Lookout tho, it's extremlly iconic. And honestly one of the few legit roles you can still have, that isn't pure cartoon logic.
Has lookout ever been an official position we've seen on a crew?
Not only that but you guys need to understand that the look out role is not a simple role that we are predicting..
Yes.. granted.. it was not officialized (I think), but it was depicted in whole cake more than anywere else in the story. And not only with Carrot:
- The role has been depicted greatly during the escape and most importantly in chapter 888 through secondary character (I will tell you my interpretation on that later).
- It was also depicted as a position to hold by Pedro multiple times.
Not only that but it was also one of the things that linked the beginning and the ending of chapter 823 (the reintroduction of Carrot):
- Vivi at the look out point jumping down
- Pedro at the look out point juming up
Now.. there is everything surrounding Carrot.
- The way she was depicted as a natural look out on her first introduction
- The way she took
the place of Pedro
- The way she acted during the escape
And finally like I told you, there is 888. Which is literally an hymn to the look out position:
- Daifuku's name on the look out multiple times
- Carrot on the look out noticing the pinch with a double page spread
- Carrot's transformation taking place on the post
- Carrot jumping point being the look out post
The entire 888 chapter is - for me - thematically centered around the notion of "looking at". In the first page of the chapter, Carrot is looking at everyone and the battlefield, she is in her base form, and in the second part,
everyone else is looking at her, because of how mystic and powerful she is.
That switch is perfectly in synch with Carrot's characterization on and out of the post.
Hence why I often say that Carrot is written as a natural look out.
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This level of thematic writing is not something trivial..
Well.. this one was easy tho..
