
Arlong is a minor antagonist from One Piece. He is one of Luffy's best known enemies.
History[]
Background[]
Arlong was abandoned by his father when he was 15 and was approached by a man who claimed to be his father. And during his childhood Arlong with Jinbei, Fisher Tiger and Macro. After Fisher Tiger's death and Jinbei's recruitment to be a Shichibukai, the group then split up, and Arlong set up his own pirate organization called ''Arlong Pirates''. Then Arlong with Hatchan, Kuroobi and Chew took control of the Island of East Blue. Arlong then immediately destroyed the original galleon and built Arlong Park which is an eight-story building that served as its headquarters. Arlong also hoped that he would conquer the East Blue through the maps drawn by Nami.
Then Arlong shot Bellemere along with his crew out to a village called Cocoyashi, which was where Nami lived. Arlong then overpowered the village without any difficulty and killed the humans who questioned him. He went on to extort the villagers demanding that the adults pay 100,000 and the children pay 50,000, and those who didn't pay would be executed. He then punished Nami's foster mother, but she paid for neither Nami and Nojito to be killed. Arlong shot her right in front Nami for her disobedience, then Arlong kidnapped Nami and joined her crew.
One Piece[]
Arlong Park[]
When Nami was subordinate, Arlong soon had Luffy as his real enemy and a threat. Luffy along with Usopp, Sanji and Zoro would rescue Nami. Luffy destroys Nami's place of despair in his fight against Arlong. And during the fight Arlong manages to overpower him, but Ruffy/Luffy shows himself to be a very difficult enemy for the merman. Arlong hurts him using his teeth as a weapon, but Luffy manages to defeat him using Gomu Gomu on Ono/ Gum Gum Battle-Ax. Arlong is later shown to be trapped in Impel Down along with his crew, so perhaps he has escaped.
Appearance[]
Arlong is a merman with a blue fur and shark appearance and has black hair, a pointy nose shaped like a shark sword he also wears a tattoo of the old organization. He swims in a green shorts with a blue belt and yellow striped t-shirt and black showing the front of the belly.
Personality[]
Arlong hates humans and enjoys their suffering. He can also be very cruel especially when he required humans to pay him if they would not be executed. He also only lets Nami enter his crew for her talent in making maps and just used her for it.
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Trivia[]
- According to the ranking, Arlong is ranked 48th among the popular characters of One Piece.