down the curtains on the life of Rocks D. Xebec, who was known to be the arch rival of Gol D. Roger .
7. First person to show Haki
Shanks debuted very early in the series. He met Luffy before becoming a Yonko. Shanks also demonstrated the use of Haki. In fact, Shanks is the first character to use Haki in the series 👁 .
Shanks is also the first character to use Kings' Haki in the series. Shanks is arguably the greatest Haki user in the series, as he does not have a Devil Fruit 🍇 to rely on, unlike the other Yonko. Oda once said that Shanks could have knocked out 100,000 fishmen if he had used this power instead of the captain of the Mugiwaras.
6. Oda's personality
Oda declared that Shanks was the character in whom he recognized the most strongly 👬 . Oda said that Shanks' personality is very similar to his own.
He said Shanks is like him: calm and cool. Additionally, Oda said that Shanks' outfit 🧥 is another thing that looks very similar to him. Oda really loves Shanks, as do fans of the series . It's really hard not to love a unique character like Shanks.
5. Most famous Yonkou
Shanks is the most famous Yonkou in the series. He has the most fans out of all the Yonkou in One Piece. In the sixth Fan Poll, Shanks finished 11th in the poll , making him the most famous Yonkou 🏆.
Blackbeard finished in 48th position, Big Mom in 69th position, and Kaido in 96th position. So there was a really considerable gap between Shanks and the rest of the Yonkou 🥇.
4. Griffin
Shanks is a swordsman and he wields a saber named Gryphon . Currently, there is no information on the nature of Gryphon 🦅. It is unknown whether it is a Meito or not.
If we had to speculate, it's very likely that this is one of the rarest swords in One Piece . Mihawk and Shanks were rivals and we know the two have clashed a lot in the past 💥. It is unlikely that Mihawk would have a Saijō Ō Wazamono and Shanks would have a regular saber.
3. Pirate King's Apprentice
Shanks wasn't a super strong pirate early in his life. He had to find his way to the top. Shanks began his journey in. The crew of the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger 👑 . Shanks was seen in a few flashbacks that involved Roger's Pirates.
He was also seen crying at the execution of his captain in Logue Town . In Logue Town, Shanks and Buggy also split up. One of them became a well-known clown 🤡 and the other became one of the monsters we avoid crossing the path of on the Grand Line.
2. Mihawk and Shanks
The rivalry between Shanks and Mihawk is known all over the world 🌎. This is one of the rivalries that has piqued fans' interest since it was revealed. According to Whitebeard, the rivalry between Shanks and Mihawk was fierce . The clashes between the two were famous throughout the Grand Line.
Mihawk lost interest in fighting Shanks after losing an arm. However, the two men don't just share a rivalry. Both characters have the same birthday 🎂. They were both born on March 9.
1. Luffy's idol
Normally, one would expect someone whose grandfather Garp to become a great vigilante. However, poor Garp couldn't save his grandson from pirate fever. Shanks met Luffy when he was still a child. Luffy was so impressed by Shanks and his crew that he decided to become a pirate himself .
Luffy idolizes Shanks and respects him a lot. Shanks even sacrificed his own arm to save Luffy from drowning. He gave the Straw Hat to Luffy and made him promise that he would return it. It's fair to say that Shanks is one of the most important and best-written characters in the entire series.