Final SH will be "that person" Caribou has been talking to for a decade, Oda said it to me in a dream
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 9 - Yamato vs. The World)
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RE: Next Straw Hat Crewmates (Vol. 9 - Yamato vs. The World)
Since Oda's early concept sketch of the crew showed only 10 members including Luffy that he clearly had some ideas for even if they ended up changing over time, but he's sort of pigeonholed himself into all of the readers expecting 11 (Luffy+10 nakama as stated at the beginning of the series), I wonder if Carrot and Yamato were pure experiments for him to try to find the right final piece. And he ended up getting tired with them/thinking they were the wrong fit. They do have a lot of superficial similarities both being genki brawler girls that are naive about the outside world and have cool furry transformations. If this is the case then I wonder if
A) He will make yet another attempt at this archetype in the next arc with minor adjustments
B) He will realize this type of character just isn't meshing and the next experiment will go in a totally different direction
C) He gives up and either has Jinbei be the final or brings back Vivi.