User blog comment:Ranger94/Yonko. The order in which they fall and the reprecussions of their defeat./@comment-94.68.171.96-20130510124527/@comment-8823907-20130510195518

Ok i agree with you on the point of there being a second marineford war. But i disagree about how much Shanks being alive is luffys motive to be the pirate king.

Lets take Kuina for instance. Zoro and she made a pact that one of them would become the worlds gratest swords master but Kuina died yet Zoros promisi was strengtened. Now i no this woouldnt be exactly the case with luffy and shanks but think about it Shanks dying wouldnt mean luffy wants to quit being a pirate or trying to be the pirate king. He could still keep his promise to Shanks that he will continue and he wil eventualy become the Pirate king as he always wanted. Plus think about what ace told him before he died. Luffy has to become the pirate king and as more motivation he has the last words of his dieing brother who told him "i know you will be the pirate king". It even in the scen of the 14th opening i think where Ace pushes luffy forward. The same principal could be used with Shanks.