Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy also known as **"**Straw Hat Luffy**"** and commonly as **"**Straw Hat**"**, is the main protagonist of One Piece and is the leader of the Straw Hats Pirates and is a member of the Ordeis Family.

## Appearance

Luffy has black shaggy hair, round black eyes, and a slim muscular build.

He is renowned for his trademark straw hat (from which he gets his nickname "Straw Hat Luffy"), which was lent to him when he was young by the legendary pirate captain, "Red-Haired" Shanks, who in turn received it from Gol D. Roger.

He wears short, blue trousers with cuffs, sandals, and a sleeveless red vest.

Luffy also has a scar with two stitches underneath his left eye, which he earned by stabbing a knife under his eye to show Shanks that he was tough and not afraid of pain.

He was severely wounded by Akainu in the Summit War of Marineford, leaving a large X-shaped scar on his chest.

## Personality

Luffy's two dominant traits are his apparent lack of intelligence and his utter fearlessness.

Luffy can easily be amazed by the simplest things, such as hermit crabs, and can be confused by concepts such as that by digging a hole right next to another he may be unintentionally filling the other hole. In addition, during long and complex explanations of something, he immediately calls it magic.

He likes monsters and will ask weird creatures to join his crew (as seen in the Thriller Bark Arc, asking a talking tree to join his crew).

He also has no knowledge of medicine: when Nami had a high fever he told her to eat cold food and later tried to make Roronoa Zoro better (after battling Bartholomew Kuma) by pouring sake onto him because Zoro likes sake.

When attempting to think up a plan to get off of Amazon Lily, while he managed to make some logical sense of where to look, he is seen to strain himself and notes that he is going to feel sick from too much thinking.

He is rarely disturbed by violence and bloodshed as he has fought his whole life.

Even the worst battlefields rarely disturb him except when it involves a friend or relative as in the case of Ace.

He is seemingly unphased by the most horrifying sights such as headless men left after Law's attacks or the extreme violence of Kid.

Luffy's personality is like that of a child's, in the sense that he tends to go to the extremes.

He can either be extremely greedy, especially in cases of food, who his crew is, and adventure; or extraordinarily selfless, going so far as to virtually sacrifice himself to avenge or protect his friends, crew, and family.

This childish mentality of his allows him to get to the root of the problem, and allows him to figure out the most simple way of solving it.

He almost never gets irritated with normal people, though there are a few exceptions, like when they seem to have an opposite taste in food as he, or when they ask if they can take a look at his "privates".

Luffy also has no problem with other people stretching and playing with his rubber body, however, he does get a little irritated if they are doing so while he is in the middle of eating.

Luffy calls every mixed-appearance creature he finds by whichever creature is its secondary (non-dominant) part.

On Gaimon's island, the dog/chicken was referred to as a "chicken" when it was mostly a dog, the snake/rabbit a "rabbit" even though it was mostly snake, and the pig/lion a "lion" even though it was mostly pig.

This becomes a running gag: later when he meets Bananawani, he calls them "bananas with crocodiles attached to them."

Also, after seeing Pierre transform, he continued to refer to him as a "horse" instead of a bird.

And related to this running gag, when on Long Ring Long Land island, he called every animal by what he thought they resembled rather than the actual species they were.

Another interesting personality trait is that during sailing, he likes to sit on the bow of the ship, such as the head of the Going Merry and the Thousand Sunny, the nose of Rocketman, the head of the right Yuda of the Kuja Pirates' ship or even on top of the front cannon of a captured Marines' ship.

Luffy's interest in women is a complex matter: Luffy acted in an aroused manner when Nami stripped, yet remained neutral when Hancock did so, was because he was with Usopp at the time Nami did so, as Usopp is his age and therefore a bad influence on his behavior.

He also has not yet displayed any romantic inclinations, having nonchalantly refused to marry Lola and Hancock without a second thought.

Luffy also has an indifferent behavior towards marriage.

While he knows what marriage is, he does not seem to care about that concept as when Sanji was in an arranged marriage with Pudding, he did not care if he got married and only cared more about him returning to the crew.

He also did not object to Absalom trying to marry Nami and only commented on how "brave" he was to want to marry her.

Ironically, despite his lack of interest in all things love related, Luffy has earned the affections of many women along his travels (such as Alvida's admiration, the love of Boa Hancock, etc.), quite a few of whom are royalty.

Luffy has shown to admire heroes, though he has stated vehemently that he really does not want to be one, his reasoning more-or-less translating that the definition of a good hero is to be entirely selfless.

Ironically, many of Luffy's actions are mostly selfless, with his selfishness mainly revolving around his gluttony and his thirst for adventure.

This trait leaves everyone he meets with to think he is some kind of hero, but not by his own design.

However, he is easily convinced by Jinbe for his plan of becoming a hero of the Fish-Man Island with an agreement of meat.

Luffy acquired the reputation of a very dangerous person because of his recklessness and even insanity.

However, unlike other pirates who have a reputation as a psycho (like the Killer of the Marines Caribou or Bellamy) for unjust violence against civilians or authorities, Luffy gained his reputation for helping his friends in the face of power, usually passing over beyond the bounds of reasoning.

It is shown that Luffy can get irritated when his crew or people around him constantly whine about the dangers they are in that he caused, which is mostly shown in Zou.

He would appreciate if people stayed happy and cheery in these situations, like the rabbit mink Carrot.

When his adoptive older brother Ace was killed at Marineford, the mental strain of watching Ace die in his arms caused him to fall into a catatonic state.

After waking from this state, Luffy flew into a rage and went on a destructive rampage to vent his grief and anger.

Afterwards, Luffy re-evaluated himself and came to the conclusion that he had been too naïve, and was weak and unworthy of becoming Pirate King, falling into a state of depression and self-pity.

Some encouragement from Jinbe and Rayleigh gave Luffy some renewed courage to continue pursuing his dream.

After the timeskip, he tells Rayleigh that he will be Pirate King, having regained his confidence to fight for his dream.

Luffy is also an extremely heavy sleeper.

During the operation to ruin Sanji and Pudding's wedding ceremony, Jinbe could not wake him up even after smacking him hard several times and yelling directly into his ears. Only after he was presented meat, his favorite food, did he finally wake up.

Back at Water 7, Luffy woke up when his grandfather Garp hit him with his "Fist of Love".

Throughout the series, several characters have stated similarities between Luffy and other D. carriers, whether in personality, words, actions, or presence.

So far he is thought to be similar to Jaguar D. Saul by Robin; to Monkey D. Garp by Aokiji, by at least one of the Five Elders, and by his own crew; to Monkey D. Dragon by Emporio Ivankov; to Gol D. Roger by Smoker, Crocus, Kureha, Gan Fall, Shanks, Rayleigh, Kokoro, Shakuyaku; and to Portgas D. Ace by Tama and Yamato.

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

As captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy has the greatest authority over an increasingly powerful and diverse crew consisting of several infamous members, many of whom are extremely powerful in their own right.

Luffy has a great amount of influence over his crew, so much so that the members of his crew all trust him with their lives, both in spite of his reckless behavior and in some cases even because of it.

He is also one of twelve pirates who have been dubbed as the "Worst Generation", a group of individuals who have become famous for the bold actions and major conflicts they committed against the World Government and all have bounties of over 100,000,000. Indirectly, he also has claim over the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, a massive fleet consisting of seven powerful New World crews numbering 5600 people in total, who all swore to serve under him of their own will and come to assist him whenever he may need them.

The scope of Luffy's authority is considered by the World Government to be close to on par with the Four Emperors, the four most powerful and influential pirates in the world and Luffy has officially been considered by the press to be the "Fifth Emperor" as a result.

This is one of the reasons Luffy is considered by the World Government to be extremely dangerous, and currently has a bounty of 1,500,000,000 which is surpassed by only a known few.

Luffy has exhibited his threat most notably by invading all three of the World Government's main strongholds in Paradise: he single-handedly beat at least a thousand Marines on Enies Lobby and took out two CP9 agents, with the invasion ultimately resulting in the destruction of Enies Lobby via Buster Call; he infiltrated the great prison Impel Down and orchestrated the only mass breakout in its history; he invaded Marineford during the Summit War of Marineford and greatly aided the Whitebeard Pirates in their ultimately unsuccessful effort to rescue Portgas D. Ace from execution.

Luffy has also significantly threatened the balance of the Three Great Powers by defeating three members of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and allying with two others, causing Jinbe to defect from his position and Law to lose it.

The World Government also views Luffy to be a grave threat simply because he is the son of Monkey D. Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army.

Despite his ever-growing list of accomplishments in battle, Luffy continues to be frequently underestimated by opponents due to his appearance and disposition.

This oftentimes has ultimately proved to be an advantage for him, as it gives him leeway toward options opponents would not expect.

Crocodile left Luffy for dead twice, only for Luffy to recover from his defeats and ultimately claim victory.

Donquixote Doflamingo attempted to trap Luffy in the Corrida Colosseum, expecting that he would fall victim in it, only for Luffy to escape and win over the gladiators there to his side.

With constantly improving skill in battle combined with his almost unbreakable willpower, Luffy has found ways to defeat increasingly powerful opponents that have come in his path, all while having been out at sea for less than a year, not including his two-year training on Rusukaina.

Currently, in the New World, he has contended with the Four Emperors' top commanders, having defeated Big Mom Pirates Sweet Commanders Charlotte Cracker and Charlotte Katakuri, and he seeks to aim further by taking down the Four Emperors themselves as well as the Marine Admirals.

## Family

* Monkey D. Garp (Grandfather)
* Monkey D. Dragon (Father)
* Luna Ordeis (Mother)
* Adam Ordeis (Brother)