User blog comment:Blumenblatt/Robin's Strength/@comment-24850639-20161208190810

I agree with what your're saying for the most part. She definitely was not the sideline archaeologist for Baroque Works, she was shown to get into her fair share of bouts. Her initial reputation was that of a very intimidating presence, and she was shown to subdue the entire crew at once on multiple occasions. The thing that irritates me the most, is that I feel like Nami has gotten more shine as a fighter than Robin has, and thats DEFINITELY not her thing. I wouldn't even be as bothered by it if Oda still took advantage of her abilities, but like you said, she's usually just stoically watching on the sidelines. It was interesting that Oda made her a deer in headlights when someone like Hyouzou showed up to attack her on Fishman Island, but she didn't even bat an eye at HAKUBA coming at her in Dressrosa. I can understand that she almost exclusively relies on her devil fruit in battle and hasn't been shown to have any real hand-to-hand combat abilities otherwise, but what she can do is still amazing and needs more panel time.