| “ | I'm gonna be the Pirate King! | „ |
| ~ Monkey D. Luffy. |
| “ | I don't want to rule anything. Being King of the Pirates means being more free than anyone. | „ |
| ~ Luffy explains his reasons why he wants to be king. |
| “ | Hero?! No way! We're pirates! I love heroes, but I don't wanna be one! Do you even know what a hero is? Let's say there's a bunch of meat. Pirates have feasts and eat meat, but heroes give the meat to other people! I want to eat the meat! | „ |
| ~ Luffy rejecting himself as a hero to Jinbe. |
Monkey D. Luffy, also known as Joy Boy and Sun God Nika, is the main protagonist of the One Piece franchise. He is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates who is determined to find the One Piece treasure and become the King of the Pirates. After the downfalls of Kaido and Big Mom, Luffy became a new member of the Four Emperors.
He is voiced by Urara Takano and Mayumi Tanaka in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Erica Schroeder, Chuck Powers and Colleen Clinkenbeard in the various English dubs. In the live action adaptation, he is portrayed by Iñaki Godoy.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
Overall[]
- He cares about his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, his adoptive brothers, Ace and Sabo, and several of the friends he met on his journey.
- He genuinely cares about his idol, Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, since he would treasure the straw hat given to him, and would get upset when someone would damage, touch or make fun of it.
- He is extremely charismatic and can make friends of almost everyone, including former enemies, thus forming many alliances.
- He showed honor to several of his enemies (such as Fujitora and Charlotte Katakuri).
- Despite being a pirate, Luffy doesn't commit evil acts like most of them, only being interested in adventure.
- He saved several countries from being ruled by evil rulers.
Background[]
- Felt terrible over Shanks losing his arm.
- When Higuma was taunting the Red Hair Pirates, Luffy stepped up in their defense.
- Refused to spill the beans to Porchemy about Ace and Sabo.
East Blue Saga[]
Romance Dawn Arc[]
- He motivated Koby into standing up to Alvida and become more determined to achieve his dreams.
- Saved Koby from being in Alvida and her pirate crew by putting himself in front of her when she was about to hit Koby with her iron mace.
- He protected Rika from falling to the ground after Helmeppo had her thrown of the wall of the Marine base.
- He warned Zoro not to eat Rika's rice since it had been kicked on and fallen into the ground, as he felt it would affect his health.
- Saw that Helmeppo was lying and gave him what he deserved.
- He protected Zoro and Koby from getting fired on by Captain Morgan's soldiers.
- Rescued Zoro from his execution.
- He saved Koby from Helmeppo when the latter held him hostage.
- Defeated Captain Morgan and saved Shells Town from his tyranny, involving giving Koby the opportunity to join the Marines.
Orange Town Arc[]
- He tried to warn Nami about the members of Buggy's crew about to attack her.
- Took down Buggy the clown, stopping him from destroying the village and getting revenge on him for almost strangling Mayor Boodle.
- Sympathized with Chouchou and hit one of Buggy's crewmates, who had destroyed the store of Chouchou's late owner, to avenge the dog's loss.
- He stopped Mayor Boodle from trying to continue to fight Buggy as it would get him killed, even saving him when Buggy's hand started strangling him.
- He saved Nami several times while fighting Buggy.
Syrup Village Arc[]
- He was able to convince Gaimon to let go of his obsession with the treasures, and refused to give the chests to him because he knew it would break him. He then was able to motivate him into having new goals in life.
- Offered Gaimon a chance to have more freedom with Luffy and his crew.
- Defeated Kuro, stopping him from killing everyone in the Syrup Village.
Baratie Arc[]
- Helped Yosaku regain his strength with the lime juice.
- Took down Don Krieg who was terrorizing the ship.
Arlong Park Arc[]
- He saved Nami from being Arlong's slave.
- Despite being protective regarding Shanks's Straw Hat, Luffy gave it to her without hesitation when she was on verge of despair.
- He defeated Arlong and freed Cocoyasi Village and surroundings from his tyrannical rule.
Drum Island Arc[]
- Risked his life to get Nami to a doctor.
- Realizing that Chopper is inspired by Hiluluk to travel the world, recruited him to his crew.
- Defeated Wapol and saved Drum Island from falling back into his tyrannical rule.
Alabasta Arc[]
- Although he punched Vivi, he was just trying to make a point about the inevitability of wars and apologized to her.
- He saved Vivi from falling to her death and saved Alabasta from Crocodile.
- Accepted Nico Robin into his crew after realizing she's not evil.
Sky Island Arc[]
- He does not fight back when Bellamy and his crew mocked him and his crew at the bar in Jaya.
- When he does fight back, it is because Bellamy and his crew severely injured Montblanc Cricket and his friends.
- He defeated Enel and stopped him from destroying Skypeia out of his ego.
Water 7 Arc[]
- He and his crew, along with Franky, rescued Nico Robin from being executed by Spandam.
- He forgave Usopp for the argument with him about throwing away the Going Merry (the crew's old ship).
Thriller Bark Arc[]
- Defeated Gekko Moria and saved the people whose shadows were stolen, along with Brook’s shadow, by him from getting killed by the sun.
Summit War Saga[]
Sabaody Archipelago Arc[]
- He punched Charlos after he wanted to claim Caimie as his slave.
- Tried his best to stop Kuma from sending his crew members away.
Amazon Lily Arc[]
- Tried to protect Marguerite from Boa Hancock's wrath.
- When the Boa sisters fought him, Luffy managed to cover the mark of the Celestial Dragons due to Hancock's hatred of the symbol.
- When Hancock gave him a choice to un-petrify her allies or go back to his crew, Luffy promptly asked her to un-petrify her allies.
- When learned Hancock and her sisters were slaves of the Celestial Dragons, Luffy finally understand how they ended up being coldhearted misandrists and empathized the Gorgon Sisters due to the pain and agony they were forced to endure from their heinous captors. He quickly forgiven the Gorgon Sisters for their actions, but he also accidentally made Hancock to fall in love with him after revealing he never actually hate her or her sisters for being slaves when only hating the Celestial Dragons for their heinous actions.
- When learning Ace is going to be executed, Luffy managed to convince Hancock to help him to save Ace due to her newfound love for him.
Impel Down Arc[]
- He teamed up with some of his enemies, along with Jimbe and new allies, to save Ace in Impel Down, and this group followed him to Marineford.
Marineford Arc[]
- He successfully managed to free Ace, despite Ace later falling into Akainu's trap and dying to protect him.
Post-War Arc[]
- Even though he got saddened by the loss of Ace, he did not let the burden carry him and instead trained hard for 2 years with Silvers Rayleigh before reuniting with his crew again (as he and his crew were separated during a battle with Kuma in Sabaody Archipelago).
Fish-Man Island Arc[]
- Kept Vander Decken IX away from his attempt to force Shirahoshi to marry him or kill her for refusing him.
- Stopped Hody Jones's genocidal plans, and did his best to stop Noah from crashing into Fishman Island before the ship was retrieved by the Sea Kings.
Dressrosa Saga[]
Punk Hazard Arc[]
- Originally went to the island due to a distress call.
- Defeated Caesar Clown and stopped him from killing everyone in Punk Hazard.
Dressrosa Arc[]
- His original goal to participate in Doflamingo's tournament was just to retrieve the Mera Mera no Mi, due to it being Ace's Devil Fruit.
- After Sabo was revealed to be alive, Luffy didn't get angry at him for letting them think he was dead, and promptly forgave him. He also ensured Sabo gets Ace's Devil Fruit instead.
- Saved Law from getting killed by Doflamingo several times.
- Forgave Bellamy after seeing him change and becoming humble despite him earlier harming Montblanc Cricket and his friends, and was extremely angry at Doflamingo for making him fight him and manipulating him.
- Luffy saves Rebecca and Viola from Doflamingo forcing Rebecca to kill her own aunt, with the help of Law.
- He defeated Donquixote Doflamingo, thus freeing Dressrosa from Doflamingo's 10-years tyrannical rule and saving the island from getting exterminated by him.
- After the gladiators at Dressrosa decided to be members of Luffy's Grand Fleet, Luffy initially tried to reject it so that they don't become his subordinates, only accepting after noticing they truly want to be so.
Whole Cake Island Arc[]
- Although Sanji refuses to rejoin the crew and had a fight, he chose to starve and wait for him to come back, showing that he is willing to sacrifice himself for his friends.
- Destroying Sanji's rigged wedding and saved the Vinsmoke Family from the Big Mom Pirates' attempted for massacring them.
- Even though Luffy wasn't thinking of Katakuri as honorable at first, he changed his mind and acknowledged him as a worthy opponent, and knocked out Flampe for interfering.
- After defeating Katakuri, Luffy covered his mouth with his fedora as a sign of respect.
Wano Country Arc[]
- Fought Kaido to protect Tama from him and realize his promise of making Wano a peaceful country.
- Despite being initially jerkish towards Momonosuke, he only did it because Momonosuke was the true ruler of Wano and wanted him to step up to the role.
- He took over Udon so that Kaido's men won't exterminate the prisoners there.
- Beat up the Beasts Pirates who were wantonly wasting food due to empathizing with the plight of Wano citizens.
- After returning from being nearly killed by Guernica and awakening his Devil Fruit, Luffy didn't blame Kaido for the unwanted sneak attack and happily granted his request to give him a good fight.
- Defeated Kaido and freed Wano from his 25-year rule and stopped his New Onigashima Project, which included crashing Onigashima into Flower Capital to kill thousands of innocent people, and declaring a world war on the rest of the world which would have killed millions.
- Declared to Kaido that he won't let anyone starve.
- Advised Momonosuke to take credit for Kaido's defeat so that he doesn't have any troubles reforming Wano.
Final Saga[]
Egghead Arc[]
- Luffy saved another of his rivals, Jewelry Bonney (who came to Egghead for Vegapunk).
- Learning the World Government sent CP0 to kill Vegapunk, Luffy decided to team up with the World's Greatest Scientist for his safety.
- Despite Lucci being his enemy for his actions during the Enies Lobby incident, Luffy was willing to forgive him if he didn't get in his way and come after his crew (including Robin) just so Lucci wants to have a rematch with him since Luffy beat him at Enies Lobby.
- Luffy asked one of the Seraphims, S-Snake, to undo the petrification of Franky, Usopp, and Lilith, and she does so, somehow inheriting the same love and affection as Boa Hancock.
- After defeating York, Luffy and his crew made contact with the Five Elders for the first time, and he told them truthfully that he is going to be king of the pirates, acknowledging them as worthy enemies.
- Saved Bonney from getting targeted by Saturn and fought him to stop him killing everyone in Egghead.
- Escaping with Dorry and Brogy, knowing fighting the Five Elders will be fruitless when they keep regenerating themselves.
- Awakening the Iron Giant (a robot created by the Void Century 900 years ago that attacked Mary Geoise).
- Luffy encouraged Jewelry Bonney to transform as he did in order to hold off Marcus Mars when they sent him flying away.
- Luffy and Bonney defeated Saturn and sending him flying down to the ocean.
- Mourning for Vegapunk's death after he couldn't save him.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He is a heroic jerk, as he can be childish, selfish, and rude to his friends. His rudeness and immaturity are far too consistent in the show and they are not reformed.
- He is an anti-hero as he cares much more about freedom, doing whatever he wants and being a pirate than heroism. At one point, Luffy himself rejects the idea of being a hero and "sharing the meat with others", because he wants to be a pirate and "eat all the meat himself".
- He was fine with releasing some of the most dangerous criminals in the world from Impel Down if it meant rescuing Ace.
- His stupidity and recklessness led to multiple bad decisions which at times endangered his crew.
- Although he doesn't often give orders to his crewmates, when he makes decisions, he usually childishly refuses to listen to much more reasonable suggestions and the crew is basically forced to go along with his ideas.
- His decisions aren't based on logic and are often motivated by his impulsiveness and desire to seek adventure, resulting in crazy ideas that disregard the safety of his own crew. As when they have to decide where to go next, Luffy is always excited to go to the more dangerous locations, which leads to others in the crew to protest in terror.
Trivia[]
- Luffy, Roronoa Zoro and Sanji, are the only One Piece heroes to be IA.
- As Luffy's arc is still ongoing, there is a small chance he might shed his corrupting factors to become NPG, or even PG.
- His Live Action version might have a different status depending on changes to his character.
External Links[]
- Monkey D. Luffy on the Heroes Wiki
- Monkey D. Luffy on the One Piece Wiki
- Monkey D. Luffy on the Love Exalted Wiki
- Monkey D. Luffy on the The Ultimate Good Wiki
- Monkey D. Luffy on the Shonen Heroes Wiki
- Monkey D. Luffy on the Excellent Eejit Wiki
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