The way it’s been implied the original name was the Hito-Hito model Nika, which the World Government in turn changed to the Gomu Gomu no mi. They wouldn’t change the name of a fruit to “Hito-Hito mythical Nika” to hide its true nature, that makes no sense. They’d just leave it as is. The name was changed to the Gomu Gomu.

Not surw why they would change the name to the name of a fruit that already exists, that just opens up the possibility of people saying “hmm wait a minute, how is it we have 2 Gomu Gomu fruits?”

Tama is a worse possibility than Carrot, that’s saying something.

Thankfully Carrot can be let go of soon, what an annoying following

@Zhenja:

Carrot was never unique to begin with…

Not even a bit, such a strange fascination with her. Find it extremely, extremely strange

Carrot is a background character at this point, no different than Wanda.

Nami is weak, needs help/plot against tough opponent. News at 11.

Usopp is also weak, needs help/plot against tough opponent. News at 11.

Complaining for the sake of complaining.

Can we put Carrot to bed now? No clue how it ever became a prevalent thought in the first place.

I see the carrot dream is still living on in some for some odd reason.

Time to put that in the rear view and move ahead, nonetheless about 5 years too late

Why is Carrott still being discussed, honestly baffling. Are people's judgement clouded that much because of, I don't even know why., silly reasons.

She's a background character, no different that Bartolemo or Cavendish. She'll go on her merry way with her crew (Minks) and come back to help Luffy as part of his fleet.

@Cockycent:

Those in charge of that live action show are probably reading and/or watching One Piece before they start doing anything. I would hope so at least. I have no proof, but I doubt those in charge were fans beforehand. Gut feeling, but whatever. Worst case scenario, they are wiki readers. If this is true, it's karma from when I used spark notes for 70% of HS.

Talked about it too many times, but…

• Do they change backstories for "it's an adaptation" purposes?
• How much do they omit? Whole arcs? Personality traits? Around the world reactions and happenings?
• Is it sequenced the same? For example, Nami could be introduced during Syrup Village or Baratie, the same way she was for Orange Town
• How much of the story is changed?

I know what most start off with is "CGI and how it'll look", but before they even get there, what will the story be like. All the money in the world for a good looking One Piece live action series can't cover up a shitty adaptation. That Dragon Ball writer's comment always comes back to mind when I think of any live action adaptation for anime. I'm aware that the difference is Oda is involved, but many mangaka have been shown to be too generous in my opinion. From my point of view, they are vocal, but too kind and humble at times. Manga and anime are in a way better place today, but are still not respected that much in entertainment imo. Especially with so many cartoons trying to use the "anime" tag to market, while actual anime don't get the same marketing.

Those in charge should make AP forum or some other OP related community accounts, read OP and take their time. Even then that wouldn't be enough, but it's a great start.

If you are expecting the live action to follow the Manga story to a tee, you'll be sadly mistaken.

I'd be surprised if they follow much of it, aside from the basics