Who will be the Next Strawhat?


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CoC: Color of Clowns

Force Choke the Chicken
If we count all canon Roger crew mates (including Toki, Oden, Neku, and Inu), we're left with 32 members on Roger's crew, according to the Wiki. So, here we go: the full 32 Straw Hats that will sail to Laugh Tale

1. Luffy

2. Zoro

3. Nami

4. Usopp

5. Sanji

6. Chopper

7. Vivi

8. Robin

9. Franky

10. Brook

11. Jinbei

12. Yamato

13. Momo

14. Tama

15. Carrot

16. Karoo (I love this duck so much)

17. Sabo (honors Ace’s legacy by helping Luffy become Pirate King, is ordered by Dragon to go to Laugh Tale to bring about the New Era)

18. Wyper (fought with Luffy to defeat a God, and is tied to the ancient history, with his people protecting the Poneglyph)

19. Bartolomeo (he has to be there to see his idol reach Laugh Tale, right?)

20. Jewelry Bonney (they unite over Kuma and food, lol)

21. Boa Hancock (she finally gets to have her adventure with Luffy)

22. Bellamy (brings the new flag to Luffy. Wanted to see Skypiea for himself, when he first didn’t believe it exist; Bellamy said the same thing about One Piece, so him seeing it with his own eyes by helping Luffy fits)

23. Koby (as an operative of Sword pretending to infiltrate the Straw Hats, when he’s just helping his main man Luffy become King of the Pirates)

24. Smoker (defects after Egghead is destroyed by the Marines)

25. Tashigi (defects for the same reason as Smoker, and after realizing she and Zoro are cousins from the Shimotsuki clan)

26. Mont Blanc Cricket (returns with information to help the Straw Hats reach Laugh Tale after he helped them reach the sky, where Luffy rang the bell)

27. Shirahoshi (wants to go to the surface and live bravely like her Mom and Luffy)

28. Rebecca (has to live in exile after Leo attacked a Celestial Dragon as her escort, goes to the Straw Hats)

29. Surume (I miss the giant octopus, okay?)

30. Loki (last crew member, Elbaf is the last island before Load Star/Laugh Tale, the crew needs a giant, IMO)

31. Stussy (Carrot’s Mom, and also wants to serve Vegapunk and protect him, as well as destroy the WG)

32. Vegapunk (York joins Blackbeard, Lilith joins the Straw Hats to get revenge on York, and to research ancient technology in Load Star and Laugh Tale)

I really wanted to include Paulie on this list, but he just doesn't have a connection to Luffy and Luffy's dreams.

I wanted to add in characters that respected Luffy's dreams, or were heavily involved in his adventures and close with him. Smoker has been chasing Luffy since Logue Town, of course he'll chase him to Laugh Tale. On the same ship, wheeee! Kind of wanted to add more animals, here, like Laboon, but it would be kind of weird for Brook to meet Laboon before they go to Laugh Tale, I think. Who knows, Crocus could show up with him.

Since Laugh Tale will have a bunch of forces vying for it (Shanks, Blackbeard, the Straw Hats, Cross Guild, the Government), the Straw Hats needs some more fighters.

If this crew was assembled, Sabo, Yamato, Wyper, Bartolomeo, Bonney, Boa, Bellamy, Koby, Smoker, Shirahoshi, and Stussy make the Straw Hats not just a Yonkou crew, but a Pirate King crew, full of experienced fighters with versatile styles.

Luffy, unlike past Pirate crews, will have true balance: his own crew will be large, strong, and tought to match, and then his fleet will also be full of powerful fighters. Whitbeard had few top tiers, but a very solid, large crew with lots of allies. Roger had a ton of top tiers, in Rayleigh, Scopper, and Oden, but not much of a fleet. Big Mom has a large, balanced crew, but is too crazy to control them, and doesn't have top tier commanders, same as Kaido. Shanks has a crew full of top tiers, but a weak ass fleet.

Luffy will be the first pirate in the series to have a large, powerful crew, and a large, powerful fleet. The true Pirate King.

Once the World Government declares war on the Straw Hats and their territories, Luffy's allies will come together to form a super crew, whooooooooooooooooooooo!
 
If we count all canon Roger crew mates (including Toki, Oden, Neku, and Inu), we're left with 32 members on Roger's crew, according to the Wiki. So, here we go: the full 32 Straw Hats that will sail to Laugh Tale

1. Luffy

2. Zoro

3. Nami

4. Usopp

5. Sanji

6. Chopper

7. Vivi

8. Robin

9. Franky

10. Brook

11. Jinbei

12. Yamato

13. Momo

14. Tama

15. Carrot

16. Karoo (I love this duck so much)

17. Sabo (honors Ace’s legacy by helping Luffy become Pirate King, is ordered by Dragon to go to Laugh Tale to bring about the New Era)

18. Wyper (fought with Luffy to defeat a God, and is tied to the ancient history, with his people protecting the Poneglyph)

19. Bartolomeo (he has to be there to see his idol reach Laugh Tale, right?)

20. Jewelry Bonney (they unite over Kuma and food, lol)

21. Boa Hancock (she finally gets to have her adventure with Luffy)

22. Bellamy (brings the new flag to Luffy. Wanted to see Skypiea for himself, when he first didn’t believe it exist; Bellamy said the same thing about One Piece, so him seeing it with his own eyes by helping Luffy fits)

23. Koby (as an operative of Sword pretending to infiltrate the Straw Hats, when he’s just helping his main man Luffy become King of the Pirates)

24. Smoker (defects after Egghead is destroyed by the Marines)

25. Tashigi (defects for the same reason as Smoker, and after realizing she and Zoro are cousins from the Shimotsuki clan)

26. Mont Blanc Cricket (returns with information to help the Straw Hats reach Laugh Tale after he helped them reach the sky, where Luffy rang the bell)

27. Shirahoshi (wants to go to the surface and live bravely like her Mom and Luffy)

28. Rebecca (has to live in exile after Leo attacked a Celestial Dragon as her escort, goes to the Straw Hats)

29. Surume (I miss the giant octopus, okay?)

30. Loki (last crew member, Elbaf is the last island before Load Star/Laugh Tale, the crew needs a giant, IMO)

31. Stussy (Carrot’s Mom, and also wants to serve Vegapunk and protect him, as well as destroy the WG)

32. Vegapunk (York joins Blackbeard, Lilith joins the Straw Hats to get revenge on York, and to research ancient technology in Load Star and Laugh Tale)

I really wanted to include Paulie on this list, but he just doesn't have a connection to Luffy and Luffy's dreams.

I wanted to add in characters that respected Luffy's dreams, or were heavily involved in his adventures and close with him. Smoker has been chasing Luffy since Logue Town, of course he'll chase him to Laugh Tale. On the same ship, wheeee! Kind of wanted to add more animals, here, like Laboon, but it would be kind of weird for Brook to meet Laboon before they go to Laugh Tale, I think. Who knows, Crocus could show up with him.

Since Laugh Tale will have a bunch of forces vying for it (Shanks, Blackbeard, the Straw Hats, Cross Guild, the Government), the Straw Hats needs some more fighters.

If this crew was assembled, Sabo, Yamato, Wyper, Bartolomeo, Bonney, Boa, Bellamy, Koby, Smoker, Shirahoshi, and Stussy make the Straw Hats not just a Yonkou crew, but a Pirate King crew, full of experienced fighters with versatile styles.

Luffy, unlike past Pirate crews, will have true balance: his own crew will be large, strong, and tought to match, and then his fleet will also be full of powerful fighters. Whitbeard had few top tiers, but a very solid, large crew with lots of allies. Roger had a ton of top tiers, in Rayleigh, Scopper, and Oden, but not much of a fleet. Big Mom has a large, balanced crew, but is too crazy to control them, and doesn't have top tier commanders, same as Kaido. Shanks has a crew full of top tiers, but a weak ass fleet.

Luffy will be the first pirate in the series to have a large, powerful crew, and a large, powerful fleet. The true Pirate King.

Once the World Government declares war on the Straw Hats and their territories, Luffy's allies will come together to form a super crew, whooooooooooooooooooooo!
Nothing more than meaningless headcanon.

Why do they have to have the same number of people travelling to Laugh Tale? Just let the main crew do it ffs.
 

CoC: Color of Clowns

Force Choke the Chicken
Nothing more than meaningless headcanon.

Why do they have to have the same number of people travelling to Laugh Tale? Just let the main crew do it ffs.
I'm sorry I made a post that took actual effort rather than post either:

1. Carrot's not joining the crew! NUH UH SHE'S ISN'T NUH UH

or

2. Yamato's not joining the crew! NUH UH SHE'S ISN'T NUH UH

Mea Culpa.

Anywho, it's not that the Straw Hats need the same number, it's that having a lot more fighters would be great when they're competeting with multiple Yonkou crews and the WG for Laugh Tale.

I'd personally like to see a smaller crew, but, I can definitely see Oda taking all of Luffy's past allies that could have joined and having them show up to make him Pirate King.

If Laugh Tale is a giant battle royale, though, fuck it, I want to see Boa, Sabo, Smoker kicking ass.

Acting like there's no chance a bunch of characters who are obsessed with following Luffy might actually follow Luffy is ridiculous, just because you don't want them to join, it doesn't mean it's impossible.

You think I wanted Momo to become a Straw Hat? No, but I'm not bitching about it just because it happened.
 
I'm sorry I made a post that took actual effort rather than post either:

1. Carrot's not joining the crew! NUH UH SHE'S ISN'T NUH UH

or

2. Yamato's not joining the crew! NUH UH SHE'S ISN'T NUH UH

Mea Culpa.

Anywho, it's not that the Straw Hats need the same number, it's that having a lot more fighters would be great when they're competeting with multiple Yonkou crews and the WG for Laugh Tale.

I'd personally like to see a smaller crew, but, I can definitely see Oda taking all of Luffy's past allies that could have joined and having them show up to make him Pirate King.

If Laugh Tale is a giant battle royale, though, fuck it, I want to see Boa, Sabo, Smoker kicking ass.

Acting like there's no chance a bunch of characters who are obsessed with following Luffy might actually follow Luffy is ridiculous, just because you don't want them to join, it doesn't mean it's impossible.

You think I wanted Momo to become a Straw Hat? No, but I'm not bitching about it just because it happened.
Sorry for pointing out your post is literally just you naming random characters who have no reason being anywhere near Laugh Tale I guess. My bad G.

It's very clear that only the SHs will be able to find Laugh Tale. Only 2 groups have access to the info of 3 road Poneglyphs (so no. No goddamn marines or fishmen or giants or anybody else) - the BBPs and the SHPs. The Laugh Tale arc is probably just going to be sailing to the island, finding the treasure, and a massive flashback of JoyBoy to bring closure to the void century. No fighting

The last island before Laugh Tale however, is Lodestar and that island is easily accessible and very close to Hachinosu.

It's obvious from the world building that the battle to claim the One Piece happens before Laugh Tale.
 

CoC: Color of Clowns

Force Choke the Chicken
Sorry for pointing out your post is literally just you naming random characters who have no reason being anywhere near Laugh Tale I guess. My bad G.

It's very clear that only the SHs will be able to find Laugh Tale. Only 2 groups have access to the info of 3 road Poneglyphs (so no. No goddamn marines or fishmen or giants or anybody else) - the BBPs and the SHPs. The Laugh Tale arc is probably just going to be sailing to the island, finding the treasure, and a massive flashback of JoyBoy to bring closure to the void century. No fighting

The last island before Laugh Tale however, is Lodestar and that island is easily accessible and very close to Hachinosu.

It's obvious from the world building that the battle to claim the One Piece happens before Laugh Tale.
I'm so glad ya'll aren't writing this series, phew.

You actually want Laugh Tale to have no combat, that's hilarious. That would be so fucking boring, to have them just walk up and find the One Piece. Where's the adventure, man? You could be right, but I hope you're not.

Regarding the possible Nakama:

Yeah, bro. Smoker would NEVER chase Luffy anywhere, you're right. Sabo, who tracked down Luffy in Dressrosa? Yep, why would he ever track down Luffy, his brother. No idea, man.

Boa Hancock is so in love with Luffy and said she wants to go to him in the last chapter she appeared in, sorry I'm so delusional.

Vegapunk who's made it his life's mission to study the Ancient History, and has asked to sail with the Straw Hats out of Egghead, would NEVER want to go to Laugh Tale, the biggest remnant of the Ancient Civilization that holds the world's true history, NOPE.

Bellamy, who's specificially making a flag for Luffy, would NEVER show up to give him the flag.

Literally the only joke character I had on here was Surume, there are so many characters you could justify sailing with the Straw Hats to Laugh Tale. As long as Luffy likes them, and wants them on the ship, and they want to go, that's all it takes.

I think we'll have around 16 on board for Laugh Tale, but, it's possible Oda goes crazy.
 
I'm so glad ya'll aren't writing this series, phew.

You actually want Laugh Tale to have no combat, that's hilarious. That would be so fucking boring, to have them just walk up and find the One Piece. Where's the adventure, man? You could be right, but I hope you're not.

Regarding the possible Nakama:

Yeah, bro. Smoker would NEVER chase Luffy anywhere, you're right. Sabo, who tracked down Luffy in Dressrosa? Yep, why would he ever track down Luffy, his brother. No idea, man.

Boa Hancock is so in love with Luffy and said she wants to go to him in the last chapter she appeared in, sorry I'm so delusional.

Vegapunk who's made it his life's mission to study the Ancient History, and has asked to sail with the Straw Hats out of Egghead, would NEVER want to go to Laugh Tale, the biggest remnant of the Ancient Civilization that holds the world's true history, NOPE.

Bellamy, who's specificially making a flag for Luffy, would NEVER show up to give him the flag.

Literally the only joke character I had on here was Surume, there are so many characters you could justify sailing with the Straw Hats to Laugh Tale. As long as Luffy likes them, and wants them on the ship, and they want to go, that's all it takes.

I think we'll have around 16 on board for Laugh Tale, but, it's possible Oda goes crazy.
imagine thinking One Piece centers around combat exclusively instead of adventure, fml re-read the story.

So several years from now you'll look back at this post and think 'damn, I was such a dumbass'
 
Is this not a battle Shonen? :milaugh:

Also he's said nothing about OP being exclusively about fights.
It is, but it isn't purely a battle shonen. Battle is a tertiary element to the story rather than primary like most.

Everyone knows this.

They implied the arc needs a fight or it's boring. Okay, well then why the fuck are you reading One Piece when there are several arcs with no major fights at all. Almost 1/3rd of arcs to be exact. Arcs like Romance Dawn, Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Whisky Peak, Jaya,Long Ring Long Land, Amazon Lily, Post-War, Return to Sabaody, Zou and the Reverie all have very little combat or combat is fairly unimportant to the story. One Piece is primarily about Adventure first, growth of characters second, then battle/fight scenes third. What matters in One Piece is the world building, not ooga booga me punch you harder and Laugh Tale will be THE arc that embodies adventure and growth in their entirety. From a writing perspective not only would a fight not make sense (who else is gonna get there?) but it would serve at the detriment of the conclusion of the journey the crew have been on. They'll have made it to the goal - they don't need to fight to get to somewhere they already are.

Now please explain to me how there's going to be a fight ON laugh tale when nobody else in the story is going to be able to reach said Island?

It's clear to anyone with a functioning brain that Lodestar's going to be a big deal and that's probably where the fight for the One Piece actually takes place - winner takes all with the info from the Road Poneglyphs to triangulate Laugh Tale.

But no sure, let's just agree with a dude who thinks fucking Loki is going to join the crew along with over 20 other complete randoms who have no reason to join the crew, on Laugh Tale with the reason being 'because Roger had 32 crewmates' (HOW is that compelling? One Piece specifically avoids parallels. This is not Naruto ffs). Because it's so easy finding an island that nobody's visited for 24 years, right? Better yet, that people have only visited once in 824 years. Serious question but do you guys even hear yourselves?
 
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CoC: Color of Clowns

Force Choke the Chicken
It is, but it isn't purely a battle shonen. Battle is a tertiary element to the story rather than primary like most.

Everyone knows this.

They implied the arc needs a fight or it's boring. Okay, well then why the fuck are you reading One Piece when there are several arcs with no major fights at all. Almost 1/3rd of arcs to be exact. Arcs like Romance Dawn, Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Whisky Peak, Jaya,Long Ring Long Land, Amazon Lily, Post-War, Return to Sabaody, Zou and the Reverie all have very little combat or combat is fairly unimportant to the story. One Piece is primarily about Adventure first, growth of characters second, then battle/fight scenes third. What matters in One Piece is the world building, not ooga booga me punch you harder and Laugh Tale will be THE arc that embodies adventure and growth in their entirety. From a writing perspective not only would a fight not make sense (who else is gonna get there?) but it would serve at the detriment of the conclusion of the journey the crew have been on. They'll have made it to the goal - they don't need to fight to get to somewhere they already are.

Now please explain to me how there's going to be a fight ON laugh tale when nobody else in the story is going to be able to reach said Island?

It's clear to anyone with a functioning brain that Lodestar's going to be a big deal and that's probably where the fight for the One Piece actually takes place - winner takes all with the info from the Road Poneglyphs to triangulate Laugh Tale.

But no sure, let's just agree with a dude who thinks fucking Loki is going to join the crew along with over 20 other complete randoms who have no reason to join the crew, on Laugh Tale with the reason being 'because Roger had 32 crewmates' (HOW is that compelling? One Piece specifically avoids parallels. This is not Naruto ffs). Because it's so easy finding an island that nobody's visited for 24 years, right? Better yet, that people have only visited once in 824 years. Serious question but do you guys even hear yourselves?
Bro, when you said One Piece specificially avoids parallels, I actually asceneded to another plane of existence.

DO YOU KNOW WHO SABO EVEN IS???

HOOOOOOOOOLY FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

ODA LITERALLY CLONED ACE AND SHOVED HIM INTO A BACKSTORY PRE TIME SKIP AFTER ACE DIED TO HAVE A POST TIME SKIP ACE, FOR FUCK'S SAKE. AND I LIKE SABO! This series has so many damn parallels you can't keep track of them.

Yes, all of Luffy's former allies showing up to help him reach Laugh Tale would be compelling, why do you think people like movies like the Avengers, and especially End Game? One of the most popular scenes from one of the most popular OF ALL TIME is a bunch of allies to the main characters showing up to fight the bad guy.

And, if you hate it, that's fine!

Like I said, I only want the first 16 people on my list to join.

How are you this triggered over me saying something I don't even want might happen? OI.
 
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