One Piece: Nico Robin Is The Series' Most Underrated Character

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Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece has a massively sprawling cast, from the main protagonist Monkey D. Luffy and his loyal Straw Hat Pirates to the villainous Kaido and his Beast Pirate legions. But while the most popular characters in the One Piece fandom tend to be the strongest warriors, one of the best-written characters in the series is a hero who prefers thinking to fighting: the Straw Hats’ resident archeologist, Nico Robin.

Robin is introduced during the Alabasta Saga as the right-hand woman of the villainous Sir Crocodile, but she also saves Luffy at various points, making it unclear whether she’s an enemy or an ally. It’s eventually revealed that Robin was working for Crocodile in order to access Alabasta’s Poneglyph — an ancient stone monolith which bears hidden knowledge written in a forgotten language. But when Crocodile leaves Robin for dead, she decides to stow away on the Straw Hats’ ship and ask to join their crew.

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Naturally, the Straw Hats aren’t keen on letting an enemy join their ranks, but Luffy trusts Robin without hesitation after being saved by her on multiple occasions. While Robin doesn’t play a major role in the following Skypeia arc, she does get a chance to show off her skill as a fighter, not to mention her passion for archeology and uncovering ancient secrets. But in the brief arc that follows, the Straw Hats are confronted by Aokiji, one of the overwhelmingly powerful Marine Admirals, who seems to have a history with Robin. The Straw Hats manage to narrowly escape Aokiji’s clutches, but he leaves them with a word of warning: wherever Robin goes, disaster is sure to follow.

What follows is the Water 7 Saga, in which the truth behind Robin’s past is