Rereading the arc and gotta be honest, poor Carrot lol. She wanted to be included here in the crew as an interesting creature lol
Her personality has always melded super well with the crew, but honestly that's always been the extent when it comes to uniqueness about her. Everything outside of personality, she loses to Yamato.
Unique animal transformation powers? Yamato can do it whenever. Ice vs Electricity I guess which strawhats already have but we haven't seen enough of her fruit yet.
Yamato is many times stronger and has a unique fighting style. Carrot technically does have a unique, nimble fighting style, but the uniqueness is actually hurt with sulong and her Claw gloves, which other Sulongs carry
Idk, I really wouldn't be mad if Oda just treated her like a stowaway. There is precedent for her joining after Jinbe/Yamato do (if that happens) and after Wano. The only issue I have is her lack of focus this arc. She is the one "potential" strawhat that has barely gotten anything. Even Chopper/Usopp have lost but they still receive signficant focus in the end.
I guess we'll see. I don't want to be an ass about this argument anymore. I'd Oda wants 11 or 12 members its up to him in the end. This arc has proven so far (and virtually all arcs have shown) that not everyone has to win fights or do something important against the enemy, so the whole "She's not fighting a Beast Pirate" or "she didn't even win her fight". Really shouldn't matter in the end.
Imo, that's why One Piece is kinda great. There is relevance for everyone, but nobody is God on this series outside of Luffy, Zoro and Sanji lol. Hell, Yamato may be fighting Kaido, but even Yamato knows she can't win. If she gets nothing else, it means nothing because it really doesn't matter. Robin was an enemy the arc she joined. The arc central to her, she didn't even get a fight.
"Everyone gets their moment to shine"- Roger.
Tldr: I'm game for a triple join at the end of the arc. Was my original thought process. The fact that Brook, Usopp, and Chopper thus far don't have clear victories against the enemy has taught me to not shit on Carrot for not beating Perospero