Oda says that Shanks's Haki is the strongest

This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Elbaf Arc.

Key things

• Shanks mastered Haki at a young age and showed incredible potential.
• Oda suggests that Shanks has the strongest Haki compared to Joy Boy.
• Shanks has unique Haki abilities, including future vision and silencing enemy observation Haki.

In the Final Saga of One pieceonly the strongest characters will be relevant, and among the strongest characters are those who wield powerful Haki, those who can continue to conquer the seas. Haki was essential in One piece since the post-timeskip era and this state will continue even in the last part of the story.

Of course, when it comes to Haki, fans often ask who the strongest Haki user is, and the answer has already been hinted at by Oda on multiple occasions, with Shanks being the clear favorite in more ways than one.

Oda reveals Shanks' insane Haki potential

Shanks Was A Haki Master At A Young Age

As fans know, Shanks does not control any Devil Fruits and the only thing he relies on in battle is his Haki. Shanks is quite easily one of the most powerful Haki v users One pieceand there's absolutely no denying that, especially since he's one of the four sea emperors. But even though this is something fans already knew, they didn't know how incredible his Haki potential was since childhood. Shanks seems to have been considered a Haki genius from a very young age. Shanks comes from the Figarland family and whether or not this family has any special abilities remains unknown. However, fans know that Shanks, who is arguably Garling Figarland's own son, had great potential. In fact, Shanks was already a Haki master 15 years ago. It wouldn't be much of a surprise if it was about Observation and Armament Haki, but when it comes to Conqueror's Haki, mastering this ability at age 15 or potentially even 14 is absolutely incredible.

In the latest SBS, Oda basically confirmed that Shanks is a user of Advanced Conqueror's Haki before the age of 15. Here's what Oda had to say about Shanks' incredible genius:

Shanks was such a genius that Roger's pirates were all surprised that Shanks learned Kamusari (Divine Departure) by himself without direct instruction from Roger and none of Roger's pirates could copy it. – Ode

There are two very important things to note here. The first thing is that Shanks learned Divine Departure before the Roger Pirates disbanded, meaning he was less than 15 years old at this point. Since Divine Departure sees the use of advanced Conqueror's Haki, Shanks was a user of this skill during this age. The second most important thing to note here is that Shanks' talent was such that no other member of the Roger Pirates could imitate this ability of the Pirate King except him, which just goes to show how much of a genius he is.

This was pointed out by Oda himself in the answer he gave and in the manga via Buggy who made it clear that Shanks was considered by everyone to be the next pirate king after Roger. This alone means that Shanks' Haki and his power in general was such that people could see him stepping into Rogers' shoes and matching him in the future.

Oda compares Shanks' Haki To Joy Boy

• Shanks' Haki is comparable to Joy Boy
• Joy Boy showed the best Haki performance in one piece

Now that it has already been established that Shanks was a Haki genius before the age of 14, fans must keep in mind that Oda portrayed his Haki. Legends like Whitebeard have praised Shanks Haki on numerous occasions in One Piece, but if that isn't proof enough that Shanks's Haki is the best in the series, then fans just have to look at the Final Saga where Oda drew a direct comparison between the Haki of Shanks and Haki of Joy Boy. Without a doubt, Joy Boy's Haki, which was displayed in the Egghead Island arc, was the biggest display that fans saw in the story.

This Haki was so powerful that it split the sky on its own and knocked out even the naval vice admirals, as well as forcing the demonic powers of the Five Elders into submission, sending four of them back to Marijoa and knocking Saturn out of his Gyuki. form too. It is clear that Joy Boy's Haki was strong enough to nullify all of their powers and injure them in battle. At the same time, this Haki even sent a chill down Ima, which was unheard of up to this point in the story.

Was the Haki bigger than the redhead? – Dorry and Brogy

In this majestic display of Haki, Dorry and Brogy directly compared Joy Boy's Haki to Shanks and wondered how it matched up to the red haired pirate's power. The fact that there is a direct comparison between Joy Boy and Shanks, and that Dorry and Brogy, who are powerful individuals with a cumulative reward of 3.6 billion berries, are themselves unsure if Joyboy's strongest Haki was stronger than Shanks's is clear. a consequence of the fact that they are at least very close in terms of Haki power.

It's clear that Oda is telling the fans that while Joy Boy was the strongest in the previous era and Roger may have been the strongest in the era before the Golden Age of Pirates, Shanks is the strongest Haki user right now and can be. compared to the likes of Joy Boy. It also basically means that Shanks is the strongest in One Piece at this point and he could have been the strongest all along and the only reason he wasn't publicly known as the strongest is because he never put his serious face up. until the fall of Kaid and Big Mom.

Oda reveals Shanks' unique Haki power

Shanks has Haki abilities that no one else has

If Shanks' incredible Haki mastery at a very young age and comparisons to Joy Boy aren't enough for fans to conclude that Shanks has the strongest Haki user in In One piece so right now perhaps they should also consider the statements of the author himself, where he indicates powers for him that no one else has. As was recently seen in One pieceShanks can see further into the future than anyone else who has shown Future Sight so far. Shanks can see more than 10 seconds into the future without any problems and this makes him the best user of future Sight Observation Haki.

Additionally, Oda himself revealed to fans that Shanks has an ability that kills his enemies' Observation Haki and prevents them from seeing the future. This is an advanced application of Conqueror's Haki in which no other character One piece he used More than that, Shanks can even send his Haki miles away and injure an enemy as strong as a naval admiral as seen at the end of Wan. All things considered, it's clear that he has the strongest Haki in him One piece and is quite easily the strongest character living on the seas right now.

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