Nami is one of the smartest members of the Straw Hat Pirates and, according to Oda at the time of the East Blue Saga, the third-highest IQ in the world of One Piece (the first being Benn Beckman, a member of the Red Hair Pirates, and the second being Captain Kuro.[19] In At the beginning of the story, Nami despised all pirates. She viewed them as nothing other than bad people, due to the loss of a loved one due to the fault of one of them, but after meeting Luffy, she changed her mind.