@mcdreamy:
That's not true, there were a lot of people (especially in this forum) who thought the idea was ludicrous for a couple of weeks. They would rather pull Doflamingo, Big Mam, WG, or VDD out the a** than look at the obvious Hody figure.
True, I did. And I'm still disappointed it was Hody who killed Otohime.
It just kind of sucks that Oda has been planning this chapter so long just to have another mother-killing fishman supremacist as a villain.
@hreinnbeno:
The problem with this arc is that Hodi is an awful, with no real reason in hating humans and no real reason in overthrowing the kingdom other than blaaah. He has no characterization, he is bland and nothing about him is interesting. He has no real ambition and no real reasons behind his way of thoughts. People that said that they didnt believe that hodi killed otohime were hoping for it, trying to hope that Hodi wouldnt be the main bad guy, as he is that bad of a character.
While I kind of agree, most villains haven't had strong reasons either. The only one I can really explain is Arlong and Lucci, the latter cause he was an orphan raised by the WG, which would explain the fanatical loyalty.
But Hody's hatred for humans isn't out there either; as seen before, he and Arlong were raised in a horrible lawless ghetto as orphans. Where it was highly implied that most of the kids raised there were orphaned as a result of the great pirate age. Mostly out of the slavery business and chaos from all the pirates and marines who stomped through FI until WB stepped in.
If your parents were killed by humans and you were stuck in a shithole that is the Fishman District with a parental figure like Arlong, you'd hate them too.
@Cyclone_Baroness:
Something else I was a bit confused about…the sizing issue...
http://www.mangareader.net/one-piece/632/4 I didn't think the princes were anywhere near the same size as their father or Shirahoshi. But in this panel they seem to be only slightly smaller than him. I thought they were more normal sized…
If there is one thing Oda does suck at, it's size consistency. Just reread Little Garden lol.
@Cyclone_Baroness:
I think that it was more of another connection we were to make to Arlong really, not really her. I mean, we got 0 info on him after the Arlong arc. I think that means he escaped before being imprisoned, and was powering up somewhere else and he'll show up again with a haymaker punch to Hody's drugged out face. Avenge his people and sister.
I'm not convinced Arlong is going to come back, if anything this convinces me more that he isn't needed anymore and won't reappear. Arlong's presence is being shown throughout all the levels of this arc; from the impact of the slave trade (the orphanage), to the Sunny Pirates, to Hody. He doesn't need to be around to make an impact. His actual appearance would be pointless.
Furthermore, Oda would have hinted at his reappearance in a different way. Buggy was hinted to reappear via newspaper, and Hachi via a coverstory. Everything seems to point out against Arlong reappearing because if he had escaped prison everybody, and I mean everybody, would know about it.
@otakufan:
A good question, especially in light of her relation to Arlong… What happened in their youth to make Arlong despise humans (as he did so to some extent even before the Tiger incident set him off), and does Shyari share that prejudice?
So being orphaned by rampaging pirates and marines and being forced to live in a crime-ridden and filthy excuse for an orphanage isn't enough to hate humans?
Pretty sure I would hate humans too in his shoes.