@Zik:
Wow it's actually nothing like him at all but nice try. In what way did you ever assume Stark wasn't strong? I'm talking the lazy strong guy that nobody including the fandom suspects is strong. The lazy, smug, sly, goofy guy who is only good for sleeping through fights. Has the unreliable quality of Yajirobi or Gohue(Ares) but is on some Yusuke/Inuyasha shit. Maybe I should've added more with what I was talking about so you wouldn't assume that guy lol
I was thinking more along the lines of a mix between Taikobo from Houshin Engi/Soul Hunter and Yoh from Shaman King.
Yea but a lot of the fandom are sold on it. PPL call them monster trio and put the in this exclusive group like Oda really marketed them as such from day one. You'd think they were being called that since Arlong Park smh. Sanji's Mr. Prince steez has always separated him from the other two who were just strong.
Well @ first there were only two so you have the first error. He can still let a new power tier join. Sanji joined way later after Nami and Ussop and still was top tier.
And why let join Franky and Brook to rival Chopper's place behind the Monster 3?
It doesn't make sense. Oda can always put a new one into one group even if you can't imagine it. Monster Trio was just fan-made and he can market them from now as monster 4 if he wants to.
And to speak about another fishmen. It would feel a bit forced if some other fishmen would join. You can say whatever you want. Jimbei is hyped and yeah there can be more bad-ass but stronger one? And than what… Everybody would compare them each other? The only thing is if an entire different type of fishmen with something else but no fishmen-karate would join. But it would still not be the same after seeing Jimbei.
Example... baratie arc. WOW Sanji is so great he will join... but Oda would say no and let join some other cook from Baratie?