One Piece Analysis: The Dual Identity of Shanks as a Celestial Dragon and D Clan Member

This article includes spoilers from the Elbaf arc of One Piece.

Overview of Shanks’s Origins and Significance

  • Shanks is revealed to be the son of Garling Figarland.
  • He made a conscious decision to reject the life associated with being a Celestial Dragon.
  • There are implications that Shanks’s mother could belong to the “D”lineage.

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