We should also think from the prospective of a character himself, does he want to join the crew or not. Currently the only one who wants to join the crew is Jinbe, the only characters who might want to join is Kinemon and Bart
Violet, Rebecca, Vicca, do not want to join at the moment, therefore considering them is pointless. At the end of an arc it might change but at the moment they have no desire to sail with Luffy.
They have unique personalities, design, abilities, they would contribute a lot and so on mean nothing if they do not want to joint. For example Perona, Bao, Bon Cley, Pauli ware all good, unique and interesting but they had no intentions to join the crew.
Jinbe, Kinemon and Bart are the only characters so far who has an interest of becoming a Strawhat, others don't. Therefore it's between them at the moment.
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We should also think from the prospective of a character himself, does he want to join the crew or not. Currently the only one who wants to join the crew is Jinbe, the only characters who might want to join is Kinemon and Bart
Violet, Rebecca, Vicca, do not want to join at the moment, therefore considering them is pointless. At the end of an arc it might change but at the moment they have no desire to sail with Luffy.
They have unique personalities, design, abilities, they would contribute a lot and so on mean nothing if they do not want to joint. For example Perona, Bao, Bon Cley, Pauli ware all good, unique and interesting but they had no intentions to join the crew.
Jinbe, Kinemon and Bart are the only characters so far who has an interest of becoming a Strawhat, others don't. Therefore it's between them at the moment.You are viewing things from an "in-universe" or "character" level. Although looking at things this way absolutely works in hindsight ("Paulie never wanted to join the Strawhats, which is why he didn't"), I think it is less useful for making predictions for one simple reason: Oda is the author, and because he is in absolute control of all characters and circumstances, he can make whatever changes he needs to get a character where he wants them to be.
Example: Franky was introduced as an enemy whose gang beat up Usopp and stole money from the Strawhats. Then he battled Luffy and was a major douchebag. Midway through the Water 7 Arc he absolutely did not want to join the crew, and there was no way the Strawhats would have had him anyway. At this point in the story, readers making predictions by thinking from the perspective of the characters would never have guessed Franky would join (they might pick someone friendlier instead, like Kaku. Obviously there were some things about Kaku that readers would not know!) Of course, during the CP9 Saga Oda changed circumstances and developed characters in ways that allowed Franky and the Strawhats to reconcile their differences and build trust.
Although at this point only Jinbe and Bartolomeo have shown clear interest in joining the Strawhats, this does not mean that they will join. Just because other characters have not shown interest does not mean they can't join. Just because a character has obligations or difficult circumstances or said something in the past or has a rocky history with the Strawhats does not necessarily mean that they will not join. If Oda wants it to happen, he can make it happen.
…and this is why I think it is more important to try to predict authorial intent than character intent, at least during this sort of discussion.
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You are viewing things from an "in-universe" or "character" level. Although looking at things this way absolutely works in hindsight ("Paulie never wanted to join the Strawhats, which is why he didn't"), I think it is less useful for making predictions for one simple reason: Oda is the author, and because he is in absolute control of all characters and circumstances, he can make whatever changes he needs to get a character where he wants them to be.
Example: Franky was introduced as an enemy whose gang beat up Usopp and stole money from the Strawhats. Then he battled Luffy and was a major douchebag. Midway through the Water 7 Arc he absolutely did not want to join the crew, and there was no way the Strawhats would have had him anyway. At this point in the story, readers making predictions by thinking from the perspective of the characters would never have guessed Franky would join (they might pick someone friendlier instead, like Kaku. Obviously there were some things about Kaku that readers would not know!) Of course, during the CP9 Saga Oda changed circumstances and developed characters in ways that allowed Franky and the Strawhats to reconcile their differences and build trust.
Although at this point only Jinbe and Bartolomeo have shown clear interest in joining the Strawhats, this does not mean that they will join. Just because other characters have not shown interest does not mean they can't join. Just because a character has obligations or difficult circumstances or said something in the past or has a rocky history with the Strawhats does not necessarily mean that they will not join. If Oda wants it to happen, he can make it happen.
…and this is why I think it is more important to try to predict authorial intent than character intent, at least during this sort of discussion.
that's why i said it can change, by the end of this arc some characters might display an interest in becoming a SH. But at this moment only Jinbe showed this interest and Bart, due to him being a fan of this pirate group. Kinemon also showed an interest, well maybe not joining but at least he is interested in strawhats.
I never mentioned any specific circumstances of why a character can't join, i just said they have to have an interest in it. I personally don't see the problem with someone being a royalty, a villain or whatever.
My point was that's it's more meaningful to discuss whether certain character will join or not if he has an interest in joining. Without it, any discussion is pointless, without this aspect any discussion falls into category of personal preferences until he/she shows this interest - I like Rebecca i want her to join, i can say i like fighting fish, it would be great if fighting fish joined - that's all personal preferences until character himself will display some interest in joining -
I want Diamante to join. I don't care that he is a villain. I don't care that he is about get stomped. I don't care if he has a backstory or not. Truth be told, for the simple reason that his design is FUCKING AWESOME, the flag man gets to join the crew.
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Eh I don't think its necessary. If Fishman Island arc was any indication a strong character could easily fight a super tall giant. Wadatsumi was almost as tall San Juan Wolf and he got taken down by Sanji and Jinbe. Not that San Juan Wolf is as weak a Wadatsumi but having a giant to fight a giant isn't necessary.
Also there's the whole issue with "doesn't fit on ship" thing unless they made the mini mini no mi canon. Also San Juan Wolf is basically a giant to the standard giants and so far everyone shown from Elbaf have been of standard giant size.
I thought Wolf was far and away the largest character in OP, much, much bigger than Wadatsumi or anyone else.
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I want Diamante to join. I don't care that he is a villain. I don't care that he is about get stomped. I don't care if he has a backstory or not. Truth be told, for the simple reason that his design is FUCKING AWESOME, the flag man gets to join the crew.
Have I ever told you that I like your style?
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Not referring to any argument in particular, but is there really "plenty of time" left to flesh out a completely new character? He/she won't have the luxury of 3+ arcs as a side character (like Jinbe) and we are what, 60-70% through the series already?
I don't doubt that Oda is able to add a fresh face to the crew and make it feel organic, somehow, but people still had issues with Brook up until recently.I think it's indeed possible to flesh out a completely new character. They will just need a LOT of focus. Another idea is to give this character a connection with an already existing character.
The upside is that such character would have a low chance to succumb to flanderization.
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If we're arguing on the sake of developed, I think that only really gives Kinemon a shot at this point. Considering he hasa really distinct personality, is going to stick with the crew for at least one to two more arcs. Unless we see a brand new character introduced like, within this or the next arc, he's the only person who's interesting, has had interactions with the crew, offers something in terms of a role, looks different, has some sort of unique fighting style, and has time to develop as a character alongside what we have right now, while also being a free agent (unlike Law).
Like, I mean, Vivi could come back or something lol, but yeah. If you want to go from that angle, I really don't see anyone besides Kinemon joining.
If he gets a dedicated fight this arc, I'd up my odds on him joining considerably.
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Considering he hasa really distinct personality
It's not really distinct.
He's a third pervert. The honorable, dutiful persona is also already Jinbe's thing.
offers something in terms of a role
Clothes were never a problem for the Straw Hats.
looks different
He shares a lot of elements with Jinbe (kimono, geta, ponytail + goatee combo).
He also has the same height as Brook.
has some sort of unique fighting style
His fighting style is essentially Zoro's, but simplified and with added fire. Sanji himself has been overusing fire ever since the timeskip.
Really, the amount of things that make Kin'emon distinct are far fewer than the amount of similarities.
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These days when people say Jinbe wont join because he'll die or be randomly incapacitated , it sounds like really terrible fan fiction and a real disturbing dislike of a character for no other reason than he has a stoic and reserved personality.
Wtf would Jinbe be The Minister of FI for when they have Two already? Oda also made it apparent that the Boshi Bros lead the Neptune Army.
People need to realize that Oda doesn't just kill off characters, the only two people who've died in the modern era were foreshadowed to shit!!! (see Shanks meeting with Whitebeard)
Where is this theory that Jinbe will die coming from? For phucks sake, Mr. 2 was in prime position to be dead as a corpse and he somehow survived a point blank confrontation with Magellan.
"The Night Is Dark And Full Of Terror"
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These days when people say Jinbe wont join because he'll die or be randomly incapacitated , it sounds like really terrible fan fiction and a real disturbing dislike of a character for no other reason than he has a stoic and reserved personality.
Wtf would Jinbe be The Minister of FI for when they have Two already? Oda also made it apparent that the Boshi Bros lead the Neptune Army.
People need to realize that Oda doesn't just kill off characters, the only two people who've died in the modern era were foreshadowed to shit!!! (see Shanks meeting with Whitebeard)
Where is this theory that Jinbe will die coming from? For phucks sake, Mr. 2 was in prime position to be dead as a corpse and he somehow survived a point blank confrontation with Magellan.
Everyone who doubts that Jinbe will join should be banned from this thread… and now he won't die
I can understand why some people dislike him or find him boring, but it doesn't change the simple fact that his joining is set in stone...
The only thing I want to see how Oda will do it... I think it will be hard to top the scene with the blood sharing...
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Everyone who doubts that Jinbe will join should be banned from this thread… and now he won't die
I can understand why some people dislike him or find him boring, but it doesn't change the simple fact that his joining is set in stone...
The only thing I want to see how Oda will do it... I think it will be hard to top the scene with the blood sharing...
The only thing going against Jinbe so far is the lack of a dream or a personal goal similar to the rest of the crew members, otherwise he is by far the strongest candidate as of now.
Nothing is set in stone, though.
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It is set in stone… If Jinbe somehow changed his mind or will die it would suck
And I think his pesonal goal and dream is highly shown already with him making human and fishmen living in peace letting Otohime's and Fisher Tigers efforts don't being for nothing.
The only thing he lacks is a personal flashback, but ther is still his scar, which never has been talked about even in fishmen island... + his business with Big Mom
But well everything was said by Urouge and brennen.exe in this and former threads about this
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We'll probably get a dream and goal out of Jinbe during the Big Mom arc (which is shaping up to be next.)
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We'll probably get a dream and goal out of Jinbe during the Big Mom arc (which is shaping up to be next.)
I agree with this.
Plus, Jinbe HAS TO be apart of the Wano arc, there's no way Oda will miss out on all of the Kimono hijinks.
Plus, they'll be taking on Kaido there, if theories are true.
They'll need more powerhouses if I'm supposed to believe they can wipe out Kaido's crew successfully.
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And the SHs might revisit Fishman Island, if Sherly's prediction was true.
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Now now… :happy:
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To be honest, I am starting to have doubts about Jinbe. To any purpose I still treat him as a crew member in any discussion, but some doubts are starting to boil inside me.
It's just that I can't see what was the point in Oda making Luffy ask him to join but not allowing him to join in that same occasion.
"He has to finish his things with Big Mom" is the current excuse, but it's not like Big Mom was not a part of his life before that arc, she just became a factor in that very same arc it's not something that was going on for a long time. If Oda really wanted Jinbe to join, he could simply not mention this "debt with Big Mom" and simply let Jinbe join right there when Luffy asked him!
I could understand if Oda intended to create this connection with Big Mom to further develop Jinbe before letting him join, but I can't really see how this would provide any new development for Jinbe seeing as Big Mom just started being relevant to the FI and himself in the last 2 years (it's not like anything new from his past life can come out of this scenario).
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To be honest, I am starting to have doubts about Jinbe. To any purpose I still treat him as a crew member in any discussion, but some doubts are starting to boil inside me.
It's just that I can't see what was the point in Oda making Luffy ask him to join but not allowing him to join in that same occasion.
"He has to finish his things with Big Mom" is the current excuse, but it's not like Big Mom was not a part of his life before that arc, she just became a factor in that very same arc it's not something that was going on for a long time. If Oda really wanted Jinbe to join, he could simply not mention this "debt with Big Mom" and simply let Jinbe join right there when Luffy asked him!
I could understand if Oda intended to create this connection with Big Mom to further develop Jinbe before letting him join, but I can't really see how this would provide any new development for Jinbe seeing as Big Mom just started being relevant to the FI and himself in the last 2 years (it's not like anything new from his past life can come out of this scenario).
We already got a big flashback from him that felt very complete when it comes to showing his background. I just can't see anything new from Jinbe coming from this Big Mom thing and that's what bugs me in how Oda is handling his… joinage.I believe the reason is simple, making Jinbe join before Punk Hazard and Dressrosa might've made the crew a little too powerful, so Oda probably withheld his inclusion for a while… At least until a Yonkou arc.
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Not referring to any argument in particular, but is there really "plenty of time" left to flesh out a completely new character?
10 to 15 years, yeah, there's plenty of time.
e are what, 60-70% through the series already?
We're still barely at the halfway point. And given what we know of Oda's original outline, the last arc alone will be crazy massive. (Originally it was 1 year to gather the crew, 3 years for grand line, 1 year for the finale. So…) There's plenty of time yet.
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It's just that I can't see what was the point in Oda making Luffy ask him to join but not allowing him to join in that same occasion.
Keep a warlord off the team until the crew has shown off and tested themselves in the new world a little. We already got Law working with them, two full time would be overkill in most situations.
Zoro and Sanji may be at about Jinbe's level, and Luffy may even be ahead of him… but the warlord joining jumps their reputation and overall power tremendously. Granted, they're preparing to fight yonkou, but think on how much of a cakewalk Punk Hazard was for them, or how they're stomping through Dofla's troops fairly easily. Imagine yet another powerhouse helping out.
(One of the biggest complaints against Jinbe before the timeskip became clear, was that he was too strong and famous. Time and deeds are downplaying that.)
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To be honest, I am starting to have doubts about Jinbe. To any purpose I still treat him as a crew member in any discussion, but some doubts are starting to boil inside me.
It's just that I can't see what was the point in Oda making Luffy ask him to join but not allowing him to join in that same occasion.
"He has to finish his things with Big Mom" is the current excuse, but it's not like Big Mom was not a part of his life before that arc, she just became a factor in that very same arc it's not something that was going on for a long time. If Oda really wanted Jinbe to join, he could simply not mention this "debt with Big Mom" and simply let Jinbe join right there when Luffy asked him!
I could understand if Oda intended to create this connection with Big Mom to further develop Jinbe before letting him join, but I can't really see how this would provide any new development for Jinbe seeing as Big Mom just started being relevant to the FI and himself in the last 2 years (it's not like anything new from his past life can come out of this scenario).
We already got a big flashback from him that felt very complete when it comes to showing his background. I just can't see anything new from Jinbe coming from this Big Mom thing and that's what bugs me in how Oda is handling his… joinage.Jinbe would've made the crew too strong. We're talking about a former Warlord here.
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Aside from the obvious Bounty discrepancy between Luffy,Zoro & Jinbe, and possibly Sanji (tho this never mattered with he and Robin)
Oda had another viable reason for holding back Jinbe.It's called world building.
Before , we naturally assumed the crew would encounter the Whitebeards through Ace or FI because they were it's protectors,
then Sabaody, Impel Down and Marineford happened, which I doubt anyone expected.Now in the second half , Oda is using Jinbe and Fishman Island as the connective tissue between the Big Mom Pirates and the Strawhats.
She was the only Yonko who didn't have some type of relation to the SH crew.
Shanks is Luffy's idol
Blackbeard worse enemy
Newgate was Ace's Captain/Father.
Kaido wiped out Moria's crew, so we knew we'd run into him sooner or later and he
clashed with Shanks before the War, it's just a pleasant surprise that Law and Doflamingo
would be the bridge to him.With Big Mom we have the possible Lola being her Mother thing, but until recently it was speculation (still kinda is)
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I believe the reason is simple, making Jinbe join before Punk Hazard and Dressrosa might've made the crew a little too powerful, so Oda probably withheld his inclusion for a while… At least until a Yonkou arc.
I guess that would be a valid reason, yeah…
Although he already worked as a SH back in FI and his presence didn't actualy made the crew look much stronger than it already was (and I can't see he SH facing any smaller threat than the New Fishmen Pirates now in the NW).
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I guess that would be a valid reason, yeah…
Although he already worked as a SH back in FI and his presence didn't actualy made the crew look much stronger than it already was (and I can't see he SH facing any smaller threat than the New Fishmen Pirates now in the NW).
More so than strength, it's infamy and experience imo.
Watch how fast he pops up once everyone gets a Bounty raise.
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Also, now that Robin's starting to emote again, we need another crewmember to fill the "never facefaults ever" slot
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But Jinbe does't face faults as well
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9 crew members is enough.
I like the Oda's style where we have one or 2 allies every arc helping the straw hats, I think this will continue until the end of the series.
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But Jinbe does't face faults as well
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And I think his pesonal goal and dream is highly shown already with him making human and fishmen living in peace letting Otohime's and Fisher Tigers efforts don't being for nothing.
The only thing he lacks is a personal flashback, but ther is still his scar, which never has been talked about even in fishmen island… + his business with Big Mom
I don't think that is Jinbe's personal goal, even though he is trying to protect it. I say his goal is something to do with that scar.
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I know many people think that Jinbe is guaranteed to join the crew, but there something about him, to me at least, that tells me he is character could die. For whatever reason, Jinbe just seems to emit this foreboding, this sense of something bad come. But this is just my gut feeling; don't persecute me for my baseless intuition.
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Jinbe might get fodderized and nearly killed in order to hype Big Mum, but he won't die. Luffy will not go through another Ace-like scenario where he fails to safe someone close to him.
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Given how close Big Mom got this arc, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole arc with Jinbe joining happens shortly after this arc when we catch up with the adventures of Sanji's group vs. Big Mom.
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Jinbe might get fodderized and nearly killed in order to hype Big Mum, but he won't die. Luffy will not go through another Ace-like scenario where he fails to safe someone close to him.
I know that; if Jinbe dies in accordance with my gut, I don't see his death being something similar to Ace's death at marineford. I'm thinking more of situation where Jinbe dies for sake of the something greater than himself and actually accomplishes something even though he dies. All that I'm saying is, if Jinbe, or any other character for that matter, does die, it doesn't have to be to motivate Luffy and the Straw Hats to get stronger. But that's just my opinion on the matter.
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I know that; if Jinbe dies in accordance with my gut, I don't see his death being something similar to Ace's death at marineford. I'm thinking more of situation where Jinbe dies for sake of the something greater than himself and actually accomplishes something even though he dies. All that I'm saying is, if Jinbe, or any other character for that matter, does die, it doesn't have to be to motivate Luffy and the Straw Hats to get stronger. But that's just my opinion on the matter.
This is exactly how Ace died.
He jumped in front of Akainu for the sake of Luffy's dreams, even though he claimed to wanna see Newgate with the crown.
"The Night Is Dark And Full Of Terror"
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Maybe if Jinbe stopped protecting everything with his life, people wouldn't suggest death for him.
Does anybody else still have that hilarious Jinbe barrel gif?
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I remember back in the day we suggested that Jinbe's "thing" would be that he would offer to put his life on the line for the most minor shit.
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Its Simple, in one of the next Arcs the Straw Hats will be in danger and one person will apear to save the Day, Jimbei!
I would be not suprised if Jimbei shows up helping Sanji and the others in the end of this Arc to help them against Big Mom and then he is official a member of the Straw Hats!
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I remember back in the day we suggested that Jinbe's "thing" would be that he would offer to put his life on the line for the most minor shit.
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Its Simple, in one of the next Arcs the Straw Hats will be in danger and one person will apear to save the Day, Jimbei!
I would be not suprised if Jimbei shows up helping Sanji and the others in the end of this Arc to help them against Big Mom and then he is official a member of the Straw Hats!
Hopefully not! I don't know what Oda wants with Big Mom's crew in this arc, but beating them alongside Doflamingo would be lame!
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Hopefully not! I don't know what Oda wants with Big Mom's crew in this arc, but beating them alongside Doflamingo would be lame!
At this point i'd prefer anything over them feeling like a plot device.
"The Night Is Dark And Full Of Terror"
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I'm sure Jinbe won't do anything against Big Mom until he ensures that his crew is safe and has a place to go.
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Even if he knows the crew is actively being targeted by the Big Mom?
Jinbe is smart. He would try to convince them to give up or even distract them while playing dumb or something.
I'm talking more about direct opposition, like joining or protecting the Straw Hats.
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It has been mentioned that Oda loves soccer. This has been an argument on how many crewmates Luffy will have in his crew by the end of the series.
First hint was chapter one of Luffy saying at least 10 people in his crew. http://www.mangapanda.com/103-2039-53/one-piece/chapter-1.html
And now with the recent chapter 737 of Blackbeards 10 captains(Bizarro Strawhats). http://read.powermanga.org/read/one_piece/en/0/737/page/5Now I'll ask some questions.
- Why can't the Strawhats have more than 11 total members if you include the substitution rules of soccer? Is it not feasible? FIFA official competition rules allow a max of 3 substitutes…so a max of 11 + 3 so 14. 14 seems to be a lot but just throwing out the possibility.
- Why can't the Blackbeard pirates get more captains under Blackbeard in the New World? I would think Blackbeard could find more strong capable captain level people joining his crew. Why turn down help for the sake of having a soccer team?
- What soccer positions do each Strawhat best fit? I don't know soccer so just guessed.
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/generic/81/42/36/lawsofthegame_2011_12_en.pdf
! Number of Players
A match is played by two teams, each consisting of not more than eleven
players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. A match may not start if either team
consists of fewer than seven players.
Number of substitutions
Official competitions
Up to a maximum of three substitutes may be used in any match played in an
official competition organised under the auspices of FIFA, the confederations or
the member associations.
The rules of the competition must state how many substitutes may be
nominated, from three up to a maximum of seven.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football_positions
Soccer(Maybe Davy Back Games Deux or Another Special with the Final Crew)
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Luffy Midfield General(Attacking Midfielder)
Zoro Clinical finisher(Right Forward)
Nami Goal Poacher(Centre Forward)
Usopp Attacking Full-back(Defender)
Sanji Dribbler(Second Striker; Left Forward)
Chopper Stopper(Centre-back; Defender)
Robin Playmaker(Central Midfielder)
Franky Target man(Centre Forward)
Brook Libero(Defender)
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Completely flesh out? I think so. While we could be 60 or 70% through the story who knows how much time it would actually take to finish up the rest. I don't think that'll be too much of an issue when everything is said and done. There is always going to be the people who just feel "Chopper, Franky, Brook and Robin never got to experience Arlong Park! They don't count as much as the first 5!" Nothing you can really do about those people.
I do feel that not getting to experience the split up at Sabaody is more of an issue though. That situation wasn't resolved until a two-year timeskip. Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook were split up from Luffy, and Jinbe hung out with Luffy during part of the time that he (Luffy) and the crew members were split up (which isn't the same as being a split up Straw Hat, but I think it works well enough). IMO, it'd be odd if the remaining member (I assume that besides Jinbe there's just one more person) had very little/nothing to do with the split.
Still, if the remaining member ultimately feels like another crew member rather than the one that sticks out too much by simply being new, then I suppose there's nothing to be concerned about. I don't know what Oda has in mind for the not-joined-yet Straw Hat crew, so I really should just wait and see.
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- Why can't the Strawhats have more than 11 total members if you include the substitution rules of soccer? Is it not feasible? FIFA official competition rules allow a max of 3 substitutes…so a max of 11 + 3 so 14. 14 seems to be a lot but just throwing out the possibility.
Taking your argument at face value, substitutes do not form a part of the official lineup. Only eleven players can play at a time on the pitch. Do you see three members of the crew swapping out with three others in the middle of an arc?
See, the whole thing with Oda loving football so the Strawhats would have eleven crew-members is just speculation. What we have right now is what you've said: the quote from Luffy from chapter one which says that he hopes to find at least 10 more members.
That said, at this point of time it is difficult envisioning Luffy having more than one more new crew-member. The basic reasoning is that the new crew-members wouldn't have enough time to develop a rapport with the crew and share common experiences. The Strawhats have gone through one big moment as a crew (the splitting apart at Sabaody and the timeskip), and even Jinbe (who is locked on in the eyes of almost everyone as the next Strawhat) also shared a part of that experience through Luffy.
- Why can't the Blackbeard pirates get more captains under Blackbeard in the New World? I would think Blackbeard could find more strong capable captain level people joining his crew. Why turn down help for the sake of having a soccer team?
They are not turning down help because they want to have a football team. That entire concept is a literary theme, a writing device used at the discretion of the author of the manga.
- What soccer positions do each Strawhat best fit? I don't know soccer so just guessed.
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/generic/81/42/36/lawsofthegame_2011_12_en.pdf
! Number of Players
A match is played by two teams, each consisting of not more than eleven
players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. A match may not start if either team
consists of fewer than seven players.
Number of substitutions
Official competitions
Up to a maximum of three substitutes may be used in any match played in an
official competition organised under the auspices of FIFA, the confederations or
the member associations.
The rules of the competition must state how many substitutes may be
nominated, from three up to a maximum of seven.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football_positions
Soccer(Maybe Davy Back Games Deux or Another Special with the Final Crew)
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Luffy Midfield General(Attacking Midfielder)
Zoro Clinical finisher(Right Forward)
Nami Goal Poacher(Centre Forward)
Usopp Attacking Full-back(Defender)
Sanji Dribbler(Second Striker; Left Forward)
Chopper Stopper(Centre-back; Defender)
Robin Playmaker(Central Midfielder)
Franky Target man(Centre Forward)
Brook Libero(Defender)
Jinbe Shot stopper(Goalkeeper)
?Last Strawhat? What position whould fit?This is fun speculation.
Most teams nowadays play 3 forwards, 3 midfielders and 4 defenders (two full backs and two center-backs) and one goalkeeper, of course. Your team is way too attack minded, with four forwards and an attacking midfielder!
Here's my team.Jinbe (goalkeeper)
Franky (center back)
Chopper - monster mode (center back)
Usopp (full back)
Nami (full back)Sanji (midfielder)
Robin (midfielder)
Last Strawhat (midfielder)Luffy (forward)
Last Strawhat (forward)
Zoro (target man/center forward)
