@GetsugaZoro:
At this point if Jinbe doesn't join he is actually ruining all he did, Jinbe accepted, he had some awesome moments like saving Luffy in the war, saving Luffy with the blood transfusion, saving Luffy yet again this week, I would be really annoyed if Oda somehow for some dumb reason didn't make it happen.
With that in mind people who were predicting Jinbe would join are right since Fishman Island, Luffy asked him so that alone validates our prediction and like I said Jinbe accepted, but said he could only join Luffy later.
As for all the other mostly nakama suggestions no one made sense so if they want to be bitter about it, be bitter about it.
But honestly sometimes thats what makes me a whee bit suspicious about the entire situation with Jinbe the most. One could argue he had the most intricate recruitment of any of the Strawhats , he was teased in Arlong Park and didn't cross paths with Luffy until Impel Down and even then he didn't get asked by Luffy until Fishman Island. This spanned across multiple arcs.
Of course his Shichibukai status made his case a special circumstance. His status was seen as superior to the protagonists for so long in the series but as we can see the title has become more common to the reader in recent years with the likes of Buggy, Law and even this WB Jr. becoming Warlords. So in hindsight it's not that big of a deal.
Maybe at this point in the story the recruitment of the next nakama has to be more layered and impactful because the core members are already so tight knit.