Inheritance
It's 100% intentional Shanks looks so much like Sabo here, right? This is an absolutely adorable moment, you know it's true but it is still sweet to hear it. And I know you dirty, dirty fujoshi out there love the way the line can be interpreted as just Gaban & Roger raising kids in a loving old man yaoi partnership. I wanna really focus on Gaban's line here for a sec...but can I say something about that tree? It doesn't look like Elbaf's typical ones. Big shaggy Christmas tree pines. That twisty little juniper is specifically the one you see all over Ringo. I did a quick check to see and no it's not common in Elbaf but I'm just making a note before I do a proper re-read.
But Gaban's line, damn. That has a lot of impact doesn't it? Because he's so right about Ace saying it. It makes you think of Kuina and Oden and many others. Maybe none more than Shanks at this point. There's some truth to it as well. It's one of Luffy's strengths. The fact he just kinda drifts. One reason a lot of chosen ones fail is because they're too hung up on what old world ideas of success look like. Just a good peek at Gaban's philosophy and I like it.
Realistically, there isn't much more for me to say about this one. It's mostly spelling out stuff we already knew or covered last week. But this was cute.