@Nectar:
I love Jinbe's seriousness. He'll make a great straight man for the crew. The thought of him interacting with Franky is enough to put a smile on my face.
Now that you mention it, I don't think Luffy was ever around a poneglyph.
There you go, that was the word i was looking for. Straight man. i just got done rereading impel down arc and realized that jinbe was giving words of wisdom even since way back then, like when he told luffy to forget about fighting blackbeard cause they had to focus on saving ace.
Also, i thought Luffy saw the arabasta poneglyph, but i may have been mistaken, it's been a looooong time since i read arabasta.
as far as the blood transfusion goes, yeah, it's purely plot point. i dunno, the other times he was covered in his own blood after defeating a villain, maybe he just got blood transfusions off screen or something. I mean, it's a shounen manga so even if realistically he would need blood transfusions after every fight it's not like they would ever show it on screen except this one time.
OH SHIT. I FINALLY REALIZED WHY THEY NEED JINBE TO JOIN THE CREW.
Chopper = emergency food supply
Jinbe = emergency blood supply
sorry if i'm not the first one on the forums to come to that conclusion before.