@SunnyBlue:
Pell, Pagaya, Mr.2, and victims of shinokuni would like to say hi. At most Kyros would have a near death experience.
How about her aunt whom she clearly care for? Her grandfather? She has a family on Dressrosa. Why does she need to become a pirate?.
Um what does any of those characters have to do with the statements I just recited in my previous post?
So what if she has family there? It's not as though she loves them enough to stay there. She only just barely remembered that they exist and it's not like they're even a big part of her life. It's already clear that the only thing/person she cares about is her father at this point.
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@The:
I feel that when Luffy told her to stay by his friends side, it was more so that she would be safe, and less like what Soldier meant. Soldier was saying that as her father, wanting to take care of her since Rebecca's mother was no longer alive, and he felt guilty. Luffy has seen how she fights, and probably wanted her to stay with his friends who are more experienced at fighting in life or death situations. They both want her to be safe, but the differences are subtle and different enough that it's arguable it's a parallel. Mind you I have a hard time with analyzing these things at times, so take my opinion as you will.
The reason isn't really important. It's the fact that Oda purposely made the statements similar. He could have conveyed that message in another way yet he chose to make them parallel one another. That simply can't be a coincidence imo.
If Kyros died during the current time line and that changed what Rebecca wanted to do, that could be interesting, and something I didn't consider. I agree that she could learn a better way to fight, and if she does in fact fight against Diamante with Kyros, she could learn quickly how to fight like him. She's been a fighter most of her life, and she could probably learn the basics easily by watching. I doubt that she would get Monet's fruit. Ace was dead for two years, which gave Doflamingo plenty of time to track it down. Monet has supposedly been dead for a week at most, which means there is no way that Doflamingo could've found it. Obviously we don't know the process of how it works, and it was alluded a little in Punk Hazard, but it seems highly unlikely that Monet's power was retrieved that quickly among all the chaos. I wouldn't mind her being confident like Erza, but we don't need her having the broken powers or the constant in your face fanservice.
Actually, they've only been in the New World for about a day and a half. So Monet hasn't been dead for that long. Either way the timeframe of their death is irrelevant. And Doffy doesn't have to have been the one to find it either. Her DF has already left her body and the ability simply transfers to the nearest fruit almost instantly like we say with Smiley. So it's possible Monet's fruit could actually be on the strawhat's ship without them realizing it. Of course this hasn't been implied or anything it's just a possibility should Oda choose to go that route. Or he could simply have her stumble across it at some point. It doesn't really matter as long as the end result is her eating it. I agree with the part about Erza. Becca could use an outfit change tbh. Preferably one not so needlessly perverted.
I don't know how exactly to explain the last part, but I don't feel that the interactions Rebecca is having with the crew point towards her joining. With Robin ,despite being an enemy, she helped Luffy out, and she was also saved by Luffy even though she was the enemy. Rebecca likes Luffy, but I think it's more that out of all the people at the competition, he's a standout guy. It just seems like the Luffy makes friends wherever he goes, not this guy is cool and I want to follow him wherever he goes.
Well none of the strawhats ever really wanted to follow Luffy the moment he saw him but I see your point.
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@desa:
Isn't anyone with a decent screentime get proposed by someone whether or not the character is female?
Yes. I don't really see what the complaints are about though. Discussing possible new crew members is kinda the point of this thread :T