User blog comment:Eustass el kid/New Nakama Hate?/@comment-178.128.159.49-20130426190602

there will be new characters friendly to the sh crew but not sure for crewmembers.

oda never itended for one piece to go so long.but popularity kicked in,people demanding the weekly dose of onepice and  16 years passed.

if another crewmember is put in it will take more time.to know the new character,see his/her past, 1-2 arcs to know him/her better a movie with all of them etc etc.

either jinbe enters(i dont to think what big mom is thinking for him) or 1-2 persons.the first as a training pirate and the second as a guest.something like when crocus entered rogers pirates for a while.

most people want the person who eats mera mera to enter the strawhats but thats not gonna happen.mostly for2 reasons

1)the sh will never have a logia member unless its some kind of weird logia,something like chocolate logia so luffy can chase him/her all the time(wait food come here)!!! or a weak-ass logia.something in which they ca n have  fun with.

2)im a big fun of the hiken no cobby theory.luffy wants the mera mera to be eaten by someone that he likes.cobby is one of those people.