yall say that every week and never happens
People keep jumping the gun every chapter and this one is no different.
Not only is there no ending with the Straw Hats reaching another island.
But the Yamato flashback basically makes her into a direct Vivi parallel.
And knowing what happened after Vivi chose not to join I would be slightly concerned if I didn't want Barrel to join.
Of course it can easily not happen as well, but there have been continually no L factors here. And it taking a few chapters is far from one of them.