Guys, I think we can close this thread. Ryo "Nakama" has drawn Shinobu on the cover of Jump. It really doesn't get any more obvious than this.
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
As a Carrot fan I also don't think that it means too much but it is absolutely hilarious. Like somebody must have noticed Carrot there in the middle and the implications xD
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
Law is interesting because his recent scene basically says that he has to find all red road poneglyphs to find out more about the Ds which also implies that he will continue traveling with the Straw Hats. I can't really see him asking Luffy "Hey I am interested in this D thing, that you dont care about btw, so could you give me a call each time you find out more about it?" instead of him just going with them. Law definitely feels like a main character in the story but his crew has been completely useless in this arc and with the last chapter they are even farther removed from the ongoing battle. There could be a Jinbei situation where he asks his crew to let him travel with the Straw Hats to pursue his selfish dream/goal.
Do I think this will happen? Not, but it wouldn't surprise me and I don't know how else he would be able to find out more about the Ds.
Just imagine Jinbei, Carrot, Yamato and Law all joining in one arc after years of no new crewmates xD
Also it was super important that Saul was also a D because it confirmed that the D clan is part of different races.
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
I am pretty sure Tama just used her ability to command some of Kaidos Smile users to get her to Onigashima and that there was no need to hide. She even says "we" got a ride on the enemy's ship. If she can somehow summon them out of nowhere she would have just said "I". I also don't think that there is anything about the "three minutes" it is just a generic "hold them back for X minutes until we are gone and then escape yourself"
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
Each chapter Oda is just throwing in more "possible new nakama" characters into the current story and giving them new info for discussion. Yamato, Carrot, Tama, Law.. In the next few chapters Pudding, Barto, Hancock, resurrected Monet, etc. will appear for the next Nakama Battle Royal to start in chapter 1000.
Joking aside I absolutely don't think that Law has any kind of chance to join the crew because of numerous reasons but this chapter does kinda imply that his new dream also means collecting the red Poneglyphs and going to Laugh Tale to find out more about the Ds.
Yamato confirmed to have a Zoan DF. Let's hope for a cool design!
So Tama came to Onigashima on an enemy ship even though all of Kaidos forces are supposed to be on Onigashima because of the Fire Festival…. She probably used her Dangos to manipulate Smile users to get on the ship. I really hope her Dangos don't work on actual Zoan users.
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
I think there are three possibilities for how Yamatos wish of going out to sea can be realized:
- Becoming a Straw Hat
- Taking control of the remaining Beast Pirates
- Becoming Momonosukes bodyguard/advisor/scabbard/friend. Opening up the borders of Wano will take a lot of time. First Wano needs to be fixed from the inside and after that Momo or representatives of Wano need to set sail to other countries to forge trade deals and political connections. Yamato could also start leading Wanos Navy which might connect to point 2.
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
I really don't understand that take about the editor and that being the reason why Carrot got screentime. When Naito joined the WCI island arc was already happening which means Carrot was already part of the WCI-Crew so Oda must have had a plan for her. Do you seriously think an editor was responsible for all of Carrots development in WCI (Pedros death, Sulong, bonding with the Straw Hats)? And now that Oda changed editors he is like "finally I don't have to listen to that guy and can quickly wrap up Carrots story". Oda would never let himself get influenced this much by an editor if it doesn't follow his idea of the story.
Also who cares if he likes Carrot or not? Lots of people love her. She is incredibly popular and it is not just this forum where many people already count her as a Straw Hat just look at comments online everytime she appears or does something. She is also included in many Straw Hat crew fanarts (this also counts for Yamato). She was also voted as the 26th most popular character in the last official poll with only Reiju ranking higher from the new Zou/WCI characters and this was before her big moments with Pedros death and Sulong form. (on that note I expect a new character poll sometime in 2021 maybe even announced with chapter 1000)
Also YES Carrots "lack of purpose" IS interesting and very unique in OP especially now at a point in the story where Oda can't afford to waste multiple chapters on things that don't matter in the end.
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
Wanda suddenly appearing just comes down to Oda cutting corners again. We will never know if Wanda was there from the beginning, if she just arrived at this place etc. Oda needed her there so she is there. It will be a 2v1 fight against Perosperos with Carrot probably landing the final blow. I also expect Perosperos to be the one to taunt Carrot about Pedros death and those taunts also mentioning the Dawn that Pedro never managed to see. We might get more information about the Dawn from that.
Carrots lack of involvement in Wano has been talked about a lot. I think it just comes down to how Oda told the story. He knew he needed to introduce Carrot before Wano because Wano is such a massively stacked arc when it comes to story and characters. Thats why he included her in WCI. He introduces her to the readers and sets her story up with Pedros death. But then Wano started. She reunited with the Minks and imo Oda made a huge mistake not showing that to us in more detail but it is probably him just cutting stuff again to move the story forward faster. The minks in general had no real role in the first two acts because they couldnt show themselves to the population of Wano. So Oda had her just sidelined for now. All her setup was already done he just needed to wait for Perosperos to be near her to continue her story.
My prediction for Carrots story progress from here: fight Perosperos -> reunite with some of the Straw Hats to help fight whatever is left of Kaidos forces -> end of battle feast where she will have a talk with Neko and Ino about the Dawn and tell Neko about Pedros death -> decide she wants to sail with the Straw Hats and either ask Luffy directly or sneak on the Sunny once again.
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 8 - Onigashima)
Like some people have already said it looks like Jinbeis color will be brown. Can anyone tell me why that might mean and how brown relates to Jinbei? Of all the colors I have never seen brown theorized for him.
Also Brook is officially black & white but he is mostly shown with black when the crew colors are relevant for outfits and the chapter countdown. The white part is just because he is a skeleton. So does this open up the color white for either Carrot or Yamato?
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Carrot Fans, we are nearing the Endgame now. I guess it will be Carrot and Wanda vs Perosperos.
I like the colors Oda gave Yamato, very unique in the series. Also Oda seems to have made some slight changes to her face so that it looks a little different from Nami, I just hope that he also tries to do that in actual manga panels and keeps it consistently different. One thing I don't like in the cover is her noodle arms, really wish she would be more muscular considering that she seems like a strong melee brawler but Oda just gave her his usual barbie doll figure.
Something about this chapter that I didn't like was once again Oda rushing through things: What was up with the whole Perosperos and Marco team up? First hint at it in a panel only for it to not be relevant in the end. And then the panel with Carrot, there are just so many things unexplained. Where did Wanda suddenly come from? Why is she not on top with the other Minks and how did she even find Carrot in all this chaos (remember Carrot and Nami were chased by Big Mom and only ended up there because they were captured)? In fact where are the two of them even? How could Carrot have possibly seen Perosperos? They are inside a huge skull and didn't even know that Perosperos was on the way. Or can we count this as one more point for her lookout role (not serious with this). I really hope that Oda isn't rushing through this just to hit a moment for chapter 1000 or to be on track for the five year plan.