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evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

December 30 2016 02:03 GMT

#26581

I think the fragmented nature of Oda's story telling, always 3, 4 simultanious timelines advancing, is really good because in every chapter there is a blood boiling anime moment in at least one of the timelines

also...

young lady... which fool would plan on dying!

omgomgomgmog

Zooper31

United States5711 Posts

December 30 2016 03:35 GMT

#26582

Fucking hyped af man shit.

Zambrah

United States7393 Posts

December 30 2016 03:56 GMT

#26583

IM NOT EVEN THROUGH AND IM DOWN RIGHT PISSED

EDIT: And now Im done and IM DOWN RIGHT HYPED

Sableyeah

Netherlands2119 Posts

December 30 2016 04:48 GMT

#26584

Holy fuck Brook how man crazy stuff, didn't see that coming but darn how the hell will he defeat this Young Lady :p He's so cool!

And I really wonder what Jinbe rolled out of that wheel but not looking too bad for him ^^

Carrot can paint, good for crew diversity yo! And female mink ofc

herMan

Japan2055 Posts

December 30 2016 06:26 GMT

#26585

Jinbei death flags even more massive right now. He rolled the wheel and walked away with all his limbs... I believe he's gone full Pedro and hasn't long to live.

Hyperbola

United States2546 Posts

December 30 2016 06:52 GMT

#26586

Jimbe feels really out of place to be quite honest. He better either join or die in this arc or he will be known as the blue balls fishman.

Slaughter

United States20254 Posts

December 30 2016 07:03 GMT

#26587

Eh Jimbe never has jived with me as being a core crew member. Just doesn't feel quite like the right fit for him. But Oda just makes things work somehow so I'll put it in God's hands.

SheaR619

United States2399 Posts

December 30 2016 07:50 GMT

#26588

Someone had a theory a while back that Shank crew had 10 member, so the Strawhat will have 10 member since Luffy wants to have a crew that resemble Shanks. That means that there is potentially only 1 more spot open left for Nakama. I so pray it is not Jimbe and he some how dies if this is the case. He is an okay character but he never stood out to me and never blew me away. Definitely got Pedro-ed imo, since Oda wouldn't of shown that side of her power for little reason.

Carrot for Nakama or both.

shell

Portugal2722 Posts

December 30 2016 11:22 GMT

#26589

Jinbei is awesome fit imo

- powerfull - number 3 after luffy and zoro imo
- wisdom and inteligence
- well rounded in fighting, haki, swimming
- Experienced pirate and in new world
- different since he is a fishman

Hope he saves the day and joins how can a crew with teenagers become pirate kings? they need some experience also and Jimbei provides that

Warri

Germany3208 Posts

December 30 2016 13:30 GMT

#26590

^Yeah, of course Luffy doesnt go by this criteria (however Oda does), but Jinbe would be incredibly beneficial just for his swimming skills as a fishman. You cant undervalue that.

Spicy_Curry

United States10573 Posts

December 30 2016 15:26 GMT

#26591

Jinbei didnt lose anything because he backed out after being shown the wheel.

Forikorder

Canada8840 Posts

December 30 2016 15:29 GMT

#26592

On December 31 2016 00:26 Spicy_Curry wrote:
Jinbei didnt lose anything because he backed out after being shown the wheel.

presumably theres probably something there we dont know about yet

Sentenal

United States12398 Posts

December 30 2016 17:10 GMT

#26593

Outside of Carrot having tits, she probably brings less to the crew, both utility and personality wise, than Jinbe.

Slaughter

United States20254 Posts

December 30 2016 17:50 GMT

#26594

If you want to debate Carrot vs Jinbe. Jinbe has a stronger connection to the crew and Carrot fits in better with the overall tone of the crew in their silliness. Depends if you want another crew mate with a similar personality or you want a more serious type for balance. I don't mind Carrot but eh would like to see someone a bit stronger (though how strong Jinbe is is something of an unknown imo outside of a general level of being fairly strong). I don't see Oda adding in any more female characters that are pretty up there in strength joining though so my hope for a strong female fighter looks grim as Carrot only has decent strength.

Overall I would be fine with either or both, but for me personally some meh elements like Carrot is UP and I just don't quite feel it with Jinbe being an everyday core member. This can be fixed with Oda adding him and putting him into the position to shine as one so I wouldn't be against it and maybe Carrot is strong enough to be relevant I guess.

I also sometimes feel like the ship has sailed for any new crew member at this stage in the game. That is another positive thing for Jinbe because he has a lot of the background legwork for his character already done.

Makro

France16890 Posts

December 30 2016 18:20 GMT

#26595

jinbe can still act as a NaaS (nakama as a service) so we can have jinbe+ carrot and everyone's gonna be happy

Elentos

55561 Posts

December 30 2016 18:41 GMT

#26596

Luffy literally says in the first chapter of One Piece that he hopes he can find at least 10 people (friends) to join his crew. In theory there's no reason Jinbe and Carrot couldn't both join, but it will obviously depend on how Oda wants the story to go.

Sentenal

United States12398 Posts

December 30 2016 19:16 GMT

#26597

I don't think everyone in the crew needs to be silly. Afterall, both Zoro and Robin are serious most of the time, and they fit just fine. I think Jinbe would fit fine.

Hyperbola

United States2546 Posts

December 30 2016 22:22 GMT

#26598

The crew aint teenagers. We have Robin who's 30ish and Zoro who says he's 19 but he's probably in his late twenties or something. Then there's Brook who's like 70 years old but acts like a teenager.

killa_robot

Canada1884 Posts

December 31 2016 04:59 GMT

#26599

Jinbie is good as a straight-man for reactions, and im sure his quirk will show up once he's around for a while.

SheaR619

United States2399 Posts

December 31 2016 07:36 GMT

#26600

Well one of the core connection all member have is that they all have a reason for traveling to the "One Piece."

What is Jimbei reason? Carrot has spoken about having a strong desire of traveling to see the world but never really a specific reason which leave a possibility. The only reason I can see why Jimbei would so far is that he desire for Human and fishman to coexist. So his reasoning could be to prove that Human and Fishman can work together by obtaining the One Piece. Which is completely logical but at the same time he has so much death flag flying over him.