I wonder if
@dizzy2341 finally drop the manga after this chapter....you good?????
Lol, why would I not be good? This chapter happened just as I expected.
People seem to think "Oh the Carrot fans thought that she would join the crew if she beat Perospero", when in reality the argument was always the other way around. It was the people who argued against Carrot that claimed she'd beat Perospero since that meant they could kick her out of the story for good after it happened.
People thought that Carrot beating Perospero would mark the end of her character arc. They fought that would be her moment to shine and her sendoff from the story. Only that it wasn't... Carrot had nothing to do with Perospero's ultimate defeat. But all the same loose ends with her character still remain.
-She still needs to prove herself a mighty warrior.
-She still needs to realise the true importance of the straw hats.
-She still needs to prove that she's moving forward
-She still needs to have her "moment to shine"
For the people now doubting Carrot's big moment, just because you were wrong about the time and place of it happening doesn't mean that you were wrong about it needing to happen at all. People thought the Perospero fight would provide closure for her character... Yet it didn't... The answer isn't suddenly "Oh, then Carrot won't get closure". It simply means that her closure will come from something else Oda has in mind.
I've always believed that the actual fight was never the important part. It was always the potential for dialogue (which can now come with Neko), and the potential for growth in her character (which seems imminent).