Y'know there's something I really like about the One Piece character designs, and it's not just that everyone looks like they're perpetually on crack.
For instance Nami, who loves tangerines, has a hairstyle which, if you imagine a stem popping out of it, could easily look like a tangerine (or a pumpkin...). Not only that she has that very smooth figure like a cat's (honestly she reminds me so much of my calico), which ties in well with the rest of her character--her two enemies Arlong and Nezumi resembled a fish and a mouse, and she loves money, which presents some irony in the Japanese proverb "neko ni koban" or "gold coins to cats" (akin to "pearls before swine"). Also, according to Kaizoku-Fansubs' translation notes there's also a connection between tangerines being associated with both cats and wealth.
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Sublimity Says:
phantom7 Says:
she looks great here. you found a way to pull off nami in your own style without sacraficing the distinctive look of the character
PYROkineticRikku1 Says:
wow you certainly did youre homework now didnt you ^^
and everything certainly makes sense to so i guess this makes nami a tangerine loving feline-theif ^^
awsome picture picture and all to ^^
PYROkineticRikku1 Says:
i just looked into it a bit and it seems that your are pretty accurate in your descrption cause both nezumi and arlong have fish and mouse traits, and im pretty sure nezumi is japanese for mouse anyways
Night Phoenix Says:
Wahhhhhi! sooo cute!
i love the detail and darn i love the way you colour the hair
Dire Lie Says:
i love it! nami is my favorite character from the show.
Hyperknux97 Says:
awesome!
bleacheds0ul Says:
All that and Nami is just uber awesome.
I love this! The whole creating-all-the-onepiece-character thing. I look forward to each update! 
Sana Says:
TooMuchBlonde Says:
I had never thought about all those things you wrote about Nami...but come thinking to it...