Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-5355747-20130313062554/@comment-11051098-20130720223259

Yeah, that's true. But I was thinking now that maybe Kubo intended to make the readers able to recognize him, but story-wise just so different that none of those who's been captains since he was, could recognize him.

Seems unlikely to me, but it's the only explanation I can see.