Arlong looked after his crew members and even though he betrayed Nami, he did so because he didn't want to lose her talent. Though his opinions and his ideals were extreme, he displayed a high level of brotherhood with his crew and even towards Nami despite her species divide. In the end, he enslaved humans just as the humans once enslaved many fishmen. He was loathed for the actions of him and his crew. As a result, when Arlong led his own crew and had committed murder, humans came to view him as a "monster". He also failed to understand Fisher Tiger's reason for letting humans that they attacked live. Tiger's death led to his hatred hitting rock bottom. However, it was later shown that he had grown more arrogant over time to the point that he completely had no sympathy for humans. During a battle with the Marines, Arlong told Jinbe to leave the unconscious Marines alone. However, he wasn't always entirely brutal. He has been ill-tempered since his younger years. During his fight with Luffy, the boy's constant fighting back made Arlong mad, to the point where it drove him into a deep anger.Arlong himself had expected Luffy to die quickly, but his anger made him become reckless and destructive, even seriously damaging his own HQ building while attacking Luffy. He is rather easy to anger, going berserk after he was attacked by Usopp and having to be dragged back to his base by his crew to prevent him from destroying the whole town. However, even though Arlong states he can't go back on his word, he has no qualms about exploiting loopholes in his deals to unfairly get his way. The best example is when his crew urged him to keep Nami even if she brings the 100,000,000 Beli. Nevertheless, any promise about money he makes, he keeps.
He spent eight years using Nami and her maps to plan his takeover of the East Blue. He has an eye for spotting exploitable talent that he can use for his goals and is an excellent planner.
He thinks nothing of killing a town full of humans, although he seems to prefer controlling people with money and deals (like Nami and Nezumi.) He is keen to separate his race from humans, and is constantly stuck by this mentality that his people are superior to humans in every way. Like many other One Piece characters, he has his own unique laugh, which is "Shahahahaha".Īrlong considers humans to be inferior beings and is very cruel to them. He is known for being the main villain in the Arlong Arc and had the highest bounty in East Blue before being defeated by Monkey D. He was the pirate captain of the all fishman crew, the Arlong Pirates, a former member of the Sun Pirates, and the older brother of Madam Shyarly. Arlong (アーロン)Arlong the Saw is a sawshark fishman.