Hatchan

ℹ️️**Notice**This character is a crossover character and is therefore not canon

**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.

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.

## Statistics

### Origin:

Grand Line (Ryugu Kingdom, Fish-Man Island)

### Residence:

Fish-Man District (former); Arlong Park (former)

### Epithet:

Six-Sword Style Hachi (六刀流のハチ, Rokutōryū no Hachi?)

## 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.

#### Seia

Though they started off as enemies, the two now genuinely care and respect each other, forming a strong friendship. Hatchan, despite having once been his enemy, held no dislike for Seia and quickly became friends with him.

Hatchan is fond of Seia and treats him as a very good friend, despite initially trying to kill him back when he was a member of the Arlong Pirates. He admires Seia's abilities and is grateful that he saved him.

#### 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.