I don't think I've mentioned it yet so I'll go ahead and do it now. Shanks is in the character intros of every single volume. That is how important he is, even if he doesn't seem much like it right now. This volume is from 2004 (the year I was born haha) and I do wonder how this made people feel back then. I want to hear their crazy ideas on what will happen next, how important they think shanks is, why he's so important, etc. Its just so heavily hinted at on how valuable his place is in the story and yet he's had hardly any screen time.











