Drama King - Blog Posts
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his name is rosco and he will be turning 10 this year :]]
Why did Shanks lose his arm when saving Luffy instead of using haki?
Alright, now that's a question I'm sure most One Piece fans are wondering.
Most people seem to assume it's because Oda simply didn't plan for haki at that point in the story, so as the story got longer, it became some kind of unfortunate plot hole. Others might say it was a "bet on the new generation" because of what he said to Whitebeard.
Both are good guesses. But both are WRONG.
Shanks obviously lost his arm on purpose. He clearly purposefully didn't use haki and lost his arm as a conscious choice. But why would he do that, you might ask.
Obviously for the DRAMATICS, duh. The man LOVES to make un entrance. Using haki to assert dominance when visiting Whitebeard on his ship? That magnificent entrance in Marineford? Please the bastard loves his entrances.
What better way to make an entrance to save a kid than to purposefully and dramatically scarify one of your own limbs?? Nothing. AND Luffy is now much more impacted by the moment than he would be if Shanks didn't lose an arm trying to save him.
I'm telling y'all. Shanks is a dramatic king and we don't talk about it enough.
shit that i love about madara
he just stomps around everywhere?? like you will hear him coming! the man is not subtle!
speaking of not subtle, every time he arrives on the battlefield he somehow always manages to jump down from some high faraway place and then proceeds to create his signature billowing cloud of dust. when he lands, the earth shakes. he’s hard to miss
never really talks about his personal life in a manga full of highly dramatic characters with extremely tragic backstories (which is especially interesting because he is one of those highly dramatic characters with an extremely tragic backstory)!!! like fuckin go for it madara!! repress that shit!! never address the origins of your own trauma!!! relatable!!!!
the second meteorite. i laugh every time
his big huge evil plan that he carefully orchestrated for decades or whatever literally failed at every single turn and he’s always offhandedly like “oh well” while getting his arm cut off or something. he is the embodiment of the shrug emoji. he is the painting of the guy who’s like “lol getting stabbed what can you do”.
has a great villainous laugh (arguably the best villainous laugh out of all the uchihas)
but also, his normal laugh is cute
sat right down in the middle of a world war and waited for hashirama to show up and fight him
so desperate for hashirama’s attention and admiration??? also relatable
ok picture this: madara uchiha (the real madara, mind you) has been dead for what? 20 or so years? he gets revived with edo tensei, busts down the door to his own coffin (creating yet another big cloud of dust, of course), steps out all dramatically (of course), and then is looking around like “finally.” excuse me???? finally??????? you have been Dead this whole time, my good bitch, you were not AWARE of the PASSING OF TIME. i swear to fucking god madara