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ChopperTheDoc

Thoughts on Crewmembers, patterns, and parallels

TL:DR - Four members join at each interval of the story-line, East Blue, Paradise and now New World. First; Male 'Monster', Second; Female, Third; Male 'Handyman', Fourth; Male Pervert.

Okay, thought I'd put the TL:DR at the start for convenience, you're welcome. Also for this thought, I won't count Luffy as a crew member, but as a Captain.

Throughout the series Luffy has recruited 8 crew members, four in the East Blue, Four in Paradise. We have 6 males, 2 females, each with a specific role.

Now the crew members have appeared in similar fashion in the East Blue (EB) and Paradise (PD), Male, Female, Male, Male. But this isn't the only observation, some of their traits align also!

Both introduced as monsters; Zoro and Chopper, have respective traits, such as Zoro's Asura and Choppers Monster point.

Nami and Robin, are both the pretty girl type, loving plants, Mikans and Flowers respectively. Both being saved by Luffy and Co. in the Arlong and CP9 sagas, and both are extremely intelligent.

The Handymen Usopp and Franky, have both been respective shipwrights of Merry and Sunny, and tinker together.

Sanji and Brook are both the perverts of the crew, i.e. here and here . Not much else needs to be said, apart from they can reasonably hold their own in a fight.

So I believe this pattern will occur again in the New World, if you count Jinbei (Fishmen can be seen to be Monsters) as a crew member, it means we need a female.

Just thought I'd shed a bit of light, and I want to hear your thoughts.

P.S sorry for the wall of text and bulk hyperlinks. Have a nice day :)

Posted Apr 4, 2014, 5:00 AM UTC

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NegerDoder•

If Oda put this is willingly, I think there is probably also some parallels in the story progress (number of chapters):

  • The East Blue saga lasted from chapter 1 - 100.
  • Zoro joined in the 1st arc that lasted from chapter 1 - 7.
  • Nami joined in the 2nd arc that lasted from chapter 8 - 21.
  • Usopp joined in the 3rd arc that lasted from chapter 22 - 42.
  • Sanji joined in the 4th arc that lasted from chapter 42 - 68.

For now, let's assume that they joined at the last chapter of their respective arc. The Paradise story-line lasted from chapter 101 - 597, that's a total of 497 chapters.

  • Zoro joined at chapter 7/100. 497*0,07+101=136, meaning Chopper should have joined around chapter 136.
  • Nami joined at chapter 21/100. 497*0,21+101=205
  • Usopp joined at chapter 42/100. 497*0,42+101=310
  • Sanji joined at chapter 68/100. 497*0,68+101=439

if we compare these numbers with the chapters that the next 4 joined in we might see a pattern:

  • Chopper joined in the 4th arc that lasted from chapter 130 - 154.
  • Robin joined in the 5th arc that lasted from chapter 155 - 217.
  • Franky joined in the 9th arc that lasted from chapter 322 - 374.
  • Brook joined in the 12th arc that lasted from chapter 442 - 489.

For the first two it was accurate, it was close for the last two. If we take this and combine it with the assumption that Jimbei is the next nakama, we might be able to slightly foresee when a new nakama is going to join and when One Piece will end :O.

Let's say Jimbei was supposed to join at the end of Fishmen Island: Chapter 653. The New World story-line was then at the 56th chapter meaning that that chapter marked the 7% point.

  • 100/7=14. 14*56=800.

This means that there will be 800 chapters of One Piece in the New World.

  • 800*0,21+598=766
  • 800*0,42+598=934
  • 800*0,68+598=1142

TL;DR: According to math: around chapter 766 the next girl will join; around chapter 934 the new handyman will join and around chapter 1142 the new pervert will join. Also, One Piece will end around chapter 1398.

Edit: Since both Nami and Robin had some trust issues and left the crew temporarily to only then be resqued by Luffy and rejoin 4 life, I think it will be likely for this to happen with the next girl as well. Since the math says the next girl will join very soon (probably at the end of Dressrosa) this could be a hint as to who it is...

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thepeopleofd•

what...

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Jayboyturner•

Half-life confirm...wait...

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Strong_Right•

Manga Spoiler

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nadrewod•

Manga Spoiler

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PlaysGamesAlot•

he also could feel indebted to the straw hats.

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nadrewod•

Manga Spoiler

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PlaysGamesAlot•

why when laws there? lol But they both could end up joining the straw hats....

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gerrettheferrett•

Yep, he's probably full of dents to the Straw Hats.

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Strong_Right•

yeah that's correct, but maybe he wants to leave because he made the same mistake again?

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[deleted]•

As powerful as Curos is, I doubt he'd be able to survive the fights Luffy's crew would encounter in the new world. I mean 1 leg is a pretty big disadvantage, he's not Shanks or Shiki level

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Strong_Right•

Maybe Law gives him a replacement? Or a robot leg? I do think it can be replaced.

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Wetsock1996•

Well other than him, jinbei would be the next beast i'd assume, other than barto who clearly don't seem human theres nobody else so far

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nadrewod•

The New World is the last sea, which means that if this theory is true, we can only have one more female, one more pervert, one more handyman, and one more beast. As awesome as Strong_Right's suggested beast has been this arc, I think he would prefer to stay on Dressrosa, and it would insult the World Government far more to have a former Warlord join the pirate crew of one of their worst Supernovas than it would for the other guy (who shall not be identified as I am annoyed by constant spoiler tags) to have joined.

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maaghen•

the crew could use a dedicated look out

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Anima4•

Do like, Jinbe the monster, Rebecca the female.

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Redhavok•

Leo the handyman, and Kin'emon the pervert

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NegerDoder•

Done. Then they find one piece in Dressrosa and it's over.

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xFoeHammer•

That is a nice coincidence but I think you're looking way too far into it. And I doubt this pattern was intended.

I see no reason why Oda would intentionally follow such a pattern and restrain himself like that. Furthermore, 4 more crew members seems very unlikely and in my opinion it would be a bad thing.

Also, Zoro was introduced as more of a demon than a monster. As people kept calling him that and it has been a continuous theme for his character. And he's a very different kind of monster from Chopper. Zoro is sometimes called a monster because he's inhumanly strong and durable. Chopper is called a monster because he looks like a Yeti haha.

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BookOf_Eli•

well in some translations I see people calling chopper a devil.

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Sven_Secor•

Manga Spoiler

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BIackSteel•

I see the next two crew mates being a male and a female. Having 2 of theses traits each.

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[deleted]•

Interesting, I never noticed the pattern about the monster and perverts. I have read that it is very common for animes to have teams of 3 in which there are first 2 guys, followed by a girl, and animals don't count. Luffy, zoro, nami, ussopp, sanji, chopper, robin, franky, brook and so the next crewmate has to be a girl or an animal (Jinbe). I really thought the next member would be Rebecca but after learning about her family tree I'm not so sure she's going to leave her family behind after they'll be together again

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[deleted]•

just a general trend about a single character: Ussop is the inverse of nolan. nolan was known as a liar but really was a courageous hero, ussop is a liar becoming known as a hero. ex: skypeia, nami's village, and much more recent events

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PTDota•

wasn't luffy saying that he only wants 10 crew members? I i know he said that, but donÄt know the exact chapter. But It was at the beginning of one piece

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ChopperTheDocOP•

That was also the chapter that Oda said 'devil fruits grow on trees every fifty years' and we know that's not true, so take things from early on with a pinch of salt!!

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Vladik1993•

No it wasn't. It's from one of the original Romance Dawn one shots, not from the manga.

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thaWafflebot•

Call me crazy, but I can see it like this, too:

Monster- Kyros

Woman- ??? (Wano country, Zou?)

Handyman- Jinbe (after Big Mom's defeat)

Pervert- ???

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Xiao8818•

Monster = Jimbe

Girl = Rebecca is a bit unlikely because she has spent 10 years without realizing she has a father, unless the monster is Kyros and the girl is Rebecca, so both of them join. If not Rebecca, I'd like to think Violet... (Another girl for Sanji!)

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HikenNoBurgess•

MangaSpoiler

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Ash_Williams109•

Sorry bro, but Franky is I think the only one that has actually been called a pervert.

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ChopperTheDocOP•

Sanji has been called "ero-cook, pervert, ero-curls," and I'm pretty sure "pervy-brow"

And Brook asks women to see their panties, is that not a pervert??

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Ash_Williams109•

What I'm saying all 3 of them are perverts, the word pervert has several meanings

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Torenes•

Even though it doesn't follow the male male female male trend, Rebecca is considered a 'monster' of sorts and everyone hates her, so she could join :D

I'm very pro-Rebecca.

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[deleted]•

For a while I was 100% sure Rebecca would be the next crew member but after everything that's happened I doubt she'll join. After 10 years or so you finally remember that you have a father and he has been watching over you all this time. You'd be an asshole to leave now, even if Curos tells Rebecca she should leave Dresserosa I doubt she would want to

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captain_jchaps•

As far as potential female members goes, I think Violet would be a more likely candidate than Rebecca at this point, though not much more. She seemed at first like she might be a strong fighter but I'm doubting that now. I think unless she gets a major fight she's definitely out.

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slothalot•

I feel like im the only person who wants sugar as the next crew member, I hope your right and it's sugar.

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[deleted]•

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ChopperTheDocOP•

If that's your opinion, fine I respect that, but at least give evidence as to why it's 'dumb,' the patterns are there, there are a lot of parallels with these traits, like I said, it's already appeared, if you count Jinbei, he fits the pattern again.

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