Over the years, there have been many candidates who could have joined the Straw Hat crew of One Piece. One of them is set to reappear soon, at least as hinted by the creator of the manga, Eiichiro Oda.
Which character is it about? Oda also answers the questions of some fans again in the 113th issue of the manga for One Piece. One reader finds the cover stories particularly interesting, which can be seen at the beginning of a chapter.
They usually show characters who have already appeared in the story and what has happened to them in the meantime. Therefore, we also know that Enel has ended up on the moon.
The reader’s father supposedly claimed: Once a character appears in this cover story, they will never appear in the story again. His son wants to know if that is true. And Oda gives the son not only a joyful answer but also a leak about which character may reappear soon:
Eh? That’s not true at all! The cover series I have done so far include: Buggy, Koby, Jango, Hatchan, Wapol, Ace, Gedatsu, Meet Batoque Works, Enel, CP9, Caribou, Jinbe, The Great Fleet of the Straw Hats, Bege, Germa, Yamato. I have done this many times. Most of these characters have reappeared in the main story.
Basically, the cover story series are meant to show readers what these characters are currently up to. There is also a book called “Doors” that contains all these stories and is very easy to read! Mio-chan, are you perhaps curious whether Yamato will reappear? Look forward to it! (laughs)
Eiichiro Oda, as seen on Reddit
It is striking that the mangaka mentions Yamato once again in this context. Therefore, it is likely that the character will appear again in One Piece. And that would make sense.
Yamato ends own journey, may join the Straw Hats
Why should Yamato reappear? Yamato is one of the people who almost ended up with the Straw Hats after Wano Kuni. After the battle against Yamato’s father, Kaido, the character definitely wanted to sail the seas with the Straw Hats. At the last moment, however, he decided to explore his own country once more.
And this journey was seen as a cover story. It lasted over a year and covered 44 chapters. With this, Yamato wants to follow in the footsteps of Oden, who also traveled the entire country and is an idol for Yamato. Ultimately, the journey was concluded.
So it could be that Yamato is following the Straw Hats and still wants to join the pirate crew. This would mean that the Straw Hat crew would grow by one more member.
Ruffy has asked many crazy characters over the years if they want to join his crew. Among them is even a pair of legs of a samurai who traveled with Yamato. Which were the crazy characters, MeinMMO reveals here: One Piece: These are the craziest 8 characters Ruffy wanted in his crew
