Be Yonko

>armenant Haki
>Sea king teeth shatter
simple as

You don't understand user, it was meant to kick-start Luffy's non existant character arc

He purposely nerfed himself for more of a challenge clearly.

he was probably still weak back then.
it wasn't even a sea king

Actually he wasn't a Yonko back then.
He only became one 6 years ago. 4 years before timeskip.

Maybe he wasn't a Yonko but he was definitely strong back than, Whitebeard said that he used to duel with Mihawk

he wasnt a fucking yonkou in episode 1 dip shit

Luffy LITERALLY 1 punched him when he STARTED his journey. If he was weaker than start Luffy then thats pathetic.

He wasn't a Yonko.

The Oda defense league has arrived

The problem with every shonen is that after every single enemy that get defeated a new one has to show up and be stronger.

its called being literate you giant asshat.

It was a weird choice but definitely intentional, Shanks jobbing and Luffy punching the seaking happen on the same chapter and Shanks was always meant to be a badass so it isn't a retcon like haki arguably is.

this. nigga just didn't give a shit

As user said Luffy one punched that shit at the start of the series. How the fuck is Shanks at the time weaker then BOS Luffy?

Lord D. Coast wrecked him, thats all.

Seaking went past his prime in 10 years and became an old hag.

Luffy was so close to being eaten that Shanks wasn't fast enough to save him without getting his arm chomped.

because he wasnt a yonkou yet you dip. Luffy was pretty fucking strong he could take on a fishman.

it doesnt matter to them, they will ignore it all.

Shanks is a fatefag, he managed to piece together what was on Laugh Tale, the void century, and everything else. He felt obligated to fulfill Roger's destiny and was looking for the right D candidate. Initially, he thought Blackbeard was the one, and he did it quite forcefully, basically grooming him to be the one to fulfill Roger's will. Shanks told Blackbeard everything, but then something bad happened. A serious betrayal of trust and a fallout between their relationship happened, and Blackbeard attacked Shanks (this is why he says the scar still aches and why he mentions he wasn't letting down his guard). Blackbeard abandoned Shanks, took what he learnt from him about the true nature of his destiny and began his scheme to find the Yami Yami. As a result, Shanks felt like a failure, and almost pulled a Buggy; a former Roger pirate, just hanging out in the East Blue leading a simple pirate life and gradually became much weaker. Shanks spent a year in Luffy's village. There he meets Luffy, another D, but he tries to put that life behind him, which is why he didn't want him on his crew despite his crewmates saying to let the kid join. However fate comes back to haunt him as he is suddenly faced with a situation where Luffy would die, and he also saw how he got himself in that mess. So he saved Luffy, but this time, he willingly let his arm get eaten, because he was both much weaker as a dreamless broken man, and because he knew that being too much of a fatefag ruined blackbeard, so this time, he did it to impress onto Luffy just what type of life you must lead to become a great pirate. Allow him to follow his dreams, not force fate on him. And he was right, as Luffy seeing his hero lose his arm due to his actions left a deep impact on Luffy. When Luffy shouts that he is gonna become King of the Pirates and find One Piece, Shanks is no longer a broken man, with rejuvenated purpose, he leaves East Blue and becomes a Yonko 6 years after leaving Luffy village.

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It wasn't a fair fight, it was a "push the innocent child out of the street against oncoming traffic" scene. Like most of those, logically it should be doable without getting killed, but it's a cheap trick to create drama.

Up until luffy learns armament haki anything sharp or pointy can hurt him. pre-haki OP wasn't like dragonball where being strong meant you become immune to all attacks, knives still cut if you get hit. Shanks got bit and lost his arm trying to get to luffy in time, it really isn't any more complicated than that.

it is possible shanks became really strong after losing his arm
we see in what is story wise about 5 year luffy go from struggling to beating up arlong to him beating up katakuri
and shanks has had even longer to become an emperor

Was he a yonko at that time?

There is no arguing with retards.

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No because Mihawk wouldnt fight him anymore after he lost his arm claiming he became weak.

Just because they're the strongest man in the world doesn't mean their skin is made of steel.

But I'm sure you knew that already.

>NOOO NO , ONE PIECE IS PERFECT, ODA DOESN'T DO RETCONS, NOOOO NO PLOTHOLES IN ONE PIECE
delicious tears

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Was he a Yonkou in episode 1 though?

Anyways it's just writing as you go

he wanted to give people an advantage and teach luffy a lesson