User blog comment:Kuma the Bear/In the beginning: Shanks' Journey revealed./@comment-53539-20170302172211

There is a possibility Shanks and Buggy never set foot on the last island of the Grand Line.

We already had pretty much confirmed that Roger achieved everything he set out to do when he reached the end of the G.line, he was just living it up and enjoying himself until the illness caught up with him. Perhaps he knew even though there was more to do, he had done what was needed and highlighted it could be done. All that he needed was for the ones who could do it again to go there and resolve any left over issues. Issues which, quite frank, at that point he likely couldn't care much for once he had done his role.

At the end of the day Roger was not a hero, he was just a famous captain who was loved by his crew.

Shanks likely isn't aiming to be king, but was trying to keep a light from dying, so to speak, the light of his own era.

As for the bandit... Well Shanks doesn't go around bragging or does any reckless killing. He likely learnt that from Roger's crew. When you consider how famous Shanks is, the whole thing was just to meant to be a "joke" at Higuma. There is a famous and powerful pirate being threatened by a bandit who he has no idea the pirate could kill him without a thought. We didn't know though that at the time this was a joke. Its like the Lion that boasts to a snake how tough he is, not knowing that the snake could take the Lion down with one bite.