User blog comment:Ranger94/Yonko. The order in which they fall and the reprecussions of their defeat./@comment-94.68.171.96-20130510124527/@comment-94.68.171.96-20130510151711

It may or may not be a Second Marineford War. But some things are certain. Akainu transported Marine Base to the end of New World and that gonna play a role for sure. Akainu and Luffy are not done yet, and what's a better way to settle things up than a clash? What's a better place to host it than Marineford? He will end up there somehow. Maybe for a war, maybe for revenge, maybe with his father, but he will.

About Shanks. The promise is specific. Shanks chose to not see Luffy, so he can see him again as the time comes. They should speak again and now it is too early, maybe too early even if Luffy becomes a Yonko. Luffy won't have a motivation to continue his journey if Shanks dies, except if he will get burried in Raftel, which is highly unlike. He MUST return the hat, either literally or symbolically, but if he can meet him in his grave, just to a random place in New World ... that's not enough to keep him on his hunt. Shanks is the motivation for Luffy and motivation should stay alive till there is no way back.

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