User blog comment:Chopper4PirateKing/Shanks to be Pirate King?/@comment-121.54.58.146-20111119005026/@comment-5356794-20120922143421

Who says Shanks WANTS to be Pirate King anyway? He never said so, right? Maybe he's just being a pirate because he thinks it's fun. Anyway, if he knows where One Piece is, then where is the fun? It wouldn't exactly feel like his own accomplishment to find the treasure if he already knew where it was. I know Luffy told Shanks he wanted to be Pirate King, and Shanks said "oooohhh, so you're trying to outshine us?". That doesn't necessarily mean Shanks was aiming for Pirate King, it's just that Shanks is a mighty pirate and if Luffy's Pirate King he's undeniably even stronger.