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Shanks is the third strongest living character IMO
1. Monkey D. Dragon
2. Dracule Mihawk
3. Shanks

He really is that strong. Remember he easily went toe to toe with Whitebeard on his ship.
 

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I just finished watching One Piece episode 238, I wanted to know if Shanks is really strong or not.
I know him and Dracule Mihawk use to have duels in the past.
So far I think Enel or Darcule Mihawk are the strongest because nothing much has been shown about Black Beard or White Beard.
Are there any pirates who are stronger then them?


1) Hmmm, even after losing his arm Shanks fought Whitebeard to a standstill.
2) Whitebeard was known to be the World's Strongest Man.
3) Black Beard has two of the most powerful DF and a crew of some of the most dangerous pirates from Impel Down.

That fact that all of this is foreign to you is the prime reason why smart fans don't watch the anime.
 

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Why don't you just continue watching the show and your questions might be answered..
 

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Shanks is the third strongest living character IMO
1. Monkey D. Dragon
2. Dracule Mihawk
3. Shanks

He really is that strong. Remember he easily went toe to toe with Whitebeard on his ship.


Couldn't have said it better.
 

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Yes, Iam usng hype & Iam admitting that from the beginning but what abt u...?

Have u ever seen Shanks & Hawk eyes fighting eachother...?
NO, what kind of feat from Hawk eyes makes u think that he is on par with/ Stronger than Shanks...?
U have no proof other than Hype from manga & Iam usng the same hype to support my argument in case of Grap & WB..
Manga clearly stated that WB is the strongest man during the time of war ...
Roger said that they nearly killed eachother countless times means that nither of them won in any of thire battles & yet Roger is the strongest character in the series .....same logic goes for Shanks & Hawk Eyes

No we haven't seen shanks and mihawk fight each othee but we do know they fought with each other when Shanks had both arms and still there was no winner,, i.e; they were equals.
Feat from Shanks: Both he and WB clashed at nearly full power.
From Mihawk: cut down a mountain sized Ice berg (made by aokiji, not normal ice), he did that and it seemed like he didn't even put much effort when he did that.
Supports the thing about them being equal.

And no, manga does not states that WB was the strongest man during the war, he was called that even before the war, from the times of Roger.
Garp's one punch left a mark on the first division commander of WB pirates, 'the pheonix', something which even akainu couldn't do. Garp was clearly as strong as (okay nearly for you) WB in the war, that's a different case that he didn't fought much in the war.

It is clearly stated that Garp and Roger nearly killed each other several times,, even after reading that why do you still consider Roger above garp? Cuz Hype.
 

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Alright I don't want this to turn out to a Shanks Vs Mihawk thread but I'll tell you simply why Shanks is stronger than Mihawk.
Okay from today's chapter it even confirmed in my mind that Shanks is stronger than Mihawk. We know that Doflamingo would lose to Mihawk but Mihawk would prob. take out Doffy on mid/high.-diff. Doflamingo is also scared shitless of Kaido, the person who SHANKS stopped during the way to Marineford. He STOPPED Kaido, that is a feat. enough to put Shanks above Mihawk.

Also when Mihawk attempted to attack WB he easily got stopped. If was so strong that we was on WB's level that attack should of killed Jozu and WB would had to stop it. WB HAD A SMILE DURING THE ATTACK. He knows that Mihawk can't do shit to him.'

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Alright I don't want this to turn out to a Shanks Vs Mihawk thread but I'll tell you simply why Shanks is stronger than Mihawk.
Okay from today's chapter it even confirmed in my mind that Shanks is stronger than Mihawk. We know that Doflamingo would lose to Mihawk but Mihawk would prob. take out Doffy on mid/high.-diff. Doflamingo is also scared shitless of Kaido, the person who SHANKS stopped during the way to Marineford. He STOPPED Kaido, that is a feat. enough to put Shanks above Mihawk.

Also when Mihawk attempted to attack WB he easily got stopped. If was so strong that we was on WB's level that attack should of killed Jozu and WB would had to stop it. WB HAD A SMILE DURING THE ATTACK. He knows that Mihawk can't do shit to him.

Jozu, a diamond man, shat his pants while trying to stop the attack and it wasn't even the strongest attack of Mihawk.
 

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People don't want this to turn into a Mihawk vs Shanks thread... yet you post a debating response anyways!
Shut up and stay on topic maybe?
 

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Jozu, a diamond man, shat his pants while trying to stop the attack and it wasn't even the strongest attack of Mihawk.

People don't want this to turn into a Mihawk vs Shanks thread... yet you post a debating response anyways!
Shut up and stay on topic maybe?

I forgot to write, "If you want to argue more than leave a VM." LOL xD
 

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Mihawk, Shanks, Dragon, Prime Garp, Prime Sengoku, Prime Rayleigh, etc all these guys are so featless you can't gauge them correctly but only could put them in a general level by hype alone. But yeah, Shanks is strong who is IMO the strongest yonko currently.
 

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Plus Enel/Crocodile should be on your list since you're on episode 238. Don't underestimate him cause Luffy took him down so early.
 

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Currently, he's the strongest character alive next to Kaido and Dragon.
 

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Shanks is one of the strongest people in the manga at the moment. He is likely the strongest Emperor too. People that I personally think are stronger than him are Dragon and Mihawk.

Only people that are abit above Shanks are

Dragon
Roger
Prime WB
Prime Grap
Prime Dark king (U'll find about him in future)



Grap is too old & Iam 100% sure Shanks can beat current Grap Mid - High Dif..

We still don't knw much abt Dragon as well as Shanks but I strongly belive that Dragon > /= Shanks


Currently, by considering the Hype Shanks can beat anyone Exept Dragon

Nobody besides prime Roger/Whitebeard can beat the current Garp mid difficulty. There was a gap between old WB and everyone else to begin with. That gap would be even bigger if WB was in his prime.

Alright I don't want this to turn out to a Shanks Vs Mihawk thread but I'll tell you simply why Shanks is stronger than Mihawk.
Okay from today's chapter it even confirmed in my mind that Shanks is stronger than Mihawk. We know that Doflamingo would lose to Mihawk but Mihawk would prob. take out Doffy on mid/high.-diff. Doflamingo is also scared shitless of Kaido, the person who SHANKS stopped during the way to Marineford. He STOPPED Kaido, that is a feat. enough to put Shanks above Mihawk.

Also when Mihawk attempted to attack WB he easily got stopped. If was so strong that we was on WB's level that attack should of killed Jozu and WB would had to stop it. WB HAD A SMILE DURING THE ATTACK. He knows that Mihawk can't do shit to him.'

If you want to argue more than leave a VM.

Those are silly reasons bro. You don't need to reply back if you don't want to, but I'll give you my reasons.

What exactly did this week chapter confirm? We don't know what difficulty top tiers would need to beat Doflammingo. He's not a top tier himself so low-mid difficulty sounds more logical than mid-high. Doflamingo, just like any other punk out there that isn't an Emperor, would be scared shitless by Kaido who can wipe the floor with any crew with the help of his men except for other Emperors.

Jozu is someone SO SO SO SO strong that he could fight an admiral for many chapters. He will not be taken out by ONE attack by another top tier like Mihawk, especially considering he is a nightmare opponent for swordsmen.
 

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Shanks is one of the strongest people in the manga at the moment. He is likely the strongest Emperor too. People that I personally think are stronger than him are Dragon and Mihawk.



Nobody besides prime Roger/Whitebeard can beat the current Garp mid difficulty. There was a gap between old WB and everyone else to begin with. That gap would be even bigger if WB was in his prime.



Those are silly reasons bro. You don't need to reply back if you don't want to, but I'll give you my reasons.

What exactly did this week chapter confirm? We don't know what difficulty top tiers would need to beat Doflammingo. He's not a top tier himself so low-mid difficulty sounds more logical than mid-high. Doflamingo, just like any other punk out there that isn't an Emperor, would be scared shitless by Kaido who can wipe the floor with any crew with the help of his men except for other Emperors.

Jozu is someone SO SO SO SO strong that he could fight an admiral for many chapters. He will not be taken out by ONE attack by another top tier like Mihawk, especially considering he is a nightmare opponent for swordsmen.
If you're serious about this debate then drop a VM. Plus I found it funny how you just stated those were silly reasons without stating why. Those reasons were valid whether you disagree or not, they still reinforce why Shanks may be stronger than Mihawk. Again, I know I said this before but I seriously don't want this thread to turn into a "Shanks vs Mihawk" thread (even though it kinda did). Like I said before, if you're serious about this topic then drop a VM.
 

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If you're serious about this debate then drop a VM. Plus I found it funny how you just stated those were silly reasons without stating why. Those reasons were valid whether you disagree or not, they still reinforce why Shanks may be stronger than Mihawk. Again, I know I said this before but I seriously don't want this thread to turn into a "Shanks vs Mihawk" thread (even though it kinda did). Like I said before, if you're serious about this topic then drop a VM.

No thanks. This amount of bias has no bounds and I can't argue against it no matter how many times I try to. Someone 'neutral' could say what they think. I won't derail this thread any further.

I missed something in your previous post. Shanks stopping Kaidou is irrelevant here too. It was crew vs crew. Shanks and his crew managed to come back without a damage done to them and their ship. We can conclude from this that they only exchanged words. We don't know why Kaidou retreated but only logical thing we can say is that Shanks could have given him something or Shanks told him he would attack him if Kaidou decided to attack the WB pirates, meaning it would be 2 Emperors vs 1.

Mihawk finishing off Jozu with just one single attack, when even Aokiji(a guy that can bypass durability, defeat people with just one attack, is a better match up against Jozu than swordsmen), failed and could beat Jozu after several chapters because Jozu was caught off guard is just ignoring the manga and wanking Shanks like he is a god.
 

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All-time: He's in the Top 5.

Currently: He shares the top with Dragon, Kong and the Gorosei.
 

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Hell yeah, but as for right now, all he has is hype lol. He has a couple of feats like splitting the sky in half while swinging his sword
 
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