

Just of out curiosity, do we ever get to see the same sea monster that ate
Shanks's arm way back in the beginning of One Piece?

I have only kept up with the series until Impel Down, so please no spoilers
beyond a "yes/no they did/did not re-encounter the sea monster"


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Is there a re-encounter with the sea monster that ate Shanks's arm?


Yes, Luffy did. It isn't shown in the anime, but Luffy reencounters this Sea
King, the Lord of the Coast, later in chapter one of the manga. Immediately
after setting out from Foosha village Luffy is attacked by the Sea King, and
is pleased to have a chance to show it what he has learned in the ten years
since their last encounter.[![Second
Meeting](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NN0Z2.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NN0Z2.png)


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As Qiri stated, Luffy does encounter the Lord of the Coast again. This part
actually is animated during a flash back. You're not there yet if you're only
at the impel down arc.

This happens at the end of the [episode 504](http://www.crunchyroll.com/one-
piece/episode-504-to-live-up-to-the-promise-departures-of-their-own-658839) at
around 20:40 when he is first setting off on his journey.

[![Picture from one piece anime episode
504](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rxSwj.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rxSwj.jpg)

When he encounters it he says:

> **Luffy:** You don't know who you are messing with. Look at this technique
> I've been perfecting for 10 years!

He then hits him with his Gomu Gomu no Pistol just like he does in the manga
chapter.

The [One Piece Wikia](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_of_the_Coast) notes
that while this scene of Luffy knocking the wasn't depicted in the original
backstory segment of the anime, you can see Luffy hitting the Lord of the
Coast with his Gomu Gomu no Pistol in the very first episode of the anime,
during the original opening song, _We Are_.

[![Picture from We Are, One Piece episode one Opening
Song](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0zo47.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0zo47.jpg)

You can see a YouTube video of the first opening here:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mgdyZQ_wzA>

The scene is replayed in episode 737 at 22:10.


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