"Red-Haired" Shanks also commonly called "Red Hair", is the captai of the Red Hair Pirates a member of the 4 Emperors that rule over the New World He is likewise a previous member of the legendary Roger Pirates, the only group to effectively dominate the Grand Line, where he started as a pirate as an apprentice. Notably, he is the pirate who inspired Monkey D. Luffy to go on his journey as a pirate, and his crewmate Lucky Roux found the Gomu Gomu no Mi that was unintentionally consumed by Luffy.
ContentsAppearanceEdit Shanks is a reasonably high male (simply under two meters), well-built, tan-complexioned, and in the prime of his mid-adulthood. Amongst the Four Emperors past and present he stands apart as the smallest, most normal-sized by far, the others being different degrees of inhumanly proportioned. True to his epithet, Shanks has definitely red hair: normally portrayed across media as deep-crimsonish. Worthwhile of note is that, uniquely amongst all characters yet seen, even ones with similar hair tone, Shanks' hair is the sole one filled with grayscale in the black-and-white manga (instead of tattooed black or left white). His first-seen hairstyle was a straight, middle-parted one kept loosely down to nape length, with much shorter (at eye level), curtained bangs in the front. [5] In later looks (at 10 years older), he is shown with a little longer hair, wavier and more slicked back than before except for some couple of strands he lets fall down the sides of his face, pushed farther sideward than said prior bangs.
On his face resides a secondary trademark: a triple set of vertically parallel, linear scars that pass at an angle over his left (untouched) eye, revealed to have been provided to him by Blackbeard some unidentified time before the start of the series. In addition, Shanks' left arm is missing from below the deltoid, a result of him saving Luffy from a Sea King when Luffy was a child.
As did his hair, Shanks' face modifications as the manga's art style advances: initially, it appeared more youthful, a soft jawline tapering down to a little, pointy chin. Its features were likewise milder than later representations and, save for his small nose, likewise larger, most so his plain-black eyes, topped by thin eyebrows. [5] Later looks show him more markedly countenanced, the square of his jaw, the sharper, narrower Click for more info set of eyes, and the chiseled, more prominently bridged nose lending him a manlier look. More constant stays the guy's facial hair, however, that he has always kept in a neatly thin connection of beard and mustache bristle, forming the starts of a circle beard.
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Clothes-wise, Shanks utilized to use a specific straw hat acquired from Gol D. Roger (his former captain) that was associated with his image till he passed it on to Luffy. Otherwise, his clothing constantly includes a sweeping long, sleeveless black cape with a high collar (in the anime bearing a lighter, gray inside), and under it a basic, white t-shirt half-buttoned up, exposing the middle of his chest and upper abs. In addition, Shanks is constantly seen wearing pants cut below the knee, gathered midway up the shin. At First (Chapter 1) the pair was a slightly loose, plain-brown one with golden buttons down the external leg sides, and with a red sash around his waist to keep his t-shirt tucked within. In the future, he is seen wearing a various, mildly baggier set of pants with a green-yellow, indiscernible flower pattern (now revealing plenty leg hair), and his t-shirt is left out of his sash, which is now revealed holding his saber at his right side. Lastly, his footwear includes simple brown shoes, their soles gray-studded. After the timeskip, he is at some point seen wearing various pants yet once again, light-colored with a rose pattern.