Monkey D. Garp

Monkey D. Garp is an extremely famous and powerful Marine vice admiral.

He is the father of Monkey D. Dragon, the paternal grandfather of Monkey D. Luffy, and the adoptive grandfather of Portgas D. Ace.

He took charge of both Koby and Helmeppo's training.

After the war, he became a Marine Instructor to train new recruits, though still retaining the rank of vice admiral.

Notably, Garp was offered the rank of Admiral several times throughout his career, but he refused the offer of promotion every time.

Garp is one of the major figures, along with Kong, Sengoku, Shiki, Silvers Rayleigh, and Whitebeard, from the times when the "Pirate King" was still alive.

## Appearance

Garp is a tall, tanned, broad-chested, muscular old man.

He has a beard and a scar over his left eye.

In the anime, his eye color is blue, and his hair is gray, whereas in the manga, it is white.

Garp and Tsuru are the only two vice admirals to have special shoulder-pads; Garp is golden and blue (black and red in the anime) while Tsuru is purple with white dot whereas the standard color is blue and red.

During the Battle of Edd War, Garp's had two black stripes on his epaulettes and during his appearance at Water 7, it increased to three stripes and by the time of the Marineford War, it increased again to four stripes.

The dog mask that Garp initially wore when introduced served to hide his identity as Luffy's grandfather, whose design had appeared in *Romance Dawn, Version 2*. After their relationship was revealed in the Post-Enies Lobby Arc, Garp is no longer seen wearing the mask.

In his free time or vacation, Garp often wears sandals, a red tropical shirt and light-colored shorts.

He sometimes pairs this shirt with black trousers and boots. When visiting Dadan during Luffy's childhood, he sometimes wear his official black suit without wearing his Marine cape.

Thirty eight years ago, Garp's hair was all black and lacked a goatee.

He wore a white dress shirt and a red tie.

Thirty years ago, Garp's hair and goatee were all black. He wore a dark suit with an orange striped undershirt and a black tie.

Twenty-four years ago, Garp's hair and goatee were still black, with sideburns beginning to whiten. He wore a dark double breasted suit with a white shirt and a red tie.

When he was a child and a young man, Garp resembled Luffy, though more muscular than his grandson.

As a child, he had light brown hair, wore a tropical button shirt with shorts, and wielded a pipe staff.

Garp already had the scar on his left eye in his childhood days.

After the time-skip, his appearance has somewhat remained the same though he now wears a dark-colored suit.

## Personality

Garp is an eccentric but caring man, who is loyal to both his criminal family and the Marine Headquarters, who he has served for decades.

He is loud, boisterous, exuberant, and overall acts in a similar manner to his grandson.

He has a habit of falling asleep during conversations and can be absent-minded.

Luffy's crew noted his, apparently hereditary, selfishness during Garp's interaction with Luffy in Water 7.

Unlike many Marines, Garp does not believe that a person's lineage determines their path.

On a similar note, he does not believe that being labeled a criminal necessarily makes someone a bad person.

Although Garp wanted his grandsons to become marines, he entrusted their care to a mountain bandit whom he had refused to turn over for prosecution.

Garp believes that throwing children into harsh conditions will ultimately make them strong, and has no problem hitting children to drive home a point.

Despite this, Garp is a supportive person.

When Ace asked Garp whether he should have been born, Garp replies that Ace will find the answer if he continues living.

When Momousagi mentioned Luffy being targeted by two Emperors, Garp did not express much concern about it.

Although Garp will ultimately comply with Marine HQ's most serious orders, he highly values his freedom and family, often to a point where he bends the rules to accommodate these values.

He initially refused to capture Luffy in Water 7 until explicitly ordered to do so.

Additionally, Garp is generally amused by Luffy's exploits as a pirate, and only seriously laments both of his grandsons' choices to become pirates after Ace is captured.

He also ultimately allowed Luffy to hit him due to valuing his family more than his duty as a Marine during the war at Marineford.

He even seemed ready to defend them when Akainu wounded Ace and was on the verge of killing Luffy.

Like Luffy, Garp is extremely blunt and honest when talking to people, as seen when he openly badmouthed Sterry, the current king of the Goa Kingdom, unafraid of the consequences in doing so.

He considers the Celestial Dragons scumbags and is not afraid of expressing this aloud.

The main reason he refused to become an admiral is because he does not want to be their direct subordinate.

On one occasion, he also blurted out Monkey D. Dragon's name in front of Luffy, his friends, and his subordinates without any consideration at Water 7.

When he realized he should not have said that, he just simply laughed it off, asking those who heard to forget about it.

When Garp prepares to fight seriously, he often removes his Marine coat or a suit jacket.

Like his grandson, Garp is extremely fond of food, especially donuts and rice crackers.

Garp has his own laughter style: Bwahaha or Wahaha.

## Skills & Abilities

Garp is easily one of the most powerful Marines and one of the strongest characters seen in the series.

A testament to his strength is that he was one of the very few people to be considered a rival to the "Pirate King" Gol D. Roger and he was offered the rank of Admiral several times throughtout his life.

It should be noted that those who hold the rank of Admiral are regarded as the World Government's "**Greatest Military Powers**" and are the strongest individual fighters within the World Government structure and the Marines.

In terms of combat, Garp has had several decades worth of experience, in both combat and navigating the harshest oceans within the volatile "New World".

Alongside Roger, he fought and prevailed against the very powerful Rocks Pirates, which consisted of three future Emperors, earning him the epithet of "Hero of the Marines".

He was also well known for cornering and fighting Roger many times.

Roger also stated that he and Garp had almost killed each other on numerous occasions.

As another true testament of sheer power, Garp defeated and nearly killed Don Chinjao in the past with a single punch, whose bounty was worth over 500,000,000 in his prime and was said to be able to split a continent with a headbutt.

The extent of Garp's power and fame is evident round the time of the Battle of Edd War, three years before the future Pirate King died.

It was revealed that he was offered the promotion to the rank of admiral more than once, but repeatedly refused the promotion.

Garp's subordinate at that time, Kuzan (later promoted to admiral), commented on how cool Garp was for refusing such an irresistible promotion, to which he answers by stating that he does not need a higher position, and that it would reduce his liberty to do what he wants.

Another example of Garp's strength is when he was shown to easily strike down Marco of the Whitebeard Pirates and knock him back, despite having his Devil Fruit abilities activated at the time, which was something that both Kizaru and Akainu seemed unable to do.

Similarly, when it was revealed worldwide that Luffy is Garp's grandson, Luffy's fame rose based on that fact, as Demaro Black attempted to use that as one of the strong points in his impersonation of Luffy. Charlotte Linlin referenced Garp when Luffy challenged her.

He has merits and influence great enough to make even the World Nobles not dare to get rid of him despite his rebellious personality.

One of the Five Elders remarked how Luffy's record is understandable being Garp's grandson.

## Family

* Unnamed Deceased Wife
* Monkey D. Dragon (Son)
* Luna Ordeis (Daughter in Law)
* Monkey D. Luffy (Grandson)
* Adam Ordeis (Grandson)