One Piece finally explains why Shanks gave up his hand in the beginning

One Piece's The Elbaf arc continues to reveal a lot of exciting information to fans, especially when it comes to characters like Redhaired Shanks. Alt is not directly involved in the Elbaf Arc, fans know that Shanks is extremely important here, and Oda has already incorporated him into the arc via flashbacks while giving him personal relationships with the likes of Harald and even Loki.

As for Luffy, fans are well aware of how big a role he plays in his life. Shanks is Luffy's idoland quite easily the biggest reason he's even a pirate today, all to do with his great sacrifice for Luffy – his left arm.

Shanks gave up his left arm to save Luffy

• Shanks sacrificed his arm for Luffy

• Ody's editor suggested that Shanks lose his arm

Shanks' role in Luffy's life he was always extremely important, but became especially important after he made a great sacrifice for Luffy. Right in the first chapter One piecefans saw why Luffy adores Shanks so much and why he intends to fulfill his promise to him. When Luffy was kidnapped by Higuma, it was Shanks who saved him from certain death and being chewed up by the Coast King.

Not only did Shanks save him, but he also sacrificed his left arm for Luffy, which he called a small price for Luffy's life. There are many reasons why Shanks did this, and narratively speaking, Shanks sacrifices his left arm showed Luffy his determination to become a pirate. However, the reasons for losing an arm go further. This was revealed a long time ago Editor Ody suggested that the story would be more exciting if Shanks lost his arm. Initially, Oda had no plans to take Shanks by the arm from him. Oda took the idea and did Shanks makes a great sacrifice.

Shanks gave up the Abyss mark on his arm

One Piece's Elbaf Arc confirms Shanks' mark of the abyss

Although Oda's Editor is the main reason Shanks lost his armthe author has since spun a phenomenal story around this lost arm. In the Elbaf arc of One Piece, fans saw Shanks in a flashback that took place long before he ever met Luffy. And much to the surprise of fans here he was seen carrying the mark of the Abyss on his left arm. This mark can only be granted by a world government, probably Imu. All holy knights have this mark on their armsand that basically means they are subordinate to Im.

When I was little, I thought to myself: Man, I would really like to draw a manga with the most famous final stage! I wonder if I can do it! Now we only have a small piece of the Wano arc left, the preparations are almost done. Took me 25 years lol. That said, it's okay to start reading from this point. Because from this moment on…it will be… ONE PIECE!! Mysteries of this world, I will draw them all! It will be super interesting! Fasten your seat belt! And please stay with me a little longer! — Eiichiro Oda, author of One Piece, 2022

Shanks knows that Luffy is Nika and Roger's successor

Shanks, he knew Luffy is the successor of Nika and Rogerhe didn't think twice about saving a life and even sacrificed his own arm for it. It is highly likely that his connection to Imu was multiple on this day and that he most likely decided to sever the connection since then found another Nika which he was desperately searching for.

The next chapter of One Piece will be released this week. As usual, One Piece drops on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece drops Monday at 12pm JST. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on November 2nd. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imayomura, Yashiôhiro Mayu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Writers

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)