Quote from vampire ninja 896
i think on fishman island theyre going to find someone who takes care of the money. it should be a girl. they DO only have 2 girls....maybe someone who cleans? wait no, thats stupid...maybe a watchman? idk all i know is it should be a girl if ANYONE.
Nami's the de facto Straw Hat treasurer.
For a new Straw Hat though, I doubt one's coming any time soon. Almost every other existing character we know is busy, obligated, or supportive, and we've already have a robot, a skeleton, and a blue nosed reindeer. It might be nice to have a merman or fishman - but Jimbei and Hachi are already really good friends. There's no reason to think why Camie would have leveled up in a fight, and no one else comes to mind. And any new character that might join will have, at the very least, a full arc that simultaneously shows how awesome they are and magnificently furthers the story before they even consider membership.
Heh, it's kinda like how everyone since Zoro has been exponentially harder to obtain as a nakama.
Luffy -> Zorro (Morgan arc) -> Nami (Buggy) -> Usopp & Merry Go (Kuro) -> Sanji (Don Krieg) -> Nami leave and rejoin (Arlong) -> Vivi (Grandline to Alabasta) -> Chopper (Wapol) -> Robin switches with Vivi (Crocodile) -> Merry Go is lost, Thousand Sunny & Frankie joins, Robin & Usopp leave and rejoin (CP9) -> Brooke (Thriller Bark) -> the whole crew splits and rejoins with a whole fleet of allies (Shabody to Timeskip)
Huh, notice that the girls always have a shady past that Luffy and co. have to help overcome before they're truly nakama. They work with a lower tier villain, and eventually fall under the terror of a higher one.
But back on the exponential note, if there's another girl Strawhat, then the eventual story-connected higher tier villain down the line will be NUTS. (Buggy -> Arlong, Crocodile -> CP9+World Gov)
Uh, that is, if that's how Oda plays it.
On another note, when are we going to see Arlong or Enel again?
Last edited by Ortegzin at 12:11 am, Nov 18 2010