Hody Jones

ℹ️️**Notice**This character is a **crossover character** and is therefore **not canon in Glad you Came**

**Hody Jones** is a great white shark fish-man, the captain of the New Fish-Man Pirates before their downfall, and a former soldier of the Neptune Army.

He is an admirer and militant believer of Arlong's ideals, and the primary antagonist of the Fish-Man Island Arc.

## Personality

Hody is a racist, overly hypocritical, prideful, brutal, and vicious natured fish-man who, like many of his kind, hates humans for leaving Fisher Tiger to die when he could have been saved (which was not true, as Tiger refused human blood due to being betrayed). He proves this by attacking humans within his reach. He, like Arlong, believes that fish-men are the supreme race, demonstrating his arrogance by attacking Gyro's crew with his hands cuffed, showing them that they could easily be destroyed even with the handicap. He then deliberately released the crew, injured but alive, setting them as examples, telling them to spread the word of the New Fish-Man Pirates.

Despite the fact that they both looked down on humans, his treatment of humans is even more brutal than Arlong's. He considers his human captives to be expendable and sees them as nothing more than pawns whereas Arlong had left humans alone so long as they paid him "tribute" money periodically. Arlong mainly killed humans to make examples of them when they did not pay up and was content with leaving them be, aside from odd acts to make sure the humans knew who was boss, but Hody will go out of his way to attack humans, such as using them as part of his plan that will almost ensure their deaths, and threatening to kill them outright if they refuse, giving them very little chance to live altogether.

Hody basically grew up basking in the hatred of fish-men towards humanity. He and his crew would hate and fear the day when the animosity between humans and fish-men would fade. This leads Hody and his crew to become bloodthirsty radicals who do not care for the peace of Fish-Man Island. Hody himself believes that heaven has selected him and his crew to hand judgement down to humanity, in spite of the fact that humans did utterly nothing against Hody personally. From his point of view, hatred towards humans is his definition of pride. Hody despises anyone who wants peace with humans especially Otohime, claiming that her preaching was aggravating and he did everything in his power to keep her hopes and dreams from becoming real. Hody's belief of fish-men superiority is so fierce, he fanatically believes that heaven itself has granted him power.

Despite Hody seeing Arlong as a role model, there are several factors that greatly distinguish the two, besides the difference in their levels of cruelty. While Arlong was tight with his wallet and could not pay for Hyouzou for his services as well as failing to get Vander Decken IX as his subordinate, Hody managed to make accommodations for these two by being more open with financial compensation and was willing to treat powerful allies as equals instead of being a dominating leader. While Arlong valued and considered his crew as his brothers and was extremely angry when one of his crewmen was used as a shield by Luffy, Hody, on the other hand, does not hold camaraderie in any regard even though he has been close to his officers since they were kids. In fact, Hody had no problem using one of his own subordinates as a shield to protect himself and also taunted Neptune for using himself as a shield to protect his own soldiers from harm, deeming him unworthy to be king because of that. Furthermore, according to Hatchan, while Arlong would not harm his fellow fish-men, Hody will kill any fish-man who has shown sympathy towards humans, even referring to the people who gave their signatures to support the migration as a list of traitors. Also unlike the Arlong Pirates, who demonstrate their pride as Fish-Men by utilizing on their natural strength, Hody and his crew did not care what methods they use to show off their superiority, which was best shown by their heavy abuse of Energy Steroids (as Hody calls Arlong's methods to be barbaric, which the New Fish-Man Pirates believed to a mistake to be learned from). He has gotten so arrogant that he now does not seem to care about anyone but himself and his goal, to the point he is willing to sacrifice 100,000 of his own subordinates without a second thought.

Hody is also completely fearless (if not insane and delusional), using Energy Steroids, a potent drug that increases his strength, knowing the effect also shortens his life (though he apparently did not realize it greatly accelerates one's age instead of simply reducing the lifespan). He appears to have developed an addiction to the drug as he continuously ate it throughout the day and even swallowed a giant handful of steroids at once, whether as to gain an upper hand against his enemies or as painkillers. He also threatened his crewmates for preventing him from overdosing, and his violent nature may have been intensified from the side-effects of the Energy Steroids. This arrogant stubbornness led him to overdose heavily and, in turn, destroyed his body, which even then, did not deter him from hating humanity irrationally. His arrogance also made him extremely shortsighted, as he did not even consider the consequences of allowing the Candy Factory to be destroyed, thereby angering Big Mom, whose own power and crew vastly outmatched anything Hody or his crew were capable of combating.

Hody considers King Neptune to be a coward and shows a desire of taking Fish-Man Island from him. He will do whatever is needed to achieve his goals as he joined Neptune's army solely for sheer military knowledge and experience and has no qualms about betraying his former comrades. Hody's cruelty, recklessness, hatred, superiority complex and biased goals led Neptune to refer him as quite selfish. He claims that he is fully willing to give his own life to destroy humanity.

Hody has shown a great deal of cunning as he deceived the citizens of Fish-Man Island into believing a human murdered Queen Otohime, stole the Energy Steroids from the royal palace without Neptune suspecting him, and later allied with Vander Decken IX (even though Hody does not really see him as an equal) so as to carry out his plan on infiltrating the near impenetrable Ryugu Palace and in an effort to kill Shirahoshi. Hody is also extremely arrogant and boastful (to the point of being insane), showing that he not only thinks himself above all humans, but also above all his fellow fish-men, and went as far as to call the Straw Hat Pirates and a former Warlord of the Sea weak, despite their fearsome reputations and high bounties.

Like many other characters, he has a distinctive laugh: "Jahahahaha!"

## elationships

### Crew

Hody seems to be someone who would rather handle things himself, evident when he instructed Ikaros Much to stay back after the latter volunteered to go after Crab-Hand Gyro's crew and opted to hunt them down himself.

He also seems devoted to their cause to the point where he was willing to resort to the use of the Energy Steroids without any fear of the side effects. Hody has been close to his officers since they were kids. Even though the rest of his crew was shocked at the news that he killed Otohime, the officers themselves already knew. However, Hody does not have any care for his crewmates as shown when he used one of them as a shield. Dosun even admits that Hody will not hesitate to throw his comrades away. Hody's utter disregard for loyalty is demonstrated when he attempted to sacrifice all 100,000 comrades simply to kill the Straw Hats and the Fish-Man Island civilians just for the sake of his revenge. His officers, being just as fanatically prejudiced as he is, are willing to die for their cause if Hody insisted.

Regardless of that, Hody's subordinates still follow, respect, and support him. They do seem to care about him since they did show concern for him after Zoro had dealt him a grievous wound and when he had an overdose of Energy Steroids. However, when the lower-rank subordinates were begging for mercy from Jinbe after Hody's defeat, they claimed that they followed Hody because they feared him.

### Other Fish-Men

#### Arlong

Hody deeply respected Arlong and wished to continue his legacy of conquering humans, though he did think Arlong was barbaric and unsophisticated, a mistake that Hody claimed to have learned from and was more prepared as a result. He originally planned to become Arlong's right hand man when he became of age and trained hard to achieve that goal. However, after Arlong's defeat, he decided that the Arlong Pirates were nothing more than an empty symbol for human-hating fish-men to gather under, showing no more respect for Arlong as a person, but only caring for his philosophies. He sought to defeat Luffy not for defeating Arlong, but for ending Arlong's ambitions of conquering humans. Nonetheless, Arlong was one of the most influential people in Hody's childhood.

#### Fisher Tiger

Hody respects Fisher Tiger, the hero of the fish-man race, and despises the humans for refusing to donate blood to Tiger in his greatest hour of need (though in truth Tiger refused the blood transfusion due to it being tainted by humanity's hatred for fish-men, a fact Tiger asked his crew not to reveal). However, upon Jinbe's return to Ryugu Kingdom as a Warlord of the Sea, Hody learned that Tiger wished to be at peace with humans, which did not stand well with Hody's beliefs. Regardless of this revelation, Tiger's death had made Hody and his officers realize that Tiger was not the "hero" they thought he was.

#### Hatchan

Even as a child, Hody despised Hatchan for speaking highly of humans such as Silvers Rayleigh, and felt the urge to vomit in disgust whenever Hatchan spoke positively about this friendship. Upon Arlong's defeat and Hatchan's return to Fish-Man Island, Hody lost the little (if there was any to begin with) respect he had left for Hatchan for befriending humans. Hody refused to listen to Hatchan's opinions  and had no qualms with allowing Decken to attack him.

#### Fish-Man Island Civilians

Hody deeply loathes the citizens of Fish-Man Island for not sharing his perspective. Not only did he terrorize the citizens with violence during his uprising, but he also psychologically tormented them by forcing them to step on the fumi-e of their beloved queen. Hody deems them worthless and claims that they are the reason why humans scorn fish-men and also expressed a desire to execute those who gave their signatures for migration, deeming them as traitors and their signatures as a list to track on. During his final battle with Luffy, Hody attempted to kill the citizens by having Noah fall down on Fish-Man Island, wanting them dead rather than seeing them coexist with humans.

### Enemies

#### Humans

Like the rest of his crew, Hody despises humans, looking down on them with the full intent of conquering them. He believes humans are as worthless as slaves and was willing to use them as disposable pawns for his invasion plan. Despite this, he was willing to grant freedom to those who completed the task he gave them, although the task he gave them had a very low survival chance. He only spared Gyro and his crew so that they could tell the terrors of the fish-man race to the rest of the world. According to Fukaboshi, Hody hates humans more than anyone else, even though he had no reason to other than being raised to hate them emptily.

#### Monkey D. Luffy

Hody has nothing but hatred for Monkey D. Luffy because he destroyed his Idol Arlong's operations in the East Blue and ruining all of his plans. When he heard Luffy had finally made it to Fish-Man Island he was ecstatic for a chance at revenge. He made the extra effort to kill him during his coup d'état on Ryugu Kingdom, and intended to show Luffy's head as a way to incite fear to the surface world.Even though he was beyond shocked that Luffy defeated half his forces in an instant with a burst of Haoshoku Haki, Hody was confident he could end the Straw Hat captain's life and finish what Arlong started. In the end, however, this proved to be his downfall; Luffy showed complete dominance over Hody whether on land or underwater, which caused Hody to recklessly chew down handfuls of Energy Steroids, enhancing his hatred on a slippery slope. Even after suffering a complete defeat and his body broke down to the point of no repair, Hody continuously demanded for Luffy to be brought to him for a rematch.

#### Jinbe

Hody also notes that Jinbe and the faction of the Sun Pirates that follow him are an annoyance. Even though Jinbe had no idea that Hody was the one who actually murdered Otohime (until Hody reveals it), he seems to be the only one outside the Fish-Man District to be aware of Hody's dark nature since he had been keeping tabs on Hody while he was plotting something in the Fish-Man District. During the confrontation at Gyoncorde Plaza, Hody stated that he hates Jinbe the most for not being an enemy of humans especially after the death of Fisher Tiger. By cooperating with the very humans who defeated Arlong, the Straw Hat Pirates, Hody considers Jinbe to be lower than Neptune.Hody currently has no idea that Jinbe has become a member of the crew he loathes so much.

#### Otohime

Hody despises Otohime for her philosophy of interspecies cooperation between humans, fish-men and merfolks, which clashes against his hatred against humanity. To this end, he personally killed her and destroyed the signatures she worked so hard to gather and then ultimately put her hard work to waste by framing a human for the murder. While celebrating Otohime's death with his comrades, Hody calls it heaven's judgement. During the coup against the Ryugu Kingdom, Hody forced the citizens of Fish-Man Island to step on her portrait, squashing her supporters and insulting her even after her death. He later bragged about killing her in front of everyone and openly ridiculed her ideals. However, even though Otohime died without knowing who shot her, she did not hate her assailant and pleaded for her children to do the same, a wish that Princess Shirahoshi went to great lengths to honor. Hody would go on to further ridicule this mercy and kindness when he was informed about it.

#### Neptune

Hody believes that Neptune is a worthless king because he (from Hody's perspective) lacks pride. He did not enjoy enlisting in the Neptune Army and only sought to gain battle experience for his own self-interest. Hody was determined to take King Neptune's reign away from him so he can create a world where humanity is completely enslaved. After Hody successfully captured the king, he attempted to execute him in front of his people. Unfortunately for him, Hody failed due to Luffy's interference. Hody also earned Neptune's hatred when he revealed that he was the one behind his wife's assassination. After Hody was defeated, Neptune did not show any rage towards Hody and just had him imprisoned. When Hody became a frail, old man, Neptune expressed his pity towards him.

#### Seia

Seia's greatest enemy was none other than his mother's assassin Hody Jones, who was raised to hate humans from an early age. As a result he despised him. Hody has nothing but hatred for Seia in return because he is human.