Nami manga

Nami, also known as “Cat Burglar” Nami, is a fictional character in the franchise created by . The character made her first appearance in the 8th chapter of the series, which was first published in Japan in ‘s magazine on September 15, 1997. She is based on Ann and Silk, two characters from Oda’s previous manga . She is introduced as a thief and pickpocket who possesses , , and skills. At first, she is a subordinate of the fishman , until she is eventually freed of this service and permanently joins . She is the third member of the and the second to join.

Nami was based on two of Eiichiro Oda’s earlier characters named Silk and Ann, from his manga . In these stories, Silk and Ann were parentless and had tragic pasts. Oda designed Nami as a human girl. At first, Oda wanted Nami to use a large axe, but he replaced it with a pole-based weapon. In an early concept of the Straw Hats, Nami was the only woman on the crew.

Nami first appears in the manga chapter “Nami”, first published in Japan’s magazine on September 15, 1997. She first appears as a thief who robs treasure from pirates, and partners with Luffy and Zoro after joining forces to obtain a map of the Grand Line from the clown-like pirate Buggy. As the crew defends the seafaring restaurant Baratie from Don Krieg’s pirates, Nami learns of a bounty on the fish-man pirate Arlong and departs with the crew’s ship and accumulated treasure, intending to buy back her home village Cocoyashi from Arlong’s control.

Nami ranked in the Top 10 of all three character popularity polls. Her backstory has been found to be a “touching story” as it “unfolds with a lot of emotion” by Mania Entertainment writer, Jarred Pine. Pine also mentioned Nami was his favorite character from the series, and satisfied with how the manga showed her past. While reviewing the eighth DVD from Viz Media, Activeanime mentioned Nami is one of the best characters from the series as “She’s got guts, smarts, and can heft a mean punch when needed”. Like Pined, Activeanime liked Nami’s background and added that his “itty bitty heart went out to her.” Nami was ranked as #28 in a survey conducted by Newtype Japan for Favorite Anime Heroine in 2002. In the SPJA 2008, Nami was nominated in the category “Best Female Character.”

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