I'm gettig the strange vibe that hanyabal is a possibility. He has defied his boss, and constantly does anyway, so theres a chance of conflict there. His ability is still unknown, so Oda wants to surprise us with that. He's decently strong, has his own jokes. His dream could be anything, nothing has been close doff yet. and then, finally, the SH's will have someone with insider knowledge that can help them out a bit in the New World.
Next Crew Member Speculation (Ver 3.0)
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^His dream is to become ID's chief.. How can he accomplish that if he'll go to Raftel?
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goal yes, but he may have another dream. Brooke's dream wasn't immediately visible, he just wanted his shadow back. Franky didn't have a dream for a while. Not saying there is any decent evidence for what I'm saying, just that I'm getting a vibe, similar to Paulie's which in that case, was wrong.
It's notl like we know what the Supernova's aims for the New World are. why go into dangerous uncharted territory, if they are powerful enough to live comfortable lives in say, Jaya, which seems to be untouched by Marines. Boa's past was also a surprise. all I'm saying is that this is Oda, and he never makes things all too predictable, so much like Robin's joining, this is something that would throw a lot of us off.
If his DF ability is interesting enough to warrrant a nice new fighting technique, the chances rise. His undermining of authority, and exhibitionism make for good on-ship jokes too. Best yet: he is always vying for the chief warden's seat, this could lead to funny fights about who gets to sit on the Thousand Sunny's front lion head. noone has to support me on this, I'm just speculating with, what I think are some interesting points, though far from definitive.
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Mr. 2 won't join because he's too similar to Sanji.
It's not like Brooke and Zoro where they clearly have a very diverse style (Brooke incorporate music and sound waves in battle), where as Zoro is just beast in everything. Sanji and Mr 2.'s fight, from my recollection was basically a mirror of fights (for the most part), with Sanji being the stronger of the 2.
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yeah, Mr 2 won't join, as was argued, they're too similar. He will simply be a ONakama forever, much like Vivi.
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Voiceactor (or what ever it is called in english), is same, if I'm correct?
Seiyuu, and yea I guess
@Shinchibukai:
I can see Mr. 2 joining them, although I would prefer a character which we didn't see before.
Another H2H combatter would be nice, someone without a DF and fighting with both his fists and legs.
Or a hot chick, only Robin and Nami isn't enough. :whistling:
Bon Chan IS a hot chick
I say Ace gets let free and then finds out that Luffy went through all that trouble to save him and Whitebeard (or was it blackbeard) his captain didnt try to save him and joinrs the SHP
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yeah..for he fans who want the next nakama should be a woman or a man…mr 2 is the best choice,,,okama is both man and woman..... :)
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yeah..for he fans who want the next nakama should be a woman or a man…mr 2 is the best choice,,,okama is both man and woman..... :)
people that want the next nakama to be a woman or a man won't really care, no would they???
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Mr. 3 for Buggy Pirate crew member, definately. Maybe the crew will be a little more efficent with Gial Dino on board.
As much as I'd like everyone's favourite Okama Mr.2/Bon Kurei/Bentham/Bon-chan to join, what makes him Strawhat potential?
I mean sure, he's got the whole Nakama ties and sheer manly balls protecting Luffy no matter what thing going on, but as someone already pointed out Okama Kempo is a pretty close fighting style to Sanji and Zeff's. Well okay, he punches as well, but is that really enough to get him in the crew?
Then there's the dream aspect. Oda can probably come up with one quite easily, but doesn't he still have his own crew and ties to return to out in the grand line?
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someone already pointed out once that there are also similar fighting styles for luffy and zoro as well in the mid tier. Franky can shoot his arms out like luffy and brook is a swordsman like zoro. There is no argueing that the fighting styles are a bit similar and indeed mr 2 uses his hands too, the technique he uses is quite different and if he were to join he would probably develop an even more different style then Sanji. I think there is possibility for mr 2 to join although I think he might go to okama island with Iva perhaps
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Someone pointed out to me the other day that Bon Clay might be One Piece's Bruce Lee Character.
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yes, they even look the same!!! :P
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OK now that I read this I see Bentham in a new ligh of epicness!
I might even get over Marguerette and the black Hippie 4 Nakama if he joins… -
Well to start a sort of new discussion about the next nakama (if there will be any)
You know I was thinking, One Piece has many different Nations/Races. One of those is the Merfolk that Oda has hyping up.. My discussion point:
Which nation or race could we see with the StrawHats?
We have:
Skypians
Merfolk
Amazones
Okama's
Marines
GiantsI forget something?
Well my personal opinion..
Skypian is out of the pic, because I think Usopp is sort of one. He fights with Dials. So I don't see a Skypian join
Then we have the Merfolk. It has been hyped up since Arlong Park. We saw in Davy Back one. And in the beginning of the Duval arc we saw the first Mermaid… wait let me retype it...:
And in Enies Lobby we saw the first dugon.... sort of mermaid.
Then we came in to Shaobody and here some sort of history of the merfolk. About the discrimination. I see potention in that reason. Maybe a future Merman/Mermaid who's goal is too show that Humans and Merfolk can live togeter. What's better than 2 show that on the ship of the future Pirate King?We also learned that there was Fisher Tiger who freed some slaves.. on Mariejoa..
Also we heard there is a Mermaid Princess. I can only believe Fishman Island is going to be a grand arc. Maybe even one of the best. I could think of Doflamingo as the main enemy there.. oh wait back to topic.Last we saw the Amazones. We met some girls there, who in first sight had some potential but then we left amazone lily with no clue whatsoever..
I was re-reading the AL arc. And I saw that Luffy told Margrette to come back with his Crew to AL, I am thinking that could happen before going to the New World. Maybe!, what could mean that Margrette still had a chance. Still it's small because we know nothing to little of her..Then we got 2 know the last Schichibukai: Empress Boa Hancock. First a Bitch, then in front of Luffy. A cute girl who got a love stroke. Could this mean that Hancock could join the SH and leaving AL aside?
We saw many people say, no it's impossible she join because of her Schichibukai status en Empress status. She would endanger her people when they knew of her betrayal. Still I think, she already did something, I just know it's coming out some of these chapters. When that happens, I could think of AL being destroyed and Hancock seeking revenge or something like that. It's just an idea. Nothing more. Also Luffy could defend AL with his name. But maybe that's a litlle to much. ;)Okama's,. well the only one we know so far is Bon Clay-sama. And ofcourse the mentioned Iwa San. Still we know little of him, so I guess you can take him out. Untill we know some more of him. Bon Clay is someone who is a real pall to Luffy, which could mean easy, he is going to join the SH. But no, I think they make Sanji learning some Okama Kenpo like things which makes an Okama not usefull anymore. Maybe they even make Sanji an Okama. Which would make the Sanji fans very angry I guess. But oh well it could make some funny new jokes. He starting to shout Zoro chwuaaan or something like that
My opinion an Okama is a no.Then we've got Giants. Yeah first people are ging to say. TO BIG. Yes you're right.. but what if he ate the Size fruit or Small fruit? I could think of a giant who can become small like a dwarve and then grew to the size of a normal human. O well maybe just plain fantasy. But since we saw some on Little Garden and Enies Lobby. And Usopp wants to go to Elbaf. And we going to see Elbaf. Sure of it. I think it could be pretty plausible we going to meet up to a giant whoes has some sort of fruit. It's Oda you know. And we already saw the Kilo Kilo fruit why not the Meter Meter fruit xD.
Maybe it's a no go because of Luffy's Gear Third attacks. Maybe its a go because it would be cool.. No ideaThe last one comes later.. have to think about that ;)
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Here are some of the races you left out for future crew mates.
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Eh, just have a Fishman martial artist and a female fighter (whether she be of the Amazonian bent or not), and I'll be satisfied.
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um marines are not a race
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um marines are not a race
They are NOT??!
Then why does their sign say "Möwe"? -sometimes at least -
Curious thing about the image LongFist posted… so the Long Arms (Apoo's tribe) are not seeing as humans? And could the Long Legs be the village where Brook landed? We weren't able to see their legs in any panel, so...
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The possibilities of finding a new crewmate in one of the islands that every member landed are high my opinion is .. but jinbei joining the strawhats is a rly cool idea, despite the fact that he owns the title of SB. I personally believe that Bon Clay will join them since his bonds with luffy got stronger .. another fact is that he seems to be more serious and more of a martial art user as previous guys stated. Something that the crew is missing.
But what rly worries me , isn't who is gonna join the crew but the lvl of his strength. Dunno if it's just me but it seems that even though their skills are improving they still lack power. Power that nami , ussop , franky , chopper , robin cannot give them. As you have all noticed the enemies are keep getting stronger , and the only core members that can protect everyone and re-ensure the possibility of winning a battle are Sanji , luffy , Zoro. If these 3 got beaten the rest of the crew is done for, plus the fact that the new arcs introduce pirates and enemies with larger crews, having a vast amount of strong ppl, a first man and a cook cannot always deal with them , for e.g Kuma outnumbered all of them. Last but not least , haki cannot save their asses since it's not mastered yet , adding the fact that most of the times luffy goes unconsious while others still standing in cases like Enies loby , Bark thrill etcSo my Vote goes to a strong ally even if it's a shicibukai ..
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@Rue:
point 1: excellent post ….
point 2: 'So my Vote goes to a strong ally even if it's a shicibukai ..I absolutely agree with you on point 1.
I disagree with point 2 cause to me the reasons you gave in point 1 can be used to argue that the monster trio and the rest need to mature and learn new stuff in order to become stronger. It's difficult to have them evolve all together in one row so that they can enter safely the new world (somehow). I think that the bonds between the SHs are really strong. Having someone new will be imo too much now. They need to come back together and discover what they are now able to do.A strong new nakama will make the ID arc now useless as i think it's a training arc for each SH.
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Ye i know .. but you know what happens when a trully strong member joins. IT GETS NERFED. :sad: Just like robin did, at first she seemed indestructable, making her ability look so cool and so fearsome at the same time. To put it simply, her fruit gives her the ability to strangulate even strong enemies with out any trace of hardship and strangle to achieve it, simply because the enemies are not aware of her devil-fruit, neverthless she seems to suck in battle atm, mostly because they introduced us a sign of stamina reducing her ability to it's full not to mention that she hasn't used a new combo for years now.. even nami improved her clima control while robin declined.
If that's the case, jinbei will just be nerfed to fit the other members. And to begin with, we still don't know about it's true power, and capabilities in combat. The fact that he is shicibukai does not mean that he has to be sooooo fearsome. Crocodile for e.g was neither hard to win nor easy, all you needed was a strategy. Jinbei, will surely have some weakness and i am quite sure that if he ever was to join the crew, his weakness would be a major disadvantage or his power would decline way too much. That's something i cannot reason why the hell happens, but the only reason i can assume is that the main characters would be way overpowered. ;) -
Bon Clay is strong (and smart/cunning). In fact his strongest characteristics are similar to Sanji: he's a martial artist and his devil fruit enables him to trick/ outsmart his enemies.
I believe someone already mentioned the fact that Franky and Brooke are like weaker versions of Luffy and Zoro (though I'm not sure I agree with that). If I agreed with that, then I'd say Bon Clay is a weaker version of Sanji, except I don't agree with that. He's strong enough to fend off those crazy-ass super wolfs meant to guard level 5 prisoners AND not to mention he's survived in ID for god knows how long. I mean he's probably not as strong as Sanji, but surely stronger than Brooke and Franky. BAH maybe I'm just playing favorites…. Bon Clay is such a good character. I'm lovin the spotlight on him in recent chapters.... too bad Mr 1 didn't get much attention.
Now all we need is some background info on his dreams or goals..... cuz all soon-to-be crew members has some kind of dream that would be satisfied by being on the crew
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I'm all for Bon Clay joining the crew, but he has no use outside battle, which is what makes it hard for me to imagine him joining.
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Yeah, I don't see Brook or Franky being mirrors of Zoro and Luffy. Everyone in the Strawhats has a unique way of fighting. Even Brook, a swordman, fights in a way completely different than how Zoro fights (Zoro tends to rely on brute force and slashing where as Brook relies on speed and trusting). I don't think that analogy can really be used to determine who will join the crew.
I am really liking Bon Kurei in these chapters. He's fun, loyal, brave, strong, and possesses great will power. He would make a great Strawhat, though the voice thing is a problem. Oda did design Franky based on Bon Kurei's voice actor, probably the intent of having him voice Franky. So, while it would be great to have Bon Kurei sailing with Luffy, I don't think it's happening.
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I'm all for Bon Clay joining the crew, but he has no use outside battle, which is what makes it hard for me to imagine him joining.
Wha?
! He has the power to mirror anyone's appearance. Yeah you might think it's useless, story wise, but so far he has prove to be smart and cunning with his DF powers. Not only was he able to trick the the Head Warden with ease but also managed to get Luffy all the way down to level 5.5. Not to mention he practically saved his life!
All Bon Clay needs is tragic back story, a goal, and he's set. Although Oda can give us break from that and Bon Clay can be the first Non-tragic-back-story-determined-goal crew member. Also I hate the thought of Boa Handcock being the next nakama. I really, really loath that character.
If there's a reason Bon Clay won't join Luffy is that his crew mates are still alive. Brook may have been a captain but his nakama are all dead. Bon Clay probably won't abandon his crew and leave them to die in prison.
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Ivankov will turn Bon Clay into a sexy lady, THEN s/he joins.
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Ivankov will turn Bon Clay into a sexy lady, THEN s/he joins.
Seconded. Actually that could make for a funny scenario for Sanji and Bentham interraction. This would singlehandedly be the weirdest nakama ever.
Yep, even weirder than a cyborg who runs on cola, a living skeleton or a shape shifting reindeer. Nothing can compare to Bonnie-Chan -
With the introduce of the underground secret location of outlaws, we cannot assume a thing. . maybe some of them help luffy and end up getting some new members out of the imprisoned fellas. Bon-chan still seems to lead the poll of whom will join, but like i said it's not that clear any more . . Either way, OP was always like that, what u expected to happen was reversed and when you did not expect it to happen, at that time it surprise you and happens.
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How about Inazuma?
it's a woman (i think) whom the crew desperately needs more of.
She rescued SH and bon-chan from freezing hell, so she has a good heart
got an interesting fashion sence
We do not know her full power, but she questionably went to freezing hell and away from the "Flower Guarden" the Prisinor's heaven.
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Some mod, any mod!! Please remove the poll.
It's an eyesore.
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The Strawhats need a way to combat Logia type fruits - be it another Logia user, or Haki… Who knows.. just saying.. Crocodile... Ace....
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The Strawhats need a way to combat Logia type fruits - be it another Logia user, or Haki… Who knows.. just saying.. Crocodile... Ace....
Or a completely new character with an earth or lava or plasma or air or wood or stone/rock or plant logia. Or any other cool logias suggested or haven't been thought up yet.
At this point I don't give a fuck how broken logias are to some ppl since as of now haki is more broken(yea I know it hasn't been fully explained yet) so I wouldn't mind a nakama with it as long as it fits. The whole too powerful or more powerful than the monster trio, especially Luffy is mute/moot point since the cap has king haki. The other 2 don't matter since they're not aiming to be 2nd and 3rd strongest in the crew.
The way Oda's going with haki Luffy has the most potential and will eventually be the best on the crew when it comes to using it and it helping him win hard fights. I'm not sure if he'll just give it to everybody or a few let alone a new nakama. It seems likely he'll give it to a few imo.
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I introduced a different idea .. that one of these guys might join them, but you guys just jumped into conclusions again. You started naming ppl and stuff .. calm down it's still the beggining, after some mangas we may see even more ppl, as the situtation is and how the plot is unfolding we cannot speculate who is going to be their next nakama. It could be either one of those who we have already mentioned or someone who we haven't even seen.
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Minotaurus will be the final nakama in luffy's crew
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I'm totally convinced it will be the the new person that shows up next week and has a few speaking lines and some amount of effort has gone into their character design.
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I would like to see the chief warden under magellanus, it would be so funny to see him trying get luffy's position and be the captain.. just like he does with magellan ^^
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I feel it will not be Hankcock simply for the way she uses her ability. By forming hands into heart. Robin already display her hand a a wierd way to use her fruit.
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Such ridiculous fact would be worthless in any other series, but in OP it seems quite logical. Either way, that might not be the actual reason, but it sure is a negative fact so Hancock won't join.
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It seems to me that Oda's pushing Bon Clay as the next Nakama, but will he do it? Hachi came back and Luffy called him a friend and even fought for his sake but that didn't go anywhere.
Though I see Bon Clay as a more respectable choice than Hachi, who I preferred over Hancock. Give Bon Clay a backstory and a dream and he's good to go.
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Luffy appears to be friend with anyone that won't challenge him again .. he could even be friends with arlong and the others. All they need is, not to hold a grudge against him and have a funny and nonsensing side..
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It seems to me that Oda's pushing Bon Clay as the next Nakama, but will he do it? Hachi came back and Luffy called him a friend and even fought for his sake but that didn't go anywhere.
Though I see Bon Clay as a more respectable choice than Hachi, who I preferred over Hancock. Give Bon Clay a backstory and a dream and he's good to go.
Actually Hachi never got the chance to join considering the events at Shabondy Achipeligo. Luffy and the others will have to head back to where Hachi, Keimi, and Pappag are eventually, giving any or all of them a chance to join the crew.
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No one right now really fits in with the crew. Hopefully someone will come up though, cause I think we'll need another nakama soon.
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I would guess that the next nakama would have to be a girl, as the ship is turning into a bit of a voyaging Sausage Fest. My guess out of everyone who has been introduced would be either Caime, or MAYBE Hebihime. I'm REALLY hoping it's her (I love Hebihime's character!), but her power seems as if it wouldn't really come in handy in big fights, and if it did, it would be too cheap.
And I'm sorry guys, I love him, but there is absolutely no way in hell that Bon Clay will ever join the Strawhat Pirates. Oda-sensei specifically said that he created Franky as a character so that Kazuki Yao (Mr 2's voice actor) would have someone on the crew to give that hilarious voice to. He neverwould have done that if he had any intention whatsoever of adding Bon Clay to the crew. The man is already voicing three recurring characters in the anime, Jango, Bon Clay, and Franky, for two out of the three of them (who sound very similar to each other) to be Strawhats would be somewhat ridiculous. Also, I have a feeling that with the recent additions of both Brooke and Franky, the ship has all the sexual deviants it needs for a while.
Besides, all of the Strawhat crewmembers have to have a skill other than fighting (Sanji - cook, Chopper - doctor, etc…). What would Mr. 2's role be, the ship's Okama cheerleader? What is his dream that he is sailing the Grand Line to fulfill? All of the Strawhats have one. It could possibly have been to meet the Okama Queen, but he's just done that. My guess is Bon-chan doesn't leave the prison paradise. :cwy:But as much as I hate to admit it, because I'm not the biggest fan of hers, in my opinion, Caime is the only one who could possibly become a Strawhat in the future, because first of all she's a girl. Secondly, she randomly shared her dream to be a clothes designer or something, a position that is open on the ship. Thirdly, she's a mermaid, and since Oda likes to keep it racially diverse as of late (human, cyborg, reindeer, skeleton), that greatly increases her chances, also since mermaids are epic swimmers, she could be the official rescuer of drowning Devil's Fruit users. She also has a ditzy personality which would contrast with Nami who is (lets face it) a bitch, and Robin who is somewhat withdrawn. Furthermore, she is indebted to them since they rescued her from slavers at least twice. I've thought it would be Caime ever since she was introduced, however I won't be mad if Hebihime joins instead, and gives Luffy some lovin' on the way to One Piece.
tl;dr version: Bon-chan will not join, there's a good chance Caime could, and I love Hancock.
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Your justification is good, but caime seems like the worse choice since she has no fightning ability to support the rest of the crew, plus she is going to be only trouble to them if he constantly get kidnapped.
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And I'm sorry guys, I love him, but there is absolutely no way in hell that Bon Clay will ever join the Strawhat Pirates. Oda-sensei specifically said that he created Franky as a character so that Kazuki Yao (Mr 2's voice actor) would have someone on the crew to give that hilarious voice to.
Okay, I agree with Bon Clay not joining due to sharing flamboyant traits of Franky's but why does everyone bring up the "no two same sounding characters" argument? Toei is notorious for recycling voice actors so I don't think they would mind so much. Anyone remember Ms. Masako Nozawa voicing Goku, Gohan, and Goten in DBZ? Despite the logic of the father and sons sounding the same, that's fine, but having multiple same sounding characters shouldn't really hurt the story that much.
I'm just real curious now. Do people use this argument based on voice originality, Kazuki Yao's health, or their shared personality quirks (which shouldn't be related to voice acting in the first place)? Should Oda's storytelling abilties really be hampered by Toei fumbling? I have strong doubts of Bon Clay joining but this doesn't sound like a good argument.
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I never noticed that franky and brook share the very same voice in the first place.. so i doudt if that's the problem. There may be lots of fans that noticed it, but there are even more that just like to watch the anime and not jumping into details.
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I would guess that the next nakama would have to be a girl, as the ship is turning into a bit of a voyaging Sausage Fest. My guess out of everyone who has been introduced would be either Caime, or MAYBE Hebihime. I'm REALLY hoping it's her (I love Hebihime's character!), but her power seems as if it wouldn't really come in handy in big fights, and if it did, it would be too cheap.
And I'm sorry guys, I love him, but there is absolutely no way in hell that Bon Clay will ever join the Strawhat Pirates. Oda-sensei specifically said that he created Franky as a character so that Kazuki Yao (Mr 2's voice actor) would have someone on the crew to give that hilarious voice to. He neverwould have done that if he had any intention whatsoever of adding Bon Clay to the crew. The man is already voicing three recurring characters in the anime, Jango, Bon Clay, and Franky, for two out of the three of them (who sound very similar to each other) to be Strawhats would be somewhat ridiculous. Also, I have a feeling that with the recent additions of both Brooke and Franky, the ship has all the sexual deviants it needs for a while.
Besides, all of the Strawhat crewmembers have to have a skill other than fighting (Sanji - cook, Chopper - doctor, etc…). What would Mr. 2's role be, the ship's Okama cheerleader? What is his dream that he is sailing the Grand Line to fulfill? All of the Strawhats have one. It could possibly have been to meet the Okama Queen, but he's just done that. My guess is Bon-chan doesn't leave the prison paradise. :cwy:But as much as I hate to admit it, because I'm not the biggest fan of hers, in my opinion, Caime is the only one who could possibly become a Strawhat in the future, because first of all she's a girl. Secondly, she randomly shared her dream to be a clothes designer or something, a position that is open on the ship. Thirdly, she's a mermaid, and since Oda likes to keep it racially diverse as of late (human, cyborg, reindeer, skeleton), that greatly increases her chances, also since mermaids are epic swimmers, she could be the official rescuer of drowning Devil's Fruit users. She also has a ditzy personality which would contrast with Nami who is (lets face it) a bitch, and Robin who is somewhat withdrawn. Furthermore, she is indebted to them since they rescued her from slavers at least twice. I've thought it would be Caime ever since she was introduced, however I won't be mad if Hebihime joins instead, and gives Luffy some lovin' on the way to One Piece.
tl;dr version: Bon-chan will not join, there's a good chance Caime could, and I love Hancock.
Good points but camie can not even walk barely on land. Imagine when the team needs to run for it. What will franky have to carry her around? So personally i hope it is a girl who can hold her own. There going to new world no need for a nakama who isnt at least mid tier of the crew
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@Rue:
I never noticed that franky and brook share the very same voice in the first place.. so i doudt if that's the problem. There may be lots of fans that noticed it, but there are even more that just like to watch the anime and not jumping into details.
What? Brook and Franky don't sound anything alike and are voice by 2 different people. Franky is Kazuki Yao and Brook is voiced by Cho.
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As much as I love Caimie, I don't think she will join the crew because she is too weak. As the Straw Hats enter the New World, they will need companions capable of surviving on their own in order to avoid another crewmate rescue arc.
I love Hancock also, but I don't see her joining. Its a shame though, as I could imagine Nami and Hancock having the most hilarious arguments.
Bon Clay would be the perfect addition to the crew IMO in terms of the usefulness of his devil fruit and his fighting ability. Sadly, I don't see him joining either.
Can females be okama? I would love to see a female okama join the crew, or at least someone who can change their gender at will.