Jimbei

Jimbei (ジンベエ, Jinbē; spelled Jinbe on his bounty poster), also known as "First Son of the Sea" Jimbei ((海侠のジンベエ, Kaikyō no Jinbē), is a fictional whale shark Fish-Man in the anime and manga series One Piece, created and written by artist Eiichiro Oda. The character was first mentioned in the 69th chapter of the series, which was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 19, 1998, and made his first appearance in the 528th chapter of the series, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on January 19, 2009.

Jimbei is the tenth member of the Straw Hats and the ninth to join, serving as their helmsman. Jimbei is from Fish-Man Island near the sea floor, and hopes to one day bring Fish-Man Island society to the surface under the sun. His dream is equality between humans and Fish-Men to overcome the long history of humans enslaving Fish-Men. Originally Jimbei was a member of the Sun Pirates, which was formed to protect formerly enslaved Fish-Men and Mermen from being re-enslaved. Jimbei joined the Seven Warlords to obtain a World Government pardon for his crew members. This included those who were once enslaved, but also the Fish-Man supremacist Arlong who went on to do great harm to Nami's hometown.

Jimbei is originally introduced as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea who is imprisoned by the World Government after he refuses to support the execution of his friend and Monkey D. Luffy's brother Portgas D. Ace. Luffy frees Jimbei, who resigns his position as Warlord of the Sea. Throughout the story Jimbei serves as a commander under three successive Emperors of the Sea in order to protect Fish-Man Island: Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Straw Hat Luffy. Jimbei, Luffy, and Whitebeard fight to stop the execution of Ace. Two years later, Jimbei meets the Straw Hats on Fish-Men Island apologizes to Nami for setting Arlong free. The Straw Hats and Jimbei save Fish-Man Island from a coup d'état by the New Fish-Man Pirates, Fish-men supremacists were inspired by Arlong. Luffy asks Jimbei to join his crew, and he agrees but says he needs to settle his affairs with Big Mom. Jimbei later rebels against Big Mom and helps Luffy plan an unsuccessful assassination attempt against her, officially joining the Straw Hats. then reunites with his new crew to successfully defeat an alliance between Big Mom and Kaido of the Four Emperors. After the Straw Hats emerge triumphant, Jimbei becomes one of Luffy’s Senior Officers. He currently has the third-highest bounty in the crew after Luffy and Roronoa Zoro.