Who will be the next Strawhat


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Carrot was there to showcase the abilities of the Minks in a winning scenario of course the Sulong ability that was already mention by the dukes (who said they would have dominated the invaders who almost wipe out the country) to be a massive transformation, would be a dramatic reveal

Its the power up that gives an entire side of our army a fighting chance

Where as Yamato is just apart of her combat list, its an ability but doesn't need to be over blown, especially because she is put in a situation that even she herself said she wouldn't win

So putting an unnecessary amount of hype behind a reveal just for her to inevitably lose would be pointless

Which is why she showcased her abilities in the fight against a foe she wouldn't beat but still showed she was capable, showing her ability without undermining them because she already recognized she is fighting a loosing fight

Where as Carrot Sulong was over exaggerated and then proceeded to disable ships and beat fodder making her ability come off as just that powerful

The context to the reveals matter, its lends nothing to their candidacy as a new crew member, if that were the case then Dalton would have joined the crew given how his Zoan was revealed

Let me indeed, put the transformation of Carrot into context. This is not just the abilities of the minks that was demonstrated here, it was Carrot's radiance using that power. The subject of chapter 888 is not "the mink tribe" it's Carrot. And you can check no non strawhat has never been depicted like Carrot was in chapter 888. As a centerpiece of a master piece. None. Even some strawhats themself have never been depicted with such visual and narrative showcase.

So yes, we must put into context those two transformation, but we had to to it right. We have to put them into the context of the entire story to see why one of them matter so much.

Carrot's transformation was not just "over exaggerated" Oda made it look like a transformation coming from a 1001 night folk tales.

This is importante because it shows HOW Oda actually sees the protagonist.
 
When Luffy shares food with another character, he doesn't "don't care" about them
Luffy wants a big banquet after the war with the non-SH allies which include Carrot and fodders who'll survive the war...

But that doesn't mean that Oda and Luffy really care about them...

Carrot and Pekoms are just tools to demonstrate how Sulong works... Why them? Because they're weaker than the main guys in Inu and Neko...
 
Luffy wants a big banquet after the war with the non-SH allies which include Carrot and fodders who'll survive the war...

But that doesn't mean that Oda and Luffy really care about them...

Carrot and Pekoms are just tools to demonstrate how Sulong works... Why them? Because they're weaker than the main guys in Inu and Neko...
Yeah yeah yeah.. ^^ in the meantime, we are still waiting for Luffy to share food with YamaO

 
Yeah yeah yeah.. ^^ in the meantime, we are still waiting for Luffy to share food with YamaO

You can't really think all these arbitrary fanmade rules mean more than the current direction of the story itself. You're just looking at any random thing that happened with Carrot and calling it a criteria that a new nakama must fulfil. Do you have any ides how many non-crew members Luffy shared food with? And even if it mattered, what chance was there for them to eat together? They met in the middle of a battle that hasn't ended yet. After Wano Luffy will no doubt share food with the whole alliance, including Yamato. And before you make up another rule and say end of arc parties don't count, Luffy didn't share food with Franky until the end of arc party either.

Also he never shared food with Robin before she joined the crew so this is meaningless anyway.
 
You can't really think all these arbitrary fanmade rules mean more than the current direction of the story itself. You're just looking at any random thing that happened with Carrot and calling it a criteria that a new nakama must fulfil. Do you have any ides how many non-crew members Luffy shared food with? And even if it mattered, what chance was there for them to eat together? They met in the middle of a battle that hasn't ended yet. After Wano Luffy will no doubt share food with the whole alliance, including Yamato. And before you make up another rule and say end of arc parties don't count, Luffy didn't share food with Franky until the end of arc party either.

Also he never shared food with Robin before she joined the crew so this is meaningless anyway.
Nah, I'm just looking at characterization. Luffy proposed meat to Carrot. Something he almost never does (he said it himself, he does NOT like to do it). It shows he cares about her. That straight up fact is boxing against the argument that Yamato has somehow a better "complicity" with Luffy than Carrot. This is wrong, and one panel proves it.
 
Nah, I'm just looking at characterization. Luffy proposed meat to Carrot. Something he almost never does (he said it himself, he does NOT like to do it). It shows he cares about her. That straight up fact is boxing against the argument that Yamato has somehow a better "complicity" with Luffy than Carrot. This is wrong, and one panel proves it.
Self serving...
 
With regards to the next Nakama, the most obvious choice for the 10th & final crew mate is Yamato but her being the most obvious choice doesn’t necessarily mean she’d end up joining. Moreover the fact that she’s so obvious even to the point that it feels forced should really be really be raising a few eyebrows considering Oda goes out of his way to mislead his readers and chooses the less obvious choice more often than not. Most recent example of this was errone & their gradmum thinking Yamato was gonna be the Byakko :milaugh:

Looking past the smokes & mirrors, here are some strong reasons why it doesn’t make sense for Yamato to join:
1. The devil fruit pattern theory
Chopper = 1,10 (Hito Hito no Mi ✅)
Brook = 4,3 (Yomi Yomi no Mi ✅)
Luffy = 5,6 (Gomu Gomu no Mi )
Robin = 8,7 (Hana Hana no Mi ✅)
Yamato = 2,9/9,2 (Oguchi no Makami❌)

Oda was asked about this in SBS but declined to comment on it which is super sus.
Moreover if you add up all the numbers in the devil fruit pattern like so:
110 + 43 + 56 + 87 + 29
You get ‘325’ which is San-Ni-Go -> Sa-Ni-Go/Sunny Go).
This makes way too much sense for it to be a mere coincidence hence why a lot of the OP fanbase particularly the JP OP fanbase consider this a major factor with regards to deciding the next nakama.

By the way currently known DFs that fit the 2,9 pattern are; Nikyuu Nikyuu (Kuma), Fuku Fuku (Kin’emon), Kibi Kibi (Otama). Some people say Juku Juku (Shinobu) but it feels forced to me personally 🤷🏾‍♂️.

Also considering Tama’s df no is 9,2 (92) which doesn’t help add up to 325. I’d say it’s unlikely that she’s is 10th one.

2. Role/Importance to the crew
She has no clear role on the ship. All of the SHs save Robin were recruited with a specific role in mind.
Luffy needed manpower -> Zoro (Combatant)
Luffy needed a Navigator -> Nami (Navigator)
Luffy wanted a Ship which resulted in the need for a Sniper -> Usopp (Sniper)
Luffy needed a Cook -> Sanji (Cook)
Luffy needed a Doctor -> Chopper (Doctor)
Luffy needed a new ship and with it came the need for a proper Shipwright -> Franky (Shipwright)
Luffy needed a musician -> Brook (Musician)
Luffy wanted a Jinbe 😂
The only exception is Robin, who stowed away on the ship & became a crew member rather agressively & even though the SHs didn’t know it at the time they needed Robin as she’s the sole person in the verse that can read the poneglyph.

It is also important to note that all of the characters above demonstrated that very unique skill which can be tied to their current roles on the ship in thier introduction arcs.

3. She knows way too much.
Luffy has already made it very clear that he doesn’t want to know anything about OP or Raftel so Yamato having read Oden’s journal significantly hinders her chances of joining.

There are also other minor but important reasons like said character’s interaction with the crew members etc. and Yamato has barely had any interaction with the SHs so far.

Also with only one spot left on the crew the last crew member will almost certainly be a devil fruit user that matches the devil fruit pattern and considering Oda already knows that we know about the pattern given his personality it could very well be that he has someone who he intends to have the said devil fruit join the crew before they even consume it (or maybe even towards the end of the arc).


What’s funny about this is that Carrot actually matches all of the above to a T (and the fact that she doesn’t have a DF makes her a more reasonable choice for the 10th crew member than Yamato.
Franky or Usopp will get Kuma's fruit eventually

I could see Franky eating it himself. Usopp's slingshot with Kuma's fruit would be interesting
 
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