User blog comment:Videogamep/The Future/@comment-98.232.193.188-20150908083147

Reading this is interesting for me because I think it would be out of Luffy's character to accept. He sees people as friends not subordinates, so I would see him wanting a similar relationship that he has with Hancock, but Oda seems to have put way too much work and organization into this for it not to be what happens. Regardless, if he does do this direction I see the advantages of say adding a samurai unit under Kinemon and Kanjuro, the Kuja pirates and having the sun pirates join under this fleet. However, I think this would bug me in the same way it would irk others in that we will see less character development, and it breaks his official straw hat crew pattern. I mean backstory goes out the window with this, and it puts official straw hat status in a limbo of sorts. People like Jinbe, Law, and Bellamy, the three that fit the official crew member patterns, might not join in the same way people hope and could be on the same status of say Orlumbus, which is weird to think about and kinda bugs me. I mean Oda could start writing side stories with option three, and all these characters will follow Straw Hat regardless of the answer, but still it changes the entire design of the series and runs into the problems that Naruto and Bleach has of too little character development at the cost of seeing more characters and more diverse battles. Of course this makes the writing a bit easier, because characters they have to met like Bonney, Begone, Urogoue, Shanks, Crocodile, Moria, and Drake could just end up joining the fleet. I say this mostly because I cannot see any of the strawhats outside of Brook fighting Bonney, and I cannot think of anyone that is a good fit for a battle against Bege that would be interesting to watch. Ultimately, I see the problems with Oda going with it, but also the benefits of easier writing and plot, and of course Bartolomeo joining the straw hats in some way. Admit it, everyone wants to see him achieve that dream.