ou didn't respond to the possibility the person who inherits the Paw Fruit would be able to guard the Sunny and adventure.
That doesn't change anything... The person would still stay behind, even if she can join them rapidely.There is absolutely no reason to create such a character when all the strawhats are meant to go on the adventure.
Kuma protected the Sunny when he teleported Perona away when she was going to steal Sunny.
Kuma protected the Sunny during the timeskip.
Yeah cool, Kuma is not a strawhat.
What positions are left that have been in an introbox that would fit in the Strawhats crew? As of now, Ship Guard is similar to Helmsman being introduced early in the series only to be relevant far later in the series.
Look Out.
She also has themes of guarding things
No lol
There is no such thematic or the story would have clearly took the time to stop on the specific attribute and show that Yamato is specifically obsessed in the act of guarding stuff. Which didn't happen.
You need to understand that when a role is assignated to a strawhat. Its not simply Oda saying "you will be this".. In reality, Oda is milking the thematic of the role in almost every aspect and journey of the character. Its a part of who they are and what they do. Its something HEAVILY marked in the storytelling.
Hence why Carrot as a look out make sence because all her journey is about discovery and the notion of wonder in front of the world and why Yamato as a guard doesn't.
I do have an open mind, but an open mind doesn't mean accepting anything and everything just because we want to.
Nami, Sanji, Brook and Chopper were going on an adventure when they were in Dressrosa and protecting the Ship from Viola and Donflamingo?
Actually yes. They went there own way toward Zou. ALL path of the strawhats leads them toward adventure, even if its on the ship.
But what you are asking for, is for a character to have adventure ONLY on the ship and separated from every other strawhats. Which is a nonsense to begin with since they are meant to stay together or in small groups.
Nami was going on an adventure in Thriller bark when she went back to the ship to avoid the cargo getting stolen and met Kuma?
Is Zoro going on adventures when he routinely sleeps on board and stays behind guardin it? Like in Water 7?
What about when they took straws to see who goes to Punk Hazard and 5 SH stayed on the ship?
Or literally when Chopper stayed behind to protect the ship in Skypiea?
They most certainly don't go towards adventure and they do routinely get stuck on the Sunny.
Indeed, but again, you are proving me that they are staying because the adventure is coming to them. And what you fail to mention is that its not always the same person. Simply because having the same person staying behind would separate them BY NATURE from the rest for the rest of the story.
Its - again - a nonsense.
Again it's not hard, she goes to the ship to secure it, she finds someone and 1vs1 for the ship safety- setup payoff, - you're a writter right? You know these things.
Yeah, I am. And allow me to explain you that repeating that pattern again and again while separating the character from the rest of the crew. In short, having the character have ALWAYS his own adventure separated from those of the strawhats is a NONSENSE in term of storytelling if you want to write a story where a found family goes on adventure together.
Sidelining a character like that, alone in their own story while others are adventuring together, must always have a purpose. There must be a reason why they are okto stay alone. (and again, this would negate the core thematic of the story)