One Piece: Shanks' Past, Explained

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Red-haired Shanks is one of the most important characters in Eiichiro Oda's One Piece. Introduced at the very beginning of the story, Shanks played quite an important role as he paved way for Luffy to set out on his journey to becoming the Pirate King. By entrusting his Straw Hat to Luffy, Shanks asked the young pirate to return it to him one day when he becomes a Great Pirate. Evidently, Shanks was always going to be quite a crucial character in the story moving forward, however, the majority of things about him remain unknown still.

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Thankfully, One Piece entering its final saga means that more focus will now be thrown on Shanks. Furthermore, One Piece Film Red, which was recently released in Japan, also provided quite a lot of information about the red-haired pirate. As such, fans now have a lot of key information about Shanks and his fascinating past.

Note: This article contains spoilers for One Piece Film: Red

Quite a bit of Shanks' past was touched upon in One Piece Film Red. Uta, Shanks' daughter, plays an antagonistic role in the movie and using her powers, puts quite a big chunk of the population at risk. To stop her, the Gorosei plan on killing her, however, there is hesitation on their part due to her being a member of the Figarland family. Shanks, being her father, also belongs to the Figarland family. While it is unknown what exactly this family is, by the looks of it, it seems to be one with a royal bloodline. Potentially, the Figarland family could even be one of the many families of the Celestial Dragons.

Assuming that is the case, it would make sense for Shanks to enter Mariejois and meet with the Gorosei with ease, as seen after the Whole Cake Island