Crocodile — May 2018
Was 81 million a joke, or exactly why the World Government recruited him?
When Crocodile’s old bounty resurfaced, people laughed.
81 million feels tiny in a post–1.5 billion world.
But Japanese fans didn’t just mock it — they started arguing why it was low.
- Crocodile’s 81 Million Bounty Shock
- Why the Warlords’ Bounties Stopped
- Was Crocodile Actually Dangerous?
- Comparisons to Other Pirates
- Government Logic and Recruitment
- Luffy, the Exception
- 👉 Why Japanese Fans See It This Way
- 👉 Editor’s Conclusion ②
Crocodile’s Bounty vs Luffy’s Era
1: Anonymous Pirate
Meanwhile Straw Hat Luffy is at 1.5 billion.
“He Was Just Hiding His Claws”
3: Anonymous Pirate
He was just hiding his claws, that’s all.
6: Anonymous Pirate
Wasn’t Hancock around 85 million or something?
73: Anonymous Pirate
>>6
If you don’t openly oppose the Marines or cause incidents, your bounty doesn’t go up.
Crocodile kept a low profile too.
Why That Number Was Frozen
12: Anonymous Pirate
That was the amount he had when he became a Warlord…
20: Anonymous Pirate
Warlord bounties stop updating, that’s just how it works.
Why Was Crocodile Chosen at All?
13: Anonymous Pirate
Come to think of it, why was Crocodile even allowed to join the Seven Warlords?
17: Anonymous Pirate
>>13
Because he was hunting down small-time pirates.
19: Anonymous Pirate
If that alone got him into the Warlords, they must’ve seen him as extremely dangerous.
Power, Ambition, and Reputation
25: Anonymous Pirate
Arlong was just playing king of the hill out in the countryside.
26: Anonymous Pirate
Well, Crocodile was the type to try and take over a whole country.
27: Anonymous Pirate
A textbook weak Logia who relies only on his Devil Fruit.
36: Anonymous Pirate
>>27
He trained and refined it though.
39: Anonymous Pirate
>>27
He turned stone buildings into sand.
That power was already awakened.
“81 Million Is Inexcusable” vs Context
28: Anonymous Pirate
He even made it to the New World, so 81 million is indefensible.
31: Anonymous Pirate
Arlong’s 20 million was cheap too.
34: Anonymous Pirate
>>31
That guy was bribing the Marines…
Post-Alabasta Expectations
44: Anonymous Pirate
I kinda want him to start making flashy moves out of jealousy toward Luffy.
I want to see everyone else’s updated bounties too.
46: Anonymous Pirate
Being seen as dangerous with only 81 million actually makes him competent.
Comparisons and Shame
49: Anonymous Pirate
The most embarrassing one is Bellamy acting tough at 50 million.
51: Anonymous Pirate
They judged Crocodile as having insane future potential, that’s all.
“He Lost to Early Luffy” Argument
57: Anonymous Pirate
No matter how you spin it, he’s still a scrub who lost to early Luffy.
65: Anonymous Pirate
>>57
He killed Luffy twice, though.
Why Luffy Was Never Offered Warlord Status
60: Anonymous Pirate
Why was Luffy never offered a Warlord position?
64: Anonymous Pirate
>>60
He’s already picking fights with the government, so no way.
75: Anonymous Pirate
>>64
But in that world, isn’t avoiding conflict with the government basically what weak pirates do?
Do other pirates just bow their heads?
86: Anonymous Pirate
>>75
Most pirates avoid unnecessary fights with the Navy.
Even Blackbeard ran when Akainu showed up.
Pirates like Luffy or the Fish-Man Pirates who fight head-on are rare.
Government Evaluation Logic
70: Anonymous Pirate
There’s that useless excuse setting where his real value was actually triple or something.
76: Anonymous Pirate
He didn’t cause civilian damage, so there was no need to raise his bounty,
and that made recruiting him easier. That’s all.
80: Anonymous Pirate
From the outside, Luffy looks insane.
He picks fights with the Marines and government for no reason, frees the worst criminals,
doesn’t even control them, then goes on to challenge an Emperor.
That crew is dangerous as hell.
Side Notes and Meta Commentary
110: Anonymous Pirate
That Rockstar guy was supposedly a Warlord candidate.
115: Anonymous Pirate
Crocodile will be talked about forever.
He just got swallowed by the power inflation of the One Piece world…
👉 Why Japanese Fans See It This Way
Japanese readers aren’t just laughing at the number.
They’re dissecting how the government evaluates threats.
Low bounty doesn’t mean weak — it can mean controlled, quiet, and useful.
Crocodile fit that category perfectly.
👉 This Was Never About Crocodile — It Was About the System
This discussion isn’t really about Crocodile.
It’s about systems.
Who gets rewarded for silence.
Who gets punished for chaos.
And why Luffy, unlike Crocodile, could never be absorbed into that system.
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