User blog comment:MrPlasmaCosmos/Luffy's Nakama/@comment-1781187-20101124001001

it was in the very begining of the 2nd chapter. it was like the first thing he said. "i want about 10 crewmates before enterring the grand line." clearly he already entered the grand line but he did say he wanted to memebers. also going merry wouldnt be the 11th memeber because when franky built thousand sunn he said that it houses the spirit of going merry so it wouldnt be another memeber