| “ | Fukaboshi: "ANSWER ME, DAMN IT! WHAT DID HUMANS DO TO YOU THAT WAS SO UNFORGIVABLE!? WHY!? WHAT IN THIS WORLD COULD INSPIRE SUCH CRUELTY!?" Hody Jones: "Not one damn thing." Fukaboshi: "That..That's your answer?" Hody Jones: "The simple truth, we were chosen by heaven to punish the humans. That is our purpose...and we have the power to do so." |
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| ~ Hody's answer to Fukaboshi for why he hates humans. |
Hody Jones is a villain from One Piece. He appears as the main antagonist during the Fishman Island Arc.
He is voiced by Joji Nakata in Japanese and by Larry Brantley in English (who also voiced Redd White in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)
What Makes Him a Scrappy?[]
- He is criticized for being an Arlong clone in design, powers and personality, as well as lacking the entertaining qualities, charisma and excellent character development of Arlong, which made him an interesting character. Alongside that, Hody has little to no mention of Arlong at all, making him a basic rip-off without any reference to the originator.
- Zoro wiped the floor with him, even though he had a significant advantage at the time.
- His design also received criticism, as is considered lame and generic, especially compared to others Gyojins like Jinbe, Hatchan or Dellinger who at least had more creative and attractive designs.
- He is a typical doomsday Pure Evil villain. His goals are just generic "Take Over the World" ones which makes him even more bland and lame for many.
- There is no real reason as to why he is so racist against humans, he just started hating them because the other fishmen were hating on them. This makes many fans consider him even more one-dimensional and boring, since most fishmen had genuine reasons for there grievances against humans, but not Hody, he just started hating them because he followed the hate train, and not because of a tragic/justifiable reason like most other fishmen.
- Not even his comrades were a threat, because the rest of the Straw Hats wiped them easily. Some people even consider that the fight Zoro had against Hyozou is the worst in the entire franchise, likely due to the high expectation, while others didn't consider a fight at all.
- Many people consider him to fall short in terms of epicenes and writing to other considerably better villains, heck even many consider Demalo Black to be more likable than him.
- Although the concepts of exploring the negative consequences of drug abuse and racism in society sounds good on paper for a One Piece story arc, many fans feel this was a huge waste and could had worked better with a better backstory and a different type of villain like a bounty hunter, a World Government employer or a supremacist Triton; instead of copying Arlong.
- Another notable criticism is that, aside from murdering Otohime, he has no real impact in the main storyline; unlike most characters in the series like Portagas D. Ace, Whitebeard, Mihawk or Monkey D. Dragon who have been changing the world drastically.
- In general, he is so poorly received by the fans that has never been mentioned or appeared in another future arc after Fishman Island.
Trivia[]
- He and the 4Kids version of Mr. 3 are the only One Piece characters who are Scrappies, although Mr. 3 being non-canon due to being from a dub adaptation.
- Despite the criticism, some think he is a good representation of racism.
External Links[]
- Hody Jones on the Villains Wiki
- Hody Jones on the One Piece Wiki
- Hody Jones on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Hody Jones on the Hate Sink Wiki