The author of One Piece had early on in mind how the Straw Hat crew should ultimately look. However, some of the first designs are really disturbing.
How would the Straw Hats have almost looked? In the special book “One Piece Green: Secret Pieces,” earlier concepts of the Straw Hat crew were revealed. It shows that there were hardly any changes for Luffy, Zoro, and Nami, apart from a few minor details.
You can see the image here. The smaller image in the picture is another later draft:
There were minor changes for Sanji and Usopp. Usopp looks more like his father, and Sanji was supposed to have even more beard. Usopp is even wearing the captain’s hat and was almost the leader of the Straw Hat crew. Ultimately, he is only
the sniper of the pirate crew.
The other members are hardly recognizable:
- Brook remains a skeleton, but his afro, which defines him, is completely missing.
- The shipwright Franky would not have been a cyborg at all. He was originally supposed to be a human with a bandana around his forehead.
- Chopper was always meant to be a doctor. But in the early sketch, he would have become a tall reindeer carrying something casually in his mouth.
Two members of the Straw Hat crew are completely missing. In the 10th issue of the One Piece magazine, there was a revised version of the sketch that originally contained 10 figures. The person was erased for publication. That person was the helmsman of the Straw Hat crew, Jinbe.
There remains a small man who is no longer seen in the Straw Hat crew today. He actually became the complete opposite.
Small man was originally supposed to be Nico Robin
What kind of small man is this? The image shows a small man on the left who was originally meant to represent Nico Robin. However, he was not supposed to be so enamored with history like the archaeologist, but rather love plants and be a botanist.
That’s why he is probably depicted with a net in the picture to catch insects and analyze them. His character trait was later transferred to Usopp, who became a plant lover after the time skip.
On Reddit, a user summarizes it quite well: He thanks the person who always exchanged the small man for Robin. Later, the archaeologist became one of the most popular characters of the Straw Hat crew.
MeinMMO editor Sophia is particularly looking forward to her appearance in the live action series on Netflix. But she is generally a fan of the villains that will appear in season 2. Who she is looking forward to aside from Robin, you can read here: I have been waiting for two years for the new season of One Piece and cannot get enough of the new villains
