Character Discussion What are your thoughts on the Straw Hat Grand Fleet ?

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What are your thoughts, opinions, theories and speculations on the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, and on the various crews and individuals that compose it such as Bartolomeo and his Barto Club, Cavendish, Hajrudin and his New Giant Pirate Warrios, the Happo Navy, Orlombus and Tontatta ?

Do you like them and their story so far ? Which one is your favorite ? Which members would you be more interested in ? How to make them better or more interesting characters ?
 
#2
From all of them, Barto was my favorite.
I think him having an interesting devil fruit help the cause.

The rest not having interesting powers make them uniteresting for me. But overall, I'm glad for their existence, it justifies Luffy being a Yonko.
 
#3
Boring designs for boring characters.

I remember liking FMI, even Hody's character non-revelation. Being OK with Punk Hazard's mess of a plot. But as soon as the Colosseum mini-arc dropped, I was starting to check out of OP.
 
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#9
Not of fan of how it started.
Especially the size of it.
Should have grown more gradual.

All in all its not necessary.
 

Yoho

I'm Quite Dandy
#10
I like the concept but most of the characters themselves are pretty meh

Cavendish is by far the coolest and I hope we learn more about the Hakuba persona
 
#12
Blue Gilly is noted as a cunning person and with Abdullah and Jeet being tied to explosives I could very well see a strategic bombing in the endgame orchestrated by Ideo's crew using all of their talents in tandem.


Bartolomeo:


My thoughts on his arc going forward, written before he was clapped by Shanks but still applicable because I knew that would happen.

Also despite my stated former dislike of Bartolomeo, I've always appreciated how him and Cavendish are mutually cynical about society from alternate vantages; one's a pariah and the other is praised, one's from the gutter and the other gilded in gold, but they're both disillusioned. So Oda endears us to both by making their intros in the colosseum rebukes of the concept/audience as a whole.

(Barto's "bomb" and disgust and Cavendish's rebuke of the spectators on Rebecca's behalf)

Hajrudin:

Past analysis that I still find applicable.


But I'll also add that I like his Dressrosa story, it's an arc of humbling and his line about only needing a single arm as well as noting Machvise not being a bird has always hit for me.

The New Giant Warrior Pirates are set to be my favorite crew in One Piece and I've known for years that Oda would give them extra attention given that Hajrudin's cover story was just introducing them by name after leaving Buggy.

And with his new revelation about King Harald it strengthens my idea that him and Usopp will have a dual arc of growth together, I just could never pin what it would be other than maybe Hajrudin already noting him as a great warrior after the visage of God slips away; but now I think it'll have to do with insecurities/hurt born from their distant father's as now we know that Hajrudin was a village kid yet still harbors anger at Loki for his death.

Orlumbus: He's a humanitarian lol and his Yonta Maria besides carrying giants will be used to rescue people from the coming flood most definitely.

Leo: He's cute and cool, no strong feelings but no dislike; oh wait his relationship with Mansherry is very funny.

And Don Sai: He represents a kinder direction for the future on account of his mercy, as shown when Don Chinjao berated him for his concern for the enemy; that makes him a fitting member of the SH Grand Fleet. I love that he recognized the exact issue behind Baby 5's socialization and wants to help her find her worth as an individual; but given Sai's gag is a total hatred of compliments, she'll also help him become comfortable with affection. I love the Lao G fight chapter and "Call Me Don," is just goated.
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Totally looking forward to all of these *cool* character cameo entrances in the final saga…
*bad situation*
“KIIIIINNGGGG…… PPUUUNNCCHHHHH”
-break next week
The narrator literally already confirmed they'd be coming back in a way that doesn't mean cameo appearances.
Also Elizabello technically isn't a fleet member so he could appear in a different way, but I wouldn't mind him tagging along.
 
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