User blog comment:GrilloSama/Jinbe For 1st Mate/@comment-12.106.174.131-20170925145458/@comment-28995593-20170926150811

Hi. I think all of you forget one cricial point in this. Its true, Jinbe has more experience and has a deep connection to Luffy and good with shaking up the main characters from their bad mood after someone close to them had died.

Zoro good at pointing out what is Luffy's duty as a captain and the most strongest member of the crew after Luffy

Jinbe and Zoro both has qualities that makes them a good choice to the position of first mate.

But like I said in the beginning of my opinion, you all forget one crucial point. Jinbe has his experience in a well-ordered pirate-crew. But the Straw Hats not a usual pirate-crew. Usualy they do what and when they want. There isn't a clear hierarchy and some of the crew member often do something that would disrespectful in other pirate-crews. The point I want to make is, Jinbe can't really fit to be a crew-member. (Don't get me wrong, I also want him in the crew.) The Straw Hats silly. easy-going and sometimes very lazy and unprepared. Jinbe can't take a serious position, like first mate, because first he must adapt to the crew's  unusual behavior pattern and unpredictable decision-making mechanism.