Character Discussion Most complex character in One Piece
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That’s exactly the point, his unmotivated motivation is a realistic depiction of racism and prejudice. A result of generational beliefs and secondhand hatred passed into his very psyche. It is such an irrational way of thinking that is also very apparent in real world racism. Sometimes people just hate for no reason at all, they can try to give their rationale behind it or justify it. Hody didn’t do that, he acknowledged his very hypocritical mindset. He ended up having the very same extremist views as the humans he despises. That’s what makes him complex imo.
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I’m recalling Fisher Tiger and he seems more complex, he has this deep rooted hatred like a lot of fishmen but can also be sympathetic to humans. In the end, he denied having literal human blood in his veins moreso than his own survival lol
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I’m recalling Fisher Tiger and he seems more complex, he has this deep rooted hatred like a lot of fishmen but can also be sympathetic to humans. In the end, he denied having literal human blood in his veins moreso than his own survival lol
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Well, that's fair.
Tbh I never understood why anyone could hate him.
His design is great. His personality is great. Even in terms of power scaling he's pretty great (especially in his prime)
Could be in my top 5 or 10 favorites alongside Ace, Sabo, Law, Zoro, Luffy, Franky, Blackbeard, etc. (and that's in no particular order)
Tbh I never understood why anyone could hate him.
His design is great. His personality is great. Even in terms of power scaling he's pretty great (especially in his prime)
Could be in my top 5 or 10 favorites alongside Ace, Sabo, Law, Zoro, Luffy, Franky, Blackbeard, etc. (and that's in no particular order)
Garp is the most basic character out there
Simple minded, laughs off everything, good morals, beats pirates to a pulp, is part of a wicked tyrannical system but is never seen remotely showing signs of any form of ideal or philosophy or questioning the morals of said oragnization. Garp never engaged in any intellectual conversation basically, he is a character driven by superficial emotions, straight as an arrow.
You can consider his plot to be cool and well written but he is in no way a comlpex character lol
Simple minded, laughs off everything, good morals, beats pirates to a pulp, is part of a wicked tyrannical system but is never seen remotely showing signs of any form of ideal or philosophy or questioning the morals of said oragnization. Garp never engaged in any intellectual conversation basically, he is a character driven by superficial emotions, straight as an arrow.
You can consider his plot to be cool and well written but he is in no way a comlpex character lol
One of them is surely Fisher Tiger. He had hate for humans in his heart because he was a slave,but his rational side knew it was wrong,so he tried to follow a good path,altough different from the Otohime one. He even managed to feel a bit of affection for Koala in the end. But taking human blood was too much for his hatred. So i find him complex for his contrast between his hate and his morals.
Mentioned already but yeah gotta hand it to Fisher Tiger.
Could have easily been a pretty straight forward freedom fighter with good morals type of character but Oda did a good job fleshing him out far beyond that. His death has to be one of the most powerful moments in the manga with how it portrayed his struggle to avoid perpetuating hatred for humans despite the disgust he himself ultimately felt towards them.
Think the strength of his writing can also be felt in the other great characters surrounding his story. He and Otohime came to mutually respect one another despite their radically different approach since he, on one hand, could understand that she was fighting a generational battle bigger than the struggles of any one indiviual and she, on the other hand, could see that there was still need for someone willing to take firmer actions to help those suffering in the immediate reality.
Could have easily been a pretty straight forward freedom fighter with good morals type of character but Oda did a good job fleshing him out far beyond that. His death has to be one of the most powerful moments in the manga with how it portrayed his struggle to avoid perpetuating hatred for humans despite the disgust he himself ultimately felt towards them.
Think the strength of his writing can also be felt in the other great characters surrounding his story. He and Otohime came to mutually respect one another despite their radically different approach since he, on one hand, could understand that she was fighting a generational battle bigger than the struggles of any one indiviual and she, on the other hand, could see that there was still need for someone willing to take firmer actions to help those suffering in the immediate reality.
