I mean we see 9 other members, and those 9 other members are all protoypes of different Strawhats. All of them (Except Luffy, Nami, and Zoro) went through a lot of obvious changes
Is it really such a stretch to think Botany guy's personality and quirks were passed over to Robin?
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I never brought up Vivi. You think everything I'm saying about Yamato suddenly becomes null and void just because I like Vivi?
6: The name "Nika" does follow the number pattern like the other Devil Fruits do, and if we count the Gomu Gomu and the Nika seperately, then it seems as though no new future Strawhats will have Devil Fruits
8: I said they don't have any
meaningful bond, which I stand by. Sure, they're buddies in the same way that Luffy's buddies with someone like Carrot. They have a bond, but that bond is relatively shallow. Like, Luffy didn't even mention Yamato when he was fighting Kaido even though she told him that Kaido chained her up and beat her for twenty years. Don't you think that's kinda weird if Yamato's supposed to be the next Strawhat?
9: It's only said by Kaido cause he's the only one who actually knows what Yamato's Devil Fruit is. But anyway I'm 100% sure Ryokugyu isn't gonna get defeated by the Alliance. He's based off an actor that Oda deeply respects so he's not gonna do him dirty like that

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Yeah I know. If Oda wants to he can make Luffy find Laugh Tale and end the entire series next chapter by skipping ahead in a montage
But based on what we've seen so far I really don't think that's likely. Red Herrings are a common enough plot device
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If there's another Strawhat than yeah there could very easily be someone erased in that sketch. But going off the Road to Laugh Tale pages that just released, it doesn't seem like Yamato was conceptualized until Wano. If there is anyone else in that sketch, it's probably not prototype Yamato
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Yeah kinda, but I'm thinking it's likely that the botanist was divided up between Robin and Usopp. I imagine his role was given to Usopp while his personality was given to Robin