Arlong

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Arlong is a male anime and manga character who features in One Piece.

Biography

Arlong the Saw (Japanese: ノコギリのアーロン, Nokogiri no Āron)

During his childhood, Arlong grew up in the Fish-Man District along with Jinbe, Macro, and Fisher Tiger. When he was 25 years old, he formed his own crew. On Fish-Man Island, Arlong would usually spend his time teaching younger fish-men, such as Hody Jones, to hate humans or harassing the citizens of Fish-Man Island for befriending humans, much to Jinbe's scorn. Jinbe severely disliked Arlong for his brutish actions and behavior, often stepping in when he was causing trouble. Whenever Fisher Tiger returned from an adventure, both Arlong and Jinbe would give him a warm greeting. After Fisher Tiger attacked Mary Geoise, he became an enemy of the World Government leading to him forming the Sun Pirates. Arlong and his crew were then integrated with Tiger's crew of pirates as they set sail on the sea. During a battle with the Marines, Arlong was surprised at Jinbe's brutality towards them, continuing to beat them long after they had lost consciousness. In the aftermath of the battle, Arlong commented on how brutal it was. During their time roaming the Grand Line, the Sun Pirates battled numerous Marines, including those led by Rear Admiral Kadar. Arlong, who had become completely ruthless, killed a Marine simply because he was human. After the battle, Tiger had a discussion with Jinbe and Arlong, telling them not to kill humans. Otherwise, they will stoop to their level. Tiger went on by saying that their ultimate goal was freeing the oppressed and not becoming cold-blooded murderers, much to Arlong's dismay. When Arlong brought up the suggestion of instilling fear in humans by using ruthlessness, Jinbe smacked him in the head. The Sun Pirates later visited an island where a former slave of Mary Geoise named Koala resided. The inhabitants there had no way of returning the girl to her homeland, so they asked the Sun Pirates to take her. After she boarded the Sun Pirates ship, Arlong hit her for being a human and had to be restrained by Hatchan. Even though most of the Sun Pirates warmed up to Koala, Arlong remained antagonistic towards her. He believed that Koala was no different from the cruel humans, but Jinbe disagreed with him. Eventually, Koala was returned to her home, Foolshout Island and Arlong merely commented that Koala was just going to grow up into the humans he has known and hated. Not long after Koala returned to her family, the Sun Pirates realized that the citizens there betrayed Tiger and the crew by summoning the Marines in exchange for ignoring Koala's status as property of the World Nobles. In the ensuing battle with the Marines led by Rear Admiral Strawberry, Fisher Tiger was badly wounded. The Sun Pirates lost their ship, but they were able to steal a Marine ship and escaped. On board the stolen Marine ship, the crew tried to save Tiger's life with a blood transfusion using human blood, but Tiger firmly refused the transfusion. Tiger told the crew that he was in truth a slave who escaped Mary Geoise, and that he could never truly love humans due to all that happened leading to him ultimately dying from blood loss.

When Arlong and his crew first arrived on the island that would someday become Arlong Park where the first village he encountered was Cocoyasi Village. Arlong then proceeded to extort money out of the residents of Cocoyasi Village. Adults would have to pay 100,000 Beli and children would pay 50,000 Beli or be executed by Arlong's men. Bell-mère only had 100,000 Beli so she decided to pay for her adoptive daughters Nami and Nojiko as she sacrificed herself. Arlong shot her in front of her children as an example of disobedience. As the pirates began to leave, Arlong learned about Nami's skill in regard to creating maps. He forced Nami to become part of his crew as a mapmaker and told her that he would free her village and everyone in it, including her adoptive sister Nojiko, if she brought him 100,000,000 Beli. Arlong set up his domain on Cocoyasi Village, with a number of smaller villages in the vicinity under his control. Arlong dismantled his original galleon and used the materials to build Arlong Park, an eight-story building that served as his headquarters. From Arlong Park, Arlong hoped to conquer all of East Blue using superior underwater tactics through maps drawn by Nami that charted underwater terrain. In Arlong Park, Arlong bribed a member of the Marines known as Nezumi.

Later, Zoro was taken to Arlong Park where he was being questioned by Arlong. Zoro insulted Arlong by calling him a half-fish mutant and stated that he was looking for a girl. Arlong said that he would forgive Zoro once for the insult and said that fish-men are superior to humans. Shortly after, Nami appeared much to Zoro's surprise seeing her here with Arlong. Arlong said that she was an exception and revealed that she was the Arlong Pirates' cartographer. When Zoro questioned why Nami was with the fish-men, Arlong asked if they knew each other. Nami answered by saying that he was just another victim. Zoro asked Nami if this was her 'true self', and she answered yes and that she had been with Arlong all along. After Nami's statement, Arlong laughed and called her a "cold-blooded witch" who only wanted money, much to Nami's dislike. Zoro noticed this and jumped into the pool. Nami reacted to this by diving in and saving Zoro. Afterwards, Nami told the fish-man to lock up Zoro and she would kill him later. Shortly after, a fish-man approached Arlong, saying that a longed nose human got away. Arlong said that the human was probably in Cocoyasi Village and said that he had business to attend over there anyway. Arlong later arrived at Cocoyasi Village and began questioning Genzo on possession of weapons. Genzo answered that it was a hobby to collect weapons. Arlong said that he could not possess any weapons since all they did was bring violence. Arlong threatened Genzo by stating that he destroyed Gosa Village due to no one paying tributes. Before leaving, Arlong told the town to work hard for money since the tribute was coming up. Since possessing a weapon might be seen as a sign of rebellion against the Arlong Pirates, Arlong decided to execute Genzo to make an example of the inferiority of humans to fish-men.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Arlong was a large, muscular, light blue saw-shark fish-man whose most distinctive trait is his saw-shaped nose. He had long, black hair reaching down to his shoulders and with a widow's peak. On his head, he tended to wear a brown ushanka. He had a fin on his nape, surrounded by his hair, and his gills were located on both the sides of his neck.

Arlong considered humans to be inferior beings and is very cruel to them. He thinks nothing of killing a town full of humans, although he seems to prefer controlling people with money and deals.

Powers and abilities

He came to be the head of a crew of Fish-Men pirates that were known as the Arlong Pirates (アーロン一味, Āron Ichimi). As the captain of the Arlong Pirates, Arlong had full authority over his crew. His power was remarked to be greater than Don Krieg, the strongest military force in the East Blue, with only Krieg's military might and massive armada forcing the Marines to deem him the bigger threat.

Notes

• Arlong was created by Eiichiro Oda where he featured as an antagonist in the setting of the One Piece universe.

In other media

Television

Films

Video games

Appearances

• One Piece:

External Links

• One Piece Wiki Entry

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