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One Piece Manga |OT3| Anything You Can Gum I Can Gum Better
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Blackleg-sanji1
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Nakama wars lol
I'm convinced Greg has some sort of inside info about One Piece in some form or another. He's consistently on the money when it comes to his theories.
If Pedro is dead I could see Carrot inheriting his will and joining the crew, yeah. She really doesn't have anywhere else to go and she desires to travel the world as well. What if Pedro's story on Whole Cake Island is Carrot's tragic backstory? It just isn't told in a flashback.
Well he meet Oda so he can just have a good idea how he is and how he writes.
Though he's been wrong with Pudding all arc.
His biggest surprise this arc was her in 850 because it was too cliched.
Though like I said he been right enough on where the arc is going with stuff along with nakama stuff.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
I heard ray punch a wall from here
I'm hip
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Nakama wars lol
Lol I'm like Man God in that I'd love to have both... but this ain't a perfect world. Meanwhile Carrot has actually shown that she's capable of fighting (And it's close-range at that, which has always been how I wanted a 3rd female member to fight) whereas Pudding has yet to show any clear offensive capabilities. Like, that is literally all I need to see in order to take Pudding more seriously as someone that may very well join. Like obviously there's other "required" criteria for the both of them, but I want to know if Pudding can fight.
Personality-wise, it's pretty even for the most part, as I enjoy both of them. That said, I guess Carrot is more consistent, or more accurately, she's less likely to one day irritate me? (I don't think Pudding will though, but I do get the arguments of why people are slowly getting fed up with her characterization) She got her mink quirks and charming naivety, and is also rather similar to Luffy in a lot of ways, like being carefree for instance. (That little touch of her jumping away from Prometheus' attack in a more lax manner compared to the rest of the gang was great for example) while Pudding has her evil trollish streak/demeanor, which may potentially fully devolve (Or evolve if you're into that) into tsundere/yandere tendencies, if not already.
Can't get on the why not both train because for me it's always been Jinbe and one other person, and then that would presumably be it, with Luffy leading 10 members of the Straw Hat crew.
I don't think Pedro has to die for this to happen, (Mainly because Oda is iffy when it comes to actually killing people) but this does seem to be the first genuinely traumatic thing that Carrot has experienced since joining Luffy and co., judging by her reaction, which even has her having a larger reaction panel than everyone else. That said, anyone using this chapter to say Carrot's joining at the end of the arc is setting themselves up for disappointment. As for this being the tragic backstory, eh, maybe? I definitely won't be surprised if Oda is subverting things here and there due to it being over 9 years since Brook joined, not to mention he's saying multiple members will join in succession or whatever. And then of course it's pretty much being subverted already with Jinbe, who has in the works to join the crew for years now, we just needed to get Luffy to a point where he isn't inviting a Warlord that's stronger than him.
I don't know about her not having anywhere else to go though. She obviously has the Minks and Zou. Unless you mean like for the immediate Wano arc. Because yea, it's obvious that she'd be leaving with them to go to Wano. And it's very unlikely that she'll suddenly break off from the Straw Hats and go join the Mink alliance instead. Wondering where she'll go when Wano's over, that's the real question. I disagree with those saying she might be a Commander or something, that's not something either Luffy or Carrot would go for. She's not really someone you'd trust with a leadership position, especially when you have several Mink characters that seem to be far more reliable in that regard. (Wanda, Neko, Inamushi, Pedro to name some examples) And Luffy ain't the type to tell someone to be a commander or whatever; if he likes you like that, he's just going to tell you to straight up join the crew itself.
But yea, my stance for awhile now has always been that Carrot would have further characterization in Wano. Would be somewhat fitting too considering the animal theme that'd be present in Wano, between the Minks that will be there, as well as Kaido's Zoan army. At the same time, I'm not that surprised that Oda planted at least one seed in this arc. Where she's going to go from here, who knows, but as always, I'm watching lmao
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Carrot for crew!
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Oda I don't ask for much here
Gif hype sorry phone users(I'm on my phone actually)
Gif hype sorry phone users(I'm on my phone actually)
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
I'll never have Waifu wars but I'll have fun with you guys in Nakama wars anyway lol
Yeah, though I liked it was the only thing FT fans I know talked about in the last arc
I know people go crazy with nakama wars too, but in the end it's still a lot better than waifu/shipping wars. At the end of the day, these are just characters we feel will make the Straw Hat crew more interesting/powerful.
Whereas waifu wars, they're just happy to see the damn characters do literally anything. While shipping wars, ( like shounen manga) they just last until the very end of the series, and although a ship may finally win, nothing substantial actually comes out of it. Like Naruto and Hinata won for example, but we barely got to see their relationship since they became a couple, and that's excluding the fact that in Boruto we see that Naruto is barely around to begin with, while Hinata's a housewife. Such fun...
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That said, I guess nakama and waifu wars have intersected this time around, when the top 2 choices are Carrot and Pudding...
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Lol what a disappointment still hiro couldn't even deliver there
At least on the Chan boards who all seem to agree the attractive girls were the only thing going for it at the end
The sprrigam are the worse miniboss such wasted potential especially for guys who are supposed to be stronger than entire countries
The final bosses suck too
"Aha I the strongest wizard to ever lived has become God with unlimited magic and ability to reverse time
Oh no nakama punch my only weakness "
"Aha I am the strongest being to ever lived also immune to any magic in fact it makes me stronger and indestructible and absorbed the other final boss powers
Oh no the power of friendship "
Think he has a one shot in October.
...I mean, this is the same guy who made it so that a cannon (or was it a machine gun) also "ate" a devil fruit somehow and became sentient.
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Carrot stans are victims of lowered expectations.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Haters gonna hate carrot fans gonna.. something good
We will probably have another one soon enough.
You're secretly the number one Wanda fan?
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Obviously still salty Wanda never came
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Dogs > rabbits.
Wanda is underappreciated. She'll get more moments in Wano.
Correct.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
I personally want one more past enemy to join the crew before the end of the series. It's doubtful it'll happen considering Robin and Franky sort of fall under that umbrella.
This is actually a good idea. Pedro dies and tells Carrot to go see the world, so she does.
Part of me feels that way, but part of me also suspects Oda is going to do a TWEEST in this arc and reveal Carrot is the one that sold Zou out to Jack and there might be something there as well. That's the only way they can properly salvage Carrot as being a character that's more than just comedy relief, as well as establish a character arc of sorts with the dichotomy between Pedro's Inherited Will and her dedication to Kaido's crew and whether she wants to see the "Dawn of the World" under Kaido...or under Luffy.
As do Pudding fans who wanted her to stay secretly yandere
Dogs > rabbits.
Wanda is underappreciated. She'll get more moments in Wano.
Correct.
Dogs are the best.
I don't get it.
What? Why would that dumb twist be the only way to salvage her? Why does she even need salvaging to begin with lol
Heh
She's going to calm down and be normal eventually but still have eyes for Sanji.
Because there needs to be more to her than just wanting to go on adventure. That's Luffy's role in the series, while all the other Strawhats have clear and defined goals. I"m not saying that SHOULD be a twist, I'm saying Carrot needs a bit more than just a tragic Pedro death to kickstart her role as a Strawhat IF she were to join. For one, if Carrot had a goal of learning what the "Dawn of the World" actually means for example as her dream, or perhaps we'll learn more about it and why it's so important to the Minks and she can have that passed on down to her. All Strawhats had some sort of defined character arc at some point, and Carrot needs her's as well. Robin was the only exception to this rule cause she joined the crew way before she ever got a real backstory or arc, but she was hinted at having a mysterious past in Alabasta so something was there...unlike Carrot.
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