Arlong Pirates

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Arlong's flag

The Arlong Pirates (アーロン一味, Āron Ichimi) are fictional pirates from the anime and manga One Piece, led by Arlong. Every member of the crew is a Fish-Man. They are often incorrectly referred to by fans and the English dub as "Mermen", though this is inaccurate as Mermen are completely different species in the One Piece world.

Originally they were led by Jimbei, but when he became one of the Shichibukai the crew split up for as of yet unknown reasons, leaving Arlong in charge of his own crew, who he led out of the Grand Line and towards East Blue, which had much weaker prey. They believe they are above humans as the stronger species, looking down on them as mere maggots, though it should be noted that not all fish-men share this belief. They intended to take over the entire East Blue with the help of Nami, who they forced to work for them making incredibly detailed maps.

[edit] Part in the Story

The ship that Arlong and his crew used before they set up Arlong Park. Arlong Park actually may have been made from parts of this ship.

Eight years before the present storyline, the Arlong Pirates invaded an island and forced the residents to pay a large monthly tax for their own survival--100 thousand beli per adult, and 50 thousand per child. Belle-Mère was only able to pay for her daughters, so Arlong killed her as an example, leaving her adopted daughters Nami and Nojiko. Seeing how skilled at map-making Nami was at such as early age, Arlong kidnapped her and forced her to become a member of his crew making maps for her. In order to convince her, he struck a deal--if she can somehow gather 100 million berries and give it to him, he will free her village. Thus, Nami began her life as a thief. As a show of their power, the crew constructed their headquarters, Arlong Park, in clear sight. They struck deals with corrupt Marine officials like Captain Nezumi in order to prevent attacks and started to build up their forces to take over all of East Blue.

During the present day, Arlong had already conquered over 20 villages but Nami was getting dangerously close to her goal, and Arlong was getting worried. If Nami left, he would lose a valuable part of the team, as her maps were essential for coming up with strategies. Thus, he told Nezumi where Nami kept all of her money and had him confiscate all it, but Nami and the other villagers instantly realized that Arlong was behind it and finally decided to fight back.

After several long and difficult battles, Arlong Park was toppled by Luffy, freeing the entire island from his reign. He and his surviving crew were arrested, though Hachi managed to escape and start a takoyaki restaurant.

[edit] Pirate Flag

Arlong's flag is that of a saw-nosed shark turned to the left with the tail curving inward . Around the shark is a semi-oval with three curves emitting from it. Behind the shark is a crossbone. This flag is tattooed onto all members of the crew.

Another symbol that may or may not be Jimbei's flag is a sun-shaped tattoo that appears on several members of the Arlong Pirates. However, this has yet to be confirmed and momoo doesn't have it (despite being a secret weapon).

[edit] Crew Information

[edit] Arlong

Captain (20,000,000 berry bounty)

See Arlong for more.

[edit] Hatchan (Hachi)

Hatchan.

Former Member

Seiyuu: Toshiyuki Morikawa

• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment): Sean Schemmel

Hatchan (はっちゃん, Hacchan, called "Hachi" by most characters) is an octopus fish-man. Hatchan is not very bright but a skilled swordsman, using rokutōryū ("six sword style"). He fights with Zoro during the Arlong arc. Despite Zoro suffering a fever and severe blood loss from his unhealed wounds (which he got eariler fighting Mihawk), Hatchan is still defeated by him. Outside of battle, he is extremely helpful and friendly (though it should be noted that he is just as cruel to humans as the other crew members are), addressing Zoro politely when they first met, and giving him a ride of a bay on his back. Later in the manga (in a title page arc that was never animated), Hatchan goes on many adventures, which end up in him opening a floating takoyaki restaurant.

In Hatchan's Sea-Floor Stroll, it's revealed that Hatchan, along with Chu and Kuroobi, planned to open a takoyaki store when they were younger.

Hatchan's name is quite strange. In the Japanese language, chan is a diminutive suffix, added to the end of someone's name, giving it the meaning of "cute" or "little". However, Hatchan insists that his name is Hatchan and that Hachi is just a nickname. When questioned on this, Oda replied that the chan is the same as the last name of "Chan" common in Chinese, rather than the suffix -chan.^[1]

[edit] Chu

In the featurette: Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King Chu's name was written as Chew on the back of his baseball shirt.

Chu.

Seiyuu: Masaya Onosaka

• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment): Tom Wayland

Chu (チュウ, Chū) is a Archerfish-man. In the Japanese version, he has a habit of saying "chu" (an onomatopoeic kissing-noise) after each sentence. Chu is one of the more cool-headed officers in Arlong's crew and can spit water out of his mouth as if it were a bullet. He later fights with the apparently-outmatched Usopp, but he is ultimately beaten after Usopp wears him down by running away and setting him on fire, before repeatedly hitting him over his head with his Usopp Hammer to knock him out.

[edit] Kuroobi

Kuroobi

Seiyuu: Hisao Egawa

• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment): Sean Schemmel

Kuroobi (クロオビ, Kuroobi) is a ray-type fish-man. Kuroobi is one of the strictest members in his crew and has always been wary of Nami's supposed allegiance to Arlong. Kuroobi practices "Fish-Man Karate" (called "Merman Karate" in the English version) to fight his opponents. During the battle with the Straw Hats in the Arlong arc, he fights against Sanji whom he nearly defeats when the cook goes underwater to try and save Luffy. As a Fish-Man, Kuroobi has an advantage underwater. However, Sanji manages to force him up to dry land by breathing the air from his gills, suffocating him, and then promptly beats him into submission with his kicks.

[edit] Momoo

Momoo (モーム, Mōmu) is a giant "sea cow" (literally) that was brought from the Grand Line by Arlong's crew. It was he that destroyed Gosa Village. However when he encounters Luffy, Sanji and Yosaku's boat, he is promptly beaten, and used to tow their boat to the island. Later, during the battle at Arlong Park, he is called upon by Hatchan (his caregiver) to the fight the Straw Hats. Despite memories of his first defeat, he does as told, only to be used in the Gomu Gomu no Kazaguruma, an attack by Luffy that takes out most of Arlong's forces, and then was thrown out of Arlong Park in the process, never to be seen again.

• Former members: Nami, Jimbei, Hatchan

While they are not named in the anime nor the manga, some of Arlong's crew were named in the One Piece Blue Databook.

• Kaneshiro- Shipwright
• Pisaro- Musician

[edit] Crew strength

As Fish-Men, they are twice as strong as ordinary humans, 10 times stronger under water, and are not afraid to use cruel measures to incite fear and show how much stronger they are than humans. They are fearsome fighters and almost unbeatable under water. For the Straw Hats, this was the toughest of their early fights, pushing them all to their limits. Their leader Arlong was not bothered by Luffy having a Devil Fruit power and took advantage of his weakness to the effects of the sea. With Nami's maps, their abilities increase even further, as they can take advantage of ocean currents by blocking them with boulders to create whirlpools, among other actions. With the Navy focusing their attention on the Grand Line and the incapacitation of all other major East Blue pirate bands by the Straw Hats, there would have been nothing to stop them from taking over East Blue if the Straw Hat Pirates hadn't intervened.

[edit] See also

• Jimbei
• Arlong arc
• Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King

[edit] References

1. ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.10 Chapter 83, Why is Hatchan's nickname Hachi?