Is Luffy going to fight Shanks?

Akagami Shanks is one of the most feared Pirates. Even the Navy is also reluctant to go to war with Shanks' group. While Luffy is a Pirate who has just become a Yonko, the person who motivated Luffy to become a Pirate was Shanks and also Shanks who gave the Straw Hat to Luffy. But this time we will discuss whether Luffy will fight Shanks?

For those of you who are confused why Luffy has to fight Shanks, because when Shanks gave the Straw hat to Luffy. Shanks said that Luffy should return the hat when it was worthy and Luffy said that he wanted to defeat all the Yonko.

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1. Luffy Wants to Defeat All Yonko

Luffy wants to defeat all the Yonko. So when in Punk Hazard, Luffy and Law made an alliance, they made an alliance to defeat Big Mom and Kaido. Indeed Kaido and Big Mom have now lost.

But considering Luffy's nature, Law and Kid are likely to want to fight with strong people again, so like it or not Luffy has to fight the other Yonko, while Shanks is one of the Yonko. It is very likely that one day Luffy will have to defeat Shanks.

2. Luffy's Purpose in Finding Shanks to Return the Straw Hats

Next, Luffy's goal is to find Shanks. As we mentioned earlier, Shanks said that Luffy must find Shanks and return the Straw hat that Shanks gave to Luffy.

During the Marineford war, Shanks did meet Luffy. But at that time Luffy's condition was bad, so he couldn't return the hat to Shanks. Most likely when Luffy will return the hat, Shanks will test Luffy and they will fight to see if Luffy deserves One Piece or not.

3. Bartolomeo was looking for trouble in Shanks

There is one issue that can trigger a conflict between the Red Hair group and the Straw Hats. In the cover story of chapter 875, Bartolomeo burns the Red Hair group's flag on an island. Not only that, he also held up the Straw Hat's signature symbol, showing he was affiliated with Luffy's group. Before that, Bartolomeo sold Straw Hat knick-knacks on the island. (You can see on the cover story of chapter 871). Bartolomeo might be targeted by the Red Hair group after this, and that might trigger Luffy to get involved.

4. Maybe Luffy Won't Fight Shanks

Next time Luffy won't fight Shanks. Because we know that Shanks and Luffy have a close relationship, and Shanks also seems to know that Luffy is the person Roger is waiting for.

Well because of that Shanks left the Straw hat to Luffy and even if they met again to fight a strong enemy. It could be Shanks and his group protecting Luffy so that Luffy can get One Piece.

5. Shanks Aligned With The World Government?

Finally Shanks could have allied himself with the World Government. Well when the Marineford war occurred, the Navy did not want to fight against the Akagami group. At first glance we might see the Marines fearing Shanks and his group.

But after the timeskip, we can see the moment where Shanks met the Gorosei, Shanks at that time himself faced the Gorosei, but he was not hurt at all. Seeing this scene, some fans thought that Shanks was allied with the World Government.

If indeed the World Government is allied with Shanks, of course Luffy must fight Shanks to get One Piece.

So is Luffy fighting Shanks?

It seems that Luffy and Shanks have more potential to be allies than enemies.However, considering that Luffy wanted to take down all the Yonko, and Bartolomeo had indeed caused trouble in Shanks' area, it seemed that Luffy and Shanks might fight.Even so, even if Luffy and Shanks did clash, would Shanks do it solely to test Luffy.