Do you understand what you are saying?:wassat: Blackbeard and Shanks were possibly around the same age when they fought. People claim that they fought while Shanks was on Roger's ship. And, no if Blackbeard beat up a nobody cabin boy he would NOT have gotten a bounty. Blackbeard was extremely powerful WITHOUT his Logia (he gashed Shanks) and could have taken a captain's position but as Shanks said he hid behind whitebeard's name to accomplish his plains. Shanks is letting you know that Blackbeard is very capable and NO he is not a coward.
As for you thinking that Shanks would "own" Blackbeard easily, LOL! I doubt Shanks even knows Blackbeard has a devil fruit and if he had one hell of a party with Blackbeard withOUT his Fruit…. Shanks better bring his best sake!
I do believe if Shanks fought him again he would be the victor..but who knows Blackbeard is crazy powerful.
first of all i understand what i am saying but you don't understand what you are reading,shanks propably became a big name in roger's ship,he wasn't buggy and especially after roger made it to raftel,but that is my speculation
also shanks said BB scared him not he lost to him,how can a scar possibly mean BB won that fight? even then how do you know BB was stronger?
shanks and BB didn't fight while shanks was on roger's ship cuz in the scene where shanks tells buggy to join his crew (that is after roger's execution in which he was 15) he had no scar
and shanks has that scar in the scull in his flag,you can understand that means he has it b4 he formed his crew?
and why BB hiding to get the fruit? why depending so much on a fruit? why not going on his own to find it? why running from WB after he found it? why is he remaining in the first part of GL now that he has the fruit?
he wants to find a rookie worth enough that in the new world propably can't be found (and also not be found by another monster) and by becoming a schichibukai the marines and the other schichibukai won't fight him,also for the sake of the world peace (aka the balance of the 3 powers) the WG won't allow WB to attack a schichibukai
that is the pbvious part of his plan? is that how much of a man he is?