One Piece: Why Mihawk Has Such A High Bounty, Explained

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Before going on a break, Oda made sure to leave One Piece fans with something to ponder over. The latest chapter gave the fans some much-needed information pertaining to two former Warlords, namely, Dracule Mihawk and Crocodile. There was a great deal of speculation about their bounties, and finally, Oda decided to give the fans what they wanted.

Both Crocodile and Mihawk have very high bounties, which is not surprising considering how powerful they are. Crocodile has been assigned a bounty of 1,965,000,000 berries, while Mihawk has a bounty of 3,590,000,000 berries. Mihawk's ridiculously high bounty has attracted a lot of attention and sparked numerous debates within theOne Piece community about whether he deserves such a huge bounty.

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Dracule Mihawk is one of the most powerful characters in the series, but that alone is not enough to have such a high bounty. One particular detail that stood out from Crocodile's conversation with Mihawk was regarding the latter's past. Before becoming a Shichibukai, Mihawk was a Marine Hunter, which is quite surprising, but it ties nicely with the fact that his student, Zoro used to be a bounty hunter as well.

If Mihawk took down loads of Marines, then it is possible that his bounty was already very high before it was frozen. Most pirates try to stay away from the Marines as they have a lot of powerful fighters, so if someone went after the Marines out of their own free will, they would have to do something to stop him. The obvious choice was to offer Mihawk the position of the Shichibukai, thus killing two birds with one stone. With Mihawk becoming a Shichibukai, not only did they manage to stop him from hunting Marines, but they also