@Robby said in Yamato (spoilers for anime-only watchers and those not caught up with the manga):
Because Oda wants the series to be done as soon as possible. Jinbe delaying for years and years was okay because there were still years to go. Yamato delaying means... missing all the final arcs and adventures and maybe only showing up for the final war. We have what, Elbaf and Raftel to go, and then the final war.
Egghead, Elbaf, Mary Geoise, Lodestar, Laugh Tale, maybe the moon… seems like there’s still more One Piece to go.
Yamato doesn’t need a decade with the crew, IMO. But they’ll show up eventually. Like Vivi.
At what point exactly is Yamato supposed to catch up? That couple days wandering around Wano are literal years and hundreds of chapters they won't be around.
I’m predicting they’ll all show up with the borders of Wano are torn down. Likely atop Pluton — which might be the Straw Hat crew’s final ship.
THey're not getting actual crewmate time.
They will — just maybe not as much as you’d like. Oden was only on Roger’s crew for the final voyage, too. Another parallel.
Kinemon and Momo were on the ship for a decade. Yamato (and Tama) are going to get... what? A chapter or two for the epilogue? Is there even a BB fight on the horizon for Yamato? The cover spreads, the interacting, the making old jokes fresh by having new reactions, the merchandising... not getting any of it as part of the actual crew.
I’d imagine that Yamato makes it to Laugh Tale and is in the final battle. Maybe the last 2-3+ years of the story.
That's not really relevant when Luffy and Zoro are going to stomp everything short of an admiral or Emperor anyway, and they have Jinbro in the group now. Besides, Oda always splits up and handicaps the crew, it doesn't take much to make raw physical strength irrelevant.
What about the Seraphim and Imu? The Five Elder (Celestial Bodies)? There are a lot of major challenges left and the Straw Hat crew can’t be too strong for the sake of the story.
Remember what Oda said about how the story would progress if Sakazuki was the protagonist? There’s levels to it.