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.

All Oda Needed To Do Was Nerf Gaban And That Would Be That.

Not To Worry! Oda Had Tony Tony Chopper Chasing Scopper Gaban For A Reason. That Littlest Reindeering Doctor Would Be Healing The Pirate King's Left Hand.

I Wager Eiichiro Oda Had Tony Tony Tony Chopper Follow Scopper Gaban As A Setup To Have Him Heal The Aging Pirate. It Goes Without Saying, We Shall See As Only Future Chapters Will Tell.

Forget The Original Plans Mate! End The Series Already!

One Piece Commenced Long Before The Vast Majority Of It's Modern Fans And At This Point It Might Just Outlive Us All. Brace For A Good Laugh At What You Waited To Learn Was The One Piece: I Guess It Is A Pirates Hat!

I Certainly Hope They Never End Up Together! Sarada May Have Revealed She Had Feelings Toward Boruto In The Last Chapter, However She Never Elaborated What Feelings These Were: Whether Envy, Rage Romantic Feelings Etc. The Theme Of Love Is Omnipresent In Two Blue Vortex Already And Sumire Having Admitted Her Feelings Toward Boruto Earlier In Next Generations Right After Boruto's Bromance In The Mugina Bandits Arc Complicates Things Enough. Let The Story Continue And End With Uzumaki Boruto's Story. Unless Kishimoto Himself Wishes Taking Up Another Sequel Otherwise We Would Appreciate No Further Sequels Sullying The Great Anime Powerhouse And Household Name I.E Naruto.

Miquella is literally the only good person besides Rhadan that is left in the lands between. He is easily misunderstood. Not unlike in the real world his doing a few things that blur the lines of good and evil for the sake of the greater good makes folks paint a foul and unfair picture of him. He does not actually control people. Sir Ansbach specifically uses the word "Shrive" which is to hear people's confessions and grant them forgiveness. This Miquella's charm is not mind control.

I could go on explaining more on why Miquella is actually a tragic hero and not an evil antagonist or villain however I am limited to a few words here.

Peace!