I agree on accounts of Jinbei since he has an island to come, but Hancock's a sitting duck that is only waiting for some prolonging plot to surface. Perona has more "potential" to offer a stronger plot– and I agree that she's got nothing concrete yet; which is a good thing since neither Robin nor Nami had that shit revealed early on...
In her first appearance, Nami revealed she was stealing stuff in order to buy a village, and she hated pirates because they killed someone she loved, which gave a hint to her own future plotlines.
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/9/10/
Meanwhile, while Robin didn't show hints of her future, she showed that she was willing to help Luffy throughout her appearances.
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/114/15/
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/218/02/
Plus when she pulled Luffy out of Crocodile's quicksand; Perona did nothing like that in Thriller Bark, and Perona bandaging up Zoro wouldn't give the rest of the crew a reason to trust her; it's not even a very good reason for Zoro to trust her!
This isn't important. I'm not ignoring it, I'm just discarding a shitty reason since it doesn't explain what Kuma's super brain would have done if Perona killed Zoro.
It doesn't make any sense that Kuma would know something about Perona, and expect her to save Zoro if he was a good guy as you say.
Explain to me why both Zoro and Perona are in the same island, if that swordsperson is there too… We can try and ponder over what conclusions may come from all this, but it's pointless to do so.
A coincidence? Kuma asked Perona where she wanted to go and gave her time to respond, whereas he simply launched Zoro away. He likely had a plan as to why he sent Zoro where he did (as seems to be the case with the rest of the crew), but for Perona, he had no destination in mind so he asked her beforehand. You're still ignoring the fact that there would have to be an in-character reason for why Zoro was sent where he was.
Yes, Luffy did… Luffy HASN'T mastered it yet, and you are stating that Zoro will be taught it, which is yet another speculation on how one comes up with Haki skills in the first place. There's a reason why some people don't have it, and why others do... I don't believe you "try" it in that way, it might be different.
So, you are making a pointless assumption here. Continue on, when and only when you have Haki explained.
You're also making assumptions when you claim that Zoro will take Perona with him and that she will travel with the crew, even though Perona has expressed no interest in going with them, and they've expressed no interest in keeping her on-board. Luffy's on an island of people renowned for their use of Haki; there's still a chance that we could at least get some kind of explanation on what it is, or that Luffy could be taught to use it more consistently, before he leaves the island.
I agree with you, it is true that Perona + Zoro = difficult to grasp!! It just doesn't match up and no matter what I try to think over this, the only thing she could be instrumental at is helping him navigate to his island, period. Everything else is pointless to bring up since there's no solid connection at all. She can only help him return to SA, from what I know– if Kuma sent Zoro there and had Perona act as a guide, that's impossible... It had to be a method of delaying or "removing" those characters from the war or something like that. Therefore, Kuma sent the crew to places where they'd be stuck for some time, willingly:
Of the crew, Sanji is definitely not staying of his own will, and neither is Chopper. Robin's a prisoner, so her stay isn't willing either. Also, Perona has no method of transporting him back to Shabondy, so there is still that major obstacle, given that they'd have to navigate across an unknown amount of distance through the Grand Line's all-but unpredictable weather.
I am not…
Yes, I know what Moria can do-- I AM A PERONA FAN THAT READ PRACTICALLY EVERY PANEL IN THAT ARC SEVERAL TIMES...But, you're ignoring the whole situation-- why would Oda do a cliche escape for Moria at this stage in the first place; he was doomed. Furthermore, you are ignoring those "higher-ups" since when some "higher-up" wants someone dead-- they die.
Pagaya (Conis' father) was wanted dead by the highest power in Skypiea and was hit by a column of lightning as a result, but didn't die. The World Government wants all pirates dead, but they clearly aren't. Your argument has a lot of flaws already.
It is a cliff hanger that paves way for the future– sort of like how practically all of the death scenes, or fight scenes end up doing... This, however, is pretty much in your face: Moria is surrounded and getting his ass whooped by a bunch of guys.
Most of which are robots who have no chance of preventing Moria from escaping via switching places with his shadow, and the only other person being Doflamingo. Moria was apparently hit by a surprise attack, judging by his reaction (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/581/17/); now that he's aware that they're trying to kill him, he would try to escape. Again, Moria's death at this point wouldn't add anything to the plot.
Oda kills a lot of people, dude.
Then why were the deaths of Ace and Whitebeard so monumental for the fandom? Oda rarely kills in the present, preferring to put deaths into the flashbacks.
Prove it. You cannot because you just cannot speak for Oda. If Moria's death means something, it'll introduce the next arc and whatever that is is up to the writer. But I will say this that his death will elaborate on how the WG handles the power balance between the Yonkou and how the whole Shichibukai ordeal is structured– it is a VERY important death in the manga.
Except it was relegated to the end of a chapter and never referenced afterwards. You can't speak for Oda; none of us can. Does that mean that all of our opinions and speculation on everything about the series are completely invalid and don't deserve to be mentioned because they can't be proven? The balance of power already shifted as a result of the war, with one Yonkou dead and two Shichibukai removed. What would having one more Shichibukai taken out add to that?
You haven't countered mine ever.
The crew has no reason to accept Perona, let alone let her join the crew; her power-set would make fights involving her boring (her opening move leaves the opponent unable to do anything) unless every single opponent she faces is naturally negative (which would quickly get contrived); she's self-centered and only wants to be waited on hand and foot, which doesn't fit with the selfless teamwork of the Straw Hats; she's shown more desire to return to Thriller Bark over anything else. Are those enough reasons for you?
No one has countered it… No one has proven that Perona's going to stay on this island... NO ONE.
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/524/10/
The only thing she dislikes about the island is a lack of people working for her; if that situation is solved, she'd have no reason not to stay on the island.
they haven't shown 'anti-trust' at all, we don't know how they feel about Perona, nor do we have any reason to disbelief that her action to help Zoro return won't allow this condition to be met.
They know that she was helping out Moria not too long ago, had no ulterior motives in doing so, did nothing to help them out or show any signs of good character traits, and played a large role in paralyzing people so they couldn't escape and their shadows could be stolen. That's more than enough reasons not to trust her.
Self-centered is what I expect her to be because for fuck's sake, they need a little-sister figure.
Why would they need that? It's not like every single main character has to fit into Oda's lists that he makes up on the spot for SBSes; otherwise, Franky wouldn't have joined because the colour that represents him is too close to Sanji's.
Guiding Zoro and saving his life is what you'd call a reason, dumbass.
Not a very good one; literally anyone with access to a boat and a first-aid kit could bandage Zoro up and help him move in a straight line back to Shabondy.
Where does it state it didn't work, well?
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/582/07/
That page, which shows that she still hasn't gotten over her crush on Luffy, or her "disease" as you insist on calling it.
How the hell can you judge Nyon's own experiences when we don't even have anything to judge it by?
The fact that she fell in love, left the island, and eventually got over it.
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/523/05/
She has experienced that sort of thing, yet Hancock's feelings are strong, even by her standards.
Oda already promised it will be cured, i.e. said individual will be getting over it before we knew it.
There's a difference between serious romance which was what was asked about in that particular interview or SBS question (I don't remember which it was), and comedic romance. Otherwise, Sanji's biggest comedic trait would have disappeared a long, long time ago.
Secondly, Luffy doesn't need to care, nor will Hancock die at all– stop being a drama queen when you read this stuff, this isn't complex, it is a mere gag and easy to overcome, as I explained in using Oda's interview as a foreshadowing or a preview of what will happen.
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/523/02/
It's explicitly stated that if this isn't resolved in some way, she will die like all of the empresses before her (except for Nyon, who had left the island at some point).
Prove it… I'll be waiting forever.
I've already proved it at least three times in that post, yet you completely ignored the link, which shows that Hancock's crush on Luffy persists, and therefore, the "love sickness" is still an issue.