Except that she doesn't. Yet another reason why her extremely late introduction continues to screw her over. The arc's in its final acts. Fights are already finishing. There's more to come with the battle against Kaido and the calamities, but there's not much left the arc has to offer. And Yamao's not even in a position where she would be able to interact with the crew.
But please do tell again how Luffy repeatedly forgetting Yamao's name means that they're destined soulmates.
And yet Luffy seems largely uninterested in her and Franky has no clue who she is... Completely defeating the point in the first place.
I'm using examples from arcs before Jinbe joined the crew to show the interactions Oda put in place in advance. And are you really trying to be so sly as to question why Jinbe had no interactions with the straw hats in Impel Down knowing full well that there were no other straw hats present?
He didn't join after Impel Down. If he did, then that would counter my argument. Instead, he only joined after 2 additional arcs of straw hat bonding to which he was finally welcomed into the crew as a long lost family member.
These are just easy examples. Jinbe and Franky both had interactions with the crew before the panels I shared. And even then, you hilariously call the timing of the shared panels "very late into their respective arcs" but it's as if you're completely ignorant to the fact that if you would look at the equivalent timestamp in Wano, it would literally be when Yamao was first introduced.
The moment in which Franky and Jinbe are having their big moments fighting alongside the straw hats in the climax of the arc after having interacted with them throughout, is comparatively only just when Yamao is first getting introduced into the story...Maybe now you'll realise how laughably behind she is.
If Oda wrote Franky like he wrote Yamao, then we wouldn't have seen:
Franky name dropped from the 6th chapter
Franky beat up Usopp
Franky vs Luffy
Franky and Usopp arguing over the merry
Franky and Usopp getting captured
Franky, Usopp and Sanji fighting through the sea train
Franky, Usopp and Sanji temporarily rescuing Robin
Franky telling Robin "It's never a crime just to exist"
Franky fighting CP9 along with the straw hats
Instead we would've met Franky for the very first time at Enies Lobby just before the battle for the keys started. He'd claim that he hates Spandam and Lucci and that he wants to fight with Luffy. Luffy would call him "Frank-guy", then instead of fighting one of the CP9 agents he'd be sent off, alongside Granny Kokoro, Chimney and Gonbe to look after Iceburg and ensure no harm came his way. Then later he'd come to stall against Lucci and Spandam, making empty claims of joining Luffy's crew all the while.
I'm not ignoring anything. I'm talking about a specific "criteria" for candidates and as usual you're desperately trying to move the goalposts, fully aware that you've got absolutely nothing to talk about in this regard.
*Yamao.
And yet Luffy seems largely uninterested in her and Franky has no clue who she is... Completely defeating the point in the first place.
I'm using examples from arcs before Jinbe joined the crew to show the interactions Oda put in place in advance. And are you really trying to be so sly as to question why Jinbe had no interactions with the straw hats in Impel Down knowing full well that there were no other straw hats present?
He didn't join after Impel Down. If he did, then that would counter my argument. Instead, he only joined after 2 additional arcs of straw hat bonding to which he was finally welcomed into the crew as a long lost family member.
These are just easy examples. Jinbe and Franky both had interactions with the crew before the panels I shared. And even then, you hilariously call the timing of the shared panels "very late into their respective arcs" but it's as if you're completely ignorant to the fact that if you would look at the equivalent timestamp in Wano, it would literally be when Yamao was first introduced.
The moment in which Franky and Jinbe are having their big moments fighting alongside the straw hats in the climax of the arc after having interacted with them throughout, is comparatively only just when Yamao is first getting introduced into the story...Maybe now you'll realise how laughably behind she is.
If Oda wrote Franky like he wrote Yamao, then we wouldn't have seen:
Franky name dropped from the 6th chapter
Franky beat up Usopp
Franky vs Luffy
Franky and Usopp arguing over the merry
Franky and Usopp getting captured
Franky, Usopp and Sanji fighting through the sea train
Franky, Usopp and Sanji temporarily rescuing Robin
Franky telling Robin "It's never a crime just to exist"
Franky fighting CP9 along with the straw hats
Instead we would've met Franky for the very first time at Enies Lobby just before the battle for the keys started. He'd claim that he hates Spandam and Lucci and that he wants to fight with Luffy. Luffy would call him "Frank-guy", then instead of fighting one of the CP9 agents he'd be sent off, alongside Granny Kokoro, Chimney and Gonbe to look after Iceburg and ensure no harm came his way. Then later he'd come to stall against Lucci and Spandam, making empty claims of joining Luffy's crew all the while.
I'm not ignoring anything. I'm talking about a specific "criteria" for candidates and as usual you're desperately trying to move the goalposts, fully aware that you've got absolutely nothing to talk about in this regard.
*Yamao.
