Re: Is Brook Related to Aokiji?
so you agree that Brook could be Aokijis father and what's more it's an almost commonly used plot device. just to hold onto that
Playing Devil's Advocate here...
Yeah, I still don't think he's Aokiji's father. It'd make Aokiji a bit older then I think would be appropriate, and it would be a pointless relationship to establish, and there's no indication except some common tropes and Oda's drawing tall, bespectacled, afro-bearing singers similarly. It would just be plain useless, not to mention a bit forced.
now then I guess you would also all agree, that it is not possible that Brook is Aokijis son or similar? but he could also just be an uncle, cousin or whatever?
Well Brook is certainly not Aokiji's descendant, he's 88 years old. And unless somebody proposes that Aokiji seems to have the same aging traits as Dr. Kureha (oh PLEASE, nobody theorize that they're related) then it's impossible. Could Aokiji be the descendant of a relative of Brook? There's nothing against it, but again, it seems a pointless relationship to establish. Though Oda being Oda, that sort of thing could actually be used to great comic effect, so maybe he WILL do it, just for laughs. It's hard to tell with Oda whether or not he'll do something silly just for comedy.
btw.: Aokiji singing and the "father leaving wife with son in myth" scares me that Oda might really have that in mind <.<'
Nah, it's too pointless a relationship for Oda to bother establishing. Then again, if Brook ever meets Aokiji and they figure out that they are in fact related, I'm gonna feel rather silly for objecting to it this vehemently. There's no proof for it, but there's no proof against it, except for plain old common sense.
But we know how this series feels about issues like that, right?
Well, yes, he was. But so are a lot of characters, that's not necessarily a trait that implies a family relationship.