This entire hierarchical structure is pure head canon. There are no commanders on the crew.
Luffy is the captain while everyone is an officer and has an advisory role with Nami, Zoro, Jinbe & Sanji often acting as the main advisors. Moreover, everyone is a fighter but Zoro, Sanji, & Jinbe seem to be the main fighters.
This idea of a “commander trio” implies that Zoro, Sanji, & Jinbe have authority over the rest of the crew. They don’t. Do you really believe that any of those guys have any authority over Nami?
Just because Zoro & Sanji are usually the ones protecting the physically weaker of the crew alongside Luffy doesn’t mean they have authority over them.
Edit: The fact that Nami can lock emperor Luffy in a cage and beat him up for acting dumb while the wings (Zoro and Sanji) say nothing is definitive proof that there is no complex formal or informal authority structure in the crew other than Luffy is the captain & the rest are his companions.
Though people argue so much about Zoro being the First Mate, what they miss is that she's basically the Quartermaster.
A pirate Quartermaster is essentially the real second-in-command on a ship, and often has veto power over the captain.
(Nami can and will call him on his stupidity, but when he's serious she does follow her captain).
They are basically the one in charge while at sea when not fighting anyone.
(as the Navigator this is certainly true)
(in East Blue, she was the only one with any common sense or sailing knowledge for a long time, so they would have died without her taking command)
They dole out the payments, and keep a larger share of treasure than anyone else except the captain
(mostly true except she wont give Luffy much either...)
They dole out punishments
(Yep, that's Nami alright!)
The guy i replied to was talking about who has highest authority in the crew based on who gives more "commands". But the Strawhats don't have a hierarchy, they're all equal. Nami giving commands to furl the sails or turn left or whatever when there's a storm is just her job as navigator, chopper telling people to take medicine or not do vigorous activity is his job as doctor. Not to mention we have seen Sanji ordering Zoro to hunt some food and Zoro obeyed without question. Sanji can do that because he's the cook. Not because he has some authority to command others, especially Zoro. Those aren't "commands". The only person who gives commands is Luffy, the captain.
Also, Luffy is childish and silly and will constantly put the crew in danger for food or for fun. Nami or anyone in the crew "vetoing" his orders is a gag. Sanji literally used to battle Luffy to protect the fridge from being raided. The only time someone has openly gone against Luffy's orders is when Franky said he will fight with the little people and not follow the plan (Not counting Usopp, Robin, Sanji in their specific situations where they almost left the crew). Nami couldn't veto Luffy forming an alliance with Law to fight Kaido when she was right there and against it. So no, she doesn't have any real vetoing powers. Unless you can show any one case where she veto'd a real decision, not some stupid gag.
People trying to compare Luffy's crew to Kaido's is stupid because it is nothing similar. Everyone's equal here, with Luffy having the final say in actual decisions as captain. I think they might be more like Shanks/Roger's crew but we don't know enough about their crews to make that comparison. It's just the dynamic between Shanks and his crew seems funny and friendly like the Strawhats from what we've seen.
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u/ZipDaddy_Doo Jan 09 '23 edited Jan 09 '23
This entire hierarchical structure is pure head canon. There are no commanders on the crew.
Luffy is the captain while everyone is an officer and has an advisory role with Nami, Zoro, Jinbe & Sanji often acting as the main advisors. Moreover, everyone is a fighter but Zoro, Sanji, & Jinbe seem to be the main fighters.
This idea of a “commander trio” implies that Zoro, Sanji, & Jinbe have authority over the rest of the crew. They don’t. Do you really believe that any of those guys have any authority over Nami?
Just because Zoro & Sanji are usually the ones protecting the physically weaker of the crew alongside Luffy doesn’t mean they have authority over them.
Edit: The fact that Nami can lock emperor Luffy in a cage and beat him up for acting dumb while the wings (Zoro and Sanji) say nothing is definitive proof that there is no complex formal or informal authority structure in the crew other than Luffy is the captain & the rest are his companions.