The next new Nakama? Part 2

OmegaSplash

I'm still leaning on Kamie. I know she seems unlikely, but she feels fleshed out to me, and we've characterized her. Just throw a depressing back story on her and she's good.

BUT WAIT (Benzaie reference)!

For those who need someone who fights… I'm so ODed on fighters. I'm perfectly content with someone who delivers something than a vicious fighting style. I'd like a character who's just unique, and not wacky unique like a lobsterfish monk who fires harpoons out of a bow and arrow. I'm setting myself up to not expect something absurdly outlandish.

Fishman or mermaid. That's all I want at this point.

Dark_Kaomi

I want two more crew members one of which is a merman and the other is female.

Ravager

foxy will join cause he is on impel down too

and just cause i felt to here is another controversial comment

the real reason why luffy isnt attracted to bitches like alvida or hancock s cause

! he prefer sluts like Nami

Shaman monk

we need a lovable fat guy in the crew or scary fat guy and i guess he will be a merman does sea mammals like whales and dolphins fall under merman? hes a whale merman and he ate the armor fruit.he used to be the mermaid princess best friend but when he found out that she was selling people to the slave trade he decided to fight back and stop it.he looks up to jinbei to cause he used to be a cabin boy for the sun pirates

brennen.exe

@Shaman:

We need a lovable fat guy in the crew.

A strong fat guy who can turn the constitution of his skin into steel, fights with a big chain that has a hook on one and, and has a special attack that includes latching the chain onto something with the hook, connecting the other end to his belt, and then curling into a ball and solidifying his body while screaming out: "Wrecking Ball!"

Ravager

merman/fishman + DF = FAIL!

Ravager

I actually think that the last member will be Fat but the next one without doubt will be a girl

[hide]and i dont like fat girls[/hide]

Shaman monk

ok instead of a df how about he is able to control the toughness of his skin cause of some special merman fighting or whale thhick skin defense

Ravager

^thats much better =)

EDIT: wait that is pretty much Tenkai

Shaman monk

no he is able to control how hard it is and he is able to move freely instead of being one place.he's all about turning defense to offense

brennen.exe

So we now have a fat fishman that has extremely hard skin and can (flex?) harden his skin at will, fights with a chain that has a hook at the end, curls in a ball to do a special attack, and is pretty strong and lovable.

Croy

I say a blind fishman that is a helmsman that uses a spear as his weapon. He uses his knowledge of the sea as a means to gracefully steer the ship unlike anyone else can and I really think a blind person would give something new to the ships crew :P.

My fun yet shallow wish.

Ravager

lets add that he always try to hit on woman and is always turn down

brennen.exe

But…....Sanji?

Ravager

is the same with brooke too but who cares, he is lovable

*Meh*

Fat, irascible, crooked-minded, but still somehow lovable lout that plays poker and steals anything not nailed down. "Nailed Down" being defined as "Doesn't come off of the floor when you pry it up with a crowbar." Non-DF, non-martial-artist: this guy will pick up anything and use it in a fight. Shows no apparent interest in sex, yet has women crawling all over him. In short, the undeserving, oversuccessful bastard most men wish they could be.

Zik

does sea mammals like whales and dolphins fall under merman?

Don't think so cuz all of them have been fish so far. I don't know if dolphin fishman would be pulled off since it's an oxymoron. There could be a near extinct race of dolphin men(making fishmen the poor man's version of them lol).

Anyway fat fishman sounds good but it just sounds like some Tom clone. This fat lovable fishman will have to be distinct and can be differentiated from Tom.

I say a blind fishman that is a helmsman that uses a spear as his weapon. He uses his knowledge of the sea as a means to gracefully steer the ship unlike anyone else can and I really think a blind person would give something new to the ships crew :P.

Although blind guys in manga/anime can be cliche/typical they're still badass. I like this but instead of hitting on women change it to always having corny/lewd pick up lines that he happens to think are really romantic. Also the crew is suspicious about him really being blind lol since he makes comments that only a person who can see should make.

SHs reach Raftel
Blind fishman: Wow One Piece is beautiful you guys!
Other SHs: You can't see dumbass!
Blind fishman: Oh yes, yeah…...... that's right.

Fat, irascible, crooked-minded, but still somehow lovable lout that plays poker and steals anything not nailed down. "Nailed Down" being defined as "Doesn't come off of the floor when you pry it up with a crowbar." Non-DF, non-martial-artist: this guy will pick up anything and use it in a fight. Shows no apparent interest in sex, yet has women crawling all over him. In short, the undeserving, oversuccessful bastard most men wish they could be.

Awww man now I'm loving where this is going, this whole idea has progressed nicely. Oda should have the fan suggest the final nakama

Duuffie

SH tank is probably Luffy

But I would like to see a speaman type tank, that'd be sweet

Shaman monk

@Shaman:

someone with long sleeves who fights with his sleeves.he has an eye patch and when he open his eye patch he is able to summon a giant snake called Mr.Gatsby (just like the book).see when he ate a dimension devil fruit something went wrong with the fruit and concentrated its power on his left eye

he likes to listen to music in his head and sometimes practice belly dancing with mr.gatsby which helps him with his fighting in a way.he loves animals alot and to the point in where it becomes obsessive.his dream is to meet a rare king\d of specias called the red bull where it is rumored to be around raftel.did i mention he also has long tongue that he could use in battle

i posted this before and no one said anything. so what do you guys think?

bugiipoppu

@_Meh_:

Fat, irascible, crooked-minded, but still somehow lovable lout that plays poker and steals anything not nailed down. "Nailed Down" being defined as "Doesn't come off of the floor when you pry it up with a crowbar." Non-DF, non-martial-artist: this guy will pick up anything and use it in a fight. Shows no apparent interest in sex, yet has women crawling all over him. In short, the undeserving, oversuccessful bastard most men wish they could be.

And as a result, everyone hates him but Luffy. Nami hates him for (trying?) to steal her treasure, Sanji and Brooke and Usopp and Franky hate him for his success, Zoro thinks he's annoying, Chopper thinks he's cool, and Robin just laughs at him.

That'd be a nice dynamic. They all warm up to him eventually.

brennen.exe

Now, if only we could guarantee Oda will be reading this. Anyone know any kidnappers that can also translate English <–> Japanese?

MEAT77

@brennen.exe:

Now, if only we could guarantee Oda will be reading this. Anyone know any kidnappers that can also translate English <–> Japanese?

The flying fish riders led by "Iron MAsk" Duval is the man your looking for.

The crew needs a fat bald guy!!! Oda please make this possible, the crew needs a Buddha.

Ravager

what would his nationality be?
it seems that all SH have one specific which determines alot on his personality and way of talk
like Sanji is french like so his moves are on french while Zoro is japanese like and his attack are on japanese
robin attacks are half spanish half french so there can be mixture too

btw congrats on reaching 1500post!!
i remember when it was just 800-900, sniff it grow soo fast

Zik

^Well for the fat fishman I'd say keep it with the theme of the other fishmen so far. Arlong, Hatchie, Tom, etc. don't have distinct backgrounds but I guess it's all the same. As for the way he talks I'm thinking Fat Albert or JJ from Goodtimes or just a 1970s pimp lol.

But seriously maybe some generic theme when it comes to fights like Usopp's in a way since you can't really categorize it other than silly.

Oh yea and 1500+ posts. Here's to not having 1500 more and the crew being complete already goddammit.

Ravager

^ now that you mention it waht do you think will happen to this thread once the crew is completed?

maybe we will argue about who will join other crews like
i think bellamy will join Buggy, its very obvius

Captain Cool

Moria's sweet hat for nakama.

blym

a mermaid was abandoned when young and found by fishmen. they raised her as their own, and never told her about her past. as she thought she was a fishwoman, having legs was natural. hence her tail split when she was very young, much like how pappug learnt to speak =P unfortunately she was caught when she ventured upon dry land with her new legs, then sold for a princely sum to a world noble. there she was given jet dial skates and was forced to perform acrobatic acts. she masters her jet dial skates and is as graceful in the air as she is underwater. in fact she can swim even faster than normal mermiads because she uses her jet dial skates with her hands in addition to her tail. her dream is to travel the seas, and eventually her goal of reverse mountain because it is: high, and is at the other end of the world from mariejoa.

age: ~17
fighting style: she would be to sanji what brooke is to zoro: agility over brute strength.
role on ship: an excellent scout/oceanographer thanks to her mobility both above and underwater as well as sonar capabilities.

i haven't thought much about character traits yet. maybe you guys can contribute =P

Faren

Why is everybody wants a mermaid or a fishman to join the crew? I can't understand what is so great about these fishes. Could it be that some of you want a second emergency food supply beside to Chopper?
I think a living skeleton and a human reindeer are are more than enough weird nakamas, for one pirate crew.

Also I can't understand the argument that Boa is too strong, to become a strawhat. Sure she is much stronger tha every other strawhat before joining, but her personality offers so much possibilities for her development in the crew and her character moulding that her strength is unimportantly imo.

herr_sebbe

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Dark_Kaomi

I know I want a mermaid/merman/fishman/fishwoman because it's practical. Four of the nine current Straw Hat members are Devil Fruit users, making them dead in the water. The other crew members won't always be free enough to dive in after them. If they have a member who is not just proficient in the water but a fantastic swimmer, it would be a huge help over all. I want it to be a merman because a) merpeople are the fastest swimmers and b) Sanji has always wanted to see a real mermaid so it would just make him fail, again, if a merman were to join. Also, want them to be over 30 so they will have legs. Savvy?

Faren

Sanji has already seen his real mermaid, so that point is meaningsless imo. And because of this lifeguard thing, the mermaid or fishman can also not be free enough to rescue Luffy or one of the other DF users.
But hey, maybe Oda surprising us as always and let Hancock and a fishman/mermaid join at the same time.

Gorlom

@Zik:

Don't think so cuz all of them have been fish so far. I don't know if dolphin fishman would be pulled off since it's an oxymoron. There could be a near extinct race of dolphin men(making fishmen the poor man's version of them lol).

I think you are forgetting about Hacchan being an Octopus. Unless I'm mistaken octopusses and squids are classefied as invertebrae (or something) and not "fish".

Fishman can probably be any marine creature. (possibly excluding any amphibious ones).

Zik

@Dark_Kaomi:

I know I want a mermaid/merman/fishman/fishwoman because it's practical. Four of the nine current Straw Hat members are Devil Fruit users, making them dead in the water. The other crew members won't always be free enough to dive in after them. If they have a member who is not just proficient in the water but a fantastic swimmer, it would be a huge help over all. I want it to be a merman because a) merpeople are the fastest swimmers and b) Sanji has always wanted to see a real mermaid so it would just make him fail, again, if a merman were to join. Also, want them to be over 30 so they will have legs. Savvy?

You make it sound as if one mermaid/merman/fishman/fishwoman would be able to save multiple DF using SHs at once. It's been 500+ chaps and if a SH who has a DF falls in the water they will be saved by the other 5 non DF using SHs or a new friend.

Saving them from drowning is not the reason for a mer- or fish person to join the crew. That's just an assumed extra. This whole swimming thing is being overrated when you look at things in the long run.

I'd rather the foundation of a mer- or fish nakama be more unique and stable than just that. It's one of the many reasons I think if one does join there skills, dreams, will have nothing to do with swimming or anything specific about their own race but something that any person could try and achieve. For them swimming and all that fish/mer stuff is common, natural. It's not special for them.

Faren

@Gorlom:

I think you are forgetting about Hacchan being an Octopus. Unless I'm mistaken octopusses and squids are classefied as invertebrae (or something) and not "fish".

Fishman can probably be any marine creature. (possibly excluding any amphibious ones).

Yeah, I used fishes as an topic for all of the many possibilities of marine creature, a fishman or mermaid could be.

Shaman monk

@Shaman:

someone with long sleeves who fights with his sleeves.he has an eye patch and when he open his eye patch he is able to summon a giant snake called Mr.Gatsby (just like the book).see when he ate a dimension devil fruit something went wrong with the fruit and concentrated its power on his left eye

he likes to listen to music in his head and sometimes practice belly dancing with mr.gatsby which helps him with his fighting in a way.he loves animals alot and to the point in where it becomes obsessive.his dream is to meet a rare king\d of specias called the red bull where it is rumored to be around raftel.did i mention he also has long tongue that he could use in battle

ok seriously do i have to make this character a merman or a fishstick to get people's comments on this

Gorlom

It's not a serious suggestion so why should we bother if we don't want to Shaman monk? It's obviously just a joke that you don't get without knowing the reference… By the looks of it it's not even a good joke.

Faren: I wasn't Quoting you or talking to you. I can't even find the post where you were talking about what races/spicies could be fishmen... How did you come into the conversation? =S Was that your first contribution to what kind of spicies could be fishmen?

brennen.exe

@Gorlom:

Faren: I wasn't even Quoting you or talking to you. I can't even find the post where you were talking about what races/spicies could be fishmen… =S

He was just agreeing with you and reiterating the point by saying that he also suggested that once.

Shaman monk

@Gorlom:

It's not a serious suggestion so why should we bother if we don't want to Shaman monk? It's obviously just a joke that you don't get without knowing the reference… By the looks of it it's not even a good joke.

Faren: I wasn't even Quoting you or talking to you. I can't even find the post where you were talking about what races/spicies could be fishmen... =S

what joke am i trying to pull off cause this truefully another idea i hade for a nakama.care to explain whats so funny about it

Gorlom

Ah his post just seemed really wierd to me…

Kinda like Cletus in the episode with Homer and the bear where some hunter says "lets bring this bear down good" cocks his gun
Cleatus: "Yeah, real good" cocks his gun
Hunter: "What you said didn't really add much" cocks gun again

Looking back at my post I might seem a bit agressive. i was mostly just wondering why he responded like that.

what joke am i trying to pull off cause this truefully another idea i hade for a nakama.care to explain whats so funny about it

Nothing. That's the sad part. It just comes off as a joke. Are you telling me it's not? =S

If this is a serious attmpt at a character then it's so bad I don't even know where to begin to critizise it. It just looks like you tried to cram as many "cool ideas" into a character as you could possibly fit without caring about substance.

You begged us for a comment, that's your comment right there.

Shaman monk

what cool ideas are you talking about cause knowhere near my mine was those ideas that i considered cool.

and who the hell are you calling sad and i wasnt begging, i was asking people not just you, i wouldn't want an opinion from an ass with disrespect

Gorlom

perhaps the reason noone commented on your idea was that they had nothing good to say about it and therefor thought it was best that they keept quiet?

Dark_Kaomi

@Zik:

You make it sound as if one mermaid/merman/fishman/fishwoman would be able to save multiple DF using SHs at once. It's been 500+ chaps and if a SH who has a DF falls in the water they will be saved by the other 5 non DF using SHs or a new friend.

Saving them from drowning is not the reason for a mer- or fish person to join the crew. That's just an assumed extra. This whole swimming thing is being overrated when you look at things in the long run.

I'd rather the foundation of a mer- or fish nakama be more unique and stable than just that. It's one of the many reasons I think if one does join there skills, dreams, will have nothing to do with swimming or anything specific about their own race but something that any person could try and achieve. For them swimming and all that fish/mer stuff is common, natural. It's not special for them.

Kokoro did didn't she? Either way I never said my reasoning was bullet proof. Either way, I think another nonhuman member would be a nice balance.

Zik

@Dark_Kaomi:

Kokoro did didn't she? Either way I never said my reasoning was bullet proof. Either way, I think another nonhuman member would be a nice balance.

Yea but that won't be the case every time. If so that'd be extra lame in an attempt to force that characters "importance" or "helpfulness"

Dark_Kaomi

@Zik:

Yea but that won't be the case every time. If so that'd be extra lame in an attempt to force that characters "importance" or "helpfulness"

Mm, true. Still, having a half human half fish person on a ship in a world that's about 90% water just seems smart to me. Especially when 4 of 9 crew members can't swim.

Zik

@Dark_Kaomi:

Mm, true. Still, having a half human half fish person on a ship in a world that's about 90% water just seems smart to me. Especially when 4 of 9 crew members can't swim.

I don't mind a fish or mer- person for nakama at all. I actually like the idea. It's just I hate it when they're possible job/profession/role on the crew is stereotyped to what they are as a species.

Cuz Oda took the fishman and then gave em fishman karate. He didn't do anything lame like communicating with other fish to get help in a fight or something specifically for that group. He leaves the door open to say all ppl in the OP world can be unique. So when it comes to nakama if one does join I think Oda will definitely mix it up and not make it so predictable.

AnonymousStrawberri

Yeah so it's definitely going to b no one we think. Just like when we thought it'd be that other guy and not Franky. He's switching it up again. My personal pick will go for…it's definitely going to be the mer-chick. Plus..think about it...Oda's a man of both action and comedy..just think of the multiple personality clashes with a mer chick.....

and just the fact that a weird thing like that is on the ship:
-Luffy will constantly wonder how the fish part of her would taste...
-so will Sanji XD
-Nami will play with her finally having a another girl on the ship...
-Robin..won't care XD
-Usopp will flip out of fear every time she pops up...Kodak moment

Poor Sanji will be so confused XD

Duuffie

GUYS GUYS!

New Debate!

Perona, will be the next Nakama.

The Dude

Perona can suck it

GuetaMinute

^This man speaks the truth

AnonymousStrawberri

It would widen the range of style on the ship tho. plus she's cute you jerks.