I canβt stop thinking about this scene. Beckman also just lost his daughter but sees that shanks is being self destructive and represses his own grief to try and patch things up between him and Luffy. As soon as Luffy is done yelling at shanks and runs off crying beck looks to him concerned.
I think heβs worried about shanks letting Luffy hate him. He knows heβs making a mistake. And he knows shanks feels he deserves to be hated. The next day He tries to get Luffy to forgive and understand shanks.
The rest of the crew understandably donβt put up with Luffy so they ignore him and become busy drinking their sorrows away.
But beck puts on a smile for for the crew. For luffy. For shanks.
The day after luffy is beat by the bandits and beckman helps him he carefully watches Luffy and shanks talk to see if they make up. He even smiles once they come to an understanding.
Beckman is incredibly intelligent and caring. He obviously knew it was a possibility shanks would ruin his relationship with Luffy due to grief and I think he couldnβt bare to see that happen + knew shanks would regret it. I wonder how often heβs taken care of shanks this way? Carefully monitoring his self destructive behavior and helping him without his knowledge. I wonder if beckman was one of the few people who was able to help shanks come to term with his bloodline and βfatherβ and teach him not to despise himself for it?
