Discussion Will Luffy recruit a 10th person?

[electricmastro]

With the series now in the final saga, there seems to be this looming concern in the community that Luffy will never get a 10th person since it would be too late, in spite of anything Oda had said in the past. I think the contrary, and have a good idea of who it could be, but what do you guys think?

 

[Fox666]

The Vivre Card already have a spot reserved for Vivi

She's the only person who has been groomed longer than Jinbe to be a Straw Hat

 

[Vanshrimp]

i think due to the final war, it is not about having nakama to go on even more exciting adventure it is more about having allies to win against the ennemy..

 

[electricmastro]

The Vivre Card already have a spot reserved for Vivi

She's the only person who has been groomed longer than Jinbe to be a Straw Hat

I get the feeling Vivi would still want to help Alabasta and be its Queen. After saying she loved her country and didn’t show regret in refusing Luffy, I imagine she would travel around for a bit more before going back there to help it out like she had always done, let alone being uncertain what her greater purpose with Luffy would be. I can easily be wrong on that though.

 

[Fox666]

I get the feeling Vivi would still want to help Alabasta and be its Queen. After saying she loved her country and didn’t show regret in refusing Luffy, I imagine she would travel around for a bit more before going back there to help it out like she had always done, let alone being uncertain what her greater purpose with Luffy would be. I can easily be wrong on that though.

Can she still be queen if the WG wants her head?

I don't think she's safe even at Arabasta

And even if she was, I think she has to attend the Reverie if they still want the protection of the Marines

 

[electricmastro]

Can she still be Queen if the WG wants her head?

I don't think she's safe even at Arabasta

And even if she was, I think she has to attend the Reverie if they still want the protection of the Marines

Assuming her primary ambition is to still help Alabasta, then Vivi would have to get protection then, like Momo.

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So are people here in agreement that the next arc or so will tackle the situation with Vivi, so as to verify what her final stance is in leaving Alabasta to join the Straw Hats, or still going back, but with more protection?

 

[Franckie]

I was thinking Yamato because all signs pointed to him being the next nakama, notably his declaration to join Luffy after settling things with Kaido. I'm not sure why Oda didn't fell through. Maybe he thought the crew would be too strong if Yamato joined. Maybe it has to do with Oda getting creepy with readers sexualizing the character Or maybe it's a combination of these two factors and something else we're not aware of. The storytelling got really weird the longer Wano dragged on, and I'm not entirely sure if the series will make a full recovery from that trainwreck of an arc.

I'm still of the opinion we're getting one more character since BB has ten subordinates, and it isn't clear yet if it's Aokiji who is the 10 Captain of BB's pirate armada divisions.

 

[electricmastro]

I was thinking Yamato because all signs pointed to him being the next nakama, notably his declaration to join Luffy after settling things with Kaido. I'm not sure why Oda didn't fell through.

One of the best answers is prob because doesn't have a strong enough catalyst to leave Wano right now. Thinking about it, Jinbe spent years getting to know his surrogate brother, Fisher Tiger, to the point of sharing a desire for fish-men and human relations to be strengthened, and now Jinbe is sailing the seas with this desire still in mind to after Tiger died.

So to go from that, to Yamato sailing the seas based on reading pages out of some dinky wrinkly worn-down journal written by some guy who might not even know she existed really falls flat by comparison. Imagine if Luffy only knew Shanks through some journal pages, or if Franky only knew Tom that way too. It's not nearly compelling as a driving force in the narrative, so I think it makes the most sense the me that Yamato was being paired up with Momo as much as she was so as for Yamato to gain an actual family surrogate she can get to know long-term, and thus have a more meaningful catalyst in the form of sharing a desire/dream with that surrogate, and actually having something to miss from Wano once she does finally leave to achieve said desire.

 

[Vadz]

i think due to the final war, it is not about having nakama to go on even more exciting adventure it is more about having allies to win against the ennemy..

I think Luffy has enough allies to fight WG - Can't imagine how many countries and pirates would show up in a showdown battle if one day Luffy is ever captured by marines and hosted as a public execution.
Of course it's only unless if not much new characters or countries will be introduced more.

 

[Core D. Roy]

The Vivre Card said

Blech. Vivre Card also said Sabo was dead: it works on what the knowledge of the time is. It's not going to reveal critical plot elements years before they actually happen on panel.

I was thinking Yamato because all signs pointed to him being the next nakama, notably his declaration to join Luffy after settling things with Kaido. I'm not sure why Oda didn't fell through. Maybe he thought the crew would be too strong if Yamato joined. Maybe it has to do with Oda getting creepy with readers sexualizing the character Or maybe it's a combination of these two factors and something else we're not aware of. The storytelling got really weird the longer Wano dragged on, and I'm not entirely sure if the series will make a full recovery from that trainwreck of an arc.

I'm still of the opinion we're getting one more character since BB has ten subordinates, and it isn't clear yet if it's Aokiji who is the 10 Captain of BB's pirate armada divisions.

I'm pretty firmly of the position that Yamato got the same exact treatment as Jinbe: functionally too strong to be on the current crew, but will absolutely be on the Sunny during the Final Voyage when the crew's overall power level makes him less of an imbalancing factor next to the other heavy hitters.

 

[electricmastro]

Blech. Vivre Card also said Sabo was dead: it works on what the knowledge of the time is. It's not going to reveal critical plot elements years before they actually happen on panel.


I'm pretty firmly of the position that Yamato got the same exact treatment as Jinbe: functionally too strong to be on the current crew, but will absolutely be on the Sunny during the Final Voyage when the crew's overall power level makes him less of an imbalancing factor next to the other heavy hitters.

Nah, if things like Jinbe being #3 was actually a problem, Oda would have given him some more karate moves or something. Jinbe himself got cool scenes in joining at Whole Cake in the form of defying an overwhelmingly strong opponent like Big Mom, so perhaps Oda has something similar in mind for Yamato in the form of a someone like that coming to Wano as well. I gotta figure it has to do with something more elaborate than that.

 

[Rmstorm]

Blech. Vivre Card also said Sabo was dead: it works on what the knowledge of the time is. It's not going to reveal critical plot elements years before they actually happen on panel.


I'm pretty firmly of the position that Yamato got the same exact treatment as Jinbe: functionally too strong to be on the current crew, but will absolutely be on the Sunny during the Final Voyage when the crew's overall power level makes him less of an imbalancing factor next to the other heavy hitters.

The tneht member is Yamato. Only Luffy's crew aside from SHanks and his brothers know his dream. Yamato was told by Ace, what Luffy's dream is.

 

[electricmastro]

The tneht member is Yamato. Only Luffy's crew aside from SHanks and his brothers know his dream. Yamato was told by Ace, what Luffy's dream is.

Interesting point. In addition to his crew, Luffy has had meaningful relationships with Shanks, Ace, Sabo, Rayleigh, and Momo, whom I understand also know his overall dream. It’s as if Oda is implying Yamato will have a more meaningful relationship with Luffy despite what happened.