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Fish - Man Island is not manyOne Piecefan ’s favorite spark , but generator Eiichiro Oda has revealed a surprising fact about its villain that proves how profound the series can be . Fresh afterOne Piece ’s spectacular prison term skip , Luffy and his crew place off into the ocean ’s deepness to strike the underwater civilization of Fish - Man Island . However , the history , that ’s customarily packed with goofy adventures , began to cover progressively glowering theme like thraldom and racism thatOda was not sure if his readers were prepared for .

One Piecevillains have committed despicableacts of pitilessness and use throughout the serial , with arguably the most hateful being Fish - Man Island ’s Hody Jones . The first meaning time skip opposer failed to be an intimidate threat for some fans . Still , the scoundrel represented a complex theme rarely tackle in Shōnen serial publication : homicidal racial discrimination .

X exploiter andOne Piecefansandman_APhas become famed thanks partly to their work translate and unearth interviews with the series author , Eiichiro Oda . Inan consultation with Oda , bring out in the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper in 2012and archived on theLogPiece Blog , the author elaborate on the thought process of research heavy subject during the Fish - Man Island arc and its scoundrel , Hody Jones .

Imu in a garden of flowers versus the destruction of lulusia in One Piece with a silhouette of Imu in the center.

" The story of inherit someone 's score ' may be more like a boy 's manga , but when they uprise up and bet at reality , they realise , ` Oh , this is what it is . '' - Eiichiro Oda

Arlong’s Anger Towards Human’s Paved The Way For Hody’s Hatred

While Shonen Jump ’s main demographic is teenage boy , its most democratic series , likeNarutoandOne Piece , are no strangers to tackle complex messages and ripe themes . In the interview , Oda explained that the theme of favouritism that Fish - Men experience from humans and the hate that develop from it might not make sentiency to the middling Shōnen Jump reader . However , as the author point out , readers will set out to recognize the heavy depicted object material braid through his series as they grow upand go through the good and speculative the real world has to offer .

One Piece   made Imu more forbidding than ever in the Zanzibar copal , revealing the true extent of their top executive with the scandalous destruction of Lulusia .

Fish - Men Island is n’t the first spark to search shockingly mature root inOne Piece . The vileCelestial Dragons have committed the worst crimesimaginable against impeccant mass and Fish - Men throughout the history ’s chronicle . That handling helped fire Hody Jones ’s racial discrimination towards human beings . Oda ’s comment chew over that Fish - valet Island was an arc that may have been too matured for his series about goofy , first-rate - powered pirates . Still , it also show that he is n’t afraid to " … bestow some seriousness to the motif . "

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Hody’s Hypocratic Baseless Hate Reflects One Of Humanity’s Worst Abilities

Several Fish - People , like the kingdom ’s Queen Otohime , worked hard to advance incontrovertible relations between human and Fish - piece . However , Hody ’s rage for our species grew after humanity betrayed his mentor , and he was able to convert an regular army of Fish - Men to join his cause . One Piece ’s story has bring even sinister in its last few arcs , making the Celestial Dragons even more vile than their introductions during the Sabaody Archipelago arc . Eiichiro Oda has only gotten better at creating wanton - to - hateOne Piecevillains and search emotional topic in a series with millions of fan who have grown more mature .

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Created by Eiichiro Oda , One Piece is a multimedia franchise that began as a manga series and follows the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as led by Monkey D. Luffy . Luffy , an enthusiastic sea robber with a thirst for adventure , is afflict by a mysterious bane that give him various powers he uses to protect himself and his friend . The manga eventually gave direction to the anime series , with the two being some of history ’s longest - run anime and manga serial . Along with over fifty video games made over the years , the serial introduce the live - action world with Netflix ’s 2023 adaption .

A collage of many villains from One Piece’s anime.

Screenshot from One Piece anime shows Fish-Men Island villain Hody Jones holding a trident while an angry mob of Fish-Men stand behind him.

Created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece is a multimedia franchise that began as a manga series and follows the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as led by Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy, an enthusiastic pirate with a thirst for adventure, is afflicted by a mysterious curse that gives him various powers he uses to protect himself and his friends. The manga eventually gave way to the anime series, with the two being some of history’s longest-running anime and manga series. Along with over fifty video games made over the years, the series entered the live-action world with Netflix’s 2023 adaptation.

Screenshot from One Piece anime shows Luffy using his Red Hawk attack against a transformed Hody Jones.

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Created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece is a multimedia franchise that began as a manga series and follows the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as led by Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy, an enthusiastic pirate with a thirst for adventure, is afflicted by a mysterious curse that gives him various powers he uses to protect himself and his friends. The manga eventually gave way to the anime series, with the two being some of history’s longest-running anime and manga series. Along with over fifty video games made over the years, the series entered the live-action world with Netflix’s 2023 adaptation.

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