User blog comment:Ranger94/Does Shanks want to be the pirate king ?/@comment-4889755-20150823035843/@comment-8823907-20150823103318

I think it has to do with Rogers special ability to hear things. Think about it this way. Since Roger anounced 20 years ago that One piece is on Raftel everyone has been trying to get there. Even strong pirates like Doffy. Now you could make the argument that pirates of his level were being blocked by the Yonko. To that i say well what about Kaido ? What about BB ? Kaido has been amasing an army for 2 years and is considered the strongest creature in the world. Do you think that Shanks and WB were stoping him from getting to Raftel ? I dont think so. Yes the Yonko were in a stalemate. But what about the World Goverment ? Couldnt Sengoku or Garp or Akainu have taken a ship and tried to get Undeteected to Raftel ? Whitbeard said it himself. The world goverment fears the one piece. They dont want it to fall in a pirates hands. But they have done nothign to get it ? That is why i believe that even if Shanks was there. I dont think he knows how to get there again. I just have to believe that it has to do in some way with Rogers ability to hear things. It is just a speculation.

There is an argument to be made here that Shanks knows the true history and knows what one piece is and stays away from it ecause he thinks he is not worthy of it and is waiting for Luffy to get it. But wouldnt Buggy have been the same then ? Buggy and Shanks while completely different in strength and probably inteligence were the same rank on Rogers ship. But buggy wants to be the Pirate king and wants to find the one piece. Isnt that a little bit strange ?

I also think that Shanks just wants to have fun. To just wait for the perfect guy that can take up his former captains mantel. But everything so far in one piece has been complicated. I just have a hard time believing Shanks doesnt have any other motive.