User blog comment:The Bonehead Skipper/Fishman Island Arc not Important?/@comment-3119203-20101107164928

i dont think luffy has the power to make it his territory (yet), and the arc has to be important because it is the first part in the new world, which is like the last leg of their journey I think it would defeat the purpose of two year's training to get a new crew member, at least not this early after they reunited