Luffy

**Luffy** is a guest character who appeared in the first episode of The Quest for Vitamins.

## Profile

Monkey D. Luffy is The Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates; your average seventeen/nineteen-year-old Shōnen Idiot Hero whose actions form the basis of *One Piece* as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal in the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find the fabled treasure One Piece and become the new Pirate King. To accomplish this, he founds the Straw Hat Pirates and sets out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures.

Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded in Good Old Fisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (*Gomu Gomu no Mi*, lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he's become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body results in three unique power ups that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Two, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure; Gear Three, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack; and Gear Four, which he develops during the Time Skip, which combines his mastery of *Haki* (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery muscles Time Skip to gain an explosive boost to strength *and* speed. He's also proficient in all three types of Haki and trains under Rayleigh during the Time Skip to properly use it.

His dream of becoming the Pirate King comes from an incident in his youth involving mountain bandits and a sea serpent that resulted in his idol Shanks losing his left arm. Before leaving Luffy's village the very next day, Shanks gave him his straw hat, telling him to give it back when he's become a great pirate.

Luffy is quite notorious for battling powerful individuals and organizations wherever he goes, and he regularly poses a threat to the balance of the world by challenging the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the World Government, and the Four Emperors. For each encounter, he manages to either win completely or escapes by a hair's breadth. Through word of his various exploits and victories spreading around, he becomes a member of "The Worst Generation", a group of 10 other rookie pirates plus Blackbeard who are all considered to be major figures in shaping the New Age of Piracy following the Paramount War.

On the other side, Luffy is so amicable and charismatic that he has loyal allies throughout the world, including several countries like Alabasta, Drum Island, Fish-Man Island, and Dressrosa or miscellaneous organizations like the Galley-la Company and other similarly benevolent pirates like the Red Hair Pirates.

Following the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, Luffy's successful "raid" against the Emperor Big Mom, the complete destruction of her castle, and his defeat of her two top Generals is made public knowledge by the journalist "Big News" Morgans. Furthermore, the formation of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and the addition of a former Warlord to his main crew (Jimbei) also becomes public information to the masses. For this, certain circles now unofficially consider Luffy the Fifth Emperor of the Sea.

Following the events of the Wano arc, after Luffy and the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai alliance successfully raid Onigashima to liberate the land of Wano from the clutches of the Emperor Kaido, Luffy's notoriety grows even further, leading the World Government to officially label him one of the Four Emperors. With his new enormous bounty afterwards, the world unambiguously recognizes him as one of the most powerful individuals in the world.

His bounty is 3,000,000,000 Berries. He holds several records for his bounties.