The most selfish characters in one piece

Key recommendations

• Selfish villains like Buggy, Caesar, Doflamingo, and Blackbeard exploit others for personal gain.
• Celestial Dragons and Orochi demonstrate a callous disregard for the well-being and safety of others.
• Villains like Crocodile and Arlong are ruthless, willing to ruin lives for their own ends.

Everyone is aware of One piece characters like Luffy or his Straw Hat companions, who are all more than willing to selflessly throw themselves into harm's way to help others, but not everyone in this universe is equally caring. In fact, most of the characters Luffy faces are often depicted as far more selfish, being more concerned with what they can gain without a care in the world for the protection or safety of others.

Of course, selfishness often tends to be associated with villainous characters, who will often manipulate, overwhelm, or abuse others just to get what they want. When push comes to shove though, these characters are among some of the most self-centered in the entire series.

9 Buggy

Buggy is a selfish coward who likes to use others to get what he wants

• First Appearance: Episode 4

Buggy is a coward in every sense of the word and can always be seen acting in his own self-interest. Fortunately for him, the quirky captain always finds himself surrounded by other people who he's more than happy to take advantage of to further his own goals. When he ended up being thrown into Impel Down, for example, he accepted Luffy's help to escape, but was fully prepared to cut and run as soon as Luffy took out all the guards standing in their way.

Even becoming a Yonko was technically accomplished by others, as Buggy isn't extremely strong or a great fighter, it's just that his fruits make him virtually unkillable. If Buggy ever makes it to One Piece, most, if not all, of the credit should go to his crew rather than him.

8 Caesar the clown

There is no line that Caesar will not cross for more status and power

• First Appearance: Episode 581

All Caesar Clown cares about is becoming a respected and wealthy scientist, and to achieve that goal, he's happy to experiment on anyone he can get his hands on. Formerly a member of the MADS science group, Caesar is a fairly intelligent individual, but instead of helping others with his intellect, he prefers to create weapons of mass destruction, which he then sells for his own profit.

Caesar is so malicious that he's even been found to be experimenting on children in an attempt to make artificial giants, pointing out that there really is no limit this man won't cross to make himself known. Later in the story, when Caesar acts as a prisoner for the private crews, he still only shows concern for his safety and barely accepts Luffy and the others' plans to help those in need.

7 Celestial Dragons

Celestial Dragons see everyone of lower social status then themselves as expendable

• First Appearance: Episode 391

Finding something nice to say about the Celestial Dragons is an almost impossible task, as this group of royal lords are among some of the cruelest and most insidious characters in the entire series. An immediate revelation of how selfish these individuals can be is the way they all prefer to wear large globes around their heads, which many fans speculate is to avoid breathing the same air as the “commoners”.

Celestial Dragons look down on anyone not of their status and can usually be seen being carried by enslaved creatures and humans as normal walking is too much of an effort for them. After seeing how absorbed the Celestial Dragons are, it makes a lot more sense why Garp has such a strong hatred for working under them.

6 Doflamingo

Doflamingo's tragic childhood encouraged him to try and destroy the entire world

• First Appearance: Episode 151

Doflamingo may have been born a tall and powerful celestial dragon, but that didn't mean he had a comfortable childhood. When his father suggested the family move to a local village to interact with the common people, the locals ended up stringing them to a stake and almost burning the whole family alive. When Doffy tried to reach out to the Celestial Dragons for assistance, there was no response.

Feeling betrayed by ordinary people, the Celestial Dragons, and even his own family, Doflamingo became a sadistic villain whose sole motive was to conquer the world and everyone in it. He still shows some compassion for his new family, but outside of them, Doflamingo doesn't have the slightest concern for the safety or well-being of anyone living in his “new” world.

5 Arlong

Arlong's hatred of humans led to his killing and enslaving countless East Blue residents

• First Appearance: Episode 31

Arlong never had a fond opinion of humans, but he developed a true hatred after his master, Tiger Fisher, was ambushed and killed by a squad of sailors. This tragedy turned Arlong into a ruthless, violent and ultimately very selfish person who continued to attack East Blue, enslaving all the people he met and killing those who didn't. followed orders, which Nami unfortunately saw with her own eyes. a very young age.

Arlong's main goal was to eventually overcome all of East Blue, creating an empire that he could rule with a clenched fist while acting as king. Although Luffy was able to stop Arlong before this happened, it's scary to think what this self-centered work could have accomplished if he could have continued his expansion.

4 Crocodile

This malicious Shichibukai ruined an entire kingdom just to obtain a powerful secret weapon

• First Appearance: Episode 76

Crocodile is the first Shichibukai member the Straw Hats meet along their journey and certainly gives a good idea of ​​what the group is all about, if first impressions are anything to go by. Crocodile had managed to take over the kingdom of Alabasta, forcing the people into poverty and dehydration so he could rule the roost unopposed.

His main goal was to discover the Secret Weapon known as Pluto, which could have made him as powerful as, if not more powerful than, the entire World Government. Destroying an entire country and killing thousands of the population just to go one step further to gain more power and strength puts into perspective how selfish this elegant sandman really is.

3 Kaido

Kaido exploited Wano and its citizens for his own selfish gain

• First Appearance: Episode 739

Not much was known about the powerful Yonko known as Kaido prior to the Wano arc, but once Luffy and crew landed in the land of the samurai, it became clear just how evil and selfish this “unbeatable” threat is. Kaido had decided to outwit Wano so he could start his illegal arms operation while treating the citizens like dirt and creating his paradise Onigashima.

Despite being one of the strongest individuals in the ensemble One piece universe, Kaido apparently can't help but look for new ways to gain more power, even if it's at the cost of an entire country's population. Kaido also didn't fight back to throw his daughter away, proving that this beast doesn't have an inch of compassion in his heart for others.

2 Blackbeard

Blackbeard is willing to stab anyone in the back if they guarantee him more power

• First Appearance: Episode 146

Marshall D. Teach, known as Blackbeard, shares a common goal with Luffy; finding the legendary One Piece treasure. However, while Luffy is also on a mission to help others along the way and push back against the oppression caused by the Shichibukai and the Marines, Blackbeard couldn't care less about anything other than winning more a lot of power and become strong enough to rule one day. world.

Nowhere was this more clear than when Blackbeard decided to betray and even kill a member of his crew in order to obtain the Dark Dark Fruit. Blackbeard seems to have no concern for forming bonds with his new crewmates, but simply gathering the most malevolent and powerful warriors he can find who he can then control to amass even more power.

1 Orochi

Wano's acting “Shogun” couldn't care less about the suffering of his people

• First Appearance: Episode 921

As his own country starves and burns to the ground, Orochi can often be seen eating and drinking away his worries while surrounded by courtesans, sparing no thought for the people he is supposed to serve as Shogun. While Oda tries to bring some form of sympathy to Orochi through his backstory, it doesn't excuse how selfish he acts, especially how he willingly feeds his citizens the SMILE fruit that essentially they kept in a state of comic purgatory, making sure there was no kind. of them would ever stand against him.

What makes Orochi such a villainous character is that all of this pain and suffering is something that brings him great joy, as he feels that he is giving the people what they deserve after “betraying” him. His own sick and twisted pleasures have resulted in the deaths of thousands throughout the land of Wano.