@slash3584 To me, it's actually "Nika", or 2.9, since "Gomu" is a fake name and "Hito" is already accounted for.
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If Lili had the Paw Paw Fruit then it would make sense for Vivi to get it. I don't see that as a point in favor of Vivi going full-time SH though, more like continuing to follow in Lili's footsteps. Seeing how the Paw Paw Fruit was utilized in Kuma's flashback, it makes more sense to go to someone who is specifically traveling around helping people. If Vivi ends up getting a major role in the post-Im WG, her traveling around using the fruit to help people feels right to me.
As for the Number Theory, I really don't see any incentive for Oda or us to see it to its conclusion considering it has been spoiled for both parties. I already know it leads to "Su Ni Go," the fun part has already been ruined for me. I rather Oda surprise us than having a spotlight on every DF that fits the theory.
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I never took the number theory seriously. To me, even if there were some validity there, the Nika reveal either proved the theory false, by making Luffy's 5.6 number no longer valid and repeating Chopper's 1.10, or twisted it into a totally unforeseen way, by changing Luffy's number to 2.9 and freeing the 5.6 spot.
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Realize this is probably just regurgitating discussions had previously since nothing I’m bringing up is new information. That said…
One Piece Magazine 10 posted the prototype crew (full version with the prototype Jinbei as helmsman), and I believe Greg said that that was the original crew he envisioned for the SHs (this source is needed but could swear this was said somewhere) Get things evolve and such but I feel like that answers Oda’s intent of what the crew was meant to be, right?
The thread’s always been a fun speculation thread so this post won’t change things, but we can agree that per Oda’s original vision, the crew is complete as is? Everyone has a 1-1 role on the crew vs the prototype crew except botanist and archaeologist but you could argue Robin’s DF as the bloom bloom fruit was meant to be a homage to that (plus Usopp essentially became a botanist with the pop greens if people were ant a more direct correlation)
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@Gizmo The thing is that prototype crew picture was from around 3 years before serialization began.
There's another that is from just before serialization that has some interesting blank space.
Both pieces of concept art came together originally in some One Piece data book:
Here's the enlarged image of the second concept art:
As you can see, this is much closer to how the crew came up to be. Robin is there as the archeologist. But there were still some details to change: Brook was called Skirt and was supposed to join before the Shipwright, whose name is hidden.
A few years later, when Jinbe joined the crew, the One Piece magazine revealed the earlier piece of Concept Art had a proto-Jinbe character erased digitally in the original book.
However, the second piece of art, closer to the series' start, was never updated. Plus, it's very clear that it also had something erased, since the height lines stop at the left side of the image. Plus, the picture feels very imbalanced with 6 characters on the right side and only 3 on the left. It could easily be hiding one, two or even three characters with so much blank space.
I believe there could easily be two characters in these spots:
So, while yes, the earlier vision of the crew was more or less fulfilled with Jinbe joining, we don't know what was Oda's vision when the series was in its actual beginnings.
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My mindset right now is a 10th character was left to be worked on while the story was progressing. Maybe Oda had something on his mind but he left it open to figure out later. I think it's safe to assume this character was always going to join after Jinbei (last crew member prior to serialization), which ended up giving Oda a huge window to land on something he liked.
Back on the Number Theory, I wouldn't be surprised if this was something he wanted to do and reveal it to everyone after the story was over as a fun easter egg. The fun part has been spoiled for both Oda and us so I don't see the need to continue it. I agree that Nika could be seen has him pivoting from that plan.
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I still have a soft spot for photorealistic deer Chopper.
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@Deicide said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Gizmo The thing is that prototype crew picture was from around 3 years before serialization began.
There's another that is from just before serialization that has some interesting blank space.
Both pieces of concept art came together originally in some One Piece data book:
Here's the enlarged image of the second concept art:
As you can see, this is much closer to how the crew came up to be. Robin is there as the archeologist. But there were still some details to change: Brook was called Skirt and was supposed to join before the Shipwright, whose name is hidden.
A few years later, when Jinbe joined the crew, the One Piece magazine revealed the earlier piece of Concept Art had a proto-Jinbe character erased digitally in the original book.
However, the second piece of art, closer to the series' start, was never updated. Plus, it's very clear that it also had something erased, since the height lines stop at the left side of the image. Plus, the picture feels very imbalanced with 6 characters on the right side and only 3 on the left. It could easily be hiding one, two or even three characters with so much blank space.
I believe there could easily be two characters in these spots:
So, while yes, the earlier vision of the crew was more or less fulfilled with Jinbe joining, we don't know what was Oda's vision when the series was in its actual beginnings.
Yeah, some of that erasing leads me to think at least two more characters could realistically fit on the roll call sheet.
Also, for what it's worth, I recall the sheet with the proto-fishman was the word "bolero" on the bottom right.
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I get the feeling Bonney never really got the time to properly see the world after she found out Kuma was turned into a cyborg,
got captured, and hunted down Vegapunk.Maybe she will with Luffy, or should I say, Nika?
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@electricmastro You are really into Bonney as crewmate (or at least, continuing as a companion). I avoid talking the "Next crewmate" subject outside this thread, so since you posted here:
I don't think Bonney's story is meant to be that deep. Narratively speaking, she's a piece of a greater story, which is Kuma's. And, given how dark and painful Kuma's journey has been, I think Oda will give him a happy ending with his daughter, and they'll travel together as they promised each other once she's old enough.
If I were to guess, I think by the end of Egghead Kuma will depart with Bonney and the surviving Vegapunks to rendezvous with the Revolutionaries and look to the future. I can't see any other ending as more fitting for them.
If this were some other series, I could see Kuma dying a heroic sacrifice to cap off his tragic life, but not in One Piece. Here, I see we readers getting much-deserved catharsis for all Kuma had to endure as he witness Nika and is finally able to fulfill his promises to his daughter.
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@Deicide said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
If this were some other series, I could see Kuma dying a heroic sacrifice to cap off his tragic life, but not in One Piece. Here, I see we readers getting much-deserved catharsis for all Kuma had to endure as he witness Nika and is finally able to fulfill his promises to his daughter.
I mean, this is the same manga where Ace got killed in front of Luffy after going through hell to save him.
Law also seemed to find catharsis with Luffy after going though his disease ordeal and seeing Rosinante killed, so I wouldn’t doubt Bonney would find some catharsis after Bonney spent some time with him too.
It’s not that I’m against Bonney being happy with Kuma. I suppose I just feel that after all this set-up in having Bonney raise her anger towards the Government, giving Bonney some bonding scenes with Luffy, and linking Bonney with Nika, then it would somehow feel redundant to have Kuma magically cured with his humanity back after Vegapunk said there was nothing he could do about it.
Oda is, I’m sure is fair to say, willing to kill off characters if he believes in forwarding one’s story enough. If he’s willing to kill off Cobra to forward Vivi’s story, then I could see him killing off Kuma to forward Bonney’s in a similar fashion.
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@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
I mean, this is the same manga where Ace got killed in front of Luffy after going through hell to save him.
Yeah, but that's the exception and not the rule. Oda wanted that moment to give Luffy his only big loss ever and spur him into being ready for the New World. This is not how Oda usually does things.
@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Law also seemed to find catharsis with Luffy after going though his disease ordeal and seeing Rosinante killed, so I wouldn’t doubt Bonney would find some catharsis after Bonney spent some time with him too.
Law does not work as a comparison to what you are aiming, because he just had the standard tragic flashback that explains who he is, and then he got to see his nemesis vanquished by Luffy in the present.
This is different, this is not Bonney's flashback, it's Kuma's, and as such it's Kuma the character that deserves catharsis the most, not Bonney.
She's much more like Rebecca, who suffered without knowing her dad, but then we found out her dad was alive and in the end the real tragedy was his, and he was able to finally give Rebecca the peace she wanted.
There's a lot of paralels between Bonney and Rebecca. And I mean beyond the superficial stuff like having pink hair or daddy issues or memory manipulation involved somehow. This is a tale of a father who lost the love of his life in tragedy and swore to protect their daughter. I don't see them having any happy ending than father and daughter being reunited.
You are looking into secondary desires like traveling the world but missing that this is a promise between father and daughter, and that Bonney's quest is to restore her father, and that Kuma's life of suffering can only have a good ending if all that suffering wasn't for nothing.
Kuma dying here means Bonney fails her quest, and that the person she wanted to see the world with no longer exists, and that she was already free to see the world with her own crew all along if that was her great desire, as her father has already succeeded in curing her from her illness through his previous sacrifice.
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@Deicide said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
There's a lot of paralels between Bonney and Rebecca. And I mean beyond the superficial stuff like having pink hair or daddy issues or memory manipulation involved somehow. This is a tale of a father who lost the love of his life in tragedy and swore to protect their daughter. I don't see them having any happy ending than father and daughter being reunited.
I never figured Rebecca would accompany Luffy outside of Dressrosa, because her story just seemed to start and end with Kyros.
I suppose it just feels different with Bonney even when considering the circumstances. I just really don’t get the feeling that her story will start and just end with Kuma, but I’ll have to see.
If you feel it’s impossible for Kuma’s tragedy to eventually inspire Bonney to take up Kuma’s will of liberating people alongside Nika, then I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree for now.
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@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
I never figured Rebecca would accompany Luffy outside of Dressrosa, because her story just seemed to start and end with Kyros.
But back then a lot of people thought Rebecca would be joining the crew for whatever reason as well.
Bonney's story starts and ends with Kuma much like Rebecca's was about Kyros. Her entire story has been about restoring her father.
@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
If you feel it’s impossible for Kuma’s tragedy to eventually inspire Bonney to take up Kuma’s will of liberating people alongside Nika, then I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree for now.
Well, it's a discussion forum, so disagreeing is normal.
However, I'll point that Bonney is a 12-year old girl that wants her "daddy" back and said more than once that he'd never leave her alone. She's not yet an adult with maturity to take over her father's quest, she's a kid wanting daddy back home so they can be happy together.
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I still think Bonney is possibly meant to attain her own assets of some form of the satellites, Robonosuke, Seraphim, Sentomaru, MK 3s, and Stussy. Luffy gets another ally with their own militia. Her life and those who love her have suffered at the hands of the WG. It would be poetic if all these supposed assets that were under their nose now go to Bonney.
Like the books of Ohara, Robonosuke was right there and not totally scrapped due to the WH's incompetence.
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@Deicide said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
I never figured Rebecca would accompany Luffy outside of Dressrosa, because her story just seemed to start and end with Kyros.
But back then a lot of people thought Rebecca would be joining the crew for whatever reason as well.
Bonney's story starts and ends with Kuma much like Rebecca's was about Kyros. Her entire story has been about restoring her father.
@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
If you feel it’s impossible for Kuma’s tragedy to eventually inspire Bonney to take up Kuma’s will of liberating people alongside Nika, then I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree for now.
Well, it's a discussion forum, so disagreeing is normal.
However, I'll point that Bonney is a 12-year old girl that wants her "daddy" back and said more than once that he'd never leave her alone. She's not yet an adult with maturity to take over her father's quest, she's a kid wanting daddy back home so they can be happy together.
In light of the situation with Nika, in the event I see more evidence of Bonney’s story just ending with Kuma’s, then I’ll see to your points more.
I don’t think having Bonney’s story just ending with Kuma’s would be as interesting (sounds boringly predictable even), but I’m not Oda, so what do I know? lol
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What I guess I’m left to ask is this:
If Oda is so heavily desiring Bonney to be happy with Kuma, then why write this much tragedy with them in the first place?
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Hard to see Kuma having a happy ending with Bonney at this point, but also for her to join the crew... I insist that if anyone else is joining, it will just be Vivi.
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@electricmastro The greater the hardship, the greater will be the catharsis.
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Vivi or if anyone with a stretch it will be Bonney. No one else. Jo Yamato, no Momonosuke, no Perona, no Kinemon etc.
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@Kishido said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Vivi or if anyone with a stretch it will be Bonney. No one else. Jo Yamato, no Momonosuke, no Perona, no Kinemon etc.
We might get Yamato to join the crew in One Piece Super or GT lol
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@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Kishido said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Vivi or if anyone with a stretch it will be Bonney. No one else. Jo Yamato, no Momonosuke, no Perona, no Kinemon etc.
We might get Yamato to join the crew in One Piece Super or GT lol
I get the feeling we’ll be getting more focus on Yamato beyond with Momo.
After it was revealed that Gloriosa used to sail with Kaido, it’s possible Gloriosa was Yamato’s mom, and we may get more that ties their stories more together, and may further give her purpose to sail out after finishing business with Momo’s failure.
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@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Kishido said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Vivi or if anyone with a stretch it will be Bonney. No one else. Jo Yamato, no Momonosuke, no Perona, no Kinemon etc.
We might get Yamato to join the crew in One Piece Super or GT lol
Aw jeez, you're not implying the Black One Piece, are you?
As for Bonney, I can honestly see it going both ways, her dad Kuma surviving and her and him going off to help the revolutionaries, or Kuma dying and her joining the SHs, but honestly no in-between or third option.
As for Vivi, I 100% believe she's joining up with the SHs, but I honestly don't know if she's joining proper, even if she's technically member 5.5. If only because I can't think of how she would contribute, battle-wise, and the fact that once the World Government gets inevitably taken down that she's 100% taking the mantle as Queen of Alabasta post-story and I think being with a pirate crew carries a lot of baggage with that.
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@danie said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Hard to see Kuma having a happy ending with Bonney at this point
As much as I want Bonney to be happy, I’m honestly having a hard time seeing it too.
I think it really depends on how much Bonney depends on Kuma to make her happy. Luffy isn’t Kuma, but I could totally see him cheering her up similar to when they ate lunch together earlier in Egghead.
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Ultimately, seeing as how the Government, particularly Saturn, is Bonney’s main enemy at this point, I get the feeling she won’t rest until he’s taken down, regardless of what happens with Kuma. Bonney is pretty vindictive and doesn’t seem like the type who will just quietly settle down reading bedtime stories with Kuma like the old days.
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Now, Bonney may or may not join the Strawhat's crew, but you know what would be funny? If Law and Kidd came back for another battle later, and Bonney joins them in the "we're not part of the Strawhat Crew" crew. Heck, add Capone and you could suddenly have a whole new, slightly tsundere pirate faction.
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@LordButler said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
As for Vivi, I 100% believe she's joining up with the SHs, but I honestly don't know if she's joining proper, even if she's technically member 5.5. If only because I can't think of how she would contribute, battle-wise, and the fact that once the World Government gets inevitably taken down that she's 100% taking the mantle as Queen of Alabasta post-story and I think being with a pirate crew carries a lot of baggage with that.
Well her dad got killed, she's being hunted by Im, and has Lily's legacy hanging over her.
It's Vivi's choice whether or not she wants to sail as a full-time crewmate if only to follow-up on her Will of D. legacy.
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@LordButler said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Kishido said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Vivi or if anyone with a stretch it will be Bonney. No one else. Jo Yamato, no Momonosuke, no Perona, no Kinemon etc.
We might get Yamato to join the crew in One Piece Super or GT lol
Aw jeez, you're not implying the Black One Piece, are you?
I'm saying when One Piece is over and we get whatever continuation of the story that will inevitably come, like they did with Dragon ball with Dragon Ball GT or Dragon Ball super, they most likely will have Yamato sailing on the crew
One Piece is way to much of a juggernaut to not eventually do this, whether it be tv shows or movies we'll be seeing the Straw Hats for a long time after, regardless of Oda's involvement
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@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@LordButler said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Kishido said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Vivi or if anyone with a stretch it will be Bonney. No one else. Jo Yamato, no Momonosuke, no Perona, no Kinemon etc.
We might get Yamato to join the crew in One Piece Super or GT lol
Aw jeez, you're not implying the Black One Piece, are you?
I'm saying when One Piece is over and we get whatever continuation of the story that will inevitably come, like they did with Dragon ball with Dragon Ball GT or Dragon Ball super, they most likely will have Yamato sailing on the crew
One Piece is way to much of a juggernaut to not eventually do this, whether it be tv shows or movies we'll be seeing the Straw Hats for a long time after, regardless of Oda's involvement
Not that I'm against having more Yamato in the first place, since I admit that I like the character and her potential for growth, but since you brought it up, exactly what leads you to believe this can't happen in the main manga?
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@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@LordButler said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Kishido said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Vivi or if anyone with a stretch it will be Bonney. No one else. Jo Yamato, no Momonosuke, no Perona, no Kinemon etc.
We might get Yamato to join the crew in One Piece Super or GT lol
Aw jeez, you're not implying the Black One Piece, are you?
I'm saying when One Piece is over and we get whatever continuation of the story that will inevitably come, like they did with Dragon ball with Dragon Ball GT or Dragon Ball super, they most likely will have Yamato sailing on the crew
One Piece is way to much of a juggernaut to not eventually do this, whether it be tv shows or movies we'll be seeing the Straw Hats for a long time after, regardless of Oda's involvement
Not that I'm against having more Yamato in the first place, since I admit that I like the character and her potential for growth, but since you brought it up, exactly what leads you to believe this can't happen in the main manga?
I don’t believe that
There’s a good chance that it happens, especially since we know Caribou is going to tell a certain someone about the ancient weapon in Wano, so an invasion might be imminent, if so Yamato will probably hitch up with the straw hats
My point is for people who are fans of Yamato even if he doesn’t join in the main adventure he’ll def join in the epilogue or the sequel series that are bound to come out after the series is over
But there’s definitely a chance he could join before that
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@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@electricmastro said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@LordButler said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Kishido said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
Vivi or if anyone with a stretch it will be Bonney. No one else. Jo Yamato, no Momonosuke, no Perona, no Kinemon etc.
We might get Yamato to join the crew in One Piece Super or GT lol
Aw jeez, you're not implying the Black One Piece, are you?
I'm saying when One Piece is over and we get whatever continuation of the story that will inevitably come, like they did with Dragon ball with Dragon Ball GT or Dragon Ball super, they most likely will have Yamato sailing on the crew
One Piece is way to much of a juggernaut to not eventually do this, whether it be tv shows or movies we'll be seeing the Straw Hats for a long time after, regardless of Oda's involvement
Not that I'm against having more Yamato in the first place, since I admit that I like the character and her potential for growth, but since you brought it up, exactly what leads you to believe this can't happen in the main manga?
I don’t believe that
There’s a good chance that it happens, especially since we know Caribou is going to tell a certain someone about the ancient weapon in Wano, so an invasion might be imminent, if so Yamato will probably hitch up with the straw hats
My point is for people who are fans of Yamato even if he doesn’t join in the main adventure he’ll def join in the epilogue or the sequel series that are bound to come out after the series is over
But there’s definitely a chance he could join before that
Got a point there. Caribou could get cornered by Saturn and then he'll blab about knowing where Pluton is to him for all we know, meaning he'll have more reason to go to Wano sooner given how important those things are in the first place. Going there himself may be now problem given how he blocked fighters like Sanji, this could be quite a serious problem even for Yamato.
Whatever happens, I like that optimism. It seems rare to encounter people willing to give the benefit of the doubt that Yamato can join sooner rather than later these days. Not that people can't believe what they want of course, but I can't help but feel a sense of fun about Yamato tagging along one day, when she can.
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Was talking about this in the Egghead thread, but I felt to say that I'm thankful for Egghead for giving more possible motivation for Vivi to sail with Luffy beyond just a fun reunion. She now has Lily's Will of D. legacy on her and was being anticipated by Cobra to fly the flag of the dawn before he was killed.
People can say how much they feel Vivi can't possibly join the crew all they want, but I still think it's worth considering and giving the benefit of the doubt to see how Vivi's story with the Will of D. and the flag of the Dawn will develop with Vivi seeing as how she's the only living Nefertari left. The Will of D. and the Dawn are important concepts in the first place, so it will be interesting to see how all that develops with Vivi, and whether or not she'll decide to sail in order to better understand that.
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From Episode 1084. Interesting how Carrot was shown saying this, even though many people were saying that she didn't want to stay behind on Zou.
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I wish this goodbye would have been in the actual book, but this is as official and clear-cut an ending as Carrot is gonna get. Ah well, no regrets.
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@Shift said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
I wish this goodbye would have been in the actual book, but this is as official and clear-cut an ending as Carrot is gonna get. Ah well, no regrets.
I still wouldn’t be surprised if she ended up reforming the nox pirates with Pekoms and ended up joining the grand fleet
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@Shift said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
I wish this goodbye would have been in the actual book, but this is as official and clear-cut an ending as Carrot is gonna get. Ah well, no regrets.
Episode 1084 is def a triumph over a manga, because I hated how Wano's ending turned out. The episode reminded me of Alabasta's ending, so I'm glad the animators took time to show this sense of closure the manga pushed aside.
But it's quite interesting though. The animators had surely had time to look over the feedback Chapter 1056 received, but still decided to animate a scene of Carrot saying she'll protect Zou, even though many claimed she never wanted to do that at all and that having her suddenly accept an offer out of nowhere ruined Carrot's character.
So unless all the anime staff dislike Carrot, and have no fondness for her at all, then it makes me wonder if they bothered asking Oda about having that anime scene in, and if so, emphasized on Carrot's desire to protect Zou she never quite showed before because it's set-up for something bigger than none of us previously foresaw.
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@Shiebs said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Shift said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
I wish this goodbye would have been in the actual book, but this is as official and clear-cut an ending as Carrot is gonna get. Ah well, no regrets.
I still wouldn’t be surprised if she ended up reforming the nox pirates with Pekoms and ended up joining the grand fleet
At this point, saying "joining the Grand Fleet" sounds like set-up for disappointment. lol
But no, it actually makes me more interested in what will be done with Carrot's character in light of the animators putting in a scene of Carrot saying she wanted to protect Zou, even though she never said that in the manga.
After all, if I expect people to respect my speculation on Yamato's return, then it's only fair I respect people's speculation on Carrot's return. My own personal thoughts shouldn't stop me from giving the benefit of the doubt, so as always, I remain optimistic, while also open to new evidence.
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Another reminder of Bonney potentially becoming a Straw Hat!
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Next chapter is key, Kuma showing up when Luffy is a kid instead of just ending the chapter with him losing his humanity is definitely setting up something
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For what it's worth, Bonney does have a 300 million plus bounty like other members of the crew.
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@Robby said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@Shiebs Spoilers don't leave the spoiler section.
I was talking about chapter that was already out on Viz
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Ah. Your phrasing made me think it was something that hadn't happened yet since they didn't interact at all in that chapter.
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I’ve always wanted the final straw hat to be either a little girl or an old woman, so I’d be pretty happy with Bonney
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@Shiebs Even your post's timestamp (Dec 4th) is from before we had any spoilers (spoiler thread came out Dec 5th).
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I still think there is a possibility that Bonney is meant to inherit all of the Pacifista as the whole thing started from Kuma. The MK 3, Seraphim, but also VP's allies - satellites, Stussy, Sentomaru.
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Is Bonney joining the crew? My take is simple: no, she isn't the 11th Straw Hat.
I don't see Oda building up that conclusion to her story. Actually, it's not even just her story, it's primarily Kuma's. The flashback is his, and we so far got half a chapter dedicated for Bonney's side of the story. Plus, her entire quest is to rescue and restore her father. This is not about Kuma bestowing a will for Bonney to fulfill. He wants her daughter to be happy, and she wants to be happy by his side.
No, her dream is not to travel the world, or else she would already be accomplishing it on her own. What matters to her is to be with her father. For us to assume she goes with the crew, you need to expect Bonney to essentially fail and get a bad ending. I feel that, if Bonney was meant to join the crew, her story would build up in a direction in which her goals would be intrinsically related with joining the crew. But it's the opposite: joining the crew would mean she failed at her goals and the crew is the consolation prize.
Bonney wants to rescue Kuma, Kuma is on his way to Egghead. All we need between now and the end of Egghead is a little miracle... And One Piece is all about miracles, about the impossible being made manifest through sheer tenacity. So, that's what I think will happen.
@Cockycent said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
I still think there is a possibility that Bonney is meant to inherit all of the Pacifista as the whole thing started from Kuma. The MK 3, Seraphim, but also VP's allies - satellites, Stussy, Sentomaru.
I can see that happening but all of that may go to the Revolutionary Army instead, either because Vegapunk goes with Kuma and Bonney, or because Bonney chooses to help the revolutionaries after Egghead.
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I only mention this now because the anime showed it last night.
Seems like Yamato is being set-up to have a hard time in light of her delay to sea, going by what Zoro said: