Character Discussion Rank Nami, Zoro,& Sanji in Order of Importance to the One Piece Story

[straightforward]

ppl b putting lollo first?!



fellas, the crew can't get to laugh tale without nami. she's the most important SH after luffy, tied with robin. lollo's showerfree sword journey, on the other hand, doesn't make a difference to the main story at all. lollo could drop dead tomorrow with all his dreams unfulfilled and luffy can still become the pirate king and topple the WG.

 

[Gaimon The Pirate]

What are you saying idiot? xd
I call you a loser, because it doesn't matter what they argue or tell you, you are a Zoro hater, so nothing is going to convince you. So I prefer to call you a loser and go to hell.

I actually like zoro, but you are unable to read and I called it a crime what Oda has done to the characters, specially zoro and usopp.
But how could you know, you cannot read.

 

[Rukusho]

1. Zoro Deuteragonist (unarguable the #2) in story, when the crew wavers Zoro steps up.
2. Nami also called a trigger between (Luffy, Zoro, and Nami) has been called the Shadow Captain and is a massive necessity for reaching laughtale,her role of not only navigator but also making sure the two leaders lead in the right direction.
3. Sanji called one of the wings of the pk ... in terms of story I don't see him on the level of Nami & Zoro but he's definitely on the upper echelon within the crew.

 

[kekaro]

Number if color spread count ? infinite
Number if 25 old ESL translation posted? Uncountable

Actual story relevance in the last 20 year posted? Zero

Eternal reminder that even "Zoro's arc" (the one with the sbs and 0 resolved plotlines) happened cause Sanji alone decided to take kinemon with them

 

[Rivaille]

Zoro > Nami > Sanji.

Luffy, Zoro and Nami are the triggers of One Piece, therefore Zoro and Nami have more plot relevance. Zoro above Nami because he is the number 2 of the crew.

 

[Gaimon The Pirate]

To all the people that keep spouting the "trigger" meme, what have Zoro and Nami triggered since 1997?

 

[Zaretball]

Hard to say when the three are insignificant overall

 

[RayanOO]

In Wano NO character except Luffy has any agency nor sub-plotline,

It can be argued that in Wano Sanji had a mini sub-plotline with the raid suit and Queen fight. Breaking the raid suit, then awakening his exoskeleton, being afraid to be turned i to an emotionless soldier etc etc

But yeah it was much at all

And the others got 0

 

[kekaro]

To all the people that keep spouting the "trigger" meme, what have Zoro and Nami triggered since 1997?

They come together for 2 chapters since 10 years to clap about sanjis parallel
According to the trigger bros (who thought they would recruit Loki, le sanji replacement) this is the biggest happening in one piece since a decade
Oda is a master troll

 

[ShinichiMugi]

Zoro,Sanji,Nami

 

[Rivaille]

To all the people that keep spouting the "trigger" meme, what have Zoro and Nami triggered since 1997?

Without Luffy wanting Zoro:
-Koby did not reach the marine base
-Morgan is not defeated
-Garp and Koby did not met
-Koby does not train under Garp
-The event of pirate island do not happen

Without Zoro actions :
-Luffy got blown up by Baggy bomb
—In Usopp arc=>
-No one is there to fight the cat brothers
-Usopp and Nami die
-No one help Usopp to stop Jango
—Arlong Park =>
-Hachi is not defeated
-Sanji had to fight Hachi and Kurobi
-No one is there to stall Arlong
-The crew dies
-Without Hachi defeat he did not open a shop
-Without the shop he is not capture by Sanji lookalike crew
-He is not freed by the strawhats and Cami does not bond with them
-Without Camie and Hachi friendship the events of Sabaidy did not happen
-Without the Saobody events, Luffy did not meet with Rayleigh
-Which is one of the trigger of the TS

Without Luffy wanting Nami :
-No Arlong park arc
-No one flustered Nezumi
-Nezumi does not give Luffy the biggest bounty of the east blue out of pettyness
-Dragon does not know where is Luffy and cannot save him from Smoker
-Luffy does not get a competent navigator
-Without a competent navigator Luffy does not reach loguetown
-Luffy does not pass reverse mountain

Without Nami action:
-No Arlong park
-No reaching gran line

And this is only using theirs actions in East Blue.
Romance Dawn Trio for a reason

 

[Gaimon The Pirate]

Without Luffy wanting Zoro:
-Koby did not reach the marine base
-Morgan is not defeated
-Garp and Koby did not met
-Koby does not train under Garp
-The event of pirate island do not happen

Without Zoro actions :
-Luffy got blown up by Baggy bomb
—In Usopp arc=>
-No one is there to fight the cat brothers
-Usopp and Nami die
-No one help Usopp to stop Jango
—Arlong Park =>
-Hachi is not defeated
-Sanji had to fight Hachi and Kurobi
-No one is there to stall Arlong
-The crew dies
-Without Hachi defeat he did not open a shop
-Without the shop he is not capture by Sanji lookalike crew
-He is not freed by the strawhats and Cami does not bond with them
-Without Camie and Hachi friendship the events of Sabaidy did not happen
-Without the Saobody events, Luffy did not meet with Rayleigh
-Which is one of the trigger of the TS

Without Luffy wanting Nami :
-No Arlong park arc
-No one flustered Nezumi
-Nezumi does not give Luffy the biggest bounty of the east blue out of pettyness
-Dragon does not know where is Luffy and cannot save him from Smoker
-Luffy does not get a competent navigator
-Without a competent navigator Luffy does not reach loguetown
-Luffy does not pass reverse mountain

Without Nami action:
-No Arlong park
-No reaching gran line

And this is only using theirs actions in East Blue.
Romance Dawn Trio for a reason

I am asking what they trigger, not what they do. Every character does SOMETHING, you use the term trigger like it means something "more". Can you read?
Again, let's try, what did Zoro trigger in Wano? Or Nami?

Or is trigger just a synonym of "not being a background character "?

 

[Rivaille]

I am asking what they trigger, not what they do. Every character does SOMETHING, you use the term trigger like it means something "more". Can you read?
Again, let's try, what did Zoro trigger in Wano? Or Nami?

Or is trigger just a synonym of "not being a background character "?

To avoid any confusion, can you give me an example of what a trigger is for you?

 

[Gaimon The Pirate]

To avoid any confusion, can you give me an example of what a trigger is for you?

I literally have no idea.
You and nik and some others keep using the word trigger to differential what Luffy, Nami and Zoro do compared to the other SHs, you said it yourself that they are triggers.
I am just asking you what being a trigger is, because from your description almost any Strawhat is a trigger, example without Franky they have no boat, or without Jimbo Luffy dies in marineford.
So, since you keep using the word, what does it mean?

 

[Rivaille]

I literally have no idea.
You and nik and some others keep using the word trigger to differential what Luffy, Nami and Zoro do compared to the other SHs, you said it yourself that they are triggers.
I am just asking you what being a trigger is, because from your description almost any Strawhat is a trigger, example without Franky they have no boat, or without Jimbo Luffy dies in marineford.
So, since you keep using the word, what does it mean?

You can consider every strawhat as a trigger if you want, I was just using Oda’s own words concerning Zoro and Nami. You are free to disagree with him tho.
But my personal interpretation of Oda’s words is that without Nami, Zoro and Luffy the story never start. They are the ones who made the story begin. Which is for me why they are the most important strawhats.

 

[Gaimon The Pirate]

You can consider every strawhat as a trigger if you want, I was just using Oda’s own words concerning Zoro and Nami. You are free to disagree with him tho.
But my personal interpretation of Oda’s words is that without Nami, Zoro and Luffy the story never start. They are the ones who made the story begin. Which is for me why they are the most important strawhats.

I disagree with a quote from 25/28 years ago, yes. Because we are reading a different manga than what was scoped and envisioned 25/28 years ago.
Oda also said that one piece was gonna finish, vivi didn't exist nor the shichibukai or the supernova, I guess Oda disagrees with himself.
I understand them being the most important for that reason, I just consider the east blue crew the core of the crew, I guess for the eay I started reading and the way it feels, as they all get in the crew back2back.

 

[Royal Kick]

With the last color spread, I thought it was clear Oda's point of view evolved since 2001 and the "trigger" now includes Sanji as well. But nope, haters will disregard it and hold on to a sentence written in a Color Walk 24 years ago lmao.

 

[Welkin]

ppl b putting lollo first?!



fellas, the crew can't get to laugh tale without nami. she's the most important SH after luffy, tied with robin. lollo's showerfree sword journey, on the other hand, doesn't make a difference to the main story at all. lollo could drop dead tomorrow with all his dreams unfulfilled and luffy can still become the pirate king and topple the WG.

That’s essentially ranking roles in the crew though

Then Nami would be first, Robin would be 2nd, Chopper would be 3rd, and Franky would probably be 4th

We’re talking about importance/how they’re treated by Oda

At least that’s what I assumed

 

[shastar-sei]

34 votes for Zoro (60.7%), 13 votes for Sanji (23.2%), and 9 votes for Nami (16.1%).

Sanji fans should just be content that some of us have come around to ranking him above Nami.

Remember how many Shonen series use the classic trio trope of two males and one female? Sanji is prominent enough to challenge that, despite not even being the next member to join after the original trio.

 

[Gaimon The Pirate]

34 votes for Zoro (60.7%), 13 votes for Sanji (23.2%), and 9 votes for Nami (16.1%).

Sanji fans should just be content that some of us have come around to ranking him above Nami.

Remember how many Shonen series use the classic trio trope of two males and one female? Sanji is prominent enough to challenge that, despite not even being the next member to join after the original trio.

He is after usopp