User blog comment:UndeadHero/9/30/XX12 - WHO INSPIRES YOU?/@comment-6883921-20121001000847

Nami: I do agree that Brook is quite inspiring. But that was taken. Twice. Though Luffy lost two of his brothers in the series, he never exactly had a life of oppression; nor did Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Franky. And Robin never exactly had much of a choice about being an outlaw. On the other hand, Nami had to endure 8 years, working as a slave of her mother's killer, drawing only maps. And she also had to steal from people to collect 100,000,000. Why? Purely for the sake of her village.

Whitebeard: Newgate. An individual with super-superhuman strength. But he also possesses something else: love. He cared so deeply for his "family" crew. He tried to personally kill Blackbeard (though he was stopped by Ace) because of Thatch, and later waged war against the entire Marine fleet just for the sake of Ace. Finally, he lost his life while killing the traitor Blackbeard.