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Works how? Because it's certainly not based on what the story has shown up to now. All of Kaido's top men have ancient fruits, not mythical ones. The one Cat-Cat fruit we've seen in his crew is Who's-Who's, the saber-toothed cat. The whole Byakko thing is the fandom's idea, but it doesn't just...

My point is, if Kaido doesn't know about that traditional rivalry between dragons and tigers, he wouldn't go out of his way to get a Byakko fruit when he clearly values ancient models more for his top officers; he simply wouldn't do it. The only reason to get it would be if he DOES know about...

They don't have to be situationally aware of it to simply not do it.

If it was Kaido giving his child the fruit, I don't know why he'd go with the rival of a dragon. He wants Yamato to be his loyal subordinate, and even now thinks Yamato will willingly be shogun on his behalf. Doesn't seem like he'd choose something that traditionally goes against dragons. Plus...

Those color spreads were after he came back in Wano. There was exactly one with Jinbe before then: the promotional piece for Arashi. It was nice, but all the spreads before and after that still excluded Jinbe until long after he arrived in Wano. That's why I hated that cookie world piece...

There's a bit of a disconnect between saying you genuinely don't understand my point and equating it to "yada yada". But I'll try to explain. I believe Oda does intend to have more than one person join this time. However, three people at once feels like too much when it's always only been one...

I didn't say that. You said, "it sure seems like she’s mainly motivated to leave that place and guide Luffy to the dawn". Yamato hasn't yet connected the dawn to Luffy, only to Momo. He believes Oden's prediction that Luffy and the others of the new generation would beat Kaido. What I asked was...

Law made it clear he despises being seen as Luffy's lackey.

Basically, this is my thinking in order of certainty: 1. Jinbe is Luffy's 9th person, and there will be a 10th. 2. There won't be an 11th, 12th, etc. 3. That 10th person will be Carrot. If Luffy builds his crew up more than 10, 12 or whatever, great! I'm not against it. I just don't think...

He said Momo will bring the dawn. He hasn't said anything about Luffy doing it. Does Yamato equate beating Kaido with bringing the dawn? Because that would mean he believes more than one person will do it, which therefore means that Yamato has a choice of who to be with and where. It's not like...

Again, that's a situation Oda orchestrated and could have adjusted in a myriad of ways. He could have made it even more treacherous so that Jinbe would absolutely be required. He still could have had Luffy separated from the group, too, and could have introduced Tama under different...

Maybe, but I have two issues with that. First, Oda was in total control of when his characters would receive which power up. He wasn't beholden to make Sanji wait until Wano to use his new suit, or make Zoro have to give up Shusui, a strong sword in its own right, for Enma. They were good story...

Yeah, and Oda designed it that way for some inscrutable reason. He chose to create a situation where Jinbe had to stay behind, had to make yet another grand entrance later. How many false starts has any other Straw Hat gotten? And I get the first two after the war and FI, dramatic tension and...

I get that. I'm saying despite that, Oda left room for doubt, however small, that Jinbe would make it to Wano. What I'm asking is why. Why did he make a situation where Jinbe had to leave yet again? Why do that if he had both Carrot AND Yamato in line to join soon after?

I wanted him to be official. Luffy wanted him to be official. But Jinbe left the contract on the table, so to speak. He didn't make it official until he came back this year. Hence the TOC, the spreads, the Oda box, etc. Why did Oda leave any room for doubt at that time? That's my question as it...

Jinbe only just became an official Straw Hat; the color spreads, 98's table of contents, the Oda box all indicate that, despite everything that happened earlier. If Oda was planning on having him, Carrot and Yamato all join, why make Jinbe leave after WCI and not make him official right then...

I actually think it's a point in her favor. We're coming up to 10 chapters that the battle with Perospero hasn't been updated. This montage would have been a natural time to show how Carrot and Wanda are doing. The fact that we still don't know tells me something big is about to happen.

Artur's translation on Library of Ohara: https://thelibraryofohara.com/2021/02/03/volume-98-sbs-question-corner/

I'm answering your claim that he has no credibility. He does. Hocotate, his column on the official One Piece website, involved with some official translation work for the series including the recent full page NY Times ad. He's incredibly credible.