To be honest I wouldn't be so sure about Shanks being "nice" - not that he is evil or something, but in OP everyone has both bad and good side. I don't believe, he became a yonko just because he's strong :D Oda pointed a few times in the manga, that all yonko are very selfish and scary and that includes Shanks :D
He loves Luffy for sure, and he won't hurt him. Still this kind of thing won't change him as a person, and we still don't really know, what exactly kind of person is he :) We just have to wait and see :D
Someone talk about my Husbando, I have to join the discussion...
I think Shanks is a "nice guy" (as a person) but he can be a really "bad guy" (as a pirate/yonkou). Just remember in the first chapter Lucky Roo have shot one bandit, also I don't think everybody would be affraid of his crew if they were nice or just because they are strong.
Yeah, I agree. To be honest, I can't wait to see his "bad guy" site :D
There is a possibility that Charlotte Linlin and the Big Mom Pirates could be potential allies to the Straw Hat's, with Perkoms owing a debt of gratitude to them for helping out the Mink Tribe on Zou, and that theory about Lola being the daughter of Big Mom so in the future they could have two not one Yonko's as powerful allies.
I want to believe MY husband, Shanks, is a bit like Luffy. He is goofy and generally a good guy but when provoked he becomes a devil. Also he is a great fighter and I cant wait to see it in the future! Man I just remember how he singlehandedly stopped the great Marine War. *blushes* He didnt even raise a finger he just said, "This needs to end" and everyone fucking obeyed! Fuuuuuu my hubby!!
He's probably the mellow kind of guy like if your cool with him he's cool with you type unless you insult him, his crew, his captain, and his people. The Straw Hat's seems to be doing okay asided from missing a nakama in Sanji ( there'll get him back for sure), and Shanks he's a nice guy too and a Yonko not all have to be rotten or stinking cause even those type of pirates don't make in the new world either.
Kaido seem like a funny guy to me with all the failed suicide attemps lol.
I'm so excited to know about that too. I bet the head was as tight lipped as the mink tribe so Kaido had no choice but to kill him..
I agree with the comments saying Shanks probably has a "bad guy"/"scary and absolutely badass" side that we haven't seen yet, but is still nice/happy around innocent people and those he loves(like Luffy, his crew mates, his town).
BUT I want to take this opportunity to say Shanks may not be as similar to Luffy as he appears to be. I mean, obviously, they have a lot in common (like their love for freedom and adventure), and Oda hints they have the same personality... but this may be misleading because almost all of what we have seen of Shanks until now is him drinking or patying with his friends or him saving Luffy, we haven't seen him in many other siuations.
And to me, the fact that Shanks is not trying to find the One Piece implies he is different from Luffy(at least he has different ambitions). Honestly, I believe Shanks is more rational and calculating and less belligerent than Luffy...(a little bit faking ignorance or pretending to be harmless, when he's not.) I don't know why I believe this :/
In addition, Luffy also behaves a lot like his grandpa and seems to be following Roger's steps.... and I have a feeling Luffy's spirit would turn to be the most similar to Roger's spirit/philosophy-of -life.
But who knows? Anything could happen
"He's probably the mellow kind of guy like if your cool with him he's cool with you type unless you insult him, his crew, his captain, and his people." Yes. This was my first impression of Shanks; that he doesn't like fighting (unless he has a reason or the need to do so), but he won't tolerate his friends/family to be harmed nor insulted, in any possible way. As the kind of person who doesn't get angry easily, but he is verys harsh when being provoked... and doesn't forget.
So the only nice Yonkou is Shanks? The rest are the biggest bastard ever?... That seems reasonable since they're pirates xD I miss Shirohige ╥﹏╥ and Sanji, a lot