Hatchan

**Hatchan**, nicknamed "**Hachi**" (ハチ *Hachi*?), is an octopus fish-man who was an officer of the Arlong Pirates before their defeat, and a member of the Sun Pirates before that.

## Statistics

### Affiliations

Arlong Pirates (former), Sun Pirates (former)

### Epithet

Six-Sword Style Hachi (六刀流のハチ Rokutōryū no Hachi?)[4]

## Voice Actors

### English

Joseph Murray, Sean Schemmel

After the rest of the Arlong Pirates were arrested, Hatchan was the sole member to escape, and went on many adventures which ended in him opening a floating takoyaki restaurant and meeting up again with the Straw Hat Pirates.

He was one of the major antagonists of the Arlong Park Arc. He is also the central character of the Hatchan's Sea-Floor Stroll Cover Page Serial. Later, along with Camie, he is one of the main supporting characters of both the Sabaody Archipelago and Fish-Man Island Arcs as an ally of the Straw Hat Pirates.

## Appearance

Hatchan, being an octopus fish-man, has eight appendages (six arms and two legs) and an octopus-like face. He has pink skin and grey hair styled into five spikes. By the time he had become a takoyaki salesman, he had a second row of spikes. He has a muscular build and suction cups on his six arms, which he can use to cling on to walls. Hatchan has a tattoo in the shape of a sun on his forehead, as a result of being in the Sun Pirates.

While most fish-men have webbed hands, octopus fish-men do not, as neither Hatchan nor Octopako have webbed hands.

When first arriving at Cocoyasi Village, Hatchan wore a diamond-checkered outfit. In the Arlong Arc, he wore a striped outfit.

Hatchan usually wears heavy clothing and shirts made especially for octopus fish-men. During the Sabaody Arc, he wore a jacket to cover his four extra arms and a bandage to cover his tattoo to prevent him from being captured and sold at the Human Auctioning House.

When the Straw Hats arrive at Fish-Man Island, Hatchan wears a shirt from the Criminal brand.

## Personality

Hatchan is not very intelligent and can be easily duped, such as when he failed to recognize who Roronoa Zoro really was, and mistakenly begins to introduce himself while asking other people their names. He initially fails to understand Zoro's words during his battle about the difference in "weight" between their swords (he assumed Zoro meant weight as in "heavy", but Zoro was referring to weight as in "burden"). In his fight against Zoro, he made many misjudgments and even at some points allowed himself to get angry, which partly contributed to his defeat.

By the time he meets the Straw Hats again near Sabaody Archipelago, his personality seems to have changed. He seems to be significantly more intelligent and very knowledgeable about the Sabaody Archipelago, though it is likely because he is quite familiar with it (he thought Duval and Sanji looked the same, and was still easily tricked by Sanji into revealing his true identity), and wisely cautions Luffy against provoking the World Nobles in spite of their cruelty.

He has also become very ashamed for what he and the Arlong Pirates did to Nami and her village, and is genuinely sorry for what he did. Since then he has tried to atone for all of his past sins.

Hatchan is also rather humble in comparison to other fish-men, often accepting that things are how they are and not wanting to upset others.

He seemed to respect Arlong as a friend, going as far to support his ambitions by willingly joining his crew, a band of fish-men who hate humans, despite Hatchan himself not particularly despising or discriminating against humans.

Hatchan is extremely kind and caring, as he frequently protected Camie and Pappag from being abducted by the Macro Pirates. During his time as a member of the Sun Pirates, he also restrained Arlong when he violently assaulted Koala out of annoyance. Hatchan also readily helped a town of catfish who were suffering from a famine by selling all his newly acquired treasure to buy cooking equipment and ingredients to feed them. Due to his kindness, Hatchan recognizes humans by their character instead of their race, as during his childhood, he saved Rayleigh from drowning in a shipwreck, becoming close friends with him and his wife Shakuyaku ever since. While he supported Arlong as his crewmate, Hatchan personally never engaged in any sort of cruel abuse towards the people of Cocoyasi Village like the rest of the Arlong Pirates, and even Nami vouched that Hatchan was the better one of the Arlong Pirates and that they should save him.

Hatchan's childhood dream was to be accepted into the human society, and he admitted that Arlong's tyranny was going too far. Unlike Kuroobi and Chew, Hatchan alone was not corrupted by Arlong's ideals. After Luffy accepted Hatchan as a friend, he outright opposes Arlong's ideals, much to Hody Jones' disappointment.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Sun Pirates and Arlong Pirates

Hatchan is good friends with Kuroobi, having known them since childhood, a time when they shared a dream to open a takoyaki stand. He befriended a former slave named Koala. Hatchan kindly reminded her that she was no longer a slave and that she did not need to clean floors like a servant and played games with her to try and cheer her up. Like many members of the Sun Pirates, Hatchan cried over Tiger's death.

Hatchan was also very loyal to Arlong, since he had been his crewmate even before Fisher Tiger formed the Sun Pirates. After the Sun Pirates separated into smaller fractions, Hatchan went with Arlong's crew.

He was formerly friends with Macro, Gyaro, and Tansui of the Macro Pirates, having known Macro from his times as a Sun Pirate, until he destroyed their ship for supposedly selling him a fake map.

Jinbe also showed concern over Hatchan's well-being, despite the former Warlord feeling guilty of releasing the Arlong Pirates into East Blue.

#### Camie and Pappag

After escaping from a prison ship, he befriended Camie and Pappag, and ran a Takoyaki stand with them. Since then, he is very close with the two. Both Camie and Pappag care for Hatchan's well being. When Hatchan was shot by Charlos, Camie was horrified and desperately tried to help him, while Pappag tended to Hatchan with Chopper.

#### Rayleigh and Shakuyaku

He is also well acquainted with Silvers Rayleigh, whom he saved from a shipwreck as a child. Since then, the two were on good terms, though they fell out of contact after Hatchan joined Fisher Tiger's Sun Pirates. Hatchan knew Shakuyaku for twenty-two years, but they have not spoken to each other since twelve years before the current storyline. Hatchan treasured his friendship with the pair, as he would tell the young children of the Fish-Man District about his association with humans who were accepting of him.

#### Straw Hat Pirates

Hatchan was originally an enemy of the Straw Hats when they fought against Arlong for Nami's sake. During that time, he bore a grudge against Zoro for tricking him, and volunteered to fight him himself. The newer members of the crew (Chopper, Franky, Robin and Brook), are unaware of what happened, though, until Usopp explained it. He managed to befriend the Straw Hat Pirates after they saved him while he was held hostage by the Flying Fish Riders, despite being one of their old enemies. After that, Hatchan has been on friendly terms with them, serving them takoyaki and guiding them throughout Sabaody Archipelago. At first, Nami stated that she had not forgiven him but later saw that Hatchan was honestly trying to atone for what happened.

Luffy called Hatchan a friend and protected him from one of the World Nobles. After this, any lingering animosity the crew had towards him has all but vanished after he helped them. While the Straw Hats were scattered all over the world for two years, Hatchan helped protect the Thousand Sunny until he was too injured to continue. During an argument with Hody Jones, Hatchan mentioned that Luffy called him a friend and explained that he could not bring himself to face him as long as Hody followed Arlong's legacy.

### Enemies

#### Marines

While a member of the Sun Pirates, Hatchan fought against the Marines when they were after Fisher Tiger's head for assaulting Mary Geoise. After the fall of the Arlong Pirates, Hachi was arrested alongside the crew, and was to be sent to prison. However, he alone managed to escape the Marines' ship.

#### Macro Pirates

The Macro Fish-Men Pirates also harbor a grudge against him for destroying their ship and saving Camie. The Macro Pirates would attempt to kidnap Camie time and time again only to have their plans foiled by Hatchan.

#### New Fish-Man Pirates and Flying Pirates

He made enemies with the New Fish-Man Pirates and the allied Flying Pirates due to siding with humans. Hody Jones and the other fish-men who follow Arlong's ideals all lost respect for Hatchan, as they believed his friendship with humans to be disgraceful. With Hatchan unable to sway Hody Jones, Vander Decken IX used him for a demonstration of his "curse". Hatchan, much like Jinbe, is well aware that Hody Jones' ideals and methods make him even more dangerous than Arlong ever was.

## Abilities and Powers

Hatchan can shoot streams of ink from his mouth like a true octopus in order to blind enemies, allowing him to strike them down while they cannot see. He also covered himself with the ink in a failed attempt to conceal his identity from the Straw Hat Pirates.

### Physical Abilities

Hatchan has a massive amount of strength as one of the top members of the Sun Pirates and an officer of the Arlong Pirates. He easily defeated the Macro Pirates, who were fish-men themselves, single-handedly and sent them flying with three-armed punches. His strength allows him to easily wield six extremely heavy cutlasses, each weighing over 300 kg, while maintaining speed. Even when injured, he was the only fish-man from the Arlong Pirates to escape from the Marines. He is also aware of the existence of Haki, but admits that he knows very little about it.

As a fish-man, Hatchan is an expert swimmer. Even as a child, he managed to save Rayleigh from drowning at sea during a shipwreck. Even after being seriously injured during the timeskip, resulting in him using crutches, Hatchan still displayed great swimming prowess and was able to swim a considerable distance before being struck down by the barrage of arrows that Decken sent at him after he marked Hatchan as his target.

Hatchan seems to have incredible endurance, as he was able to survive getting slashed by Zoro's three swords and Sanji's kick. Hatchan also got up sooner than any of the other fish-man after getting beaten by Zoro. However, he had an advantage in both cases, as Zoro had been badly injured by Mihawk and Sanji's kick was under water, reducing his power and speed. Even when pierced by Decken's arrows and experiencing heavy blood loss, Hatchan still managed to swim back to Fish-Man Island to warn the Straw Hats of Hody's invasion.

### Swordsmanship

*Further information: Six Sword Style*
Hatchan is a highly skilled swordsman and a master of the Six Sword Style. As an Octopus Fish-Man with six arms, Hatchan can simultaneously wield six swords with great dexterity and versatility. He has stated that he is the second best swordsman in all of Fish-Man Island. Hyouzou stated that if Arlong did not have a "tight-wallet", he would not have settled for Hatchan. If he was still the second strongest swordsman on Fish-Man Island during the Fish-Man Island Arc, then he has become the strongest swordsman after the Energy Steroids made Hyouzou's body old and weak. Even Zoro had trouble when he fought him and barely won (though he was greatly limited by the wound he sustained from Mihawk). Using Six Sword Style, Hatchan could cut down members of the Flying Fish Riders while they were flying in mid air. For two years, Hatchan could fend off the Marines to protect the Thousand Sunny with Duval, the other members of the Rosy Life Riders, and Bartholomew Kuma.

In the anime, he was able to create a tornado by flailing his swords wildly, similar to Zoro's Tatsumaki.[citation needed]

### Weapons

Each of his swords is a cutlass that weighs over 300 kg (661.387 lbs), totaling to over 2 tons worth of metal, which is far more than a normal human's limit.

During his adventures, Hatchan was given a golden trident by the Goldfish Princess for returning her ring. He showed proficiency in its usage by defeating a sea monster that was chasing a Seaboar.

### Culinary Expertise

Hatchan is a highly skilled chef, having once roasted an entire pig to feed the Sea Cow Momoo. He is particularly masterful in cooking takoyaki, with his takoyaki being deeply appreciated by the Straw Hat Pirates, including Sanji, a master chef. Hatchan cooks takoyaki with great speed and dexterity. With his six arms, he could make large numbers of takoyaki to feed the Straw Hats, particularly Luffy, who has an enormous appetite.

## History

### Past

#### Early life

Hatchan was friends with Kuroobi since childhood, and they dreamed of opening a Takoyaki stand. Hatchan was with Arlong, Chew, and Kuroobi when they saw the Sabaody Ferris Wheel.

At one point during his childhood, Hatchan saved Silvers Rayleigh from drowning in a shipwreck. Some time after Gold Lion Shiki's escape from Impel Down, Hatchan visited Shakky's bar. Shakky offered Hatchan a drink when he found Rayleigh reading a newspaper about Shiki's escape.

When he grew older, he joined the Arlong Pirates, which was basically a group who bullied the islanders for siding with Otohime's speech of promoting inter-species relationship. After Fisher Tiger attacked Mary Geoise, became an enemy of the World Government, and formed the Sun Pirates, the Arlong Pirates integrated with Tiger's crew.

During his time as a Sun Pirate, he befriended Macro and worked his way up the crew. Hatchan's main contribution to the Sun Pirates was to alert the crew of enemy ships. 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. Hatchan befriended Koala and tried to encourage her to stop cleaning floors like a servant.

Eventually, the Sun Pirates returned Koala to her home, Foolshout Island. However, not long after Koala returned to her family, the Sun Pirates were ambushed by marines led by Rear Admiral Strawberry. In the ensuing battle, Fisher Tiger was badly wounded and the Sun Pirates lost their ship, having to use a captured marine ship to escape. On board the stolen marine ship, the Sun Pirates tried to save Tiger's life with a blood transfusion using human blood, but Tiger firmly refused the transfusion. When Fisher Tiger died, Hatchan grieved over his death.

After Arlong was captured trying to avenge Fisher Tiger, Hatchan found himself under the command of Jinbe. One day, Jinbe received an invitation to join the Seven Warlords of the Sea. After Jinbe accepted the position, Arlong was released much to the joy of Hatchan. When the Sun Pirates split up, Hatchan went with Arlong's crew, though looking back with some apparent reluctance.

#### Service Under Arlong

Hatchan became an officer and the caretaker of Momoo, the Sea Cow of the Arlong Pirates. Originally, Arlong wanted to take Hyouzou into the crew as his swordsman, but could not afford his price and settled on Hatchan instead.

The Arlong Pirates then headed for East Blue and invaded Conomi Island, immediately subjugating Cocoyasi Village. After Arlong killed Bell-mère, Hatchan went into her house and found a map. Nami charged at him, telling him that it was her map, which she drew herself, and demanded it back. Arlong read the map and was amazed at her talent and ordered Hatchan to bring her with them. Hatchan grabbed Nami and went to where Arlong Park would stand.