This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Elbaf Arc.
Summary
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Luffy is the sun god Nika intended to fight IMU.
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Shanks are crucial to enabling Luffy's journey.
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Shanks are tied to Nika and IMU, with a bigger plan.
Luffy is the main character in A bitAnd quite easily the most important character in the story. Fans have followed Luffy's journey from the beginning of the story and seen him turn from a child to a Yonko by the sea with the ambition to aim even beyond Pirate King. Without a doubt, the fans will see a lot of incredible things from Luffy in the last story, but what is clear in the story here is that Luffy will not be the only character that Oda is paying enormous attention.

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There is another character that ODA has already earmarked to be decisive in the great Titen's schedule, especially with regard to the last story of A bitAnd it's none other than Yonko and the captain of Red Hair Pirates, Shanks.
Luffy is the most important character
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Luffy is the sun god Nika
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He is intended to fight against imu
When a piece began, fans did not know much about Luffy's possible goals that would eventually see him go up against and tip the world government. Luffy's goal was to simply be the pirate king. Although it is true even now, what the fans know is that Luffy is also the sun god Nika, and this god is known for being the liberation warrior. Nika gives laughter and joy to people's faces wherever he goes, and he fights for oppression and always comes to the stage from the suppressed prayers.
As long as the people wish him, Nika will always return. – Vegapunk
As long as the powerful exchange on the powerless, Nika will always exist, and the fans know it very well. This single point that Oda hammered home on several occasions in A bit Changes Luffy's role in the last story a lot, and the fans know it very well.
As the sun god Nika, Luffy is intended to fight IMU. He will ever go up to Imu and crush them, along with their army. But if there is a character that fans know will play the same role here, it is Shanks.
Shanks is equally important in the last story
Shanks is the one that activated everything
In many ways, Shanks is the one who set things in motion and enabled the return of Nika in A bit. Fans know very well that Shanks was the one who put Luffy on the way to become the pirate king, but more than he is the one who stole the nika fruit from the world government. He is the one who held it and eventually he took it to Fushia Village, where Luffy for it.

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Hi Beck, don't you think it's time? To claim one paragraph, that is! – Shanks
Shanks are tied to Nika and IMU
Shanks also knows everything about Nika, as shown in his reaction to Lffy's desired poster. More than that, Shanks is well aware of the holy knights and even IMU, and it specifically shows that he has a larger plan in the works he works against.
ODA has specifically saved Shanks for the last story, and the fact that even now, year after the beginning of the last story, Shanks has not been focused on very simply that his role is so great. Shanks are not only there for BlackBeard or as an obstacle to Luffy. He will be directly involved in the war against IMU and Celestial Dragons. He is Destiny Child, and fans can't wait to see what Oda has waiting for him.
A piece of chapter 1152 will be out in a week. As usual, a piece will sink on Sunday. In Japan, a piece of 12 o'clock on JST on Monday. But the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on June 22. The official release date for a paragraph chapter 1152 is June 22, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free at Manga Plus.

A bit
- Release date
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October 20, 1999
- Network
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Fuji TV
- Board members
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hirouu, Hirau, Kaku, Kakhita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hirouu, Hiruu, Kaku, Kakhita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hirouu, Hirou, Kaku, Kakhita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hirouu, Hirou, Kaku, Kakhita, Yoko Ikaa, Ryota Nakamura, Hiruura, Hiruura, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu. Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hirroyuki Satou
- Author
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Momokah Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoechi Takahi, Momoka, Momokay,
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (Voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa zoro (voice)