He's also highly grateful to Luffy for defeating the evil Arlong, whom Jinbe had wrongly freed from prison despite Arlong committing horrible crimes in the East Blue.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-jinbe-most-important-straw-hat-to-luffy/

Jinbe and Blackbeard step down as Warlords of the Sea during this arc, but the biggest development has to be each Straw Hat Pirates' plan for the time skip.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-best-story-arcs/

Jinbe, the Helmsman of the Straw Hat crew, is a master of the Fishman Karate and, he is yet to show the fans what he can do with it at the best of his abilities.

Source: https://gamerant.com/one-piece-strongest-abilities-not-devil-fruit-haki/

Luffy has been saved from death multiple times by his friends and allies, such as Sanji, Usopp, Robin, Jinbe, and Ivankov.

Source: https://gamerant.com/one-piece-times-luffy-almost-died/

Pudding cries her heart out over being separated from the man she so dearly loved as he sails away with his crew, while Jinbe fights the Big Mom Pirates to protect his men who were prepared to die for him.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-most-rewatchable-episodes/