While everyone is out here simping for yamato, I feel like people are missing a really obvious candidate for straw hat, that being momonosuke.
Yamato is a 1 note character who was revealed at the end of wano with little to no development and a really annoying gag. There is barely anything she can offer the crew, but people simp for her because she's strong and is a woman(at least biologically).
Momo on the other hand has been with the straw hats since practically the entire post skip, has got mountains of development, and has a serious purpose on the straw hat crew. Momo isn't pretending to be Oden, he's the real deal, with him supposedly looking exactly like him. He is a kozuki, he has the voice of all things, he has some strange connection with zunisha that is so far unexplored, and he's been mentored by the straw hats ever since punk hazard.
Between the two of them, who would actually be better to fulfill Oden's will? Momonosuke or dollar store oden. I think the answer is pretty clear. Since onigashima began, we've been introduced to this plot point of yamato becoming the shogun, something yamato absolutely doesn't want to do. However, yamato has also been set up as Momonosuke's retainer, his equivalent to the scabbards. And as we know, when oden went off with whitebeard and roger, the scabbards ran kuri.
So, if Momonosuke were to follow in his father's footsteps, yamato would run wano for the time being. She'd probably do so alongside Hiyori. This doesn't mean she can't still have her dream of leaving wano. After this arc, wano kuni will open up and the people of wano will have to create diplomatic ties to other nations. Yamato could go to dressrosa and other kingdoms on diplomatic missions. But she won't come with Luffy. As many have pointed out, Yamato spelled backwards is O-Tamay. Her parallel to O-Tama isn't just a fan creation, its something we've seen directly in the manga in chapter 999. Both of them have connections to Ace, and both of them want to leave wano with Luffy. We can almost be assured O-Tama isn't joining the crew, but for some reason people still hold out hope for yamato.
I think its also worth noting that her mythical zoan is the guardian diety of wano and that as such it makes the most sense for her to stay and protect wano.
But as for momonosuke, imo the parallels between him and Oden are simply too strong for him to just ignore his destiny and sit in wano until the EoS. Oden is dead and his journal speaks about the magical adventure he had with roger, which ultimately culminated with him finding the one piece. It just doesn't make sense to me why Momo wouldn't go that final mile to see what was so special about one piece. Now he's more than strong enough, as his dragon is nearly as big as kaido's. Finally, his role on the crew. Unlike Yamato, he has a clear, tangible role on the crew. He would be Luffy/Zoro's apprentice. We had Buggy and Shanks on the Roger crew, Marco and Blackbeard on the Whitebeard crew, Kaido on the Rocks crew. If all of these crews had apprentices on them, shouldn't Luffy also have an apprentice? Wouldn't Momonosuke be best suited for that role?
Yamato is a 1 note character who was revealed at the end of wano with little to no development and a really annoying gag. There is barely anything she can offer the crew, but people simp for her because she's strong and is a woman(at least biologically).
Momo on the other hand has been with the straw hats since practically the entire post skip, has got mountains of development, and has a serious purpose on the straw hat crew. Momo isn't pretending to be Oden, he's the real deal, with him supposedly looking exactly like him. He is a kozuki, he has the voice of all things, he has some strange connection with zunisha that is so far unexplored, and he's been mentored by the straw hats ever since punk hazard.
Between the two of them, who would actually be better to fulfill Oden's will? Momonosuke or dollar store oden. I think the answer is pretty clear. Since onigashima began, we've been introduced to this plot point of yamato becoming the shogun, something yamato absolutely doesn't want to do. However, yamato has also been set up as Momonosuke's retainer, his equivalent to the scabbards. And as we know, when oden went off with whitebeard and roger, the scabbards ran kuri.
So, if Momonosuke were to follow in his father's footsteps, yamato would run wano for the time being. She'd probably do so alongside Hiyori. This doesn't mean she can't still have her dream of leaving wano. After this arc, wano kuni will open up and the people of wano will have to create diplomatic ties to other nations. Yamato could go to dressrosa and other kingdoms on diplomatic missions. But she won't come with Luffy. As many have pointed out, Yamato spelled backwards is O-Tamay. Her parallel to O-Tama isn't just a fan creation, its something we've seen directly in the manga in chapter 999. Both of them have connections to Ace, and both of them want to leave wano with Luffy. We can almost be assured O-Tama isn't joining the crew, but for some reason people still hold out hope for yamato.
I think its also worth noting that her mythical zoan is the guardian diety of wano and that as such it makes the most sense for her to stay and protect wano.
But as for momonosuke, imo the parallels between him and Oden are simply too strong for him to just ignore his destiny and sit in wano until the EoS. Oden is dead and his journal speaks about the magical adventure he had with roger, which ultimately culminated with him finding the one piece. It just doesn't make sense to me why Momo wouldn't go that final mile to see what was so special about one piece. Now he's more than strong enough, as his dragon is nearly as big as kaido's. Finally, his role on the crew. Unlike Yamato, he has a clear, tangible role on the crew. He would be Luffy/Zoro's apprentice. We had Buggy and Shanks on the Roger crew, Marco and Blackbeard on the Whitebeard crew, Kaido on the Rocks crew. If all of these crews had apprentices on them, shouldn't Luffy also have an apprentice? Wouldn't Momonosuke be best suited for that role?
