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If Oda were to ever draw Mihawk v. Shanks they would clash, split the skies, and then we skip to three days in the future where they’re partying and having a good time like Roger v. WB.

Bro made a 51 minute video of pure headcanon lmao

The first thing Mihawk taught Zoro was haki. Improving your haki improves you swordsmanship

sword skill in one piece : in the anime when the scabbards tried to perform paradise totsuka, there appeared a flashback of oden saying to them i'll teach you oden's two sword style then proceeded to explain ryuo to them firsthand, instantly after this kinemon said to kaido "we polished our sword skills to save the land of wano today" then performed the technique (ep1004) on another spot, zoro asking mihawk "teach me the way of the sword" then mihawk proceeded to teach him haki another one, Rayleigh saying "observation haki is the power to feel another's presence to an elevated degree" and mihawk at baratie saying "if you're a competent swordsman, you don't need to cross swords to know the difference between us" meaning the greater haki you have the more competent of a swordsman you are by mihawk's saying another, sukiyaki telling zoro that enma exudes its wielders ryuo on its own and slices more than needed then zoro saying "so by the time i'm used to this it'll mean i've gotten that much stronger?", let alone the fact that mihawk is taming the greatest sword in the world not just enma another, rayleigh saying conqueror's is found in the type of people who make a name for themselves on a global scale, and king saying "so you intend to be a king then" after seeing zoro's conqueror's, what do you think about someone who's already sitting up there? rayleigh also saying "THE REAL ADVANCEMENT IN HAKI HAPPENS DURING EXTREME USE IN BATTLE, THE STRONGER FOES YOU FACE WITH THIS POWER THE STRONGER YOU'LL BECOME WITH IT", and whitebeard saying "many consider them as legends, the duals between you and hawkeye", and as we already know shanks used to fight mihawk up to his 27yo and both made each other's haki way stronger according to the rule, until the moment of losing an arm and gaining a disadvantage at swords playing, the same moment mihawk deciding to stop trying to settle things respecting his swordsmand's code and honor main point is, only a dumb one would say "skill is just the way you swing a sword" and try to separate Haki from a swordsman's skill in the one piece verse

Zoro didn't get stronger through honing his "sword skills" by twirling his sword with better finesse, haki (ACOC) was the game-changer that upped him to the next level to allow him to defeat King. And him controlling and honing his haki better going forward is going to make him even stronger. It's quite obvious that it's all leading towards Zoro making a black blade as one of his final power ups come the end of series, which is another haki related power up, KOL. Haki is too integral to a swordsman, there's no going around this. Not to mention there's a chance Zoro might awaken future sight to be able to keep up with Mihawk who is heavily hinted at to having an absurd level of observation haki.

All that cope just to end it with 1 page The World Strongest Swordsman Dracule Mihawk

Damn I got hyped up for no reason, I started reading the latest chapters thinking a big reveal happened or something but this dude just over here glazing up red hair like a backroom groupie, I'll be back in 2 years when we actually get to see Mihawk fight.

Any excuse to glaze Shanks to the high heavens while downplaying Mihawk 😂

Zoro with one sword and haki beats zoro with three swords and no haki. Haki is apart of swordsmanship

Oda: mihawk is the best swordsman and shanks is a swordsman... Most people: oh so mihawk is stronger Kol: no ackchyually it only means mihawk knows how to move the sword better than shanks

As a person who also like shanks more than mihawk this logically makes no sense considering the path and enemies Zoro faced.

@39:15 im confused are you suggesting that mihawk has to amp himself with haki to do what s hawk does even after he has easily demonstrated he can produce greater slashes than s hawk pre time skip on a casual level? The only thing s hawk might have over mihawk is physical durability.

Shanks is not a swordsman He is a ratman, and hawks eat rats 🦅>🐀

You can truly never be wrong if you cope to make your agenda right no matter what happens in the story. We saw him do this with garp it wont stop lol.

The fact that shanks is showing his bag first tells me oda is cooking and about to give mihawk the craziest bag of all time apart from Luffy and BB and I can’t wait to see y’all switch up 😂

In conclusion Shanks is a swordsman which means Mihawk is stronger than him since he is the WORLD STRONGEST SWORDSMAN

All of those people would instantly be better swordsman if they did have haki tho. That's why Mihawks swordsman training thought zoro haki sword coating...

I think having the title of Marine hunter says alot about the power of mihawk. So strong that the WG asked him to work with them

But that bounty though? 3.59 billion Beri that's insane for a person with no crew, Shanks bounty is 4 billion???? They're definitely on par. Mihawk definitely ate those divine departures during their duels, but both of them never injured the other 😅

It was over the day Mihawk was acknowledged as the Worlds Strongest Swordsman.

Glazes shanks but doesn't mention how Mihawk has the strongest blade in the series Doesn't mention Mihawk staring down the entire red hair pirates without fear Doesn't mention the fact that Mihawk could find someone who cancels observation haki But instead uses marine Ford to try and downplay mihawk just like everyone else. Not a single original claim in the video my guy Mihawk sends a slash leaving even Sen goku speechless, yet just because someone made out of diamonds who couldn't even tank the attack but instead has to throw it into the sky bc it would 1 shot him but apparently that means Mihawks a fraud? Yea sure buddy, if shanks sent a slash from 100 feat away its getting sent into the sky, even if it's a divine departure as long as if isn't point blank. If Mihawk made his slash close range it wasn't getting blocked Shanks having possibly strongest haki out if alive people doesn't mean Mihawk doesn't have great haki himself, Shanks having slightly better haki or even moderately better Haki isn't putting him above someone with top tier haki and more skill than Shanks. In a fight Mihawk always wins, no ifs about it But shanks has stronger haki so he'd still be stronger because Mihawk’s claim to fame is his fighting ability in which he surpasses shanks in that desperate Yet Shanks fans can't read and still somehow think Shanks is beating someone on the same level as shanks with more skill than shanks So yeah, no peace obtain, all you did was make a shanks tard video

KOL this is not the way man, your blinded by your emotions and not the actual evidence displayed. Sell off your Shanks stocks now while they are high. Shanks is like a lion, known for his strong pride and amazing roar(haki), while Mihawk resembles a tiger-silent, deadly, and a straight-up killer. I will give you that Shanks went to White Beard and then Kaido and right after the Gourosei. But, who purposely pulled up on Shanks surrounded by his crew??? It was Mihawk, and then pretty much dismissed Shanks from fighting, for not having an arm.

The problem with all this comes down to the simple question and answer: How does one become the world's strongest swordsman? By defeating in a sword duel, the current holder of the title. To use the terminology KOL used, if Mihawk is 100 with an 85 sword skill and 15 everything else lost to Shanks, who is a 101 with a 25 sword skill and 76 everything else, because his overall pie is bigger even though his sword skill is lower, would Shanks be the WSS? If you answer yes, then either Mihawk has to be stronger than Shanks and Roger or a swords duel doesn’t include haki. If you answer no, then you're going against the story that specifically told us you become the strongest by defeating the current title holder.

I just know this video is going to be full of bias, any chance KOL gets to downplay Zoro he will take. In this case it’s via Mihawk, while also using it to slobber Shanks. This all stems from his love of Sanji and a need to make him equal to Zoro by any means possible 😂 Merry Christmas KOL and everyone 🎉 PS I see Mihawk and Shanks as comparable

The part where zoro says he might actually die, when he says enma his draining him to that extent…. We can safely assume, that what Yoru might be like, and we need to see the distance between Yoru and enma, which isn’t even a supreme grade !! to handle which Zoro is pushed to utmost limit, while the mastery and having that sword obey him as an extension of himself effortlessly is still a thing which he has to work on with Enma. All of this is there to suggest what wielding a sword is like, as Shimostuki Kozaburo explained how swords are each with a personality of its own!! Watching enma drain Zoro was a crazy scene !! And I can’t believe that its Zoro who’s having this much trouble and he just barely gripped the sword ! Along those lines and by simple logic, that means Mihawk must be crazy crazy crazy powerful wielding that monster of sword, for Zoro himself said thats he’s about die, not cuz of fighting King or some injury or anything else, but just cuz he is trying to tame that sword !!! Its the freakin sword, therefore someone even stronger than Zoro , just think !! Even STRONGER THAN ZORO might actually even die, just trying to tame Yoru ! and again mastering the sword and other things are then again whole another ordeal… Oda’s made sure you cant wield these swords without EXTREME base power, so this should settle the base power debate !!

'peace of mind has been attained' -KOL mah man! HAHAHHHAHAHA

It's never going to end

Ah yes Shanks is just a Haki-Gandalf and not a swordsmen. Makes sense.

man the cope shanks fans need to argue anything is crazy. they a bit rabid since rayleigh matched shanks “big haki feat” in about 5 seconds of screentime

That's right! That's right! 👏 👏 tell em king. They gotta know. The pie charts and explaining it through our most known swordsman really sold it.

the mental gymnastics are astounding

In physical stats Shanks and Mihawk are probably similar. They are both swordsmen who can only supplement their swordsmanship with Haki, since they have nothing else. I think Shanks has better(Advanced) Conquerors Haki, Mihawk has better Armament Haki and Shanks for now has better Observation Haki simply due to feats. Although Mihawk literally has Hawk-Eyes so on a symbolic level, I expect him to have high-level Observation Haki as well. Shanks probably developed Killer of Observation because of Mihawk. However Mihawk then gets a win in narrative due to being Zoros goal. So: Physical stats and IQ: Equals (both "normal humans" by One Piece standards.) Haki: Shanks (until we see more from Mihawk. Will be similar level, since he will have ACoC as well. Although I expect the quality of Shanks Haki to be greater and the number of hax and abillities) (Hax) Abillities:Shanks Skill: Mihawk Weapon: Mihawk Narrative: Mihawk

Mihawk has 3,998,000,000 hidden bounty. Rayleigh has 3,997,000,000 hidden bounty. Shanks has 3,996,000,000. Shanks is only dangerous when he has a crew to protect. Mihawk > Shanks in a solo fight. Kaido and Mihawk are very alike. MC > Strongest > MC look alike.

An hour video on Christmas? Thanks kol. Happy holidays

Starting off the video with a crusty bda law flashback is evil work Kol 😂😂😂😂😂

One sword style is his speed form Two sword style is his defense form Three sword style is the Perfect balance and his bread and butter. His showings with all styles display this

Shanks vs stronger or =. But with no arm. Mihawk takes the edge. And wins.

Shanks got scared by a Black beard with no devil fruit, also goes and snitch’s to the gorosei. Mihawk better drip, better sword, better title, has a castle to himself, and could pull perona without trying. Imma ride with the man who didn’t lose his arm to a sea king.

Haki is a synonymous with Swordsmanship! It’s what creates tiers and pushes you to the upper echelon of swordsmanship specifically. the fact that no one that has a black blade doesn’t have Haki should tell you that. But Wano Haki is a separate thing bc it’s just highlights their specific outlook. That doesn’t mean that it wasn’t learned outside of Wano. You explanation doesn’t make a case for Haki and swordsmanship not being synonymous. Your explanation is more of a separation of tiers of raw sword skill.

Ok that’s it then. Zoro’s dream won’t be achieved because Oda lied about Mihawk for 25 years and he’ll never fight shanks. Oh well

Mihawk has the Title but since Oda's a Shanks fan boy he'll always get more hyped than Mihawk. He even goes as far as pointing out that Mihawk exceeds Shanks in "Swordplay/skills".😅 By doing that Oda himself has created this conundrum so that fans could argue till the end of time.😂

Yooooo! These Shanks v Mihawk debates are HEATED!!! Y'all boys are really blowed about this huh?😂

Perhaps the main reason Mihawks portrayal is not as sturdy as Shanks at this point of time, is cause beating Mihawk is an endgame goal. He still the main goal of the, arguably, 2nd most important character of the series. Beating Shanks was never the Main Goal of Luffy, it is probably one of the requirements to get there, but not the main goal.

"The stronger character is the one the author wants to be the strongest"- Stan Lee

Yup, mihawk and shanks have equal stats in haki but mihawk has edge in swordsman ship over shanks. That's all you need to know. The debate is done.

The Shanks vs Mihawk debate ended when Mihawk was introduced as the World's Strongest Swordsman and then directly as Shanks' rival. His title isn't the world's most skilled swordsman, it's the world's STRONGEST swordsman. The fact of the matter is that MIhawk has never been injured in the entire story, Shanks has on multiple occassions, and Mihawk has never used a named attack, Shanks has. Oda is obviously saving Mihawk's true strength for EOS. Haki is not seperate from swordsmanship. Zoro's first significant buff in the series was in Alabasta when he learned haki, specifically as a swordsman technique. Most of the top haki users in the story are swordsmen. In Wano, the best swordsmen are the ones who can channel ryou aka haki into their swords. Mihawk is introduced with a black blade which is specifically a haki feat. When Zoro trained under Mihawk, Mihawk taught Zoro haki specifically. Both people who trained Luffy in haki (Rayleigh and Hyogoro) are swordsmen. Haki is more connected to swordsmen than anyone else in the series. There's not narrative reasoning for Shanks being above Mihawk. Mihawk is Zoro's final goal, Shanks is not Luffy's final goal. Surpassing Shanks is PART of his goal, but it's not the end of it. Luffy wants to become King of the Pirates, and his main opponent for that will be Blackbeard, not Shanks. Not only that, but Imu is also looking increasingly like a final villain. Therefore, Shanks only needs to be a hype tool for Blackbeard who might not even be Luffy's final opponent anyway, and that doesn't necessitate him being stronger than Mihawk at all. Shanks is not Roger. Roger was the King of the Pirates, Shanks is not and he never will be.

Bro this whole video was basically shanks glazing 😂

Keep up the awesome work and videos KOL love the video

if shanks is stronger, zoro has to fight and beat shanks

The lack of power scaling data can be fixed in the remake, making the standings much more straightforward.

Ppl so dumb n bias they only day shanks stronger vus that's luffy idol but the story very Cleary say mihawk stronger my prime example is when luffy got hos first bounty n mihawk went to shanks solo n once je pulled up shanks whole crew was on edge n he told shanks he ain't got time for a has been with 1 arm

All this for shanks to still be a swordsman

I think the only real fair answer is, we dont know. Mihawk doesnt want to fight shanks because he lost his dominant arm and is mostly likely not fighting like a swordsman anymore. In the war i guess he also didnt want to fight shanks first of all because he is his friend, 2nd it would be quite difficult. Mihawk doesnt want to kill Shanks or doesnt want to be killed by Shanks go hand in hand. They are close in Power like Luffy and Zoro, i think it is a fair parallel.

This was a good video with a great collection of evidence to athue for a standpoint where we are at in this point in time

Literally all of Zoro's powerups post-timeskip have been haki related. If you really think a character who has been established as Zoro's endgoal for over 1000 chapters won't have crazy haki then you're bugging. The man is called 'Hawkeyes' ffs.

Bruh king compared all three of zoro sword styles saying one sword style or two sword style can’t be stronger…. Zoro admits vs king that one sword style shishisonson is a stronger attack than black rope dragon twister… tf 😂

Oda always makes shanks appear a cut above the rest. Good clarification KOL

bro woke up and chose violence on christmas

Hey man i just saw this first time on your channel and i really really loved how you explained the way Swordsmanship and the way it works around the other Devil Fruits, Tech, Fighting styles pf this world, (Only thing would be S-Hawk when he sliced a part of Amazon Lily, I believe the slash would've hurt teach if it went through him nah?) although i admit i got kind of confused i'm at 33:37 you mentioned how terrible it'd be to tell Zoro that his 2 sword style is better than his 3 swords style naturally i comply but it's what you said afterwards that got me with questions marks you said that haki didn't matter? But then wouldn't that be against Kaidou's saying when he said look at Roger he didn't needed no devil fruit just haki. I do recall he didn't mention swordsmanship but there again Kaidou really just said you need haki, besides if Characters like Shanks, Kaidou, Roger are that strong it is because of their ridiculously strong Haki afterall and another thing that i found cool is when you mentioned the road to laughtale with the beyond haki moment giving something of a scenaristic cliffhanger for HawkEye but, yeah I do feel like you can't be strong without a good Haki i do get the example of S-Hawks but even than i'd be tempted to think that he just didn't developed it enough to make his blade black and the reason i say so is because i do remember Rayleigh saying that Haki is like the life force of everything that is, anyways lemme know what you think you seem to take time to explain your thoughs and do it with explanations logistics and background so i'm kinda curious to diacuss (If i get any comeback i'll go amd try to find when Rayleigh explains haki to luffy)

Ur hilarious bruh

Shanks fans: Shanks is not a swordsman, but his dad Garling is swordsman.

MERRY CHRISTMAS KOL 🎄❤️

Merry Chrysler KOL

Kol is so full of himself when always pushing Shanks above all else he might as well be a politician. Him going into tactical details to break the meaning and points he stated in this video is just assumption when Oda never even state out right who is the strongest. Me personally Shanks and Mihawk are equal, but Kol is trying to power scale in the series between 2 top tiers when the plot is king in the series. Power scaling in OP has always been inconsistent, not all over the place as Oda still maintain certain stability but Kol outright stating he has settled the debate when we still haven't seen what Mihawk can actually do is just him being his bias self like always. Just cause you know a lot about the series dose not mean you know everything when the author himself doesn't even want to go into detail about the subject 😂

L Take, Mihawk is a solo act. Shanks is getting carried by his crew. His bounty is more impressive because that’s his threat alone, while Shanks bounty is because he is the captain of the red haired pirates, not because he is Shanks.

Using pre timeskip to argue lack of haki is weird. In one breathe you say Zoro def had haki against das bones, but then say Nolan’s didn’t?! Also kyrios literally had haki, he passed it to his daughter.

Look until Oda comes out and say Shanks is more powerful than Mihawk or has stronger haki, then I can’t put him over mihawk. Mihawk is stated continuously to be stronger and/or waiting for someone even stronger than Shanks to face him over and over again in official One piece material. Let’s be real if Mihawk couldn’t beat shanks, then there be no reason for mihawk to no longer have an interest in shanks. If shanks was truly stronger than Mihawk, why would mihawk not interested fighting Shanks when he was in the past? The arm shouldn’t matter if Shanks was still able to defeat Mihawk. It just doesn’t make sense. Also, as for Zoro. No one is saying haki is swordsmanship, but haki is needed to be the best at swordsmanship cause without haki Zoro isn’t beating Mr. 1, he’s not beating Pica, not damaging Kuma, etc. Shoot it took Zoro telling pica that his armament haki is stronger which lead to Zoro beating him.

It’s obvious they are equals…when mihawk visited shanks in the party island when he showed Luffys first bounty, shanks asked mihawk: hey Hawkeye did you come to settle the score? Meaning that there was no clear winner between them.or the duels were 2-2 for example,otherwise there is no point in settling a score. Also in the data book it says mihawk waits someone stronger than shanks to challenge him. Shanks is his gold standard as an equal again,that’s why he waits someone stronger because mihawk wants to see if he can push past his and shanks’ level.

Mihawk stands at the top of the verse.

Merry Christmas🎉🎉

Maybe you need the strongest haki and sword skills to make a black blade. 😂

Let’s be 💯 the only reason why people get upset 😭 with Mihawk being stronger than shanks is cause of a certain goofy rubber dude lol. Remember shanks and luffy don’t fight their friends this fan joi shanks vs luffy isn’t a thing relax people. But ppl can’t get over zoro fighting someone stronger than the main protagonist idol.

Could it be that Mihawk’s sword is black because he’s constantly pumping haki into it?

Theres a reason why Oda hasn’t showed the real power of paint D sword and Pay D child support (dragon)

awesome video man! you really broke it down masterfully and I totally agree with you in all regards. I do however think the reason why Mihawk's blade is black and not Shanks' or any other swordsman currently is because Mihawk imbued Yoru with haki way more than anyone else. Not that he necessarily needed to do so in order to win a fight, but he still did, whereas Shanks and Zoro don't do it as often / use it as a finisher, and Mihawk just did it on a regular basis until it became black. Which is still a very impressive feat definitely, but still not a definitive argument as to why Mihawk would be stronger than Shanks just because his sword is black.

mihawk >>>>>>

Leave it to Oda to turn swordsmanship into a skillset.

Shanks has a whole ass fleet and Land Mihawk just be chilling with no crew lol

Kol just went crazy and yall mihawk guys didnt hear a thing

Oda has intentionally kept the Mihawk vs. Shanks vague because they're practically equal. Mihawk probably trumps Shanks in Armament and Observation Haki, and Shanks probably has better Conquer's. Any fight between them is an extreme difficulty fight that'll be decided by the smallest of margins

The truth is: Shanks may end up with better feats, but Mihawk will always be the one who's supposed to be stronger, even if it doesn't look like it.

Shanks became a Yonko, Mihawk made one of the weakest character Buggy a Yonko with over 3.1B bounty after the Warload system was abolished . What is your point?

They're probably equals specifically due to Shanks losing an arm.

No amount of logic will change these clowns minds so it’s pointless. Also Oda himself said Shanks wasn’t weakened by losing his arm

From what we’ve seen shanks seems stronger just from his protrayl. oda has butchered mihawks protrayl beacuse how people reacted to his prescence in marineford it did not give me the vibe that anybody there considered him all too great tbh compared to when shanks pulled up. He seems kinda like a second note character not someone who could litterally potentially be the strongest guy right now

Oda watching this like: "Ayo WTF is a pure swordsman and a trueswordsman... please write one piece in my place you goat"

Skill is such a vague term (as in you can't clearly define what feats it consists of). It almost sounds like you believe swordsman's spirit and technique alone are needed to become the WSS. If you are uncertain as to what I'm suggesting then can someone be the WSS without any haki, devil fruit powers, or 6 powers?

Shanks is a swordsman Mihawk is world's strongest swordsman Debate over

Have no problem with shanks being over mihawks in overall power but people think he can mid deff mihawk because somehow mikawks “don’t have haki or something “. 😂 that’s crazy.

Is it the fabled video where KoL is actually spitting sense? I thought I'd never see the day

This video isnt going to age welk especially as Mihawk hasnt had an opportunity to showcase yet like Shanks on Kidd, a lot of assumptions. Better to wait till after Cross Guild has their moment

Mihawk(Worlds strongest swordsman) is stronger than Shanks(a Swordsman) its that simple, The entire concept behind mihawks character is that hes the worlds strongest swordsman, thats his only reason for existing in the narrative. There is no possible argument to find that favours shanks, only thing you could do is try prove he isnt a swordsman(which is impossible because he is)

I do think shanks is stronger but it’s high diff

When did Oda ever say shanks was over mihawk ??

Its not decided till it happens in the manga for real, ain’t nothing ever decided till then 😉

Unless ur gonna say with a straight face shanks isn't a swordsmen how on earth can u say shanks is stronger 💀💀

I think the fact that Rayleigh wasn't in Kaido's top 5 confirms Shanks is stronger thank Mihawk. Because Kaido should have had the chance to see Rayleigh fight at the God Valley war. Thereby him not being in Kaido's Top 5 Implies that he's weaker than rodger. In Contrast Shanks is in Kaido's top 5, which implies shanks is relative to Rodger. Given Mihawk and Rayleigh both held the strongest swordsman title I think similar in strength. It also should be noted mihawk beat rayleigh after he was past his prime. Thereby Shanks > Prime Rayleigh >= Mihawk. Also given the big gap between Luffy and Zoro, its hard for me to imagine zoro beating some relative kaido or shanks, even in the end of series. So Although, Mihawk is insanely strong I don't think hes quite on the level of Rodger, Shanks and Luffy.

So you think when mihawk and zoro finally fight, theyre gonna turn off haki? Obviously theyll use haki, which means haki is a part of swordsmanship, which means mihawk>shanks

the pie thing is such an obvious/natural way of measuring strength...