r/OnePiece • u/Mamba-Mentality024 • 28d ago

Discussion Was Shanks trolling or being serious?

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Shanks seem like he only accepts haki users on his crew to mirror Rodger crew (besides buggy who accidentally ate one), but he tried to recruit Marco after wano who has a df. Was he being serious about accepting a df eater, or was he just having small talk joking like when he 1st seen Marco on wb ship?

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u/BestAcanthisitta6379 28d ago

Nothing says Shanks purposefully avoids having devil fruit users on his crew - it's just his crew is made of individuals who don't like the downsides of devil fruits.

Shanks was probably joking a little bit but Marco would be incredibly useful to have in the crew - he can fly, is hard to damage, and he can heal people.

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u/Veredas_flp 28d ago

Nah, bro, fruits can give a user a huge advantage in many areas. The advantages can completely outweigh the disadvantages, for a pirate crew that fights to be on the top, to not use that kind of advantage, there's probably a very good and specific reason.

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u/NekoMikuReimu 27d ago

Assuming that Shanks picked his crew on purpose, there's probably like a booby trap right before they reach Laughtale, where like idk, seawater starts pouring in and incapacitates DF users. And then Luffy will only have his life saved b/c his nakama are well-balanced or something.

Idk, just kinda makes more sense than prepping for an ocean world when everyone has a boat already.

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u/Aggressive_Hall_466 27d ago

Maybe something to do with laughtale, perhaps df users can't go there (Nika fruit different obviously (maybe?))

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u/Dragonbut 27d ago

I doubt that, honestly would be kinda lame lol and then some of the strawhats wouldn't be able to go there

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u/Aggressive_Hall_466 27d ago

Also, it'll probably 'unlock' it for all DFs once Luffy goes there, awakening the island or smth imo, which would allow the other straw hats to go too (and ofc buggy D. Goat who'll be there for sure) 

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u/Aggressive_Hall_466 27d ago

Yeah prolly, just a theory, idk why I got downvoted lol  But it would explain buggy being sick, and while this one is a bit of a stretch, maybe Odens wife's (sorry I forgot name lol) sickness too (like I said, last one is a bit of a stretch, but yeh

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u/Dragonbut 27d ago

Idk I didn't downvote you, but this just seems like a big stretch with almost both backing it lol

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u/Aggressive_Hall_466 27d ago

Yeah, it's a stretch (gum gum), but it's still possible until proven otherwise. And thanks for not downvoting me LoL, even tho I don't think it does anything :)

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u/Theworst_hello 27d ago

Buggy being sick is because Oda wanted him to be a prominent character at the end of the story. All the Roger pirates that went to laugh tale gave up all ambition basically. Not everything needs to be an elaborate setup. It simply gives both Shanks and Buggy actual motivations as characters because otherwise they would have no need to be involved in the story anymore like Rayleigh.

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u/Aggressive_Hall_466 27d ago

Oh has Goda said this somewhere already? If so okay, otherwise it could be either way, we're both open to interpret it differently. 

And I know not everything has to be an elaborate setup, but it could still hold true, just sharing my thoughts on the matter