1) Don't multipost, it's against the rules
Geez, thanks for the warning
2) If you find it a mistake of Oda that's your opinion, however don't be so arrogant to start saying that your opinion equals the truth =/ especially not when, as I recall, you're the person who said that the whole of mankind are descendants from an alien race and just because you said it, it meant it was the truth and for which I eventually banned you because you didn't even provide a single argument (let alone a sensible one) and in the end the only thing you were able to do was insulting me. Everything what you just said was just plain childish: "why didn't he just do this or that" or "why didn't he let him lose it in some kind of grand battle" like it's as clear as day. That's the way how a child looks at the world.
First of all, everyone has an opinion and i´ve given reasons for why shanks didn´t need to lose an arm for which i got flamed like hell by one piece fanatics and i don´t need to insult or ridicule others to prove my point.
As for what happened last time, i was pretty much a new member and you didn´t really give me a good impression, you know what i noticed about you?
You can´t handle people who speak their minds, you like to push others down and i´ve seen it more then once, you say i think like a child but then what does that make you?
3) A letdown? Everyone in this thread disagrees with you, you're the only one who is thinking that, which already proves it wasn't a letdown. There are always some weird individuals with twisted twirls in their heads who are never satisfied, but that doesn't take away that the general consensus is that it was far from a letdown, quite the opposite. I personally found it amazing to see how both Rayleigh and Whitebeard heard of Luffy briefly due to that incident while he was not even mentioned by name, and then to see both of them drawing the conclusion that it was Luffy Shanks was talking about when they met each other for the first time, like a puzzle that fitted perfectly. It are those small yet very subtle moments that make OP so great. It's just awesome to see Shanks talking about it so lightly when they asked "how did you lose your arm? What kind of terrifying monster was able to do that?" "Oh that? It's nothing, I just bet it on a new age".
Well if everyone disagrees with me then am i the only one who thinks out of the box?
Look, i´m not hating on shanks or oda, don´t get the wrong idea, shanks only mentioned his arm once and it was to whitebeard, whitebeard noticed luffy by his hat, he didn´t even think about if luffy was the guy shanks was refering to when he said he bet his arm on the new era.
Rayleigh heard from shanks telling him that luffy said the exact same words as roger once said and that he gave him his straw hat and arm, although he probably thought of shanks losing an arm for him, it was mainly the hat that which got rayleigh interested, although the arm shanks sacrificed was important, neither whitebeard or rayleigh thought like "luffy, the kid shanks gave his arm for" no, they were like "luffy, the kid with shanks/rogers strawhat".
Now Imagine that he wouldn't have lost his arm. Then no one would have noticed anything nor asked about Luffy. At most they would have asked where his strawhat is and then saying "I bet it on a new age" or "I gave it to someone promising" just sounds utterly stupid and they wouldn't think about it much. However having such an incredibly strong pirate as Shanks suddenly lose an arm in some far away peaceful region for the sake of a child has much more impact as both Rayleigh and Whitebeard, potentially the strongest pirates alive at the time, in fact already acknowledged Luffy when he was just a little kid solely because Shanks bet his arm on him, so what kind if person would that kid be then?
I´m sure it would get people interested for the yonkou red-hair shanks to have given his trademark strawhat to a kid in east blue, he would probably tell them the same story about luffy as he told rayleigh and that´s more then enough for people to aknowledge him.
The entire mechanism behind these few short scenes is breathtaking.
Now losing his arm in a so called grand battle now that would be a letdown. Why? Because that would be pretty much saying that Shanks doesn't have what it takes as if you lose an entire limb in such a battle, you're not cut out to be with the big boys. Losing a limb is something different then just getting some scars. If he would have lost his arm in a grand battle it would have made him look weaker than how he lost it in the manga.There he doesn't lose any kind of grandeur or respect, but he does it in the other case. But once again such things are way too complex for someone who sees everything like a child: extremely superficial. However that's one thing, but it's just plain arrogance if you then actually start proclaiming your individual, isolated vision as the truth while it's clear it's not.
I loled! Seriously bro, i think you need a new pair of glasses, ones that help you see things clearly, he doesn´t need to be weak to lose an arm in a huge battle, there could happen a situation where he is forced to lose an arm and not like he did to a freaking seaking, it´s much more worthy to lose an arm to strong opponents doing a trap or something and he lose his arm, he becomes much more worthy that way and he becomes a disgrace by losing it to a random seaking in east freaking blue!
So you´re saying whitebeard was a disgrace by losing half his face by akainu?
You´re saying he lost respect when he died?
Yeah, maybe you should think twice next time you post.
4)Whether the seaking was still conscious or not wouldn't even matter as he was already attacking.
On top of that you need to realize that the Shanks from back then was not the Shanks as we currently know. Yes he was definitely a notorious pirate, however based on the manga he was not a Yonkou. Shanks was a pirate in training on Gol D Roger's ship, with other words he was not a "real" pirate yet. He became real one after Roger's death. So the period between that and saving Luffy is around 10 years.
There was alot of bullshit you wrote so i decided to cut it and reply to the only constructive thing you said which wasn´t much.
Lets say shanks knocks it out and it becomes unconcious, what happens then? it won´t eat luffy, shanks can then easily swim and catch him, wake up and stop being in denial:flaw:
The shanks before was on the level of mihawk and 2 arms are better then one and mihawk lost interest when shanks lost his arm so what does that tell you?
*stands up*can i go now teacher?
No, sit back in your chair...keep quiet....Class is over NOW!!
Ps: Keep it short or i won´t reply to you next time, you didn´t really bring any points other from what people have already said, your comment wasn´t even that interesting to reply to but then people were talking how i didn´t have anything to say and i wasn´t going to have that cuz i´d never hear the end of it, if you excuse me now, i´m out
