[One Piece] Is “Mad Monk” Urouge Really That Strong for a 108 Million Bounty? Japanese Fans Reexamine His True Power
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Mad Monk Urouge — June 17, 2018 Is his bounty actually low… or are we underestimating him?
Urouge’s bounty looks modest compared to other Worst Generation members. Yet fans keep bringing up feats that don’t line up with that number. So is Urouge overrated — or quietly one of the most dangerous pirates out there?
Urouge Is the Weakest of the Rookies?
1: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 He’s the lowest-ranked among the rookies though.
5: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 That bounty is from two years ago.
6: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 He’s the guy who drove Kaido to attempt suicide, though.
7: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 You people really say whatever you want.
9: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 No matter how you look at it, his head’s worth at least a billion.
10: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 Urouge looks like a moderate guy, yet he’s already over 100 million.
Comparing Feats, Not Just Numbers
15: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 He’s the man who took down a Yonko commander solo.
Pound: “I heard that when one of the Sweet Commanders was defeated before… the vengeful Cracker army blackened the sea, an enraged Linlin summoned a storm, and the enemy fleet was sunk in an instant…!!”
Nami: “A storm!?”
24: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 If you beat a Yonko, your bounty should be around 500 million at least.
26: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 Luffy → whole Straw Hat crew Law & Kid → alliance Urouge → one-on-one
Morality, Crimes, and Why His Bounty Stayed Low
27: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 He’s too much of a saint — he just hasn’t committed enough crimes to raise his bounty.
29: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 Unlike Kid, he didn’t kill civilians. He only did the bare minimum of “evil,” so the government never focused on him. That has nothing to do with strength.
31: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 He beat Snack, so he’s easily around the billion-level in strength.
33: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 I love that story where trolls invaded his character thread, and people replied calmly until the trolls gave up and left.
41: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 He defeated a Yonko commander worth nearly 700 million, so it wouldn’t be strange if his bounty jumped to just under a billion.
28: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/17 Defeated a 600 million commander, escaped Big Mom’s fleet with his crew almost unharmed, and while vacationing in the sky islands, he chanted sutras and drove Kaido to attempt suicide. One billion. Easy.
👉 A Bounty That Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
Japanese fans consistently separate bounty value from combat ability. In Urouge’s case, the argument isn’t that he lacks power — it’s that the government never had enough reason to fear him.
No civilian massacres. No loud declarations. No chaotic destruction.
His bounty reflects behavior, not threat level.
👉 How Japanese Fans Measure “Real Strength”
What stands out is how often fans compare methods, not results.
Luffy needed numbers. Law and Kid needed teamwork. Urouge fought alone — and won.
For this community, strength isn’t just who you beat, but how quietly you did it.
That silence is exactly why Urouge feels dangerous.
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