Popular anime One Piece is a series that juggles multiple hats. It carries the youthful ambition and passion of a Shonen series with an extra dash of grand adventure. It'll give its fans exciting fights, tearful goodbyes, and ever tantalizing mysteries to get the internet on a rampage. However, if there was ever anything that One Piece does exceptionally better than its contemporaries, it is its own tightrope balance between those grounded, endearing qualities and its absolutely wacky comedy.
Never one to take itself too seriously, the series is decorated with colorfully designed characters and an assortment of running gags. Its fanbase, however, is not one to be outdone, as it too has made a collection of series inspired memes that range from hilarious inside jokes to wonderful self-jabs at the series, leaving no One Piece character safe from memedom.
One such character is the subject for today's list, as they'll help us celebrate all of the silly qualities that have helped define the series, the community, and, of course, themselves. Here's to you, Carrot.
10 Adorable Bunny is Adorable
A newsworthy headline indeed. Arguably something more worthy of proclaiming from rooftops or mountain peaks, the sheer kawaii-ness of the series resident bunny girl is something that can never be understated.
Whether she's looking at something with pure, innocent adoration or nibbling all so gently at the hubs of ears, Carrot is an adorable character that can make any fan's heart go doki doki. It's hard-hitting press like this that's saving the media industry.
9 Be Careful Who You Make Fun of in Middle School
Middle School is such a strange and awkward time for some of the most formative years in any youth's life. It is a period where one becomes all too aware of their own appearance, whether it's by their own eyes or others, with the latter taking every opportunity to make any faults painfully clear.
However, this is all a temporary age, and the changes and consequences of the years gone by can really hit one like a bus. Such is the case when Carrot revealed her Sulong form, throwing the word "cute" out the window.
8 If You Don't Love Me at My...
Carrot's Sulong transformation definitely left quite an impression on the One Piece community. What was once an adorable bunny that everyone wanted to cuddle quickly became a sharply designed predator ready to do more than nibble.
It makes sense, however, that if anyone were ever to love and accept Carrot, that they would need to balance both her worst and her best. However, to be fair, Carrot doesn't really have a worst.
7 Carrot is Next
Ever since Game of Thrones came along, fans everywhere began to cling to their favorite characters like life preservers on a sinking boat. As true quality decreed that consequences remain consistent, it became incredibly clear that no one was safe from being the sad backstory or character motivation for another character.
Ever since the Paramount War, this fear within the One Piece community has been rampant, leaving no man or bunny safe from Eiichiro Oda's clutches.
6 Carrot isn't the Next Straw Hat
Like team ups in Dragon Ball or a freshly caught companion in Pokemon, collectothons of friends and comrades always seems more rewarding of an experience than getting Dragon Balls or gym leader badges. More so than the stockpiling of resources, the building of a family is an idea that tugs at any person's heartstrings.
For One Piece, in particular, it's always a big question on everyone's mind as to who the next Straw Hat will be, which is why it almost seems like narrative blasphemy when someone else disagrees with one's own well fantasized prediction.
5 Didn't See That Coming
Again, finding out who the next Straw Hat is always going to be is a touchy subject for the community. Franky, of all people, Almost seemed like an out-of-left-field choice for crew shipwright when the Water Seven arc started, and Brook practically came out of nowhere.
Such sudden and varied histories to crew development have surely built the idea that anyone can become a Straw Hat member, even if that means the greasy, slick haired Caribou and not the sweet, sweet Carrot.
4 What Does This Mirror Do?
With it being hundreds of chapters and several years since the crew last inducted a new member, the arrival of even the slightest interesting character is enough to make the community go on full theory and fanfic mode.
So why not let the community fantasize, especially when a particular character is so well built and carries great chemistry with the Straw Hats? This magic mirror, right here, is staring at the entire One Piece community.
3 Mommy
Any anime transformation is a shift in power, character design, and, oddly enough, tone. Goku doesn't exactly joke around when he's going super Saiyan, and Luffy isn't really smiling much during one of his Gears.
When a character steps things up to another level, they practically put on a Halloween mask that encapsulates how serious and threatening they've become. Case in point: Carrot's Sulong form makes her go from adorkable, polite best friend to one of the antagonists of Mean Girls.
2 This is Your Home
However, while some might love Carrot, there are others who are of... a dissenting opinion. Which is fine. The anime community is full of diverse people with even more diverse tastes and personalities.
It really is impossible for one particular character to capture everyone's hearts. This is why the dream, best girl of some could be the trash waifus of others. Some people have one opinion. Others have another, slightly more wrong opinion.
1 Do It for Her
Is it her smile? Is it the way that she nibbles Luffy's ears or goes "garchu"? Maybe it's her strength. Maybe it's her nose for adventure. There's just something about staring at this little, bunny girl that just tells the fans, "Everything's going to be alright." Skyrocketing to fan acclaim since her inception, Carrot is more than a fan favorite with her relatively short run.
She is practically a member of the crew and, by extension, a beloved nakama to those keeping up with the Straw Hat exploits. With either a bright smile or her Sulong forms cold gaze, Carrot is certainly a moving force for the One Piece community.