Guesses related to the main Straw Hat Crew go here:
- At the very start of the manga, Luffy said that a crew of about ten would do. However, he never said anything about having more or having less. With this in mind, the possibilities of who could become part of the Strawhats goes up quite a bit. Plus, since we're only about halfway through the manga, I now predict that before the manga ends, the Strawhat Pirates will be a crew of at least sixteen. Luffy included.
- Including Luffy, I'll put my guess at 12. That's the 9 already there plus Jimbei, Pudding, and one more character.
- So Luffy is the Nameless One?
- So far the few scenes we've seen of him depict him as less than monstrous. At most I imagine Roger was harsh on enemies, taking the view that if they threatened him or his crew that they deserved all they got.
- Doubtful now, what with Brook roaming the earth before Roger was even born. You can't argue that Roger's crew might have been the unknown opponents to kill the Rumbars either, since the timeline doesn't match up.
- Brook did briefly mention vaguely recalling "a rookie by the name of Roger". It's possible that that same rookie took out the Rumbar pirates, just look what Kid's been doing. Highly unlikely, but possible.
- I would think that Brook would remember who the guy who killed off his entire crew was. And Brook himself.
- It is Squard's crew that was brutally killed by Roger actually(according to Squard).
- Brook did briefly mention vaguely recalling "a rookie by the name of Roger". It's possible that that same rookie took out the Rumbar pirates, just look what Kid's been doing. Highly unlikely, but possible.
- More evidence in chapter 603, Roger looks are almost identical to Luffy
- Recent chapters in the Oden Flashback show Roger as looking almost identical to Ace, just with a moustache, so idk if looks can really be used as evidence.
- More specifically, he'll be much taller by the time he meets his crew again. Being without them for so long will make his heart more mature, and his heart will make his body bigger. Hey, that's how things roll in this story.
- only when you ask Oda a stupid question. but the story has stated again, and Luffy doesn't seem to have really grown. however, his lenght seems to vary wildly, even from panel to panel. maybe that is an effect of the gum gum fruit?
- What about those times when he gets serious and (usually) angry? He certainly seems his age then, especially when he argues with someone about 'dreams'. Like as not his seeming "childlike" mind is him simply relaxing, goofing off. Just because you're 18 doesn't mean your mature or you think things through. Another reason, he obivously has a short attention span. Lastly, he's an anime character! Most male lead characters don't seem to act their age. Plus, its funny.
- If he existed in real life, he would have been diagnosticed with severe mental retardation long time ago, but so would some other One Piece characters, and as he is only a manga character, it's probably better not to think more about it. Fictional characters are generally mentally handicapped unless explicitly stated to be so. Yeah, it's obvious that Oda intends him to be one of the dumbest characters in the series, but there's nothing more to that.
- There's supposedly a scene with Smoker where he calls Luffy out on this possibility. Luffy's response? A mysterious grin.
- Also, I really don't see how someone as stupid as Luffy makes himself out to be would have figured out that using his rubber properties to hyper-pump his blood as a doping effect would have such a potent effect.
- Hell yeah. He just acts that way because to him dumb is more interesting than the outward appearance of intelligence. This also gives his character more depth too.
- I'd say it's more a case of instincts versus smarts. It's been hinted that most of the D's have an instinctual understanding of certain things like Blackbeard knowing what would happen when Bellamy entered the bar in Mocktown and Luffy knowing whom to trust despite his crews' protests. Perhaps it's a case of his child-like personality that can bluntly understand things that most people can't.
- I've actually been going a step farther than just really smart. I like to believe that Luffy is actually a Magnificent Bastard and has had most of the adventure already planned out since he set sail. If you think about it, his small island clearly has huge connections to the outside world, what with his Grandfather being Garp and as powerful a pirate crew as Shanks' spending time there, so it's perfectly logical to believe that Luffy would already know most of the enemies he would face and the true companions he'd want to invite along. Also, in my theory, Luffy explained all the major points to Zoro when it was just the two of them, which explains the utter confidence Zoro has in his captain.
- Ummm... Luffy has made the World Government look like complete idiots on numerous occasions, and was largely responsible for two of their three most important bases being wrecked to total hell. Granted, the WG's actions tend to be well below genius-level, but that would be a seriously sloppy and self-defeating gambit even for them.
- Jossed. We've seen the Gorosei talk about Luffy in an antagonistic manner even in complete private. Also, Akainu tried to drive a magma fist through his brain. I don't think the Gorosei would authorize that if Luffy was their secret weapon to capture Dragon.
- The anime has a filler episode which supports this (and is also pretty much the only time we see inside luffy's brain)— when the man is explaining how the rain powder works, his explanation starts normal but is then fast-forwarded and jumbled as luffy completely loses the ability to concentrate (followed by luffy saying: Ah! so it's mystery powder, then!)
- Or he damaged his prefrontal cortex by sticking a knife through the bottom of his eye socket. He went from average but extremely boisterous kid with no knowledge of cerebral anatomy to a mostly asympathetic, extremely aggressive vagabond who, instead of doing stupid things for honor, does things because they "seemed like a good idea at the time."
- Probably not, basic knowlage of human anatomy would tell you that the prefrontal cortex is a bit up, and by 'a bit' I mean nearly three inchs, also he stabbed his Zygomatic bone, there is not a single bundel of brain tissue for another 2 inches or so.
- er... and the personality change might have to do with, you know, Shanks giving up an arm for him
- Terminator ?
- This would completely change the relationship between Luffy and Ace.
So, even though Kizaru still would have been unbeatable, why he lost at Shabondy and ID, was because he wasn't really angry at them, thus not fighting with the strength he usually can muster. Also, a sign that he needs to harness the potential so he can use it at will in the New World and why people think he's so weak now is because he hasn't been able to use it usually because he wasn't really pissed at anybody (maybe Magellan, but that's hard to do when he's living poison)during Impel Down and Maineford.
- Sounds perfectly plausible to me. Further evidence: Bellamy. I just cant imagine a calm and happy Luffy oneshotting a 50 Mil pirate.
- Eh, bounties can be gained by being nasty as well as badassed. Luffy got his 30 mil bounty by stomping three multi-million dollar bounties (that the gov't knew about) and pissing off a corrupt marine while basically doing good deeds for everyone he came across. Bellamy seemed to be the type to get his bounty inflated by committing actual acts of piracy and general sociopathy.
- Bellamy admitted to Doflamingo post-Skypeia that he and his crew had only been deliberately targeting pirates weaker than themselves in order to boost their "badass" status. Thus, his confrontation with Luffy was simply a case of Bellamy Mugging the Monster without realizing it.
- Eh, bounties can be gained by being nasty as well as badassed. Luffy got his 30 mil bounty by stomping three multi-million dollar bounties (that the gov't knew about) and pissing off a corrupt marine while basically doing good deeds for everyone he came across. Bellamy seemed to be the type to get his bounty inflated by committing actual acts of piracy and general sociopathy.
- Bubblegumbeard!
- In one of the Romance Dawn prototypes, Luffy in the end did have some hair on his chin that made him look almost exactly like Shanks, so maybe.
- He only went from 17 to 19 years old. A huge change in his over all appearance would be out of place considering most people are done with puberty by then.
- Robin: "I always figured he would die young." Others: "STOP SAYING SUCH SCARY THINGS!" (Not an actual quote, but fits right in.)
- Against Duval's bison when they rescued Hatchan.
- Against the Kuja Pirates at Marguerite's attempted execution.
- Against the Marines at the Whitebeard War/Ace's execution.
- It was explained that contact with liquid (usually water) solidifies Crocodile/compacts his sand which allowed Luffy to hurt him. In the third fight Luffy was using his blood.
- Funny, his fists didn't look very bloody hitting Crocodile's La Spada blades. Plus, blood dries eventually.
- Eneru was affected because Luffy is made of rubber and rubber insulates against electricity.
- That only explains why he wasn't affected by Eneru's electricity. That wouldn't allow him to hit Eneru alone.
- Actually, yes it would. That's how Logias have been shown to work; whatever element that Logia is weak against can be used to hurt them.
- That only explains why he wasn't affected by Eneru's electricity. That wouldn't allow him to hit Eneru alone.
- Rob Lucci was affected because his fruit is a Zoan and he can't become intangible.
- Lucci also used Tekkai, which is effectively similar to Busōshoku Haki. It's already explained that if two people use that against each other, the winner is the one with greater will. Luffy just had a greater will to win.
- However, Tekkai can also be worked around using attacks strong enough to damage steel, which Tekkai is roughly as hard as. Zoro's attacks would likely have cut Kaku if he had merely used Tekkai to defend against it, and Sanji's kicks were hurting Jyabura even before using Diable Jambe(just not very much). Luffy's as strong as Zoro, so it would follow that he could launch attacks that could break through Tekkai, Haki or no.
- During the last bits of the Crocodile fight, Luffy was unaffected by the supposedly fast acting poison from Crocodile's hook, wouldn't him using Busoshoku Haki to negate the poison's effect be a decent explanation as to why?
- Nope, that was just Luffy's iron will and all that. He survives through a lot.
- He wasn't completely unaffected, it just wasn't quick-acting enough to stop him from kicking Crocodile's ass. He still needed the antidote afterward. He also survived longer against Magellan's poison than anticipated, but still needed Ivankov's miracle cure.
- Lucci also used Tekkai, which is effectively similar to Busōshoku Haki. It's already explained that if two people use that against each other, the winner is the one with greater will. Luffy just had a greater will to win.
- The side effects were the fact that Vigor Hormones are Cast from Hit Points and that they deceive an injured body into being able to move around and such, causing further damage.
- "Gum Gum Steel Pistol!!"
- It would have to be repaired more often then Ed's Automail though...and that would be expensive.
- So the giant scar on his chest doesn't count?
- It would have to be repaired more often then Ed's Automail though...and that would be expensive.
- Roger didn't stay at Raftel, and he was still acknowledged as King of the Pirates after he left.
- And if/when he does die, he'll spark a rebirth of the legend to find the One Piece (or Straw Hat) of Monkey D. Luffy, the Pirate King.
- Not to mention this is someone who's life's ambition is to find the One Piece and become the Pirate King. Once that's done he'll have nothing left to live for anyway.
- Luffy wants to become Pirate King because he thinks that the Pirate king is the person with the most freedom. So really becoming Pirate King is only part one to his dream. Part two is living out the rest of his life in freedom and adventure.
- Or perhaps Luffy will get to Raftel, find One Piece and be globally acknowledged as the Pirate King, only to say something to the effect of "Well that was fun, let's go find another adventure." Cue massive shock from everyone with people like Shanks and Garp laughing their asses off. After all, does LUFFY really seem like someone who would/will reign over people?
- Or, The Tenryuubito will capture Luffy because the adrenaline he was given will wear off and he'll be in a vegetative state. (This may also border into true Heroic BSoD if things don't go well for Ace.) Also, Smoker and the other marines will become involved with the rescue and bringing the Tenryuubito down.
- One of the shorts inspiring One Piece (Romance Dawn or another, I'm not sure) showed a picture of an older Luffy with a little bit of beard. Although this is hardly conclusive, it could support the eventuality of Luffy's saga not ending at the end of the series.
- Here's something to think about. What's Chopper's dream? To be able to cure any sickness...
- Rescued and befriended two giant chieftans from Elbaph
- Deposed Wapol, allowing Dalton to become the democratically-elected ruler of Drum
- Rescued and befriended the monarchy of Alabasta
- Deposed Eneru, allowing Gan Fall to reclaim his rightful throne in Skypia
- Rescued and befriended the mayor of Water 7
- Luffy will become Pirate King because, by the end of his journey, he will have established a string of allies across the Grand Line - thereby "conquering" it.
- In addition, we've since had:
- Earned respect from the Amazons not to mention the undying love of their empress
- During the Battle of Marineford, Luffy was acknowledged as Ace's brother by the Whitebeard pirates, stood up to Whitebeard, revealed his Conqueror's Disposition, and was even acknowledged by name by Whitebeard. Whitebeard's respect for Luffy only grew throughout the battle, and by the end had commanded his troops to support him. With his death, his "children" are leaderless if Marco hasn't stepped up, and would certainly throw their support behind Luffy in a large conflict (even if Marco became the new leader).
- More than likely will be the savior among the Fishmen
- Befriended Lola, whose mother resides in the New World, and may in fact be the Youkou Big Mamma
- Is slowly currying favor (unintentionally) garnering respect from marines who adhere to Moral Justice. If the "true history" were to expose the World Government for the corruption that the Tenryūbito exude, maybe they would begin to question their allegiances
- Luffy's father is the leader of an organization that opposes the World Government, he could very well throw his support behind Luffy if it would benefit his goals (at least militarily). After all, Rayleighs hint to Robin seems to suggest that the final showdown will occur after the One Piece is found, as Luffy may wish to do something rash after learning the "true history"
- Luffy's mentor and role model (Rayleigh and Shanks) were both members of Roger's crew, others may take this as a sign of approval
- Shanks, who placed his faith in Luffy by giving him his straw hat, is one of the Youkou. He would never oppose Luffy as an enemy (though they may fight for the hell of it), and even were he to die, his men would likely support Luffy
- As Mihawk pointed out, Luffy's most dangerous ability is to turn enemies into friends. There's no end to the allies Luffy can naturally draw
- With an open spot among the Emperors, Luffy is the one most likely to fill it.
- It's been two years, it's probably been filled.
- Luffy may become Pirate King without all this, but once the title is his a war with the World Government would be inevitable.
- If Jimbei does not join the crew Luffy may oder him to protect the island if Jimbei decides his oath requires him to follow Luffy's orders.
- Perhaps the former Whitebeard crew members and Shanks will guard territory under Luffy's flag so that he can continue on towards Raftel.
- The above two entries seem to be missing the point entirely. The whole idea of claiming islands as Luffy's territory is that leaving people to guard it would be completely unnecessary, as the mere threat of a retaliation from Luffy would be enough to scare away any pirates that may want to attack them.
- We are really shaping up to Luffy owning New World islands: After the Straw Hats curbstomped the New Fishmen Pirates and Luffy ate all of Big Mom's remaining candy, Neptune chooses to fly the Straw Hats' Jolly Roger with Jimbei as the representative. None of this was deliberate on Luffy's part, and Luffy may not even be aware of it, but Fishman Island becoming his territory was the end result in practice.
- Except that the world would still be full of fun places to explore and Jerkass pirates to beat the crap out of. Being chased by the Marines isn't the only source of fun the One Piece world has to offer to the likes of Luffy, you know. It certainly wouldn't be worth killing over, at any rate.
- Why would Luffy kill his father
- Or he'll just not end up with anyone, which I think a lot of the fans would prefer.
- What part of No Hugging, No Kissing do you not comprehend?
- I think it will be Sabo. Mera-mera vs Magu-magu, part 2?
- Maybe, but the drama potential of Garp fighting Akainu is much greater. He decided to put his duty first, but we get a brief scene where it looks like he regrets it and then he quits the marines. However, it would be kind of sad if it just ends there with Garp's regret. We need closure, and closure for me would be that Garp decides to act instead of just placidly letting the injustices happen.
- Jossed, now that Hawkins is dead.
- If/when Jimbe joins, it will most likely tie in with Big Mam who the remainders of the Sun Pirates are under. Having relations with Luffy or maybe she finds out Fishmen Island wants to leave her protection, she might eat/kill the Sun Pirates in retialiation, causing Jimbe to then go into a Heroic BSoD. Then Luffy would pull a Get A Hold Of Yourself Man on him and remind him that he hasn't lost everything yet because he still has the Straw Hats as his True Companions.
- There's no guarantee that the fight will happen right away, or any time in the near future, for that matter. Being one of the Four Emperors, Big Mom probably hangs out fairly far into the New World, so it'll take some time to actually get to her.
- Alternatively like Eneru Big Mom could just have a power Luffy has a type advantage against though that would still leave her with an advantage in power.
- Jossed, Luffy's fight ends inconclusively and she's later defeated by Kidd and Law.
- Sounds like far too quantum-physics high-science stuff for an Idiot Hero such as Luffy to come up with.
But Dragon is Luffy's father, right? Except Dragon is an associate and friend of Emporio Ivankov. Ivankov has a Devil Fruit power that allows him to change his own gender, and the gender of those around her. So maybe Ragon was originally a woman, and turned into a man semi-permanently to protect her son. Or maybe Dragon was a gay or bi male, and became a woman to be with Roger. Ivankov also has medical uses for his Power, so maybe he was able to extend Ragon's pregnancy in a safer way than Rouge did with Ace.
That would also explain why Dragon was present for Roger's execution. Why Dragon left Luffy with Garp. And why we know nothing about Luffy's mother.
As for Garp, if Dragon was originally a man, than he might not even know. But if Ragon was originally a woman, there are two options. The first is that Garp is keeping this a secret to protect his family. Or, given his big mouth, that he had his memory cleaned by Tsuru so he didn't remember he had a daughter, not a son. Or who his grandson's other parent is.
Also, it'll likely be his final powerup, barring possibly figuring out how to combine his new skill with his existing Haki powers.
- And subverted. It happens when he's fighting Kaido.
- Resin has many of the same properties as rubber does, allowing Luffy to have accomplished all he's done so far - and now that he's awakening his Fruit, more than ever before.
- Further, it would tie neatly to the strong tree motifs across the series: treasure tree Adam, sun tree Eve, the tree of Ohara, the great tree rising up in Elbaf... and resin is what protects the trees from parasites, such as, say, the Celestial Dragons that have overtaken the tree of life on Mariejois. Luffy is the living lifeblood of them all.
- Naturally, Joy Boy once ate the same fruit, and also awakened it.
- Not quite... "Joy Boy" is actually the title of a person who's Awakened the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika. Which is the true name of the Gum-Gum Fruit.
It's the perfect blend of laughable and world-shattering.
- Keep in mind, though, that one of Zoro's swords is Kuina's. Chances are he won't willingly give it up, unless it's destroyed like pretty much every other sword he's owned.
- The only one I'm saying he may give up is Sandai Kitetsu. He just went and bought it in a shop (it was the one he almost chopped his own arm off with), so he's probably not massively attached to it.
- Confirmed broadly but the details are off. Zoro receives a trade for Shusui.
- Seems unlikely, what with Zoro pledging utter loyalty to Luffy's case following his defeat by Mihawk at the Baratie and later taking in all of Luffy's pain that was pushed out by Kuma at the end of the Triller Bark arc in order to save his captain.
- It's obvious that he meant a villain relative to the world, not a villain relative to Luffy, who he barely knew at that point. He's a pirate, as far as the world is concerned, he's corrupt already.
- I don't think Jozu's heading for the dark side, but it's good to remember that he lost an arm at Marineford. It would not be surprising if somebody decides that it would make a great weapon and Zoro is eventually going to have to face off with that.
- And for good measure, it'll turn out Sanji's fond nickname for him, 'marimo', is a horribly offensive, derogatory racial slur. Sanji would probably drop it right away if he ever found out because, in spite of their fighting, he's still Zoro's friend.
- We've seen his family tree, he's definitively human though he's distantly related to a legendary swordsman. Remember that One Piece is a World of Technicolor Hair.
- Wado Ichimonji will stay with Zoro until he defeats Mihawk. He'll use it to deal the final blow as a symbol of achieving his dream. It might also break with the final blow, as well.
- At some point, Sandai Kitetsu will be broken, then replaced with Nidai Kitetsu. Nidai will also break later, and of course, be replaced by Shodai.
- Alternatively, Wado Ichimonji will break somewhere along the way, and the crew will meet a master swordsmith in the New World who reforges it into the 13th legendary sword.
- And then Zoro will use the reforged sword to lead an army of ghosts into battle against Sauron.
- Sorry, I think you have the wrong show here.
- You sure it's not another show?
- Two years is more than enough time to get lost enough to wind up in another show for a while.
- If it wasn't so derivative, I would bet Zoro has one of Mihawk's eyes. In any case, I'm confident that he will open the eye when it's time to get dangerous.
- I had a similar theory: Mihawk's eyes are drawn a bit funny in close-ups (I'm not sure how else to describe it but they certainly did not look normal.) because he has undergone some sort of secret/forgotten super training to enhance his senses, reflected by the change in his eyes and keener eyesight than a normal human similar to how some hawks can see ultraviolet light. Mihawk put Zoro through this training, but Zoro ended up with only one affected eye for one of two possible reasons. First, Mihawk did not teach Zoro all of his secrets on purpose. After all, when Zoro asked Mihawk to train him, Mihawk's initial reply was "You're asking me to train with my own hand a swordsman who is after my head?!" Thus, Zoro ended up with only one eye that has enhanced vision. Or.... Second Mihawk held nothing back, but the training was so intense and difficult that two years was only enough time for Zoro to achieve enhanced vision in one eye. His training isn't fully complete and he still has a way to go. Regardless of which way he ended up with only one enhanced eye, Zoro still had one normal eye. His brain has difficulty comprehending the mixed images he sees by looking at anything with both eyes for too long, causing headaches/dizziness/other bad side effects. So he compensates by keeping his enhanced eye closed unless he really needs it, then he'll either close his other eye or use both. This would be similar to how some real life pirates were thought to use eye-patches to keep one eye night-vision ready so they could transition between bright sunny deck and dark below deck areas without having to wait for their eyes to adjust.
- It looks like Zoro might have both eyes open in the bottom left panel of this page? It's hard to tell since part of his face is cut off, but it looks open to me....
- Sorry, I think you have the wrong show here.
- Or maybe, just maybe, Zoro's not really missing the eye at all...maybe he just keeps it closed as a sort of limit on himself, and he'll open it when it comes time for a serious fight (like how he normally only puts on his bandana when he's going to get serious)...
- Then why would he have the scar over it? The nearest comparison (Kakashi) actually had lost the eye, he'd just gotten another one transplanted.
- Point to note: Silvers Rayleigh also has a scar over one eye, but that eye is still functional. This could lend some weight to the idea of Zoro merely keeping the eye closed when he's not being truly serious.
- Then why would he have the scar over it? The nearest comparison (Kakashi) actually had lost the eye, he'd just gotten another one transplanted.
Conclusion: Zoro's green hair is an oddity, but only if you expect him to be completely human.
- And his facial features are based off of those of a shark. Hmmm...
- Den did say that Fishmen and Mermen can have "oooold memories" in their genes, specifically referencing a shark merman...
- As of chapter 618, Zoro curb stomped a powerful fishman while underwater.
- Didn't Zoro also take on a sky shark underwater? Hell who knows, the guy might even have a less lacking sense of direction when submerged.
- The see-in-darkness thing isn't supported by any historical documents and is probably a myth, for the record. It technically does let you adjust more quickly to seeing in dim light, but you'd be so impaired the rest of the time that it would probably get you killed. And again, there is no real proof that pirates ever did it for that reason.
- Mythbusters did test this one, and if I recall correctly, they did at least give a verdict of "plausible." Since One Piece runs on nonsensoleum anyway, lack of historical proof doesn't really prevent Oda from using this.
- After seeing how Luffy's past was fleshed out going from a child whose only sad past was causing his hero to lose an arm to a kid raised in an extremely discriminatory dump where he lost his first friend, Zoro will probably have one, making his reasons to partake in Kuina's dojo make more sense. They'll get to the country and it turns out the Big Bad and his/her Quirky Mini Boss Squad have strong connections to Zoro, and it'll involve a massive Tear Jerker. Hell, Zoro might not be his real name, and that it was taken from a famous pop culture pirate figure (like Zorro) and his real name is more Japanese.
- Jossed in that the revelations of Wano don't change anything about Zoro's past, just his ancestry.
- Not much of a stretch, considering that when Ryuuma was alive, he looked nearly identical to Zoro. It's even possible that they both possess the demon spirit of Asura. It would be cool to finally get an explanation for how that works and maybe even see Zoro start honing the power to it's full extent. It could become a recurring powered-up state akin to Luffy's Gear Second.
- Confirmed, though "direct" descendant might be stretching it a bit. His paternal grandmother was "a descendant" of Ryoma.
- Just some assorted theories about Zoro's scar:
- It was inflicted by Mihawk on their very first day of training, as a warning from Mihawk to take things seriously.
- It was inflicted by Mihawk on their very last day of training/right before Zoro's departure for Sabaody, to show Zoro just how much further he has to go before he's even in Mihawk's ballpark.
- It was inflicted by Mihawk some time during the middle of their training - one day, Zoro just happened to let his concentration wander, got a little too cocky for his own good, and/or let his resolve waver a bit.
- It has nothing to do with Mihawk at all, and will be the set-up for a "Duval's true face"-type joke some 300 chapters into the future.
- Personally I think that Zoro is skilled enough to suffer such damage (even against Mihawk), but isn´t really smart to 'hide' something there. But it still bugs me.
- Perhaps some kind of handicap (A Limited field of view like Sanji), or he sealed demons worst than Ashura in there...
- Maybe a Mihawk-like eye? Although sure seems pretty difficulty to develop something like this just for training hard...
- Mostly Jossed in that we know Zoro's family is originally from Shimotsuki Village, back to his grandparents.
- That's assuming she'd be able to somehow get around his Super-Speed...
- Mirages are created by bending light around something. A well-shaped Mirage Tempo would render her basically invulnerable to any direct attack attempts he makes in Logia mode. Given that Usopp got Observation Haki recently, if Nami got that someday she'd be able to counter his Super-Speed more or less perfectly. She's actually probably the best choice in the crew for fighting Kizaru in light of this.
- Somewhere along the line, Oda stated that romance will never bloom on the Going Merry. But they're not on the Merry anymore...
- Sorry to rain on your parade (even if it is more like a slight drizzle), but Usopp held on to the hat when the Davy Back afro prevented Luffy from wearing it. Keep your theories by all means, but Nami isn't the only one to have been entrusted with the hat.
- Usopp is Luffy's love interest. <grin>
- Oi, oi, no need to say sorry about making counterarguments about retarded, fannish theories! ^_^; Save your apologies for stuff that really matters! (BTW, Nami and Luffy will someday share head lice due her wearing his hat again. Hilarity Will Ensue!)
- Sorry to rain on your parade (even if it is more like a slight drizzle), but Usopp held on to the hat when the Davy Back afro prevented Luffy from wearing it. Keep your theories by all means, but Nami isn't the only one to have been entrusted with the hat.
- The problem with the hat theory is that Luffy/Nami fans rarely put Luffy putting his hat on Nami's head in context with what's happening in the story and their dynamics. It's not a bad theory, but it falls flat when most try to describe it. So, let's try to dissect the theory:
- Luffy putting his hat on Nami's head isn't quite about him trusting her to protect it; every time it happened, it was about comforting or calming her down during an especially upsetting or dangerous situation. Now, the crew as a whole love each other and would do anything to protect one another. But when he did it for the first time during the Arlong Arc, it established that Luffy did not just provide physical protection, but that he was also her rock, her emotional anchor. Another thing is that comics are a visual medium and rely on making a visual impact. There's a particular reason why icons with Nami wearing Luffy's hat are so popular (other than the obvious): it's a powerful image. It speaks volumes about their relationship. IMO, the intent behind it is to show that Nami is Luffy's most important person and vice-versa. (Something like that would be especially useful when the relationships derailing the story is undesirble, but the author wants them to have some presence.)
- "You tricked him with that beautiful face of yours!" -Usopp to Nami about Luffy during the Arlong Arc....THAT'S NOT SUBTLE AT ALL.
- Its just because Usopp is a clingy jeaous girlfriend. He thinks everyone is trying to get his man, just because he wants to make sure Luffy is all his.
- Also, in the Nami <3 Luffy theory examples above, Nami is shown poking Luffy with a needle because she knows (and LUFFY knows) she can't hurt him. She ends up being able to hurt him anyways. Coincidence? I think not.
- Word of God says Nami being able to hurt Luffy is simply for comical effect and not to be taken seriously.
- It is still likely to be the case that she has Haki, how else would she be able to predict the weather so accurately, if Usopp can get haki, she sure as hell can.
- Nami being able to predict the weather doesn't mean jack, as lots of people have natural talent; not to mention she's 20 post-timeskip and has shown said talent even before the timeskip, so if it really did have something to do with Haki, it would have been revealed much earlier. While it is likely Nami will develop Haki over the course of the manga, she hasn't awakened it yet.
- Word of God says Nami being able to hurt Luffy is simply for comical effect and not to be taken seriously.
- After seeing Nami post-timeskip some fans would argue that the title's already hers.
- This troper assumed that most of the things done by the straw hats that weren't fruit users was due to them instinctively using haki. Sanji for example can set his legs on fire, just like one of the gorgon sisters. Usopp can shoot farther than should be physically possible with the things he uses and its been stated outright in the story that improving projectiles' effectiveness is something haki users can do. Zoro being able to "hear the breath of all things" sounds like an advanced form of observation haki. And then there is Nami's weather sensing abilities, which also seem like observation haki, and her aforementioned slaps.
- Given that Luffy has stated that only he, Sanji, and Zoro can fight logias it seems unlikely that Usopp can. 'Course it could just be that he isn't trained to use it like the others are, and few of Nami's attacks tend to be physical anyway (lightning and wind) so there isn't much need as of yet for her to learn to control that power even if she is good at it.
- Well, since Sanji used Kenbushoku Haki while in her body, but is typically a Busoshoku Haki user, I'd say that it's a reasonable assumption to say that Nami has the ability but has yet to master it.
- Haki is actually connected to the spirit, it has nothing to do with the body. Sanji is confirmed to have both Hakis, and he would still be able to use the Kenbushoku Haki even if he were in, say, Kokoro's body (What's more noteworthy from that scene is that he was able to use Blue Walk in her body, which means she must have some deceptively strong leg muscles). Also, I wouldn't use the word "instinctively". If she could use it "instinctively", she would have discovered it by now at age 20 considering several people younger than her have already had it by then. But anyway, yes, it still stands as possible that Nami might have Haki on her own. Only time and more chapters will tell.
- Oda said in an SBS that Nami can hurt Luffy using slapstick because "it's different when a friend hits you with love"
- Doflamingo only took the country 10 years ago, well after Bellemere had found Nami and Nojiko.
- Not to mention the country Nami is from is COMPLETELY devastated, with Nami and Nojiko being the only survivors.
- The place where Bellmere picked up Nami and Nojiko is called the Oykot Kingdom, which is basically Tokyo if you read the letters backwards. Is the war that transpired there simply something like a conflict between pirates and the Marines or is there something more to it like an Ohara-level conspiracy coming from the Gorosei? Just note that the village where Zoro comes from, Shimotsuki Village, is confirmed to be related to Wano and those Wano immigrants made sure to keep it a secret even to the new generation like Zoro so that they don't potentially get harassed by the Marines, in other words by the World Government.
- Her ability to predict weather is not something you can simply say it's an acquired skill. That prediction ability is giving off the feeling that is similar to Shirahoshi's ability to control the gargantuan Sea Kings. Yes, an ability that you would think to come from a Devil Fruit but it is not.
- There was a strange interaction between Nami and Shirahoshi herself. Shirahoshi says like it feels like they met once and feels comfortable with her. That's a flag if I ever seen one coming from the one recognized as an Ancient Weapon. Is it perhaps something like an Ancient Weapon recognizing another or a red herring?
- Hmm, Wasn't it the other way around? I can remember at least two times when he gave Nami his hat to look after and only one with Usopp
- It's explicitly stated that Usopp started telling lies, specifically about Yasopp returning, to try and cheer his mother up and encourage her to get better. It's very likely that after she died, he continued lying in the same vein as a coping mechanism.
- Considering that Usopp is a low end Badass Normal, it wouldn't be surprising to think he might have manifested all of the trauma into a split personality, hence him talking to Sogeking wasn't just a pep talk, but him actually talking to a second aspect of himself. I would imagine getting hit by a truck twice in succession would do something like that.
- He's the one that gets the most use out of dials, after all. He's also probably strong enough to handle it now. He could take a hell of a lot of punishment even BEFORE the timeskip.
- Unlikely since he's never been shown to own a reject dial and the Straw Hats aren't likely ever going back to Skypiea. But, time will tell.
- Hasn't he already?
- This may be confirmed in the recent arc, where Usopp is seen commanding an army of dwarves who believe he is "the descendent of Norland."
- The dwarves know the truth about Usopp now and still consider him their hero. And he has the eternal gratitude of a great many pirates who he saved from being turned into toys as well. Does that add up to 8000 men yet?
- While not an actual bounty, Doflamingo does give Usopp the highest bounty in his little "game" and refer to him as "God Usoland." The Marines going along with that seems pretty likely.
- Maybe the marines will think that Usoland and Sogeking are different people which will cause them to believe the strawhats have more members than they actually have...
- Jossed. His new wanted poster has his real name and face.
- While this would make sense, it's sorta ruined when you learn that Buggy was on a ship just because he wanted to be a pirate. He had no real goal. Usopp has many goals, from becoming a great warrior like his father, to becoming the greatest sniper, to finding the Warrior Paradise. Buggy was really more along for the ride.
- Er - When they reached the Grand Line and did the foot-on-the-barrel oaths, Usopp's was "become a brave warrior of the sea." He wants to do the other things mostly for the purpose of being a great pirate. He certainly has more depth than that (perhaps by dint of being on Luffy's crew; we don't know much about the dynamic on Roger's), but if you were to give a one-sentence summary of his motivation...
- Usopp is physically the weakest of the Straw Hats, but I'd definitely hesitate to rank him as the least effective combatant. His sharpshooting talent, technological advanced arsenal, and tactical ingenuity make him a good guy to have at your back in a fight. Buggy on the other hand seems to have been just a nobody on Roger's crew.
- Buggy's love of treasure, willingness to rob his own crew, and possession of the Map that lead into the Grand Line suggest that he's something of a dark reprise on NAMI, of all people.
- True but if you look at the Strawhats and say "There's an enemy fleet" who's the most likely to have a freak out?
- Chopper, And Nami, as well as Ussop. The weakling Trio are the ones who freak out because they aren't the main fighters. That's all
- also, Ussop is no longer afraid of enemies by the look of the Fishman Island Arc. He's scared of environmental things and forces of nature (angry yonkou must count as this) but he quite happily took on Hordy's forces, even when Hordy himself was on hand to back them up, as well as running back into an army to fight them some more. He's got better.
- I'd count this as Jossed. Usopp has already and is continuing to go down a different path character wise than Buggy.
- Also Usopp has Observation Haki, making him the 4th Straw Hat to have it
If any of the Straw Hats are getting offed, it simply has to be Usopp. The poor guy has too many factors counting against him.
- He's considered by Oda to be "the weakest" member of the crew at every point of the story. Only Chopper dying instead would match the feeling of needless cruelty that Usopp dying would bring.
- He's one of the original members of the crew from East Blue, at this point basically counts as a day one.
- He's split from the crew once before and had to reestablish his loyalty, making his connection to the crew rather deep compared to the other members.
- His bounty has surpassed Sanji's and has the title of "God" on his wanted poster. His reputation has been increasing constantly.
- He's the ONLY Straw Hat that can die and still achieve his dream. Becoming a brave warrior of the sea doesn't require that he be alive to enjoy his new reputation, only that people remember him as such. Every single other Straw Hat requires them to live to accomplish their goals.
- On top of that, he even says early on that even if he ends up dying on a distant island, he wants to die proud of how he lived. Hopefully, he'd go out with as much awesome as possible - sacrificing himself to save both Elbaph and his friends with 8000 giants under him.
- As far as the readers know, the higher ups in the world government that would judge Usopp and want Usopp dead because he's Yasopp's son haven't made the connection yet.
- Ace was persecuted because of who his father was, and Yasopp is one of the highest ranking members of a Yonko's crew, it is not a stretch to imagine Akainu reacting badly if he ever found out about the connection between Yasopp and Usopp.
- The World Government will use Usopp as an example of why children of famous pirates can't live. He grew up to be just as bad as his father.
- Sogeking's mask will still fool Luffy and Chopper.
- But that depends on whether or not you consider Nami to have joined the crew before or after the Arlong arc (she didn't consider herself a crewmember until after that, but Luffy did.) If you go by Nami's reckoning, then SHE'S number four.
- Going by the chapter titles, Nami is still considered the second person to join the crew.
- As much as I hate to admit it (being a huge Sanji fangirl), I would not be surprised if this happened. Sanji has almost an obsession with having a heroic death, attempting to sacrifice himself several times (Drum, Little Garden, and Thriller Bark being the big ones), and his general character theme seems to be self-sacrifice (just start at his reasons for staying at the Baratie and go forward), especially in attempts to atone for some sin or failing. If anyone in the crew has a chance of dying before the end, I think it's Sanji, most likely in a final sacrifice to save the others. He'll probably be smiling as he does it, too, the crazy goof...
- Smiling as he does it? Hold on....... that makes him a D!!
- Yes, he is San D.
- One would think they would have mentioned his full name somewhere in the current arc if it really was Vinsmoke D. Sanji.
- Well, I mean, pretty much confirmed for the past 17 years. It's obvious that Sanji acts like "Mr.Prince" whenever he's not snarking or loving.
- Alternately, Mr. Prince is him relying on what little bit of hitman training he underwent during his childhood before being on the boat where he met Zeff. The current arc (circa May 5th 2016) reveals Sanji's family are notorious leaders of a mafia called Germa Double 6, his family specifically known for being hitmen.
- On Zoro, though - some fans think the two are into each other, but in denial.
- Disagreed: the way they fight is almost exactly like Sanji and his surrogate father Zeff's relationship, which implies a purely familial bond. The trash-talking is probably Sanji's way of expressing brotherly affection. As for Zoro...he's just irate. He's like that with Nami as well, only the beatings mostly come from her. (And no, it isn't Slap-Slap-Kiss. People who believe this are lying to themselves.) Then again, the possible inter-crew relationships period just feel incestuous.
- If that's true, then it's possible Sanji actually considers Zoro his best friend. Awww...
- well, that much is certain.
- It's also possible that Sanji actually likes Zoro, but the latter is too clueless and irate to even notice The fact that Sanji likes to pick on him shows that he actually has an especially huge soft spot for the guy.
- Disagreed: the way they fight is almost exactly like Sanji and his surrogate father Zeff's relationship, which implies a purely familial bond. The trash-talking is probably Sanji's way of expressing brotherly affection. As for Zoro...he's just irate. He's like that with Nami as well, only the beatings mostly come from her. (And no, it isn't Slap-Slap-Kiss. People who believe this are lying to themselves.) Then again, the possible inter-crew relationships period just feel incestuous.
- We just found out that people go to Okama island and come back as...well, okama. Things aren't looking too good for Sanji.
- And now, the spoilers show Sanji turned into an Okama, and looking happier than ever. Holy crap, if this is for real...
- His kicking Duval shows he apparently has exquisite taste in male beauty...
- Theory: Sanji loves and admires women because deep down, he wants to be one himself, but had to disguise this as attraction to due to the strict upbringing Word of God once alluded to and repress his real feelings. .
- Alternatively, Sanji will run into Ivankov and be turned into a woman.
- The picture of him being an Okama shows him with a angry tic mark on his bare arm. There's an episode dealing with Sanji in Okamaland, can someone watch it for me? I can't bring myself to watch the damn thing.
- The anime hasn't quite gotten there yet, but it does reveal the reason he's being chased. Basically, he goes to return "Elizabeth's" handkerchief, thinking that everyone on the island are indeed beautiful women. He goes to her home, talks to her through a closed door, where he puts his foot in his mouth big time ("Do you like dresses?" "Oh, of course I do!", "Floral patterns?" "Oh, uh, yeah, they're nice."), and upon going inside realizes the awful truth as "Elizabeth" tries to foist the aforementioned dress on him, thinking that he's one of them.
- Hm, well if anything, the fact that he ultimately rejected the Okama Way would suggest he is, in fact, genuinely heterosexual. I think we can count this as Jossed.
- This troper still consider Sanji being not entirely straight a possibility. He definetly isn't gay, because his affection for girls is genuine (and runs in family), but he still may be bisexual. Thing is that Sanji have a lot of gender-related issues:
- In his early childhood he was abused by his father and brohers (men) and comforted by his sister and his mom (women).
- Sanji himself posessed qualities that usually considered feminine: he was emotional, empathetic and kind child. He liked cooking. And he was weak.
- Zeff's parenting probably reinforced an idea that manly means strong and girly means weak in Sanji's head. And remember that Sanji dosen't want to be weak.
- Okama island made everything worse. First, it introdused Sanji an idea that this is what feminine men suppose to be (and this isn't a pretty image). Second, Sanji was pretty much sexually harrased by those men. So no, this experience didn't help Sanji became more comfortable with his own "feminine side" (and possible bisexuality), it made exactly the opposite.
- In conclution: Sanji may be bisexual, but he can't accept it because of layers of traumatic experience. And even if that's the case, it will be never told explicitly, becuause One Piece is a shounen manga.
- Considering the story is deconstructing the nosebleed concept completely(what with having Sanji be laid out near death and in severe need of a blood transfusion after every occurrence of it), that is a serious stretch.
- Jossed.
- Correction about Sanji being the only Straw Hat who hasn't lost an important person to death—he actually has, if you count his fellow cooks on the ship attacked by Zeff, who lost their lives in the tidal wave that came up almost immediately after.
- Zeff remarks that he hasn't seen any bodies wash up, implying that they might not actually be dead. Even if they ARE dead, coworkers from the same ship isn't on the same level as losing a family member (biological or not) or a friend as close as Kuina was (basically a sister).
- Addition from the original poster: If Sanji does have such a person in his back-story, then very likely they're the ones he would've first heard about All Blue from. After all, he knew about it before he met Zeff; he had to have learned about it from someone, right? And then that person's death both gave him the desire to find All Blue and instilled in him the instinct to protect women from harm.
- Possibly it was his Missing Mom. Recent chapters have revealed that she died when Sanji was very young, since his father Jajji scoffs at Sanji's demeanor as "the remnant of a person long dead" (indirect quote), and it's implied that Sanji got his kinder nature from his mother. So, perhaps she was the one who first told him about All Blue, and her death motivated him to seek out the legendary sea for her sake.
- As it turns out, the "strict upbringing" was largely thanks to Zeff telling Sanji that "men must not hit women" is a rule that existed long before the age of the dinosaurs, and threatening to cut Sanji's balls off if he ever stepped out of line in that regard.
- Confirmed. Did you expect any less?
- I can actually see this. It's reasonably absurd enough for Oda to do, and since he did spend time training with Iva, he may learn what parts make what hormones and stuff. And I mean, having a sex change initiated via kicks is likely to KTFO anyone.Seriously, imagine the pre-asskicking one liner for that.
Sanji: Get ready...this is the last time I'm going to kick you...because I never strike a woman.- Dang I hope that to be true because that quote above is all levels of badass. One question on my mind though: is the Parage Shot's ability to make people pretty an actual side effect or is it just one of those Anime/Manga slapstick jokes that aren't meant to be taken seriously? (for example exaggerated nosebleeds, white eyes after fainting etc)
- Oda has gone as far as taking an exaggerated nosebleed seriously in Sanji's case, so there is hope for this theory.
- I highly doubt Sanji would let himself sink so low...plus, if Zoro ever found out just what Sanji had to go through, he'd never let the cook live it down.
- Wait, is that supposed to be evidence against the WMG?
- I'd see it as being more of a Superpowered Evil Side
- Wait, is that supposed to be evidence against the WMG?
- ...if this doesn't turn out to be canon, I'd be very surprised.
- Comedic quirks have been put through Cerebus Retcon before. Baby 5 came from being regarded as useless by her family and Senor Pink came from his son dying and his wife becoming vegetative so he made her laugh by wearing his son's cloths.
- The original premise involving Doflamingo's jossed. It's possibly related Sanji's family though.
- Overall Jossed - Sanji's Would Not Hit a Girl policy was drilled into him by Zeff.
- I get the feeling that Sanji is either going to REALLY enjoy himself, or he's going to go out of his way to keep Nami's body safe due to his need to protect her.
- Well, he's enjoying himself quite a bit at the moment. Now he just needs to stop staring down at his new body and protect Nami from herself.
- Second part might be Jossed since they're a famous family of assassins.
- First part, however, is confirmed. The Vinsmokes are not only high class Assassins, but the WG still considers them high ranking nobles even though they rule over no land. At the least, their patriarch has enough pull to get Sanji's bounty changed himself. And, again, they're rather famous in the New World.
- Is this confirmed? Jossed? I'll wait on the confirmation of his grandfather.
- Highly likely as we enter the Whole Cake Island Arc.
- Jossed. Her entire nation is stocked to the brim with chefs who are also likely world-class in skill, so there was really never any need to make Sanji cook for her. Besides, she only wanted him there so she could kill him and his family.
The Blackbeard pirates are set up to be the evil counterparts to the Straw Hats and it's almost certain that they'll face each other. Catarina Devon is a woman who is very ugly and was sent to Impel Down in the first place for decapitating beautiful women and collecting their heads. Considering how beautiful Nami and Robin and treated in-universe, there's no doubt she'll seek one of them for her collection. Though this could mean that either one of them will be her opponent. But I think the prospect of Sanji facing her would be more interesting, because her actions would definitely disgust Sanji from the bottom of his heart. Sanji will either finally be able to overcome his rule due to sheer anger, or due to my second theory...
- Seemingly jossed as Sanji is enamored by Yamato even though the latter identifies as male.
- Following WMG above, Chopper's character development will involve him 'failing' in his dream.
- Chopper is the most naive amongst Strawhats, and his dream 'to find Panacea' is something could be considered impossible; virus always mutates to be stronger from time to time. One Piece main theme is about dream. I think Chopper will found his dream crushed by failing to save someone, realized his dream was 'impossible' (in a sense) and compromise with reality.
- A single cure-all, panacea, is impossible as there will always be more illness. However, he will always work to find more cure. Chopper will matured a bit.
- Which makes sense...except for the part where Chopper ate the Human-Human fruit. How does reindeer plus human equal giant scary deer monster? Unless it's either a giant-giant or god-god fruit...
- Zoan fruits have models, right? We've never learned what Chopper's Human-Human model is... And in fact, every other Zoan has much more accurate transformations; Lucci can legitimately turn into a leopard, and Kaku makes a pretty convincing giraffe. But Chopper is more of a yeti than a human in his "Human" form. If that's the case, maybe it's the Human-Human Fruit Model: Monster? Giant? God?
- Maybe the rumble balls mix Chopper's external appearance. There are large non-giants so a large awakened human form isn't impossible. Chopper just has poor luck with tampering with his fruit.
- Also, when you look at most of Chopper's Rumble forms, they all have less human characteristics compared to his natural "Heavy Point" human transformation. Chopper's Monster form doesn't look that different from the Awakened zoans that reside in Impel Down, except Chopper seems larger.
- Chopper out right states that the rumble balls interfere with his Devil fruit which allows him some more freedom with his forms. The monster point (pre timeskip anyway) is basically him ODing on his drugs. In Enins lobbies when he takes two he starts losing control over which shape he will enter and then he goes into Monster point which is pretty much stated to destroy his body by Kuineda and later confirmed by chopper who can't even move after using his monster point
- Um, Awakened Fruits work different.
- Nope. They still grew after the Timeskip, as seen is his Walk Point.
- Jossed
A lot of Chopper's points greatly resemble certain races of humans. Heavy point is a base human, Jumping point is a longleg, arm point is a longarm, and monster point is a giant. With Lunarians, another subrace of human starting to gain a large amount of focus, perhaps Chopper's true awakening, one which lines up with how they're portrayed more recently as opposed to the Jailer Beasts' ones, will be an "Angel Point" that makes Chopper become a Lunarian.
- We've already seen Robin when she was two in a flashback, so it's very unlikely that she is a clone of her mother. Unless, for whatever reason, the clone was "born" and then aged naturally. Even then, it doesn't make much sense.
- If this is true, he may be well aware...
- To add to this: We know that Brook has already explored the Power Perversion Potential of this new ability. Assuming he can now possess people, he could probably take this to a new extreme by causing a woman to...ahem...have a play-date with herself.
- Or he can possess items.
- Confirmed! Well, sort of. The fruit IS called the "Yomi Yomi no Mi". I'm not sure what you meant by that, but the underworld powers part is spot on. Not only does it give him a second life, but it gives him the power to control the freezing cold of the underworld.
- Except it says Brook's existence in this world runs on the power of his soul. So his soul would have to be snuffed out to kill him.
- Not necessarily. His soul could simply let go of his mortal remains and journey properly to the afterlife when his time is up. And since he feels pain when his bones are injured, and pain is a warning from your body that you're doing something stupid that could kill you, it's not unlikely that simply hurting him badly enough could kill him too. He was able to reattach his head, but his actual bones weren't damaged in that scene at all. They were simply pulled away from the rest of him, which didn't harm him since his "connective tissue" is soul instead of flesh.
- Except it says Brook's existence in this world runs on the power of his soul. So his soul would have to be snuffed out to kill him.
- That scar came from around 50 years ago; when he's still "alive", he has a similar scar on his forehead. Perhaps he took damage that was so severe that it also damaged the skull beneath it?
- maybe Luffy could help them... no i take that back, Luffy might take them to rayleigh so he can teach them!
- By Post-timeskip Haki has been fully explained that armament and observation are innate to everyone but hard to master. Of the Straw Hats Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji can use it. Its stated blankly they are the only three that can. This may change but for now the picture seems pretty clear.
- Usopp also knows it now
- Interesting idea, but unlikely. Especially for Nami since 90% of her attack are thunder based and if Enel couldn't defeat pre-Time Skip Luffy, there is next to zero chance Nami could.
- But on the other hand Usopp did remarkably well against Luffy at Water 7 so now he could probably dominate pre-timeskip Luffy.
- You know there's a slim chance this theory can ever be proven, right? I guess we'll have to wait and see if Oda brings it up out of the blue.
- I beg to differ; I think the haki is connected to one's soul and not body (while Devil Fruit powers do go to the body). Plus it's never been shown whether Sanji can do the Armament one or not anyway.
- Oddly enough elemental attacks don´t seems like a privilege of someone with a devil logia since:
- Zoro uses red and blue fire attacks at least once
- Sanji too has the Diable Jamble series
- Brook recently added ice
- Franky has fire and light (laser beams)
- Nami can manipulate lightning
- And Usopp has a that lot of plants with him now...
- Dio Brando had something about controlling his bloody temperature so he could use ice...
- Might actually happen sooner, probably after The Dressrosa Arc, given the sheer amount of marine activity (Including a present Admiral) and the fact that Doflamingo is confirmed to be a former world noble.
- By the end of the Dressrosa Arc, Luffy's bounty has reached 500 million, and it's not even that outrageous after the new Zou arc introduced and enemy with a bounty of one billion, so Luffy's can still rise up.
- Confirmed. Luffy and the Straw Hats had their bounties increased after escaping Big Mom.
In the second story arc, the Straw Hats explore a seemingly-abandoned island filled with impossible monsters who turn out to be manufactured (including one giant, "undefeatable" monster). Very similar to Thriller Bark.
If this trend continues, the third island will be a densely-populated metropolis, and there may be a government conspiracy going on.
- We seem to be heading towards that with the confirmation of Dressrosa being a kingdom and Doflamingo having connections to near everything.
- ...That...makes a lot of sense, if we consider the fact that Luffy's Gear 2 and 3 were introduced in the Enies Lobby arc, and Gear 4 was introduced in the Dressrosa arc.
- Bonus if they were going to Wano country next, it was a secluded, isolated island which was similar to Skypiea. .
- Luffy will fight Kid.
- Zoro will fight Killer.
- Nami will fight Jewelry Bonney.
- due to Bonney's Devil Fruit I think Brook would be only one to fight since I think he age forever and make younger would be a bit harder to gaige since he has no physical chance so Bonney may think make him young doesn't work.
- Robin will fight Bege.
- I wager Franky would be the one to fight Bege after having his Big Father Form revealed which turns him in to a giant cable man would be a perfect for the iron Pirate Franky General in a giant mech fight.
- Franky will fight Apoo.
- No way. Brook vs Apoo, and we'll get to see more of the former's music-based powers in the process. Brook has also landed on an island associated with Apoo's people in the recent seperation arc.
- Sanji will fight Law's true companions, Bepo the karate bear, even though he's not a Supernova but still badass.
- Law is one their side for now, and his crew is no where to be seen, but Robin would make a better match to fight him, she is the only one that could counter his fruit, or maybe it will be Chopper since they are both doctors.
- Given that Franky is the one who built it, it's not too far-fetched. It is canonly unlikely, though, given that Sunny's built with Adam Wood, the strongest known wood in the series.
- I support this. Please make this happen. That other sentai inspired by One Piece had done it...
- This would have to be confirmed, at least as far as they've gone. It was explained when they arrived at Sabaody that there are a set number of routes through the first half of the Grand Line, the branches of which are chosen at Reverse Mountain. Given that we know for a fact that they both went to Skypiea, this would have to be the case so far.
- And Water 7, too.
- And Fishman Island.
- The one break with this is that Kureha knew Rogers as Gol D. not Gold suggesting the Roger Pirates went to Drum too. The Strawhats' Log never pointed to Drum, they found it on their own.
- Well, who's to say that Roger didn't just stray off path, too?
- And Water 7, too.
- Lets see. The Kraken hails from the North Blue. Who came from the North Blue and has never mentioned their biological family? Sanji. Maybe his parents were fishermen who then turned into Black Market Kraken hunters or something. Sanji didn't approve and then got a job in a kitchen on a cruise liner, then met Zeff. This is WMG people.
- Alternatively, Vivi counts as a crew member. After all, quite a big deal was made of her still being considered True Companions.
- This is Jossed by the fact that Brook was called the Eighth Crewmember.
- Even if the Sunny-go doesn't count, wouldn't he be the ninth? Unless you don't count Cap'n Luffy...
- Despite not having much authority, Luffy is by himself and also others clearly considered the captain. Which means that Brook is his eight crew member. This would point to two more people joining.
- In support of this theory, Luffy has always talked about getting a musician, since he first formed his crew (that is, when he recruited Zoro). It seems only fitting that Brook would be the final crew member. Of course, One Piece was originally intended to be finished in five years, so who knows?
- I'm going to go ahead and disagree for a number of reasons. First the obvious bit about Luffy saying that he wanted ten people. Zoro's joining chapter was called "The First", while Brook's was "The Eighth", indicating that we still have two more to go. Plus, Oda mentioned in an interview a while back how he wanted the teamwork of the Straw Hats to be like that of a sports team. Take into account that Oda is a soccer fan (he played soccer in his youth and voiced a caricature of himself in the Movie 3 soccer short, after all), and that a soccer team has eleven players, which would work out to ten crew members plus Luffy.
- I agree with the above contributor. The Going Merry was counted as a crew member, and Franky said that the Thousand Sunny will carry Merry's spirit...so technically, Luffy now has nine crew members, not counting himself. Most likely, with the crew en route to Fishman Isle at this time, the final member will either be Jimbei (who had earlier promised Ace to protect Luffy and later told Luffy he'd wait for the Straw Hats at Fishman Isle) or, if not him, some other Fish-person. (I think it would be both cool and useful for the Straw Hats to have a Fishman crewmember, and Jimbei would be a good candidate for that, what with his abilities and all.)
- I agree and would like to add that there are two “soccer teams” in One Piece: The Blackbeard Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates. Blackbeard’s team can be considered complete (depends whether you consider Doc Q’s horse Stronger as a separate member) as they have Blackbeard, Van Augur, Burgess, Doc Q, Laffitte, Stronger, Shiryu, Sanjuan Wolf, Vasco Shot, Catarina Devon and Avalo Pizarro. The Straw Hats have either 9 or 10 members (depends whether you consider Thousand Sunny as a crew member) therefore require one or two more members to get a complete team. I guess the final fight of the series could be a soccer match!
- Better get the counting sorted out, since as of the Whole Cake Island arc and finalized in the Wano arc, Jinbe is the newest member as the Crew's helmsman, making them Crew Member #10. So if they're the last, then this is confirmed. But if anymore join after them, this ones jossed.
- And the OP Magazine Vol 10 confirmed that there is one more member to join, so that would bring the number of crew members up to 11. So it's now jossed.
- I like this theory, it would help to have a strong swimmer on a crew full of people who ate Devil Fruits, and the Fishman can also work to salvage things from wrecks.
- Or, a half-human, half-fishman will join, who's tragic backstory is about how she/he was unwanted by both humans and fishmen like Chopper with reindeer and humans.
- Consider for a moment that Luffy already has Jimbei, who is both a fishman and a Shichibukai, working with him to save Ace. Once all is said and done, whats to stop Jimbei joining Luffy's crew as both a sign of gratitude and to help them get through Fishman island.
- Well, Jimbei doesn't appear to have joined, but there's always the shark that came out of the Kracken.
- Jimbei promised he'd wait for Luffy to come to Fishman Isle, and he had also promised Ace that he'd take care of Luffy, so...
- Given the unwritten rule that every Strawhat member should be a comedian of some kind, Jimbei does lose a few points.
- If Jimbei is the only guy to lack a sense of humour, he works for some time... I think.
- Jimbei DOES have comedic value, as Robin is the comically unfazed, Jimbei is he comically serious
- Does seem possible since Chapter 830 had Jimbei speaking with his crew about leaving to join the Straw Hats. If he survives the events of the Totto Land arc, this may come to be.
- Fully confirmed as of Chapter 863, where Jimbei leaves Big Mom and joins Luffy.
- Or, a half-human, half-fishman will join, who's tragic backstory is about how she/he was unwanted by both humans and fishmen like Chopper with reindeer and humans.
- Since Blackbeard's crew has been completed (a captain, a ship, and 10 crewmembers), we probably have met at least one or two new Star Hat Pirates already, who have just yet to officially join, such as Perona or Bon Kurei.
- Likely to happen with the upcoming Fishman Isle arc, plus Jimbei did tell Luffy that he'll be waiting for the Straw Hats there and had promised Ace that he would take care of Luffy, so...
- Confirmed, with Jimbei
- "A BEAUTIFUL LADY SWORDSMAN WITH A TON OF MEAT IS COMING THIS WAY!!!" -Usopp. Seriously man, how could you miss that?
- I think that lie came true in Dressrosa when Rebecca (beautiful lady swordsman) gave Luffy a lunchbox (a ton of meat).
- There was also an early piece of art done by Oda depicting Nami hanging out with a flightless bird. If I recall correctly, a blue flightless bird. With a cap that says "MARINES" in big bold letters....Christ, what is this foreshadowing? THIS IS GONNA BUG ME ALL DAY.
- Jossed as far as the 10th member, but she could still join in the future.
- Clowns with blue ponytails and already well-defined personalities who can split their bodies apart are ''SO MUCH COOLER'' than pretty but comparatively generic Amazons. And it has been hinted he's redeemable, since he felt guilty about tricking Luffy. And the poor guy's been abandoned by his crew, and so he's not obligated to stay with anyone right now. 'No one should be alone' is one of the most important themes in One Piece.
- Failing that, he could be another "Vivi" - he'll travel with the crew for a period of time but will part ways with the rest of them before the series is over.
- Buggy's back with his crew now.
- Bon Kurei is also a serious contender, considering (1) Strawhats are designed to be a nakama/family of "weirdos" (rubber man, burglar, pirate hunter, pervert, reindeer man, cyborg, undead skeleton), and adding an "okama" would serve that purpose well. (2) Every strawhat member must be a comedian of some kind (Oda-sensei's unwritten rule), and Bon Kurei is good enough for that. Even the usually serious Zoro and Robin do indulge in some kind of comedy. (3) Every Strawhat member has some sort of Power of Friendship relationship with the captain, and what can I say about Bon Kurei? He has had that twice, and an entire arc was full of it.
- Jossed as far as the 10th member.
- Think about it; Sanji and Bon-chan fought back in Alabasta, Sanji tells the crew that he doesn't like transvestites (in that Alabasta recap movie he won't even allow Bon-chan to touch him, though this could have more to do with his creepy powers), and he has just been on an island full with transvestites who all have a crush on him, which should probably leave him traumatized for life. And not so keen on transvestites. Bon-chan however will absolutely love Sanji especially, because Defeat Means Friendship. Because of Sanji's despise and rejections, he will be very hurt (this will of course be played for laughs). He will constantly seek Sanji's affection and approval, coming far too close to him which will result in humorous fights. Zoro will make fun of this. Hilarity ensues.
- Not likely in Hancock's case; she can't openly support Luffy due to her Warlord of the Sea position, which she needs to keep holding in order to protect Amazon Lily from being attacked and/or taken advantage of by outside forces.
- Jinbe joining is confirmed. As for Hancock's Warlord status stopping her, that part is jossed. The most recent Reverie had the Warlord's stripped of their status, their bounties unfrozen, and all declared top of the wanted list due to the actions of Crocodile in Alabasta and Doflamingo in Dressrosa when they were Warlords.
- His experience in the War and maybe his first Buster Call make him quit the Marines? Would his bromantic companion Helmeppo come with him?
- No, Helmeppo will stay in the marines and rise significantly in rank, and try to change the government from the inside so no one else will act like his father did. He will also be Coby's source of information.
- Considering Coby's dream of being a Marine(and later, of becoming an Admiral) has been his driving force throughout the entire series, him abandoning it just like that would be a severe Jumping the Shark moment for One Piece. Really, if he really is that disillusioned after the war, his character would be more likely to want to become an Admiral even more so he can enact change straight from the top.
Alternatively...
- Was very interested in your point,and decided to take a look at Luffy's drawing of a Fishman, (scroll down the page to Arlong Arc), http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Monkey_D._Luffy/History
- From the original poster: After reading the updates for this WMG and the WMG two entries up, I've come back to being open about Decken being the next possible candidate for membership in the Straw Hats. Still, I'll admit that right now, my money's strongly on Jimbei due to the reasons that have been outlined elsewhere on this page.
- He'd probably be related to Jimbei somehow, due to him succeding hm as Captian of the Sunny Pirates, and might know Fishman Karate as his pupil, maybe even the top one of the Fishman Dojo.
- So let me make sure I'm understanding the above point, and please clarify if I'm wrong—Jimbei and Fisher Tiger would be somehow blood-related, and Jimbei would be the top pupil of Tiger's Fishman Karate skills?
- I think the idea above is as we know, Jimbei succeded Tiger as Captain of the Fishman Pirates. And the WMG takes effect is where he took this supposed offspring of Tiger in, and taught said character Fishman Karate, and said son/daughter of Tiger knows it quite well.
- So let me make sure I'm understanding the above point, and please clarify if I'm wrong—Jimbei and Fisher Tiger would be somehow blood-related, and Jimbei would be the top pupil of Tiger's Fishman Karate skills?
- Well, we got Sengoku.
- Oh, Crap!, forgot about him. Oh well, a stone logia could join and it's not like there can't still be a paramecia specifically about statues.
- Highly unlikely. The one stone paramecia fruit in the world belongs to Pica, one of Doflamingo's executives... Who Zoro just got done slicing up. Of course, there still could be a statue fruit user or the like out there. So, stay tuned.
for appearance, i expect to be person with butler suit and thousand sunny head. as for ability other than capable to control the ship at his will. It "personification" have body as strong as adam wood and capable to use gaoh cannon straight from his mouth. but the "personification" can only exist at certain distance from the ship (say 500M radius)
- Jossed as the 10th member is Jimbei.
- This could tie into the Koala WMG above.
- A recent hairstyle of Franky's is this Pippi Longstocking braided thing...if that counts towards this WMG any.
- They will have lost someone important to them.
- Luffy: Ace and Sabo | Zoro: Kuina | Nami: Bellamere | Usopp: Banchina (his mom) | Sanji: Zeff's leg and the cruise ship crew | Chopper: Dr. Hiluluk | Robin: Olivia and Ohara | Franky: Tom | Brook: the Rumbar Pirates
- They will have an identifiable color scheme.
- Luffy: Red | Zoro: Green | Nami: Orange | Usopp: Yellow | Sanji: Blue | Chopper: Pink | Robin: Purple | Franky: Light Blue | Brook: Black and White
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype.
- Luffy: Brazilian | Zoro: Japanese | Nami: Swedish | Usopp: African | Sanji: French | Chopper: Canadian | Robin: Russian | Franky: American | Brook: Austrian
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them).
- Luffy: Captain and Magnetic Hero | Zoro: Leadership and honor | Nami: Navigating | Usopp: Cannoneer and crack inventor | Sanji: Chef | Chopper: Doctor | Robin: Archeologist | Franky: Shipwright | Brook: Musician
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them.
- Luffy: Become the Pirate King | Zoro: Become the greatest swordsman | Nami: Make a map of the world | Usopp: Become a brave warrior of the sea and then to visit Elbaf and become the true King of Snipers | Sanji: Find the All Blue (or the Suke Suke no Mi) | Chopper: Become a great doctor who can cure all disease | Robin: Find the Rio Poneglyph and know the True History | Franky: Build a ship that journeys to the end of the Grand Line, a Ship of Dreams | Brook: Be reunited with Laboon and play his crew's last song
- They will have a two syllable given name.
- Brook's name is pronounced "Broo-keh"
- ...And Usopp is U-sop-pu.
- Brook's name is pronounced "Broo-keh"
- (Nope, not a stretch. Yellow, as in coward. African... think North Africa, not Sub-Saharan.)
- Also, Usopp is pretty obviously black. Thick lips, brown skin, kinky hair... he combines some stereotypical black traits without being Mr. Popo.
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining.
- Zoro (alongside Luffy, vs. Axe-hand Morgan and Helmeppo) | Nami (alongside Luffy, vs. Buggy) | Usopp (alongside Zoro, vs. Django during the Captain Kuro arc) | Sanji (vs. Pearl and Gin of the Don Krieg Armada at the Baratie) | Chopper (vs. Wapol's henchmen Chess and Kuromarimo at Drum Island) | Robin (by subtly aiding the crew during Alabasta, and later unsuccessfully attacking Crocodile) | Franky (vs. Nero and Fukuro of CP9 during Enies Lobby) | Brook (vs. Thriller Bark zombies and, unsuccessfully, Ryuuga)
Candidates
- Vivi
- They will have lost someone important to them: Her mother? Though her father is bedridden now, that would make her joining even less likely.
- They will have an identifiable color scheme: Teal
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype: Egyptian
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them): Princess power
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them: Saved Alabasta so... loving her country...?
- They will have a two syllable given name: Check
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining: Check (Crocodile and Baroque Works)
- Already an honorary member, Vivi seems unlikely to rejoin the crew. She has too many responsibilities in Alabasta.
- An unspecified incident concerning Alabasta came up at the Reverie. Especially if it has anything to do with the questions Cobra had for the World Government, the circumstances surrounding Vivi's responsibilities may be changing. Said incident is later revealed to be the assassination of Cobra, alledgedly by the Revolutionaries via Sabo, and Vivi's disappearance.
- Decken
- They will have lost someone important to them: unknown.
- They will have an identifiable color scheme: unknown.
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype: Atlantian? Dick Tracy Land?
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them): unknown.
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them: to murder Shirahoshi... not very nice really.
- They will have a two syllable given name: Check
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining: Not fulfilled
- Vander Decken seems unlikely to join given that he has shown no redeemable traits as yet.
- Jimbe (Confirmed)
- They will have lost someone important to them: Fisher Tiger, Queen Otohime, Ace, and Whitebeard
- They will have an identifiable color scheme: Red and Blue
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype: Japanese
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them): Helmsman, battle tactician and whale shark whisperer
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them: To protect Luffy and his people
- They will have a two syllable given name: Check
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining: Check (Wadatsumi of Vander Decken's Flying Pirates, alongside Sanji)
- While he seems like a good candidate, Jimbe has a good deal of overlap with Zoro and other characters that might make him a poor fit, thematically speaking. A dream apart from Luffy would help (as that's more of a promise and desire), as would elaboration that would help fit him into the crew (looking at the manga, this should be soon). If he is shown not to be about on par with Sanji or Zoro but not Luffy (unlikely), this would also help. One other strike against him is his current bounty, which is stated to be somewhere at or above 400 million Berries (which would make it higher than Luffy's); however, this could be rectified if the Straw Hats all got requisite bounty increases at the end of the Fishman Island arc, with Luffy getting a higher bounty than Jimbe.
- The end of Chapter 648 has Luffy directly asking Jimbe to join the Straw Hat crew. Chapter 649 has Jimbei refusing to join just then, despite wanting to, because he has something he needs to do, but promising to join up in the future.
- And he gives his word many chapters later towards the end of the Whole Cake Island arc, where he honorably leaves Big Mom to "join the crew of the future Pirate King" and will most definitely start sailing on the Thousand Sunny when all is said and done.
- Shirahoshi
- They will have lost someone important to them: Her mother, Queen Otohime
- They will have an identifiable color scheme: Pink and Yellow
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype: Korean?
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them): Princess Power, mermaid, and Sea King beacon
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them: To see her mother's dreams fulfilled
- They will have a two syllable given name: Nope
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining: Opposes Hodi Jones' ambition, but has not fought any specific opponent
- Another strong contender with two grave strikes against her, she's as large as the Thousand Sunny and aside for her Sea King power (which she can't control anyway), seems to be rather defenseless. Furthermore, Luffy doesn't seem to be in a rush to have her join. If she becomes a crew member, she may be only temporary, like a New World Vivi.
- I'm not so sure she's as defenseless as we originally thought. As of chapter 649, Robin reveals that Shirahoshi IS the Ancient Weapon Poseidon.
- But Shirahoshi herself isn't even aware of that.
- Caribou
- They will have lost someone important to them: Coribou might well be dead
- They will have an identifiable color scheme: unknown
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype: Shanghai?
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them): Bubble suits? Walking Bag of Holding?
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them: unknown
- They will have a two syllable given name: Nope
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining: Not fulfilled
- Caribou would seem to be the least likely candidate of the current arc. As an antagonist he has been more violent, greedy, and savage than Robin and Franky ever were.
- And as of Chapter 650, he seems poised to use the knowledge about Shirahoshi being the ancient weapon Poseidon for his own purposes...
- Surume (The Kraken)
- They will have lost someone important to them: Unknown
- They will have an identifiable color scheme: Orange
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype: Norse
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them): Unknown
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them: Reunite with his family at the North Pole
- They will have a two syllable given name: No idea
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining: Opposed the Fishman Pirates, but was soon defeated by Wadatsumi
- Luffy decided he wants it for a pet, and has tamed it.
- Mr. 2 Bon Clay
- They will have lost someone important to them: Unknown; likely former friends considering how desperately he tries to protect who he decides to call friends.
- They will have an identifiable color scheme: Pink
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype: Unknown what the Okama are meant to be nationaly
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them): Disguise and Espionage
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them: Protecting the Flower of Friendship
- They will have two syllable given name: Check
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining: Opposed Warden Magellan, stalling so that Luffy could escape.
- Bon Clay and Luffy have become strong friends when trapped in Impel Down, and even in Alabasta Bon Clay was willing to make the sacrifice. Luffy would be more than happy to take him aboard to repay the kindness.
- Bonney
- They will have lost someone important to them: Kuma
- They will have an identifiable color scheme: Magenta
- They will have a look (or simply feel) similar to a nationality stereotype: Russian(?)
- They will have a talent aside from fighting (bonus: Luffy will be ignorant of it when he recruits them): Reconnaissance, combat buffing/debuffing with her Devil Fruit
- They will have an unfulfilled dream that drives them: To end slavery alongside Nika the Sun God
- They will have a two syllable given name: Check
- They will have helped to oppose an enemy prior to joining: Check (Kizaru and Saint Saturn
- Maybe it'll be someone who's eaten a newly-grown Mera Mera no Mi, which was Ace's Devil Fruit before his death.
- Unlikely, seeing as how Sanji's powers are developing fire-based attacks. Plus, if Luffy ever did find the newly-grown Mera Mera no Mi, he would probably keep it as a memento. There's no way he would let somebody eat it.
- Luffy let Sabo take the fruit. Sabo is the Number Two of the Revolutionary.
- Unlikely, seeing as how Sanji's powers are developing fire-based attacks. Plus, if Luffy ever did find the newly-grown Mera Mera no Mi, he would probably keep it as a memento. There's no way he would let somebody eat it.
- Someone had pointed out before how all the Straw Hats have a two-syllable name (Lu-ffy, Zo-ro, Na-mi and etc). Even Brook's name has an emphasis on "-ok", making it into two syllables. Even the shortened names of their ships have two-syllables (Mer-ry and Sun-ny). Which leads into the WMG that their next crewmates will also have a two-syllable name. Previous crewmate Vivi and Carue fits into the theme and potential crewmate Jimbei also fits too.
- The "ok" in "Brook" is not a separate syllable. The name IS two syllables as the Japanese VAs say it though: Bruk-ku.
- Thanks for clarifying that.
- If you're really going to use that argument for Brook, then what about U-so-ppu?
- Vivi, Bon Clay, Hancock, or Jimbei. Vivi may be a bit of stretch due to her being all the way in Alabasta, and who knows if Bon Clay is still alive. As for Hancock and Jimbei, Hancock's love for luffy may make her preform a huge Heel–Face Turn and join his crew to forsake her Warlord title. Not to mention in Jimbei's case, once Luffy asks you to join his crew, 90 percent of the time, that person's joining.
- Vivi, Bon Clay and Hancock are insanely unlikely, if not downright impossible. Vivi is still a princess, so her leaving her kingdom to join the Straw Hats would probably bring her country far more trouble than it's worth, no matter how much she'd like to sail with the crew again. Hancock has her own crew and subjects who need protection, and a position as Warlord. Why throw them away and make herself more enemies when she can help the Straw Hats secretly from the side, like she did at Marineford and Sabaody? As for Bon Clay, he's alive and OK but stuck in Impel Down's level 5.5, so unless another mass break-out somehow happens, I doubt he's gonna leave. Jimbei is the most likely choice, and Luffy even offered him a place with the crew, but he has unfinished business with Big Mom to take care of first.
- And Jimbei is indeed confirmed.
- Vivi, Bon Clay and Hancock are insanely unlikely, if not downright impossible. Vivi is still a princess, so her leaving her kingdom to join the Straw Hats would probably bring her country far more trouble than it's worth, no matter how much she'd like to sail with the crew again. Hancock has her own crew and subjects who need protection, and a position as Warlord. Why throw them away and make herself more enemies when she can help the Straw Hats secretly from the side, like she did at Marineford and Sabaody? As for Bon Clay, he's alive and OK but stuck in Impel Down's level 5.5, so unless another mass break-out somehow happens, I doubt he's gonna leave. Jimbei is the most likely choice, and Luffy even offered him a place with the crew, but he has unfinished business with Big Mom to take care of first.
- Stussy; and then the Strawhats will be a panoceanic team: from East Blue Luffy, Zoro, Nami and Usopp; from West Blue Robin and Brook; from North Blue Sanji; from South Blue Franky; from Paradise Chopper; from Fishman Island Jimbei; and from the New World, Stussy.
- The Straw Hats will be separated again, this time by one of the agents of the Yonkou, and Luffy will land on a island with a Nia knockoff that will be sweet to balance Nami's Tsundere and Nico's Kuudere
- Following the pattern, the next girl would be... Yandere
- The tenth member is an immortal Object Loop, making death significant in their life (significant in its absence), as with all the other members (other than Sanji. Does almost dying count?).
- Jossed. There's confirmation of a Time Time Fruit, but it only has the power to send people forward in time.
- Seems like a joke but I have a hunch that they could give a try against some more religious themes. They messed with a eastern concept of God, why not the western concept?
- But, if I remember well Miss Monday was a sister... Yeah, she was... Really would heart a more pretty one?
- She would be really fancy with a useless devil fruit too...
- Well Baby-5/Torpedo Girl seems a good try for now
- Baby 5 already joined, in a sense; she's part of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet alongside Sai. But as far as the main crew is concerned, no maid/sister in sight, so the jury's still out on that one.
- I disagree with the last guess. He's already had his crew last we've seen him. I'm pretty sure he's alive though, somehow. There's devil fruit ability like Ivankov or Law that could possibly cure him.
- In order to complete the "family" theme the crew has going they still need a grandmother. Plus it would be nice to have a female member of the crew who wasn't walking Fanservice.
- Er, even if she's an old woman, she could still be a fanservice. Someone like Kureha, for example?
- Nami's friend, Rolling Lola's mother is a famous old woman pirate, so she's a definite candidate, wherever or whoever she is.
- I actually think Lola's mother might be Big Mom.
- I was thinking the same thing even long before I ever saw what Big Mom looked like.
- Unlikely as of Jimbei's officially joining; according to SBS Volume 99, he's now the father figure of the crew, with Franky being relegated to "pervy grandmother".
- Or an okama. Bon chan, anyone?
- Or maybe Carrot.
- Confimred
- Even though this is the world of One Piece, we're talking about a woman whose heart was pierced while it was vulnerable. Logia or not, there's no coming back from that. And even if she did survive, she's too heartless to join the crew.
- We may talk about One Piece world, but this is not the first time someone survived a heart stab. Both Luffy and Robin survived it in their respectable fights with Crocodile. And most recently in anime both Law and Caesar survived it after Law's encounter with Doflamingo and him being shot into his heart 3 times, he also had a Caesar's heart concealed in his chest pocket the whole time), so it is not a hard stretch to suggest that Monet could have survived it as well, given that she was a logia and was stabbed by icicle (an irony). She also keeps being mentioned by different people, including dwarves. And there are a ton of mysteries behind her character that were never explained. What also supports a theory of Monet joining Strawhats is a telescope on a straw hat crew ship. So far, no one used it, and Monet is hinted to be an astronomer in manga (one of the mysteries behind her which were never explained), given that she read books with words "Astro" and "Clip" which may very vell go for "Astronomy" and "Eclipse". Which also supports this theory is a fact, that Enel is currently on a Moon, and Skypieans are hinted to be descended from a Moon. And in Robin's flashback, we could see a model of 6 moons in Ohara's people' possession, who studied the Voide Century, so this could be a basis for supposing, that there are Poneglyphs on a Moon, and Robin can have a need to visit it. The current arc Dressrosa also supports it by bringing back characters, which are relevant to Skypiea and Jaya arcs, namely Bellamy and Montblanc Norland. What speaks more about possibility of Monet being alive is the apperance of something which very close resembles her attack Yuki Rabi in an ocean, when Mugiwaras left Punk Hazard. The funny fact, is that a rabit in japanese culture is very often related to a moon rabbit from asian folclore. There are even some anime series who make a direct reference to it, for example Sailor Moon, the name of the main character of which is Tsukino Usagi, which basically translates from Japanese as Moon Rabbit.
- Yeah, an evil and cruel woman who's been helping Caesar Clown keep kidnapped kids under his control to eventually die of their experiments, helped Doflamingo take over Dressrosa, who's been pierced through the heart and left for dead in a lab that was being taken over by a petrifying gas, and who has shown no redeeming qualities whatsoever nor has ever been mentioned aside from a brief flashback in the Dressrosa arc is SO likely to join the Straw Hats.
- Any particular model, since Chopper has the vanilla kind?
- Perhaps one of the tribes? if there's models for mythical humans, cyborg or Frankenstein would both work, only appropriate the ship take after the shipwright or going away from humans any sentient species would work maybe fishmen, or a mermaid considering there often used as ship figureheads, if there a fruit for the skypians race it would be appropriate, as the fall from Skypiea is what ultimately led to the Marrys demise.
- Wiper perhaps?
- And she'll become either the lookout or be paired with Nami as a cartographer to her navigator.
- They established prior that her kingdom is the only one of the twenty founding kingdoms to not separate themselves from the common folk, suggesting that their kingdom is likely at odds with the other nineteen noble families that run the world.
- Furthermore, King Nefertari seems intent on poking the hornet's nest with the poneglyphs.
- They demonstrate her Charles Atlas Superpower level of training, able to jump off a high mast unharmed...and jump up there in the first place.
- Kohza's line that her "pirate spirit is back" feels like a suggestion to the fans.
- Finally, it's accompanied by reanimated flashbacks of Vivi relying on the straw hats in a time of need, as well as reminding everyone of their bond.
Overall, this seems to foreshadow future tragedy for the Nefertari dynasty and makes it likely that Vivi could join the Straw Hats in exile from the World Government.
- Oda might be headed this way in Chapter 908 where Vivi's picture is the only one left undamaged by Im and the Gorosei ask which light they want to extinguish from history, which means the Buster Call could return......and target Alabasta.
- Gets even worse in Chapter 1054. Nefertari Cobra has been assassinated and Vivi has gone missing, and the one being blamed for it is Sabo. Alabasta is now in chaos, and many other kingdoms that had representatives at the Levely are rising up in revolution against the World Government while their leaders were absent, with Sabo being their symbol of rebellion. As of now, Alabasta is pretty much ground zero for the uprisings, and as Sakazuki plans on squashing all hopes of rebellion, he may decide to make an example out of Alabasta.
- Looking more likely for Vivi now, as Cobra has been assassinated, Alabasta is in chaos, and Vivi is explicitly MIA right now. As the running theory in the fandom is that Sabo is currently protecting Vivi, it's entirely possible Sabo will bring Vivi to the Straw Hats figuring being among friends is the safest place for her, especially with the Revolutionaries having a larger target on their back now that more and more nations are rising up against the World Government following Cobra's death.
- And now immensely more likely for Vivi, as it was confirmed that Imu murdered Cobra and she's a fugitive from them - oh, and her real name is Nefertari D. Vivi, a fact that a dying Cobra implores Sabo to tell both her and Luffy, all but confirming that Cobra wants Vivi and Luffy to reunite.
- Jossed for now. The end of the Wano Saga has Yamato decide to not join the Straw Hats until they've seen more of the world for themselves, starting with Wano. Luffy makes clear however that there's always space for not only them, but Kin'emon and Momonosuke too if they ever want to join. Maybe they'll join one day, but for now, it's jossed.
- In a direct homage to the first version of Romance Dawn, which depicted Crescent-Moon Galley as part of Luffy's crew in the Distant Finale. Leading candidate is probably Buggy, with Alvida running a respectable second, but Oda could really throw a curveball and make it Morgan or even a Back from the Dead Higuma...
- If that's the case, it suddenly becomes a lot more variable as to who can join. Since if going by the idea he wanted 10 men, then the women wouldn't count towards that limit. So discounting Nami, Robin, and possibly Carrot, then the Straw Hats only have 8 men. Yamato is the outlier since they have Ambiguous Gender Identity. If they count, then there's still room for one more man. If not, then there's room for two more men.
Eleven members total, with the last core Straw Hat joining by the time the crew sets out to face Blackbeard, paralleling he and his Ten Titanic Captains. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Grand Fleet will increase to at least ten crews, also paralleling the Ten Titanic Captains.
The three new crews will include:
- A crew representing Wano and Zou, possibly with Yamato as Captain and Carrot as a member.
- The Fallen Monk Pirates, led by Urouge.
- An undetermined third crew.
- Cabin Boy or seaman: Mainly because we don't really know how much experience he has
- Cooper: Which seem to be fitting since Wano is known to make straw hats
- Logkeeper: After all, they do have quite a connection to Oden's logbook, and may want to create one so that the future generations can have a similar experience
- Lookout: Mainly as a pun on Yamato being a watch-dog, because he's a dog and ate the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Okuchi-no-Makami
Law is, while not a member of the Straw Hats, effectively a main character in his own right due to his focus from Punk Hazard to Wano, making him a similar case to that of Vivi of being a pseudo-main character for the duration of their trip with the Straw Hats. And since we are effectively in the end game now, it's all hands on deck in terms of main characters, as well as addressing various plot threads like the "Will of D.", so having Law be an official main character via Bepo bringing him to the Thousand Sunny seems plausible.
Still, there's no way Law would flat out join the Straw Hats. Not while there is hope that the other Heart Pirates are still alive. But, that doesn't mean he can't be a part of the Straw Hats in another manner, namely via officially joining the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, since he never actually joined them at the end of Dressrosa. This would give him and Bepo the official backing of one of the Yonko via Luffy, and make saving their crew just as much a matter of the Straw Hats as it is there's, since by joining the Grand Fleet, the Heart Pirates would be their nakama too.
Luffy being Luffy, he's still not thrilled at the idea of having subordinates, but accepts Katakuri's request to ally with him.
SBS Volume 59 suggests that of the existing Straw Hats, converting their Devil Fruits into numbers (Go-Mu = 5-6; Hi-To = 1-10; Ha-Na = 8=7; Yo-Mi = 4-3), only 2 and 9 are left. The reader also points out that the Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi, or Paw-Paw Fruit, has those numbers in its name (Ni-Kyu, or 2-9), indicating that a future Straw Hat will have that Fruit.
Therefore, having been severely damaged in his battle with Sakazuki during his invasion of Mary Geoise, Kuma will act on another secret instruction programmed into him and seek out a special person to inherit his powers, "pushing" his own Devil Fruit out of his body and into a new Fruit for that person to eat. This person will become the eleventh core Straw Hat.
And it'll probably be Vivi, rejoining her friends at long last.
- Two are women, which the main crew could use more of. Yamato's Ambiguous Gender Identity could make things interesting.
- They are all previously introduced characters who gets along swimmingly with the crew.
- All three share a connection and goal that involve the Dawn of the World, which Luffy, as the Second Coming of Joyboy, is destined to bring about.