@NANLIT:
Can anyone tell me why a lot of fans want another female just to help balance the genders of the Straw Hat crew? I could care less about the genders of the remaining new crew members, but I don't understand why a lot of fans say that the Straw Hats need another female. Can someone please answer this?
Well traditionally pirate crews are mostly male, so they don't need a woman, but Oda will never add a new crew-member who is just a plain person. The latest two additions were Franky (who's kinda cool) and Brook (who I dislike).. I don't want to see some new weirdo guy/creature added.
Boa Hancock would be perfect. I find her antics genuinly funny, and her being madly in love with Luffy, who in turn is completely oblivious to this fact, is likewise hilarious.
The only downside is that she is a shichibukai, and crazy strong.. stronger than Luffy (unless Luffy gets a lot more powerfull in this arc), so that makes it unlikely that Oda would have her join.
On the other hand, the way it's set up by Oda, Boa Hancock can't stay away from Luffy for too long or she'll die from her love-sickness, so I still hope she joins because it would be hilarious :)
Btw where is there talk of 2 crewmembers joining? In the beginning of OP when Luffy sets out, he tells Coby he wants a crew of 10 people, so isn't there only room for one more then?