2011-12-03, 11:19 PM
Kabanaw Wrote: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.
..He was introduced as one of the schibukai or w/e. Jinbe is honor driven, much like zoro, jinbe is smart and loyal. He's also a fishman which gives a lot more flexibility to the SH.
...And you don't find it fishy he has such large part of the story along with the relationship he had with whitebeard/ace?
I don't know why you don't think he isn't qualified, he is clearly qualified for the type of bonding and family osmosis each character goes through.