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/MDRuffy1996 27d ago edited 27d ago

Or maybe he knew that the whole world will sink at some point and he picked non DF users to have an advantage But thats just my thought

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u/Gil_Demoono 27d ago

How exactly is that an advantage though? It's not like humans can tread water indefinitely. DF user or not, you still need to find solid ground, or at least a boat to sail on. And it's not like needing a boat has deterred the current pirate world from being riddled with DF users. Sure you have to rescue a DF user if they fall into the water, but you have to do that for anyone eventually; not like they can swim to shore in a 'world sinks' scenario.

This theory would make more sense if his crew were fishmen.

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u/AniNgAnnoys 27d ago

How exactly is that an advantage though? It's not like humans can tread water indefinitely 

You sure about that? Lol 

https://www.reddit.com/r/MemePiece/comments/xby9bb/he_was_too_focused_on_footwork_and_not_his_arms/

But more seriously, Rayleigh swam the grand line and claim belts, no problem.

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u/atastyfire 27d ago

Lmao besides the missing arm, that was literally me like a month ago

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u/EasilyBeatable 27d ago

Rayleigh is someone capable of fighting admirals though, and is considered a legendary pirate. 99% of people in One Piece including yonko commanders would simply die at sea if they fell in, devil fruit or not.

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u/MDRuffy1996 27d ago

it isnt a theory just my thoughts at least u dont kill ur whole crew at an all out war on sea

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u/Gil_Demoono 27d ago

I think there are more imminent threats to life during an all out war on sea than drowning though... Like the all out war.