Shanks' Power Finally Revealed for 25 Years

 

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 Recently, the One Piece world was shocked by the latest One Piece chapter 1079 which was officially released on Sunday, March 26, 2023. Fans to manga and anime fans are shocked by the power of Shanks. For almost 25 years we have been waiting and guessing how the power of one of the strongest pirate characters in the One Piece world.This character is very important and mysterious. As we know this character is what makes the main character Monkey D Luffy aspire to become a pirate and look for One Piece treasures. The character of Shanks is described as very wise and manly.

In the last chapter, a battle between pirates was inevitable between the Kid Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates. This incident began when Kid wanted to go to Elbaf (the island of giants) to unlock the meaning of the poneglyph (relic of old) that he got from the battle in Wano with Luffy. But it turned out that the Red Hair Pirates intercepted their fleet and gave them 2 options: either be destroyed or hand over their poneglyphs. Suddenly Eustass Kid chose to fight them.

The battle begins with Shanks using his Haki Kenbunshoku (power of seeing the future). Shanks saw that in the near future if he did not defeat Kid immediately then their fleet would be destroyed. Suddenly Shanks then rushed forward and pulled out his sword towards Kid who was shooting his demon cannon.

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As a result, what we found was shocking. The captain and vice-captain of the Little Pirates were rendered helpless by a single attack from Akagami no Shanks. Shanks unleashed a move called Divine Departure, which as we all know is the same move that was unleashed by the previous Pirate King, Gol D Roger in the battle in Wano.

This made the fans very excited and also guessed the extent of the power of this mysterious pirate that Oda had hidden in the background and also his power that was finally shown. Perhaps this is also a sign that the manga is heading towards its final saga.

4 Ocean Rulers called "Yonkou" in One Piece

 

In the world of One Piece, the term Yonko or the title of the four Emperors of the Sea is .Yonko itself is a term that refers to the great power in the ocean in the One piece series. This big name with a bounty of billions can intimidate pirates just by its name alone. Not only pirates, even the Navy or Marine is reluctant to this sea emperor.

Before the defeat of Yonko Kaido and Bigmom in the Wano arc by the Worst Generation alliance, there were four great pirate names who managed to get the title of Yonkou.These names are Kaido the Beast King, Big Mom, Shanks the Red Hair, and Marshall D Teach or Kurohige.

With the fall of two Yonko and in order to maintain stability in the world of One Piece, the World Government immediately set four big names to become the new Yonko or fill the existing vacancies.

Here are the names of the four newest Ocean Emperors in the One Piece World:

1. Akagami No Shanks.

Shanks is the Captain of the Akagami or Red Hair pirates. Having a strong and tough crew, making himself one of the Yonko in One Piece since six years ago.Even during the events of the Marineford arc, with his title as Yonko, he was able to stop the war.

Until now, the full power of Shanks is still a puzzle. However, with the release of the One Piece movie entitled Red this year, it is certain that Shanks is a powerful Haki power user.

Evidently in the movie, it was seen that Admiral Fujitora and Admiral Borsalino did not move when dealing with him.

It is also known, Shanks only has one arm, but it is said that he has extraordinary strength even though he does not eat demon fruit. This has been confirmed by Oda before.

Not only that, Shanks' strength has also been recognized by the World Government to pirates like Shirohige and Kaido. The World Government has set the price for his head at 4,048,000,000 Belly.

2. Marshall D Teach

Marshal D Teach or commonly referred to as Kurohige (Blackbeard) made himself one of the Yonko thanks to his actions that disrupted several regions in the One Piece world.

After killing the previous Yonko, Shirohige or Whitebeard in the Marineford war, he descended to the New World and slowly began to expand his power by taking over Shirohige's territory and defeating the rest of Whitebeard's pirate crew.

Kurohige is also the only character in One Piece who can eat two demons at once, the Logia-type Yami Yami no Mi and the Paramecia-type Gura Gura no Mi. Marshal D. Teach has a hunting price of 3,996,000,000 Belly.

3. Monkey D. Luffy

The captain of the Straw Hat Pirates or Mugiwara has indeed been widely predicted to become Yonko by One Piece readers. After successfully winning the battle against Kaido, the Beast King in the Wano arc. Then it made him one of the four new Ocean Emperors.

In this arc, we also find out that Luffy's devil fruit which was previously named Gomu Gomu no Mi turns out to have the name Hito Hito no Mi model Nika or belongs to the Mythical Zoan type devil fruit.

It seems that the factor of the revelation of Luffy's demon fruit makes him one of the new Yonkou. The World Government considers Luffy's existence very dangerous coupled with the awakenings of the devil fruit.

The Hito Hito no Mi model Nika demon fruit was confirmed after Gorosei said that Luffy ate a demon fruit that can make the user become overpowered in terms of strength.The bounty price that Luffy had after he became Yonko was worth 3,000,000,000 Belly.

4. Buggy The Clown

Buggy is a character who eats the demon fruit Bara Bara no Mi type Paramecia. The power of this demon fruit allows Buggy to separate all of his limbs or the Swordsman's natural enemies.Perhaps, when compared to other Yonko, his strength is very different and fairly weak.

The Buggy character himself is indeed better known for his hokiness in the One Piece series. This time Oda again showed Buggy's luck by making him one of the new Yonko. It didn't take long, finally Oda Sensei explained the sequence of Buggy's selection to become one of the Sea Emperors.

This turned out to be caused by the misunderstanding of the World Government towards the new force that emerged, namely the Cross Guild Organization.The World Government thought that Buggy was the Leader of the Organization filled with two big names of former Shichibukai, namely Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk.

The World Government assumed this after looking at the Cross Guild's flayer or poster leaflet. Among these big names, Buggy's poster is striking and in the center which makes it seem as if he is the leader of the Cross Guild.

Cross Guild itself became a threat to the World Government after this organization began moving to target the heads of Marine officials. Cross Guild did not hesitate to give bounties to the Navy.Since being designated as one of the Yonko, Buggy currently has a bounty worth 3,189,000,000 Belly.

Get to know the Power System in One Piece

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 Every "shounen" manga in the fantasy genre is unique in the way things work in that world. In the world of One Piece, there are things that magically and wonderfully happen in this manga. In the world of One Piece, there are currently 2 sources of power that prevail in the pirate era. With these two powers, these people can search for One Piece treasures. What are these 2 powers, let's take a look?.

1. Devil Fruit

Devil Fruit is a mysterious and distinctive fruit scattered around the world, known for giving the eater special abilities and powers but with the side effect of losing the ability to swim.

Devil Fruits are very numerous. It is estimated to number in the hundreds with each having different powers, ranging from the (seemingly) ordinary to those with the power of mass destruction. Devil Fruits are broadly categorized into three classes: Paramecia, which offers a wide array of strange abilities, Logia, which gives its users the power to become and control natural elements, and Zoan, which allows its users to transform into animals or animal hybrids.

Many of the most important people in the world are devil fruit users, especially among the Three Great Powers. Therefore, in addition to its rarity, Devil Fruit is highly sought after; a single Devil Fruit can be worth hundreds of millions of Berries and some parties are working to artificially create it so that it can be mass-produced for warfare purposes. A person/beast/thing can only consume and gain power from one Devil Fruit, except for one person.

Like Monkey D Luffy is a paramecia devil fruit eater (originally) Gomu-gomu no mi, which last year a fact was revealed that Luffy's devil fruit was Zoan Awakening: Sun God Nika mode. From the beginning of the chapter, we know that Luffy's power is a rubber fruit that can lengthen his entire body. After the story developed for about 25 years, we were treated to the fact that his strength was not limited to rubber but the imagination of the devil fruit user depending on the creativity of the user.

2. Haki

Haki 覇気 (meaning "Ambition"?) is a mysterious power found in every living being in the One Piece world. It is not much different from normal senses. However, most people are unaware or fail to awaken them. In general, there are two types of Haki for everyone, given the right training. However, there is a third type of haki and only a select group of "chosen ones" can possess this haki. In simple terms, Haki is the ability to sense spiritual energy and defeat enemies. 

According to Silvers Rayleigh (Luffy's Teacher) "Haki is the power latent in every human being, the "instinct", the "fighting spirit", and the "power to compel". Those are all sensations that humans definitely have. However, most humans are unaware of that power. Or maybe they spend their lives trying to draw it out, but still can't." There are three types of Haki .

• Kenbunshoku Haki, which gives users a sixth sense of the world around them and limited precognitive abilities.[3] Users can hone their skills to such an extent that they can predict the future, as seen with Charlotte Katakuri.[14] Enel uses her Devil Fruit, the Goro Goro no Mi, to significantly increase her radio detection range.[15]
• Busoshoku Haki, which allows users to use their spirits as armor to defend against attacks or make their own attacks more powerful.[3] Users can learn to use the Koka Technique over their entire body and \or weapon.[16] Furthermore, when clashing with other Busoshoku Haki users, users with lower levels will feel the impact to some degree, ranging from swelling.[17], physical changes.[18]
• Haoshoku Haki, a rarely used one-in-a-million type of Haki that grants the user the ability to defeat the will of others.[3] Users of this type of Haki seem to be somehow ranked, as Chinjao claims that one can become "the pinnacle of all conquerors".[19]

Luffy has been practicing haki with Silvers Rayleigh who mastered 3 haki at once. He can already master Kenbunshoku and Bushosoku. While practicing Rayleigh already knew that Luffy had a rare Haoshoku power. This power can subvert living things that have low haki power.

One Piece Island exists in the real world?

 In the world of One Piece, there are many islands visited by the main character, Monkey D Luffy. Until now, it is not known how many islands exist in the world of One Piece. Each island is a place where an arc/saga will begin. The presence of these islands makes the scenes in this series memorable. Like the island of the zombies, fishman island, giant island and so on. But did you know that Oda created these islands based on our current real world? What are these islands? Let's take a look at which islands are Oda's references.

1. Alabasta

Alabasta is one of the most memorable islands for fans. This island has very clearly imitated desert countries such as Arabia and Egypt. This island is described as a very dry island because rainwater has never fallen on the island for years. Not only are things visually the same, but also what happens in the real world is also depicted on the island. When the main character and his friends (the Straw Hat Pirates) entered this island, there was already a civil war between the Alabasta Kingdom and its own people because it was influenced by a Shicibukai (a pirate affiliated with the government) named Crocodile. Luffy and his friends try to solve the problem.

2. Water Seven

Water seven is a saga that many fans like because the drama presented is very epic, the battle scenes are cool, and of course what we underline here is the island. This is a city in Paradise known for its shipwrights. The Straw Hat Pirates stopped here to trade in their gold for belly, as well as to repair the Going Merry (a ship) and also to find a new shipwright for their crew. It is part of the route they log was on, heading there directly after Long Ring Long Land, making it the eighth island in Paradise that they visited. The city is inspired by the city of Venice in Italy.Architecturally, Water Seven is Venice itself. By the 12th century Venice had extensive shipyards with professional shipbuilders capable of producing one ship every few hours.Likewise Water7, they have the most famous shipyard in the Grand Line (the largest ocean in the world of One Piece).

3. Wano

Not only inspired from abroad. Oda also really describes the atmosphere of Japan in the past in his work called Wano. This island was described in ancient Japan where it was very thick that people still wore kimonos and also carried katanas. Samurai and Ninja are the guardians of the village. Then typical Japanese street food vendors and samisen (Japanese musical instruments) also reinforce this impression that this is Japanese culture. In this saga, the Strawhat Pirates try to save Wano Island from the threat of Kaido who wants to make Wano his base. It turns out that not only in terms of the same architecture, but also the story that occurs in this saga is very similar to the Japanese literature entitled "Momotaro"

One Piece Fan Very Militant?

 

Why does One Piece still have so many fans? This manga has been in production for half a century, since 1997. The 90s generation, which used to follow it until now, still wants to follow this long series. What's more, the increase in readers from the 2000 generation has made this manga, published in 2022, have fantastic sales so that it can enter the top 5 best-selling comics and stand side by side with the most popular western comics, namely Batman and Superman. 

Then what has made them so loyal until now?. It's because this series has mysteries that are still unsolved until now. Even to this day, these mysteries are slowly opening up with Oda's statement that he wants to finish this series in the near future. Of course, this has an impact on increasing the number of fans when this series is said to be heading to an ending. Many anime fans want to witness the end of a series that spanned more than 20 years.

Well recently there was a shocking incident from the realm of football. PSG fans are known as a club that likes to put up tifos or spectacular choreography that is shown during matches. Like one of them, this club from Paris put up a giant banner from the manga series One Piece when hosting Bayern Munich in the first leg of the last 16 of the European Champions League at the Parc des Princes, Paris, France, Wednesday

The choreo featuring the main character of One Piece, Monkey D Luffy, involved all the fans in the stadium. The choreo depicts Luffy taking the Gomu Gomu no Gatling technique with one of his arms extending to hit the Bayern Munich logo until it cracks.The picture of Luffy using one of his favorite techniques is in the Auteuil stands. Then Luffy's left hand and the Die Roten logo are on the Paris stands. Lots of One Piece fans, even in football matches abroad, get that way with this cool series.

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