Sir Crocodile is one of the most iconic villains and characters in Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga and anime. He was Luffy's first major antagonist and a character who set the standard for many subsequent One Piece villains. And while villains are usually staples who come and go, Crocodile has remained faithful to the series and is still a relevant part of the story. In this article, we'll tell you if Crocodile is still alive and what really happened to him.

After being defeated by Luffy during the Alabasta Arc, Crocodile was imprisoned in Impel Down, from which he eventually escaped by allying with Luffy. He remained an ally of Luffy during the Marineford War, in which he also played a larger role, before finally escaping from the Marines. He did not play a major role afterward, but is known to be very much alive.

The rest of this article will give you a detailed look at Crocodile's fate in the One Piece manga. You already know what happened and how it happened, so we'll just give you the details so you have the full context. Be careful, though, because the article will contain many spoilers for the latest One Piece manga news.

What happened to Crocodile in One Piece: Is he still alive?

Since we've already talked about the fight between Luffy and Crocodile, we'll continue Crocodile's story after that moment, that is, after his imprisonment in Impel Down. After being arrested, Crocodile, along with Mr. 1 and the rest of the arrested agents, was imprisoned in a Marine base. There, Crocodile, Mr. 1, and Mr. 4 established themselves as the strongest in their cell.

After a while, they received a visit from Miss Goldenweek and Mr. 5's team. With the mission to free their imprisoned companions, Miss Goldenweek and her group infiltrated the Marine base and freed Crocodile and the others from their cells. Although Crocodile was offered his freedom, Mr. 1 decided to voluntarily remain in his cell.

While in their cell, Crocodile and Mr. 1 were affected by a hypnotic technique from Miss Goldenweek that made their deepest dreams come true. In Crocodile's case, his dream of becoming the Pirate King came true, which angered him. Sometime later, Mr. 2 and Mr. 3 were thrown into Crocodile and Mr. 1's cell after being captured by Hina.

Together, the four members of the Baroque Works were sent to Impel Down. Once transferred to Impel Down, Crocodile served his sentence on Level 6, near Jinbe and Portgas D. Ace's cell. There, along with other prisoners, he expressed his desire to end Whitebeard's life before the war broke out. When Luffy, Inazuma, and Ivankov were trapped on Level 6, Crocodile caught Luffy's attention and offered to help him escape. At first, Luffy was reluctant to free his former enemy, despite being told that he was no longer interested in the kingdom, but in Whitebeard's downfall.

Eventually, Ivankov managed to convince Luffy by revealing that he knew Crocodile's intimate secret that would keep him loyal to his interests. Following this, Inazuma freed them both from their cells. Crocodile, for his part, overthrew the entrance to the level using the powers of the Suna Suna Fruit and, along with Luffy and Jinbe, faced a large group of guards, whom they defeated with extreme ease.

Already on the fourth level, Crocodile visited the cell of his former partner in Baroque Works, Daz Bonez, and invited him to accompany him. Bonez, who had nothing else to do, immediately accepted. While Luffy and Galdino fought Magellan, Crocodile, Jinbe, Buggy, Daz Bonez, and Bentham headed for the exit to retrieve a ship. Once they all managed to escape Impel Down, Crocodile helped defend the ship from the cannonballs the Marines had fired at it and ordered the escapees to fire the ship's cannons.

After the escape, Crocodile explained that once they entered the Tarai Stream, they could only go to two places: Marineford or Enies Lobby. After the fight began, the ship they were traveling in was affected by a tidal wave caused by Whitebeard and frozen by Aokiji; standing on top of a wave.

At that moment, they received a new communication from the Marines warning them of the progress of Ace's execution. A panicked Luffy pressured the others to help de-ice the ship and slide off at the end of the hour. Ivankov's involvement in the maneuver caused the ship to capsize, and everyone began falling from the sky above Marineford in the middle of the battle.

Luckily, the Marine battleship landed in one of the few unfrozen spots in the ocean. Although the impact split the ship in two, none of the passengers were injured. Thus, spectators were surprised to see how Crocodile and the rest of the prisoners burst into the middle of the war. After a few moments, Crocodile decided to make his first move: in a moment of confusion, he positioned himself behind Whitebeard with the intention of piercing his head with his hook.

Before that, Luffy activated his Gear Second and intercepted Crocodile, who reminded him that they had a non-aggression pact. However, Luffy replied that Whitebeard was an important man to Ace and that he would not let Crocodile near him. Following this, Crocodile was imprisoned by several of the Emperor's servants, but somehow managed to escape.

After the frustrating attempt to end Whitebeard's life, Crocodile and Daz Bonez attempted to close in on him again. Unable to stop him, Jozu, commander of the Third Division, was forced to intervene and managed to strike Crocodile with his diamond body. Jozu attempted to strike Crocodile again with his diamond body, but was stopped by Doflamingo, who rode on his back while controlling his body.

Later, Crocodile appeared at the square and interrupted Ace's first attempt at execution by finishing off the guards. Sengoku, surprised by such an action, asked him why he had turned against them if his main goal was to take Whitebeard's head, to which Crocodile replied that before finishing Whitebeard off, he wanted to prevent the Marines from getting away.

At that moment, Crocodile's head was thrown from his body. Doflamingo, the one in charge, reprimanded him for his alliance with Whitebeard and attempted to kick him, which Crocodile easily blocked with his grappling hook. During the final advance towards the execution platform, Crocodile ordered Daz Bonez to protect Luffy.

After his subordinate was attacked by Dracule Mihawk, Crocodile intercepted the World's Greatest Swordsman's sword and warned him to be careful as he was in a bad mood. Later, the Blackbeard Pirates killed Whitebeard, and Crocodile was left to observe his former enemy's inert body. As Admiral Akainu cornered Jinbe and Luffy, Crocodile crossed the frozen floor of the bay and pierced the admiral's body with a large sand sword. Following this, he used his swords to throw Luffy and Jinbe out of Akainu's reach.

The admiral's attacks on Luffy, Jinbe, and Buggy were thwarted by the Whitebeard Pirates and Crocodile Pirates' top commanders, who were willing to risk their lives to protect Luffy. After some insults from Akainu, Crocodile and the others engaged in a bloody battle with the admiral. The outcome of the fight is unknown, but he was found unharmed when Shanks stopped the war.

He and Daz Bonez escaped from Marineford and escaped when Sengoku agreed to the ceasefire. Approximately three weeks after the end of the war, Crocodile and Daz Bonez found themselves on an unidentified island in the Grand Line. For the past two years, Crocodile has managed to elude all the Marines sent to capture him and is currently hiding in the New World.

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Crocodile first appears after the timeskip playback, in a harbor and near several pirates, the news of Doflamingo's abandonment of his position as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Much later, Crocodile was in a lavish room with other pirates and read in the newspaper about Luffy's exploits in Big Mom's territory. Sometime after the abolition of the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, Crocodile contacted Dracule Mihawk to offer him a place in his new organization, which he accepted.

Following this, Crocodile and Daz Bonez traveled to Karai Bari Island and dealt with the marine fleet besieging the island. Later, he went to Buggy to demand payment of his debts, arguing that he needed him to start a new business. Unfortunately for him, Buggy was broke, so he offered to pay off his debt by giving him control of Buggy's Delivery.

With Mihawk already on Karai Bari Island, the two demanded an explanation for the Cross Guild's poster design and threatened to kill the pirate. After discussing the situation with Mihawk, they both agreed that Buggy would be the leader in the eyes of the world while they controlled the organization from the shadows, arguing that they would kill him if he became a nuisance.