An early sketch of the Straw Hat Pirates with Jinbe.
Some early concepts of Jinbe were revealed in One Piece Green: Secret Pieces. Apparently, he was originally designed to look more like an umibozu of Japanese folklore, with a gallant, but hotheaded personality befitting a mafia boss.
As an early member of the Straw Hats, Jinbe was going to be a Helmsman named "Saigo" and described as a good friend of Roronoa Zoro.
In Episode 470, Jinbe had a short duel with Mihawk during the Battle of Marineford which was not seen happening in the manga. During the battle, Jinbe comes to Luffy's aid and challenges the swordsman. He uses his Fish-Man Karate to slow the oncoming cannon balls shot at him that Mihawk then cuts. The two then engage in a short clash, sending Jinbe flying back as Mihawk continues to pursue Luffy. Jinbe turned around for a brief moment when Whitebeard died. Jinbe's flashback of Ace and Luffy was longer. The scene where Akainu attacked Jinbe and Luffy was extended along with exchange in dialogue. Aokiji's and Kizaru's attacks on the Heart Pirates, Luffy, and Jinbe were shown in greater depth.
The anime added a scene of Jinbe in a bar stopping some human pirates from causing a scene. The scene in which Arlong was telling Jinbe that he's beating already unconscious marines is omitted in the anime. During Rear Admiral Strawberry's explanation of the Sun Pirates, which shows the silhouettes of Tiger, Jinbe, and Arlong, Jinbe's silhouette is incorrectly shown with its current appearance of 46 years, instead of its appearance 31 years, as a member of the Sun Pirates. The anime also added a scene in which a marine provoked Jinbe.
The anime shows Jinbe directly attacking Rear Admiral Strawberry. In the anime, Tiger's last flashback shows that he had to fight other fish-men to gain leadership of the Fish-Man District, including Jinbe and Arlong. The fight between Arlong and Jinbe is extended. In the manga, the talk between Arlong and Jinbe, about his becoming a Shichibukai happens at Impel Down, the fight between the two happens at an unknown island of the Grand Line, and the conversation between Jinbe and Aladdin on Arlong not understanding the will of Tiger happens on the ship. But in the anime, all the scenes occur at the same unknown island.
Translation and Dub Issues
His name comes from jinbei-zame (甚平鮫), which means "whale shark" in Japanese. It could also mean the type of clothing worn by Japanese during the summer, Jinbei.
Jinbe's name is sometimes spelled as Jimbei because when pronouncing it, the n of the name often sounds like a m to some. However, the fourth databook and later Chapter 829 confirmed that the correct spelling is indeed Jinbe. The English versions spell his name as Jimbei. However, the official Japanese website for One Piece: Burning Blood has the name "Jimbei" on his bounty.[16]
His epithet, Kaikyō, would normally translate into "Strait" or "Channel". However since the kanji for it is written as (海侠) and not (海峡), the kyō part (侠) of it comes from (任侠), a honorific used when addressing a high ranking yakuza member, thus making his epithet a Japanese pun. Because this honorific is used for addressing high ranking yakuza members, it does not have a literal English translation. The closest translations used of the epithet that can be interpreted into English are made up based on the pun's meaning. These include "Yakuza of the Sea" and "Knight of the Sea" among others. These however are not literal translations, but titles made to convey the idea behind the original Japanese term used. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation subs, his epithet is translated as "First Son of the Sea".
After his initial silhouette in Chapter 523, at the JUMP Festa 2009 Oda decided to a show a preview of Jinbe and drew a rough sketch of what he looked like.
Among the Shichibukai, Jinbe has a whale shark animal theme. He was also the only fish-man Shichibukai (being so far the only Shichibukai who is not a human).
In the 5th fan poll, Jinbe ranked 35th, and was also ranked 6th in the 6th fan poll, making him the most popular fish-man in the series.
Jinbe is the first known fish-man able to use Busoshoku Haki.
Jinbe's favorite foods are vinegared mozuku seaweed and fruits.[17]
While his name was first mentioned by Yosaku in the Arlong Park Arc when he was explaining about the Seven Warlords of the Sea,[5] he was not formally introduced until the Impel Down Arc.[1]
Straw Hat Pirate
Jinbe is the first member to join the Straw Hat Pirates after the two-year timeskip.
Jinbe has the longest gap between being invited to the Straw Hat Pirates and officially joining (invited in Chapter 648, December 2011, joined in Chapter 863, April 2017), for a little over 5 years and 214 chapters.
With 438,000,000, Jinbe has the second highest bounty in the Straw Hat Pirates after Luffy.
He is the tallest Straw Hat and second oldest member.
He is currently the only Straw Hat to share the same blood type (F) as his Captain.
Although Luffy stated that Jinbe was his subordinate in Chapter 901, and Jinbe was stated to be a Straw Hat in Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary, he was notably excluded from other media depicting the current Straw Hats as a group while physically absent from the manga between chapters 901-976.
Jinbe has so far not been listed with the Straw Hats in the character pages at the beginning of volumes.
Jinbe is the only current member of the Straw Hat Pirates whose name for Sanji's Raid Suit wearing persona was not revealed in SBS Volume 94.
Jinbe is the only current member of the Straw Hat Pirates who was not featured in One Piece: Stampede.
Jinbe is the only current member of the Straw Hat Pirates who was not featured in OVER THE TOP.
While Jinbe does appear in DREAMIN' ON, he does not appear in any of the group shots of the crew.
Jinbe is the only current member of the Straw Hat Pirates who never lived in one of the Four Blues (Chopper lived and trained on Torino Kingdom of South Blue during the timeskip).
↑One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 63Chapter 624 (p. 4) and Episode 544, Jinbe succeeds Tiger as the captain the Sun crew, and joins the Seven Warlords.
↑ 11.011.1SBSOne Piece Manga — Vol. 58 (p. 100), Jinbe's age and height are revealed.
↑One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 66Chapter 648 (p. 16) and Episode 568, Jinbe reveals his blood type and shares his blood with Luffy in order to save him.
438,000,000, Jinbe has the second highest bounty in the Straw Hat Pirates after Luffy.
