One Piece Creator Oda Finally Reveals Shanks’ True Goal

Introduced in One Piece chapter 1 on July 18, 1997, in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #34, Shanks is one of the most important characters of One Piece that Eiichiro Oda has crafted with immense care. In 1999, Eiichiro Oda stated that Shanks’s frequent appearance in the manga would only happen towards the end. Now, with One Piece in the final saga, we are seeing the red-haired Emperor directly involved in the main story more than ever before.