[quote=@Meta] Literally did not. I don't hate DB by any means. OP is also immensely popular; they're both good. You literally have no idea where I am. Don't go full Tumblr on me here. The emotions in the heavier OP scenes are even stronger than DB. OP is a journey and requires investment in the characters; DB only goes one direction—up in the power scale—so no matter how much you've seen of the show, it'll be the same for you. DB is popular because it's a show for anyone to jump into. I'm not saying OP isn't, but you're not going to get it nearly as quickly as DB. That's the same reason sitcoms and other one-off shows are so popular in the West—people don't think they want to have to invest in a series half the time. But as we've seen whenever people try watching series like that (GoT, anime, etc.), they tend to love them. And while the fanbases are much stronger when they're invested, they never attract nearly the size of shows you can just mindlessly watch. That's not the point of Shanks at all. He's effectively the in-between pirate king in the middle of Rogers and Luffy, he and his crew representing all the Straw Hats could be. He's not even built up to be strong beyond any other of the Yonkos, and it's been implied that he doesn't even have a Devil Fruit power—he's strong because he has the skill and abilities to be strong (years of training with haki, ex-best swordsman in the world (now second to Hawkeye after he lost his arm to the sea king), etc.). He's barely been shown and is still incredibly developed for an endgame character. >Implying I haven't read the manga >Wow a blatantly false statement >What is fanboyism And finally >Has to use a site to make these [/quote] You totally did. I'm caught up to the manga to the day. It's impossible to be further than me. You're still missing the point of the moment. Being the only yonko who scares Black Beard is building him to be stronger than the others. Also did you forget about White Beard? Because you're describing White Beard. >You watch the anime which is almost worse than just not reading the manga >Wow it's actually a fact >What is still not getting it >Nobody needed to make them before but only you is unversed enough to claim that devil fruit somehow started a craze