One Piece: What is Robin's Role in the Story?
Considering how famous the Straw Hat Pirate is, the crew that serve under its banner is relatively small. Excluding Luffy, there are currently nine people who serve as the crew of the Straw Hat Pirates. In comparison, fellow Supernovas like the Fire Tanks Pirates and Hawkins Pirates have way more crew members than the Straw Hats.
Needless to say, with such a skeletal crew, every member has a highly specific role to fill. Zoro as the main combatant, Nami as the navigator, Sanji as the chef, Chopper as the doctor, Usopp as the gunner, Franky as the shipwright, Brook as the musician, and also Jinbe as the helmsman. But what about Nico Robin? What is the role of an archeologist like her in the story?
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To better understand Nico Robin's role in the story, let's briefly talk about who she is first. The Straw Hat crew's first meet Robin in Arabasta. She was the vice president of Crocodile's Baroque Works, codenamed «Miss All Sunday». She joined the Straw Hat Pirates at the end of the Arabasta arc.
Robin is the sole survivor of Ohara island, a little country in West Blue where most of the world-renowned archeologists and historians live and study. The Ohara island was annihilated by the Buster Call because the world government deemed their knowledge regarding the void century as a threat to them.
As the sole survivor of the Ohara people and the only person in the world who has the ability to read the Poneglyphs, Nico Robin is number one on the world government's most wanted list. They even went as far as labeling her as the Demon Child in order to get regular people to despise Robin.
However, Robin's thirst for knowledge is still alive and strong. As a matter of fact, the main
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