User blog comment:Bankai99/That's Some Real Devotion/@comment-4538911-20111107010521

It could be that Oda just wanted Brook to become a nakama as quick as possible. And by that I mean: He was plannin' on introducin' him and then they would go to The New World. And then it wouldn't matter if Luffy was a stranger or not. Since he totally opened up to Luffy. I don't know if I know what I'm talkin' about so don't read this. But damn you are already done!