@Reyairia:
Lol.
And Franky stole Usopp's money and beat him senselessly.
Wiper also attacked the Strawhats in a rage despite the SHs having nothing to do with the Vearth conflict.
Defeating a bunch of random pirates doesn't show shit, since Luffy does it all the time.
Franky stole money from who he thought were merciless pirates. Remember, despite what the reader knows most the world (haven't not met the Strawhats view them as villains). Franky was just trying to protect Water Seven, per Iceberg's words. Once he got to know them, he apologized to the Strawhats, built them a dream ship and even joined.
Yeah, I agree with you on Wiper. To this day his fanbase perplexes and worries me.
Luffy doesn't look for fights. He only fights when people get his way and start it. Or if they have hurt one of his friends or crew. That's it. If no one pitted themselves against him or people he liked, Luffy wouldn't fight anyone.
Hodi attacks people constantly because he thinks he's better than them and that it's his right to do with them as he pleases.
There is a difference.
@Noqanky:
Right, because Hodi's lifelong ambition is to kill the straw hats …
Hodi as a kid grew up seeing the exploits of Fisher Tiger, his death, and apparently also the death of Queen Otohime, whatever her deal was. He was obviously overwhelmed by this to the point he hated humans and believed in Arlong. And when Arlong failed he didn't see it as Arlong learning a well-deserved lesson, but as him being weak and thoughtless.
That's pretty much the case for most New Fishman Pirates. It's not about them being evil. When you see people in the real world killing each other for race or religion it's not about good vs. evil. It's about people growing up with hate and answering with hate. To some Hodi is even a martyr, a hero, because he's sacrificing his life by using steroids to further his cause.
Given all this I don't expect Hodi to be the real villain. I see him fighting and getting defeated, but he'll probably learn a lesson from seeing Luffy fight the real villain, probably to protect fishman island or the princess, or both.
And what happened with Hachi was Hodi reasserting himself as a leader by not listening and being stubborn about his decision, something that happens all the time in real life. After Arlong's failure he clearly developed the idea that some fishmen were just too weak to even matter. Decken was the one who decided to go all out on Hachi for the fun of it, and Hodi let it slide because Decken is something he needs because of his "curse". I think Franky was more of an asshole when he continued to mock Usopp and had him beat up.
Decken has more evil qualities as he probably was the cause of the Queen's death (10 years ... sounds like the death of the Queen coincided with Shirahoshi getting locked in the tower ...) Also, his motives are completely selfish ... he doesn't work for a cause, he works for a delusion that he's not willing to give up, and he clearly has issues of being seen as inferior to anyone. Oh, he's also greedy, remember he didn't want ankoro to eat the Sunny because of potential treasure, which he wanted obtain by murdering the crew.
Caribou is also a more malignant character who will probably also clash with others at some point, but since he's been portrayed as an idiot it's hard to take him as a serious threat so far. By the time the anime comes by he'll be the new Buggy.
As for Hyouzou, I think he's the Kaku of this arc. Basically, a badass character we just grow to love only to see him get defeated with honor by Zoro.
/edit: really glad to see Hammond disappeared from the scene. May he be forgotten for a long while.
Bad people can do evil things in the name of a good cause. Hodi is a bad guy. Sure, he may have "noble" reasons to do what he is doing, but he is still cruel, violent, crazied, and disregards anyone he views as weak. If you want to like Hodi, fine. I like villains too. But I don't try to make them into something heroic.