Monkey D. Luffy

> I am Monkey D. Luffy. And I'm gonna be King of the Pirates.
>
> Monkey D. Luffy

**Monkey D. Luffy** is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit when he was a child after stealing it from pirate captain Shanks' loot, turning his body into rubber.

Inspired by Shanks, who gave him his signature straw hat, Luffy seeks to form a powerful crew to find Roger's treasure and become the new King of the Pirates.

He is the protagonist of Season 1 of One Piece.

## Appearance

Luffy is a Latino youth with a short mess of curly black hair, tanned skin, toned muscles, bushy eyebrows and big dark eyes usually worn with determination and boldness, and a scar under his left eye.

## Personality

Much alike his manga counterpart, Luffy is a profoundly optimistic and audacious individual who marches at the beat of his own drum.

## Relationships

### Roronoa Zoro

The first crew member to join the Straw Hats, and the second friend Luffy made out at sea, Roronoa Zoro is a former bounty hunter that hunted down pirates. He has become one of Luffy's most reliable crew mates due to his unwavering loyalty to him. They are good friends and are easily the deadliest duo among the Straw Hats, and out of all the crew members, Zoro and Luffy share the most apparent ‘brothers in arms’ relationship.

When Zoro met Luffy for the first time in Shells Town he was initially completely against his offer to join his crew, finding the idea laughable due to the nature of his work. However, when Luffy talked about dreams after asking him if he was only a bounty hunter, Zoro's view on Luffy seemed to change. When finally free, he stayed and fought by his side instead of getting away from the Marine Base like he intended to do and told Luffy he would do if he set him free.

Since then, Zoro has followed Luffy faithfully and has been with him every step of his journey. Zoro has never given Luffy any reason to doubt his loyalty and his actions have shown that he is perhaps the most dedicated to him. He trusts his captain's judgement, despite his simple-mindedness, and followed Nami back to her home village on Luffy's order after she had betrayed them, despite disagreeing with the decision to get her back.

Zoro is one of Luffy's most trusted advisers and most importantly, his first mate.

Luffy recognizes Zoro as one of the strongest members of his crew and has complete faith in his abilities. He is never overly concerned about Zoro as he is well aware of his incredible sword skills and knows he can take care of himself.

### Nami

Nami, who was originally part of the Arlong Pirates, is the second person to join Luffy's crew. She and Luffy share one of the closest relationships among the Straw Hats and have a mutual reliance on each other, with Luffy relying on Nami as his navigator and for day-to-day tasks whilst Nami relies on Luffy as a pillar of strength during dangerous and frantic times. The two are often seen arguing due to Nami getting frustrated by Luffy's antics and stupidity and Luffy being annoyed at Nami for being overbearing and ruining his fun.

Luffy is dominantly responsible for changing Nami's views on pirates. Due to her experience with Arlong she held a strong hatred for pirates and Luffy was no exception, and at one point she tried to attack him after seeing the devastation that had been done to Orange Town. However, after seeing his interaction with the dog, Chouchou, working alongside him to defeat Buggy, and realizing he is not as bad as she originally thought, she decided to cooperate with him as a means to an end, but eventually joined his crew after getting closer to him and seeing his kindheartedness firsthand. However, Nami betrayed Luffy and the crew during the Baratie Arc, stealing their ship with all their treasure on board, and returned to Arlong. She did so with tears in her eyes as she wondered if she would ever meet them again and hoped Luffy and the others would still consider her their friend. Luffy traveled to Nami's village and freed her and her village from Arlong's rule. Since then, she has been a mainstay of the crew and has developed a fierce loyalty to Luffy, feeling indebted to him for everything he has done for her.

Nami acts as one of Luffy's negotiators and counsels him numerous times throughout their journey.

Very often, Nami tends to be the one to make sure Luffy does not do anything too reckless, having to explain to Luffy why he cannot do some of the crazy things he wants to do and frequently berates him for his careless actions, big or small.

To Nami, Luffy is the person she can turn to and rely on when emotionally distressed or feeling frightened. When she broke down after Arlong denied her the chance to free herself, and her village, from him, she turned to Luffy in tears and asked for his help. This moment showed Nami's great trust in Luffy, as up to this point she had refused to ever ask for help from anyone.

Like all the other members of the Straw Hats, she has complete faith in Luffy's abilities. She rarely doubts him in a fight and is often left amazed and inspired by his feats, strength, and determination. Luffy's victories over enemies, especially in the case of Arlong and his declaration that she is his friend, which caused her to cry tears of joy.

Luffy has absolute loyalty and faith in Nami and has never doubted her. Even when she betrayed him, Luffy's opinion of her did not waver and he remained determined to have her in his crew, in spite of Zoro and Usopp's protests, flat out stating to them that he would not accept anyone else as his navigator.

Frequently, Luffy showed that he truly cared for her well-being. It was showcased in Arlong Park, when he angrily told Arlong, after punching him, not to make his navigator cry after the fish-man had upset her. Later, Luffy became furious when he Arlong stated that Nami was a tool to use and no one could do it better than him.

Throughout their adventures Nami has been one of the persons Luffy has given his straw hat to, either to wear as a source of comfort before he fights or to look after it. On Cocoyasi Village Luffy placed his straw hat on her head right before his fight with Arlong as a sign of his promise that he will defeat him for her. Nami remembered Luffy saying his hat is his only treasure and teared up at the gesture.

### Usopp

Usopp became the third member to join Luffy's crew. The two share a close bond of brotherly love and act like best friends. Whilst Usopp is cowardly and weak Luffy does not disparage him for it in the slightest and values him as a crew member.

Luffy had first heard of Usopp when he was child as he met his father, Yasopp, who would talk about him. They first met on Syrup Village.

Usopp holds great admiration for Luffy and often lies about himself in the mold of him, falsely claiming credit for some of his achievements. Luffy has made such a profound impact on him that he has mostly shed his cowardly personality, although some of it still remains, having become more comfortable and adept at fighting and adventuring. This change first started whilst on Cocoyasi Village, when, despite normally trying to discourage going into any kind of danger, he chose to walk by Luffy's side when he stormed Arlong Park for Nami and fought Chew on his own.

### Sanji

Sanji is a former cook of the Baratie and the fourth member to join the Straw Hats. He is arguably one of Luffy's favorite crew mates because of his incredible cooking skills that satisfies his gluttonous nature.

The two first met during the Baratie Arc when Luffy was caught up in a dispute with the Head Chef, Zeff, for not having anything t pay his full meal. When a starving Gin entered the restaurant and desperatly asked for food, however, Sanji still gave him a dish to eat despite not having money to pay. Luffy, seeing this act, was impressed and was insistent he join his crew, but he refused. After being inspired by Luffy's fearlessness and determination to achieve his dream and having Zeff kicking him out so he could follow hiw dream of finding the All Blue, he agreed to join Luffy's crew and gave an emotional farewell to Zeff and everyone at the Baratie.

Since joining he has been the official chef of the Straw Hats.

## History

### Past

#### Childhood

Luffy was born 17 years ago in Windmill Village, in the East Blue.

When Luffy was 6, Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates stationed themselves in Windmill Village. While they were there, their sniper Yasopp frequently told Luffy that he had a son his age named Usopp. Luffy wanted to join the Red Hair Pirates, and after they had been in the village for nearly a year, he stabbed himself under his left eye to prove he was tough enough to be a pirate.

Luffy and the Red Hair Pirates then went to the Partys Bar, where Luffy continued to get Shanks to let him join them unsuccessfully. He found the Gomu Gomu no Mi in a chest and ate it, not knowing what it was. As he did this, the mountain bandit Higuma and his gang entered the bar and demanded sake. The bartender Makino informed them that the Red Hair Pirates had consumed all the sake available, and when Shanks offered him the last bottle, Higuma smashed it on the floor. Shanks only responded by cleaning up the mess, and Higuma throw everything that was on the bar onto the floor to mock him before leaving. Luffy was outraged that Shanks did not retaliate, and Shanks grabbed his arm when he tried to leave, causing it to stretch. The Red Hair Pirates realized in shock that Luffy had eaten the Devil Fruit they took and revealed to Luffy that he would never be able to swim for the rest of his life.

The Red Hair Pirates later set sail, and Luffy enjoyed his new rubber body, trying to find attacks he could do once he would be a pirate. One day, he was sitting in the Partys Bar when Higuma's gang returned. Luffy picked a fight with them, and they quickly overpowered him. But the Red Hair Pirates were near and the whole crew defeated the bandits with clean shots and great coordination. However, Higuma had escaped during the fight and went to sea with Luffy. There, he wanted to kill the boy, but a Sea Beast known as the Lord of the Coast came and crashed the boat, eating Higuma and throwing Luffy underwater, unable to swin. However, Shanks then arrived and saved Luffy before scaring away the Sea Beast after it attacked another time. Though the Lord of the Coast had riped Shanks' left arm and Luffy was deeply saddened and guilty when discovering this.

Later, the Red Hair Pirates prepared to depart Windmill Village for good, and Luffy had decided that he would instead set sail on his own. Shanks teased him about being too weak, and Luffy declared that he would become the Pirate King and form a stronger crew than Shanks'. In response, Shanks gave Luffy his straw hat, telling him to return it once he had become a great pirate.

### East Blue Saga

#### Romance Dawn Arc

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## Manga Differences

* He has a string on his hat which he isn't supposed to have until a much later arc. He also has curly hair while in the manga, Monkey D. Luffy had straight hair instead. He also wears shoes instead of sandals.