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Those weren't bait, they were just characters people thought would join. Yamato is the only one that was explicitly teased to join the crew. If those others count, then every popular choice was "bait". Were Rebecca, Kyros, Monet, Pedro, smoker etc all bait just because people thought they were...

How was Carrot teased on par with Yamato? Just because you thought she would join doesn't mean she was intentional bait.

Every character that looked like they might join isn't bait just because people jumped on the train. Yamato was bait because she literally said she was joining the crew and then she didn't.

What do you mean every time? Yamato is the only character that was bait. I assume eventually there will be a new nakama because what's the point of bait otherwise?

This one is batshit.

Surely this is bait.

I'm just curious if people think it will happen or not.

We never talk about the grand fleet here. What do you guys think about the giant warrior pirates joining the fleet under Harjudin? Right now he only has 3 crew members which is tiny.

Way to miss the point.

Some of these are potentiel concerns, but none of them are death nails. Considering no character has ever gotten this treatment and not joined the crew, they don't mean that much to me. Especially considering Rocks literally said the reason he couldn't defeat the world government is because he...

No, there was a panel where Luffy introduces Law as his nakama. Luffy never asked him to join the crew. Comparing this or the zombie tree joke to Luffy's invitation to Loki is either cope or just a bad faith argument. There's no way you can't see the difference.

Neither of them got invited.

Oh no, a bunch of people who thought things like Zoro killing Kaido, Jinbei dying, and Kid becoming a yonko would happen also think Loki won't join! I guess it's time to pack it up.

That's exactly what I said in the post you're quoting.

Yeah, Ace Sabo and Vivi are the three characters not on the crew who don't break the pattern if something is only for nakama. If something was only done for Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Ussop, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, Jinbei, Ace, Sabo, and Vivi, it might as well be only crewmembers, and...

Jinbei said he would join, just later. Yamato stayed behind without any promise. I think her fate is sealed, but I'd love to be wrong on this.

I still don't believe she'll join, but catching up is no problem since you can set the log pose straight to Elbaph from Wano. That's how Kid got there so fast.

I'm just hesitant to take stuff from outside the manga to figure out the next crew member. I remember being burned by the towel merch that had just the Strawhats and Yamato. I would love for this to be true though. I was really dissapointed when she didn't join.

That does seem pretty telling, but I'll take it with a grain of salt unless something changes in the manga itself. Only crew members and brothers got this?

That seems like a huge stretch unless it's only strawhats and Ace.