Carrot isn't closer to joining the crew than Yamato all you have to say is that Yamato hasn't interacted with the crew when that is one of the easiest something Oda could do
Oh I say a lot more about Yamato than that and you know it so it's no use to try to fallaciousely reduce my argumentation.
And yes, Carot is closer. But for you to see that .. it will take a huge shock. You need to get rid of your bias toward Yamato.
You can not say "call it whatever you want“. Different words exist for a reason and have different meanings. Celebrating and welcoming are definitely the same
That's not a celebration to welcome him to the crew, it was everyone who knows him happy he is alright
Since the last time they saw him he was is a situation where he could've died
They were having a proper celebration and it was postponed until after Wano is saved, so they can celebrate Wano's liberation and Jinbei's welcome all at once
In that case it was. It's was welcoming hug, but a celebration in the storytelling because of the fact that this is the first panel of all the strawhats together in years. There is nothing more obvious than that.
I do not put much importance to it
I Know.. and it's kinda showing how much you don't care about storytelling. Because the present of Carrot in such an important panel should be a red flag for everyone who cares about the strawhats story.
There is on "ONLY WORTHY CELEBRATION"
Jinbe will be welcomed in when Wano is freed
Learn to read
so the only worthy celebration, right now
And how are you going to say the hugging was the "official celebration" and the postponed one was a setup for the official, as a writer I thought you'd know that a setup comes before the payoff
It's a setup for the celebration in the banquet. If you had read correctly, you'd know I said that already.
But yeah only the straw hats were there to welcome Jinbe back
Gotta love how Carrot fans always post the cropped version of the Jinbei hug that cuts Wanda out even though they know it exists because we've posted it so many times.
Indeed, there was Wanda in the raws on the far right side, just where Carrot should be. The problem here is that you think that the presence of Wanda in the panel is dimishing Carrot. Well.. you can't be more wrong.
First the position of Carrot and Wanda are completely different, Wanda is on the far side, sometimes cut (in the book version it is) so they are incomparable here and Carrot's presence is still a anoamy.
Second, Wanda being here acts as a relative legitimizer for Carrot. In fact, her very presence here is maybe what will setup in the future a discussion between Carrot and Wanda about Carrot's future in the strawhat crew.
So yeah.. not a bad thing.. actually the opposite.
So saying "but you only take the cut version" is just but a bad argument.
This isn't enough Sub-Text for him
Actually there is subtext here. But not the one written on the bubble ;)
That blog is nonsense... We're not looking for fanfic...
Ignored,
here's why
And even if they want to use anime, they’re intentionally ignoring this scene:
Who are the ignorant ones now huh?
That's just your agenda, I'm not ignoring anything. This is indeed a good setup scene.