@Monkey:
Again no lol.
The only character on there to not end up in the Strawhats is the tiny fishman.
The weird guy is early Franky, who was a plants dude.
What happened was jobs shifted. The carpenter/shipwright job of the tiny fishman went to Franky (who ended up a buff American stereotype), and his plant stuff hopped over to Usopp.
I guess if you wanted to stretch it you could say maybe the tiny Fishman is proto-Jimbei??
Forgot to specify that I was talking about roles and not designs, but yes, pretty much that.
What I meant was the plant obsession was written completely out (until the timeskip), and replaced with Robin's emphasis on history.
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@Monkey:
I guess if you wanted to stretch it you could say maybe the tiny Fishman is proto-Jimbei??
Maybe. Depends when Oda did the sketches that were also presented for Jinbe in the databook.
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