Who will be the next Strawhat


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Jew D. Boy

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@Rokukuro Thanks for showing the other anti Yamato people how to disagree respectfully. Notice how we're not insulting you since you're not insulting us? Take notes @dizzy2341 and @CarrotForNakama , this is how people form human connections with people who disagree with them over a manga.
Yeah, I do appreciate that this guy isn’t coming in with the same tired bullshit as C4N and that miserable little bitch, been a while since anyone on that side acted with a degree of respect for others AND themselves :luffydab:
 
I get the feeling another dream Yamato will gain beyond wanting to adventure out and open Wano's borders will have something to do with freedom specifically. A recurring thing with previous Straw Hats is that if they have a passion, there's usually something that threatens that passion to the point that the recruit will try to defend it as hard as they can, but in the end can only accomplish it with Luffy's help after he becomes interested in them. Since Yamato values freedom so much, she might not be wanting freedom for only herself and Wano, but also the entire rest of the world.

 
It's been 2 or 3 years, people still think Yamato will join

Someone stronger than current Zoro isn't joining
She's more of Momo new bodyguard than SH

Luffy doesn't call future nakama "Yamao" the same way he calls Kid "Jaggy" and Law "Traffy"

Carrot has to see the dawn come and she can only do that if she continues sailing with SH

Anyway with Luffy being white as snow in G5, both Yamao and Carrot chances went down
With Luffy being mythical Zoan...I find it hard for Yamao to join

Yamato won't sail with Monkey D. Toon Luffy
She will sail alone on adventures to see the world every then and there as Momo's bodyguard
Good ol' Ndule is back. :finally:
 

Jew D. Boy

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I get the feeling another dream Yamato will gain beyond wanting to adventure out and open Wano's borders will have something to do with freedom specifically. A recurring thing with previous Straw Hats is that if they have a passion, there's usually something that threatens that passion to the point that the recruit will try to defend it as hard as they can, but in the end can only accomplish it with Luffy's help after he becomes interested in them. Since Yamato values freedom so much, she might not be wanting freedom for only herself and Wano, but also the entire rest of the world.

inb4 one of the mentally invalids chimes in with “yAmAtO wIlL jOiN tHe ReVoLuTiOnArIeS” :laughmoji::laughmoji::laughmoji:
 
I'm not. I agree he will be the shogun and in part decided to age up because of it. But I disagree that reading the journal made him want to grow up. It was him seeing himself as weak.
He saw himself weak because he was an 8 year old child. Yamato was there to give it directly to Momo because Yamato didn’t know what might happen to Momo later. Would you be sure that Momo wouldn’t be killed by Kaido before reading Oden’s journal and see what’s important in his journal? Would you be sure if Momo didn’t read the journal Momo would decide to mature up and help the raid?

Momo read the journal only made his desire to be a shogun gets stronger, also showing that he’s a worthy shogun of Wano.
 
inb4 one of the mentally invalids chimes in with “yAmAtO wIlL jOiN tHe ReVoLuTiOnArIeS” :laughmoji::laughmoji::laughmoji:
In addition to finding the full context of opening Wano's borders, Yamato will inevitably find out about the Celestial Dragons and likely get infuriated by them to the point of wanting to free all the slaves which I'd think she'd inevitably do alongside Luffy.
 
How is Yamato waiting years to join Luffy and declaring to Kaido that she'll leave with him in any way comparable to the other strong characters that never mentioned that?
Well let's compare Law and Yamato. Both were waiting for Luffy for the same amount of time. Both had original plans to take down an abusive figure in their lives that eventually had to involve Luffy do to unintended circumstances. Both were both seen initial as equals or on equal footing to Luffy. Both were given similar nicknames by Luffy, Tra-guy and Yama-guy. Both fought the main villain and their flashback in this fight. Luffy then took over this fight. In the last round of the fight both watched on.

For why Yamato keeps saying they'll join Luffy. Yamato's a red herring.
 

Jew D. Boy

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Well let's compare Law and Yamato. Both were waiting for Luffy for the same amount of time. Both had original plans to take down an abusive figure in their lives that eventually had to involve Luffy do to unintended circumstances. Both were both seen initial as equals or on equal footing to Luffy. Both were given similar nicknames by Luffy, Tra-guy and Yama-guy. Both fought the main villain and their flashback in this fight. Luffy then took over this fight. In the last round of the fight both watched on.

For why Yamato keeps saying they'll join Luffy. Yamato's a red herring.
But Law has repeatedly and ferociously denied being Luffy’s subordinate when others have mistaken him as such, that hardly seems comparable to someone who has said they WANT to sail on his ship several times…and the red herring thing is low hanging fruit, you aren’t reading OP if you think Oda isn’t giving us an Oden cosplayer immediately after showing us the man himself holding onto a chain of the Moby Dick for three straight days because he wanted to leave Wano so badly.
 
Well let's compare Law and Yamato. Both were waiting for Luffy for the same amount of time. Both had original plans to take down an abusive figure in their lives that eventually had to involve Luffy do to unintended circumstances. Both were both seen initial as equals or on equal footing to Luffy. Both were given similar nicknames by Luffy, Tra-guy and Yama-guy. Both fought the main villain and their flashback in this fight. Luffy then took over this fight. In the last round of the fight both watched on.
So where is it stated that Law waited years to join Luffy's crew, got a personal recommendation by his brother, and declared to Doflamingo that he wanted to sail with him?

Btw, Luffy wants him as a crewmate despite giving him the same nickname Yamato has.


For why Yamato keeps saying they'll join Luffy. Yamato's a red herring.
So because it doesn't make sense for Oda's intent to just be to make her an ally, it must be bait? You can think of something better.
 
…but again, faulting the character for the author’s diminishment doesn’t mean he isn’t still telegraphing her purpose in the story.
I'm not faulting the character. Calling something bad write is just calling something bad writing.

Shinobu WAS the protection along with Yamato, you think she would have held Kaido off while watching Momo during Luffy’s fourth or fifth defeat?
Yes I know Shinobu was also protecting Momo. I was saying Shinobu alone would protect Momo. And I doubt Luffy would lose a fourth or fifth round. If he did, Momo would have defend himself until Luffy recovers. It would work a dramatic scene.

Why is her getting injured more effective in your opinion than Yamato’s proclamation?
Because what made Momo want to become an adult was him seeing how weak he was. It wasn't Yamato's proclamation of them saying they would protect Momo with their life.

Brook sailed with the crew for, what, a week or two before Kuma blasted him away from Sabaody? Franky had been with them for maybe a week or two longer than that,
I'm not talking in world time together. I'm talking panel time which Franky and Brook had plenty of. Like joining the crew isn't just about following Luffy. The person also needs to have a repertoire with the others, too.

I think anyone can use these context clues to determine that Momo’s of more use alive than he is dead.
So him reading the journal isn't actually. Cause like you said everyone knows Momo is important, so it wouldn't matter if he read the journal during the raid or after.
 
Well let's compare Law and Yamato. Both were waiting for Luffy for the same amount of time. Both had original plans to take down an abusive figure in their lives that eventually had to involve Luffy do to unintended circumstances. Both were both seen initial as equals or on equal footing to Luffy. Both were given similar nicknames by Luffy, Tra-guy and Yama-guy. Both fought the main villain and their flashback in this fight. Luffy then took over this fight. In the last round of the fight both watched on.

For why Yamato keeps saying they'll join Luffy. Yamato's a red herring.
And your basing that on Nothing but your own fucking Bias. Way to be Subjective.
Sometimes the Obvious is just that. You trying to hard to counter. Stop it. Your embarrassing yourself.
 
Yamato was there to give it directly to Momo because Yamato didn’t know what might happen to Momo later. Would you be sure that Momo wouldn’t be killed by Kaido before reading Oden’s journal and see what’s important in his journal?
If Yamato wasn't by Momo's side, that would be a great additional motivation for Yamato to help in the Raid. Not only is their and Wano's freedom at stake, they must deliver Oden's last memento to his son. It would make a great plot point and would create some tension whenever Momo was in danger. That's not really a point towards Yamato and Momo being together being necessary.

Momo read the journal only made his desire to be a shogun gets stronger, also showing that he’s a worthy shogun of Wano.
The only thing it did was confirm to Momo that he had to survive the Raid.
 
To make Yamato and Luffy quick allies. For this arc and the premused future arc against the WG. A strong character with a connection to Luffy who will fight by his side in the coming dawn. Like Kidd, Law, and so many other characters. Are you saying that all their arcs mean nothing if they don't go with Luffy?
Luffy making friends is easier than breathing for him, that's not new. However, no character has gotten the amount of background baggage that Yamato has gotten specifically with Luffy. You could remove everything about her past except that she hates her father and that would have been enough for Luffy to accept her. Hell, he's accepted others with far less like Caribou. All of the other bits: wanting to leave specifically with Luffy, making Ace's Vivre Card and having him quote her to Luffy, being the reason Luffy was able to find Ace for his final moments, being enraptured by Ace's stories of Luffy and crying at hearing what his true dreams are and that Roger said the same thing, will mean nothing. That's too much heavy background for someone that's just going to end up being a +1 on a list of allies for Momo.

As for other characters, the only ones comparable are Law and Momo, who have been established as the major Straw Hat allies who have ties to deeper events or mysteries of the One Piece world. Law could remain as a rival, thereby him not joining makes sense and is still in line with his character. At the same time, he wants to know the meaning behind the Will of D. which is seemingly why he took an interest in Luffy and why he saved him at Marineford since he was the only other D. member he presumably knew of. He can keep sailing with Luffy, as a Straw Hat officially or in spirit. Either way will be satisfactory for his character. Momo is the other half of bringing the Dawn to the world and leading Wano back from the brink, so he's got a satisfying arc regardless of joining Luffy. Yamato gains nothing from having all this set up to leaving with Luffy just to say at the end "nah, changed my dream, I'll just stick around Wano." That will be a waste and makes most of her flashbacks, and her character as a whole, mean nothing.
 
So where is it stated that Law waited years to join Luffy's crew, got a personal recommendation by his brother, and declared to Doflamingo that he wanted to sail with him?
Not join the crew, but form an alliance. Not a personal recommendation from a brother, but he did save Luffy's life. He didn't say he wanted sail the seas with Luffy, but he expose his utter faith in Luffy like Yamato was.

I talk about the red herring later.
 
If Yamato wasn't by Momo's side, that would be a great additional motivation for Yamato to help in the Raid. Not only is their and Wano's freedom at stake, they must deliver Oden's last memento to his son. It would make a great plot point and would create some tension whenever Momo was in danger. That's not really a point towards Yamato and Momo being together being necessary.
Momo is the main character in Yonko Saga, and Luffy trusted Yamato enough to protect Momo to stay alive.

The only thing it did was confirm to Momo that he had to survive the Raid.
And how Momo can survive the raid? Yes, by maturing himself. At least being a 28 year old, he is much stronger than he was 8 years old. Momo knows he must survive the Raid, and he doesn’t want to burden anyone else protecting him all the time by being a helpless 8 year old child.
 
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Zoro obliterates Yamato. Stop smoking crack.
In 2 pieces

So Chopper and Franky did not actually join and they are only guests this whole time? Bold theory...
Where did Luffy refer to them in similar fashion?

He sees Yamato the same way he sees Law and Kid, allies. Despite knowing her dream, Luffy can't even call her properly.

He wanted Chopper already,
Franky joined cause they needed a shipwright.
 
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