Luffy destined to do great things?

psolaras

well it is bothering me since 434,shanks said he bet his hand to the new era

but shanks provoking a D to shine in the future is be a coincidence?
also why dragon speaks only for luffy and not ace?
and shanks why provoking luffy and not ace?
why betting so much in a little kid from east blue?

i think shanks was aware that luffy was garp's grandson and a D and for some reason he knew he had to provoke particullary luffy and make him great for the sake of the new world

and that reason maybe has something to do with roger

VL7

Maybe he did provoke Ace, we just never saw it. He did become pirate for a reason.

And maybe Shanks talked to Roger before he was executed, and Roger gave him something like a last will. He might have given him a few informations on where a few other Ds are.

Oh yeah, I've got a theory about this that concerns BB. Maybe Shanks found out about BB from Roger and looked for him since he is a D. He found him, but BB wasn't what Shanks expected, or BB didn't like what Shanks was asking him for so they fought.

Kirin D. Cross

I think its because luffy wants to be the Pirate king, where ace uses his power to help WB into power..

Rai

Kirin D. Cross, Luffy said Ace left 3 years before him. I'm pretty sure he left to try his luck to be the PK too, but gave up halfway through because of WB.

Attention, from now on it's only my speculation.
The way Shanks bet on Luffy was because LUFFY'S LIFE WAS IN DANGER. He did it to save him, duh, no other reason. He said what he said to WB for giving an excuse or something in mystery words. He didn't really provoked him too. He just did what seemed to him the best thing to do to the crying Luffy at the port.

theinvisibleworm

I think it would be rather interesting if the "Old friend" that Garp was talking about was in fact Gol D. Roger.

Mr. All Sunday

Interesting, probably, but Roger was dead before Ace and Luffy were born.

Also, I think it's kind of a given for the future pirate king to be destined to do great things. And Shanks saying he bet his arm on the new age I think means that he sacrificed his arm in order for Luffy to survive and preserve the next generation of pirates or something.

DesertSpada

I think the reason why Dragon never spoke of Ace was because in the 2 seconds we see him in the series he is

1. Saving Luffy
2. Seeing that Luffy had done all of that stuff on the World Gov. Islands.

psolaras

i know shanks sacrificed his arm for luffy but i think he didn't find luffy by luck,for some reason he had to find him

boiga

I still go by the theory that Luffy and Ace's mom is Roger's daughter.

If luffy was the heir of the two great lineages of the rogers and the monkeys, then it would make sense for Shanks to have sought him out.

Zulen

Let's not be forgetting Luffy's bounty after Arlong. The Mayor of Fucshia Village said being a pirate was Luffy's Destiny.

In the manga, before any of you go nuts on me.

psolaras

i agree with zulen,and that comment the mayor said sure wasn't reffering to ace

and boiga's theory has made me thinking

Impel Down

I'd say becoming the kaizagou can be considered a great thing.

psolaras

well i should have made a different title,i think "Luffy destined to do great things by his berth only" would be more suitable

NomurquotSteelBladequotEtels

@Rai:

The way Shanks bet on Luffy was because LUFFY'S LIFE WAS IN DANGER. He did it to save him, duh, no other reason. He said what he said to WB for giving an excuse or something in mystery words. He didn't really provoked him too. He just did what seemed to him the best thing to do to the crying Luffy at the port.

Would YOU save a random kid from certain doom just because he was in danger? I think that Shanks knew that Luffy would do great things in the future, and that he sensed that Luffy's spirit was just as strong as Roger's. And by letting a giant fish eating him wouldn't do him much justice, right?

Rai

@Nomur:

Would YOU save a random kid from certain doom just because he was in danger? I think that Shanks knew that Luffy would do great things in the future, and that he sensed that Luffy's spirit was just as strong as Roger's. And by letting a giant fish eating him wouldn't do him much justice, right?

Did you forget his speech? Luffy wasn't some random kid, he was the kid that adored them like crazy for the year they've used the town as their base.
Not enough? He said Luffy was his FRIEND. Right after that, he swore he won't ever let his friends get hurt [not by those words, but he meant that].
Actually, I see no other reason as for why he saved Luffy. I don't see how saving someone who's supposedly destined to be stronger than him and greater than him would help him. I do see how saving someone important to him would help him.

boiga

I don't think the rationale behind shanks saving luffy is the point. The greater question is why shanks befriended him, used a middle of nowhere town in the lamest of the 4 seas as his pirate base and expects luffy to bring on a new age of piracy.

Why would the mayor think a grandson of a marine admiral would be destined for piracy?

There are some major mysteries remaining in luffy's back story that have to be unravelled before the end of this series.

Impel Down

Vice-admiral, not admiral.

Solar Knight

Luffy's the main character, y'know. Of course he's destined for some kind of greatness. =D

didn't bother to read all of the posts <_<

psolaras

lol,solar knight

spaz

@theinvisibleworm:

I think it would be rather interesting if the "Old friend" that Garp was talking about was in fact Gol D. Roger.

impossible since he was dead at the time

Gizmo

Luffy is going to be great…but the whole Shanks saved him for destiny is bull. He saved his friend. His destiny had nothing to do with that. He would do everything for his firends.

If Luffy and Ace are not real brothers though then I'm guessing Luffy is just the son of great people. It could be like Power Rangers Mystic Force "the light" Nick. yes i watched the season still

gqjive

I know this is a long shot, but i think that shanks purposely sacrificed his arm, not to save luffy but to instill some sort of determination into luffy for becoming the next pirate king. All for the "new era" he was referring to in his convo with Whitebeard.

A guy like Shanks, who is able to hold is own with the world's greatest swordsman should be able to easily save luffy from a sea beast without losing his arm. It's just wierd to me that he would lose an arm to such a weak monster (EAST blue sea beast) unless he did so purposely.