Cat Burglar - Nami /// NNN day 7

Along with Nico Robin, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, and Franky, Nami is one of the smartest of the Straw Hats. Of the characters introduced during the East Blue Saga, she was the third smartest, though care should be taken not to overestimate that statement due to how few characters had been introduced at the time.

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 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. Upon failing to do so, Nami was utterly distraught, and when Genzo and the rest of the villagers 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 befriended some of them while claiming she solely held a grudge against Arlong.

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 the Straw Hats visited the Sky Islands, 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 to. She seems like a coward, but she has been referred to by multiple people as 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 she 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, and will sometimes hand off battles 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.

Nami can be somewhat temperamental, especially when upset. She commonly reacts to ridiculousness, perversion, or laziness by hitting her male crew members and once appeared so angry at Luffy's endangering of the crew that Jinbe questioned whether she had Supreme King Haki. She is terrified of bugs and spiders, screaming and panicking when Usopp pointed out a tarantula crawling up her back and remaining scared as more insects emerged. She also has an extremely high tolerance for alcohol, frequently drinking during celebrations.

After the two-year timeskip, she is calmer in 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 is not 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 Big Mom's ship).

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. 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 pinned her down using it. Likewise, she will tear apart someone else's clothes if she has to, not hesitating to shred an unconscious Kalifa's clothes after their battle to search for the keys to Robin's seastone cuffs in the Enies Lobby Arc and stealing a nearby prisoner's clothes to replace her own in the Whole Cake Island Arc. 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. However, she has shown dismay at clothes she is particularly fond of being ruined, angrily striking Luffy when she saw her jacket torn up after lending it to him in the Drum Island Arc.

Nami is easily surprised and shocked by the more outlandish things in the series, yelling at the crew when they do not seem as concerned as her. She expressed shock at a talking, clothed crocodile, despite traveling around with Chopper and being acquainted with the Mink Tribe, which Luffy pointed out should have left her used to talking animals.

Love For Money

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 100,000 Belly only to not 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). She is also very shameless when it comes to stealing from other people and is actually quite proud of her thieving skills. She often "bargains" 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 1,000,000,000 Belly 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 200,000,000 Belly worth of treasure (which they stole from Thriller Bark) to rescue Camie from slavery.

She also knows how to draw the line between life and death situations. On the trip to Totto Land to retrieve Sanji, with the absence of a Cook, Nami initially charged her crewmates 5,000 Belly 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.

Bravery.

Nami is not the bravest character, stemming from her lack of direct physical 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. Her strong bond with Robin, in fact, even led her to showing no visible fear whatsoever when facing the much physically stronger and faster Kalifa of CP9 and, 2 years later, bravely telling the crew to protect Robin no matter the cost from Jaygarcia Saturn, one of the Five Elders, while carrying the injured Robin all on her own. In the Thriller Bark Arc, once again Nami refused to run away and stood her ground when Absalom attacked Lola, then again when Kuma confronted the crew. She even volunteers to enter the territory of an Emperor in order to retrieve Sanji from her clutches.

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 turned on him. Another of her greatest displays of bravery was when she was cornered by the powerful dinosaur hybrid Ulti and would only be allowed to live if she admitted Luffy would not 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 would not leave until hitting Ulti 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 stop telling lies.

Compassion In return for her less sympathetic personality traits, Nami is also one of the more compassionate crew members who are quick 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 asked 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. 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. Nami also claimed she would not forgive Sanji for all the worry and pain he put her through on Whole Cake Island; however, she did express happiness when he saved her from falling while escaping the Tea Party.

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 when Nami insisted he return. Due to her deep compassion and empathy, Nami is willing to help people in dire need 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.

Love for children

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 were not already a pirate. 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 earlier cowardly demeanor for one of rage and anger, as she will not forgive anyone for hurting children. Despite being bound and outmatched, Nami openly expressed contempt and disgust at Saint Sommers for using children as hostages, calling him out for an act that makes him worse than even the lowest criminals.

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 it's necessary. When the children from Punk Hazard were suffering from withdrawal symptoms because of the drugs they were given by Caesar, 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. Contrarily, if a child takes the form of an adult, then she will not hesitate in attacking them if they bother her, as she did so when Momonosuke, who had become biologically 28 years old, tried to grope her; she only apologized when she was reminded Momonosuke was still a child by mind.

Vanity and Fashion Sense

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 becoming 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 does not 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 100,000 Belly 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 being horrified at Absalom's harassment and stalking in Thriller Bark. At one point, she lashed out at the invisible man, declaring she didn't keep herself fit for voyeurs like him and would not stand being treated like a piece of meat.

Relationships

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. Her original membership into the crew was just as an "alliance" with Luffy, which she later ended up returning 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.