Crocodile is COMPLETELY DIABOLICAL 

I disagree slightly. A lot of east blue pirates are examples of failed pirates. Buggy was someone who was basically pirate royalty at one point but gave up on himself and his dream after the death of his captain (and due the actions of a certain pirate). He was as shell of a man who was not living up to his potential until Luffy came along. Don Krieg was someone who didn't value his crew and blamed them for his own shortcomings. Arlong was someone who let their trauma take over, and instead of accepting it and working through it, he chose to inflict the same trauma on to others. Kuro was an example of someone who never was a pirate. He was someone who didn't really have a dream or ambition but became a pirate for the sake of wealth alone. Also he was a psychopath who just wanted to kill. His intelligence alone could've made him incredibly wealthy without resorting to crime or piracy but he chose to become a pirate to satiate his bloodlust. Which would've been fine as a pirate does not need to be a good person. The problem was that he didn't want to deal with the consequences of piracy. Basically he's like Yoshikage Kira. He wants a peaceful life but is also compelled to commit violence and murder. Edit: Basically Croc was an actual pirate, and didn't give up on his dream, even after Whitebeard defeated him. Kuro was done right because like a lot of east blue villains he was an example of what a pirate shouldn't be. You could argue that croc was what Kuro could've been if he actually had something worthwhile driving him.

And contrived writing to make the protag win.

But Kuro was awesome

to me he always felt like a Doffy prototype, especially with the role he is playing now in the manga

@@unknownUser-ny5gw yh but doflamingo is irrelevant now whilst crocodile is a yonko

Shoulda said one of the most sandy characters I’ve ever seen.

I'd say the only one you could say tops him is Doflamingo. Crocodile is top 5 at least. Personally I say he's top 2 along with Doffy.

@@THENemesisXX99If I were to rank my top 5 OP villains, it’d be Doflamingo, Blackbeard, Akainu, Crocodile and then Kaido. But if we’re going by personal preference, Crocodile is def #1 for me.

​@@THENemesisXX99nah Croc was better villain than Doffy in his arc. The only reason why ppl rank Dpffy higher is bc we know his past unlike with Croc

@@THENemesisXX99i think doffy is a good character but a bad villain he is written to be some mastermind yet the starts pissing himself the moment anything goes wrong crocodile had back up plans for his backup plans while doffy gets one part of his plan shut down and he instantly decides he has to nuke the entire country because he can’t recover bro was panicking the moment luffy started fighting his generals

@yo-kaikid1925 Crocodile's plan didn't involve him turning a sizable chunk of the population into toys which erased them from memory that could be undone if the DF user was knocked unconscious. Doffy and Crocodile had different goals. Doffy and Croc are quite similar. Doffy had achieved Crocodile's goal and was going on strong for 10 years until a magical fighting crackhead and his band of lunatics fucked everything up. Which happens to every antagonist in the story.

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Many of Luffy's adversaries are dark mirrors like that. For example Moria is a Luffy who suffered such a horrifying defeat and tragady (death of his crew) that he went nuts trying to prevent it happening ever again. He's a Luffy that gave up on himself and his morals but not his dream. Letting himself go but never not clinging to old glory and happiness.

@@wertm123That's why I like Moria so much. He isn't just batshit crazy and evil, wanting an undead crew just cause it's convenient. He doesn't want to go through the pain he had to suffer in the new world, where the "real nightmare" awaits. He genuinely cared (and still cares) for his crew, he just got broken so much he became, ironically, a shadow of his former self. Man goes to a YONKO HIDEOUT just for a single crewmate. If that's not totally a Luffy thing then what is?

I mean snake is pretty fitting but crocodile is more threatening

Also it fits with the saying crocodile tears

Get ready for Water 7 and Thriller Bark!

dressrosa has an even more exciting villain, hope you're ready

A fellow Mugiwara Goofy watcher has appeared

Kinda have to feel for the guy. He’s been working for years so carefully and calculating… just for some punk ass kid to come in and wreck your shut

Actually, Doffy is genuinely more merciful to his group than Croc ever was to his employees. Doffy is still a prick mind you, but more of a nepotist prick than the "use then ditch" that Croc is.

Doflamingo ain't crocs level

@@flyingpizza7486 the plug walk definetly is though

@@VIOLENT6 fair

That would be a step down for Croc he is already a boss in Cross Guild

yeah I have the same problem but im on water 7

It doesn't have spoilers, just a little manga detail from the cover stories around that time, it was never animated. It doesn't even mention any of the following arcs, seems he just watched it so don't worry about spoilers. Careful with comments tho hahahah

Honestly it’s a testament to Oda’s writing skills that every saga/arc he can craft a villain that’s either more despicable or imposing or even both then the last. But Doflamingo sticks out in my mind because his motivations and actions are just sick and twisted. For those who know what he’s done y’all know what I’m talking about.

Doflamingo is basically Crocodile if he had gotten his plan on taking over a kingdom worked out