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I'm sorry if appear again as presumptious but ask yourself a question:
What is an archeologist on a ship ?
The answer is the following:
A guide. In One Piece, the ones who reads the anciant text are the ones who guide the ships.
That is .. again one of Oda's trick. By milking the theme of the guide through Robin (remember she is the one who guided the Strawhat to skypea) oda is making a point : Robin is more than an archeologist on the ship, she is the cap giver.
Now.. let's go back to the first chapter of her introduction. I'll let you go to chapter 114 and read two thing:
- First you will read and try to understand what Robin is trying to do in that chapter
- Then you will read the title of the chapter both in japanese and english
And you can continue reading
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Yup.. you got it. A guide, a cap. When I'm explaining that each strawhat are being introduced with the very capacity of their post, I'm not joking, for most of them it's in the very first pages:
- Brook : Singing
- Robin : Guiding
- Nami : Predicting the weather
- Sanji : Cooking
- Luffy : Being brave
- Chopper : As a assistant doctor
For the others, it is done in the very few chapter following the introduction:
- Zoro: Fighting
- Usopp: Snipping
Only two exception where those introduction for the role came a BIT later
- Franky: Needed a boat to build
- Jinbe : Needed a boat to navigate
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For Carrot it's the same. First pages of her introduction : Sentry/look-out.
I'm really not exagerating by saying that Carrot has been introduced as a look out and that is her role. It's part of a pattern Oda has been installing since the beginning of the story.
Of course it could be THE exception in the ENTIRE story where a secondary character is presented at the job of a crewmate.. but the probability for it to be the case are close to none. Oda loves his pattern. Making Carrot have the role of a crewmate just for fun would be senseless from his part.
What make the most sence here:
- Oda introduced a crewmate role to a secondary character for the first time in the entire story just for fun
Or
- Oda introduced a crewmate role to a secondary character because this character will play a role as a crewmate