One Piece Creator Eiichiro Oda Sets Up Shanks' Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit
The Elbaf arc of One Piece has thrown quite a lot of focus on the character of red-haired Shanks, whom Eiichiro Oda introduced in the very first chapter of the story on July 19, 1997. The Loki flashback of Elbaf, which began in One Piece chapter 1152 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #30 on June 23, 2025, threw a...
The Elbaf arc of One Piece has thrown quite a lot of focus on the character of red-haired Shanks, whom Eiichiro Oda introduced in the very first chapter of the story on July 19, 1997. The Loki flashback of Elbaf, which began in One Piece chapter 1152 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #30 on June 23, 2025, threw a lot of focus on the likes of King Harald, Rocks D. Xebec, and Loki, but also the twin brothers Shanks and Shamrock on the fated Island of God Valley. This flashback concluded in One Piece chapter 1171 in WSJ Issue #8 on January 19, 2026.
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