User blog comment:12th Supernova/Chapter 743 discussion/@comment-2109035-20140402220045/@comment-1595565-20140404162611

There's still no role for him to fulfill. No one in the crew is a random fighter lacky like the bigger crews have. They all have a purpose. If you're going to argue about Jinbe, he's either the helmsman or the officially designated guy who has to jump in to fish out any of the four fruit users who forgot they had powers. I'm leaning toward the latter.