Monkey D. Luffy (2023 TV Series)

:NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Monkey D. Luffy from the 2023 television series. The mainstream version can be found here.
Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist of the live-action series , based on the anime/manga franchise of the same name. He is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. He starts a journey to find the One Piece treasure and become the King of the Pirates. 
He is portrayed by , who also played Juan Ruiz in The Imperfects, and by Colton Osorio as child. In the Japanese dub, he is voiced by the legendary actress , who voices the same character in the anime series.
==Biography==
Monkey D. Luffy is an energetic and cheerful young man with the ambition of becoming the Pirate King. Having eaten the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit as a child, he has a flexible rubber body at the cost of the inability to swim.
==Personality==
In the original series, Luffy makes it clear that while he admires heroes, he has no desire to be one; while he does often fight for other people, he generally only does so after seeing that they're willing to stand up for themselves (or if they had previously given him food), and is fine with ignoring their plight otherwise. In the live action series, he has a much more standard sense of heroism, helping people just because it's the right thing to do. Likewise, Luffy is ambitious, excitable and a bit of a simpleton but with a heart of gold and the charisma needed to rouse anyone with a good heart into being his allies. While still plenty optimistic and happy-go-lucky, live-action Luffy doesn't quite match the original's unshakeable self-confidence and implicit, unquestioning faith in his crew's abilities. 
==Appearance==
Like his manga counterpart, Luffy is usually recognizable by his straw hat, a gift from "Red-Haired" Shanks. The character has a scar under his left eye from stabbing himself to demonstrate his courage to Shanks and his crew. He later wears a red vest and denim shorts. This version also wears shoes instead of sandals.
==Powers and Abilities==
Like in the anime/manga, Luffy demonstrates superhuman strength, including shattering stone with his bare fists and destroying Arlong Park with Gum-Gum Battle Axe, and he overall takes less hits than in the manga due to dodging attacks more often, and he has a great sense of hearing his surroundings. Despite often acting as a carefree, naive and dimwitted, Luffy has intelligence, which is demonstrated by his capacity for improvisation and creativity, especially in combat. He also displays a little bit more wit and awareness than in the manga and anime, as when he makes a bet with Nami to see if Kaya is going to really just give the Going Merry to them or if they will have to steal it or when he tries to convince Zeff to let him use credit to eat in the Baratie without paying. 
==Gallery==
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==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Luffy's actor (Iñaki Godoy) met both Eiichiro Oda (One Piece's creator) and Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy's Japanese voice actress) in Japan.
*According to Iñaki, he was chosen to be Luffy by Oda, because he managed to make him laugh.
*Luffy is shown to be somewhat smarter and have a little more awareness than his anime version, despite being still very naïve.
==External Links==
*Monkey D. Luffy from Live Action One Piece Wiki
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