Idk as much as I would love carrot to join over Yamato that’s clearly not happening… even if carrot joined it would be disappointing to me even as a fan of hers because what has she done this arc?
Even though some SHs didn’t get/win fights their joining arc, they still gave us some of the biggest emotional climaxes of the series. Yeah we have the Pedro moment but that doesn’t justify her being sidelined for as long as she has.
But I do kind of agree with Dizzy to an extent, we still haven’t gotten any payoff or catharsis for Carrot and the stuff that was set up for her at the end of WCI. But at the same time the Jack plot line makes it clear that sometimes Oda doesn’t care about payoff lol. I find it so stupid that this subplot was dragged out for over 100 chapters just for …this….. Peros might as well have died at the end of WCI, it would’ve saved me a lot of typing
again I must say that you’re one of the most reasonable Carrot fans. It’s not like that I’m 100% percent sure Carrot isn’t joining, but more like 90-95% she isn’t joining. Carrot situation COULD be similar to Robin’s case. Again, could be. The thing is in Robin’s case, although she was off screened most of time & a secondary antagonist when she was still Miss All Sunday, she was shown having interest in Luffy specifically. She even had special 1 on 1 interaction with Luffy. And during her joining, her main villain was defeated by Luffy; in this case is Crocodile.
and let’s see the female pattern joining:
- Nami joined, after all of Arlong crew were defeated by Straw Hats, each. Main villain: Arlong. Defeated by: Luffy
- Robin joined, after all of Baroque Works officer agents were defeated by Straw Hats, again. Main villain: Crocodile. Defeated by: Luffy
in Carrot’s case, Carrot’s main villain is either Jack, or Perospero. Both Jack & Perospero, are not defeated by any of Straw Hats or potential Straw Hat. Yamato on the other hand, has the same recruitment pattern with Nami & Robin. Jack & Perospero don’t have any subordinates to be defeated by Straw Hats, if the case is that Carrot’s main villain is Jack / Perospero. Also, Carrot wasn’t shown to have any terrible past (which is the definite condition of any Straw Hat joining). Pedro’s death happened in current timeline.
The 5-10% chance of Carrot joins, if it turns out that there is another main villain in waiting for her, and if her terrible past is finally shown post joining, like Robin.
what Carrot is lacking as a nakama, if we see Nami & Robin:
- no terrible past
- no special 1 on 1 interaction with Luffy
- she has 2 main villains, and sadly enough both are not defeated by Luffy, not even by any of the Straw Hats
- some say that her strongest chance is her role as a lookout. Weak trio are very proficient in their own role, and their role compensate their weakness in battlefield. Nami is very good at navigation skill, Chopper is also very good at being a doctor. Usopp, while he’s considered the weakest, he at least has haki; and again he is very good at sharp-shooting.
unless if Carrot’s case is like Robin, where Robin’s ability to read Poneglyph was shown near the end of Alabasta arc, Carrot’s chance is extremely slim. She needs to show something she is very good of, if she joins & she needs another main villain to be defeated by Luffy, same like what happened to any other Straw Hats.