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| “ | What good is treasure if I'm alone? After sharing so much of our dreams instead of sacrificing them and leaving with you. I would rather have nothing at all! | „ |
| ~ Nami |
Nami, also known as "Cat Burglar" Nami, is one of the main characters of the One Piece franchise. She and Nico Robin are the only female members of the Straw Hat Pirates so far and is considered to be the main heroine of the series. She is the navigator of the crew.
Her bounty was 16,000,000 Berries after she defeated Kalifa and declared war against the World Government. Her second bounty is 66,000,000 Berries after the events in Dressrosa. She, along with Luffy, Chopper, Brook, Pedro and Carrot, went to retrieve Sanji from his arranged wedding with Big Mom's daughter Charlotte Pudding (later revealed to be a trap to have Sanji and the Vinsmoke Family killed). After they retrieved Sanji and saved his family from Big Mom and her forces, she and the others escaped Totto Land, and the crew headed to Wano Country. Her current bounty is 366,000,000 berries after defeating Ulti during the raid on Onigashima.
She is voiced by Wakana Yamazaki (Episode 70-78), Megumi Toyoguchi in (OVA) and Akemi Okamura (Current; also voiced Nokoru Imonoyama in Clamp School Detectives) in Japanese and Kerry Williams (4kids Dub), Cindy Creekmore (Odex, Episode 68-Current), Chio Su-Ping (Odex, Episode 53-67), Luci Christian (Funimation) and Alison Lester (Odex, Episode 1-52) in English. Luci also voiced Ochaco Uraraka from My Hero Academia.
History[]
Beginnings[]
Nami was a war orphan from an unknown island in the East Blue Sea. As an infant, she was found crying by another young girl named Nojiko. They were found by a young lady Marine named Bell-mère, who would adopt the two and take them back to her home village of Cocoyashi, where they lived on a mikan orange farm. Nami and her family grew up poor and she frequently stole geography and cartography books, as her dream was to make a map of the world. Nami at times thought of herself as a burden to Bell-mère, causing an argument and running away from home, but was reassured by local constable, Genzo, of Bell-mère's discovery of the two young girls and how they gave her a will to live, after being severely wounded on the battlefield.
Their quiet life was shattered when the Arlong Pirates, a ruthless crew of Fish-Men, invaded the island and held the people hostage, demanding a monthly payment from the residents of 100,000 Berry per adult and 50,000 per child or face death. Nami and Nojiko were being hidden by Dr. Nako, since Bell-mère only had 100,000 for herself, and there was no official record of her being married or having children. This would have meant Nami and Nojiko would have to leave Bell-mère and flee the village. Neither of them wanted to leave, but Bell-mère declared that she was paying for her daughters instead of herself. Nami and Nojiko tearfully ran to Bell-mère to hug her a final time, before Arlong would shoot Bell-mère through the chest, killing her in front of the two girls.
This would only be the beginning of Nami's torment at the hands of Arlong, as one of his crew, Hatchan, found Nami's map of the island, and they took her with them to make charts for them, finding her skill of cartography useful to them. Arlong would strike a deal with Nami, insisting that if she continued making him maps and was able to pay him 100,000,000 berry, he would free her village. Nami was then tattooed with the mark of the Arlong Pirates on her left shoulder and would return to the village to inform everyone that she had joined Arlong's crew for the money given to her, much to the disgust of the villagers, viewing her as a traitor, but she would later tell her sister the truth at their mother's grave.
Nami spent the next ten years tormented by Arlong to make sea charts and stealing treasure from pirates to earn enough to free her village, always in danger and alone. She would hide her stash in the mikan grove that Nojiko continued to run, and inn that ten years, Nami began to near her goal, needing one last big score to free her home.
Story[]
Orange Town Arc[]
It was in Orange Town that Nami stole a map of the Grand Line from the infamous Buggy the Clown. She was being chased by his men when a young man came crashing down from the sky. She played it off as if he was her boss and ran away, but she saw he had defeated the pirates. The boy Luffy asked her to join his pirate crew as a navigator, but she refused due to her hatred of pirates. She tricked Luffy to turn him into Buggy as her boss, but had a change of heart as they tried to kill him with a canon. Luckily, they were both saved by the appearance of Luffy's crew mate Zoro.
The three escaped, and Nami got to understand Luffy better as she witnessed him defend a dog who was protecting the pet food store of it's deceased master. Nami tagged along as Luffy and Zoro went to fight Buggy to stop from from destroying the town. She wasn't there to fight but steal the treasure from Buggy. Nami still helped Luffy defeated the evil pirate by tying up his scattered body pieces so he couldn't put himself back together. As they left, Nami was shocked that Luffy had left the treasure behind so the villagers could rebuild.
Island of Rare Animals[]
The trio washed up on the Island of Rare Animals, and met a strange man trapped in an empty chest called Gaimon. He had been there after he was left by his crew when he was after a horde of treasure chests at the top of a hill he could no longer reached. Luffy went to get the treasure on top, but Nami was angry and confused when he refused to bring it down. It's because they were already empty and he didn't want to ruin Gaimon's dream.
Syrup Village Arc[]
The next stop was on the outskirts of Syrup Village. They met a long nosed young man named Usopp, and they stumbled into a grand conspiracy that led to a huge battle. Usopp was friends with Kaya, a rich girl of the village; and it turns out that her butler, Klahadore, was actually the deadly Captain Kuro, who was thought to of been captured and killed years ago. His crew was set to invade the island to kill Kaya and steal her fortune the next day.
Nami joined in the battle, but mostly as support. She helped Zoro defeat Siam and Butchie, then woke Luffy up by stepping on Luffy's head after he fell victim to Jango's hypnotism. Nami went to raid the Black Cat Pirates ship as Luffy fought Kuro, and she was shocked at how angry Luffy got at seeing Kuro even attacking his own crew. After he won and kicked the pirates off the island, Luffy collapsed into Nami's arms from exhaustion. As a thanks, Kaya gave them a ship called the Going Merry, and Usopp joined their crew.
Personality[]
Along with Nico Robin, Nami is one of the smartest of the Straw Hats and the third smartest character in the East Blue according to Oda, the first being Benn Beckman of the Red Hair Pirates and the 2nd being Captain Kuro. At the beginning of the series, Nami despised all pirates, viewing them as nothing but cowards and despicable people after losing someone close to her, only changing her mind after she met Luffy. Before her view changed on pirates, she was perfectly fine with giving Luffy up as a captive to Buggy, as she could not bring herself to stoop to their level. She also dismissed the Devil Fruits as myths until she saw Buggy's Bara Bara no Mi in action.
She is a shameless and greedy thief when she is obsessed of money, golds, jewels or any source of treasures. She steals money from people by pickpocketing their money bags or wallets without them noticing. She also thinks if the royal family has a huge amount of treasure in their kingdom even when Usopp and Zoro knows of her shameless obsession when they kept on tell her to knock it off. She is also is the only member of the crew who is upset every time her bounty goes up, though the true reason for this is that she is dismayed of the idea of being worth more than she has ever owned.
Nami's years of thievery have given her a sly and wily personality, as she isn't above taking advantage of or blackmailing her own crew mates. While having these greedy personality traits, she is still very loyal to the crew, though they do get on her nerves from time to time (often resulting in her lashing out at them). Despite her greed being played for comedy, its origin is rooted in tragedy, due to Arlong's offer to release his hold on her village if she provides him 100,000,000 Berries; the belief that money will save her friends and family was revealed to be a falsehood by Arlong, however, the initial psychological relief remained imprinted on her mind. After being liberated from Arlong, the demand for money to free her village was gone, but she retained the release of endorphins that acquiring treasure gave her, therefore she continues to be avaricious in regards to gold and wealth.
Like Usopp, Nami is a coward in battles when faced with powerful enemies (such as Admirals or Emperors) due to her physical weakness. Although she will never betray those who are close to her, Nami is afraid to be tortured when Opera was going to use a bowgun to interrogate her of Lola's whereabouts.
Nami has different dynamics with each of the Straw Hat Crew. While she admires Luffy the most, she often needs to act like a guardian to prevent him from following his impulsive whims that lead into danger or simply to keep him attentive to important situations. With Zoro, she frequently tricks him into doing errands for her or fighting battles in her stead. Nami can find Usopp irritating due to his compulsive lying, although is grateful for his inventions developing the Clima-Tact, which allows her to use her weather knowledge in combat; she finds a kinship with him, since they are both the "normal humans" in a crew of superpowers and superstrength, and as such often end up like bickering brother and sister in stressful scenarios. Nami respected the medical expertise of Tony Tony Chopper, therefore would be comfortable relying on him; like most, she also finds Chopper very cute and huggable. Depending on her mood, she can be annoyed or angered by Sanji's lasciviousness, although when calm is able to exploit his lust to get him to cook specific meals for her or provide her drinks/desserts, etc.; Nami is genuinely disgusted by Sanji's perverted nature, however, her awareness and confidence in her own beauty enables her to manipulate him; nevertheless, in spite of frustration over his bad habits, she considers him a truly loyal friend. Upon Nico Robin's admittance to the crew (one of Luffy's whims that Nami couldn't deny), Nami was sceptical and cautious, due to Robin's originally recent allegiance with villainous Crocodile; however, Nami grew to trust Robin, finding she provides a fulfilling conversational partner due to both having high intellects; when Robin was dragged to Enies Lobby, Nami joined the rest of the crew in rescuing her, despite her fear, standing tall with Luffy as he declared war on the World Government for taking Robin; after the ordeal, eventually, Nami and Robin would become akin to sisters. Nami was and remains disturbed by Franky's exhibitionism, however, she trusts in his technical genius, usually holding blind faith in each of his inventions and innovations to the Thousand Sunny. Nami was horrified when Luffy invited the literally skeletal Brook into the crew, although swiftly overcame this fear due to his perverted habitual question provoking violent anger from her, which basically cancelled out her fear of him; while she trusts Brook, and relates due a shared affection for Laboon, his repeated lustful request makes her furious. When she first met Jinbe, she was still overcoming her distrust and disdain for Fishmen because of Arlong, although it was lessened due to learning of the intense racism Fishmen experience in the world, plus the regret and reform expressed by Hatchan; when Jinbe joined the crew, Nami happily welcomed him, and - while he isn't the chronologically oldest - his greatest maturity lets her rely on his wisdom.
Nami doesn't take betrayal very kindly as it demonstrated when she decided to discard Zeus for his attempted to kill her due to Big Mom, though she forgives him for his previously betrayal due to pity about Big Mom having no use for Zeus after creating Hera; however, her actions weren't merely kindness, rather cunning, as she convinced Zeus into being her obedient minion, making him more loyal and obedient than before. She beats York into a pulp with her staff for her betrayal and delusions of grandeur to become a Celestial Dragon as well doesn't care if the deluded York complains that the Five Elders will destroy Egghead just like Ohara only to full Nami's rage by beating York for her insolence towards Robin's home island.
Her dream is to draw a map of the world, which she was unable to realize until Luffy managed to free her and her island from the tyrannical rule of the Fish-man pirate Arlong. She owes a great deal to the others and especially Luffy for this, and is often the only member of the crew other than Zoro to personally confront or remind him of the deep, gut-wrenching choices that he must face.
Despite Nami's cowardice, she still shows incredible courage, especially when it is for the safety or even honor of her fellow Straw Hats. Outmatched and captured by Ulti, but Nami remains resistant, even as she is tortured by the dino-girl's grip crushing her arms and headbutting with armament Haki; Ulti demands that Nami declare Luffy a weaker pirate than Kaido, and one who will never be King of the Pirates, and despite Nami being an adept liar, her belief in her captain motivates her to refuse expressing the sentiment, declaring that Luffy will be the King; despite pain and fear being bad enough to make Nami sob, she still remains steadfast in announcing Luffy's eventual ascension. Most notable is perhaps when Kaido declared to Onigashima that he had killed Luffy, and she openly challenged his claim, as well as insulting him as foolish for believing Luffy to be dead; she had fled from far less formidable foes, yet for her captain she could stand up to one of the Four Emperors, one of the most powerful people in the world.
She loves children as she doesn't want them to get hurt such as the Punk Hazard kids and later Kurozumi Tama.
While Nami dislikes the Marines, not just due to being a pirate makes her their inherent enemy, but because Arlong had a corrupt Marine as a partner that raided her Berry stash, which would have trapped her under Arlong's thumb forever; also, seeing repeated occurrences of selfish Marines and the corruption of the World Government. However, she is willing to cooperate with the Navy when it is on behalf of saving innocent children; she could effortlessly work alongside Marine Captain Tashigi in order to orchestrate the rescue, recovery, and ultimate reunions for the children kidnapped for Caesar Clown's experiments. Tashigi wonders if Nami trusts her due to Nami's adoptive mother being a Marine, albeit Nami denies Bellemere as a factor, rather she simply wants to help the children - which, while not stated, could be due to sympathising with their suffering because of experiencing such horror when she herself was a child, thus showing that despite being greedy and opportunistic, Nami is at heart a kind, empathetic, and generous person.
Nami and the others protecting Robin from Jaygarcia Saturn.
She cares deeply for Nico Robin and viewed her as her older sister. She swore to protect her from the World Government. She hugs Robin after saving her from CP9. When Jaygarcia Saturn shows up, Nami tells everyone to protect Robin at all costs.
Abilities and Powers[]
Being the assigned navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates, Nami is responsible for evaluating the direction that the ship goes as they sail further into the sea. Nami also tends to act as the crew's de facto treasurer.
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Nami is also an exceptional navigator, able to read the weather with perfect accuracy then give instructions to pilot the ship through any storm, and is responsible for showing the way to the next island.
Although Nami isn't strong like her crewmates, she uses a weapon called the Clima-Tact, later upgraded to the Perfect Clima-Tact and currently the Sorcery Clima-Tact to manipulate the weather on a small scale, giving her a great range of tricks (like mirages, mirrors, mist) and attacks, which also allows her to use incredibly powerful weather attacks, such as hail and lightning - the latter was boosted immensely due to the addition of Zeus, a thunder cloud homey made from a piece of Big Mom's own soul.
Cartography[]
Nami is also a superb cartographer, map maker. From a very young age she was able to draw accurate maps.
Thief[]
Through years of being a thief of pirates, Nami developed an uncanny skill for pick-pocketing and larceny. If within her arms reach, she can normally slip something (either money bags or wallets) out of someone's pocket without them noticing. In conjunction with her thievery skills, she is able to compensate for the crew's priorities being more on seeking adventure than actual piracy, thereby she also takes on the role of ship's purser, ensuring that they have enough money to purchase food and supplies for their voyages.
Intelligence and Manipulation[]
While not a power per se, Nami is extremely gifted at manipulating people. She is able to trick some crewmates into fighting her battles for her, or simply doing chores. She is also able to disguise the fact that she is a pirate in spite of appearances, which allows to indulge in shopping sprees, during which she barters and deceives stores into giving her deals and discounts. Nami isn't always successful at it, but she is one of the few that can wrangle Luffy's chaotic nature, through both reasoning and blunt force. Interestingly, she can cause visible injury to him despite his rubber body, although this is likely just for comedic effect. When faced with stupid and irritating decisions from people (mainly Luffy), Nami can get extremely enraged, often frightening characters with her overwhelming anger (which Jinbe has mistaken for Conqueror's Haki before). Nami is often able to distract enemies with off-the-cuff comments and lies, showing that she is quick-witted and talented at conjuring stories that cater to and mislead a specific target, regardless of how brief their encounter had been; as time goes on, the effect decreases, but she had been capable of briefly discombobulating even Big Mom.
Weather Manipulation[]
Thanks to Usopp's invention of the Clima-Tact, Nami is able to use it and her knowledge of elemental nature to create and manipulate weather phenomena for defensive, offensive, and escaping tactics. She can create clouds or utilise existing ones to start rain or even hail, depending upon the situation. She is able to generate moderate twisters and water spouts. She can also use the moisture in the air and temperature control to create mirages, mostly to make multiple copies of herself to distract or disorient an enemy. She is also able to generate and aim lightning bolts, plus redirect and defuse enemy attacks when they are electrical.
Upon acquisition of the upgraded Sorcery Clima-Tact, Nami's existing abilities are enhanced, and she can use the extending and reclining rod as a blunt weapon. Thanks to the new device, Nami was able to (unintentionally) entice Big Mom's homey, Zeus, who found the electrical cloud burst orbs she created to be delicious. Her lightning attacks thus were immensely increased in power and maneuverability, due to strength inherent from something created from Big Mom's soul, and sapience that allows the attack to follow a dodging opponent.
Weaknesses[]
- Cowardice: One of Nami's greatest weakness is cowardice due to her being afraid of facing very dangerous enemies such as Admirals, Shichibukai (before their dismissal), Yonko and the Holy Knights. Though, this cowardice is based on logic, since she is aware that she lacks the superhuman abilities found in most Straw Hats.
- Entomophobia: She is terrified of insects; during the Whole Cake Island Arc, she was panicked by a swarm of giant ants.
- Off-Guard: Due to not being an expert of hand-to-hand combat, Nami is more vulnerable of leaving her defenseless when being attacked or caught by her enemies such as Miss Doublefinger, Kalifa, Monet, Jora, Brulee, Galette, Amande, Smoothie, Ulti, S-Shark and Gunko.
Quotes[]
| “ | Say, Momo-chan, if your father is a lord, there must be treasure in his castle, isn't that right? | „ |
| ~ Nami's greedy nature when asked Momonosuke after learned his lineage. |
| “ | As if!/Why would I!/No way in hell! | „ |
| ~ Nami's catchphrase when beaten up Brook after he often asked her to show her panties. |
| “ | Go ahead and complain more, WE DON'T CARE!!! | „ |
| ~ Nami beating York up for her betrayal and failed attempted to kill her and her crew. |
| “ | You're the most untrustworthy person I know! | „ |
| ~ Nami to Sanji. |
| “ | Nine digits? Nooooo! ... could I collect it? | „ |
| ~ Nami, upon learning of her new bounty after Wano |
| “ | You are the fool! Go away! | „ |
| ~ Nami punched Sanji when he is attempting to peep her and Robin changing in Egghead. |
| “ | I can see Oimo and Kashii, too! I bet they went to Little Garden to pick up their leaders! | „ |
| ~ Nami's reaction when seeing the Giant Warrior Pirates on Egghead. |
| “ | PROTECT ROBIN!! | „ |
| ~ Nami to the other Straw Hats to protect Robin from Jaygarcia Saturn. |
| “ | WE'LL KEEP YOU SAFE NO MATTER WHAT!! | „ |
| ~ Nami to Robin when she and the others swore to protect her from Saturn. |
Trivia[]
- Nami is based on Ann and Silk, two characters from Oda's previous manga Romance Dawn.
- Her second Japanese voice actress, Akemi Okamura, also voiced Ann in the same series, Hatsuharu Sohma (child) in Fruits Basket (2001 Series), Bearmon in Digimon Frontier, Fio Piccolo in Porco Rosso, Bomber Girls Pretty Cure in Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!, Fievel Mousekewitz in An American Tail, Cindy Vortex in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Florinda Showers in Pokémon series, and Foop in Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star.
- Her second English voice actress, Chio Su-Ping, also voiced Tashigi, Nojiko, Young Coby, Apis, and Kaya in the same series.
- Her third English voice actress, Alison Lester, also voiced Renamon in Digimon Tamers.
- Her fourth English voice actress, Kerry Williams, also voiced Tiff in Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, Sakura and Casey in Pokémon, and Rebecca Hawkins in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Flora and Amore in Winx Club, Towa (young) in Pokémon 4Ever.
- Her fifth English voice actress, Luci Christian, also voiced Hiro Sohma in Fruits Basket (2019), Mitsukuni Haninozuka in Ouran High School Host Club, Koyuki Azumaya in Sgt. Frog, Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia, Kaname Chidori in Full Metal Panic!, Hestia in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Satomi Murano in Parasyte, KOS-MOS in Xenosaga, Trish in Devil May Cry anime, Eucliwood Hellscythe in Is this a Zombie?, Lenalee Lee in D.Gray-man, Minori in Log Horizon, Stella Vermillion in Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Meryl Stryfe in Trigun, Duck in Princess Tutu, Chifuyu Orimura in Infinite Stratos, Makina Hoshimura in Corpse Princess, Nagisa Furukawa in Clannad, Erica Hartmann in Strike Witches, Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun in Slayers Premium, Hitomi Kashiwa in Welcome to the N.H.K., Sen Tokugawa in Samurai Girls, Kagura in Gintama: The Movie, Mizuki Segawa in Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor, Natsu Dragneel (young) in Fairy Tail, Cruz Schild in Needless, Margaret Burton in Madlax, Hungary in Hetalia, Touko Nanami in Bloom Into You, Neneko in Yumeria, Carmen Ibanez in Starship Troopers: Invasion, Chizuru Aizawa in Shinryaku! Ika Musume, Sonya in Kill Me Baby, Miyako Miyamura in ef - a fairy tale of the two, Fria in RWBY, Lucia Nanami in Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, Train Heartnet (young) in Black Cat, Akira Tachibana in After The Rain, Kuki Urie (young in episode 1) in Tokyo Ghoul, Laito Sakamaki (young) in Diabolik Lovers, Rico in Gunslinger Girl, Steina in I'm Quitting Heroing, Amu in The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World, Cocona Cocomine in Flip Flappers, and Joy in Shenmue the Animation.
- According to Oda, Nami is the third smartest character in One Piece (the first being is Benn Beckman and the second is Kuro).
- Like her captain, she doesn't take Buggy as a member of the Four Emperors very seriously, because she believed it must be a mistake (which is true due to Buggy's misconception by his dimwitted crew members).
- Nami is one of the top 10 most popular characters in One Piece (along with Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Sanji, Nico Robin, Boa Hancock, Portgas D. Ace, Sabo and Trafalgar D. Water Law).
- Her favorite food is oranges, and fruit in general. She does not like orangette.
- Nami's wanted posters have always shown her in a seductive pose; the resason for this, as Oda explains, is that someone claiming to be a fashion photographer had paid her to pose for pictures which he later decided to sell to the Marines.
- Early designs for Nami showed her with a cybernetic left arm and a very large battle-axe.
External Links[]
- Nami on the One Piece Wiki
- Nami on the VS Battles Wiki
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