And in a series as unashamedly goofy and silly as One Piece, comedy is a strong enough purpose in itself
Yeah no. Plus Carrot is not even the most goofy character there is.
That’s just you projecting onto her. Every point you could make for Carrot could just as easily be applied to dozens of other characters.
Yes, strong characters. Main arc character and main characters.
Making things more interesting is a perfectly valid purpose.
"make thing more interesting" means nothing without a purpose in the story.
A character’s purpose doesn’t need to be deep
Not when it's a background character like Chimney or Gombey, when the characterization of a character is stronger than random background character, the purpose must follow the line.
Even in legendary works of literature like Crime and Punishment, you have characters like Alyona who were only there to be an asshole, get killed, and then cause the plot to get rolling without any kind of meaningful development.
The difference is, Oda has a very specific pattern with his character. You can almost put them in a box, that's how maniac he is with their role. By creating Carrot Oda pushed himself out of the box, out of his confort zone, and that NEEDS an explanation better than "it's just to had more goofyness", carrot is more than that. And if you don't notice it reread her story and reread it again just to be sure, because you are missing something.
All Carrot had to do to justify her existence was to be entertaining, which she was. And she also showed off Sulong, so there’s even more justification for her treatment. She doesn’t really need any
Yes she does, her whole relationship with Pedro is enough to ask for a purpose for Carrot. Again.. because you are an author but can't understand that: There was NO NEED to create Carrot to show the Sulong.
Plus : The Sulong was not a simple show for the transformation of the mink, it was a full on characterization of Carrot, a full representation of what she can do . HER and noone but HER.
Hawkins, Apoo, and X Drake didn’t (they could still be salvaged but it’s looking unlikely).
Yes they did. reread Wano again. They are not as important as other like Kid or Law but they have a purpose in the themes of the story and in it's development.
Except you responded to me talking about Carrot having gags with Chopper
To show you that Chopper had most of his Gag in the beginning of the arc with Luffy, not with Carrot. So the presence of Carrot was not necessary like you said to create Gags with Chopper.
You asked which panel Yamato said she wants to leave Wano. Set sail to sea = leaving. I know you’re illiterate and still none of your bullshit matters
Where does it mention Wano here ? She wants to leave Onigashima, not Wano. And leaving out to sea does not mean she wants to flee off Wano.
And? What's the point now so why couldn't she leave after escaping for the cave?
Because there is reason to believe, that Momo changed her mind.
she literally still says that she going to leave Wano after meeting Momo
Not anymore.
This dude will say anything to try to justify himself and his views, He is blinded by anything else, this is what we call Tunnel Vision.
This forum calling out my tunnel vision but unable to see a simple subversion dialogue....