User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 857: The Art of the Deal/@comment-25161930-20170302104247/@comment-25161930-20170302125318

I don't think Jinbe would include them, I think Brulee misunderstood him; after all, when the mirror crew voted they counted a total of 6 participants so none of them included Brulee or Diesel.

It's easy to say it was a running gag, but what if it's wasn't?