First Person Pronoun Usage

The First Person Pronoun (一人称, Ichininshou) usage means on how every character refers to themselves. The existence of such usage comes from the fact the One Piece's original langauge is Japanese and it possesses an enormous amount of pronouns if compared to other languages, not only for the First Person, but also for the Second and Third Persons. Thus, how characters use the pronouns of the Japanese language displays an additional layer to the complexity of their personalities. As mentioned before, being this an almost exclusive feature of the Japanese language, this is completely lost when translated into other languages.

First Person Pronoun Usage

 * Monkey D. Luffy: Ore (masculine, informal, written in kana alone)
 * Roronoa Zoro: Ore (masculine, informal, written in kana alone)
 * Nami: Watashi (neutral or female)
 * Usopp: Ore (masculine, informal, written in kana alone)
 * Sanji: Ore (masculine, informal, written in kana alone)
 * Tony Tony Chopper: Ore (masculine, informal, written in kana alone)
 * Nico Robin: Watashi (neutral or female)
 * Franky: Ore (masculine, informal, written in kana alone) or Orea (masculine, informal or rude contraction of Ore wa)
 * Brook: Watashi (neutral, formal)
 * Jinbe: Washi (used by elderly males)

Trivia

 * In the One Piece Vivre Card Visual Dictionary, this is translated into English as The First Person.