Who will be the next Strawhat


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I can't think of anyone who fits all of these currently, but I think the closest would actually be Vivi.
Vivi fits all Of the criteria
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Nami/Robin- Yamato
Ussop/Franky- Law

Those two are pretty on the nose.

Sanji/Brook- no one comes to mind. Closest would probably be Vivi, maybe Hancock just a little bit. Probably an unintroduced character if it has to fit perfectly.
Nami Robin - Vivi
Usopp Franky - Bellamy

Bellamys a better fit then law for that role. Laws not a craftsman.

For Brook and Sanji the only overlying connection is the pervert gags. But I think it’ll be another individual from paradise
 
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Nami/Robin- Yamato
Ussop/Franky- Law

Those two are pretty on the nose.

Sanji/Brook- no one comes to mind. Closest would probably be Vivi, maybe Hancock just a little bit. Probably an unintroduced character if it has to fit perfectly.
I think we should be looking at design hints. For example, what has Brook or Sanji worn in story or color spread that could hint at the next straw hat?
 
Robin was the Oden parallel on the crew.
They joined pretty similar, both crews were opposed and they both can read and write the ancient language...
You know what, im not a fan of this parallel thingy, luffys crew doesnt have to be paralleled to rogers crew

In this fandom, I think they being so much into these parallels that at some point they're losing it essence,

It's easy to say that certain character is parallel another one because youre nitpicking what's similar in them. But that disregarding the fact that there are tons of characteristics that make them entirely different, but this fandom would take it as if its parallel just because there are certain similiarities as they try to make things fit on what they believe in.

I can directly say robin is paralleled to oden based on what you said, but I can also say otherwise since they're still different.

Robin didnt want to go to adventure because she wants to. SHE HAD TO, since shes being hunted by WG. Oden is not like that

Oden was a heir of a certain kindom oppressed by a pirate crew, Robin was not.

Robin joined Crocs crew for protection and hide against WG, the same when she first joined SH prior to events in Enies Lobby. Oden was carefree and just wanted adventure.

See. You can be subjective on who is parallel and who is not, and fit it conveniently to your beliefs.

The only parallelism I believe Oda is making an effort to do was Roger and Luffy, and it was depicted in panels. I remember this scene during the meeting of roger, wb and oden, the reaction of oden and wb to what roger said was exactly the same with sabo and ace reaction to what Luffy said when they re still kids. You also have to note that even the bandages of oden and wb was similar to sabo and ace. That's an undeniably parallelism.

But the others, just like what you mentioned, you only nitpicked similarities
 
You know what, im not a fan of this parallel thingy, luffys crew doesnt have to be paralleled to rogers crew

In this fandom, I think they being so much into these parallels that at some point they're losing it essence,

It's easy to say that certain character is parallel another one because youre nitpicking what's similar in them. But that disregarding the fact that there are tons of characteristics that make them entirely different, but this fandom would take it as if its parallel just because there are certain similiarities as they try to make things fit on what they believe in.

I can directly say robin is paralleled to oden based on what you said, but I can also say otherwise since they're still different.

Robin didnt want to go to adventure because she wants to. SHE HAD TO, since shes being hunted by WG. Oden is not like that

Oden was a heir of a certain kindom oppressed by a pirate crew, Robin was not.

Robin joined Crocs crew for protection and hide against WG, the same when she first joined SH prior to events in Enies Lobby. Oden was carefree and just wanted adventure.

See. You can be subjective on who is parallel and who is not, and fit it conveniently to your beliefs.

The only parallelism I believe Oda is making an effort to do was Roger and Luffy, and it was depicted in panels. I remember this scene during the meeting of roger, wb and oden, the reaction of oden and wb to what roger said was exactly the same with sabo and ace reaction to what Luffy said when they re still kids. You also have to note that even the bandages of oden and wb was similar to sabo and ace. That's an undeniably parallelism.

But the others, just like what you mentioned, you only nitpicked similarities
That's what i like about Robin being the parallel of Oden, and not Yamato...
I'm not convinced on the ROger-Luffy parallels too, but this one seems good and not really disturbing... XD
 
Vivi fits all Of the criteria
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Nami Robin - Vivi
Usopp Franky - Bellamy

Bellamys a better fit then law for that role. Laws not a craftsman.

For Brook and Sanji the only overlying connection is the pervert gags. But I think it’ll be another individual from paradise
The problem with Bellamy is a character focused arc. Do you really think we're going to get an arc about Belamy?
 
That's what i like about Robin being the parallel of Oden, and not Yamato...
I'm not convinced on the ROger-Luffy parallels too, but this one seems good and not really disturbing... XD
Well to be fair, even if Im in for Yamato for SH, im not a fan of Yamato is to oden parallel. Im still putting my bet on Yamato though for am entirely different reasons and not for just mere parallelism.

So carrot is to inu neko, parallel or yamato, is to oden, or robin is to oden, or whatever parallelism, hold no value, as to who will be the next sh.

Whoever will ne the next sh, they have to be relevant to plot, from the moment they were introduced until joining the sh, up until the end of series.
 
I said this before, characters aren't important because they're Straw Hats, they're Straw Hats because they're important to the grand scheme of the story. Oda had most of the crew planned out for a reason, anybody that is not part of the original sketch needs to have a grand role in the story because we already know Oda planned out the OG group from the beginning
 
The problem with Bellamy is a character focused arc. Do you really think we're going to get an arc about Belamy?
I mean I feel he’ll play a dominant role in an upcoming Emerad City arc. But he’s played pretty dominant roles in two arcs. A paradise and new world arc. And I feel he’ll get a flashback arc if we go to the emerald city.
 
Yamato is definetily joining!Momonosuke might tag along as an apprentice,if this happens,1 of the sccabards might join too to be his bodyguard!
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I mean I feel he’ll play a dominant role in an upcoming Emerad City arc. But he’s played pretty dominant roles in two arcs. A paradise and new world arc. And I feel he’ll get a flashback arc if we go to the emerald city.
Do you guys think Emerald city will be a thing or Oda will forget about this!Emerald city must be Laugh Tale,that is the only way i see Oda implementing this without dragging the story ou!
 
Yamato is definetily joining!Momonosuke might tag along as an apprentice,if this happens,1 of the sccabards might join too to be his bodyguard!
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Do you guys think Emerald city will be a thing or Oda will forget about this!Emerald city must be Laugh Tale,that is the only way i see Oda implementing this without dragging the story ou!
I’m thinking it’ll be related to vegapunk.

Emerald city in Oz is supposed to be a massive illusion made out of glass where the smartest person in Oz hides. So introducing Vegapunk here as the wizard would be a pretty natura intro
 
Just a little reminder, a red herring must have a narrative prupose.
Carrot being a Red herring because of Yamato have 0 sense.

What narrative purpose would have Carrot being a Red herring? Literally there's none narrative purpose on this.

Carrot and Yamato are not linked, simply they're different candidates, Carrot isn't a red herring of Yamato and Yamato isn't a red herring of Carrot, because there's no necessity of this...
Yamato is a character that could perfectly be a red herring, because the main purpose of the character could be to simply have the key to defeat Kaido. Carrot doesn't have this red herring purpose or possiblity, you think it's a red herring because of being a NAKAMA candidate like Yamato and that's XD

Carrot and Yamato have independent candidatures, Carrot can learn from Neko the relevance of the Minks past, or the relevance of Luffy which is linked to Pedro's death.
Or Carrot can see how bad the Minks could be after the war and stay with them in Zou to help her tribe...

Yamato could join the strawhats because of several reasons ofc, But Yamato has clear red herring purpose,
And there are several possible outcomes for Yamato.
The story of Yamato could be linked to the Heart pirates if she's able to read the phonegliffs or knows how to reach Laugh Tale...
Yamato could stay in Wano until Luffy reaches Laugh tale while Momo sails with Luffy to the end of the grand line to learn the story of the samurais...
Yamato could definitely join the strawhats ofc the character could do that...
But she can choose and have other paths depending on the development of the character... that's one of the reasons because of Yamato could be a red herring, it can have different outcomes, but still has his main role on the arc (To help on the defeat of Kaido).

All I wanted to say is that nothing makes Carrot a red herring or a kind of it. But with Yamato does it...That doesn't mean a shit about her being nakama or not, it just opens her outcomes depending on the development of the character.
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Is 'misdirection' a better word then? The point I was making was that Yamato being the bait for the real Nakama Carrot never made sense in the first place, because Carrot was introduced first before Yamato. What is the surprise of Carrot as Nakama if she's been present for more than 2 and a half arcs now?

Dizzy was the one who started calling Yamato as a Red Herring, i was just following where he left off.

I also disagree with you that Yamato would be a Red Herring, imo there is no other narrative possibility that makes logical sense for her to not join the crew, stay on Wano or leave herself otherwise. Logically speaking, Yamato NOT able to join the crew can only happen if she dies on Wano, and the chances of that happening imo are almost zero.

Yamato ain't dying to no names like CP0 because we haven't even seen who they really are, plus if CP0 is gonna finish off anyone this arc, Who's Who already fits this purpose.

Kaido ain't killing Yamato, intentionally or accidently. Kaido won't kill Yamato intentionally because he still needs her to rule Wano, and the chances of Kaido killing Yamato accidently are also unlikely considering how durable Yamato's zoan devil fruit is, if Ulti doesn't even die from Big Mom's laser beam, then Yamato ain't dying to one of Kaido's clubs that didn't even kill Kinemon.

Saying that Yamato is a Red Herring is a poor argument imo that has no logical basis and is lacking in facts. I can also ask you what narrative purpose would Yamato have being a Red Herring?
 
I mean I feel he’ll play a dominant role in an upcoming Emerad City arc. But he’s played pretty dominant roles in two arcs. A paradise and new world arc. And I feel he’ll get a flashback arc if we go to the emerald city.
I definitely don't think what he's had so far is enough, but if there's an emerald city arc I could see that happening. I think joining Barto's crew would fit perfectly fine too though.
 
I definitely don't think what he's had so far is enough, but if there's an emerald city arc I could see that happening. I think joining Barto's crew would fit perfectly fine too though.
Nah. Bellamy is going to be a straw hat. When Oda separated the Straw Hats from the Grand Fleet, Bellamy went with the straw hats. Bellamys the only one who Luffy calls a friend. Bellamy is building Luffy an indestructible flag which fits with when franky joined he gave Luffy a nigh indestructible ship.

If Bellamy returns he’ll return as a straw hat.
 
Nah. Bellamy is going to be a straw hat. When Oda separated the Straw Hats from the Grand Fleet, Bellamy went with the straw hats. Bellamys the only one who Luffy calls a friend. Bellamy is building Luffy an indestructible flag which fits with when franky joined he gave Luffy a nigh indestructible ship.

If Bellamy returns he’ll return as a straw hat.
I don't think he'll be, buut that part of the flag fits with the end of Whole Cake, where the flag was burned xDcD
 

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Bellamy might become the leader of the Grand Fleet, it needs one. But that could eventually be set up for Bartolomeo if he joins the SHs. I don't find that hypothesis likely for now however.
 
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