The Conomi Islands are an archipelago located in the northwestern region of the East Blue. Nami lived there until she joined the Straw Hat Pirates. It is the setting of the Arlong Park Arc. The Conomi Islands are an archipelago located in the northwestern region of the East Blue. Nami lived there until she joined the Straw Hat Pirates. It is the setting of the Arlong Park Arc.
Containing at least twenty different communities, the Conomi Islands appear to be largely agricultural, with several plantations of rice and oranges. The Marine 16th Branch appears to have jurisdiction over this region, although other branches like the 77th Branch can also act here if necessary. The islands were simple and peaceful until the Arlong Pirates landed at Cocoyasi Village. From there, they quickly tyrannized the entire region and extorted a monthly “survival” tax—100,000 for every adult and 50,000 for every child. Failure to pay would result in violent retaliation, up to and including the complete destruction of a town. With the extorted money, Arlong and his crew erected Arlong Park and planned to conquer the entire East Blue, while bribing corrupt officials like Nezumi to minimize attention from the Marines. After eight years of this subjugation, the islands were finally freed with the arrival of the Straw Hat Pirates, who defeated the fish-men and toppled Arlong Park.
Genzo and Bell-mère were born and grew up in the Coconomi Islands, within the Cocoyasi Village. Bell-mère was known to be a problem child as Genzo made note of over the years. By the time Bell-mère was 18, she left Coconomi Islands to join the Marines, 2 years later she returned carrying an infant Nami and a 2 year old Nojiko, survivors of a war in the Oykot Kingdom. She decided to adopt and raise the children despite the protests from the villagers, with Genzo also keeping an eye on them. 10 years later, the Arlong Pirates set their sites on Conomi Islands to begin their plans of conquest over the East Blue, terrorizing the residents of the island and extorting them for money, when time came for Bell-mère to pay the pirates tribute money, wanting to avoid having her daughters be forced to flee to sea she gave, ultimately costing her life. The villagers of Cocoyasi attempted to fight but were swiftly brutalized by the pirates, Nami was then forcibly made a member of the Arlong pirates, making a “deal” with Arlong that her village would be freed if she could find a way to pay him…
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Genzo and Bell-mère were born and grew up in the Coconomi Islands, within the Cocoyasi Village. Bell-mère was known to be a problem child as Genzo made note of over the years. By the time Bell-mère was 18, she left Coconomi Islands to join the Marines, 2 years later she returned carrying an infant Nami and a 2 year old Nojiko, survivors of a war in the Oykot Kingdom. She decided to adopt and raise the children despite the protests from the villagers, with Genzo also keeping an eye on them. 10 years later, the Arlong Pirates set their sites on Conomi Islands to begin their plans of conquest over the East Blue, terrorizing the residents of the island and extorting them for money, when time came for Bell-mère to pay the pirates tribute money, wanting to avoid having her daughters be forced to flee to sea she gave, ultimately costing her life. The villagers of Cocoyasi attempted to fight but were swiftly brutalized by the pirates, Nami was then forcibly made a member of the Arlong pirates, making a “deal” with Arlong that her village would be freed if she could find a way to pay him 100,000,000. Over the next 8 years, Arlong constructed Arlong Park as his headquarters while the residents of Cocoyasi bided their time, paying their monthly tributes until they could find a way to be freed entrusting hope into Nami. Around 3 to 2 weeks before the start of the main storyline, Gosa Village failed to pay their monthly tribute leading to their village houses being flipped over and destroyed by Arlong’s pet Momoo.
East Blue Saga
Arlong Park Arc
With the arrival of the Straw Hat Pirates understanding the situation at hand, Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp attempted to rescue Nami from her captivity of the Arlong Pirates. Luffy defeated Arlong and destroyed the map room that Nami had spent years stuck in, as well as destroying the park’s building as a whole. The corrupt Marines branch allied with Arlong led by Nezumi of the 16th Branch were also subdued and Nami forced them into returning her stolen money while also making them rebuild Gosa Village. After the arrests of the Arlong Pirates, the Coconomi Islands were freed from Arlong’s tyranny as they went on to have a celebration.
