well, Luffy might make exception on how many crewmembers he wants… but I think the next two will be a musician for sure.......... and if the ship needs a helmsman, then they will probably get one first.... before the musician...
Next Crew Member after shipwright(spoiler)???
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We're still not sure if Franky is joining cause he did just say "my wish is to build a dream ship out of the treasure ship and i would be the happiest man if a favorable crew sail with it" so he didn't exactly said "i want to sail it with a trusty crew" so there you go… but they are looking for a shipwright nakama so i think luffy will just urge him to comealong in the end
as for the 9th/8th member, i don't think it'll be a musician cause kept saying i want a musician since the first arc... so i think it'll be one of the last crewmember they'll gain... just expecting an irony in my part... as for scientist, ussop already counts as an inventor, and a ninja is the same as an assassin (the concept that they are both stealthy), and Robin IS an assassin right? helmsman is kinda like the navigator already... i'm thinking of a spy, a lookout, bartender maybe? but that'll be just the same as the cook... a bomb/explosive expert... whatever...
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The next crewmate will be a female Mermaid/Fish Woman musician. Just my opinion though. And, so far, we've had two of the three cliched anime women. Girl who beats up the main character and the quiet girl; the next one will be an extremely hyper girl.
EDIT: I also like the guy who blows up stuff idea.
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Is it possible that they might not get a shipwright? If this tree is indestructable maybe a shipwright wont be needed.
I dont think it was ever stated that it was completely indestructable, just very Durable. but even then, the Wood is Very Very Expensive, so my guess is it's limited in supply so probabily only the Keel would be made of it (as that is the most important part) as well as all the other most important parts of the ship.
but I may be wrong. not to mention the fact that even if the wood is indestructable, the nails arent, a blast could tear the planks off even if they're intact afterwards. -
@Mr.:
The next crewmate will be a female Mermaid/Fish Woman musician. Just my opinion though. And, so far, we've had two of the three cliched anime women. Girl who beats up the main character and the quiet girl; the next one will be an extremely hyper girl.
EDIT: I also like the guy who blows up stuff idea.
If the musician is not Rockstar I will eat a Straw Hat whole.
Mad-bomber would be funny. Back when I first started reading One Piece, I didn't know who Chopper was, and when I heard the name, I assumed he was this really ugly gangster dude that chopped people up. Then I saw Wapol before Chopper and thought that was him.
I still think Wiper's gonna show up outta nowhere and have some excuse to join the Strawhats. I mean, Wiper was damn strong. He almost took out Enel and he killed Shura with the Reject. He used the Reject 3 times and didn't die. He's a beast.
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maybe sanji would request a female hawt stripper?!
XD lol jk… but yeah, that would be a neat job huh? and her weapon would be whip...
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Musician isn't gonna be the next crewmember, period.
Getting a musician is one of the running gags of One Piece, Luffys been wanting one since the beginning but that didn't result in one joining next. So why would one now?
However if Franky does join, problem solved, two birds with one stone.
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If the musician is not Rockstar I will eat a Straw Hat whole.
ill hold you to that ;)
Getting a musician is one of the running gags of One Piece, Luffys been wanting one since the beginning but that didn't result in one joining next. So why would one now?
progress? to signal the end of the crew forming part of the manga? (and its really only come up 4 or 5 times, right?)
On the subject of who joins next, i doubt the next member will be a helmsman. Nami and Chopper do a great job guiding the ship, and who would a quartermaster police? An actor is the only kinda gnereic job i can think of, and Bon Clay kinda fills that role if he ever returns. Musician is the only role i really think needs to be filled. And has my vote for being the next :) Unless of course there is a Vivi who decides to stay–a crewmember who fills no role
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Ending it at 9 crewmembers? Yeah, that isn't happening.
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Ok, I just thought of this one.
How about the 9th crewmember (or 8th crewmember if you don't think that Franky will join) being someone from the marines. I was thinking something along the lines of an ex-marine strategist, as someone such as that would be invaluable on the 2nd half of the Grand Line, especially if marines at the Vice Admiral level start chasing the Straw Hats. I was personally thinking that it would be a girl, since the current ratio of men to women on the ship is 5 to 2.
Backstory: She could be someone whose dream is to end injustice in the world and joins the marines for that reason, but becomes sickened and abandons them when she finds out about the Void Century and what type of people the top level marines actually are.
Weapon: Personally, I would like to see a lance or polearm wielder, as we haven't really seen someone with really good lance skills (not a lance like Gan Fall's or Shura's, but more like a spear or a polearm).
Vice: Since all of the Straw Hats have a vice, I think that hers would be something along the lines of gambling. I can't really think of any good vices right now.
What do you all think?
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i think itt'll be the rope dude…you know the one who keeps bitchin bout too much skin on nami...
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can't be him cause as you can see, he's the next boss of Galley La company and the people there won't allow him to leave… it is most probably Franky
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Yeah, theres really is no logic to Paulie joining. I really don't know how that entire theory came into existence and it was held by so many.
But this is about the 9th crewmember, not the 8th.
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Weapon: Personally, I would like to see a lance or polearm wielder, as we haven't really seen someone with really good lance skills (not a lance like Gan Fall's or Shura's, but more like a spear or a polearm).
i'd like to see a spear type weapon aswell :O maybe they could use a quan dao(sp)
or just a random kind of weapon that you wouldn't expect
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I think the next crew member will be that large bird from Romance Dawn. Nami's and Garp's character designs made comebacks from Romance Dawn, so why not the bird too? The crew could use a pet, and a flying one at that.
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I think they should have a boomerang user! It's not deadly but its a cool weapon… maybe a big boomerang the size of ... yeah
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i remember reading somewhere on this forum that oda reveiled that he would bring back a charactor from the Arabasta arc. i was thinking that the 9th crew member may be…...Pel?! the white flying eagle/dude? at the end of the arabasta arc we see him looking at his own grave...maybe he decides to follow the straw hats? it would be yet another different fresh charactor who"d bring something different to the crew. he would briing an aerial threat, possibility of scouting/info gathering/quick getaways. it helps to have a guy who can fly!
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I think they should have a boomerang user! It's not deadly but its a cool weapon… maybe a big boomerang the size of ... yeah
Hm, why not a dog demon with a big sword while we're at it?
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Some elements we are bound to see, as a crew member or allie!
- A flatchested young girl who likes Sanji
- A mermaid
- A kid who joins the strawhats who is a big Luffy fan
- A someone who wants to be Zoros disciple
- Sogeking fans
- A scientist (Franky? I mean he made himself into a cyborg)
- A musican
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Another old age sailing crew member that I forgot about was a fire-pot specialist… At one stage they were being used to sink ships fast.
Basically this guy (or several guys, possibly the whole crew even) was in charge of making fire-pots that could quickly be launcheded onto another ship. Once on the ship... Well its a pot of fire... What do you think?
Pot of burnable stuff + Wooden ship = whoosh!
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Some elements we are bound to see, as a crew member or allie!
- A flatchested young girl who likes Sanji
- A musican
or both….... a flatchested young girl who plays the violin, who fell head over heels for Sanji, and her Violin has the devil fruit the sword sword fruit. (and don't start screaming 'there will not be another sword user with the mugiwaras. Zoro might want to be the Strongest Swordsman in the world, doesn't mean there can't be other sword users joining them......)
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lol! I like that flatchested girl idea… the one who falls for sanji...
But I still prefer a magician...why?
Because magicians are cool.... they can do tricks when ever the SH party.
the magician can use like maybe magic tricks to attack people, like flying cards....illuionary stuff...and some other magic tricks.If Luffy and co gets a musician, then the music department is filled.
Then that leaves the entertainment department, I was thinking of a clown at first.... but then I like magicians more.A female magician with an IQ like Luffy....and fell in love at first sight after she saw luffy, sanji, or zoro.
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But I still prefer a magician…why?
Because magicians are cool.... they can do tricks when ever the SH party.
the magician can use like maybe magic tricks to attack people, like flying cards....illuionary stuff...and some other magic tricks.Regarding a magician/magic in One Piece from an Oda interview from 1998
Q: Is there a rule inside your work?
A: They won't fly! (laugh) Because if they fly, they won't need ships anymore. Also, they'd be able to do anything… I'm really focusing on the aspect of sailing the seas. Also, I had a sorcerer in a short story once, but I won't be using that in the series. Any preposterous situations are all created by the devil fruits. That one point is rather supernatural, but everything else is normal. -
Ok.. Franky is 8th…. musician is tenth.
So in between I dont know what other position is left. Maybe you dont really need a position.
I was thinking the 9th member could be along the line of one of the following...
a female mermaid
a female alchemist
a female ninja
a female magician
a female scientist/engineerI stated the first one a female mermaid in my first im glad to see that its becoming infectious. Remeber oda doees not put anything in without a reason. When kokoro told them about mermaid island u noe that is going to in the story. The mermaid also falls on the catagory of muscian cuz when u think of merman u think siren "homer's odessy". wouldnt it be cool to see a muscian us her songs to fight with
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Hm, why not a dog demon with a big sword while we're at it?
lol.. inuyasha sucks… i didn't even know what you were talkin about until i remember that the girl with a boomerang joined their "crew"...
but if sanji does get the flatchested girl...
anyway more fanservice!
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I think that Carter may be on to something big here.
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@dlux:
i remember reading somewhere on this forum that oda reveiled that he would bring back a charactor from the Arabasta arc. i was thinking that the 9th crew member may be…...Pel?! the white flying eagle/dude? at the end of the arabasta arc we see him looking at his own grave...maybe he decides to follow the straw hats? it would be yet another different fresh charactor who"d bring something different to the crew. he would briing an aerial threat, possibility of scouting/info gathering/quick getaways. it helps to have a guy who can fly!
I think that Oda was referring to Vivi; he just didn't want to directly come out and say it. As for the circumstances as to why she joins back up, it could be that the WG wants to arrest her for having an affiliation with the SHs.
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I would hate to see another character join the crew after Franky (assuming he joins).
First up, you can have interesting characters without having them join the crew. Take Vivi for example, who left after returning to her kingdom, or Franky if he doesn't join o.O
Secondly, more characters would possibly cut down on story space for the remaining characters. I believe there is already enough to work with for these 8 crew members that we don't really need anymore.
Look at the scene where the entire crew face Nico Robin at Enies Lobby asking her to come back. If more crew members were to join, imagine situations where we would like to see each crew member's reactions to some shocking event. I think newer characters downplay the significance of each of the members in the crew.
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I think that Oda was referring to Vivi; he just didn't want to directly come out and say it. As for the circumstances as to why she joins back up, it could be that the WG wants to arrest her for having an affiliation with the SHs.
Honestly though, what can Vivi provide for the crew that Robin can't? Both have cultural and societal knowledge. Vivi is a ruler of a minor kingdom in the Old World, in the New World she'd have no jurisdiction whatsoever. And despite her peacock slashers, she can't fight. They need fighters for the 2nd half the Grand Line, and Pell is a fighter. He's got a flying zoan, to boot, so he could be a scout and spy for the strawhats. No one's gonna say anything about a hawk flying over their ship.
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I think newer characters downplay the significance of each of the members in the crew.
I'm not a big fan of this sort of thing. I'd rather see a ton of characters and not know every little inch of their past, personality, motives, etc. than know absolutely everything about a handfull of characters. The little extra characters that float into and out of the storyline are what, for me, make One Piece interesting. I would have probably only skimmed through the Arlong arc had Johnny and Yosaku not been around. Alabasta wouldn't have been nearly as interesting without Bon and his little dancing troupe. They might grab some of the attention away from the little main character group, but I think it's well worth it.
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@Fire Fist:
Honestly though, what can Vivi provide for the crew that Robin can't? Both have cultural and societal knowledge. Vivi is a ruler of a minor kingdom in the Old World, in the New World she'd have no jurisdiction whatsoever. And despite her peacock slashers, she can't fight. They need fighters for the 2nd half the Grand Line, and Pell is a fighter. He's got a flying zoan, to boot, so he could be a scout and spy for the strawhats. No one's gonna say anything about a hawk flying over their ship.
That's true. She was sort of worthless when it came to fighting. As for Pell, I'd really like him to join, but I think that he'd rather stay in Arabasta as its guardian than go out with the SH's. Unless he and Vivi came as a two for one deal, but I doubt that that would happen.
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Um, if for some reason, Vivi came back to join, it doesn't mean she'd be useless at fighting any more.
See: Coby, Helmeppo.
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True, but I don't think that she's been training as hard as either Coby or Helmeppo. At least, we haven't been told that she has been.
When Oda said that he'd bring back a character from Alabasta, he could have also meant that they'd get a character from Baroque Works. Though it pains me to say this, the only character from BW that they really got friendly with was Mr 2 (Bon Clay), so he could be the one that joins. Don't get me wrong, he's a funny character in small doses, but actually having him join is just too painful to bear.
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Can you imagine how cool it would be if Croc will join?
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Yeah, that'd be cool, but Croc is too power-hungry and evil to boot. Besides, I'm sure that Luffy still hates him too much to let him join. If Mr 1 (Das Bones) didn't have such a boring look, I think that it'd be cool if he joined.
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I don't really even want to think about the next shipmate until the Straw-Hats get into the New World and at least travel to Elbaf and Fish-Man Island. After those two islands, if the crew isn't already finished, then I'll start speculating. I think it's to soon to be doing so right now, but if I really had to say it's going to be a position that nobody would really think of. Like an archeologist pirate ala Robin. Something like Fisherman or something, I don't really know.
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Luffy's hate for a person is only temporary. I mean, look at Robin. When they first met each other (With Robin as Ms. All Sunday), Luffy wanted to beat the tar out of her. And just now, he went out of his way and put the lives of his entire crew at risk to rescue her. What does that tell you?
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@Fire Fist:
Luffy's hate for a person is only temporary. I mean, look at Robin. When they first met each other (With Robin as Ms. All Sunday), Luffy wanted to beat the tar out of her. And just now, he went out of his way and put the lives of his entire crew at risk to rescue her. What does that tell you?
So my dream will live on?
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Luffy seems to have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to disliking someone. I mean, just look at Buggy - The second time he meets Buggy, he has no clue who he is. Keep in mind that this is the same guy who almost completely destroyed Luffy's precious hat, stabbed Zoro, tried to get Nami to shoot Luffy, etc.
I for one would be thrilled to see Bon Clay in the crew, at least at first, but I can definitely see the potential for that to get really annoying really quickly. Plus, what could he really do to help them (Musician? Haaa.)? Not to mention that there would probably be rioting in the streets.
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If Oda sticks to Luffy's plan of 10 people, after the shipwright there is gonna be two more people. By now ship jobs are limited, there isn't much room, all the important jobs will be fulfilled. >_<'
Even if Vivi rejoins, theres still one more person to come.
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I don't think SHs will need anymore crewmember after Franky:
Luffy: captain
Zorro: supper swordman, battle type. former pirate-hunter (which was very famous), so he switched sides.
Sanji: both battle type and intelligent type. Chef. Battle with knifes and feet. His movements are unpredictable. He is not as strong as Zorro, but he doesn't have to win it all with muscles.
Chopper: doctor, both intelligent and battle type, animal (at first), he can speak animal's language. Transformer, scientist in some sort, DF user. While Nami navigates the ship, I think Chopper drives it. (sorry I don't know the word, but I think he does take care of the wheel)
Robin: archaeologist, scientist, battle type, DF user, girl, extremely dangerous criminal.
Usopp: sniper + longrange attack. Scientist in some sort, good with machines and gears. Good with explosives. Good … runner, good ... liar, good negotiator.
Nami: girl, navigator, money-keeper, kind of like magician with the weather staff. Smart type, just like Sanji. She has interests in gardening and mapping.
Franky: Rockstar (??), cyborg, shipwright, good with machines and carpenting, scientist in some sort, good with explosive (possibly), dance :D, fight with heavy gears, guns, cannons.
What they need:
- Diver (someone who can battle under water. mermaid/merman is good)
- More Girl :D
- Tailor (maybe)
- Spy master, who can change appearance of SHs. + could be a tailor as well. ~> use scissors
- Marine? (Zorro was pirate-hunter, would that count as side switcher?)
- Alchemist (actually both Usopp and Chopper qualifiy as alchemist)
- Entertainer (Usopp is great story teller - and liar too, Franky always sing and dance)
- Botanist (Nami knows how to plant trees, not to mention Chopper, as a doctor he should have known how to raise herbs and stuff)
- multi-personality crew member ? multi identity ?
Although I read a post earlier and I agree that SH should not have more crew members, since 8 is too many to focus on.
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I would hate to see another character join the crew after Franky (assuming he joins).
First up, you can have interesting characters without having them join the crew. Take Vivi for example, who left after returning to her kingdom, or Franky if he doesn't join o.O
Secondly, more characters would possibly cut down on story space for the remaining characters. I believe there is already enough to work with for these 8 crew members that we don't really need anymore.
Look at the scene where the entire crew face Nico Robin at Enies Lobby asking her to come back. If more crew members were to join, imagine situations where we would like to see each crew member's reactions to some shocking event. I think newer characters downplay the significance of each of the members in the crew.
that's true… its just like playing a game with 108 characters, there's so many of them that sometimes the main characters are ignored or underrated... so i think oda should stop somewhere about 8 - 10 crew members
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I don't really think it's that easy to say who will be the next crewmate (assuming Franky is joining) because as many people said before we don't even have a clue what his/her duties will be. I have to say that I'm also a fan of the "musician-will-be-last-theory" because it would kind of fit if the one joining last would be the one Luffy wanted to have from the beginning. But despite of the musician thing we don't have a real clue who or what will be needed next. When it comes to the shipwright I think the idea first came up shortly after Arubasta so it's been quite a time 'til they actually got one.
Now (still assuming Franky is joining), in my opinion, there isn't anyone who's actually needed on the SH's new ship (despite the musician of course ^.^).
SOOoooooooOOo after such long introduction my theory is that there will be another fighting type joining the strawhats (who would have thought that ?0_o).
But I have one on my mind who has not any real function on the ship itself, like Zoro.Now again there are several possibilities:
-a Logia user; they don't have one at the moment but I doubt they really need one =) but if that was the case my favorite would be Smoker (he never would want to be a pirate but so didn't Nami, Zoro, so there could be…. but as I quit dreaming I don't think there's a chance that he'll join ;( )-second would be a normal human. Aren't there enough!?^.- I'd love to see Gin again but him joining also isn't satisfying. But I'm sure he will come!
-and still there remains the theory of a scientist or whatever who like Robin does something nobody can think of at them moment...
Let's just see... maybe there's a hint in one of the next chapters....
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@Roz:
The little extra characters that float into and out of the storyline are what, for me, make One Piece interesting.
Precisely, you just made my point! You can have interesting characters without having them join the crew.
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@Fire Fist:
Luffy's hate for a person is only temporary. I mean, look at Robin. When they first met each other (With Robin as Ms. All Sunday), Luffy wanted to beat the tar out of her. And just now, he went out of his way and put the lives of his entire crew at risk to rescue her. What does that tell you?
He was originally pissed off at her because he thought that she killed Igaram. Once it tuned out that Igaram was alive and that Robin actually had not killed him, Luffy's view of Robin changed. Not to mention the fact that Robin saved Luffy's life in the first battle with Croc.
He never vowed to beat her up either. He just said that he hated her because she killed Igaram.