Probably a question that's been asked a lot, but I can't seem to find the thread about it on mangaupdates, but a new thread would be better anyways. Reasons I think she'll be the next crew member:

1.) She's pretty popular so It'll only do more good than bad for the One Piece series. It's all about money at the end and if a popular character like Boa Hancock joins, it will make the series more popular than it already is.

2.) Too many males in the crew already, so another female would do the crew good.

3.) Her love for Luffy is too funny. I can see Sanji getting jealous over this and beating up Luffy for no reason and the rest of the crew wondering how such a pretty girl can love someone as Luffy while Luffy is pigging out or picking his nose like usual or something.

4.) She's in love with Luffy and will follow him anywhere.

5.) She will die if she's not with Luffy because of her love sickness. Elder Nyon even said that all of the previous Empresses died because they tried to suppress their feelings by distancing themselves from their object of desire. Which means she HAS to follow Luffy if she wants to Live. Maybe she can join the crew to find a cure?

6.) This is probably most important. As you know, she was a Tenryubito's slave back in the days. The World Government is going to research her about how she is connected to Luffy because she helped Luffy a few times during the whole Ace Arc like helping him get into impel down and getting smoker and Kuma off of him. The World Government isn't stupid, so chances are her title of Shichibukai is going to be removed which means Luffy is going to feel bad about it and may ask her to join the crew since she has no where else to go. What if they found out that she was a slave and try to get her back? This would be a great arc later down the road. Straw Hat Crew vs Tenryubito arc would be awesome! Everyone in the one piece crew was saved one way or another after all.


Reasons for her not being able to join:

1.) She's too strong! Maybe even stronger than Zoro(for now)? So I'm not sure if her fights are going to be exciting. Although everyone in the crew is going to get stronger because the new world is going to be filled with crazy strong fighters so I'm not sure about this reason.

2.) She has to stay and protect her island


Pretty much the only reason I want her to join the crew is because her and Luffy are extremely funny together. Tell me if I missed anything. What do you guys think?

Last edited by baylee at 12:09 am, Aug 24 2010

and then hancock will be angry at sanji for hitting luffy

ya i hope she joins i so want to see that

Nah' Sanji would be a stone for most of ther adventures if she joins ^^

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i dun think he will be stoned cuz his eyes turn into hearts for all women

so maybe he will be immune to stone or something XD;

Those are pretty valid reasons but I have doubts a Shichibukai would join his crew no matter how well liked is by them. Honestly her and Jimbei are extremely close to him right now, but I think it's more of an alliance kind of thing between captains. If he's going to get a new member Ithink it might be someone from the new world.

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I don't remember exactly but wasn't her reason for joining the shichibukai to protect her island? But if she join the crew then she won't be living there anymore, and I don't think she could remain a member of the shichibukai if she joins luffy and his crew because of all the problem they caused. So if she's not a shichibukai anymore then the marins will lift the protection upon her island, and, eventually attacks it if she joins luffy

(or maybe my memories are all messed up and her reason for joining the shichibukai are totally different. I'll read it again just in case)

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I hope after the time skip they get married or a promise that after Luffy becomes Pirate King they will marry. Boa would make a perfect Chichi

I forgot what her reasons are for joining too, but being a shichibukai is the reason why the Island is being protected. I don't think she cares about being a Shichibukai though because she wasn't planning on joining the fight vs the whitebeard pirates till Luffy asked. I think she even said she didn't care if her Island got destroyed and she will be forgiven because she is beautiful. Plus everyone on her Island is extremely strong so I don't think this is a valid reason anymore.

Although I would love for her to join the straw hat crew, I don't think she's going to join anymore because of the long time skip. During the two years, she isn't allowed to see Luffy so that means her love sickness won't kill her anymore? or maybe it's OK because she knows that Luffy is near her? I don't know. Also, I don't think she'll join the crew because all the other members haven't met her yet.

I want her to join though, because her and luffy are too funny together! Plus, she's extremely strong which will help in the new world. Someone said Luffy wanted 10 members on his ship, so counting boa hancock, that's 10 members going into the new world which is perfect. Jimbei isn't joining for sure anymore if you've read the last chapter. He already left to mermaid Island.

As you know, everyone has a "goal" on the ship. Her goal could be "to marry luffy", "free all the slaves in the world", or "destory the tenryubito". Either way, it would be funny how she's going to introduce herself to the crew:

Crew: "who is that Luffy?"
Boa Hancock: "I'm Luffy's Wife."

If boa hancock doesn't join, Luffy is going to leave a baby behind (hopefully!). He'll be 19-20 after the time skip, so he'll know what love means (maybe). So I'm thinking if he leaves a baby behind, she won't die because of love sickness anymore because the baby would be just like Luffy and she gets to protect her Island by keeping the title of a shichibukai. So if One Piece ever ended, Luffy's kid could be the main character for a sequel!


Last edited by baylee at 8:42 pm, Aug 26 2010

Dude. That's an insult! If it's just about the money, this series wouldn't be as successful as it has been. Apologize to Oda-sensei! D: <

The chemistry wouldn't work if Boa joined. She's too "big" of a character.
It's like if Jinbei were to join. Rather than having a powerful ally somewhere around the world, you'd have a powerful ally in the team - what challenge would there be left for them?
No challenge = Boring.

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handcock will end up like vivi, she was popular too but can go even if she wanted because of her country

if One Piece never made him any money, do you think he would continue to work on One Piece or start a new series? Well, One Piece would've gotten canceled before that so he doesn't get to decide even if he wanted to.



The "too strong" argument doesn't work in the new world. Everyone in the new world is going to be crazy strong. They can't keep on gathering weak people for the crew. In two years (time skip), Luffy and Zoro should be stronger than boa hancock. I don't know about the rest of the crew. Plus they are going to need a strong female in the crew to fight other strong females from other crews. For example, Catarina Devon (female in blackbeard crew) is extremely strong. Which female from the straw hat is going to fight her? Nami and robin are too weak, so either they pick up Boa Hancock or another super strong female crew member.

As I said before, Luffy stated in the beginning of One Piece that his crew is going to need 10 members. It's perfect to get one more person (that's 10 total), then go to the new world which starts their new adventure. I just don't see them getting ONLY one crew member in the new world then never getting another crew member ever again. Doesn't it make more sense to get their last and 10th member right now before going to the new world rather than to get only one crew member in the new world and never getting another crew member ever again? Boa Hancock still has a very sad past she's still dealing with, so it would be nice for the crew to help her out just as they helped out Nami and Robin.

Although I've said all of that and hoping boa hancock joins, I don't see her joining either after reading the last chapter, but I can still dream!


Last edited by baylee at 12:39 am, Aug 27 2010

So you're just gonna ignore his passion for manga?
Seriously, WTF. You make it sound like you've got him all figured out.
The world is not as bad as you see it. There are good, passionate people and talented people ou there. Not everyone's a money hungering asshat.


All that text and you end it...by nullifying your own statements.
You admit that you're spouting wishful thinking, so why defend yourself?

Also, if you think of it in RPG terms, Boa's class (sexy/range support) has already been occupied by Robin. Adding her to the usual team would be...kinda lame.

Also, a point of argument I'd like to bring up is that Boa has no "dream"...other than to be with Luffy - which is awesome and all, but it shouldn't be considered as "important".
Every member of the Mugiwara crew has their own goal and they're all significantly bigger than that of Boa's.

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When did I say I was ignoring his passion for manga? I'm just saying money is more important than passion at the end of the day. It's obvious that you need a passion for manga to write a great manga, but do you think he can live on passion alone? No. You need money to live. How is saying money is more important being an asshat? Don't be so narrow-minded. I also find it funny you think you have him all figured out. Hypocrite much? Are you his best friend in real life? No, you aren't so why do you think your views about him are more important than mines?



Yeah after reading the last chapter, it's probably wishful thinking. I wasn't defending myself, I'm just saying some of the reasons why you listed aren't valid reasons on why she wouldn't join. Why do you think I quoted you?



Not a dream that has been discussed yet since it's been all about ace, but how is brook's goal of meeting an old friend significantly bigger than boa's "I want to marry luffy" dream. Keyword is significantly bigger here. Meeting a Whale Vs Marriage, umm... It's obvious that if she does join, that wouldn't be her dream, but even if it was, I don't see how meeting an old friend is significantly bigger than marriage. Her dream would probably be something like "I want to free all the slaves in the world" or something along those lines.




Last edited by baylee at 5:36 am, Aug 27 2010

Wouldn't it just be boring if she joined? :/ I mean, her fights wouldn't really be exciting at all. And I highly doubt that her power to turn the ones who fall in love with her into stone are going work on the "big guys" in the New World.

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