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One Piece
Ryder Brown
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Kevin Edwards
Anthony Torres
Carrot for Nakama
Christopher Reyes
"What was the purpose of Yamato?"
Well, let's discuss facts.
Fact: Oda didn't forget Carrot.
Many think he did, but he drew a specific scene with her, in the same chapter the SH left their goodbyes to their beloved companions and Yamato.
Fact: Carrot isn't insignificant enough to not deserve goodbyes.
Carrot travelled with the SH for +200 Chapters. In global popularity poll, she made the Top 10. She was important enough to be made Zou's leader, a country so intimately tied with Wano and the lore of JoyBoy. If she was insignificant, Oda wouldn't have given her a scene where the Dukes appoint her a leader, instead he'd have given us a cover story showing her as the new Duchess.
Fact: Oda gave Carrot all the reasons to join.
Oda went out of his way to show us crew interactions with Carrot, unique personality traits and quirks, to establish her as a unique and competent, but not overpowered fighter, with a powerful yet well-balanced gimmick. He then specifically had Pedro die, later making sure we know She inherited his will. (To bring about the Dawn of the World)
Fact: Carrot's contributions were NOT very important in WCI/Wano.
Oda could've cut Carrot out with some minor tweaks and the result would have been the same. So, this time we ask "What was the purpose of Carrot?"
Fact: Oda hid Carrot from us, replacing her with Yamato.
In Wano, Carrot all but vanished, AFTER Oda had established her as a potential new Strawhat candidate. He then brought in Yamato, a flashy character with such a concept it seemed like she was made to grab your attention. The backstory, unique devil fruit, design, connections to Ace, CoC, Kaido's son... She was a Nakamafaggot's wet dream. But she didn't join. Why? What WAS her purpose?
Yamato was a red herring.
Oda brought in Yamato specifically to distract. To make you think she'd join. Her entire existence was fanservice, merchandise and most importantly, to make you forget Carrot.
Oda didn't forget. He just tried to make sure you did.
Austin Fisher
Joshua Bell
Uta is the final nakama.
Jordan Reed
Carrot wont join
Wyatt Hernandez
Nice falseflag, Tamapedo
Owen Mitchell
Camden Brooks
>Blackbeard kidnapped Coby
This is so random wtf
What's Oda goal here?
Samuel Watson
Holy cope. I'm not even a Yamatofag but this is too fucking funny.
Dominic Long
Sebastian White
Carrot WILL win
Connor Roberts
rank em
Jack Kelly
Too smart for Luffy.
Juan Reed
You that South Park episode where the Family Guy writers room is just a bunch of manatees? That's Oda at this point.
Brandon Baker
How is it a cope?
It lists facts. Not copes. It didn't even say Carrot would join.
David Gray
Nathaniel Flores
The Yonko slayers
Ryan Morris
I'm unironically confused about oda and yamato thing, is he trolling us?
Connor Gray
Mihawk
Blackbeard
Law
Doflamingo
Jinbe
Crocodile
Hancock
Kuma
Moria
Buggy
Weevil.
Liam Myers
>It didn't even say Carrot would join.
>Fact: Oda gave Carrot all the reasons to join.
Why are all carrotfags compulsive liars?
Grayson Davis
Why are zorobros so deranged?
Landon Barnes
Give Koby some relevance but nobody still cares about him
Jordan Martin
In terms of how I like them?
Doffy > BB > Buggy > Law > Croc > Jimbei > Kuma > Mihawk > Boa > Moria > Weevil
Logan Wright
Not the same thing. Carrot DOES have all the reasons to join, yet she hasn't. The post asks WHY, while also pointing out that Yamato didn't join either, and has no purpose. UNLESS Yamato was a red herring for Carrot. If neither join, neither had purpose. If Carrot joins, both had purpose. That is a fact.
Justin Kelly
Bentley Fisher
>Angels Inspired Vegapunk
>Kuma is always carrying the Bible
Did Jesus exist in the One piece world ? Is there a Hito Hito no mi model Jesus like Buddha ?
Henry Jackson
James Russell
If the Bible exists, Jesus does too.
Jason Evans
I'm using all my COPIUM until the raws come out.
Nicholas Watson
I love Zoro so much
Thomas Ward
>Hancock would be dead if Rayleigh wasn’t stalking Amazon Lily like a creep
Angel Evans
Agreed.
John Scott
Theres a guy in the manga/anime literally named "Jesus" and laughes with the prefix "Weee" and "haaha""
Luis Martin
Yep based Carrotbro
Ethan Morris
Kevin Howard
I'm sure all kinds or religions exist in One Piece.
Oda won’t directly address it though since it's irrelevant to the plot and if he did he might piss many people off so he simply keeps referencing them.
Religion is always a sensitive subject.
Xavier Thompson
We know Perona, but Zoro needs to finish his adventure
Cameron Lewis
We love Oden here. Not his retainers apart from Kinemon however.
Gavin Myers
His tits are too big, makes it hard to think rationally about him.
Colton Rodriguez
Smoker 2.0
CWNBAA
Hudson Walker
Juan Foster
ZEHAHAHAHA THE FINEST DARK HOLE, THE ONE BUSSY, IS NOW MINE!
Elijah Jackson
WOOF WOOF WOOF
Nathaniel Cooper
Carrot's character is stuck in a bit of a limbo at the moment. There were very obvious things Oda could have done to absolutely rule her out after having Inu and Neko declare her as the new ruler of Zou:
>Have her accept the role on screen.
>Have her say goodbye to the SHs
>Show her still on Wano or on a ship to Zou as the SHs left.
>Oda could have also just chosen to ignore her for the rest of the series.
He did none of these things. Instead when Carrot is declared as leader of Zou, two big reasons are given:
>Her experience adventuring with the SHs.
>Her inheriting Pedro's will.
The problem is, both of these are terrible reasons for her to rule Zou. Carrot's entire character arc had nothing to do with leadership.
These are actually the very reasons why she should join the SH crew.
Because this was such an unsatisfactory way of closing Carrot's character, she will continue to be stuck in nakama limbo until Oda does something to explicitly de-confirm her.
Jose White
I liked Kawamatsu.
Dominic Richardson
Coby will be the final princess that needs to be saved, reincorporating the very first time he appeared. Hankeks are funny.
Michael Reed
>I see it! the third post after this will be a lie
Julian Martin
Yamato joins
Jace Allen
Blackbeard used the quake fruit to create a FISSURE
Noah Sanders
joins
Chase Russell
I do not find Robinattractive.
Chase Allen
Hot siblings.
Dominic Green
Does Blackbeard have 3 penises?
Thomas Anderson
It's OK user. You don't have to
Gavin Gonzalez
Jonathan Nguyen
>Coby is captured at the beginning of One Piece
>Coby is captured at the end of One Piece
ITS CALLED KINO
Bentley Mitchell
carrotbros...
Samuel Russell
Exactly. Oda could have given Carrot's story a conclusion, but he didn't. And it's evident he didn't just forget or that he didn't care. He cares, and he remembers, so why didn't he?
And it's true the reasons are bad. Especially when you consider that the Dukes shared their similar responsibility, one that they took on only after a long time of gathering experience at sea.
And these facts are why I won't believe, not for a second, that Oda truly made Carrot the duchess UNTIL I SEE HER IN SAID POSITION. It makes no sense story-wise, writing-wise, and is very un-Oda-like.
Samuel Bennett
How the FUCK does he do it?
Ethan Morgan
>Koby is now back to where he was in the second chapter except he now has to be Blackbeard's catamite instead of Alvida's
Lincoln Walker
I love them!
Tyler Walker
Kek you wish, carrotfags are just coping THAT hard now
Also, obligatory (you)
Yes, we've known this
>both have an Ace connection, but only Tama was promised to join
>both are grateful for the food given to them, but Yamato owes the samurai while Tama owes Luffy
>both were paired with Momo, but only Yamato's character has meaningful parallels and connection to be made (Momo is also her age now)
>Yamato is deeply connected to Wano, (Oden, Samurai, DF) while Tama has no family or real deep ties that hold her to it
>Yamato has interacted more with shinobu and the scabbards than the Straw Hats, Tama has interacted with Big Mom more than any Wano character
>Tama was introduced in the first chapter of Act 1, Yamato in the middle of Act 3
>All of Yamato's meaningful character moments are with Momo while all of Tama's character moments are with the original 3 strawhats
>Tama was included in every panel of Yamato first meeting with the crew
>Tama got confirmation from the captain, Yamato was grouped together with characters that will never become pirates
>Yamato is the daughter of Kaido while Tama is the last kurozumi we know of
>Yamato spelled backwards is O-Tama
also
> Oda hid Carrot from us, replacing her with Yamato.
but carrot did nothing during the raid and had been doing nothing for years already, that makes little sense considering the purpose of a red herring
A better reason for yamato to be a red herring would be to conceal someone that was actually being relevant. Coincidentally Tama arrived at the raid unexpected shortly after Yamato was introduced.
Logan Rodriguez