Don't worry about the Grand Fleet stealing the spotlight; only two of the captains will get primo page time 👌
They're amazing; Ideo has one of my favorite moments in the manga that gives me chills, Orlumbus deserves more page time so maybe he'll get even more, Sai is a badass/empathetic character with high DC, Leo is my lil fella and Bartolomeo is terrible but other people like him.
But they're all (mainly) entirely established as people; Oda may throw them something here and there, like say I wouldn't mind say Leo glowing up as an earnest adventurer, or Ideo wants to prove himself as champion amongst pirates, or Sai sill come into his own as the Don of the Happo Navy and as a hubby etc etc and they'll all have dope/hilarious interactions.
But the only two with true stories going forward are Hajrudin and Cavendish.
The future King of the Giants and the Pirate Prince.
Elbaf is an integral arc and post-Dressrosa Oda has put a bit of Hajrudin here and there with Buggy, Big Mom, and now even Ohara; he reiterated his dream three times in Dressrosa and even introduced us to each of his crew members in his cover story, plus his inner monologue during the Machvise fight set's up his future arc.
Then we have The Pirate Prince "White Horse" Cavendish, The "Carving Winds of Rommel" and Captain of The First Ship of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
He has the most substantive relationship/continued interaction with Luffy out of all the captains and elevated portrayal by Oda in Dressrosa as a couch sitter or post-Dressrosa in his mentioning by Ace/the reveal he was originally conceptualized as a former rival of Ace's by Oda; making it make even more sense why he was so tied to Luffy.
Keeping him in check throughout Dressrosa/speaking back to him, and being entrusted by Luffy/delivering the thesis statement of the fleet as a group.
He doesn't come to the fleet with a nation I.e Sai or a million men plus a Yonta Maria i.e Orlumbus or with the backing of his people i.e Ideo and Blue Gilly.
But as a famed captain with a graded sword and reputation that lives up to it; a dual personality with possible deeper implications to dive into; the head spot in the fleet despite Oda's attempt to say the ranking didn't matter to a point.
He has more to his person whether that's his cynicism on human nature as mirrored in Doffy's words to Momonosuke (the one good thing about Barto is that he's mutual cynical about society but from the gutter rather than way up high and with opposite reactions to and interest in the public) but ultimately principled in his position as former royalty.
And the few other distinct character moments thrown his way throughout the arc.
Cavendish is meant to be one of the pirates to stand atop the era; he could see the current ahead of him and tied himself to Luffy as the most senior pirate of the fleet, knowing that it's the most efficient means of getting clout.
https://worstgen.alwaysdata.net/for...-magical-dressrosa-moment.33795/#post-3594455
(Read my beautiful thread on Cavendish/a overlooked and beautiful Dressrosa moment up above
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Cavendish's character cannot be complete without him performing great deeds worthy of his epithet and gaining much more popularity with means page time; we can anticipate his relationship with Luffy remaining similar and that in any movements of the fleet he will most likely take point in decisive action/on page representation.
So expect Hajrudin and Cabbage prominence and don't worry about the rest crowding the manga
Oh and Barto will be right below them/next to Sai but with less established future character needs/total buffoonery (Cabbage should be cleaning up his mess with Shanks atm) and being the worst fleet member so I shall not acknowledge him
They're amazing; Ideo has one of my favorite moments in the manga that gives me chills, Orlumbus deserves more page time so maybe he'll get even more, Sai is a badass/empathetic character with high DC, Leo is my lil fella and Bartolomeo is terrible but other people like him.
But they're all (mainly) entirely established as people; Oda may throw them something here and there, like say I wouldn't mind say Leo glowing up as an earnest adventurer, or Ideo wants to prove himself as champion amongst pirates, or Sai sill come into his own as the Don of the Happo Navy and as a hubby etc etc and they'll all have dope/hilarious interactions.
But the only two with true stories going forward are Hajrudin and Cavendish.
The future King of the Giants and the Pirate Prince.
Elbaf is an integral arc and post-Dressrosa Oda has put a bit of Hajrudin here and there with Buggy, Big Mom, and now even Ohara; he reiterated his dream three times in Dressrosa and even introduced us to each of his crew members in his cover story, plus his inner monologue during the Machvise fight set's up his future arc.
Then we have The Pirate Prince "White Horse" Cavendish, The "Carving Winds of Rommel" and Captain of The First Ship of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
He has the most substantive relationship/continued interaction with Luffy out of all the captains and elevated portrayal by Oda in Dressrosa as a couch sitter or post-Dressrosa in his mentioning by Ace/the reveal he was originally conceptualized as a former rival of Ace's by Oda; making it make even more sense why he was so tied to Luffy.
Keeping him in check throughout Dressrosa/speaking back to him, and being entrusted by Luffy/delivering the thesis statement of the fleet as a group.
He doesn't come to the fleet with a nation I.e Sai or a million men plus a Yonta Maria i.e Orlumbus or with the backing of his people i.e Ideo and Blue Gilly.
But as a famed captain with a graded sword and reputation that lives up to it; a dual personality with possible deeper implications to dive into; the head spot in the fleet despite Oda's attempt to say the ranking didn't matter to a point.
He has more to his person whether that's his cynicism on human nature as mirrored in Doffy's words to Momonosuke (the one good thing about Barto is that he's mutual cynical about society but from the gutter rather than way up high and with opposite reactions to and interest in the public) but ultimately principled in his position as former royalty.
And the few other distinct character moments thrown his way throughout the arc.
Cavendish is meant to be one of the pirates to stand atop the era; he could see the current ahead of him and tied himself to Luffy as the most senior pirate of the fleet, knowing that it's the most efficient means of getting clout.
https://worstgen.alwaysdata.net/for...-magical-dressrosa-moment.33795/#post-3594455
(Read my beautiful thread on Cavendish/a overlooked and beautiful Dressrosa moment up above
)Cavendish's character cannot be complete without him performing great deeds worthy of his epithet and gaining much more popularity with means page time; we can anticipate his relationship with Luffy remaining similar and that in any movements of the fleet he will most likely take point in decisive action/on page representation.
So expect Hajrudin and Cabbage prominence and don't worry about the rest crowding the manga
Oh and Barto will be right below them/next to Sai but with less established future character needs/total buffoonery (Cabbage should be cleaning up his mess with Shanks atm) and being the worst fleet member so I shall not acknowledge him
