2011-12-03, 10:39 AM
KhainiWest Wrote:...Each character has a purpose, or practicality. What? He even said why he needs each character lol
Sounds more like an assumptions but I have no idea.
Er if you consider a random image of him foreshadowed, while jinbe was actually introduced..especially at such a crucial point.
We know as much about jinbe as we knew about robin when she joined. You're jumping the gun on his personality, frankly I'd at least let him guide them to the new world and see how he reacts. One piece is about friendship and I think jinbe saved his ass at the most critical conditions.
I forgot what it was (might have been an SBS or something) but Oda did explain that's the origin of the rubber powers.
Jinbei was a name drop years ago. His name came up purely in exposition. So have countless others. Saying "X will happen because Y was foreshadowed" is purely speculation, because Oda loves foreshadowing, and does it for plenty of characters.
We know so much more than we did about Robin. All we knew about robin was that she had a badass power, she was trying to find the true history, and Luffy didn't let her die. Robin was intentionally an enigma. We had seen about two or three chapters of her before she joined. We have already had flashbacks into Jinbei's past! We have seen him interact with the main characters multiple times, and fight in two large scale battles. What major piece of his personality are we missing?
So far, I have liked every character luffy has liked enough to ask to join. This changes things.