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Half of me expects that Carrot will just get a coverstory update or something showing her as ruler, but the other half is hoping it's not crazy hanging onto how she didn't say yes.

Yeah, I'm about at my limit too. I believed in Carrot to the end, but if she's done, this is as far as my caring about who joins goes. Whoever the 10th turns out to be, best of luck to 'em.

Yes, I also believe she's meant to find moments to stand out while on the crew. However, if she's on the ship, it can't just be as an unofficial tagalong anymore. When Nami joined, despite all the developments that only happened later, she was still considered part of the crew. Same with Usopp...

Now that Yamato has gotten the proper closure he should have gotten weeks ago, we're right back at the situation from over two years ago: Carrot is the most realistic possible candidate left, but has not achieved much even in all this time. If Yamato and Momo and Kin are all honorary crewmates...

Here's my wife's translation: Rayleigh: I was expecting the Navy to be here surrounding and ensnaring... But for you to change the shape of the island this much... I'm sorry I got here so late, Hancock. Crowd: D...Dark King Rayleigh?!! Oda-box: Right hand of the King of the Pirates, "Dark King"...

Luffy: Whaaa? You're not going?! Let's be pirates!! Sanji: Yamato-chan!! (The rest is blurry) Yamato: You guys also know, right? The forest guy just happened to be stopped because someone's strong Haki saved this country. Kaido is gone... ...But those guys will come to get Wano... No one can go...

So as I and others thought, Yamato was free to choose not to go, and did so to help Momo. Glad that was cleared up, but sorry it took two chapters and a break to do it.

I for one have a set cutoff time: when the crew arrives at the next island, if Carrot isn't with them, I won't argue anymore. But I have reason to suspect something will happen by then: Jinbe needs his to have his proper toast to celebrate his joining. Luffy has been inconviniently locked in a...

I've always felt that Jinbe must properly join before Carrot can, and he still needs his commemorative toast. That won't happen until Luffy's time-out ends so he can lead it. And that may be Carrot's best chance to pop up and join in.

I won't think it's over until they arrive at the next island and Carrot still isn't with them. By then Luffy will be out of his cage, he'll give their proper toast to Jinbe, and we'll see if she takes her shot to become the 10th to his 9th.

Seriously, even if I had my doubts, how could I reasonably argue against something blatant as that?

I am sorry to all his fans that it looks like Yamato isn't joining. I may not have been his supporter, but I did have to agree for a while that he had the clearest path to joining. It also seems like a pretty weak way to end it, so just know I have no issues with anyone simply for believing he'd...

You think that's bad? I've got perhaps one of the worst takes you're likely to hear. I've been sitting on it a while, and I wasn't sure I should even bother. But eh, sunachi and all. You remember Toki's prophecy, the moon who doesn't know the sun? Carrot is the moon. Luffy would be the sun...

Pedro died passing on his will when death has been used primarily to inspire the characters to greater things. Yes, being ruler of Zou is great, but it still goes against the message Pedro gave her to move forward, the message Carrot remembered as Peros was telling her to run back home. Pedro...

I'm bringing up some of what I said the other day: I've always said Yamato will be free to choose. I accepted that Yamato might choose to leave with the crew or even without them, that Carrot's path might not coincide with theirs. But I'd say that likewise, if you've been arguing that Yamato...

Did I ever say Yamato must guard Wano, or that Carrot must leave Zou? They have free will, and they both need to have the freedom to choose one way or the other.

I'll be breaking up my arguments into posts and spoiler tagging them for those who couldn't care less about Carrot or doubting Yamato. I hope those who do choose to read it and perhaps discuss with me about it understand that I just want to pursue the truth and that if I'm truly wrong, I'll live...

Because it's not an offer. They didn't ask. They told her, "You're going to be ruler," and they won't hear a word against it. Whether she goes through with it or not, she has to be free to choose. Just like Yamato has to be free to decide what he wants to do for himself. Whatever happens to both...

I'm working on putting my thoughts together, but this chapter has convinced me: Carrot is joining, Yamato is not. If I'm wrong, so be it. But that's my honest final belief, with no disrespect meant for anyone else's.

Even with 1054 mixing things up yet again, I have no good argument against Yamato having the clearest path to joining. Carrot seems satisfied with how events turned out, the crew is happy with Yamato, and Luffy has no reason to refuse him asking. It's not over until it's over of course, but I...