Once Luffy sees Franky's funky transformations, different phases with different drinks, and his musical skills, Luffy will definitely want him.
That and the fact that he saved Nico Robin
Once Luffy sees Franky's funky transformations, different phases with different drinks, and his musical skills, Luffy will definitely want him.
That and the fact that he saved Nico Robin
First Franky has to openly apologize to Ussop for beating him up.
i htink he'll hang out with sanji or zoro, they just seem alike. XP
First Franky has to openly apologize to Ussop for beating him up.
I don't see why, Franky didn't do it. And the people who did beat Usopp up were beaten to a pulp (and then forgiven) by the Straw Hats.
As the scene with them under the bridge showed, they've both come to turns with what's happened. The only remaining issue is the money Franky stole from them, but that's been repaid by his helping them.
In terms of who Franky'll get along with, I agree with everything that's been posted - Luffy and Chopper'll think he's cool, Usopp will argue with him, Sanji and Zoro will fight with him.
Not to mention, I'm looking forward to how Beli-hoarding Nami interacts with Franky's way with money. XDD
@Mr.:
I don't see why, Franky didn't do it. And the people who did beat Usopp up were beaten to a pulp (and then forgiven) by the Straw Hats.
As the scene with them under the bridge showed, they've both come to turns with what's happened. The only remaining issue is the money Franky stole from them, but that's been repaid by his helping them.
In terms of who Franky'll get along with, I agree with everything that's been posted - Luffy and Chopper'll think he's cool, Usopp will argue with him, Sanji and Zoro will fight with him.
Not to mention, I'm looking forward to how Beli-hoarding Nami interacts with Franky's way with money. XDD
Oops. answered too fast.
I think Franky will interact with Usopp, Sanji, Robin, and Luffy the most… Why? Becuase Franky helped Robin escape, Franky kidnapped Usopp but they seemed to get along, Luffy helped save him, and Sanji also helped him on the train battles...
as for HOW they will interact... no idea really... perhaps he will be in competition with Sanji over Robin becuase he'll have an oven in his stomach and make her food? Maybe he'll simply be a sparring buddy for Luffy? And maybe him and Usopp will be good buddies and repair the new ship together when it get's a bit damaged... just a simple opinion
as for Nami, Chopper, and Zoro... they might have their moments, but I doubt I'll see any real interaction/friendship between them.
I think Sanji'll like having Franky around. if for no other reason than the fact that Franky is something Sanji has always wanted: A fridge with a lock. Granted, that "lock" is a huge cyborg armed quite literally up the wazoo, but it'll still tone down Luffy's midnight-sunup-morning-noon-sundown-evening-late evening-midnight snacking.
An oven-stomach rivalry? That's quite the imaginative suggestion. It would be funny to see as well.
Well I rather Franky didn't join, but whatever.
I think he and Usopp have become good friends, and he surely cares about Robin. He'll probably slowly get to know the rest of the crew and they'll all become good friends…
I still want Paulie to join =.="
I could see a Luffy - Franky rivalry, I mean there's been one since they met.
Franky is the only character that's diverse enough to be able to keep up with Luffy.
And in my personal opinion I think coup de vent is as strong as gear 3.
However Franky has nothing to keep up with Gear 2, not that during those kind of joke fights they would get that serious.
I kinda see Franky as Vegeta to be honest, comedy, villain, clever, hero willing to sacrifice himself etc. Besides with Franky and Ussop working together in the new workshop, maybe a robot will join the crew (editors note - a robot is not the same as an android, nor does it fall under the same catergory, Oda wanted to do a robot manga, and he still can because Ussop and Franky are genius' and they can find an ancient city of the lost 100 years and use its technology. Besides a robot built specifically for Luffys crew would be a riot). And that's always cool.
I really liked Paulie at the begining, but to be honest the only character other than Franky that would fit in the crew is Kaku, but that isn't going to happen, and I know that, I'm not suggesting it will so Franky will have to do.
wait zoro doesnt hang around anyone… all he does is sleep lol...
but now there will be more then 3 idoits in the crew lol
I think the major problem with Franky joining is he'll be leaving the Franky Family behind.
Seems kind of lame just to go and leave them.
Anyways, we'll see what happens. I have my doubts about pinning "so and so joins the crew" because "this and this and this happened." If Oda has the reader thinking in his patterns, the bigger the plot twist will be if he eventually decides to break that pattern.
I can see Franky getting along with everybody, unless he keeps letting off random Coup de Poos. It's only going to be a matter of time before Luffy or Ussop will do an impersonation of Franky. Also we know that Franky couldn't have any cyborg parts on his back because he couldn't reach back there. It's possible he kept diagram about what cyborg features he wants on his back. If so maybe Ussop could build Franky's back features.
yucks.. imagine if another guy asked u to modify his ass and anus and all
It is still gonna be quite annoying in all the pics now. With this big guy and all the others fit in really well.
honestly folks Sanji, Zoro, Nami and Robin are all loners. Sanji's never with anyone unless he's serving them food. Zoro's always off on his own sleeping. Nami's never with anyone unless she's moaning at them and Robin prefers the company of her books.
Given those facts, only Usopp, Chopper and Luffy are the needy ones that NEED someone to talk to 24/7.
Uh, no…. By using your logic, I could say that Luffy is always alone because he enjoys sitting at the front of the ship often, or that Usopp is a loner because he is always working on (or fixing) something.
Every character is alone at times -- by certainly not always. Not even Robin, the silent bookworm.
they are all alone at times so franky probably will to, just they will have another person on the ship and they will all fight and talk like they always do look when robin and chopper joined
Comparing Franky to Superman just doesn't work well. Superman has a load of superpowers, but he depends on just two or three to get him through most situations. Franky's more like Martian Manhunter, minus the introspection: loads of superpowers, and he uses all of them.
I have to agree with the general concensus of the board, Franky will join. If he's the new ship (or part of it) as I have speculated in the past, it would keep his profile low. This would work out better for the story, in my opinion, because Franky is too distracting from the other characters.
Something I would like to add, since I don't think anyone has mentioned it already (at least, in this thread): I think Franky will join because he won't have much of a choice. Yes, he has his family, but the fact is that the only reason Franky has been able to do his own thing in Water 7 is because the WG didn't know who he was. As Franky, the boss of the Franky Family, he's just an eccentric gangster who strips down ships and picks up the occasional bounty head. Now that the WG knows that he's Cutty Flam, one of Tom's apprentices, and that he had access to the plans for the Pluton for years, I doubt he'll be allowed to stay holed up in water 7 anymore. (Plus, he attacked Spandam all those years ago.) He'll have to flee in order to prevent being captured and joining the Straw Hats would be convenient way for him to do it. After EL, he's going to be wanted by the WG for similar reasons as Robin, simply because he's the only chance the WG has to recover any information regarding the Pluton. (I do wonder, however, how much Iceburg knows of the plans; he might be in the same position as Franky in that he may know or remember something about the plans.)
After writing all this out, though, I have to ask: what language are the plans to the Pluton written in? While diagrams would be more or less self-explanatory, if the actual notations were in the forbidden language, it would make things a little more complicated.
I'm still expecting Oda to pull a Vivi on us. Franky will be like Vivi: He'll go back to his family and responsibilies (after building an awesome new ship for them), and somebody totally random will join the crew as carpenter like Robin did.
I don't think any of the CP9 carpenters will join like Robin, though. Lucci is too insane, and Kaku would move in too close to Zoro's turf as a swordsman.
And I just can't help think it's going to end up being Paulie. I can imagine the scene where he leaves, and the debt collectors are chasing him, and he'll go "Fuck this! I'm a pirate!" and beat them up.
I'm still expecting Oda to pull a Vivi on us. Franky will be like Vivi: He'll go back to his family and responsibilies (after building an awesome new ship for them), and somebody totally random will join the crew as carpenter like Robin did.
I don't think any of the CP9 carpenters will join like Robin, though. Lucci is too insane, and Kaku would move in too close to Zoro's turf as a swordsman.
And I just can't help think it's going to end up being Paulie. I can imagine the scene where he leaves, and the debt collectors are chasing him, and he'll go "Fuck this! I'm a pirate!" and beat them up.
But what about Iceburg? Paulie would have to stay with his mentor, and right now he's virtually the boss of Galley-La (Tileston, Paulie, and the hundreds of others). Also, Paulie's run away from the debt collectors within the island before.
Btw, did Paulie ever say that he's wanted to be a pirate? I don't remember.
I dunno, I can imagine Franky leaving the Franky Family just like Sanji did at Baratie, or Chopper did with Kureha. I mean, he builds the ship yet another shipwright joins? Why only go half-way like that?
Sorry, it's just that the reasons for Franky not to join are getting more and more out there lately.
But what about Iceburg? Paulie would have to stay with his mentor, and right now he's virtually the boss of Galley-La (Tileston, Paulie, and the hundreds of others). Also, Paulie's run away from the debt collectors within the island before.
Btw, did Paulie ever say that he's wanted to be a pirate? I don't remember.
I dunno, I can imagine Franky leaving the Franky Family just like Sanji did at Baratie, or Chopper did with Kureha. I mean, he builds the ship yet another shipwright joins? Why only go half-way like that?
Sorry, it's just that the reasons for Franky not to join are getting more and more out there lately.
The difference between Franky and Chopper is that he's the leader of the Franky Family. They kind of need him, otherwise they're not the Franky Family. Baratie and Kureha will go on without Sanji and Chopper, but not the FF.
If Franky does join, I imagine the most likely scenerio is because he now has a huge fricking bounty on his head with all the other Strawhats.
Also discounting Paulie because Iceburg is his mentor… Sanji and Chopper didn't hang around their mentors either, did they?
These reasons arn't so out there, especially when you consider how Robin joined the crew and Vivi didn't. I think things can go either way with Franky.
We'll see how things turn out.
This fanart shows how Franky fits in perfectly
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7966/1154812981812ih3.jpg
Franky's too great a character to just disappear after the current arc. But one main problem I do see is that he's too much of a leader to take orders. Everyone in the crew, even ship matron Nami falls into line when Luffy takes control. I can't see Franky putting up with that and if he did, it'd be kind of emasculating.
Either way I don't really care who joins. Whatever happens, happens.
Franky DID hightail it out of there right away when Luffy ordered him to find Robin.
Though he could have just been scared shitless by Lucci.
Actually…if you guys were wondering who Franky might hang out with alot...I think its been foreshadowed again by Oda. Check out the latest colorspread...I believe there is one empty seat left on Zoro's race car-ship so there...problem settled. hahaha
Either that or Oda is telling us that there is Definitely someone joining at the end of the day.
franky better join he is one of my fav characters! i definitely see franky getting along with robin, chopper and usopp. i think at the end of the day franky will get a bounty and the franky family will probably get away with out getting bounty's. after that they will depart because if franky stays around them they will get chased and i don't think franky wants that so he will end up going with the strawhats. the franky family will stay behind and help rebuild water 7 since it was so heavily damaged.
Franky DID hightail it out of there right away when Luffy ordered him to find Robin.
Though he could have just been scared shitless by Lucci.
Ouch, why call Franky a coward?
I can definitly see Franky and Robin being close.. because its obvious during Enies Lobby, that he does care for her.
And I can just see Sanji brewing up different drinks for Franky to try out.
But I really think that he'll get along with the entire crew eventually, but to start, I see him being around Robin the most.
(And yes, I'm on of those people who 100% believe Franky is joining XD; )
He has a great voice actor, can't get enough of the guy.
You can't say for sure who's going to hang out with who. Zoro's closest bond is with Sanji through their rivalry, and in the arc we got Sanji Zoro wasn't even there for most of what happened. Franky will fit with whoever Oda needs him to fit with in whatever way Oda makes it work.
Franky relates most with Robin.
Franky DID hightail it out of there right away when Luffy ordered him to find Robin.
Though he could have just been scared shitless by Lucci.
Don't think that was so much Franky accepting Luffy as his leader, than Franky fulfilling his vow to save Robin.
Maybe it's about time Straw Hat get the lesser, small-fry crews like Shanks' (crews outside himself, Ben, Yassopp, and the fatty), especially when the new ship's going to be lot bigger than Merry, he'll need more people to handle it, and I think FF's personality fits in pirate behaviour well.
Now that the WG knows that he's Cutty Flam, one of Tom's apprentices, and that he had access to the plans for the Pluton for years, I doubt he'll be allowed to stay holed up in water 7 anymore.
Totally agree. It is impossible for Franky to have something just like "Vivi". But, he can always scape in his own ship with FF, who will also have a hard time with WG after EL. Ok?
Franky is differant from Vivi. Vivi never fought anyone but Franky manage to kick Nero and Fukurou's ass so he seems to be a future offical SH crew. Vivi was olny an escort on a pirate ship.
Oh god, at first glance I read that as:
That wasn't a very nice mental image.
lol what the…i thought i was reading that too XD
@joekido:
Franky is differant from Vivi. Vivi never fought anyone but Franky manage to kick Nero and Fukurou's ass so he seems to be a future offical SH crew. Vivi was olny an escort on a pirate ship.
Stop thinking in these patterns. Yes, Oda has a system he works in, but he's broken the pattern people expect him to work in many times.
People are already sure of so much is going to happen when this story arc ends… Yet, what if something completely different happens? He'd shock us all.
I think Oda will probably make Franky join
There are people that think it will be another Nico Robin and that's probably what Oda want's people to think and them Franky will join
Also Franky doesn't compare to Vivi Franky already proved capable of taking strong opponents while Vivi never did
So comparision between Vivi to Franky can only be made because they share Cyan hair colour and nothing more
As indicated by my sig, I'll be quite upset if Franky does not join.
I think he will mainly because he was only able to stay in W7 because he wasn't "Cutty Flam" so to speak. I mean, if I assume the only reason he wasn't caught was that in CP9's eyes, he would have been needed had Iceburg given the blueprints to him, which is exactly what happened. If he returns to Water7 he is not only endangering himself, but the entire Franky Family. Hell, people in Water7 may still hate him for to whole fiasco with Tom years back. But hey, it's honestly all speculation.
I think Franky and Robin relate to one another the most because I think Franky went through something similiar to Robin when he inadvertantly caused Tom's capture such as Robin may have had the potential to do the same to the SH's. And because of that Franky sees a bit of himself in Robin. Again, I'm probably talking out of my ass, but it's my last week at work and I have absolutely nothing to do.
so uhhhh, i doubt this will happen, since Oda has kind of done this before, but what if Kaku joined XD. It's almost 100% that this will not happen, but what if it did? thoughts? Btw i'm totally for Franky joining, this was just an idea that popped up randomly, and it'd be a perfect way for Oda to metaphorically slap the faces of people who are 100% sure that so and so is joining ^^
The flaw with Oda "pulling a Robin" is that when Robin joined, the Shs weren't looking for a new member. This time, for the whole arc they've wanted a new shipwright, and we've seen a few choices.
Franky, I think Oda just added Robin to accomplish what's happening now, to make fans feel like the new members will be out there and unpredictable. But this time, I think Oda will at least pick someone we've seen before. No CP9, no one who has fought and lost to a SH has joined that crew…before joining.
The flaw with Oda "pulling a Robin" is that when Robin joined, the Shs weren't looking for a new member. This time, for the whole arc they've wanted a new shipwright, and we've seen a few choices.
Franky, I think Oda just added Robin to accomplish what's happening now, to make fans feel like the new members will be out there and unpredictable. But this time, I think Oda will at least pick someone we've seen before. No CP9, no one who has fought and lost to a SH has joined that crew…before joining.
Good point - they weren't actively looking for a crew member when they got Robin. Currently they're looking for a shipwright and a musician (if for no other reason but to get Luffy to stop looking).
I do, however, think that One Piece is unpredictable enough that we could get some surprises in regards to the recruitment at the end of the arc - especially where we don't know what kind of ship they'll be getting. A larger ship could encourage adding a second shipwright to the crew (with the other SHs helping where they can, I'm sure). That would leave the musician (and going by the "Luffy meant 10 + himself" theory) plus one more. Going by the "Luffy meant 10 crewmembers including himself" theory means he just needs the musician.
At this point I'm pretty positive Franky will join - yes, Franky Family will be sad, but he wouldn't be the first Straw Hat to leave behind loved ones. I had a healthy shred of doubt, but I still say it'll probably be Franky.
To stop playing the devil's advocate for a bit, has anyone considered the possibilty of the entire Franky Family joining? That's a big crew of extras, but other pirate crews and factions have had similiar.
If they don't take to the Sea with Luffy and Franky is the only one that goes, I'm also expecting IceBurg to offer the Franky Family jobs to give them some cover for attacking Enies Lobby, too.
Assuming everyone escapes, pretty much everyone who attacked Enies Lobby will be in trouble with the law, so who knows. Maybe everyone joins? :D
I hope Paulie and Franky joins. That is all I hope for.
I don't want the FF to join. I hate their outfits.
To stop playing the devil's advocate for a bit, has anyone considered the possibilty of the entire Franky Family joining? That's a big crew of extras, but other pirate crews and factions have had similiar.
If they don't take to the Sea with Luffy and Franky is the only one that goes, I'm also expecting IceBurg to offer the Franky Family jobs to give them some cover for attacking Enies Lobby, too.
Assuming everyone escapes, pretty much everyone who attacked Enies Lobby will be in trouble with the law, so who knows. Maybe everyone joins? :D
Luffy said in the beginning of the series that he wanted 10 crews not 60 so it won't be likely
If the ship was large enough to require 60 people to run, then adding the Franky Family to the crew wouldn't be so terrible. But that'd be one gigantic ship in the One Piece universe. Plus they'd have to start fighting more and more enemies in one arc.
I don't think Luffy Cs would be have more people than 10 or 11..coz it's gonna be pain in the ash if Oda has to write everyone thoughts or dialog..(say the crew is 30 or 40 people).
Franky join 100%..en Vivi might be return ^^;…(i hope..she's cute)
There have beeen way too many hints for Franky to join, and for him not to join would be disappointing.
@Dixxy:
At this point I'm pretty positive Franky will join - yes, Franky Family will be sad, but he wouldn't be the first Straw Hat to leave behind loved ones. I had a healthy shred of doubt, but I still say it'll probably be Franky.
Yes Franky is good for the job so far.
To stop playing the devil's advocate for a bit, has anyone considered the possibilty of the entire Franky Family joining? That's a big crew of extras, but other pirate crews and factions have had similiar.
I don't really like the idea of the Franky Family joining but on a other hand, Spandam/WG see the Franky Family as a part of the Straw Hat because of them attacking together.
So once Enies Lobby arc will be ended, they won't have an insane bounty however won't the WG hunt them because they did something that never happen before ?
Won't it be safer to stay with the SH (and Franky if he joins) ?