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Fish-Man Island

Fish-Man Island is the underwater home of the Fish-Men and Merfolk races, situated on the ocean floor 10,000 meters below sea level, directly underneath Mariejois. It is located inside a giant hole inside a deep trench that goes underneath the Red Line, encased inside a giant bubble. It has a section inhabited mostly by Merfolk and another mostly by Fish-men. However, mixed marriages between the two races are allowed. Fish-Man Island has endured a long history of prejudice by humans that has placed it under the protection of influential pirates at least three times in the story. Its location between Paradise and the New World makes it a frequent stop for many pirate crews. Thanks to being located inside a giant bubble, it allows land-races to breathe and live inside, while the giant tree Eve provides light hundreds of meters below the sea. The great ark Noah lies nearby the main island, built over 800 years ago to carry the island's population and realize their long held dream of moving to the surface. Built around the Noah is the Fish-Man District, a hotbed of crime and racism towards humans, and the headquarters of the New Fish-Man Pirates.

It is also the main setting of the arc of the same name.

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Awesome Underwater World: Fish-Man Island is known as an "underwater paradise" and truly deserves its title. It's a bright and outlandish version of Atlantis, with colorful buildings made or covered by giant corals.
Cosmic Motifs: The Sun. During the Fish-Man Island arc, various references are made to the sun, which symbolizes the Fish-Man people's desire for freedom and equality. The most famous pirate crew to come from their waters are the Sun Pirates, who all bore a tattoo of the sun in order to make everyone on the crew, former slave and not, equals. Several characters, particularly Queen Otohime, speak of emigrating to the surface and "living under the sun" with humans. It all comes to a head when it's revealed that the Joy Boy they revere so much and made a promise with back in the Void Century is really the Sun God Nika, a near-mythical liberator of slaves from ancient times, with the implication being that he is the reason why Fish-Men associate freedom with the sun.
Fantastic Racism: Fish-Men and Merfolk have been the subject of racism and slavery by humans, especially the Celestial Dragons. As a result, the inhabitants of Fish-Man Island harbor a lot of grudges against humans, to the point they've become ingrained in the entire society, a problem which Otohime fought hard to remove. It gets partially solved only after the Straw Hats save the island, proving not all humans are bad.
Fish People: Fish-Men and Merfolk are both hybrids of human and sea-creatures, but in slightly different methods. Fish-Men are inherently bipedal, and whilst they usually resemble fusions of humans and fish, there have also been sightings of Fish-Men with the features of octopuses and squids, whilst a briefly mentioned fishman pirate named "Willy" in the non-canon movie Dead End Adventure is said to have the features of an orca (though he doesn't look it). They closely resemble hybrid-form Zoans in their man/fish fusion, and their bestial features can include fangs, fins, bizarrely shaped heads and faces, tentacles for legs and multiple arms. Merfolk look perfectly human from the waist up, and like a fish from the waist down; males remain in this form throughout their lives, but females gain the ability to shapeshift their tail into a set of web-footed legs from the age of 30. The two races can interbreed freely, with the race of their offspring being completely random. It's implied that Fish-Men and Merfolk have interbred so heavily over the past 800 years that even two parents of the same race may randomly produce offspring of the other race, due to their collectively mixed heritage. The precise aquatic creature is also at least somewhat randomized, and may not resemble either parent's. A good example are the shipwright brothers Tom and Den; the former is a Fish-Man with the features of a long-horned cowfish, whilst the latter is a Merman with the features of a Bering wolf-eel (also known as a wolffish). This unavoidable diversity mean that there is no racism between Fish-Men and Merfolk towards each other.
Funnel-Mouthed Cephalopod: Fishmen and merfolk with the aspect of an octopus invariably have protruding, conical, trumpet-like mouths.
Hero Worship: After the Straw Hats defeated the New Fishman Pirates, all the kids celebrate them wearing straw hats similar to Luffy's. The fact they've taken a group of good humans as inspiration is also a step towards Otohime's dream becoming true and Fish-Men learning to accept humans.
Interspecies Romance: Fish-Men and Merfolk freely fall in love and marry with each other all the time, with their offspring randomly being either Fish-Men or Merfolk. Additionally, both races are capable of interbreeding with humans, though the stigma against them means that such hybrids are rare.
A Lizard Named "Liz": Many Fish-Men and Merfolk names are based on the Japanese name of the fish/cephalopod species that they represent.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Fishmen can sometimes manifest multiple pairs of arms — whilst usually this is seen with fishmen who have the aspect of a squid or octopus (merfolk with those aspects instead get tentacles for legs), some nameless fishmen are seen who have multiple arms without being explicitly cephalopod-based, such as a little girl who cheers on the Straw Hats. Antagonist Vander Decken is a particularly weird example of this mutation; he has two arms and four legs.
Our Mermaids Are Different: Merfolk are generally humanoid above the waist, with fish tails below. They're the fastest swimmers in the sea, and can talk to fish (Neptune can also talk to whales, and Shirahoshi, as the Ancient Weapon Poseidon, can talk to Sea Kings). Mermaid tails will split at the age of 30, allowing them to function as legs, while mermen keep tails throughout their lives.
Tragic Dream: The Fish-Men and Merfolk have desired to move onto the surface for over 800 years, yet they've never succeeded because of Fantastic Racism. They nearly give up the dream when Luffy almost destroys the great ark Noah, that is supposed to carry them, to prevent the ark from crashing into the island, and then when King Neptune almost attacks the World Nobles to protect his daughter, reasoning that a world governed by such corrupt figures isn't worth living in.
Underwater City: The city is located below the Red Line, inside a giant bubble, therefore allowing land-races to breathe in the island. Being thousands of meters underwater, it's very difficult to reach, and only 30% of all ships survive the journey.
Unscaled Merfolk: Whilst most fishmen and merfolk resemble different kinds of fishes, sharks, eels, and so forth, there are individuals with the features of octopuses and squids.
Wretched Hive: The Fishman District underneath Fishman Island proper (The "Island" is encased in a gigantic bubble), where the New Fishman Pirates have set up base, was supposed to be a home for orphans, but quickly fell into disarray, only briefly obtaining some level of order while Fisher Tiger fought his way into head honcho. It's where misanthropy festered to the point where Hody and his childhood friends convinced themselves that they needed to start a "crusade" against humanity despite never personally suffering discrimination. King Neptune has the entire district closed down when it becomes apparent that the negative environment contributed to the New Fishman Pirates' warped mindsets.

Neptune Family

In General

Big Brother Instinct: The three princes are quite protective of their little sister Shirahoshi.
- Ryuboshi and Manboshi did their best to cheer her up in order to distract her from Queen Otohime's death, even though they themselves were crying.
- All three of them put their lives on the line to protect her from Hody and Decken.
- Fukaboshi is willing to attack the Celestial Dragon St. Charlos, who's attempting to make Shirahoshi his slave, which is why St. Mjosgard stops him from doing so, since unlike Sai and Leo, Fukaboshi is royalty, and therefore the consequences of attacking a Celestial Dragon is much more damaging to him and his nation than it is for two pirates who have no official affiliation with nations.
The Bus Came Back: The whole family reappears at the Reverie Arc, attending the Reverie to represent their kingdom.
Happily Married: Neptune and Otohime deeply loved each other, with Neptune respecting Otohime's ideals even if he did not understand them, and despaired after she was assassinated.
Hot Skitty-on-Wailord Action: Otohime is married to Neptune, who is several times her size, and together they have four children. While the three boys, as kids, are smaller than Otohime, Shiraoshi, is larger than her even as a baby.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Neptune is large and bulky merman almost the size of a giant while Otohime is a short and delicate mermaid around the size of a normal human. It's best not to question how that works out.
Magical Floating Shawl: Except for King Neptune, the members of the Ryuuguu royal family of merfolk all have floating stoles to highlight their royal status. In particular, for Princess Shirahoshi, it's merged with her halter top.
Reasonable Authority Figure:
- Otohime is a just queen who never condemns anybody's actions, even if they're wrong, and empathize with all of her people. When a thief explains his situation, Otohime apologizes for not having felt his suffering.
- Even after hearing Shirley's prophecy that the Straw Hats would destroy their island, Neptune only orders the crew captured, not harmed. And he's quick to apologize and make amends once it's clear they pose no threat. Fukaboshi shows similar sentiments.
Royals Who Actually Do Something:
- While Neptune admits he's getting on in years, he isn't afraid to protect his subjects even if he has to take damage. And rather than harshly punish the New Fishmen Pirate goons for aiding Hody, he decides it's better to rehabilitate them as soldiers for the Royal Family and integrate their fellows in the Fishman District into better living conditions.
- Otohime has been actively fighting racism and prejudice since she was a teenager and, even after marrying king Neptune, remains involved in social issues. In her debut she stops a thief and convinces him to become a better person with a passionate speech, and every day she tries to collect signatures for her cause. After she saves a World Noble, Otohime even gets the chance to go to the Holy Land, where no merfolk has ever been allowed to go, to discuss about a coexistence between Fish-men and humans.
- All three of the princes are trained warriors who lead the Neptune Army, Fukaboshi implied to be the strongest among them. And they're among the first characters to take on the New Fishman Pirates. Even after getting defeated by the officers of that crew, they later arrive to back-up Shirahoshi and Luffy during the fight against Hody.
- When Decken throws the Noah at Shirahoshi, which would crush not only her, but most of Fish-Man Island, Shirahoshi decides to protect her people by swimming away from the island in order for the gigantic ship to follow her. After Decken loses his consciousness (courtesy by Hody) and having his Devil Fruit ability negated, she helps stopping the falling Noah by subconsciously calling the Sea Kings for catching the Noah.
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: While Neptune is burly, hairy and with a pointy nose, Otohime is a beautiful mermaid. Justified since Neptune is much older than her.

King Neptune

Voiced by: Minoru Inaba (Japanese), Bruce Dubose (English)

Age: 70

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

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A Coelacanth Merman and the King of the Ryugu Kingdom in Fish-Man Island. He is a wise, if absent-minded king who cares for the good of his kingdom, and is very protective of his daughter.

Accidental Misnaming: He's very forgetful and often misnames people, even the simplest of names, such as calling Zoro "Zori".
Apologizes a Lot: When he's first introduced, he apologizes for the blunt way he treats the Straw Hats. Then he apologizes to his own advisors for careless behavior.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He's very carefree and absent-minded, to the point that the ministers have scolded him on more than one occasion. However, he becomes serious and competent when necessary.
Carpet of Virility: He's a manly merman with an equally big amount of chest hair.
Cool Old Guy: He's gotten old and rusty, but is still one of the strongest fighters of the Ryugu Kingdom.
Dented Iron: He's still very strong and tough, but his old age means that his back keeps going out.
Distressed Dude: Hody Jones kidnaps King Neptune to publicly execute him to start a new kingdom with Hody as ruler.
Gonk: He's very fat and misshapen. His sons also look similarly.
The Good King: Aside from being a fun person to be around, he's a fair and reasonable ruler, claiming it's not fair to arrest the Straw Hats on the basis of a prediction, and wants to end the cycle of revenge just like his wife wanted.
Kamehame Hadoken: Pulls off a water-ized version to knock back some of Hody's troops.
Large and in Charge: Neptune is pretty huge, a trait his daughter takes after, visually setting him off from his people, and he's a firm ruler who doesn't back down in the face of danger.
Manchild: Between his odd mannerisms and the fact that he gets scolded like a child by his advisers, despite being 70, his maturity is a bit questionable.
May–December Romance: He and Otohime had an age difference of 24 years.
Mr. Exposition: Near the end of Fish-Man Island arc, he explains the history behind the Poneglyph of the Ryugu Kingdom when Robin asked him.
No Mouth: His mouth is hidden by his beard.
Oh, Crap!: His reaction upon learning that the Tamatebako Box is rigged to explode if opened by a thief, and has now fallen into the hands of Big Mom of all people.
Older Than They Look: While clearly not young, a lot of fans were surprised when it was reveal via All There in the Manual that he was 70, especially since his he still has his natural hair color.
Papa Wolf: Is about to punch the crap out of Charlos for attempting to kidnap his daughter, albeit crying Berserker Tears for almost casting away his wife's efforts and wishes for her people to stay on the surface. Fortunately, Mjosgard defuses the situation before it could come to this.
Parent with New Paramour: Defied; After mistaking Robin's questions toward him as romantic interest, Neptune explains he has sworn to love only Otohime (even though she's in heaven) and not take on a new paramour.
Prongs of Poseidon: He's a mermaid king, his weapon should be pretty obvious.
Red Baron: He's referred to as Kaishin (Sea God) Neptune.
Sophisticated as Hell: Not to the point of actual swearing, but Neptune mixes elaborate words and a speech pattern generally befitting of a royal with more casual ones and plenty of contractions when he talks.
Strange Minds Think Alike: While still convinced that Luffy has kidnapped Shirahoshi for nefarious purposes, he (unknowingly) correctly theorizes that Luffy smuggled her out by stuffing her inside of Megalo, an idea his subjects dismiss as silly, of course.
Survivor Guilt: Feels that for his past actions of vengeance, bloodshed, and violence, he should've been the one to die and not his wife.
Taking the Bullet: When Hody is attacking his soldiers, Neptune throws himself in the way of Hody's water arrows. Hody calls him a fool for doing this.
Took a Level in Kindness: Claims that he used to be much more vindictive, but his dead wife, Otohime, helped him to become a better person.
Top-Heavy Guy: A rare legless example, but his upper body, especially his shoulders, is much wider than his waist.
Troubled Fetal Position: He did NOT take his wife's death well. It's actually one of the most disturbing scenes in the manga... He actually had to have the guards lock the doors on him out of fear that he was about to rip people apart.
Verbal Tic: Often uses "-Jamon" to end his sentences.
Walking Shirtless Scene: When he's underwater, he doesn't wear anything, leaving his bare torso naked. He did wear a black jacket at Otohime's funeral and wears a coat when attending the Reverie.

Queen Otohime

Voiced by: Michiko Neya (Japanese), Amanda Lee (English)

Age: 36

Debut: Chapter 621 (Manga), Episode 540 (Anime)

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"Their skin is a different color! They look different!" We can't wait for the humans who say those things to come around. We must go to them!"

—Chapter 621

A Goldfish Mermaid and the former queen of the Ryuguu Kingdom. Unlike Fisher Tiger, she wants a peaceful co-existence with the humans and spends most of the time fighting for this cause, even if hardly anyone support her. After making a deal with the World Nobles, many begins to support her and the idea of Fish-men living with humans, until she's assassinated. Her subjects are still loyal to her and her beliefs however.

Actual Pacifist: Otohime is opposed to the use of violence in any way, especially towards humans because she believes it leads to more violence, in stark contrast to Fisher Tiger's violent approach. However she does slap people who needs to be calmed down, but it ends up hurting her rather than the attacked.
All-Loving Hero: Exaggerated. Otohime can make a violent thief forced into a criminal life by poverty to reconsider his choices by pleading with him, then crying profusely as she sympathizes with his pain, of course after she slaps him several times. She's also immensely influential and gives passionate speeches, as she's adored all over Fish-Man Island. This trait is taken to the absolute extreme when she not only takes a bullet for a Celestial Dragon, who are the biggest Hate Sink of the entire series, but then leaves with him to the Holy Land and successfully negotiates with the other World Nobles.At the reverie, said Celestial Dragon shows to have been moved by Otohime's actions and has become a better person when he saves Shirahoshi.
Animal Motifs: More subtly, she has a dragon motif, as shown with the Dragon Palace, indicating her royal status and her contrast to Fisher Tiger, but the more evident one is her Fish-man type: the goldfish. The goldfish is traditionally a simple and weak fish, and Otohime is physically very weak, to the point she breaks her own bones by simply slapping a person, but in contrast has a very strong and determined personality.
Badass Pacifist: Otohime abhors violence, spreads her belief through a completely pacific way, and is willing to bear all the pain and sadness of her people so nobody else has to cry or bleed ever again. While she cannot fight, Otohime has a very strong personality and doesn't back down when someone comments her beliefs, she verbally beats the god complex out of one of the Celestial Dragons and convince him he was human like anyone else and not above everyone.
Bitch Slap: Parodied. In her debut Queen Otohime slaps a mugger with so much force that she breaks her own hand and starts crying because she feels sorry for his desperation. And then she hitting him again repeatedly for breaking the law.
Break the Cutie: Queen Otohime spends most of the time collecting signatures for her cause to have Fish-men and humans live together. Many children sign her petition, making Otohime very happy, until they come back to retrieve the papers because their parents don't approve it and think the humans are in the wrong. Otohime comes back home as cheerful as usual, until she locks herself in her room and bursts into tears.
Deceased Parents Are the Best: Otohime is a loving and caring mother but died eight years before the beginning of the series. Her children fondly remember her and have inherited her ideals.
Determinator: Even if nobody else support or believe in her cause, Otohime keeps on fighting for a future where humans and Fish-men live together without prejudice. Otohime feels broken when many kids retrieve their signatures following Fisher Tiger's death, but she doesn't give up and, eventually, it leads to Otohime having a discussion with the World Government itself about the relationship between Fish-Man Island and the rest of the world.
Drowning My Sorrows: After everyone retrieve their signatures for Otohime's cause, following Fisher Tiger's death, Otohime goes back home putting an happy smile but, after she's locked in her room, she cries and drinks a lot of wine. While drunk, Otohime calls out her people for their cowardice.
The Empath: Otohime uses her Observation Haki to sense someone's feelings, making her a very beloved queen who understands her people's struggles.
Establishing Character Moment: In her introduction, Otohime stops a thief, slaps him, breaking her hand in the process, and scolds him for having stolen. After the thief tries to justify his theft to feed his ten children, Otohime replies that it's even worse since then he would be a bad example for his children, but at the same time she cries and apologizes for not having noticed his suffering. This scene establish Otohime as a caring and loving queen who fights for justice, as well as a physically frail but mentally strong mermaid.
The Extremist Was Right: Otohime represents the extreme pacifism, in contrast to Fisher Tiger's violent course of action. She tries to reach her goal through exclusively pacifistic methods, and she insists on rescuing a stranded Celestial Dragon, even protecting him from his former slaves exacting vengeance and taking a bullet in his place. Her extreme actions allow her to get the Celestial Dragons to support her petition, and it pays off even bigger when said Celestial Dragon becomes a nice person, and would go on to free his slaves, rescue her daughter from an attempted kidnapping, and pledges his support for Fish-Man Island. Fisher Tiger himself, despite holding a huge hatred toward humans, in his final words admits that Otohime is right.
Foil: Otohime and Fisher Tiger, being based off Martin Luther King and Malcom X respectively, represent two different ways to fight racism and prejudice. Otohime is idealistic and uses pacific methods to reach a coexistence between humans and Fish-men, while Fisher Tiger is cynical and thinks humans and Fish-men must remain separate and frees the slaves with violent assaults (but forbids anyone to kill humans). They have a mutual respect for one another despite their difference in beliefs regarding humanity, and both are assasinated and in their last words they warn about the danger of spreading more hate.
Fragile Speedster: Otohime is fast enough to outrun her soldier escort and dodge bullets but her body is extremely fragile, to the point she breaks her hand slapping the man who shot at her.
Friend to All Children: While Otohime loves and is loved by most citizens in her kingdom, she cares a lot about the children, spending a lot of time talking to them, benevolently disciplining them, and teaching them of the life on the surface, and insisting that they shouldn't grow up to hate humans like many of the adult Fish-men and mermaids do. This is because she's aware of the danger of spreading the hate to the new generations and wants to prevent it.
Good Parents: She is seen to be very close with all four of her children. Even when she's exhausted from her work and depressed when her people no longer support her cause, it doesn't stop her from putting on a smile for her kids and spending time with them.
Go Out with a Smile: In her last moments, Otohime smiles as Fukaboshi promises her that he and his brothers would take care of Shirahoshi and that they'll make sure that the signatures from their people would be collected.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Otohime has blonde hair, complementing her golden palette fitting for an idealistic and pacific woman.
Harmful to Minors: Otohime believes that the best way to have children grow as better people is to leave them good examples. When a thief tries to justify his actions because of his ten children, Otohime remarks that it makes things worse since, aside of stealing, he would be a bad example for his children as well. This line of thought is also Otohime's course of action to extirpate the prejudices between Fish-men and humans in the future generations. When the inhabitants wonder why has she taken the bullet for an assholish Celestial Dragon, Otohime remarks that children are watching.
Hidden Depths: While at first Otohime appears to be the classic idealistic person, during her drunken rant, it's revealed revealed that part of her motivation to campaign is anger at the injustice of a world where opportunities for Fish-men are forever out of reach for no other reason than because they were Fish-men, and she both understands and accepts that some Fish-men can never forgive and reconcile with humans, focusing instead on making sure they do not pass their hatred on to the younger generation.
The High Queen: Otohime is the beloved queen of Fish-Man Island and, despite her noble appearance, she spends a lot of time among the citizens to make her kingdom a better place. Even years after her death, the citizens fondly remember her and are heartbroken when they're forced to step on her picture.
In Vino Veritas: When her people, even those who have previously supported her cause, starts backing out in the wake of Fisher Tiger's death, Otohime goes back home and gets completely smashed, then gets on the radio and viciously calls out her subjects for their cowardice, telling them that this kind of action would never improve their relationship with humans.
Inelegant Blubbering: Despite her elegant look and mature personality, when she cries, Otohime covers her face with snot and tears, as shown when she cries out of empathy for a thief and out of desperation when everyone take back his/her signatures for her cause.
Innocent Blue Eyes: Otohime has big blue eyes, similar to those of a child, that emphasize her purity and idealism.
Last Request: In her last moments, while dying in her arms, Otohime begs her children to never hold any hatred towards who shot her, and the five of them hold the fingers together to tie the promise. Shirahoshi keeps the promise to the point she doesn't even reveal that it was Hody who shot her mother.
Ki Manipulation: Despite not being a fighter, Otohime is capable of using Observation Haki as shown when she dodges a gun's bullet. However, she mostly uses it to sense the others' feelings.
May–December Romance: Otohime is 24 years her husband Neptune's junior but the two deeply love each other and, even a decade after her death, Neptune still mourns her.
Messianic Archetype: Otohime spends her life to improve her people's live and to solve the troubled relationship between humans and fish-men, never giving up her ideals in front of any difficulty. She protects a Celestial Dragon after the latter threatened to kill some fish-men to stop the spreading of hate and, in the end, she's martyrized for her cause. To add more to the symolism, after her death, Hody Jones forces the people to step on Otohime's image, similarly to how Christians were forced to step on the image of the Virgin Mary.
Missing Mom: Otohime is killed ten years before the events of Fish-Man Island, leaving her children without a maternal figure since they were young. The one hit the most is Shirahoshi, who can't even get to properly pay her respects to her mother until Luffy came along, because Vander Decken's continuous threats force the princess mermaid to remain locked in her room.
Non-Action Guy: Discussed when Otohime is offered to have a talk with the World Nobles in the Holy Land. Neptune offers to go in Otohime's place since she's very frail but Otohime refuses, because it proves humanity's tolerance if even someone weak like her can go to their nation and return unharmed.
No Celebrities Were Harmed:
- The Martin Luther King Jr. to Tiger's Malcolm X. Her having been assassinated for her cause, in broad daylight via sniper gun shot, just as MLK was, also draws parallels.
- The New Fish-Man Pirates force the island's citizens to step on a Fumi-e with her image, a reference to how Christians in Japan were forced to step on an icon of Jesus or the Virgin Mary.
Only Six Faces: Averted. Contrary to the majority of attractive female women, who either have Nami's or Robin's face, Otohime is beautiful and has a face clearly distinct from the other female characters.
Posthumous Character: Otohime is killed eight years before the beginning of the series with a gunshot, not unlike Martin Luther King Jr., by Hody Jones. Her actions and her desire to bring down racism between humans and Fish-men is one of the main themes of the Fish-Man Island arc.
Rags to Royalty: Otohime was born as a common inhabitant of Fish-Man Island and became queen after marrying king Neptune. Despite this, both as a common person and as a royal, Otohime keeps her ideals to make a world where humans and Fish-men can coexist.
Silk Hiding Steel: Despite being as frail as she looks, Otohime is one of the bravest and most heroic women in the One Piece universe, and her strong personality helps to fight the racism in Fish-Man Island. Thanks to her will, Otohime obtains a deal with the racist World Nobles after having gone all by herself to the Holy Lands.
Small Parent, Huge Child: All of Otohime's children grew up to be taller than her, with her shortest child Manboshi being more than twice her height. The tallest child, Shirahoshi, was already bigger than Otohime when she was less than a year old, and as a teen, Shirahoshi is over 30 feet taller than her mother. None of the children are bigger than their giant-sized father Neptune, though.
Soapbox Sadie: Otohime has been a supporter of her pacifistic and inclusive ideas since she was young, and at the time she often organized protests against the racism present on Fish-Man Island. Unlike most examples, however, she was beloved by nearly everyone: even the royal guards could barely hide their admiration for her.
Taking the Bullet: When a Celestial Dragon ends up on Fish-Man Island, he arrogantly orders the inhabitants to bring him a doctor, whlie bragging his status as World Noble. Said inhabitants, however, decides to give him a slow and painful death for all the pain the Celestial Dragons inflicts on others but, when they're about to shoot him, Otohime jumps in the middle and gets non-fatally shot in his place. This action eventually leads to St. Miosgard to become a good person.
Tender Tears: Like her daughter, Otohime cries at the drop of a hat, because her heart is so pure and kind and she emphatizes a lot with her people.
Tiger Versus Dragon: One of Otohime's Animal Motif is the dragon, to put her in contrast with Fisher Tiger's tiger motif and emphasize their different ideologies and ways to fight prejudice.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Neptune laments that someone as innocent as her would die while he, who has killed plenty of humans during his life, would come off as a hypocrite trying to sustain the dream of human/Fish-man harmony.
Universally Beloved Leader: Deconstructed. Otohime has always been beloved by everyone because of her kind and empathic nature. Even when she was a young and rebellious teen, the royal guards can't hide their admiration. This admiration is also what allows Otohime to became a queen, since she's already beloved in her younger days and the royal guards suggested Neptune to marry her. Unfortunately, being loved doesn't mean everyone agrees with you and Otohime has to fight a lot to have people support her cause. However, because she's so popular, Hody Jones kills Otohime to stop her beliefs and the plans of a co-existence with the humans.
Wide-Eyed Idealist: Otohime is a firm believer of a peaceful coexistence between humans and Fish-men, despite her own people being skeptical at best. While she's aware some Fish-men's hatred cannot go, she believes the future generations will have a better relationship if the prejudice isn't passed on, and she keeps her own beliefs even as she dies.

"Mermaid Princess" Shirahoshi

Voiced by: Yukana (Japanese), Bryn Apprill (English)

Age: 16

Debut: Chapter 612 (Manga), Episode 531 (Anime)

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"It was the promise I made with mother on her deathbed!! That no matter who the criminal was, not to hate them!"

The princess of the Ryugu Kingdom and the youngest child of King Neptune. A surprisingly huge Giant Smelt-Whiting mermaid. She is really huge, but has a very fragile personality. At the beginning, she's kept locked away in the castle tower to keep Vander Decken from killing her with his Devil Fruit ability. Because of this isolation, she has a poor understanding of the world outside, but later develops an interest in it thanks to Luffy's help.

All-Loving Heroine: She inherited her kindness from her mother. She knew who her mother's murderer was and she kept it to herself for 10 years to honor her mother's last wish to bear no ill will against her killer, and prevent others from seeking vengeance. However, this takes a more disturbing twist when it turns out that the one who killed Otohime was not one of the humans she was trying to make peace with, but a Fish-man who was sick and tired of this very quality.
Apocalypse Maiden: Shirahoshi is the modern incarnation of the ancient weapon Poseidon, who had the power to control the Sea Kings and potentially destroy the world. She uses her power for the first time when she was a child, accidentally summoning some Sea Kings. In the present story, she consciously uses it for the first time to stop Noah from destroying Fish-Man Island.
Badass Pacifist: She may not have any fighting skills (that she's aware of, anyway), but it still takes guts to brave herself against a gigantic projectile that's coming at her, and try to lure it away from the island to protect its citizens.
The Beastmaster: While a common trait among Fish-men and Merfolk is to control sea life, it's revealed that Shirahoshi has the power to summon and control the Sea Kings, enormous sea monsters, in cases of distress. This is why Vander Decken wants to marry her.
Because You Were Nice to Me: Her initial reaction upon seeing Luffy for the first time is to cry and call for her dad but, after Luffy deflects an axe aimed at her, Shirahoshi quietly hides him from the Minister of Right.
Big Little Sister: Shirahoshi is the youngest of Neptune's children and the only one to have fully inherited his size. While her brothers are relatively big as well, even as a baby, Shirahoshi was already bigger than them.
Blush Sticker: She has a permanent blush on her cheeks which just adds to her cuteness and emphasizes her shyness.
Boob-Based Gag: Shirahoshi's boobs are huge even relative to her size. Luffy is able to (unintentionally) use them as a trampoline.
Commonality Connection: She quickly bonds with Vivi, Rebecca, the Tontatta, and Dalton over their shared friendship with Luffy.
Cowardly Lion: When the colossal ancient vessel Noah, now targeted towards her, flies careening towards Fish-Man Island, Shirahoshi unhesitatingly prepares to give her life to save her people by swimming away from Fish-Man Island so the vessel will crash into her and her alone. Ladies and gentlemen, the definition of courage itself. Even Luffy notes that she's not a coward, just a crybaby.
Cute Giant: Shirahoshi is a gigantic mermaid but is just as beautiful as most One Piece women, while her introverted and childish personality make her more adorable in spite of her size.
The Empath: All There in the Manual reveals she has inherited her mother's form of Observation Haki, though this has yet to be shown in the manga.
Generation Xerox: Her personality is quite similar to her mother's, who was also kind and empathetic. Unlike Otohime, Shirahoshi is, at least initially, weak-willed and shy.
Gentle Giant: Shirahoshi has inherited her father's huge size and her mother's kindess. Even if she's easily scared, she tries her best to help her people and, after Luffy saves her life, she hides him to protect him from the royal guards.
Giant Equals Invincible: Complete aversion. Despite being the largest member of the royal family alongside her father, she has no fighting skill whatsoever. Though she promises to Luffy to stop being a crybaby, and considering her power to command Sea Kings, she will improve a lot.
Giant Woman: Shirahoshi is one gigantic mermaid, far larger than the Ryugu Kingdom merfolk or even her big brothers. She's the only one retaining the gigantic size of her father, Neptune. She's also very pretty (it's often said the seat of World's Most Beautiful Woman is shared between Boa Hancock and her) and surprisingly Prone to Tears for her size.
Girl in the Tower: She was confined to a tower in the Ryugu Royal Palace since she was a little child, after Vander Decken started threatening her with his "love letters" (weapons aimed at her). Spending most of her life locked in a room, Shirahoshi grew up socially awkward and afraid of everything but wins over her fears with Luffy's help.
Heroic Sacrifice: Attempted. As soon as she realizes the Noah is coming after her specifically, she hightails it off Fish-Man Island to lure the ship away from the people. It almost works, but then Decken is rendered unconscious and the ship begins falling down to the island.
Honor Before Reason: Deliberately hides her knowledge of the fact that Hody Jones is her mother Otohime's killer to honor her mother's wishes and stop the cycle of hate, although this leaves him able to build up enough power over time to attempt his coup. Downplayed in that the Straw Hats praise her devotion and, after Hody is defeated, the cycle of hate is stated to be broken for good.
The Ingenue: She's very innocent with little knowledge of the outside world, and also is prone to crying.
Innocent Blue Eyes: She's got light blue eyes and she's innocent to a fault.
Irony: Smelt-whiting are usually tiny, but Shirahoshi is a gigantic mermaid.
It Runs in the Family: Neptune is a pretty big guy, so her size is not that surprising. Could also apply to her powers, which are the same as with a previous mermaid princess: Poseidon.
Kawaiiko: Every home should have one. Unfortunately, too big to take home with you.
Living Macguffin: Being the current incarnation of a Sea King-controlling, potentially world destroying weapon makes her one by default.
Lust Object: She attracts a lot of men, especially humans who attend the Reverie. St. Charloss in particular tries to make her his slave twice.
MacGuffin Super-Person: Vander Decken wants to marry her so he can use her ability to control Sea Kings.
Monster Lord: It's not obvious at first, but The Sea Kings who came to her aid state that every few hundred years, "(their) queen will be born in the form of one of the merfolk". This isn't the ability to simply tame wild beasts a la The Beastmaster, she's their one true ruler by birth.
Ms. Fanservice: She's as sexy as she is cute; the very sight of her is enough to turn Sanji to stone the first time he lays eyes on her^note.
Nice Girl: She's kind and very polite to everyone, even her stalker.
No Social Skills: Justified in being confined to her room for a decade. Shirahoshi is very shy, socially awkward and afraid of strangers, to the point she bursts into tears and calls her father when Luffy enters her room. After befriending Luffy and facing Hody, Shirahoshi becomes braver and more extroverted, but still has some troubles when interacting with strangers. The only exceptions are Vivi and Rebecca, with whom she quickly bonds through their shared friendship with Luffy.
Pacifism Backfire: Shirahoshi obeys her mother and doesn't give up to the hate but, by not revealing that Otohime was assassinated by Hody Jones, it allows the latter to amass power in preparation for his eventual coup, leading to a little war in Fishman Island.
Person of Mass Destruction: She has the ability to summon and communicate with Sea Kings, a power that's said to be able to, if used incorrectly, destroy entire islands. Shirahoshi isn't the first to have this power, as the Poneglyph of Shandora describes a weapon called "Poseidon", which was actually the Mermaid Princess at the time this was written. In such a sense, Shirahoshi is the new Poseidon.
Pink Means Feminine: She's a gorgeous mermaid princess with a sweet nature, thus her design is predominately pink from her hair to her fins.
Poor Communication Kills: As it turns out, she knew all along Hody Jones was the one who murdered her mother for supporting human-Fish-man coexistence, but deliberately withheld the information in order to honor her mother's last wish to bear no ill will against her killer and prevent others from seeking revenge. While her intentions were noble, her decision to keep quiet allowed Hody to gain enough power to easily overwhelm Fish-Man Island's military and plot a coup; Hody even takes the time to rub it in her face. In her defense, she was a grieving little girl at the time trying to honor her mother's dying wish while being locked in the tower after Vander Decken starts threatening her with his "love letters" (weapons aimed at her).
Princess Classic: She's the princess of Fish-Man Island. She's innocent, kind, and so utterly committed to peace between Fish-men and humans that she doesn't reveal the identity of her mother's killer for a decade. Her beauty is said to rival that of Boa Hancock. Her clothing is about as pimped-out as the traditional mermaid sea-shell halter will allow. About the only way she doesn't play this trope straight down the line is that she turns out to be not so defenseless, having the nigh-apocalyptic power to control Sea Kings.
Prone to Tears: For someone so huge, she's quite fragile and cries easily, even from something as light as being yelled at. This results in Luffy calling her a crybaby. She inherited this trait from her mother, but ramped up to eleven.
Rose-Haired Sweetie: She has long pink hair, and a very sweet and innocent demeanor.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Before Jimbei steps in, Shirahoshi offers to donate her blood to Luffy, not even thinking of the law prohibiting giving humans blood. Chopper turns down the offer because she does not have Type-F blood.
Seashell Bra: Or rather pearls.
Sheltered Aristocrat: Due to being locked up in the castle tower for most of her life, Shirahoshi has very limited knowledge of the outside world. She asks Luffy all kinds of questions about mundane things like the sun, animals, and forests.
Shrinking Violet: Despite being huge enough to crush a person, she's incredibly shy and unused to meeting new people. Justified given she's spent a decade living in a tower because of a madman trying to kill her.
Silk Hiding Steel: Do not underestimate her just because she is a kind-hearted crybaby; it takes strength of character to keep the promise of not hating your mother's murderer and when the lives of her people are on the line, she's as brave as any warrior in the One Piece universe.
Tears of Fear: Especially when first introduced, Shirahoshi is scared of anything strange to her, and her reaction is bursting into tears and calling for help.
Tender Tears: Tends to cry a lot. Though given the situation she's lived in for most of her life, it's kind of understandable.
The So-Called Coward: Like daughter like mom, it's her kindness that makes her a hero. And though she might seem like a shy coward, she'd lay her life down to save her island.
The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: Neptune is no looker, but Shirahoshi is very lovely and absolutely huge. She clearly inherited her look from her mother.
Walking Spoiler: Due to being the living incarnation of Poseidon.
The World Is Just Awesome: Come the Reverie arc, she's in complete awe of the world above the sea, and wishes for her island to be moved to surface level so that her subjects can see for themselves how beautiful the world is.
World's Most Beautiful Woman: Many claim that her beauty rivals that of Boa Hancock and, when she goes to the Reverie, many journalists describes her as the most beautiful woman of the world.
Youngest Child Wins: Shirahoshi is the youngest child of the Neptune family and the one most tied to the plot because she is the latest incarnation of Poiseidon, a mermaid able to control Sea Kings.
You're Not My Type:
- She says this is the reason that she won't marry Vander Decken. Considering that she has been confined to a tower for a decade to protect her from weapons he is constantly throwing at her, it shocks everyone that this is her issue.
- It shows up again when she's attending Reverie and a few of the nobles approach her with marriage proposals of their own, prompting a very flustered Shirahoshi to tell all of them this, much to everyone's shock. She unintentionally leaves several of the nobles feeling slighted.
Your Size May Vary: She is, in theory, 11.87 m (~39 feet) tall; in practice, she is almost never drawn to that scale, even taking Depending on the Artist into account. Generally her on-panel/screen appearances depict her about two to three times that height. She’s especially oversized in her first appearance, big enough for Luffy to stand between her breasts with room to spare in a That's No Moon moment. A number of shots even draw her larger than Megalo, whose mouth she's supposed to (barely) fit inside.

Fukaboshi

Voiced by: Kentarō Itō (Japanese), Jarrod Greene (English)

Age: 24

Debut: Chapter 609 (Manga), Episode 528 (Anime)

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"You see mother we made it... Back to zero!"

The eldest of the three princes of the Ryugu Kingdom and a shark merman. He assists Luffy in his battle against Hody Jones.

Chick Magnet: The mermaids the Straw Hats were playing with all squee with delight when he and the other princes show up. It helps that he has a much less exaggerated appearance than his brothers.
The Comically Serious: He's a permanently grim, serious guy who exists in One Piece and ends up as an ally of Luffy, the resident Fun Personified. This trope comes with the territory.
Disappointed by the Motive: He furiously confronts Hody, demanding to know why he hates humans so much and what they did to him to make him into such a monster. He's shocked to discover that Hody has never actually had any bad experiences with humans, and was just raised to hate them without even knowing why. Fukaboshi proceeds to send out a mass-communication admitting that Hody's grudge is "one without substance".
Distressed Dude: Becomes this for a while alongside his brothers and father, after being defeated by Hody.
Face of a Thug: He's a much more decent, reasonable guy than his narrow eyes, jagged teeth, and grim, intimidating demeanour suggest.
Gonk: Not as much as his brothers though, as he at least has a Heroic Build. The anime also makes his face much less angular.
Gut Feeling: When royals from all over the world attend the Reverie in Mariejois, Fukaboshi subtly leads his family away from using the Celestial Dragons' travelator, because he has a bad feeling about it. It turns out that the travelator is operated underneath by slaves who have to pull the walkway forward.
Kamehame Hadoken: Is able to use the "Ultramarine" technique, just like his father.
Making a Splash: Again, "Ultramarine", which is a huge blast of torrential water.
Meaningful Name: Fuka means "shark" or "dogfish", fitting Fukaboshi's Fish-man type.
Only Sane Man: Among his living family, he's the most normal one and doesn't have any quirks.
Perpetual Frowner: He has exaggerated Tsurime Eyes in a permanent glare. Even when he's wearing a friendly smile (which isn't often), he manages to make it look grim.
Prongs of Poseidon: His weapon is a large trident, fitting for the firstborn of an aquatic royal family.
Rousing Speech: Fukaboshi made one at his mother's funeral to keep the spirit of the subjects high.
Shark Man: Specifically, Dogfish shark.
The Stoic: It really sticks out when he's next to his more quirky brothers. Because of this, most serious scenes have him as the center character.
Threatening Shark: Subverted. Fukaboshi is a Shark merman and has an intimidating face, but he's actually quite calm and reasonable.
Warrior Prince: Fukaboshi is the firstborn son of Neptune & Otohime, and is one of the strongest soldiers in Ryugu Kingdom's Neptune Army.

Ryuboshi and Manboshi

Voiced by: Ryuboshi: Yusuke Numata (Japanese), Alex Ross (English); Manboshi: Kazunari Tanaka [2011–2012], Yasuhiro Mamiya [2017–present] (Japanese), Troy Hughes (English)

Age: Ryuboshi: 23; Manboshi: 20

Debut: Chapter 609 (Manga), Episode 528 (Anime)

Ryuboshi

Manboshi

Respectively the second and third oldest prince of the Ryugu Kingdom. Ryuboshi is a slim oarfish merman while Manboshi is a plump opah merman. Both like singing and dancing and even talk while singing.

Acrofatic: Manboshi has a rotund, stocky appearance, but like his brothers he's a very nimble fighter.
Becoming the Mask: The two develop their respective Verbal Tics to cheer Shirahoshi up on the day that their mother die, keeping it up since.
Big Fun: Manboshi is cartoonishly fat and very jovial and loves to dance. It was invoked ten years before to cheer up his "little" sister after their mother was assassinated.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Despite their goofy and cheerful behaviour, Ryuboshi and Manboshi are very competent princes. During the Reverie, they remains cheerful but in a much more level-headed way than usual, as they are aware of the importance of the event.
Cerebus Retcon: They're constantly cheerful and upbeat, more often than not singing while talking and dancing for no reason. They began this habit ten years before the events of Fish-Man Island to cheer up Shirahoshi when their mother, Otohime, was shot and to prevent her from accidentally unleashing the Sea Kings on Fish-Man Island.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: At first, they appear to be two goofy and upbeat mermen but, when is necessary, they are able to fight and defeat giant sea monsters. They're also aware of how to behave during the Reverie, during which they drop their singing and dancing habit.
Dissonant Serenity: They begin dancing and singing when their mother bleads to death beside them. This is a deliberate act they put on to reassure Shirahoshi everything is fine so she doesn't inadvertently summon Sea Kings in her distress, but Ryuboshi and Mamboshi can't hold back their tears as they perform.
Dual Wielding: When in combat, Ryuboshi wields two long rapiers.
Fat and Skinny: They're constantly together, but are easy to tell apart because Ryuboshi is very slim while Manboshi is fat. This also reflects their fish-type: Ryuboshi is an oarfish (a very long, eel-like, fish) merman and Manboshi is an opah (a stocky fish) merman.
Punny Name: Manboshi likes to do the Mambo dance.
Stepford Smiler: Ryuuboshi and Mamboshi's "dancing and singing" routine comes from their last attempt to cheer up their little sister, who at the time was just a kid, right after seeing their mom shot and dying.
Verbal Tic: They both tend to sing while talking. Ryuboshi has also the habit of ending his sentences with musical scales, while Manbo often says "Akkamambo".
Warrior Prince: They're the second and third sons of King Neptune and, while not to the extent of their older brother, Fukaboshi, they're both strong warriors, able to fight giant sea monsters.
Walking Shirtless Scene: Manboshi doesn't wear a shirt. Averted during the Reverie, in which he does wear one.

Servants

Megalo

Shirahoshi's pet shark. Despite his toothy appearance, he's quite a sweetheart.

All Animals Are Domesticated: Justified as merfolk can talk to fish, which makes house training them easier than a land animal. Megalo acts more like a cuddly pet than a wild predator.
Androcles' Lion: The Straw Hats unwittingly rescue him from Surume's clutches. And then Megalo informs King Neptune who invites the crew to their palace as thanks.

Neptune Army

The Royal army of the Ryuguu Kingdom, lead by Neptune's three sons. It was created recently to contrast the threat of the vicious Van Der Decken IX, who is harassing Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi and wants to marry her.

Cool Old Guy: The Minister of the Right, who looks like a warrior.
Non-Action Guy: The Minister of the Left.
Prongs of Poseidon: The Minister of the Right is a catfish fishman who wields a huge trident-shaped Halbeard.
Punny Name: Their troops are the Ammo Knights. Ammo is a short-hand word for "Ammonite", i.e. fossilized snails, which their armor looks like. Also, Neptune's Whale mount "Hoe" means Whale in Japanese.

Civilians

Hatchan

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese); George Manley [Funimation dub], Sean Schemmel [4Kids dub] (English)^note

Age: 36 (Pre-Timeskip), 38 (Post-Timeskip)

Debut: Chapter 69 (Manga), Episode 31 (Anime)

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Hatchan, often called "Hachi", is an octopus Fish-man, former officer of the Arlong Pirates and a former member of the Sun Pirates. After the crew split up, he joined Arlong's crew and became the handler of the sea cow Momoo. When the Straw Hats came to take down Arlong, he was defeated by Zoro, and was imprisoned by the Marines. However, he managed to escape, and met the mermaid Camie after saving her from Sea Kings and Fish-man slavers. He opened up a seafood stand with her, fulfilling a childhood dream.

Later on, he crossed paths with the Straw Hats once again while they were heading for Fish-Man Island. He revealed that he felt bad about what had happened at Arlong Park, and decided to try and make it up to them and Nami by guiding them to the Sabaody Archipelago where they could have their ship coated for the underwater journey by Silvers Rayleigh, an old friend of his from before his pirate days.

Affably Evil: During his time as a villain, he's so friendly and absent-minded that it's kinda hard to forget that he works for Arlong.
The Atoner: In order to make it up to Nami and the other Straw Hats, he's even willing to take them to the most dangerous places in Sabaody Archipelago for a Fish-man to go. He reveals this after getting pummeled for his efforts (although he was fairly obvious about it when making fritters for the Straw Hats).
Breath Weapon: As an octopus, he can squirt ink from his mouth.
Carnivore Confusion: One way to look at the fact that he's an octopus-man who makes takoyaki. Although this is arguably justified, since octopi do eat other octopi.
Chef of Iron: After leaving the Arlong Pirates, he opens a takoyaki shop. That doesn't mean he's lost his combat abilities.
Day in the Limelight: He gets his own Mini-Adventure that details his adventures starting from his escape from the Navy and ending with him opening his own takoyaki stand. The cover page series reveals Hachi's Hidden Depths and prepares readers for his Heel–Face Turn.
Dumb Muscle: He is not very bright, but is one of Arlong's strongmen.
Friendly Target: Misfortune always seems to be coming Hatchan's way. As if being defeated handily by Zoro wasn't enough, after his Heel–Face Turn, karma decides to have his friends kidnapped, have him lose his girlfriend, be captured in the process of rescuing them, being shot by a World Noble, his ass getting kicked while defending the Thousand Sunny from the Marines, with Duval and Kuma, and being attacked with a hail of arrows by Van Der Decken putting him close to death.
Funnel-Mouthed Cephalopod: Hatchan is octopus Fish-man and, among his octopus traits, he has a funnel-like mouth.
Good Feels Good:
- Hachi's cover page story is basically an averted trope of No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. Every time Hachi helps someone, they are grateful and give Hachi something that helps him to help someone else. In the end, Hachi is able to save a whole town of catfish, who in turn build a ship for his floating takoyaki stand.
- Even when his actions get him shot by a Celestial Dragon, he still gets rewarded. He earns Nami's forgiveness and Luffy defends him from the noble. Post-Time Skip, the Straw Hats make it all too clear that the past is in the past and that they now consider him a close friend.
Heel–Face Turn: Nami isn't convinced until he got shot, and revealed he tried hard to earn their forgiveness but managed to mess that up. Luffy told him not to worry about it in his own way.
Hero of Another Story: Let it be known that this guy has single-handedly saved Camie countless times. It just so happens that the people he clashes with when the Straw Hats are around are so much stronger than him...
Hopeless Suitor: Hachi has feelings for an octopus Fish-woman called Octopako, but she rejects his proposal. He gets over it pretty soon and opens a takoyaki stand with Camie.
I'm a Humanitarian: He's an octopus man that cooks takoyaki. Subverted when he claims he uses other tentacled species.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: By multiple arrows and a dagger. Darn You, Decken!
Mr. Exposition: Ironically, he becomes this in Sabaody Archipelago, despite his previous status as Dumb Muscle. Justified, as the only thing he's expositing is the social position of Fish-men on Sabaody Archipelago, which was where he grew up. Plus, that sort of thing is really hard to ignore when it's the sort of cultural conditioning akin to being black under Jim Crow (arguably worse, as slaves can still actively be taken on Sabaody). The fact that he survived there as long as he did means he had to be aware of it. And after witnessing first hand what Luffy did in Arlong Park, he was more than aware how the Straw Hats would react to it.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Being a octopus-man with six arms, and swords, he's not one to be messed with.
Multi Wielding: A sextuple-wielding swordsman.
Nice Guy: After his Heel–Face Turn. Actually, even before that to an extent.
Nobody Touches the Hair: Parodied in his fight vs Zoro, when Zoro cuts a piece from his hair.
'"MY HAIR! You jerk! I'm gonna... I'm gonna... forgive you. I mean it's only hair, it'll grow back!
Oblivious to Love: He doesn't seem to notice Camie's crush.
Pet the Dog: His kind treatment of Camie and Pappagu.
Reformed, but Rejected: While the Straw Hats accepted Hatchan and Nami was fine with him aboard since he would pose no threat even if he was still evil, she was still distrustful of him until he got shot.
Self-Serving Memory: Not done out of malice, but when he meets the Straw Hats again in the Sabaody arc, Hatchan apologizes for having "roughed up" Zoro during their fight in Arlong Park. Zoro points out that Hatchan barely landed a hit on him. Being a bit dumb, Hatchan might just have misremembered that Zoro walked into Arlong Park already injured from his fight with Mihawk.
Simpleton Voice: In the 4Kids dub.
She's a Man in Japan: The German dub made Hatchan a.k.a. Okta female during the Arlong Park arc and gave him a female voice actor. With his reappearance, he's turned back to a man, but his voice actress continued to voice him, albeit with a much deeper voice than she previously did.
Supreme Chef: His fried octopus is apparently quite delicious, as the Straw Hats all greatly enjoy it.
Token Good Teammate: He's the nicest member of Arlong's crew, as well as the only one to get fully redeemed.
True Companions: This is the major reason he was with the Arlong Pirates: he was in the original Sun Pirates before it broke up, and went with Arlong towards the East Blue.

Camie

Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa (Japanese), Megan Shipman (English)

Age: 16 (Pre-Timeskip), 18 (Post-Timeskip)

Debut: Chapter 195 (Manga), Episode 385 (Anime)

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"Luffy-chin!"

A young Kissing Gourami mermaid who dreams of being a fashion designer. She has a tendency to be eaten by sea monsters and kidnapped by slavers, having met Hatchan when he rescued her from one such incident. She helps him open a seafood stand after he saved her again from a group of Fish-man slavers. When she and Hatchan take the Straw Hats to the Sabaody Archipelago, her being kidnapped by slavers (yes, again) sets off a series of escalating From Bad to Worse moments for the pirate crew.

She is accompanied by a talking starfish named Pappagu, who constantly frets over her safety. Hatchan's friend Shakky teases her occasionally for having a crush on the octopus Fish-man.

Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Completely averted; she's damn cute, but also executes some of the most excellent Jaw Drops ever for a female in the series.
Brain Bleach: Invoked in-universe when the Straw Hats meet her. As the last mermaid they met was decidedly less attractive, they bleach their memories of that mermaid so good-looking Camie is the first one that comes to mind. Especially Zoro, who literally wiped his own memory on the spot of their first mermaid encounter!
The Chew Toy: She's constantly eaten by Sea Kings and kidnapped by slave traders.
Damsel in Distress: Played for Laughs. She notes that she and Pappagu have been eaten by sea monsters 20 times and captured by slavers (the same slavers, no less) about 30 times, and Hatchan always rescues them. Usopp calls her out on it, too.
Hopeless Suitor: The poor girl has some unrequited feelings towards Hachi... made worse by how it's probably the only sympathetic depiction of romantic love in the story.
Ms. Fanservice: She is one of the mermaids wearing cropped T-shirts, and after the two-year timeskip she wears a cropped spaghetti-strap top that shows off her well-toned stomach. In color spread of chapter 724, she wears a seashell bra, showing off her bare back, at some kind of Mermaid Cafe.
Neutral Female: Considering that she's a Distressed Damsel par excellence... Though be fair, there wasn't much she could actively do about it since she was stuck in a fishbowl with an exploding collar around her neck. Try picturing yourself like that and wonder if you could ever do something.
Nice Girl: She's a real sweetheart, instantly befriending the Straw Hats the moment they met.
Spell My Name With An S: Camie? Or is it Caimie? Or maybe even Keimei? Both the manga and Funimation subtitles settle on "Camie", but fans, fansubs and the wiki vary on which spelling they use.
Super-Speed: Mermaids are among the fastest creatures in the sea, and Camie's no exception. When putting her mind to it, Camie can outswim the Flying Fish Rider's mounts, which are known as some of the fastest animals underwater.
Wild Take: She has probably the craziest take◊ in the series (which is saying something) and it takes very little to set her off. (It's a reference to the species of fish she bears the tail of, Kissing Gourami.)

Madam Sharley

Madame Sharley

Voiced by: Romi Park (English), Morgan Berry (English)

Age: 29

Debut: Chapter 610 (Manga), Episode 529 (Anime)

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A beautiful, large Shortfin Mako Mermaid who runs the Mermaid Café in Fish-Man Island. Sharley is also a well known seeress, and foretold great events like the coming of the Great Age of Piracy and Whitebeard's death. She recently freaked out when she predicted Fish-Man Island's destruction at the hands of a person wearing a "straw hat," which may implicate Luffy or Decken. She is also the younger half-sister of Arlong.

Berserk Button: She responds poorly to vulgarity, as seen when Luffy asks if mermaids poop.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: She uses one of those long cigarette holders like a high class lady.
Hellish Pupils: Not only are her pupils slitted, but her irises are ovular.
In the Hood: Ever since she was a child, Sharley has always worn a hood, giving her a more omnious and mysterious appearance to hint at her prophetic abilities.
Navel-Deep Neckline: Her hoodie covers her chest, but it has a frilled V-neck and Sharley doesn't seem to be wearing anything underneath it, leaving a good part of her chest exposed.
Nightmare Face: At Usopp and Luffy, when the latter once again asked if mermaids poop. Complete with fangs.
Prophecy Twist: She foresaw the destruction of Fish-Man Island. Only it wasn't literal. Unless there's more to come, of course.
Seers: Madame Sharley is a well known seeress, but know she has given up her career. Only to casually fortell the destruction of Fish-Man Island.
Sibling Yin-Yang: Sharley is Arlong's half-sister, but doesn't share his cruel misanthropy.
Small Role, Big Impact: Her role is quite small, appears in less than 10 chapters out of more than 1000. Her existence isn't even mentioned by Arlong and her role in the present seems self-contained. And yet the 20-year-long prophecy she told Roger during his visit to Fishman Islands basically set the plot in motion since Roger and Oden choose their last actions to inspire and aid the destined hero when the time comes.
Statuesque Stunner: She's very beautiful and also enormous compared to normal merpeople (though not to Shirahoshi's extent).
Threatening Shark: Downplayed, she is a very nice person. Just don't be rude with her.
The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: Or rather, The Ugly Arlong's Hot Sister. Somewhat justified in that you can't guess what offspring a Fish-man/merfolk would bear (and that she's just Arlong's half sister), but still.

Den

A merman shipwright and younger brother to Tom, Franky's mentor.

Nice Guy: A friendly and helpful dude who hits it off with Franky when they first meet.

Surume

Voiced by: Jessie James Grelle (EN)

Age: 120

Debut: Chapter 604 (Manga), Episode 524 (Anime)

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Also known as the Kraken, a gigantic octopus that resides deep beneath the ocean. He first appears as an obstacle for the Straw Hats before they can reach Fish-Man Island, but Luffy Zoro and Sanji defeat him with ease. It's later revealed he works for the New Fish-Man Pirates due to complicated reasons. The Kraken gets his new name "Surume" from Luffy after being befriended by him following the battle.

An Arm and a Leg: Zoro severs apart one of his tentacles like an apple. This is actually not a big deal, as Surume can simply regenerate them back.
Badass Adorable: Surume is a fearsome kraken, able to sink entire ships with his tentcles nut, after Luffy tames him, his adorable side comes out.
Combat Tentacles: His tentacles are his main "weapons". Surume has more tentacles than double the number of a normal octopi. At his size, the tentacles make Surume a dangerous enough threat that it takes people of Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji's caliber to deal him any notable harm, and even then it wouldn't last very long because of his regeneration.
Defeat Means Friendship: Surume doesn't side with the Straw Hats until being beaten into submission, and decides he's better off on their side after Having a tentacle sliced up and another one burnt.
Funny Octopus: A gigantic, squishy octopus who is actually friendly and only worked under Hody by being threatened.
Good All Along: While he appears to be a malicious monster, Surume is actually nice. The reason why he joins the New Fish-Man Pirates is because Hody threatens to kill his brothers if he doesn't obey him.
Heel–Face Turn: Originally works under the New Fish-Man Pirates, but switches sides when Luffy tames him.
Kraken and Leviathan: The former. It is noted as a legendary creature whose brother’s corpse will sell for a decent price if he doesn’t obey Hody’s orders.
Non-Indicative Name: Surume actually refers to dried squid and not octopus. Justified since it's a name he receives from Luffy.
Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Surume tends to fight equally-giant creatures with quick tentacles attack.
Team Pet: Initially, Surume is an ally of the New Fish-Man Pirates, but only because Hody threatens to kill his brothers and sell their corpse, and the main animal on their side.
Unskilled, but Strong: His "fighting style" consists of mainly crushing opponents or punching them with his tentacles, but his sheer strength and size make him a terrifying opponent.

Pirates

New Fish-Man Pirates

In General

Another group of Fish-man pirates hailing from Fish-Man Island and lurking within the Fish-Man district. They are led by Hody Jones, the Great White Shark Fish-man. They are the main antagonists in the Fish-Man Island Arc.

Having an intense hatred for humans, the New Fish-Man Pirates become downright monstrous in their own enslavement of captured sailors and pirates, assassination and oppression against anyone who doesn't hate humans as much as they do, and plan to usurp the throne of Fish-Man Island to attend the Reverie and slaughter the kings of the surface.

The crew possesses many advantages, being Fish-men fighting at the bottom of the sea, and are 100,000 strong, with 70,000 Fish-men and 30,000 slaves. Moreover, their higher-ups use a special Energy Steroid to boost their strength. Nonetheless, they are easily decimated by the Straw Hats, freshly out of a two years long training.

The crew was successfully dismantled and its leaders imprisoned, rendered harmless and extremely old due to the overuse of steroids.

Ascended Fanboy: The crew used to look up to Arlong and Fisher Tiger. Their admiration of the latter was an in-universe case of Misaimed Fandom, as they believed Tiger was lashing out at humanity when he actually restrained his actions to avoid a Cycle of Revenge. They had intended to join Arlong's crew before it was defeated by the Straw Hats.
Alas, Poor Villain: The fate of Hody and his men who just take a great amount of the Energy Steroids is to become brittle, decrepit old shells of their former selves. Yet despite it all Hody, refuses to let go of his fanatical hatred and vows vengeance on humanity all the same. In this pitiful state, King Neptune feels such pity that for a moment he considers offering the now elderly criminals leniency given they clearly don’t have very long left to live.
Bad Boss: Unlike Arlong, the leaders of the New Fish-Man Pirates have no qualms about harming their own men.
The Beastmaster: The Crew seems to employ several massive sea monsters, even Surume the Kraken.
Became Their Own Antithesis: After seeing the Slave Tank, that looks just like how the World Nobles travel, Robin states they are no different than the nobles they claim to hate.
Bond Villain Stupidity: They capture Zoro, Usopp and Brook, set up a Drowning Pit, then leave Ryugu Palace largely unguarded to execute Neptune. Pappag ends up helping the Straw Hats escape.
Berserk Button: They have such a rooted and irrational hatred for humans that they hate when Fish-men have a positive opinion on them, and go as far to burn the house of a Fish-man family that hosted a human.
Cast from Lifespan: The Energy Steroids cut down their lifespan, but the officers take it in stride. Though they likely weren't expecting it in the form of Rapid Aging.
Cloudcuckoolander: Ohh boy, where to start... Dosun's Verbal Tic changes depending on his strength, Zeo is trampled by his own underlings and yet dismisses the accident as if it didn't happen, Ikaros Much is scared shitless of fires (a friend of his came to close to the sun and burned) and his spears are tipped with moisture-draining squids. Last but not least, when Hyouzou is drunk he slices anyone in his way.
Curb-Stomp Battle: None of the officers really manage to land a hit on the Straw Hats save for some minor inconveniences and, at best, are just able to keep up with them. Once the SH stopped playing around however and broke out the finishers, it was pretty much over in an instant.
Defiant to the End: Even after Hody's defeat they weren't willing to give up. Even after aging rapidly they still won't give up.
Dramatically Missing the Point: Chapter 622 reveals that the crew was originally just a bunch of impressionable youths who were friends with each other and who idolized Fisher Tiger for his championship of fishmen against humans... but they focused entirely on his revenge against humans who hurt them and completely ignore that Fisher Tiger didn't want the Cycle of Revenge to continue, and hated himself for being unable to overcome his own racism. Hody Jones wanted to become Arlong's liutenant, despite Fisher Tiger rebuking Arlong for his extremism.
- Even their logo is a demonstration of this trope. It's a variant of the Sun Pirates' brand, but the original brand was meant to distance members of the Sun Pirates who were former slaves from their pasts, as the solid center covers up the slave brand, and Tiger had all his crew members branded with the Sun Pirate symbol, so no one could know who was once a slave. The New Fishman Pirates' version has a hollow center that couldn't cover up a slave brand, meaning that they took a symbol of solidarity and moving on from past traumas, and turned it into the exact opposite.
Elite Mooks: The one-shot character Harisenbo, porcupinefish and leader of the Sea-Urchin Armor Spine Squad.
Evil Old Folks: What chomping down on E.S. like it was candy did to them.
Fantastic Drug: They seem to use E.S. (Energy Steroid) to boost their strength big-time.
Fantastic Racism: They hate humans even more than Arlong, although they do employ a few. They tried to bring Luffy in, and they had at least Gyro as an unwilling member. Their Jolly Roger even has a decapitated human on it. A flashback went into detail about this, showing that the crew having grown up in the Fish-Man District, learned to hate humans from the residents there.
Foreshadowing: Their version of the Sun Pirates emblem replaces the dot in the center with the image of a decapitated human. This hints at their Irrational Hatred as such an emblem wouldn't cover up a Celestial Dragon slave brand, meaning none of them ever had contact with a human.
Inescapable Net: Hammond's weapon of choice is a net-shooting cannon. Not so inescapable to Robin, though.
Irrational Hatred / Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence:
Fukaboshi: What the hell did those humans do to you!!?
Hody: ... Nothing.
Jerkass Knight Templar: While being as much of a monster as Arlong, they do genuinely seem to believe in a cause of hope for Fish-men than Arlong's passing rhetoric where money comes first over helping other Fish-men, but they are still massive assholes with little regard for humanity, their own kind when they thinks they betrayed them, or even their own crewmates.
Mirroring Factions: They go on about being inherently superior to the 'lesser' race of humanity and take human pirates as slaves, just like the Celestial Dragons do. When Jimbei asks Robin to free those slaves, he remarks at his disgust of Hody and Co. "playing Celestial Dragon."
A Nazi by Any Other Name: A very intense hatred for humans largely due to the negative influence of the environment they were living in. Arlong as well as countless human hating Fish-men filled their heads with anti-human propogada, making them believe that it was their duty to deliver punishment to humans and human supporters. To really drive the point home, a part of their flashback reveals them burning down a house of a Fish-man who had donated blood to save a human while wearing black masks.
No Name Given: To the Fish-man to the right of Hammond during their introduction in the manga. He was named "Kasagon" in the anime.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: The officers are clearly more dangerous than anyone on Fish-Man Island, with Hyouzou holding the title of strongest swordsman. They dream of conquering the world as soon as they 'reform' the island. Right after defeating the Neptune Army, they get clobbered by the Straw Hats very easily.
Poisoned Weapons: The Deadly Poison Squad is composed by Fish-men armed with extremely venomous weapons.
Punny Name: Many of them.
- Hammond is a Daggertooth Pike Conger Eel, the Japanese name of which is "hamo".
- So is his laugh style.
Put on a Prison Bus: At the end of the Fish-Man Island arc, Neptune has Hody and his subordinates thrown in the palace prison.
Quirky Miniboss Squad: Emphasis on "Quirky". Ikaros is pyrophobic, Zeo acts as if he plans everything, Dosun has a varying Verbal Tic depending on his power, and Daruma is an Ax-Crazy person who likes to threaten people with being eaten.
Rapid Aging: All of them go through this when the Energy Steroids take effect.
Red Shirt Army: After capturing the royal family they whip out an army of 70,000 Fish-men and 30,000 human pirates but Luffy halves their numbers with a shot of Haki.
Slasher Smile: Well, most of them are sharks or eels, so it's kind of unavoidable. Except for Zeo, who has no visible mouth.
Slave Liberation: After seeing the Straw Hats take down most of the Red Shirt Army and the easily handling the Quirky Miniboss Squad and the arrival of the Neptune Army taking down the weaker Fish-men, the slaves realized this is an ideal time to revolt and escape.
Small Name, Big Ego: They talk big, and can somewhat back it up, but they're not much compared to a New World-ready pirate crew.
Spikes of Villainy: The Sea-Urchin Armor Spine Squad is composed by spiked Fish-men wearing armors full of spikes.
Stupid Evil:
- Their cause has no real substance as unlike Arlong, they don't have any experience to hate humans over. They were just told as kids to hate humans and grew up on that philosophy. Thus all their actions are just purely out of ignorance.
- Then there's the way they maintain their arrogance and believe they'll be able to defeat the Straw Hats, despite it obviously being a Curb-Stomp Battle.
Sympathy for the Devil: In a general sense, their existence served to highlight exactly how bad conditions in the Fish-Man District have become to the royal family. After their defeat, steps are taken to address the social and economic problems that the Fish-men have been suffering rather than just punishing them for their attempted rebellion. The officers having aged into feeble old men also made them pitiable and Neptune mentioned that he would reconsider their sentences.
Take Up My Sword: They seem to have embraced Tiger's "negative" politics and Arlong's.
Tattooed Crook:
- All of them have modified "Mark of the Sun" tattos (their version has a decapitated human crossed off) of the original Fish-Man Pirates on them, and some have Arlong's Jolly Roger, too.
- Some minor Foreshadowing there considering their "mark of the sun" tattoos have blank spaces in the center, which for the originals hid the slave brands that some of the crew had. This absence indicates none of the New Fish-Man Pirates were slaves, hinting at their Irrational Hatred.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivered by Hody, Hyozou, and Decken to Hatchan.
Threatening Shark: Four of them are shark-type Fish-men: Hody Jones the Great White, Dosun the Hammerhead. Zeo, the Japanese Wobblegong/Carpet Shark, and Daruma the Cookiecutter. It's implied that shark Fish-men are especially powerful.
Undying Loyalty: Zeo, Daruma, Dosun and Ikaros are more than willing to be Hody's sacrifices for their cause as long as there are Fish-Man who will eventually succeed them in their path of extreme racism. It just shows how insane all the high-ranking members of the New Fish-Man Pirates are. On the other hand, Hyouzou is just too drunk to care.
Verbal Tic:
- Dosun seems to inject their names into their sentences.
- And Hammond's laugh of "Hamohamohamo!".
- Chapter 630 revealed that Dosun's tics depend on his current power level.
Villain Team-Up: With the Flying Dutchman Pirates.
Villainous Legacy: Of the Arlong Pirates, and of Arlong in particular. They're the direct byproduct of Arlong and others like him spewing and spreading so much hate throughout the Fish-man District: a band of virulent racists who are willing to do anything to destroy humans and prove they're the superior race, even to the detriment of their own kind. What makes it ironic is that Arlong himself stopped believing his rhetoric a long time ago; while he legitimately hated humans, he proved he didn't really believe Fish-men were superior to them when he ran off to the East Blue to live out his ambitions, because he was too scared to try and measure up to the (mostly human) monsters that ruled the Grand Line after getting badly trounced by the future Admiral Kizaru. Hody and his band, meanwhile, have never had such a scarring and sobering experience, which is partly why they are willing to take things farther than Arlong and his crew ever were.
We Have Reserves: The crew's attitude towards their human slaves. Seen with their weapon "Slave Tank" (a tank-like structure carried around by a bunch of chained slaves).
The Worf Effect: The New Fish-Man Pirates in general seem to be this, as their main purpose really is to show how much the Straw Hat crew has improved over the time skip.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: To Hachi.
Younger Than They Look:
- We saw young Hachi back in Chapter 0, which was 20 + years ago, and Hody mentions he's his senior, so he probably around 20-21ish, despite looking older than even Arlong.
- Even so, in actuality, Hatchan and Hody are really roughly the same age, though Hatchan might be slightly older. Hody was 15 when Fisher Tiger raided Mariejoa, so that would make him 30.
- In Chapter 650, the drugs the leaders have been using to fight have taken their toll, causing them to become withered old geezers.

Hody Jones

Voiced by: Joji Nakata (Japanese), Larry Brantley (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 608 (Manga), Episode 527 (Anime)

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"We were chosen by the heavens. Granted this power... To bring down judgement upon humanity!!!"

"We are going to steal back Fish-Man Island, the center of the world, from that cowardly Sea God Neptune! And we are going to pull down all you humans into the abyss of the sea! We are going to teach you all that the Fish-men are the true supreme race!"

—Chapter 617

A Great White Shark Fish-man, the captain of the New Fish-Man Pirates and a former soldier of the Neptune army, Hody Jones is an admirer of Arlong and strongly believes in his ideals. He leads the assault on the Ryugu Palace in order to take over the kingdom while his underlings create chaos elsewhere on the Island.

Abnormal Dental Growth: As a shark fishman, Hody is able to grow new teeth in a matter of seconds after losing old ones and use the discarded ones as weapons.
Adaptational Badass: In the manga, he loses a Single-Stroke Battle to Zoro while underwater, and gets kicked around by Luffy even after his Energy Steroid overdose, only achieving a single bite to the shoulder while Luffy was confined to a bubble, and even that only became an issue when Luffy strained the wound while trying to destroy Noah. In the anime, he puts up much more resistance in both fights, even seemingly gaining the upper hand for a while.
Arc Villain: Alongside Decken, Hody is the main antagonist of the Fish-Man Island arc, but he holds a greater position and is a major threat to the island.
Armor-Piercing Response: Fukaboshi inquires him on what kind of atrocity the humans have done to him that made him loathe humans so much. Hody's answer ("Nothing") makes Fukaboshi realize that the kingdom has neglected the Fish-Man District (where Hody was raised in) for so long and is ignorant on what kind of ideas going on around the place that turned Hody into the man he is now.
Ascended Fanboy: Toward Arlong.
Ax-Crazy: This guy is so batshit, he's willing to destroy Fish-Man Island, and rule over whoever survives as part of his "new era" of Fish-man pride, all in the name of his revenge against humans... who didn't even do anything to him personally. He just hates them because he was taught to.
Bad Boss: Hody is the exact opposite of Arlong in this respect. Whereas Arlong was genuinely upset by Luffy using one of his men as a shield, Hody is perfectly fine with doing the same to his men.
Big Bad Duumvirate: Hody aligns with Vander Decken IX as they plan to Overthrow King Neptune, however, their combined strength isn't enough to even worn out Luffy.
The Caligula:
- As he tries to become the new king of Fish-Man Island, one of his projects is to execute, one by one, all those who had signed Queen Otohime's petition for migration. Seeing on how effective her rallies were, he's potentially willing to kill thousands (if not more) of his own subjects.
- Then there's his "vision" for representing Fish-Man Island before Reverie: by brutally killing all the members present. That's likely before he executes all those who signed Otohime's petition.
Call-Back:
- After taking the E.S., Hody's eyes become "lizard-like" just like Arlong's did.
- During the underwater battle in Chapter 641, he uses the same teeth trick used by Arlong (leaving his teeth on Luffy and growing new ones in seconds) and later gets his Kirisame blade broken by Luffy.
Clipped-Wing Angel: Even in his ultra-badass new form, Luffy mopped the floor with him. He got in two solid bites, and those only happened because Luffy was fighting underwater, which his Devil Fruit power did not help, and in the second, he strained himself trying to beat Noah into splinters. Furthermore, he's defeated even before his subordinates, without any of them being visibly his Dragon-in-Chief, making it a unique case in the manga. Also, mention his overconsumption of E.S. made him age into an old man. You can't get more clipped than that.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Twice. The first time was with Zoro, and his resulting injuries were so bad that he developed a dependency on energy steroids just to keep going. The second time was with Luffy, who ends him for good (along with an overdose turning him into an old man).
Deadly Upgrade: When he takes E.S., and in Chapter 630 he undergoes a massive, nightmarish one.
Descent into Addiction: He takes increasingly dangerous amounts of Energy Steroids over the course of the arc, which takes its toll on him after he's defeated.
Determinator:
- Hody knows his drug abuse is rapidly shaving his life off, but he will bring the Fish-men to the top of the world, even if it kills him.
- If nothing else can be said about his performance against Luffy, he takes a lot of punishment before he finally stays down. Luffy postulates that his toughness alone would earn him at least a 100,000,000 Berry bounty.
Didn't Think This Through: Between the Energy Steroids and the forces he's accumulated to his side, Hody believes he's the one fit for taking over Fish-Man Island and becoming the leader it needs through violent force. Thanks to the right circumstances, he does hold an advantage over the native denizens. All the whole openly declaring that he'll wage war on humanity, and take the fight to the World Government. Then the Straw Hat Pirates get involved, and once Hody's forces aren't in an advantageous element, they're utterly thrashed. If Luffy hadn't stepped in, the nation could've been wiped out to every last person as an afterthought.
Do Not Adjust Your Set: Hody broadcasted on TV an announcement that from now on, he's taking control of Fish-Man Island, that there'll be a public execution for the King, as well the drifting Straw Hats. Oh, and that he'll execute every one of the citizens who signed the late Queen Otohime's petition to be recognized by the surface.
Evil Laugh: "Jahahahaha". Notably near-identical to his idol Arlong's laugh.
Evil Is Petty: As it turns out, humans never did anything to him personally. He just hates them because it's what he was raised to believe.
Evil Sounds Deep: He's definitely evil, and has a deep voice to go along with it.
Fantastic Drug: Hody uses Energy Steroids to boost his strength and as a (very temporary) pain reliever for the wounds Zoro inflicted on him.
Fantastic Racism: His hatred of humans is even more passionate than Arlong's, although the New Fish-Men Pirates do employ a few. They tried to bring Luffy in, and they had at least a few unwilling human members (though it's pretty doubtful Hody would've "hired" the Straw Hats anyway, considering Luffy was the one to beat his idol). Their Jolly Roger even has a decapitated human on it. Later, his hatred is shown in greater detail when one of his crew members states that he kills any Fish-man with human-transfered blood in them since they're now "dirtied." The truth is that he doesn't even have a Freudian Excuse to justify his racism, unlike Arlong; he was entirely raised on anti-human sentiments through most of his childhood and teenage years, until he breathed what he learned, without direct, traumatizing exposure to actual humans to color his views.
Fat Bastard: He starts out fairly plump, and after his Energy Steroid overdose makes his muscles more prominent, he still retains an overall large frame. His final transformation buffs him up considerably though and then he becomes a frail, old Fish-man.
Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence: What seemingly was a Freudian Excuse was actually not anything of the sort; he simply does all this because he really hates humans.
Freudian Excuse: ZigZagged. The humans never did anything to him, personally, unlike Arlong, Fisher Tiger, etc. He grew up in a place of systemic and ingrained racism that still warped his morals. It was enough he'll gladly wipe humans all out. The fact he doesn't have such a direct trauma is treated as rather shocking. At the very most, he was a victim of isolation — with no actual experience with the outside world to temper his views, he unquestioningly bought into all the anti-human rhetoric and became heavily radicalized.
Fukaboshi: What happened to you? Did humans torture you!? Did they kill your crewmates or someone you loved!? What did you go through in the past!? ANSWER ME HODY! WHAT DID HUMANS DO TO YOU!?
Hody Jones: Nothing.
Freudian Excuse Denial: He claims to have no real trauma of his past. When asked what humans did to him, he replies with "Nothing."
Fur and Loathing: Hody has what looks to be a dead, fluffy dog wrapped around his neck.
Genocide from the Inside: It's not just humans and Merfolk; any Fish-man who disagrees with him is on his hit list, too, which is implied to be the vast majority of them.
Gonk: Not normally, but after his One-Winged Angel, he slowly starts growing more and more grotesque as the arc goes on. In particular, during his fight with Luffy he eats steroids in between his beatdown to keep himself conscious, and his muscles grow larger and larger until he's a bulging freak that's twice the size of co-villain Vander Decken, whom he was formerly shorter than. And then, his face and jaw become enlarged and swollen until he's truly frightening in appearance.
Hate Sink: Hody is a racist and extremist Fish-man, similar to Arlong, but lacks Arlong's redeeming qualities like caring for his own crewmates or experiencing the humans' treatment of Fish-men to at least justify his racism. Hody himself saying that humans never really did anything to him just made his tirade seem stupid and shallow, when many Fish-men were victims of racism and slavery.
Hoist by His Own Petard: A triple subversion. Eventually, Hody takes too many Energy Steroids, trying to use them as stimulants to keep himself awake despite the nasty wound he has. It ends up causing all of his fat cells and muscle tissue to burn from the inside... but then all that internal wear and tear made him stronger... only for a little while, because the Energy Steroids were made from the National Treasure of Fish-Man Island — as in, the treasure that can turn someone older like in the Japanese folktale "Urashima Tarō". In the end, the abuse of Energy Steroids caused the bodies of Hody and anyone who took it to break down and age rapidly to the point of becoming frail old men.
Hulk Out: He was already pretty large beforehand. After overdosing on the E.S., he dwarfs even Fukaboshi and Vander Decken.
Hypocrite:
- He derides Arlong's methods as overly barbaric, as he'd taken over Nami's village by simply overpowering everyone. While Hody's plans involved more undercover schemes, he also heavily relies on Energy Steroids to boost his raw power at the cost of his life.
- After his hostile takeover of Ryugu Island, he calls out the populace on their lack of fury at humans for the murder of Otohime at the hands of one, with them signing her petition to forge close relations with humans as the years went on. However, seeing as he had his men force the citizens to stomp on pictures of Otohime on pain of death and announcing his intentions to kill everyone who signed her petition, it's evident that he really couldn't care less about her death and is just using it to justify his actions. Gets worse when it's revealed that he's the one who killed her, making him the last person should calling out people for not caring about her demise.
I Knew It!: An in-universe example is that Shirahoshi was aware of the true identity of her mother's killer.
Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: The only excuse he had for believing that a mere army of 70,000 pill-popping underlings and 30,000 slaves stood a chance against the World Government. The Straw Hats disabuse him of this notion. Thoroughly.
Implacable Man: If nothing else he's rather more enduring than your average Starter Villain, to the point that Luffy was actually surprised at how many Haki-infused punches he could take. Justified, he had taken a lot of Energy Steroids before that fight.
Improbable Weapon User: Kirisame, a massive curved blade that he can attach to his dorsal fin.
Inconsistent Spelling: Funimation spells his name as "Hordy".
Jerkass: While he's just as much of a Fantastic Racist as Arlong, Hody does seem to genuinely believe in the Fish-man cause, contrasting Arlong's passing rhetoric of money first and race second, and having had no experience with the outside world. He's still a massive asshole with no regard for humanity and little for his own kind, though. He barely even cares about his crew. This is later averted however as his cause has no reason to it. While Arlong was already a bigot against humans, the death of Fisher Tiger drove him to his actions, and was also why he was against hurting his own kind. Hody however was simply told to hate humans and he just grew up on this philosophy with none of the experience. Hence why he's so willing to kill his own men and throw himself into reckless actions with disregard for his own life.
Kick the Dog: Remember how peeved Arlong got when Luffy used one of his crew members as a shield? Hody has no such particular reservations.
Knight Templar: He has nothing but hatred for humans no matter what, and if any merfolk or Fish-men even think of peace with humans, he'll kill them, too. In fact, he personally killed Shirahoshi's mother for preaching human-Fish-man coexistence. And his hatred has no strong roots, he was never abused by humans.
Let's Get Dangerous!: He drags Luffy underwater, momentarily getting the upper hand.
Last-Name Basis: He's always referred to by his family name, Hody.
Locked into Strangeness: His hair becomes white after overdosing on Energy Steroids. It's actually a very clever case of Foreshadowing; his hair didn't turn white because it was just a part of this badass transformation, it was actually the first sign that he was aging.
Loony Fan: Hody took Arlong's anti-human rhetoric and made it his entire identity. While Arlong was content to enslave his own little corner of the world and get rich, using his anti-human stance to justify his own actions, Hody seeks the full-scale extermination of all humans despite having not been wronged by them his entire life.
Made of Iron: After his One-Winged Angel, he was able to recover from several hard Haki-infused attacks from Luffy.
- Most notable at the end, when he gets punched so hard, it nearly disembowels him... but he not only survives that, he doesn't seem to suffer any after-effects of the blow.
Manipulative Bastard: He misdirected the entire Fish-Man Island into believing a human killed Otohime, Shirahoshi's mother to cover up the horrible truth: it was he, a Fish-man, who killed her.
Making a Splash: Being a Fish-man, he's able to manipulate water. One of his attacks involves a volley of arrow-like waterdrops.
- Jimbei stated that he knows Fish-Man Karate, but Hody's not nearly as good as him.
Meaningful Name: Jones is also slang for heroin, or drug addiction. Suits a guy who uses steroid pills, isn't it?
- Also, "Hody" in Japanese sounds like "Hoji". The Japanese name for Great White Shark is Hojirozame (頬白鮫).
- Furthermore, most of his attacks are a Hurricane of Puns involving sharks.
- His name is also derived from Davy Jones. One could indeed call him a devil of the sea.
Meet the New Boss: Picture if Arlong was a lot tougher, had Blackbeard's physique, lacked moral standings, and did a lot of drugs. That's Hody, literally an amoral Arlong On Steroids. Even his laugh is similar to Arlong's. Justified since Hody is a fan of Arlong.
- He's a composite of villains' characteristics from the first quarter of the series. He's got Arlong's race, powerset and bigotry, Eneru's Social Darwinism and ship-based island destruction fetish, Krieg's massive army and proclivity towards shortsighted acts of cruelty, Buggy's general ignorance coupled with just enough knowledge to make him dangerously overconfident, Kuro's underhandedness and complete and utter lack of regard for the lives of his men, Wapol's obesity, reliance on ingesting things to be a threat, and completely one-sided fight against Luffy that ends with one final desperate (and failed) bid to gain an advantage, Crocodile's plan (infiltrate country's security, kill king, take over country, get control of/kill one of the Ancient Weapons) and minions (a digging guy, a dumb dude with a big club, a traitorous Dragon with an Agenda who tries to kill him with a knife, a clown who thinks he's smarter and more sophisticated than other people). Which is all to show that the Straw Hats have exceeded those previous challenges and are ready for the New World.
Moral Myopia:
- Despite his utter disgust at the World Nobles, his actions (such as forcing people to be his slaves and believing his power allows him to do what ever he wants, and how he views himself born superior) ironically make him the same as them. Jimbei even lampshaded the similarities by referring to Hody's actions as "playing Celestial Dragon."
- He deems Decken a traitor to their alliance for attempting to drop Noah on Fish-Man Island while the New Fish-Man Pirates are on it... but then he decides to go with the plan by killing Decken (who survives, but then slips and lands on his head), to drop Noah on Fish-Man Island while the New Fish-Man Pirates are on it. Apparently, the only issue was his life being at risk, and he simply states that he can replace his crew with human slaves.
A Nazi by Any Other Name: Not a fan of humans? Check. Considers his race to be the supreme one? Check. Thinks he's saving his country by starting a reign of oppression? Check.
- His joining of Neptune's Army purely to learn combat skills possibly alludes to how members of the Ku Klux Klan and Neo Nazis would do the same in the 20th century; they would join the US military, learn how to fight and use weapons, and then terrorize the populace.
Nightmare Face: One that combines Red Eyes, Take Warning and a very toothy Slasher Smile, during the part where he commands Noah to fall onto Fish-Man Island. The image was later given the honor of being on One Piece's Nightmare Fuel page.
No-Nonsense Nemesis: Hody is a cruel Fish-Man supremacist who is devoid of comedic traits, unlike his similarly racist but quirky officers, or his loony ally Vander Decken.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: His greatest flaw is his lack of experience. Hody, unlike Arlong, has never been to the surface; hence, he is completely unaware of how out of his depth he is. It's because of this that he got the idea that a force of 100,000 pill-popping underlings had a chance against the World Government, when they didn't even have a chance against one stinkin' pirate crew (albeit, a very powerful pirate crew). Vice-Admirals would've decimated them in minutes, while an admiral would've outright annihilated them.
Not So Similar: With his "predecessor", Arlong. They're both Fish-Man supremacists who seek to subjugate humanity, with Arlong even serving as a role model and inspiration to Hody. They both also grew up in the Fish-Man District, where a lot of their racism is rooted in. However, as the Fish-Man Island arc goes on, the differences between them become much clearer. Arlong genuinely loves his crew, refuses to harm his fellow Fish-Men (even if they don't agree with his beliefs), and ultimately is willing to compromise his racism for the sake of his greed. Hody doesn't give a damn about his crew and is willing to do anything to achieve his goals of Fish-Man supremacy, even if it means shedding the blood of his fellow Fish-Men, and cares for nothing else but his hatred. A big reason for these differences is that Arlong has legitimate reasons for his racism, having seen the worst of humanity during his time on the Sun Pirates (up to and including the death of Fisher Tiger at the hands of humans), whereas Hody simply hates humans because that was all he was ever taught to do. Thus, Arlong is an actual person with other motivations besides hating humans, while Hody is nothing more than a vessel of empty hatred.
Now That's Using Your Teeth!: As befitting for a white shark Fish-man, Hody, hopped up on Energy Steroids, can destroy an entire ship with his teeth.
Oh, Crap!: When he sees Luffy take down half his army with a burst of Conquerer's Haki, Hody remains shocked and realizes how much he underestimated the Straw Hat Pirates.
One-Winged Angel: The Energy Steroid overdose that nearly killed him... actually made him really powerful.
Painful Transformation: What he went through to take on his One-Winged Angel form.
Politically Incorrect Villain: He's all of Arlong's bad traits magnified and minus his very few redeeming factors. His racism against humans, unlike Arlong's, were entirely based on what he was taught his entire life, rather than actual experience. When Fukaboshi calls him out on his atrocious behavior and asks for a reason for his hatred, Hody simply replies, "Nothing."
Power at a Price: The Energy Steroid does indeed increase one's strength and power but literally does take away the user's life-force by accelerating their age. This is why Hody's hair turned white as by that point the drugs had heightened him to the peak of his health. By the time Luffy beats him, they've aged Hody into his twilight years, too old and frail to be of any threat anymore. And the kicker, the dope never even realized it.
The Power of Hate: Despite not having experienced any mistreatment by humans, this what motivates Hody: blind, unreasoning hate towards humans which he extends to any Fish-men who want to make peace with humans.
Pragmatic Villainy: While he attempted to kill Vander Decken for nearly killing him in the latter's attempt to kill Shirahoshi, Hody also did it to cancel Vander Decken's Devil Fruit power and have Noah crash into Fishman Island.
Prongs of Poseidon: His retains a large red trident from his days in the Neptune Army.
Punny Name: Hody got attacks that he named "Soshark" (pun on Soshaku, meaning eating roughly) and "Yabuzame" (a kind of horse archery). Also, his name is a pun on Hojirozame, i.e Great White Shark, of which he's one.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes were actually red to begin with, but the energy steroids extend the red from his irises to his sclerae.
Scary Teeth: Comes with being a Great White shark Fish-man, and a Big Bad of an arc, to boot. Even after the fairly one-sided battle with Luffy, the one clean bite he got in (he inflicts some more injuries in the anime) nearly killed Luffy from blood loss.
"Shaggy Dog" Story: His entire plan involved using the ES to boost his power in order to make Fish-Man Island his kingdom, kill every king in the World alliance and eventually take over a world filled with figures who are unfathomably stronger than him as Luffy, a rookie, so obviously showed. Plus, even if he did manage to destroy Fish-Man Island along with the Straw-hats, the "ES" turns out to a national treasure that ages in an extreme rate as his fate after defeat showed, meaning he would be too weak to do anything at all.
Shaping Your Attacks: Can shoot shark-shaped bullets with his Murasame attack.
Shark Man: Hody is a Great White (known to be the largest carnivorous shark) Fish-man and he's a strong and vicious person. But is not enough for a stronger Luffy who easily stomps on him.
Shoot the Messenger: When Shirley informs him of her visions of Luffy destroying the island, meaning his takeover will be entirely pointless. He, of course, gets pissed and hits her with a water shot.
Shown Their Work: When Hody bites something or opens his mouth, his teeth look exactly like the ones of a real White Shark (complete with the exposed gum, for example).
Slasher Smile: Being a shark, it's inevitable.
Small Name, Big Ego: He might have been a good opponent pre-Time Skip, but he's just out of his league against the Straw Hats now after they each underwent their own Training from Hell, and is completely unaware of it. He also seems to have no comprehension of just how powerful the people he would be fighting on the surface are.
Smug Snake: Thinks he's a big deal (which he kind of is) and an invincible, unfuckwithable offensive force. The latter is what ultimately resulted in the completely hopeless, one-sided "fight" and subsequent ass-whooping at the hands of a pissed-off Luffy after he lost very badly to Zoro and almost died.
Sorting Algorithm of Evil: After the time-skip, the algorithm of evil reset and Hody is an easy opponent for Luffy, after two years of training, as he exists to do nothing except demonstrate how much the Straw Hats have grown in power. However, he is above the fake Straw Hat crew faced by the true Straw Hats before leaving Sabaody, with Luffy acknowledging Hody can take a beating, unlike Demaro Black who falls by Conqueror's Haki, and the Pacifista Luffy beats in a single punch.
Spikes of Villainy: Hody has some jutting out of his left wrist that add to his villainous look.
Starter Villain: Hody is the first proper enemy fought in the Second Half of the series. For all those muscles, beat-downs against regular humans, transformations, and supposed badassery, Hody proves to be absolutely no match for a new and improved Luffy at all. In the end, the stats for their fight are as follows: For Luffy, a kick to the gut that sends Hody flying several yards away into a wall, a kick to the face that draws the first blood of the fight, another kick to the face that drives him into the ground, a Haki enhanced punch to the gut (which again sends him flying into a wall), a clawed hand to the shoulder that tears into him, another punch to the face that sends him flying into a wall, yet another punch (Haki imbued this time) that sends him flying immediately after that one, a "Gum Gum Red Hawk" that bursts a hole through his back and sends him flying-yet again- several hundred feet away into a wall, and finally, a Giant, Haki imbued fist that knocks him several degrees into unconsciousness. Into a wall. For Hody: Several missed "water shots", a failed spin kick that led to the aforementioned kicking of him into the ground, one punch landed to the head that didn't affect Luffy at all due to his Rubber Body, and one lucky bite on the shoulder he got in just as Luffy punched him into a wall for the umpteenth time. He also had to take some Energy Steroids in order to take out a random pirate crew, took a serious injury while underwater from Zoro that would have killed him if it were not for the use of the steroids, was shown to be heavily reliant on them to the point of addiction, his Fish-man Karate was easily countered by Jimbei, and had a plan that never would have worked in the first place. Wow. You've got to admit though, he is pretty durable for standing up to all that before finally collapsing into a bruised, broken, bloody mess. And he's pretty great at getting sent flying into walls. In summary, he was just strong enough for the Straw Hats' new skills to truly shine with little trouble.
Stout Strength: Hody has a stout and chubby body but is also much stronger than the average Fish-men, who is already ten times stronger the average human. After taking Energy Steroids, however, his body becomes ripped.
Stupid Evil: Hody is an incredibly racist Fish-man, and said devotion toward the Fish-Man race leads to him making illogical decisions. He only hates humans because of the negative environment he grew up in. So, all his actions are just generally out of ignorance from what he was taught. Not only that, but he never realizes that what he planned wouldn't be likely to go smooth like he thinks, and he also did many things that are detrimental to his plans such as deciding to let Fish-Man Island get crushed by Noah.
- Then there is the way he constantly eats the energy steroids without thinking they might have side effects such as say turning him into an old man.
Tattooed Crook: He's got a whole host of tattoos, namely his New Fish-Man Pirates on his abdomen and a bunch of Arlong's on his arm but no Sun Pirate tattoo, showing that he's a fraud and has no leg to stand on when it comes to the "humans have wronged us" talking point.
Take Over the World: He has much grander plans than his idol Arlong ever did. After he kills everyone in Reverie, and those who signed Otohime's petition, he plans to enslave all of humanity. And then become Pirate King. Luffy was not amused at the last one.
Taught to Hate: Unlike most fishmen that crusade against humanity (of which there are several, due to racism and outright oppression of fishmen by humans), Hody Jones was never actually harmed by humans. He was simply raised in Fishman District, a run-down and isolated place where sentiments against humanity ran so intensely he quickly radicalized into someone that would happily exterminate them all. Prince Fukaboshi quickly realizes the sheer neglect his family put the Fishman District through when he demands to know just what mankind did to him:
Fukaboshi: What happened, Hody Jones, to drive you to this!? WHAT IN THE WORLD DID HUMANS DO TO YOU!?
Hody: ...nothing.
Took a Level in Badass: Overdosing on Energy Steroids has made him significantly stronger. However he's still too weak to fight Luffy on dry land, but he manages to get an advantage by fighting underwater, where he can move better. Which didn't help a damn thing because Luffy still beat the tar out of him nevertheless.
The Unfettered: There is no length that he won't go to in the name of Fish-man supremacy.
Truth in Television: His extreme hatred of humans for no reason besides his environment is actually how most real-world racists/sexists/bigots gain their views. Without counterpoints people tend to accept what they are told from a young age as true.
Tyke Bomb: A Fish-man orphan and his friends raised almost solely underneath the teachings of Fantastic Racism taken to its most extreme.
Unskilled, but Strong: After overdosing on the Energy Steroids, he was strong enough to send a drop of water flying across the island. However, his Fish-Man Karate was at an amateur level compared to Jimbei, who was quick to point this out. Now thanks to being reduced to a frail old man due to his abuse of the Energy Steroids, he doesn't even have his natural strength anymore.
Viler New Villain: He makes Arlong look like a saint by comparison. Arlong still has some degree of compassion towards his fellow Fish-men and cares for them as individuals, Hody is more obsessed with Fish-man supremacy as an idea and is willing to kill his own people. Arlong merely enslaves humans to get profit and only kills them if they fail to pay him, Hody's brand of enslavement is worse as he tends to send them to their deaths — and for those he doesn't enslave, he'll assault (and kill) with glee.
Villainous Breakdown: His smug composure goes very quickly after seeing how strong Luffy is. Eventually he decides to pull a Colony Drop by dropping Noah on top of Fish-Man Island, but fortunately Luffy and friends (and the Sea Kings) were able to stop it before anyone was killed.
Virtue Is Weakness: He laughs at Princess Shirahoshi for not hating him since she already knew he killed her mother, because that's what her mother would have wanted, and sees his fellow Fish-men and Merfolk who wanted to make peace with the humans as traitors.
Visionary Villain: If a somewhat warped one; he believes in Fish-man supremacy over humans, and is willing to kill anyone who sides with them. But unlike Arlong, who had genuine reason and experience to justify his crappy treatment of Nami's village, Hody was fed racist teachings until he embodied them. In truth, he hates humans because that's what he was taught to believe.
Warmup Boss: Of the post-timeskip, he's the first major villain Luffy fought (Demalo Black fails to count as "major"). He has the buildup as an unstoppable Great White Shark Fish-man with steroids, but he still yields to Zoro and then Luffy to showcase their growth and new abilities.
Wham Line: Immediately after being publicly called out by Fukaboshi and asked what exactly humans have done to Hody to make him hate them so much, he drops this atomic nuke of a line that reveals he was really only acting on what he was taught:
"Nothing."
With My Hands Tied: Hody puts on handcuffs before wrecking the Gyro Pirates who were trying to escape from him with just his steroid-enhanced jaws.
The Worf Effect: Early on the Fish-Man Island arc, Zoro takes him out. With one slash. Underwater. The wound is so bad that Hody overdoses on energy steroids afterwards. Even when Luffy is stuck underwater, in a bubble, Hody still gets soundly defeated to show that, while Hody may have been a good opponent pre-Time Skip, he is nothing compared to a New World-ready crew.
Younger Than They Look: Hody's fate for overdosing on Energy steroids is turning into a really old guy — like, only skin and bones and incredibly frail type.

Officers

Dosun

Voiced by: Takahiro Yoshimizu (Japanese), Christian Taylor (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

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"And it was the humans who drove us to madness! You're not going anywhere!! You'll stay here, and focus your rage on them, KABLAMM!! Every calamity that has befallen our kind has its roots in humanity, ZABWAM!!"

—Chapter 645

A hammerhead shark Fish-man and one of the officers of the New Fish-Man Pirates.

Calling Your Attacks: While Dosun's attacks are all simple hammer hits, he shouts a different name for each according the strength he puts in them.
Dub Name Change: Dosun is renamed Sbam in the Italian translation, in order to keep his Punny Name.
Dumb Muscle: Dosun is strong enough to carry a big hammer around but does not seem to be particularly bright. Even his design emphasize his strong arms but gives him a small head compared to the rest of the body.
Gonk: Thanks to being a hammerhead shark Fish-man he has an unattractively-shaped face.
Punny Name: "Dosun" is also the Japanese onomatopeia for a heavy thud, like an hammer, his weapon of choice, hitting something.
Stout Strength: Dosun appears to be a bit doughy, as well as very strong.
Top-Heavy Guy: Dosun's design emphasizes his strong arms, almost as wide as his torso, while his legs are very skinny, showing that he attacks using his upper body since he wields a giant hammer.
Verbal Tic: Dosun has a whole lot of them, all of them depending on how strong he's feeling at the moment, complete with more emphatic and louder deliveries. "Fosun" (when aged by the E.S) → Pikon → Kotsun → Potsun → Posun → Tosun → Dosun (normal level) → Dokan → Bokan → Zugan → Bagon → Gyaban → Gogyan → Dogyan → Bagyan → Gadon → Megagon — Dubagegagon — zugragugon — byorikogon. For the most part, they're onomatopoeia for crashing noises such as thuds and explosions in Japanese, with the upper echelon of power being gibberish for the most part.
Visual Pun: Dosun is an hammerhead type Fish-man and as a weapon he uses a literal hammer.

"Aristocrat of the Fish-Man District" Zeo

"Aristocrat of the Fish-man District" Zeo

Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma (Japanese), Nazeeh Tarsha (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

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"Death is another form of revenge!!! Die, and curse humankind from beyond the grave!! This tragedy shall become our flesh and blood!! Hatred is never forgotten!! It is passed on, and will always lead to vengeance!! "

—Chapter 645

An officer of the New Fish-Man Pirates and Japanese wobbegong Fish-man.

Chain Pain: Zeo's main weapon is a chain with weights on each end.
Chameleon Camouflage: Zeo has natural camouflage abilities like a chameleon, by nature of being a wobbegong Fish-man.
The Comically Serious: He acts calm and calculating, even as he tries to downplay something bad happening to him as part of his plans, with utter seriousness.
Dual Wielding: Zeo uses two chains at once against Brook. Though in the same scene in the anime, he uses only one chain.
Hidden Depths:Zeo is a skilled chemist (in making medicine at least), as Hody put him in charge of replicating and mass-producing the Energy Steroids.
I Meant to Do That: .
- Zeo is incapable of accepting that bad things happen to him, or that what he wants and what happens vary; he gets trampled by his henchmen and acts like nothing happened. Makes a Badass Boast to the Straw Hats only to be ignored, so he claims he was talking quietly.
- His "Body Sword Crush" and "Super Sole Headbutt" techniques are actually just him getting stabbed by Brook and getting accidentally stepped on respectively, with him claiming that those techniques will wreck the attacker.
- Age rapidly into an old man due to overusing Energy Steroids? He claims he grew old on purpose.
No Mouth: Zeo has no visible mouth under his suit.
Punny Name: Zeo is the anagram of Ooze (the japanese for Carpet Shark).
Visual Pun: Zeo is fully covered in a carpet-like blanket as a reference to his fish type, the Carpet Shark.

Daruma

Voiced by: Hisayoshi Suganuma (Japanese), Oscar Seung (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

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A cookie-cutter shark Fish-man and officer of the New Fish-Man Pirates. Like his fish-type, Daruma is small but very aggressive. During the fight at Gyoconde Plaza, he's defeated by Usopp.

Ax-Crazy: Similar to his fish type, Daruma is very violent and even suggests gnashing on escaping humans' meat.
Killer Rabbit: Daruma is as vicious and fierce as a Cookiecutter Shark, which is very small but also very aggressive.
The Napoleon: Subvered- Daruma appears to be the shortest and most aggressive of the New Fishman Pirates, but he's actually almost as big as an average Fish-man or human, it's just that the other officers are freakin' huge and makes Daruma look small by comparison.
Now That's Using Your Teeth!: Daruma can destroy rock and concrete with his teeth, and his snacks are composed of giant fish's bones.
Punny Name: Daruma comes from the Japanese name of the japanese name of the Cookiecutter shark, (Darumazame).
Scary Teeth: He is a cookiecutter shark Fish-man, so he has a set of pointed teeth.
Tunnel King: By using his teeth, Daruma can dig tunnels. He tries to sneack on the Straw Hats but Chopper can dig as well in his horn-point and chases him
Visual Pun: He resembles the Japanese dolls that share his name.
Wreathed in Flames: When using his "Fire Cookie Cutter" attack his entire body goes on fire.

Ikaros Much

Voiced by: Keiji Hirai (Japanese), Ethan Gallardo (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

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A giant squid Fish-man and officer of the New Fish-Man Pirates. Ikaros doesn't care for his subordinates and impales them for fimsly reasons, although he shows some affection for his fellow officers and Hody, presumably because they grew up together. He has a huge fear of fire as result of his friend dying from getting too close to the sun.

In combat, he wields eight spears, one for each arm, with actual squids on top, but can also use his ink-split or his pointy head.

Beard of Evil: Ikaros is part of a group of Fish-man supremacists and has a long, dark beard.
Berserk Button: Ikaros hates even the reference fried squid, because his friend Daidalos, a giant squid, deydrated for being too close to the sun. He also has pyrophobia because of it and instinctively curls himself backwards at the sight of flames.
Disproportionate Retribution: Ikaros sucks the moisture out of a mook, then flattening his dried-up body with several palm strikes, all for unknowingly setting off his fear of fire, and after the mook had already apologized.
Dual Wielding: He can wield eight spears due to him being a Giant Squid.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Ikaros is as ruthless as the other officers of the New Fish-Man Pirates, but he genuinely cared for his friend Daidalos, a giant squid, and was so traumatized by him drying up under the sun, that he developed pyrophobia as a result.
Furry Reminder: Ikaros is a squid Fish-man with the habit of curling up backwards whenever he sees fire or gets shocked, in reference to dried squids.
Giant Squid: Ikaros is a Giant Squid Fish-man. And is a huge, nasty-looking fellow with eight spears.
Icarus Allusion: Aside from his name being a punny combination of "Icarus" and "Ika" (Japanese for "squid"), Ikarus's fear of fire originates from the death of Daidalos, his friend, who dried up after getting too close to the sun, just like Icarus died after flying too close to the sun and melting his wax wings.
Me's a Crowd: Ikaros can make clones out of ink.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Comes with being a Giant Squid Fish-man. Ikaros has ten limbs, eight of which are arms and each of them carry a long spear.
One-Handed Zweihänder: Ikaros' spears are huge, but he wields and use them with one hand each, allowing him to use a total of eight spears.
Primal Fear: Ikaros is afraid of fire because his friend died of drehydration after getting too close to the sun. As a result, whenever he sees flames, Ikaros curls up backwards, just like a dried up squid.
Punny Name: His name is a combination of "Icaros" and "Ika" (which means "squid" in Japanese).
Super Spit: Being a squid Fish-man, Ikaros can spit ink at will from his mouth.
Spell My Name With An S: His surname can be traslated as Muhhi or Much.
Use Your Head: Ikaros's Light Bright Spear attack consists of using his pointy head, which glows, to pierce his enemies. He uses it against Franky without landing the hit.
Verbal Tic: Ikaros tends to end sentences with his surname.
X on a Stick: Ikaros's spears don't have blades but a squid at the end of each tip, which can absorb the moisture from living beings.

Hyouzou

Voiced by: Tetsuo Sakaguchi (Japanese), Dave Woodard (English)

Age: 39

Debut: Chapter 607 (Manga), Episode 527 (Anime)

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A poisonous blue-ringed octopus merman known as the best swordsman on Fish-Man Island, and a mercenary working as the New Fish-Man Pirates' assassin.

Ax-Crazy: When he's really, really drunk, he cuts anyone around him, regardless if they are ally or foe.
Berserk Button: Zoro calling him a frog despite Hyouzou being obviously an octopus Merman pisses him off. Of course, Zoro meant it metaphorically, and the insult is used to demonstrate how weak Hyouzou is compared to Zoro.
Chekhov's Gunman: Way back in Chapter 84, during the Arlong Park Arc, Hatchi mentions that he's the second-strongest swordsman from Fish-Man Island. More than five hundred chapters later, it's revealed the strongest swordsman is Hyouzou, and there is quite a difference of strength.
Drunken Master: However when he gets too much drunk he attacks anyone. His drunkenness makes him consume way too much Energy Steroids, to the point that he transforms similarly to Hody's.
Dual Wielding: Hyouzou can wield eight other swords with his tentacle-legs, but is not enough to match Zoro.
Foil: To Hatchi. They are both octopus-themed villains who use their multi-numbered limbs to way more than two swords, they both lack the same racist-extremist views that their allies have, and despite their quirks they're Not So Harmless Villains. However, Hatchi is a Fish-Man who got six arms, two legs and natural white hair, whereas Hyouzou is a Merman who got six legs, two arms and natural black hair that turns white during the story. Hatchi was a genuine friend of Arlong who followed him because of their shared history, while Hyouzou simply got hired by Hody who was more than willing to pay him a large sum of money. Hatchi escaped from the Marines and did a Heel–Face Turn, now running a business as a free ex-pirate. Hyouzou got imprisoned with the other high-ranked officers of New Fish-Man Pirates and suffers the same consequences as them, with little hope for a rehabilitation.
Funnel-Mouthed Cephalopod: Being an octopus merman, aside of an octopus-lower body, Hyouzou has a funnel-like mouth.
Locked into Strangeness: Like Hody, Hyouzou's abuse of Energy Steroids causes his hair to turn completely white, as well as buffing him up significantly. Later he's reduced to an old man.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He is multi-legged and quite dangerous, as each tentacle can hold a blade and produce poison.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: While Hyozou is the strongest swordsman in Fishman Island, Zoro calls him "a frog in a well" after easily defeating him (almost mimicking Mihawk's words towards Zoro in their first confrontation).
Not-So-Harmless Villain: When Hyouzou is first introduced, he has no intro box or dialogue, as both are given to the more aggressive Hammond. After their tussle with Luffy, Hyouzou blocks a Gear 2nd strike without being harmed, poisons Luffy and is able to carry of Hammond and the un-named Lionfish member without any problems at all. This is subverted later on when Zoro easily defeats him, even while Hyozou is on steroids.
Oh, Crap!: Hyouzou is stunned after noticing that Zoro has just bisected all his swords in half just by parrying.
Only in It for the Money: Hyouzou doesn't really seem to care about Hody's dream, and follows him only for money. If Arlong paid better, he admitted he would have gone with him to East Blue.
Overly Narrow Superlative: He prides himself on being the best swordsman on Fish-Man Island. He is genuinely skilled, but when up against the disciple of the best in the world, he might as well be a frog in the well.
Poisonous Person: Hyozou is a blue ring octopus merman, which is an extremely venomous animal. If Luffy didn't get his Acquired Poison Immunity from Magellan, he would have killed Luffy.
Poisoned Weapons: He's able to coat his swords in his blue ring octopus venom.
Psycho for Hire: Hyouzou got hired by Hody because he's the best swordsman of Fish-Man Island. He's not one of Hody's True Companions and lacks their shared racist views, instead he's Only in It for the Money. He's still an Ax-Crazy guy who will slash anyone around him when he's really, really drunk.
The Sixth Ranger: A villainous example, as he's not actually part of the New Fish-Man Pirate Crew, but he's instead a hired mercenary who got paid to fight for them.
Spell My Name With An S: Hyozou has been spelled as Hyouzou or Hyozo.
Unscaled Merfolk: Hyozou is an octopus merman and has his lower body made of tentacles, alongside an elongated octopus-like mouth.
The Worf Effect: Hyped and acclaimed as the strongest and most dangerous swordsman on Fish-Man Island, has his sword cut in half by Zoro, and totally fails to impress him. Even after taking steroids.

Flying Dutchman Pirates

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A band of Pirates that sail around the area near Fish-Man Island, their Captain is Vander Decken IX, a Japanese Bullhead Shark Fish-man. They sail on the titular ship, a mysterious ship said to be cursed by the gods and forced to roam the depths of the ocean which is actually just a decrepit old ship that got Shrouded in Myth & inaccuracies. Vander Decken is wanted by the Neptune Army for his harassments toward the beautiful Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi. Recently he had allied himself with Hody Jones to take over Ryugu Kingdom, but toward the end of the battle, Hody seemingly killed Decken.

The Beastmaster: Not as much as Hody's crew, but they at least have a giant Anglerfish alone to help them.
Ghost Ship: The Flying Dutchman. In reality, it's just an old, beat-up but still normal ship.
Legacy Character: The Vander Decken in the myths is actually the Grandfather of the current Captain.
Meaningful Name: Vander Decken from Van Der Decken, legendary captain of the Flying Dutchman. Wadatsumi is also the name of a Japanese Sea God, born when Izanagi washed himself after his trip to hell.
Shrouded in Myth: From them having a Ghost Ship to their captain Vander Decken being a very old person.
Team Pet: Ankoro, a giant Anglerfish.
Villain Team-Up: With the New Fish-Man Pirates. Vander Decken wants to marry Shirahoshi, while Hody Jones wants to take over the kingdom; allying with each other will help the each others' goals. Lampshaded by Hody in that, while he refuses to be anybody's subordinate, an alliance is okay.

Vander Decken IX

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese), Jim Foronda (English)

Age: 35

Debut: Chapter 606 (Manga), Episode 525 (Anime)

Devil Fruit: Mark-Mark Fruit

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"Princess Shirahoshi! No matter how long I search this wide ocean floor, I will never find such a grand and beautiful woman such as you! If the love you possess allow us to be married, then good! But you must not live on with your life with someone else! If then that time comes, then you will die Shirahoshi! You must pledge your love to me or die! Your fate is death or marriage!"

The legendary captain of the Flying Pirates and the Flying Dutchman, a mysterious ship that travels undersea. Is eventually revealed to be the descendant of the real deal, and a Bullhead Shark Fish-man. He's wanted in the Ryugu kingdom because of his one-sided love for the Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi, having learned she is possessed a power that he and his ancestors long sought after. He eventually teams up with Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates in order to take over Fish-Man Island and marry Shirahoshi. However, after being rejected by the princess, he's now trying to kill her. He also has eaten the Mark-Mark Fruit (Mato Mato no Mi), a Devil Fruit that allows him to always hit his targets from anywhere.

Abhorrent Admirer: Played for Drama; he's a delusional maniac who poses a threat to Shirahoshi with his Devil Fruit sending weapons at her, forcing her to live under high security. And she herself is incredibly put off by his behavior.
Adaptation Dye-Job: His skin is brown in the manga, but moves toward grayish-brown in the anime.
Affably Evil: Decken is very polite and formal towards everyone, even when he is about to murder them.
Arc Villain: Along with Hody, he is the main antagonist of the Fish-Man Island arc.
Ax-Crazy: Decken's idea of giving presents to the object of his love is to throw weapons at her, then try to kill said person (and her friend) when they reject him. When that didn't work, he had the bright idea of throwing a massive ship half the size of Fish-Man Island at Shirahoshi to make sure he wouldn't miss (not that he ever does, but try blocking a ship that large coming your way). Hody repeatedly refers to him as "that crazy pirate", and he's none too sane himself, which is saying something.
Bad Boss: Decken is willing to let his underling Wadatsumi die when he fell from Noah on Gyoncorde Plaza. Though despite this, Wadatsumi seems stil loyal to him and claims that he has never hurt him before, so he must have become a bad boss just after his Villainous Breakdown of the princess rejecting his proposal.
BFS: The "gifts" he sent to Shirahoshi are literally bigger than he is.
Beware the Silly Ones: How is a guy so incredibly eccentric dangerous at all? How about when he decided upon seeing Shirahoshi's ability to call Sea Kings, that he needed a treasure that instantly ages anyone who opens it so he could use it on her to age her into a woman so he can marry her? And then while doing that, decided that throwing weapons at her with his ability was a romantic proposition? And then when he gets told 'no' personally, finds a ship HALF THE SIZE OF FISH-MAN ISLAND and then THROWS IT AT HER (albeit he used his ability to do so)?
Big Bad Duumvirate: With Hody Jones in the Fish-Man Island arc, as they both want to overthrow King Neptune, but...
Big Bad Wannabe: Decken’s somewhat of an anticlimactic antagonist, since he was easily pummeled by a tied-up Luffy.
Colony Drop: He decided to throw the ancient ship of Noah, which is half the size of Fish-Man Island, at Princess Shirahoshi, after his rejection by her and defeat by Monkey D. Luffy. Doing so would easily destroy all of Fish-Man Island.
Dual Wielding: When confronting Luffy and Shirahoshi, Decken uses two axes.
Entitled to Have You: Involuntary celibacy is a defining character trait of Decken's; his attitude towards Shirahoshi is along the lines of this at first, which eventually progresses to If I Can't Have You…. Either he gets her, or he kills her, and none of those Chads can stop him.
Evil Cripple: Decken seems to have quite a hunchback.
Evil Laugh: His Signature Laugh, "Bahohoho".
Flying Dutchman: Decken is a reversal of the legend: Instead of being unable to set foot on land again, the captain (who is a Fish-man) can never swim again due to eating a Devil Fruit.
Gonk: He is not Shirahoshi's type... nor anyone else's, for that matter.
Gratuitous English: In the anime, "Dead or marriage!"
Hoist by His Own Petard: After being impaled by Hody, he touches him and throws an axe at him, and then tries to kick him with concealed daggers in his shoes. Hody uses this to flip Decken into the path of his own oncoming homing projectile.
Homing Projectile: Decken's Devil Fruit power allows him to mark a person by touching them, which allows him to throw any object at them with perfect accuracy. The projectile will not stop until it hits his target or impacts something of sufficient strength to arrest the momentum of the projectile. There is seemingly no limit to what counts as a projectile, from simple weapons to people to a massive ship that's half the size of the entire Fish-Man Island.
If I Can't Have You…: Decken toward Shirahoshi. When she rejects him, he decides to kill her. He even tries to drop a colossal ship on her.
Important Haircut: After being 'rejected' by Shirahoshi, he shaves his head bald... but only the part that's hidden under his hat, so his outward appearance doesn't change.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: By Hody, via his trident, for trying to drop Noah on Fish-Man Island with him on it.
Insane Troll Logic: He wants to marry Shirahoshi for her powers. However, she is too young for him. But there are legends of a treasure belonging to the royal family that could age Shirahoshi to marrying age. So, how does he intend to get his hands on said treasure? By marrying Shirahoshi.
I Work Alone: Or rather not as an underling to someone. An equal partnership is fine, though.
Jerkass: As if stalking and throwing weapons at the Mermaid Princess for 10 years plus wasn't enough, Decken is not even above tossed a whole pirate crew at Shirahoshi's tower.]] He also tested his powers on poor Hachi and almost killed him with a hail of arrows. He even resorted to killing Shirahoshi (and Luffy) immediately after she rejects him, albeit in a polite manner.
Kick the Dog: What he did to Hatchan is downright despicable at best.
Lack of Empathy: Decken makes a pass at the target of his affections after she watches their mother get killed in cold blood, before proceeding to send numerous proposal letters in the days leading up to the funeral.
Laughably Evil: He's a complete and utter Jerkass, but he's just so darn odd; it's kind of hard to hate him as much as Hody.
Legacy Character: The Vander Decken in the myths is actually the Grandfather of the current Captain.
Made of Iron: The guy got thrown head first in to the ground by Luffy with a Jet Hammer attack. Later, Hody Jones stabbed him with his trident and he got used as a shield by his own thrown axe. He is later left unconscious after hitting head on a stepping stone.
The Magic Touch: His ability works like this. He "marks" whomever touches with one of his hands and anything he throws with that hand with magically home on the target. The marks will stay for as long as he doesn't touch anything else with the same bare hand (he wears a glove over the hand that touched Shirahoshi) or washed it (he never did ever since he touched Shirahoshi with it). Thus he's mostly limited with his other hand to throw things at other people, or if that fails, his Armed Legs. The ability also deactivates when he loses consciousness or is killed.
Motive Decay: His interest in Shirahoshi stemmed from the realization that she is the latest incarnation of the Ancient Weapon Poseidon, which allows her to control Sea Kings, and how much it would benefit him to have her under his control. Considering his reaction to being rejected by her, to the point that he attempts to throw the Noah at her, which would also decimate Fish-Man Island, it's evident that that he may have fallen In Love with the Mark at some point.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Decken, oddly enough, seems to have two extra legs. This is likely due to how the bullhead shark has three pairs of "belly fins" (two big near the head and four smaller) unlike the usual two pairs of the other kinds of shark.
Not Quite Dead: Decken is still alive after the ordeal with Hody, and basically is this... and then he gets knocked out by hitting his head on a step. Could also count as Critical Existence Failure.
Pædo Hunt: Invoked. He wants to marry Shirahoshi for her power and started sending her love letters, while she was six years old.
Put on a Prison Bus: By the end of the Fish-Man Island arc, Neptune throws Decken in the palace prison along with Hody and his subordinates.
Shark Man: It's not immediately obvious from his appearance, but he's a Japanese Bullhead shark.
Sore Loser: After being rejected by Shirahoshi, Decken loses it and throws a bunch of axes at her... and later attemped to drop a colossal ship on her at cost of destroying the entire island.
- Also an example of Not Good with Rejection.
Spanner in the Works: A villainous example that goes both ways. Decken's ultimate plan to kill Shirahoshi (the aforementioned Colony Drop) almost ruined both New Fish-Man Pirates' plans to conquer Fish-Man Island and the Straw Hats' plan to save it. Then Hody decided that killing everyone is a good plan too...
Stalker with a Crush: Towards poor Shirahoshi; he sent her love letters written on broad-axes and swords. Later in the series, after being rejected, Decken loses it and attempted to throw a colossal ship at her.
Taking You with Me: After being mortally wounded, having touched Hody eariler, Vander Decken attempted to muster strength to throw an axe infused with his Devil Fruit power towards Hody. But he loses his footing and is knocked out cold, canceling his power.
Threatening Shark: Vander Decken himself is a Japanese bullhead shark Fish-man, who oddly has four legs. They are known as cat sharks in Japan, so he can double this up with Cats Are Mean, as well.
Unwitting Pawn: Zig-Zagged. Hody Jones only recruited Decken in both aiding in the invasion of Ryugu Palace and killing Shirahoshi, knowing well her power and counting on Decken's If I Can't Have You… mentality. But Hody didn't expect Decken would attempt a Colony Drop on Fishman Island, deciding to take advantage of the crisis while punishing Decken for nearly getting him killed.
Verbal Tic: Decken often interjects "No hazuda!" ("I think so!/I suspect") into his sentences.
Villain Team-Up: He refused one with Arlong, citing that he doesn't work under anyone. Conversely, he allied himself with Hody Jones, stating that he prefers being able to work alongside someone and be treated as an equal. Of course, he threw that out the window the moment Shirahoshi rejected him by throwing the Noah ship at the princess and subsequently Fish-Man Island, knowing that it would kill his allies in the process but not caring in the slightest.
Would Hit a Girl: With the Mark-Mark Fruit power, Vander Decken sends various weapons at Shirahoshi on a daily basis, which is the reason why she had to live secluded in her bedroom for a decade. At the climax of the Fishman Island arc, Decken drops the Noah Ark on Shirahoshi, threatening the entirety of Fishman Island.
Yandere: Invoked. Upon learning Shirahoshi is the current Poseidon, he decides to marry her despite the girl being much younger than he is. If not already creepy enough, his idea of sending love letters is to throw axes and other weapons at her, weapons that are always dead certain to hit their mark. Shirahoshi had to spend ten years in her room just to protect herself from this guy. When she rejected him, saying he's not her type, he loses it and decided to outright destroy Fish-Man Island by using his powers to make a ship half the size of Fish-Man Island crash right into Shirahoshi, and by extension, the island itself all because if he can't have Shirahoshi, NO ONE CAN.

"Large Monk" Wadatsumi

After being exiled from Fish-Man Island, he has joined the Sun Pirates, so you can find his folder here.

Characters / One Piece: Fish-Man Island

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Fish-Man Island

Neptune Family

King Neptune

Voiced by: Minoru Inaba (Japanese), Bruce Dubose (English)

Age: 70

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

Queen Otohime

Voiced by: Michiko Neya (Japanese), Amanda Lee (English)

Age: 36

Debut: Chapter 621 (Manga), Episode 540 (Anime)

"Mermaid Princess" Shirahoshi

Voiced by: Yukana (Japanese), Bryn Apprill (English)

Age: 16

Debut: Chapter 612 (Manga), Episode 531 (Anime)

Fukaboshi

Voiced by: Kentarō Itō (Japanese), Jarrod Greene (English)

Age: 24

Debut: Chapter 609 (Manga), Episode 528 (Anime)

Voiced by: Ryuboshi: Yusuke Numata (Japanese), Alex Ross (English); Manboshi: Kazunari Tanaka [2011–2012], Yasuhiro Mamiya [2017–present] (Japanese), Troy Hughes (English)

Age: Ryuboshi: 23; Manboshi: 20

Debut: Chapter 609 (Manga), Episode 528 (Anime)

Servants

Civilians

Hatchan

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese); George Manley [Funimation dub], Sean Schemmel [4Kids dub] (English)note Other languages: Eduardo Ramírez [4Kids], Luis Fernando Orozco [Netflix] (Latin American Spanish)

Age: 36 (Pre-Timeskip), 38 (Post-Timeskip)

Debut: Chapter 69 (Manga), Episode 31 (Anime)

Camie

Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa (Japanese), Megan Shipman (English)

Age: 16 (Pre-Timeskip), 18 (Post-Timeskip)

Debut: Chapter 195 (Manga), Episode 385 (Anime)

Madame Sharley

Voiced by: Romi Park (English), Morgan Berry (English)

Age: 29

Debut: Chapter 610 (Manga), Episode 529 (Anime)

Surume

Voiced by: Jessie James Grelle (EN)

Age: 120

Debut: Chapter 604 (Manga), Episode 524 (Anime)

Pirates

New Fish-Man Pirates

Hody Jones

Voiced by: Joji Nakata (Japanese), Larry Brantley (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 608 (Manga), Episode 527 (Anime)

Officers

Dosun

Voiced by: Takahiro Yoshimizu (Japanese), Christian Taylor (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

"Aristocrat of the Fish-man District" Zeo

Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma (Japanese), Nazeeh Tarsha (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

Daruma

Voiced by: Hisayoshi Suganuma (Japanese), Oscar Seung (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

Ikaros Much

Voiced by: Keiji Hirai (Japanese), Ethan Gallardo (English)

Age: 30

Debut: Chapter 611 (Manga), Episode 530 (Anime)

Hyouzou

Voiced by: Tetsuo Sakaguchi (Japanese), Dave Woodard (English)

Age: 39

Debut: Chapter 607 (Manga), Episode 527 (Anime)

Flying Dutchman Pirates

Vander Decken IX

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese), Jim Foronda (English)

Age: 35

Debut: Chapter 606 (Manga), Episode 525 (Anime)

Devil Fruit: Mark-Mark Fruit

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