Samaèl Morningstar

If You Are Asking If SHANKS— Himself Specifically —Lost His Arm On Purpose, Then Yes. Yes As In Within The Context Of Events In The Story, HE Did.

But If You Meant Asking Whether Oda Thought Of This And Made Shanks Lose His Arm Only To Reveal This Almost A Full 27 Years, Nearly A Decade Later Then No. Oda Is Clearly Nothing Short Of Genius, However It Is Next To Improbable, Impossible Even, Even For Him To Think He Had This All Planned Out Right At The Very Beginning. If He Did Then It Certainly Took Quite A While For Enough Stars To Align For This To Not Be A Plot Convenience.

I Really Do Not Think True Soulsborne Titles Are To Be Called "Soulslikes" Particularly Because All genuine Soulslikes e.g Lords Of The Fallen And Lies Of P, Are Thus Called Since They Are Pulling From The Formats And Tropes Of The Traditional Soulsborne Titles Such As: Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice And Elden Ring.

Soulsborne Titles Refer To Every 'Fromsoft Made' Games That Incorporate The Fundamental Or Traditional Souls Formula, From Demon Souls All The Way To Elden Ring Nightreign.

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Kawaki! Protector Or Destroyer?

He Is, In Simple Terms, A Jerk. That Is All There Is To It.

He Is Brash, Rash And Hardly Questions His Own Questionable Intentions.

At This Point, He Teeters On The Margins Of Being An Irredeemable Antagonist Reaching The Point Of No Return.