Nami

Nami is the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Along with Nico Robin, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, and Franky, Nami is one of the smartest of the Straw Hats. And according to an SBS from volume 8 (1999), Oda said that "of all the characters introduced so far in One Piece" Nami was the third smartest character in the East Blue (the first is Benn Beckman of the Red Hair Pirates, the 2nd being Captain Kuro).[19] Though given how few characters were introduced and properly developed at that time, that quote should be taken with a grain of salt.

At the beginning of the series, Nami despised all pirates. She viewed them as universally evil after losing someone close to her to pirates, only changing her mind after she met Luffy (although Nami still reminds Luffy that not all pirates are like him). Before her view on pirates changed, she was perfectly fine with giving a captive Luffy up to Buggy but refused to kill him when asked by Buggy to do so, as she could not bring herself to stoop to their level. Nami has been deeply affected by her adoptive mother's death and Arlong's enslavement and imprisonment of her. She remembers vividly of the abuse she suffered such as one of Arlong's crewmates refusing to feed her as well as the pain and exhaustion on the streets from stealing money in an attempt to buy back the village from Arlong.[20] Upon failing to do so, Nami was utterly distraught and when Genzo and rest of the villages went to die for her, Nami took the knife she was holding and madly stabbed her shoulder before Luffy stopped her. Her experiences left Nami with many painful memories, that she has since then successfully buried but Nami still retained a fear and distrust of the Fish-Men race as a whole until she learned the painful history of human cruelty towards Fish-Men. By the time the crew reached Fish-Man Island, she was willing to give Fish-Men a chance and even befriends some of them while claiming she solely held a grudge against Arlong.[21]

Nami is also disbelieving in myths and legends, as she dismissed Devil Fruits as myths, disbelieved the existence of Skypiea, and was dubious over claims of a connection between Sanji and the "mythical evil army", Germa 66. Ironically, all these legends were proven true to her when she saw Buggy's Bara Bara no Mi in action, when Robin insisted that the Log Pose pointing at Skypiea was proof of its existence, and when Pekoms confirmed Germa and Sanji's history together. Nami was shocked to see and hear that she was wrong but slowly accepted the unbelievable things in front of her.

Nami can be seen ordering the crew to lift the mast or draw the sails. If she deems an island dangerous, she will often try to convince Luffy (usually along with Usopp and Chopper) to not go there but will nonetheless follow Luffy's orders when he demands so. She seems like a coward, but she has been referred to by multiple people being a "bold woman." Usually, she is called that when she stands up for her crew and what she believes to be right. She is aware of the dangers they face every day and has a much better understanding of the world and its more dangerous individuals (e.g., the Seven Warlords of the Sea) than most of her crew does, though lacks Robin's knowledge on some of its other powerful figures (e.g., the Marine Admirals) and organizations (e.g., the Four Emperors). She can be devilish and cunning at times,[22] and if she feels like it will even give her fights to Luffy, Zoro or Sanji. She is the only one among the crew to be visibly concerned and upset whenever their bounties go up, something the others usually react to with indifference or even joy.After the two-year timeskip, she now appears calmer in more daunting situations, most notably when the fake Nami held a gun to her head, implying she has become fairly confident in her abilities. It seems this confidence is paradoxical however, as Nami herself states she isn't weak, but she is a "scaredy-cat". True to her word, she and Usopp became extremely confident they could take down Baby 5 and Buffalo, once the threat of their retaliation was no longer a factor. Nami is still prone to panic in the face of imminent danger (shown during the descent to Fish-Man Island and Sanji's declaration that he would counterattack the Big Mom ship), and her love of money causes her to resort to her old antics of hitting the male crew members. She still has an extremely high tolerance for alcohol during celebrations.

As shown in Jaya, Nami appears to be terrified of bugs and spiders. She screamed and panicked when Usopp pointed out a tarantula crawling up her back and remained scared for the rest of the hunt for the South Bird as more insects emerged.[23] This phobia was shown again in an anime filler scene in the Whole Cake Island Arc where the Sanji Retrieval Team battled against the giant ants. While the rest of the team fought the creatures, Nami elected to just run away from them, saying she could not stand it.[24]From time to time, Nami enjoys casual and leisurely activities, and the most common of these is reclining in a deck chair, often to sunbathe, read, or relax under the shade of a parasol umbrella.[25] Nami sometimes sits in her chair after taking a swim in the Thousand Sunny's pool. In fact, the pictures for her wanted posters were taken while she posed next to pools.[11][18] While she is in her deck chair, she may be accompanied by Robin or presented a refreshing snack or drink by Sanji, but she does not take kindly to the rest of the crew's rambunctious antics on the ship, which tend to disturb her as she relaxes.

She will also not hesitate to strip down or outright discard pieces of an outfit if it is hindering her in times of danger, such as ripping the hem of her already ruined dancer's dress to flee from Zala, pulling off her shirt to dive into a Milky Road, and wriggling out of her denim jacket after Kumadori had pinned her down by her denim jacket and was about to strike her with a deadly blow. Nami has shown dismay at clothes she is particularly fond of being ruined, angrily striking Luffy when she saw her jacket torn up when she lent it to him in the Drum Island Arc. Likewise, she will even tear apart someone else's clothes if she has to, not hesitating to shred an unconscious Kalifa's clothes after their battle to find a potential key to Robin's Seastone cuffs in the Enies Lobby Arc. In the Whole Cake Island Arc, when her clothes were burned off by Jinbe, Nami wasted no time stripping a nearby prisoner of his clothes. Nami is also willing to borrow other people's clothes, such as borrowing Sanji's jacket to wear at the end of the Little Garden Arc after Usopp's plan to save her, Vivi, and Zoro had burned her shirt, leaving her with a black bra on, until she could get a replacement shirt after returning to the Going Merry.[26]

Nami is easily surprised and shocked by the more outlandish things in the series, yelling at the crew when they don't seem as concerned as her. Nami even expressed shock at a talking, clothed crocodile, despite traveling around with Chopper and Carrot from the Mink Tribe as Luffy pointed out and said she should be used to things by now.[27]

Nami is greedy and will do mostly anything for money and treasure, accepting any challenge that comes along. Her love of money stems from her childhood, where she lived a poor life and was often upset at having little wealth despite the love of her adopted mother. She became even more obsessed when her family’s poor status led to her mother’s death. She grew up constantly getting money through theft to pay for the freedom of her village. While she will send in Luffy and the rest of the crew to meet the demand, the one thing she will not do is sell out a comrade, no matter what the sum. She has several times put her own crewmates in debt over trivial matters (like Luffy for tearing her coat and Zoro for borrowing Beli100,000 only not to spend it and return it later). Her usual charge for repaying the debt is 300% interest, and she will often bring up these debts in order to get someone to do something for her. She takes control of the amount of money the crew spends, ever aware of the crew's spending habits (such as Luffy's desire to spend all they have on meat) and tries her hardest to avoid it getting spent all at once.

To this end, she is in complete horror whenever the rest of the crew wastes money or passes up an opportunity to get it. Her desire for money is such that she attempted to seduce an eight-year-old boy once discovering his wealthy heritage (although it was in a brief joke-like manner).[28] She is also very shameless when it comes to stealing from other people and is actually quite proud of her thieving skills. She often "bargain" with shopkeepers to give her massive discounts whenever she goes shopping, much to their chagrin.She is loyal to her money, but no matter how much she denies it, her loyalty to her friends comes first as seen when she decided to give up her agreed Beli1,000,000,000 deal with Igaram for protecting Vivi for the latter's sake after Baroque Works was beaten (although she was upset about it and complained later), as well as willingly giving treasure to Lola and preparing to spend Beli200,000,000 worth of treasure (which they stole from Thriller Bark) to rescue Camie from slavery.

She also knows how to draw the line for life and death situations. On the trip to Totto Land to retrieve Sanji, with the absence of a Cook, Nami initially charged her crewmates Beli5,000 per person per meal. However, after Luffy deigned to cook instead, and wasted all their supplies on a complete mess in a single day, Nami decided to cook free of charge from then on, seeing that the alternative was starving to death via their captain's culinary skills.Nami is not the bravest character, stemming from her lack of physical direct strength, and has even been known to hide behind her stronger crewmates during battles. She has admitted to being one of the "Weakling Trio", alongside Chopper and Usopp, and even hilariously competed with the two to see who the weakest was after Gan Fall gave them a whistle. Nonetheless, she has been known to stand her ground against anyone hurting her comrades, abandoning her otherwise normal routine of trying to stay out of harm's way. Unlike some pirates, Nami does not like having a bounty as it brings her unwanted attention. This is seen both at the end of the Enies Lobby Arc and after the Wano Country Arc.

In the Arabasta Saga, Nami's fight against Baroque Works was mainly because of her friendship with Vivi. In the Water 7 and Enies Lobby Arcs, Nami's main reason for fighting was based on getting Robin back. In the Thriller Bark Arc, once again Nami refused to run away, and stood her ground when Absalom attacked Lola,[30] then again when Kuma confronted the crew.[31] She even volunteers to enter the territory of an Emperor in order to retrieve Sanji from her clutches. [32]

One of her best examples came from her survival of Enel's Ordeals, which left her as the only fighter standing beside Enel himself. She agreed to board his ship and go to his promised land out of fear after seeing all the strong fighters lose the game, but later after hearing his plans that would forsake the sky island, she soon turns on him. Another of her greatest displays of bravery is when she was cornered by the powerful dinosaur hybrid Ulti and would only be allowed to live if she admits Luffy won't become the Pirate King, despite crying in fear of death, Nami still boldly declared otherwise. She later stood up to the same Tobiroppo she tried running from in defense of Tama, who had been slapped, and wouldn't leave until hitting Ulti and despite Big Mom being there too.

Another show of her bravery and loyalty is the fact that Nami stood in front of Kaidou in dragon form, calling him a liar after hearing that Luffy had lost and died against him. Being among the few, including the samurai and allies who demanded that he stopped telling lies.In return for her lesser sympathetic personality traits, she is also one of the more compassionate crew members who are fast to show sympathy when hearing sad things about other people. She is easily one of the Straw Hats' most emotional members, showing much understanding of and insight into feelings. However, it is to be noted that while she suffered under the guise of being part of Arlong's crew, her sister said that she has never seen Nami cry since Bell-mère's death. The first time she did was when she thought her village was going to be annihilated and she asks Luffy for help.

Nami is also capable of forgiveness in difficult situations, even back when she blamed Luffy for the destruction of Chouchou's owner's shop, she soon cooled her anger when she saw that Luffy had salvaged food for the dog.[33] She is even willing to forgive even people who have hurt her for many years, including Hatchan and people who inadvertently caused her suffering like Jinbe, even when the other members of the crew maintain their grudges because of the pain they caused to Nami herself.[34] Nami also claimed she wouldn't forgive Sanji for all worry and pain he put her through on Whole Cake Island; however, she did expressed happiness when he saved her from falling while escaping the Tea Party.[35]

This compassion often makes her good at comforting her friends (though she has also done the opposite to a comic effect), as shown during the crew's discussion about whether Usopp should return or not, which Nami insisted he returns. Due to her deep compassion and empathy, Nami is willing to help people in dire needs even when there are absolutely no monetary benefits in doing so. As shown in Punk Hazard, Nami is strongly determined to rescue the gigantified children after learning from Chopper that they were abducted and tricked into becoming test subjects in Caesar's experiments, declaring that she will not leave until she has assured their safety. When she and the Curly Hat Pirates first arrived at Zou, she joined her crewmates in treating the injuries of Wanda and the Mink Tribe after they were brutally devastated by the Beasts Pirates. She even cried when she learned that the Mink Tribe actually endangered their lives in protecting Raizo.

During the Punk Hazard Arc, Nami is shown to have a soft side for children, which likely stemmed from the hardships she went through as a child herself. When she and the others are fleeing through the Biscuits Room, the giant children plead with her to save them. After which she stops and declares that she cannot turn her back on crying children asking to be saved. She treats Momonosuke like royalty, and is seemingly oblivious to his perverted nature, calling him "Momo-chan" and letting him sleep in her room. Interestingly enough, Oda has stated that Nami would be a child-care worker if she weren't already a pirate.[36] It is because of her care for children that Nami downright refused to forgive Caesar Clown, despite his efforts in aiding her and her allies at Big Mom's Tea Party. After he got his heart back, Nami still claimed that he was trash and reminded him of the children he experimented on back at Punk Hazard. At Onigashima, Nami attacked and defeated Ulti for striking Tama, forgoing her cowardly demeanor earlier for one of rage and anger as she will not forgive anyone for hurting children.

Similar to Sanji when it comes to women, Nami is unable to bring herself to attack children and those that look like children, even when its necessary. When the children from Punk Hazard were suffering from withdrawal symptom because of the drugs they were given by Caser, Nami refused to harm them or allow her crewmates to attack. On Egghead, Nami admitted that she would go easy on S-Shark because he looked like a child, which almost got her killed by the Seraphim as she hesitated to bring out Zeus. When confronted by S-Shark again, Nami was able to resolve herself to attack the Seraphim, but only after he defeated Brook and badly hurt Edison, leaving her with little choice but to fight. Even then, Nami needed to persuade herself not to think of S-Shark as a child and had to shut her eyes as Zeus attacked. By the end of her attack, she was heavily remorseful about it.

Nami can be very vain and full of herself at times saying she is "too cute" and becomes melodramatic during the Davy Back Fight, saying that the Foxy Pirates would choose her for sure and became annoyed when Usopp said that would not be the case.

After the Arlong Park Arc, the tension between Nami and the other Straw Hats lessened, and she finally began to loosen up and started wearing more stylish and revealing clothing instead of the simple and modest clothes and boots that she used as a burglar. She began to favor open-toed shoes, as sandals were the norm in her homeland, the Conomi Islands, and started using sleeveless shirts, since she no longer had to hide her Arlong Pirates tattoo and now had a new one that she could display on her arm with pride. After the timeskip, she began to wear Criminal brand clothing as well due to it being a popular and particularly stylish brand created by Pappag, one of her friends. Nami also liked the beautiful wedding dress that was put on her in Thriller Bark, despite being opposed to the idea of marriage, especially with her "would-be" groom Absalom.

Nami does not appear to have much modesty, as she usually prefers wearing only a bikini top on her upper body, and tends to wear very revealing outfits in general, especially ones that expose her midriff and cleavage. She also allows people to take photos of her wearing very little, such as swimsuits (as long as they pay her). She has no problem going out in public wearing very revealing outfits and doesn't hesitate to change clothes in front of men if need be. In addition to her preference for revealing clothing, Nami's swimsuits are also usually much skimpier than most, and she has no problem with just wearing a bikini in public. This more revealing clothing has sometimes gained unwanted attention, as Sanji has shown delight at seeing her in provocative outfits; throughout the Water 7 Saga, Paulie consistently scolded Nami in a prudish manner, going as far as calling her a harlot. However, she often uses her looks and sex appeal for her own benefit, flirting with men and acting helpless. Although Nami does get angry when other crewmates (except Robin and Chopper) see her naked, she will often allow men to see her like that; however, she charges Beli100,000 to each person who did see her naked, even if it was an accident. Nami will even take advantage of Sanji's devotion to her. A running joke is Nami claiming she is a refined and fashionable "lady" while others claim she is rather bold and vulgar due to her temper and preference for revealing fashion.

Nami can be defensive over her lack of modesty at times. When Paulie was furious that she changed clothes right in front of everybody in the Sea Train, Nami shrugged him off by saying there was only one cart to change in. Also, much later in Punk Hazard, Kin'emon thought that she had been stripped since she was wearing only a bikini, but Nami claimed that it was "fashion" and mused that Kin'emon actually liked it, which he admitted lewdly, leading to him getting stomped by an irate Sanji.

Despite her flaunting of her body, Nami does legitimately detest being treated as a sexual object by men, expressing disgust when Sarquiss tried to buy her and was horrified at Absalom's harassment and stalking in Thriller Bark. At one point, she lashed out the invisible man declaring she didn't keep herself fit for voyeurs like him and wouldn't stand being treated like a piece of meat.[37]At first, Nami was excited to join the crew but grew more reluctant once she learned that Luffy is a pirate because of her disgust of pirates. She betrayed Luffy and even wished him dead before he formed a crew.[39] Her original membership into the crew was just as an "alliance" with Luffy,[40] which she later ended to return to her home village, but by then, she had become fond of the crew and found it was not so easy to just leave. After Arlong's defeat, she officially joined the crew. By then, she had completely changed her mind about her fellow crewmates. Perhaps the most powerful example of her love for the crew came in the Skypiea Arc: She announced to Enel that treasure means nothing to her if she has to be alone, and that she would rather have nothing at all while clutching Luffy's hat.

Because Nami is the navigator, the rest of the crew, including the captain, follow her orders without a question while on the ship, since they trust her instincts, knowing that she will steer them away from danger, and towards their next location. Nami is appreciated by the whole crew and valued for her second to none navigating skills. Although she tends to prefer that they stay away from extremely powerful opponents, she has the utmost faith in "Luffy and the crew" when it has been decided that they must take action. One of her greatest displays of this is during the Whisky Peak Arc, when Vivi is devastated at Igaram's ship being blown up by Baroque Works. She assures Vivi that her friends saved the East Blue all by themselves (referring to Arlong's defeat), and that even a Warlord of the Sea stands no chance against them, prior to them ever having faced an opponent of that caliber.

She quickly came to respect Luffy's qualities as a leader but often gets easily annoyed and angry towards his childish stupidity, irrational thinking, and short attention span. In such situations, she is extremely reactive in hostile and violent outbreaks, often ordering him and the other members as well, even though he is the captain. Her annoyance at Luffy's antics even goes far as to physically beat discipline into him, often pummeling her captain to comedic effect as punishment. Despite this, she cares for and trusts Luffy very much, and he often serves as an emotional anchor for her during times of crisis, like hugging him at Zou when he arrived after Sanji was taken away. She even cried for Luffy when he lost his older brother in the Summit War of Marineford, understanding his pain better than anyone and wanting to see him before he broke down. Through his continued selfless actions prior to her official entry into the crew, Luffy has proven the most responsible for changing her opinion of pirates.

Her trust in Luffy has changed since the first time they met. At first, she believed Luffy to be just like any other pirate and got angry when he told her he was one. She even planned on using him to get to Buggy's treasure but eventually teamed up with him after seeing his interaction with Chouchou, changing her opinion of him. After saving her village from Arlong, despite not knowing anything about her past, she began to trust Luffy and realized he was not like the pirates she hated. In Skypiea, Nami put her trust in Luffy to keep her safe as she helped him ride up the beanstalk on the waver to go after Enel. When she is in danger or captured, she would almost always call out Luffy's name first before calling out the others. She even, most of the time, mentions him first when speaking about the crew, saying, "Luffy and the others..." or "Luffy and the crew...". When forced to leave the crew, Nami knows that Luffy and the others will come and save her no matter what.

Luffy always trusts her and considers her as his friend, even if she betrays him and the crew. Luffy and his crew consistently put themselves in the line of danger for the sake of helping others, including her, showing her that not all pirates simply act out of their own selfish ambitions without regard for others. Overall, she appears to be one of the crew members that respects Luffy the most. Nami finds it unbelievable that every member of Luffy's family (from Ace, Garp, Dragon, and Sabo) are powerful and dangerous, questioning if Luffy was really human from these relations.[42][43][44]

Nami is also one of the people Luffy trusts the most as she is often given his Straw Hat to hold on to or wear when he fights, or when she is greatly saddened or worried. This has been seen in the Arlong Park, Drum Island, Jaya and Skypiea Arcs. Nami cares about Luffy deeply and will often hug or hold onto him when she is scared or depressed. When she learned of Luffy's true dream that he could only achieve after becoming the Pirate King she was taken aback, but then smiled and said it definitely sounded like him.[45]

Despite Nami often getting violent with Luffy, their relationship is presented as positive and affirming most of the time, an example of two people with different temperaments working out conflicts toward the same goal. While Zoro and Sanji provide Luffy valuable counsel and support in critical moments as the wings, such as during his fallout with Usopp at Water 7, Nami helps Luffy through his day-to-day operations. She is sometimes with Luffy during important fights as support.

Nami has displayed utmost faith in Luffy achieving his dream and becoming Pirate King. While Luffy was facing Charlotte Cracker, Nami aided him in his fight, even boldly telling the Sweet Commander that his fearsome reputation meant nothing as her captain will be the Pirate King.[46] Once when she was cornered by the Ulti, one of the Tobiroppo of the Beasts Pirates, who threatened the navigator that she would only be allowed to live if she admitted that Luffy would never become the Pirate King, despite crying in fear of death, Nami still declared otherwise. The same can be said for Luffy's true ultimate dream that requires becoming the next Pirate King, which she couldn't help but give a big warm smile as stated how much the dream compliments his nature.

As a running gag, Nami always charges Luffy for whatever reason, such as how she charged him a heavy sum for ruining her jacket during the Drum Island Arc. However, Nami later learns to restrain her rapacity after learning her grabby habit would bring unwanted consequences such as how, during the Whole Cake Island Arc, Nami levied everyone in exchange for her cooking which made Luffy volunteered to cook and ended up wasting all their food for an inedible dish. After the crew had replenished their supplies, Nami volunteered to cook while telling Luffy that she doesn't need his money to avoid the same debacle.

Nami has been shown to worry over Luffy's well-being, particularly since the timeskip. After defeating Hody's crew at Fish-Man Island, while everyone is chatting among themselves, Nami is seen looking up to where Luffy was battling against Hody with a worried expression. When he was poisoned on the way to Whole Cake Island, Nami is seen holding Luffy's hand, crying out to him, but when Reiju appears and sucks the poison out of him through lip contact, she blushes and later gets angry at the same time when Luffy recovers and wakes up, clueless of what happened to himself. During the fight with Sanji, she cried out to Luffy as he started getting pummeled, begging Sanji to stop and she goes to aid Luffy afterwards. She later worries about Luffy when he traps himself in the Mirro-World to defeat Katakuri and orders her to break all the remaining mirrors on their ship, fearing that he will never have a chance to come back. When Kaidou had announced to the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance that he had successfully killed Luffy, a dolorous Nami was visibly in tears and had impetuously accused Kaidou of lying.[47]

Nami trusts Zoro's fighting skills and quite often depends on it, but easily gets annoyed by his lazy antics, such as his redundant naps. Zoro, like the rest of the crew, unquestionably trusts Nami's navigation skills and always follows her commands obediently. Nami's cunning personality, however, allows her to manipulate the laid-back Zoro and continuously keep him in debt as seen in the Loguetown Arc when she insists on charging Zoro 3 times the interest despite him returning the money to her in the same duration of the trip. She is also highly successful in enslaving Zoro with his honor at Whisky Peak saying 'You can't even keep a single promise, can you?' to get him to do her bidding. As a result, Zoro often calls Nami a witch and the two are also usually found arguing, with Sanji intervening to help her. Also, the pair is known to be the heaviest drinkers of the Straw Hats as seen in the Whisky Peak Arc when the rest of the Straw Hats had gotten inebriated with alcohol, unlike Nami and Zoro who were both fully conscious.

While Nami does find Zoro's trouble with directions greatly perplexing given her talent in the arts of navigation and will not trust him with sailing the ship or even traveling on land, she often tells other people with a better sense of direction to go along with him for fear that he might get lost. Zoro also cares for her safety and usually comes to her rescue, as evident in Arabasta when he tells her to hide and swiftly saves her from Mr. 1 and in Skypiea when he slashed the sky sharks and pushed Nami to safety. He also got very worried when Nami was swallowed by Nola, hoping that she was still alive and promising that he would save her after his fight with Wyper. Nami cares for Zoro as well, as she risked her life by jumping into the sea to save Zoro in front of Arlong and the rest of the fish-men in the Arlong Park Arc. Her concern for Zoro is most noticeably seen after the events of Thriller Bark when she stayed by his bed alongside Chopper at one point during the party indicative of her anxiety at Zoro's severe injuries. She often gets shocked and angry at his rash behavior as seen in the Little Garden Arc when he wanted to cut off his legs and Nami looked greatly alarmed and screamed 'Are you crazy?' and often hits him when he tries to do something stupid such as refuse treasure. Nami and Chopper were also in tears, terrified to see Zoro lying on the ground still badly wounded from his injuries at Thriller Bark and unable to move and escape from Kizaru, who was about to kill him. Nami is also one of the people who know Zoro best, just as shown when Nami was patting Zoro in the head, comforting him when he rebutted that he was worth two thousand men, a thousand more than Luffy's description of Sanji's strength 'worth of a thousand men'.

Though she respects Zoro, Nami cannot stand it when he chastises missing crewmates as she got upset when Zoro said that he wouldn't accept Usopp back into the crew at first but relented when Luffy agreed with him that Usopp needed to apologize first. She also got furious at Zou when Zoro blamed Sanji for going with Big Mom as Nami pointed out that Sanji had no say in the matter.

Nami has a very interesting relationship with Usopp. When they first met, she easily saw through his lies. It's not until she saw that Usopp would fight for his village that she started to like the sniper. Usopp found it annoying that she was getting special attention at the Baratie and felt betrayed when she discovered Nami was a part of Arlong's crew. However, Nami saved Usopp's life in Arlong Park when the fish-men pirates were planning to kill him. Nami saved Usopp by faking his death when she seemly stabbed him and pushed him into the sea. Nami had actually stabbed her own hand, which shocked Usopp and made him understood how determined she was.

Usopp and Sanji were the only crewmates to hear Nami's past, and Usopp was troubled to know that Nami was forced to work for the very man who had killed her mother. During his fight with Chew, Usopp pretended to be dead and waited for the fish-man to leave, covering his body to look like he had been attacked. Usopp tried making some excuses and lies for what to say to Nami, but once he remembered Nami's helpless tears, Usopp felt ashamed and yelled at Chew to face him before eventually defeating him in a fight. Afterwards, Nami and Usopp form a close friendship.

Nami told Usopp that he was the only person she could ask to make her a weapon to defend herself since he would understand her point of view since both her and Usopp were considered to be the weakest of the crew. However, she does wriggle out of paying him for his service. Nami and Usopp are often seen hiding together when powerful foes rear their heads. Nami is one of the crew members that will sometimes call Usopp "long nose," which he finds irritating. A running gag in the series is that whenever Luffy decides to do something wild or stupid, both Nami and Usopp would normally sulk together and occasionally, with Chopper. Both Usopp and Nami will try and pretend that the dangers they were facing were not real but often brought sharply back to reality.

Nami was very distressed and upset when Usopp left the crew and was one of the most affected Straw Hats, along with Luffy and Chopper. Nami was happy to see Usopp again when he was disguised as "Sogeking" and treated him normally, even hitting him when her new Clima-Tact was too strong. When Usopp rejoined the crew, she was overjoyed to the extent that she even cried.[48] Usopp cares for Nami very much and did his best to protect her from Absalom, who accosted her throughout Thriller Bark and expressed his distress to Sanji about failing to save her.

Nami was pleased to see Usopp again after the timeskip so much that she hugged his head to her chest. Nami and Usopp also make a good fighting pair as they were able to bring down Baby 5 and Buffalo with relative ease and capture Caesar Clown as well. In the aftermath of the Punk Hazard incident, Usopp consoled Nami after she gave the kidnapped children to Tashigi. Nami even confided in Usopp that she feels safe around marine women because of her mother, leading Usopp to playfully tease her by saying that she was "going soft", which Nami claimed that he was one to talk. Later at Zou, Usopp panicked at the sight of Wanda wearing Nami's clothing and feared for Nami's safety. Later, he was in tears after seeing Nami and Chopper again, safe and unharmed, happy to be reunited with them.

Despite their similar personalities, Nami has on rare occasions hypocritically criticized Usopp of cowardice in situations that she herself was also scared of, causing them to argue. A few examples are during the battle against the Black Cat Pirates when they were initially the only ones fighting them, when Usopp was scared of fighting Enel even though he was supposed to rescue her, and when Usopp attempted to hide behind Nami when facing against Page One and Ulti before the two were forced to run with their enemies in pursuit.

They also both end up working together very well as a team, often finding themselves against physically stronger opponents as themselves and fighting with them, even though they end up defeated. On Onigashima, when the Straw Hat Pirates split up to create a way for Luffy on the roof, both Nami and Usopp found themselves against Page One and Ulti, two of the Tobiroppo of the Beasts Pirates. Although they were both defeated quickly, they did not give up the fight and even continued fighting them both after being rescued by Tama, Komachiyo and Hihimaru and chased down by Page One and Ulti. They are also not hesitant to try everything to get themselves out of their situation when they are apparently out of ideas, often in a funny way, as Nami suggested they both should hit Page One with their weapons in his vital parts of his body to cause him to let go of Komachiyo when he caught up with them.

Both also express their feelings together in precarious situations, as they were both extremely shocked when they were saved by Big Mom on Onigashima after Page One chased them, fearing what Big Mom would do to them, only to be even more shocked by the fact that Tama and Big Mom seemingly get along very well, leaving Nami and Usopp hiding inside Komachiyo's tail.[49] Possibly due to their relatively similar strength level and their cowardly behavior, Nami and Usopp are often paired up together during arcs. Oda also emphasized their reunion after the time skip, since they were the first Straw Hats they reunited on Sabaody, indicating his appreciation for this duo.

Nami often takes advantage of Sanji with his undying devotion to her, ordering him to do her bidding. She sometimes gets annoyed by his womanizing behavior during serious moments and doesn't hesitate to beat him up. However, there were times when she was impressed his chivalry and complimented him for it. At Enies Lobby, when Kalifa had defeated Sanji, she was amazed at Sanji's ethic at refusing to fight women and decided to pay back Kalifa for what she did, showing she has much respect for Sanji and his principles. Nami is also very trusting of Sanji's strength and is sometimes seen hiding behind him when there is an enemy nearby. Nami is always shocked and distressed whenever Sanji loses a fight and is even prepared to rush to his aid in some battles.

Sanji is always the first to volunteer to rescue or help Nami when she is in trouble. That was shown especially during Thriller Bark when she was captured by Absalom in an attempt to forcibly marry her. While other characters like Luffy and Zoro showed no apparent worry and joked about how crazy Absalom was to want to marry her, Sanji was so besides himself that he completely caught on fire out of anger and got such a scary expression that the Staw Hats said he was about to transform into the devil. He later went to her aid and rescued her while she was unconsciously, even willingly taking multiple blows while holding her above his head to shield her from harm. Another example is Skypiea, where Sanji hurried to rescue her from Enel, despite the protest of a scared Usopp whom Sanji took with him. Later he took the full force Enel's lightning attack to allow both Nami and Usopp to escape. While he was on the ground unconscious, Nami went to his side and thanked him while looking worried about his injuries. Nami often gets emotional over his dashing rescues as she, along with Brook and Chopper, cried with happiness when Sanji saved them crew from Doflamingo and when Sanji returned to save Usopp from Jabra.

While Nami does not hesitate to use Sanji's devotion for her benefit and order him around on a normal day, she usually takes a step back and tends to follow his lead during serious situations, notably during Dressrosa, where Sanji made the decision to fight against Big Mom and asked Luffy permission to fight back. Despite being horrified at the prospect, she went along with it. Later on their way to Zou (chapter 795), she even refered to their group as the Curly Hats Pirates (in reference to Sanji's eyebrows), showing that she views Sanji as the de facto leader of their group. It was also shown on Zou, where Nami asked Sanji for directions when Capone showed up and let Sanji handle the negociations with Capone as the rest of the crew listened to their conversation.

Nami sometimes get angry by any of Sanji's perverted antics or "lovey-dovey" behavior (especially towards her). When Sanji was temporarily switched into Nami's body during the Punk Hazard Arc and later when Sanji seeing Nami naked while she is bathing in Wano Country Arc, Nami made sure that he didn't go too far in his perverted antics. She went as far as to hurt her own body and also placing large fees for peeping and touching her body. But despite Sanji's lecherous nature, Nami still cares and has concern for Sanji though she usually refrains from showing it in front of him (knowing what his reaction would be). This care was shown once in Zou when Sanji was unable to return to the crew, Nami cried to Luffy, over Sanji's sacrifice and was the most distraught crew member over his absence, despite the others reassuring her that Sanji would be fine. Nami even defended Sanji from Zoro when he blamed Sanji for leaving the crew at the worst possible time when it was not Sanji's fault to begin with. Nami didn't believe Pekoms when he stated that Sanji was connected to Germa 66 (a mythical evil army) but soon understood why Sanji was forced to leave (as Big Mom would likely behead someone close to Sanji). Nami later demanded Luffy to allow her to go with him on the mission to save Sanji, saying she felt partly responsible for his departure.

In the Whole Cake Island Arc, Nami shows she understands Sanji on a personal level and thinks highly of him when she encountered his malicious younger brother Yonji, she claimed that (apart from being a pervert) Yonji was nothing like his older brother when he carelessly refused to help them save Luffy. Nami was also shocked to hear the infamous history of Sanji's family from his older sister. When she learned that Sanji turned down Charlotte Pudding, Nami was left in disbelief that Sanji would turn down a woman. Nami was the only one who was not fooled by Brûlée's clones of Sanji, saying that the "real Sanji" would never hide from them. When Nami saw Sanji again, she was overjoyed and confessed that she had been worried she would never see him again, buther happiness was short-lived when Sanji appeared to reject the offer to return and even insulted the crew for coming all this way for him.

She was shocked when Sanji continued to insult them and glared at her, and eventually, she was driven to tears when he proceeded to brutally beat Luffy until he lost consciousness. Afterwards, she angrily slapped Sanji and coldly dismissed him, sarcastically bidding him farewell and abandoning the idea of retrieving him. Notably, she also referred to him as just "Sanji" rather than her usual "Sanji-kun" (that is significant for her, as he is the only Straw Hat that she refers to with the suffix "-kun"), signifying her displeasure with him, but she cried even more as Luffy's yells failed to stop Sanji from leaving them. After Pudding reveals her true nature to them while she and Luffy were imprisoned, Nami was horrified and begged to be released, though she was unwilling to rip her arm off to escape as Luffy was.

When she and the others were able to make contact with Sanji, she was relieved to hear that if they helped with Sanji's problems then he would rejoin. However, she made it clear that she wouldn't forgive him for placing her in a worrisome state though she was willing to forget about it to save him, even stating she would bring him back by force. This revelation wrongly elated Sanji who mistook it for a proposal.

Despite her promise of never forgiving him, Nami could not help but smile broadly at him when Sanji caught her in his arms when his sister freed her from Smoothie's grasp.[50] When Sanji came back to Sunny, Nami (along with Chopper and Brook) hugged him tightly, with tears in her eyes. However, this got Sanji overexcited and Nami swiftly let go of him. Later when Nami showed off Zeus, Sanji became jealous, saying to the homie he was Nami's servant first.

When Nami caught Sanji using his new Raid Suit's invisibility power to peep at women (herself included) in a bathhouse, she brutally beat him up and considered him to be most untrustworthy person for seeing her while she is naked even though he saved her, Robin, and Shinobu from X Drake and Basil Hawkins.

Although she can tend to come off as violent and angry, Nami does genuinely care for, respect, and value Sanji like everyone else in the crew.

Nami is very fond of Chopper and is the first of the crew to recognize him as a doctor. She respects his knowledge in medicine and cares for his safety as much as her own. Likewise, Chopper respects her ability to navigate, though he tends to be afraid of her obsessive love for money and violent nature towards the "idiots" of the crew. The two share a relationship that is much like an older sister's and a younger brother's as Nami will comfort him when he's upset (e.g., the betrayal of Doctor Hogback Chopper's idol.) When things get scary (or cold) Nami will hug onto Chopper like a teddy bear. Due to his innocence and lack of interest in human females, Nami lets Chopper (despite him being a male) see her naked in the bath and even invites him to join her. She was particularly defensive for Chopper, as when Franky first suggested that they kill Chopper, who was at the time running rampant from overdosing on Rumble Balls, Nami threatened to kill him if he suggests anything of the sort again (this was before Franky came up with a better plan to help save Chopper).

Nami gets along best with Robin, though initially was one of the ones who distrusted Robin the most alongside with Zoro, but a purse full of Robin's jewels quickly changed Nami's mind. Robin is the only one she does not attempt to boss around or deceive, rather after despairing for the foolishness of the other crewmates she often goes to her seeking encouragement, being "the only one whom she can rely on". She views Robin much like an older sister; in fact, when Robin was kidnapped by CP9 during the Enies Lobby Arc, Nami seemed to be one of, if not, the most distressed about her capture out of all of her crewmates. She very much enjoys Robin's company and when she goes shopping, she is often accompanied by a smiling Robin. Nami and Robin have a connection due to them being the only women on the ship and also because they both lost their mothers early in their childhoods. This early loss might explain Nami and Robin's motherly nature towards childlike characters such as Chopper, Momonosuke and Tama. When confronting Jaygarcia Saturn, Nami tells her fellow crewmates to protect Robin from a member of the Five Elders as well she declared to Robin they will keep her safe no matter the cost.

Nami occasionally gets irritated with Franky, especially because he often engages in childish antics with the younger members of the crew (e.g., Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper) and will often end up doing something Nami deems either dangerous or stupid regarding the situation. For example, when Franky saves Robin upon entrance to Fish-Man Island, he expresses his relief at Nami's safety, to which the latter responds in frustration claiming, that he scared her almost half to death. Franky will often treat Nami like a younger sister calling her "girl" ironic since he is way more childish than her. Aside from his typical juvenile behavior, she gets along with Franky in most situations and often respects and appreciates his skills as a shipwright, as the other crew members do. During the Raid on Onigashima, Nami was extremally grateful to Franky for saving her from Big Mom with his Kurosai FR-U IV, calling him "Big Bro" while in tears.Nami was terrified of Brook when she first saw the living skeleton and hid behind Sanji, but after getting to know him they formed a rather comical relationship. Shortly after meeting, Brook asked to see Nami's panties, which turned her fear into comical anger. Even after two years, Nami will never let Brook see her panties.

He can often be seen with Nami, as well as the "weaker" members of the crew (Chopper and Usopp) crying over scary situations, such as when Donquixote Doflamingo closes in on the Thousand Sunny for an attack. A recurring gag between Brook and Nami is that Nami will often kick Brook in anger in response to him asking to see her panties. As with other crewmates, Nami will hug onto Brook when she is scared (much to Brook's joy), which can be problematic when they are in water as Brook will just sink due to him being a Devil Fruit user. Brook naturally finds Nami very beautiful and fights with Sanji for her affections. Despite his perverted nature, Nami trusts Brook as much as she trusts the rest of her crew as well as his talents as a swordsman. She also enjoys listening to his music like the others.

Nami can be very rude and short with Brook at times (though he usually gives her reasons to be angry). One example of this is at the end of Zou Arc when Brook volunteered to go on the Sanji retrieval mission and Nami stated they didn't need him, causing Brook to become angry. At the beginning of the Whole Cake Island Arc, Nami caught Brook looking up her skirt when she bought her new outfit and promptly smashed him into the ground, saying afterwards that she went "easy" on him. However, she still cares about him as she later helped the others in rescuing Brook from Big Mom and expressed pride in the musician when finding out he made copies of the Poneglyphs in Big Mom's possession but beat him up when he asked to see her panties as a reward. While escaping from Totto Land, Nami once again caught Brook looking up her skirt when kicked at his face.

Nami also beats up Brook when he asks other women (including Robin) of their panties.

Nami holds no ill will towards Jinbe for what happened to her as a child under Arlong's reign of terror, even though Jinbe himself feels solely responsible for Arlong and his actions in East Blue.[51] After Nami told him she holds no qualms towards him or the Fish-Man race as a whole, Jinbe broke into tears, saying that he is indebted to her. Nami is then surprised at how much his guilt was eating away at him.[52] It seems they have developed a friendship with each other (since Nami now refers to him as Jinbe-chan), and she also seems to care for his well-being as she warned him about Wadatsumi's incoming attack during the Battle in Gyoncorde Plaza. When Jinbe said that he would join the crew after he completed some unfinished business, Nami was smiling with the rest of the crew to show her approval of him joining someday.

During the Whole Cake Island Arc, Jinbe saved Nami and Luffy from being tortured by Charlotte Opera. After being freed, Nami questioned Jinbe as to why he was on the island and was informed that his crew is subordinate to the Emperor. She was also told that his previously unfinished business was rebellion against Big Mom which he resolved by taking down one of her children.[53] Jinbe also protected Nami from the guards in Big Mom's palace until they were found by Chopper and the others. When disrupting the wedding ceremony, Nami was amazed when Jinbe boldly toasted a cup of sake in front of Big Mom to symbolize his departure from her crew in order to join the Straw Hats.[54]

Afterwards, Jinbe officially became a part of the crew during the escape from Totto Land. When his former crew was in danger, Jinbe told the Straw Hats that he had to defend them. Jinbe was made to promise he would not die, so he would join the rest of the crew at Wano. Jinbe agreed to this and promised to return to their side as he joined his former crew in battle.[55] Nami is later happy when she later sees Jinbe fulfill this promise when he arrives to assist the crew against the Beasts Pirates on the day of the Fire Festival.[56]