User blog comment:Introvert 32/The wait/@comment-28995593-20180706090608/@comment-26369387-20180706174531

I really doubt that's what Luffy meant...

See, when Luffy said, "If you're Shichibukai... then I AM HACHIBUKAI!!", by his logic, when he added one number more, that makes him stronger than Crocodile.

Heck, remember when other Straw Hats started to insult Zoro after Alabasta and Luffy's "insult" was "Santōryū"? And when Usopp commented that it wasn't really a insult, Luffy simply changed it to "Yontōryū"? Because by Luffy's "logic", that was somehow better.

Anyway, in order for Luffy to become Shichibukai, World Government has to send one of their Bats to Luffy to send invitation to join as Shichibukai and Luffy has to accept it.

First problem: after so many things Luffy has done(plus being son of "The Most Wanted Man in the World" Dragon", I seriously doubt World Government would even consider it.

Second problem: even if World Government would send the invitation to Luffy... There's no way he would accept it. After all, this is 'Luffy' we're talking about: the guy that loves adventures and freedom more than anyone(except maybe Roger, but that remains to be seen). His dream is to become Pirate King. Not Shichibukai or Yonkō, Pirate King: the person with the most freedom in the world, according to him.

So yeah, I don't see Luffy becoming Shichibukai other way than through fanfiction.