[Discussion] Why did Shanks loose his arm?

[Hexuze]

He refuses to call a Yonkou, Yonkou level xD and the other part of that statement is just hilarious,

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Yes because when I evaluate a yonko's strength, I focus on the captain himself, not the crew.

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Dude it was mistake....well it became a mistake when Oda changed the course of One Piece in 1999. One Piece was supposed to end in 2002 so Shanks' arm turned into a plot hole. Shanks already said that he simply bet it, aka gave it up, for a new age.

Alos, I do believe Shanks dueled with the WSS Mihawk over and over again before he lost his arm.

It's not a plot-hole. If anything it's probably a potential inconsistency, than a potential plot hole. However, it can be fixed quite easily as I mentioned before.

Yes, back when Shanks was far below his prime. Until we get a backstory of Shanks' and exactly when he became a yonko, I'm not buying the fact that he was admiral level when he lost his arm.

 

[Ken Kaneki]

No the two situations are different. Itachi having a terminal illness and on verge of death bit was a typical Kishi ploy to reduce the guilt of fratricide on Sasuke. I guess one brother had enough of such guilt to carry so he dies due to his own illnetimen the end. Why bring that up here...I don't see the context..

PS: Assuming it was AIDS we manga didn't suggest anything like that is not that clever a remark either. Only hostile attitude towards a well written character.



lol you know this was among the first thing which came to my mind when I was catching up with OP back in 2012. It's a running for 18 years. A few retcons or misses are inevitable. It's kind of too late to fix somethings. Happens.

It was a joke. It was not meant to be a clever or an insightful remark. The real reason has been well stated by many people here. Also I like Itachi's character. Not too long ago I made a thread about Top 10 influential characters in Naruto and he was on the list. Over the time, the AIDS jokes have been mainly used to counter IB's overwanking of him. It was a joke, nothing more.