User blog comment:TheRealD/What's even the point of Mansherry at this point?/@comment-1595565-20150123173630

You'd rather not have her appear and forever remain a loose end Oda forgot to tie up? Her power explains the reason behind why she was kidnapped in the first place, giving the dwarves a personal reason to help the Straw Hats. If she joins, then fuck Chopper, right? You are completely reading into this too much. And as we've seen before, princesses don't join.