Gad the Whirling Tide is a hammerhead fish-man serving as an officer of the Simon Pirates. He debuts in the game Great Hidden Treasure of the Nanatsu Islands, carrying a bounty of 30,000,000 berries.
Gad is a brawny teal fish-man whose black hair is molded into a hammer shape, complete with sideburns. His face runs thin, set with a pointed nose, a jutting chin, full lips, and slim eyebrows. For dress he sports a blue-and-white tank top over an orange shirt, black shorts, and orange sandals, with gold rings piercing both his ears and nose.
Vain to the core, Gad fusses over his looks and goes weak for beautiful women, his eyes turning to hearts at the sight of them. For all his arrogance, he carries a streak of decency, throwing himself into rescues whenever anyone is in peril, even saving the very Straw Hat Pirates who had just been trading blows with him.
His fish-man heritage grants Gad strength roughly ten times that of an ordinary human on land, doubling again in water, a power he displayed by shattering a massive whirlpool. He fights with a long polearm capped by a hammerhead, handling it with notable skill. When that towering vortex rose before the Straw Hats' ship, Gad burst from the sea to destroy it and dropped onto the Going Merry's deck before Luffy. Instantly smitten with Nami, he drew Sanji's ire, and the crew battled and beat him, sending him fleeing though not before he left their ship heavily damaged. Once the Shushibaruba was dealt with, Gad and the Precieuses bid the Straw Hats farewell and set out to form a crew free of any divide between humans and fish-men.

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Gad the Whirling Tide is a hammerhead fish-man officer of the Simon Pirates who debuts in the game Great Hidden Treasure of the Nanatsu Islands. He carries a bounty of 30,000,000 berries.
Gad is a brawny teal fish-man with black hair molded into a hammer shape and matching sideburns. He wears a blue-and-white tank top over an orange shirt, black shorts, and orange sandals, with gold rings piercing his ears and nose.
As a fish-man, Gad has roughly ten times the strength of an ordinary human on land, which doubles again in water, a power he used to shatter a massive whirlpool. He also fights skillfully with a long polearm capped by a hammerhead.
Gad burst from the sea to destroy a towering whirlpool threatening the Straw Hats' ship and landed on the Going Merry's deck before Luffy. He instantly grew smitten with Nami, drawing Sanji's anger, and the crew fought and defeated him, though not before he left their ship heavily damaged.
Gad is vain to the core and fusses over his looks, going weak for beautiful women. Despite his arrogance, he has a decent streak and throws himself into rescues whenever anyone is in peril, even saving the Straw Hat Pirates he had just fought.
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