I don't think Hancock will join, I think she has too many responsibilities to deal with. Also remember each member of the SH contribute something to the crew (musician, cook, first mate, etc) and I'm not sure what Hancock could contribute except be a love interest. It could happen but I'm not quite seeing it right now.
Then again, this is Oda we're talking about.
TBH I can't see Jinbei joining either, even though I think that a fishman (or at least a merman, but a fishman would be tons cooler) should be in the crew. Really it's kind of mandatory at this point since the manga has been talking about prejudice against them for a while now, it'd be a chance for Nami to get over what happened with Arlong, and it would be a good balance against the devil fruit users in the crew with their weaknesses towards water.
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I don't think Hancock will join, I think she has too many responsibilities to deal with. Also remember each member of the SH contribute something to the crew (musician, cook, first mate, etc) and I'm not sure what Hancock could contribute except be a love interest. It could happen but I'm not quite seeing it right now.
Then again, this is Oda we're talking about.
TBH I can't see Jinbei joining either, even though I think that a fishman (or at least a merman, but a fishman would be tons cooler) should be in the crew. Really it's kind of mandatory at this point since the manga has been talking about prejudice against them for a while now, it'd be a chance for Nami to get over what happened with Arlong, and it would be a good balance against the devil fruit users in the crew with their weaknesses towards water.Then what title would a fishman contribute to the crew? ..Chopper already has the title of emergency food supply, lol.
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Then what title would a fishman contribute to the crew? ..Chopper already has the title of emergency food supply, lol.
Maybe food collector since we all know the crew has a hard time with fishing. xD
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lol the Fishman will be the Helmsman since they can steer the ship by going underwater if necessary.
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Fishman for oceanographer~~~!
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lol the Fishman will be the Helmsman since they can steer the ship by going underwater if necessary.
Not sure, I think Franky can handle that position just fine.
Fishman for oceanographer~~~!
I think Nami can handle that one as well.
Hmmmmā¦
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Not sure, I think Franky can handle that position just fine.
I think Nami can handle that one as well.
Hmmmmā¦
Franky is the Shipwright, so his job is probably just ship maintenance, not to physically steer it. If Shipwright and Helmsmen then their probably wouldn't be two positions.
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with a fishman franky doesn't need to worry about the pressure under water.
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ā¦.wow lol I already said I don't dislike Hancock, you're just venting at me senselessly. I'm not getting into a Hancock war, I told you my reasoning that I don't think she will join is because she has kings ambition like Luffy, I also thing she's too strong. That's my reasoning, so why are you saying "come up with better arguments than it's too hard?" Instead of logically disputing what I'm saying you're just getting your panties in a twist and saying I'm trying to start some Hancock war and hate her. Grow up. I guess I should expect this with someone that has Hancock as a sig, taking everything personally.
Like I said, I don't care whether you like her or not. That does not interest me. What interests me is the dumbass statement you made. Things like she's too strong or she's a shickibukai, those are logical, decent arguments. But the moment you throw in "too hard" to the mix, then you lose all credibility. That's like the opposite of saying Oda can do anything to the story. Both extremely lame arguments that would take away the need of discussing things in the first place. You can try to make this about Hancock all you want to try to make me look bad, I've stated clearly for all to see what my true intentions are.
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@Thousand:
Like I said, I don't care whether you like her or not. That does not interest me. What interests me is the dumbass statement you made. Things like she's too strong or she's a shickibukai, those are logical, decent arguments. But the moment you throw in "too hard" to the mix, then you lose all credibility. That's like the opposite of saying Oda can do anything to the story. Both extremely lame arguments that would take away the need of discussing things in the first place. You can try to make this about Hancock all you want to try to make me look bad, I've stated clearly for all to see what my true intentions are.
this whole post is about the statement "it's too hard" which I didn't make. This is all a misunderstanding, so let me explain.
I said it the reason it seemed hard to plausibly come up with a good way for Boa is because she won't join. I'm not saying that she won't join because it's too hard. My first post was just a quip, not meant to be taken as an argument against Hancock joining the crew, that is why I elaborated when you confronted me about it with my reasoning. So how about instead of rephrasing my original, less important statement, you just respond to my ACTUAL argument.
ā¦hope this clarified your misconception about my position on the issue.
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ā¦Wait wait wait, what's too hardā¦?
If you're talking about Hancock, it would seem all the guys reading one piece are, lol.
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Anyone here get hard over a manga character?
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Anyone here get hard over a manga character?
Oh you weren't around when the perona accident occuredā¦ But don't worry it's the internet... Everything is possible even if there are not enough facepalm pictures available to comment it.
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this whole post is about the statement "it's too hard" which I didn't make. This is all a misunderstanding, so let me explain.
I said it the reason it seemed hard to plausibly come up with a good way for Boa is because she won't join. I'm not saying that she won't join because it's too hard. My first post was just a quip, not meant to be taken as an argument against Hancock joining the crew, that is why I elaborated when you confronted me about it with my reasoning. So how about instead of rephrasing my original, less important statement, you just respond to my ACTUAL argument.
ā¦hope this clarified your misconception about my position on the issue.
Well fine then but be careful about how you phrase posts in the future. It'd help avoid unnecessary conflicts. The only thing I cared about was that hard statement, the rest I couldn't care less about because it's been gone over a thousand times before.
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I still say neither Jinbei or Boa will join.
Both have chances but I can't see it. Boa has to finally throw away her status and Jinbei have to show more. For now Jinbei is acting more with Luffy as team than Boa. She is standing still on the marines sideā¦ But who knows what will happen.
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Croc joining would be sarcatic. No way Croc can join. Everybody thinks so.
But, well, I'm looking forward Croc's flashback. Oda has given hints about his past many times. Like he did with other members. That makes me think Croc's flashback will be done very detailed like Robin's and Nami's onesā¦Does that give him a chance to join?
Croc can change. More exactly, turn back to his old self.
No SH member has turned out from a bad person to a good person. They're all good from the beginning but wearing a mask. Wouldn't a new member joining with his phylosophy changed be more creative?If Croc won't join, the only reason is:
[hide]ā¦he is too awesome to be a straw hat...[/hide]
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Croc should become a yonkou after WB will get his ass kickedā¦SH not even for fun.
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Croc should become a yonkou after WB will get his ass kickedā¦SH not even for fun.
Ace will replace WB.
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Hancock actually does seem the most likely to me, and that's speaking from a non-fan angle, since I don't really like Hancock at all. It's just that she has a bond with Luffy, a sad past and isn't too overpowered. Her dream obviously has to do with non other than Luffy himself and what better way to pursue that than to follow him.
I still hope Perona has a chance, though. ;)
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She fought Smoker who seemed pretty beat upā¦ Yeah she isn't overpowered. And yeah she had a 1 chapter sad backstory. Hell Wiper had even more. And she is a really loyal as she is still standing with the marines. What a great nakama.
But yeah I'm for Perona anytime
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How about that Hancock likes her Shichibukai title? Even when she didn't want to go to the war, she said she wanted to keep her title.
@Stephen:Hancock: Finally, you have come. Men, always such troubleā¦
My recent reply was a lie! I will go to no war!!Hancock: However, I wish you not to strip my title from me!
And I want all of your cargo and treasure.Hancock: I enjoy the status of a Seven Armed Sea. I do not wish it taken away...
But I hate the World Government... I do not want to hear their orders.
How about this outcome, then? All the sailors who came for me...
...met an unfortunate accident at sea, turned into stone, and were wiped out...
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That's why she wont join! Easy at it is or some people really thinks she can hide all the time at Luffys crew
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She fought Smoker who seemed pretty beat upā¦ Yeah she isn't overpowered. And yeah she had a 1 chapter sad backstory. Hell Wiper had even more. And she is a really loyal as she is still standing with the marines. What a great nakama.
But yeah I'm for Perona anytime
She has a backstory that can be expanded upon in the future and Smoker isn't that strong actually. He just happens to have a logia fruit, which is useless against Hancock's haki.
But yeah, Perona anytime.
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Honestly, when it comes to Hancock, title vs. Luffy: which do you think is more important to her?
Does the fact that she said that the World Government could do whatever they wanted for her rescuing Luffy say anything?
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Hancock will never join, HURRAAAAY!
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It's been over a thousand times, but yeah I think that people are stretching when they think she'll join, they just want a new SH so they look for one wherever possible. I've said it before, my theory is we get a Fishman(Or Fishwoman, or Merman) most likely to be a Helmsman to help navigate the tougher waters of the new world. I have a more in depth theory but that's the gist of it. Boa hasn't followed the patter of Strawhats help character through tough scenario creating bond for them to join(exception being Robin, who went through this in Enies Lobby instead) If anything, Boa has helped Luffy, she played a supportive role like Jimbei or Rayleigh. It is the power to make friends that Mihawk was talking about. As for the Perona theories, I think her power is probably too broken, and she doesn't have a deep enough character in terms of backstory. I admit though, I think Perona is an awesome character.
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Boa hasn't followed the patter of Strawhats help character through tough scenario creating bond for them to join(exception being Robin, who went through this in Enies Lobby instead) If anything, Boa has helped Luffy, she played a supportive role like Jimbei or Rayleigh. It is the power to make friends that Mihawk was talking about. As for the Perona theories, I think her power is probably too broken, and she doesn't have a deep enough character in terms of backstory. I admit though, I think Perona is an awesome character.
But pwnobi, don't you know that since Robin was an exception among the Straw Hats, that it can happen again?
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That's why she wont join! Easy at it is or some people really thinks she can hide all the time at Luffys crew
I wouldn't have such a cock-sure attitude if I were you considering you think freakin' spoiled, whiny goth loli princess has better chances.
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I doubt there's something like Yonkou (or Shichibukai) after this war.
After WB died the pirate world goes nuts and chaotic.Why should the other three Emperors disappear? The Four Emperors aren't an organisation. They are simply the four most powerful pirates in the world that rule the New World like Emperors (most probably each having his own territory). If one of them should die it shouldn't rather encourage the other three to take that territory over instead of quitting being an Emperor altogether.
As far as the Warlords are concerned. Well, if the Marine + Warlord combo is supposed to be put up against an Emperor then they'd pretty much still need them considering that there'll be three Emperors left.
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Yeah, I'm not sure how exactly the "Shichibukai will no longer exist after the war" theory became so popular when so far 5 of the warlords are fulfilling their obligations and the fact that there is still 3 Emperors left.
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But pwnobi, don't you know that since Robin was an exception among the Straw Hats, that it can happen again?
Well I would respond with two points:
1] She's not an exception to the pattern of getting helped by the SH's ect ect, only the circumstance of it happening prior to having her Join. Even if the SHs had to go help Amazon Lily to save them, I doubt it would be their leader that would join.
2] If their are continuous exceptions to the pattern it wouldn't really be a pattern anymore. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I believe in the pattern! lolWhy should the other three Emperors disappear? The Four Emperors aren't an organisation. They are simply the four most powerful pirates in the world that rule the New World like Emperors (most probably each having his own territory). If one of them should die it shouldn't rather encourage the other three to take that territory over instead of quitting being an Emperor altogether.
As far as the Warlords are concerned. Well, if the Marine + Warlord combo is supposed to be put up against an Emperor then they'd pretty much still need them considering that there'll be three Emperors left.
lol it can be like Aflame Inferno, we'll call them the Sankou, or however threekings would be said.
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@Thousand:
I wouldn't have such a cock-sure attitude if I were you considering you think freakin' spoiled, whiny goth loli princess has better chances.
Did I say Perona is more likely? Read my post and than start to talk.
I see even Jinbei more interacting with Luffy now than Boa who is still on the wrong side.
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Let's say, through some kind of miracle, Hancock remains with the Shichibukai.
That still means that they have two open slots (what with Jinbei defecting and Blackbeard doing lord knows what).
I think that's a pretty big deal to set the Shichibukai in an uproar.
And if Hancock were to quit, well, the whole organization may very well collapse.
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In a worst case scenario, Buggy can take over as the 4th Yonkou, and the 6th and 7th Shichibukai.
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In a worst case scenario, Buggy can take over as the 4th Yonkou, and the 6th and 7th Shichibukai.
I seriously think Buggy could become a Shichibukai.
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I seriously think Buggy could become a Shichibukai.
That is true following the running gag of everyone thinking he's more powerful than he really is.
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Nah, Buggy's got his sights set much higher than that. Nothing short of Emperor is going to satisfy him. He's going to be the one to replace Whitebeard, just watch.
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Nah, Buggy's got his sights set much higher than that. Nothing short of Emperor is going to satisfy him. He's going to be the one to replace Whitebeard, just watch.
If that happens I will lolz so hard.
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Nah, Buggy's got his sights set much higher than that. Nothing short of Emperor is going to satisfy him. He's going to be the one to replace Whitebeard, just watch.
As I was trying to say, he can take the role of one or two warlord positions in his spare time from being an emperor.
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As I was trying to say, he can take the role of one or two warlord positions in his spare time from being an emperor.
I know this whole Buggy situation should be funny and all, but with people talking all the time about it, IĀ“m getting annoyed xD
Hope he sacrifices himself in this war, and will die as a legend :DI really wanna see how Buggy gets out of this and whoĀ“ll follow him ^^
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I'm going to pretend I didn't just see someone who thinks Buggy should die.
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Personally, I would assume that there is really no directly shown character that has a reason to join at the moment. That means that all of the currently revealed characters really don't have any reason to join at all. However, if I were to pick a single character of the many from the characters that are connected to the story still, it would have to be Ms. Perona-chan.
Some may ask why? Some may not careā¦
To me, it seems that the idea behind Perona's predicament is able to let her join.
She is stuck with Zoro on an island void of anything, but a single shadow, dark object that has recently been shown. Of course, given that Zoro has a hard time with directions, her chance of being "continued" in the story is still there as she is in a sense able to have a connection with the plot and story progress.
Having that, it allows her to basically continue on and meet up with the Strawhat crew, which can allow her access onboard and then end up being able to join.
There aren't really any prominent arguments against her, since she is basically free of any of them.
--The idea that she is "bad" and an evil person is fairly incorrect... Her character actually has support in the manga to think otherwise.
--She is loyally attached to Moria, which is false since her character only joined him for "fun" and never really made any connection besides that mere feeling...
--She is weaker than Usopp; which is false because of a few reasons:
[^]Usopp is "negatively" lower than her, therefore, one can assume that he is "weaker than she is" which is fairly probableā¦
[^]Her DF ability doesn't only involve Negative Hollow, instead, she is able to use explosives to attack peopleā¦ Therefore, that ability will allow her to be on par with all the other characters and such.
[^]Even if she lost, it doesn't mean that she's weaker than Usoppā¦
--She's too strong... I disagree, in the cover arc series, Zoro was shown to have his swords somehow; meaning that he got them from her... So, it means that he is able to overcome her and that would mean he is stronger than her... Continuing forward, Luffy is stronger than Zoro, so it stands... Lastly, her DF may be countered by haki, however, her explosions are well able to be used regardless...
--There is no reason why you shouldn't assume that she has more "story" involved since basically she is given the chance to have some connection towards the plot and a sad past.Being technical, there really is nothing that stops her from joining... In addition, she has "motive" to join as well, which is due to her character being lonely and such.
So, I figure that her character may allow her to join the crew. If there is a character that joins in these recent arcs.
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Zoro didn't force them from her; she willingly gave them back. Otherwise they wouldn't be going for a walk together; she'd be trying to blow him up.
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@The:
Zoro didn't force them from her; she willingly gave them back. Otherwise they wouldn't be going for a walk together; she'd be trying to blow him up.
I'd rather her trying to make him kill himself.
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Croc will joinā¦ That would be a twist. Unexpected as hell xD
Damn he is just too bad-ass to not appear all the time xD
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Well, he did score some points on the road to redemption with Luffy but it's still hard to see it happening.
I'm not against it tho, the most interesting thing for me would be Robin's reaction to it.
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Well, he did score some points on the road to redemption with Luffy but it's still hard to see it happening.
I'm not against it tho, the most interesting thing for me would be Robin's reaction to it.
Would be the same as SHs raction about Robin. xD
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@The:
Zoro didn't force them from her; she willingly gave them back. Otherwise they wouldn't be going for a walk together; she'd be trying to blow him up.
In the manga; how he got the swords was basically left unexplained.
There is no "walk" she is merely using her Astro-Projection form to follow him; basically stalk him.
As far as willingly conforms; no such evidence in the mangaā¦ Leads us to question how he got the swords...
It's too quick to judge, really...
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Damn, it looks more and more like Croc will be the next nakama.
Character development, an as yet unrevealed pastā¦and he was a boss.But I can't see how he will be able to interract with Robin, whom he tried to kill and whom he ordered around for years.
That wouldn't work...unless he gets turned back into a woman I guess.