@Robby said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
@kevo_koma said in Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 10 - Egghead):
We only had Vivi in Drum and Alabasta.
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She's also met (and tried to kill) Laboon, for over a decade was the only character to get into the "plays with animals" cover pages aside from the main crew, and was the only crew member in the Reverie arc.
Nowadays the play with animal covers don't mean anything because Oda just takes any random fan request, but for a long long time only the Strawhats got those.
Later down the line Karoo started getting his own as well. But Oda always kept her in the reader's mind.
I completely forgor about Little garden. She doesn't really do much in that arc in comparison to Drum, where she teaches Luffy the value of humbling yourself and asking for help. and Alabasta.
In little garden, she might as well have been gastino or caribou.
But I will agree, the Straw hats explicitly accepted her as a member of the crew, so for all intents and purposes she is a covert Straw hat member.
But he's there thing, I personally feel like a true SH member would have joined the crew regardless of the situation.
This is why Jimbei politely refused until he could take care of his baggage.
Also we have to remember, Vivi is the only SH "member" that wasn't willing to give up their personal responsiblities to go on an adventure with Luffy.
Nami could have stayed on cocoyashi, rebuilt her relationships with the villagers and helped the village prosper.
Zoro could have have become a wandering swordsman, joining random pirate groups in the hopes of drawing out mihawk before taking down each group.
Ussop could have remained on his island, gain the respect and adoration of the towns folk, married a rich woman and possibly become a business magnate.
Sanji could have taken over baratie. Spreading it all the way out into the new world.
Robin could have continued her covert affairs. Franky could have helped his bro Iceberg rebuild the city, build new cool ships, take care of the franky family.
Brook could have gone straight to laboon.
Jinbei could have taken a role in the FI politics.
All in all, Vivi is the only one who wasn't willing to give up these things to join the crew.
Yamato too.
So yeah, I think this is the biggest case against her.