Monkey D. Luffy

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Monkey D. Luffy is a male manga and anime character who features in One Piece.

Biography

Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece v1 #62.

Money D. Luffy (Japanese: モンキー・D・ルフィ, Hepburn: Monkī Dī Rufi, [ɾɯɸiː]) was born in Foosha Village in the East Blue region as the son of Monkey D. Dragon and an unknown woman. As a child, he was left in the care of his grandfather Monkey D. Garp' who made his grandson do many dangerous things in an effort to make him stronger. Among these included throwing him off a deep ravine, leaving him alone in the wild and tying him to a balloon. He was 6 years old when Shanks and his Red Hair Pirates had stationed themselves in the village. In this time, the pirate sniper Yasopp told Luffy about a son his age named Usopp that he had left back home. Nearly a year later, he wanted to join the Red Hair Pirates and even stabbed himself under his left eye to prove he was tough enough to be a pirate. Later on, the pirate crew were at Partys Bar where once again Luffy failed to convince Shanks to take him on as a crew member. Disappointed, he ate a nearby fruit unaware that this was Gomu Gomu no Mi Devil Fruit which led to him becoming a Rubber Human.

The first thing that Luffy came across on his voyage was a whirlpool, which pulled his ship in. Luffy managed to survive by hiding in a barrel, which washed ashore on Goat Island. The Alvida Pirates' cabin boy Koby rolled the barrel to a storehouse, and some of his crewmates went to open it, causing Luffy to knock them out as he emerged accidentally. Luffy asked Koby for a ship, and Koby gave him a boat he had made to escape, revealing that he was serving the Alvida Pirates against his will but was too afraid to try to get away. Luffy did not think much of Koby's lack of resolve, telling the cabin boy that he intended to become Pirate King. Koby's captain Alvida then came and destroyed the boat, but as she confronted Koby, the cabin boy found the resolve to stand up to her. Luffy was impressed with Koby and intercepted Alvida's attempt to strike Koby with her mace. The mace did not affect Luffy, and he knocked out Alvida with one punch. Luffy then told the Alvida Pirates to get him and Koby a boat, and they complied. As they sailed, Koby was concerned about the fate Luffy would meet when sailing on the Grand Line, known as the pirate's graveyard. Luffy replied that he would assemble a powerful crew, starting with the powerful bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro. With Koby's navigation skills, they made it to Shells Town where Zoro was being held captive by the Marines led by Captain Morgan. After eating at a restaurant, Luffy and Koby prepared to split up at the Marine base. Luffy looked over the wall and saw Zoro tied up, and Zoro offered to help him if he was freed. Luffy and Koby then watched as a little girl named Rika climbed over the wall to feed Zoro some rice balls. However, Morgan's son Helmeppo then came and stopped her, having his Marine guards throw her over the wall. Luffy caught Rika, and as Helmeppo's group left, he climbed over the wall to talk to Zoro. Zoro refused to join Luffy's crew, saying Helmeppo had promised to let him go free if he could survive without nourishment for a month. However, he asked Luffy to feed him Rika's rice balls that Helmeppo had smashed into the ground and told him to tell Rika that they were delicious.

Luffy returned to Shells Town and relayed the message to Rika, and she revealed that Zoro was imprisoned after protecting her from Helmeppo's dog. Helmeppo then came into town and announced to the citizens that Zoro would be executed, and when Luffy questioned his promise, he revealed that it was a lie. Luffy then punched Helmeppo, and as Koby held him back from attacking him more, Helmeppo said his father would get revenge on Luffy. Luffy then went back to the Marine base to recruit Zoro again. When he found out that The Marines had confiscated Zoro's sword, Luffy went to find them and offer to give them back if Zoro joined his crew. Hearing voices on the roof of the base, Luffy stretched his arms and pulled himself up. However, he sent himself flying over the top and grabbed ropes that the Marines were using to erect a statue of Morgan, causing the statue to fall and break. Luffy then captured Helmeppo and ran inside, telling Helmeppo to give him the location of Zoro's sword. Helmeppo did so, and Luffy used him as a shield to keep from being shot by the Marines. Luffy went to Helmeppo's room, where he saw three swords. Seeing Zoro and Koby being confronted by Morgan and the Marines outside, Luffy took all the swords and jumped out the window, intercepting the bullets being shot at Zoro and Koby. Luffy's rubber body absorbed the bullets and sent them flying back at the Marines. Zoro said that all three of the swords were his, and agreed to join Luffy if they survived this battle. As Luffy tried to untie Zoro, Zoro told him to give him his swords instead. Zoro cut himself free to intercept the charging Marines, and Luffy kicked all of them away. As Morgan told his subordinates to shoot themselves, Luffy attacked the Marine captain and quickly overpowered him. Helmeppo then threatened to shoot Koby, and Luffy turned to attack him, turning his back on Morgan. However, Luffy was able to punch Helmeppo as Zoro cut down Morgan. To the pirates' surprise, the Marines celebrated the defeat of their captain. Luffy, Zoro, and Koby then went to eat at Rika's family's restaurant, but the Marines came and told them they had to leave. They questioned if Koby was going with them, and Luffy started talking about Koby's past to goad Koby into hitting him. This plan worked, and Koby joined the Marines. As Luffy and Zoro set sail, Koby and the Marines came to the coast and saluted them as thanks for freeing them from Morgan.

As they sailed toward the Grand Line, Luffy and Zoro realized that neither of them had any navigation ability. They quickly grew hungry, and Luffy attempted to catch a bird flying above them, only to be dragged away by the bird. The bird flew over Orange Town, where the Buggy Pirates shot a cannonball at it. The bird dropped Luffy into the cannonball's path, blasting him onto the ground between a woman and a group of Buggy Pirates chasing her. The woman greeted Luffy as her boss, causing the pirates to attack him to find a treasure map she had stolen. They knocked Luffy's hat off, causing him to defeat them quickly. Afterwards, the woman asked Luffy if he wanted to join her, saying her name was Nami, and she stole from pirates. Luffy refused to join Nami, and they went into a house as she told him that she was planning to use Captain Buggy's treasure map to reach the Grand Line and rob even more powerful pirates. When he found out that Nami was a skilled navigator, Luffy asked her to join his crew, but she refused due to hating pirates. However, Nami said she would go with him if he went with her to visit Buggy. Luffy did so, but to his shock, Nami tied him up and offered him to Buggy as a prisoner, causing Buggy to put him in a cage.[46] As the Buggy Pirates partied on the roof of the tavern, Luffy tried biting through the bars and pleading to be let go. Buggy decided to execute Luffy with a Buggy Ball, and he leveled an entire row of houses to demonstrate its power. He told Nami to fire the Buggy Ball at Luffy, but she decided not to and rebelled against the Buggy Pirates. As the Buggy Pirates went to attack her, Zoro arrived and stopped them. Zoro then cut Buggy into pieces, but Buggy revealed that he could separate his body parts at will with the Bara Bara no Mi as he stabbed Zoro with his disembodied hand. Luffy then called Buggy "Big Nose", causing Buggy to send one of his hands to cut Luffy with a knife. However, Luffy caught and broke the knife with his teeth, and he had Zoro and Nami flip the cannon around and fire the Buggy Ball at the Buggy Pirates. Afterwards, Zoro picked up the cage and dragged Luffy away from the tavern. In front of a pet food store, they stopped in front of a dog named Chouchou was guarding. Luffy poked Chouchou to see if he was alive, causing Chouchou to attack him. Nami then found Luffy and Zoro and gave them the key to Luffy's cage, but Chouchou immediately ate it. As Luffy was shaking Chouchou, Mayor Boodle came and told him to stop, explaining why Chouchou stood in front of the store. Buggy's subordinate Mohji then came to confront Luffy on his lion Richie, and Richie destroyed the cage in a single attack. The lion then hit Luffy through a house and onto the street behind it, though Luffy was unharmed. Luffy then walked back to find Zoro, and he saw that Mohji had set the pet food store ablaze. He confronted Mohji and Richie and defeated the lion by spinning his arms around before grabbing his face and spinning him facefirst into the ground. Luffy then grabbed Mohji and defeated him with one punch to the ground. Luffy went back to the store and gave Chouchou the pet food that Mohji had taken.

Boodle had enough of Buggy's tyranny and went to fight him, and Buggy demolished many of the buildings around them with a Buggy Ball. Zoro emerged unharmed from the destruction, and Luffy intended to help Boodle. Nami agreed to work with him, even though she still refused to be a pirate. Luffy came to the tavern, where he removed Buggy's disembodied hand from Boodle's neck. Boodle protested against the pirates helping him, and Luffy knocked him out because he was getting in their way. Luffy insulted Buggy again, and the pirate shot a Buggy Ball at him. However, Luffy ballooned himself with Gomu Gomu no Fusen and sent the Buggy Ball flying back, demolishing the tavern. Buggy emerged from the wreckage and threw Mohji at Luffy, and Luffy easily kicked him aside. Luffy then watched as Zoro battled Cabaji, and as Nami went to a shack to steal Buggy's treasure, Luffy stomped on Buggy's hand to prevent him from interfering in Zoro's fight, allowing Zoro to defeat Cabaji. Luffy then confronted Buggy, and dodged the clown's long-distance knife strikes with his disembodied hands and legs. Buggy split off his body parts to dodge Luffy's attacks and managed to graze Luffy's face and damage his straw hat with a knife before stabbing the straw hat again. Luffy was enraged to see Buggy damaging his hat, which Buggy recognized as he was once on the same ship as Shanks. Luffy punched Buggy in the stomach, telling him never to compare himself to Shanks. Buggy then detached his torso and flew to attack Nami,[56] but Luffy stopped him by kicking his groin. Buggy split himself into many pieces and flew them around to prevent Luffy from attacking him, but Luffy noticed his feet on the ground and tickled them. While Buggy was caught off-guard, Nami attempted to hit him with a bag of treasure, but he grabbed it instead. However, Luffy ran up and kicked Buggy in the face, and he saw Buggy's map to the Grand Line fall to the ground. Buggy then attempted to reform his body but only got his hands and feet back as Nami had tied up his other parts. Luffy then hit Buggy with Gomu Gomu no Bazooka, sending him flying off the island. Luffy and Nami gathered up Buggy's treasure, with Nami agreeing to join the crew and find more treasure. They returned to Zoro and were confronted by the citizens, who were concerned about Boodle. Luffy admitted that he was a pirate and had knocked out the mayor, causing the citizens to chase after them in anger. However, Chouchou then stopped the citizens from chasing the Straw Hats, and Luffy left Buggy's treasure behind for the citizens to rebuild their town. They came to their boat and a boat that Nami had stolen from the Buggy Pirates, but the pirates she had stolen it from emerged from it to get revenge. However, they immediately ran away upon seeing Zoro. As the Straw Hats set sail, Boodle ran up to the dock and thanked them for saving him and the town. Later, Nami found out that Luffy left the money behind and got mad at him, but then laughed.

Nami fixed Luffy's straw hat, and Luffy and Zoro wondered what they should do next. When they spotted a nearby island, they immediately rowed toward it despite Nami's protests. Luffy and Nami disembarked on the seemingly uninhabited island, leaving Zoro to sleep on the ship. Luffy and Nami met several strange animal hybrids, and a man called out to them from afar, calling himself the island's guardian and telling them to leave. Luffy and Nami ignored him, causing him to shoot Luffy. They then spotted the guardian, a man named Gaimon who was stuck in a treasure chest. Luffy and Nami talked to Gaimon and told them about their voyage, and he warned them that they would likely die trying to conquer the Grand Line. Gaimon then told them that he was once a pirate, and he had attempted to find treasure on this island on top of a cliff. However, he fell off the cliff and into a chest, and his crewmates had left him on the island; he could not even reach the treasure again due to being stuck in the chest. Luffy and Nami offered to go and get the treasure for Gaimon, and Luffy pulled himself up the cliff face. He said nothing once he got to the treasure, and Gaimon understood that the chests were empty. Luffy asked Gaimon to join his crew and find the One Piece with him, but Gaimon decided to remain behind on the island and continue taking care of the animals. The Straw Hats then bid farewell to Gaimon and sailed off the island.

Nami told Luffy that they needed to plan ahead to find a real ship and more crewmates before they headed to the Grand Line, and she plotted for them to sail to the nearby Syrup Village. When the Straw Hats made landfall, they noticed the Usopp Pirates spying on them from atop a cliff. The captain, Usopp, tried scaring them away by claiming he had 80 million men, but they knew he was lying. They went with him to the village restaurant, and he said their likeliest chance of getting a ship was by asking Kaya, a bedridden girl who lived in a mansion. Usopp offered to join the crew as their captain, but they refused. Usopp then left to see Kaya, and the Straw Hats told his crewmates Ninjin, Piiman, and Tamanegi this when they came looking for him. The trio of children told the Straw Hats that their captain was telling lies to Kaya to cheer her up, and Luffy decided to ask Kaya for a ship. They came to her mansion and climbed over her gate and met her and Usopp at her window. However, Kaya's butler Klahadore then came and confronted the group, saying he and Kaya could not give the Straw Hats a ship. He then degraded Usopp for being the son of a pirate, and as Usopp punched him, Luffy remembered hearing about Usopp from Yasopp. Klahadore forced the Straw Hats and Usopp Pirates off the property, and Luffy left Zoro and Nami to find Usopp on the cliff over the coast. There, he revealed to Usopp that he had met his father. However, Luffy and Usopp then spotted Klahadore meeting with Jango on the beach below and overheard them plotting to murder Kaya so Klahadore could inherit her fortune. They found out that Klahadore was actually the pirate Kuro, and his crew, the Black Cat Pirates, was planning to raid Syrup Village during Kaya's assassination. Luffy shouted at the duo that they had heard them, and Jango hypnotized Luffy to put him to sleep. Luffy fell off the cliff and was unharmed but remained asleep, so Kuro and Jango believed him to be dead and left him there.

Luffy was found by Zoro, Nami, and Usopp's underlings, and he told them about Kuro's plot. As they headed back to Syrup Village, Usopp came and lied to his crew that he had lied about the impending pirate attack. As night fell, Usopp and the Straw Hats camped out on the beach, and Usopp swore to fend off the Black Cat Pirates, with the Straw Hats offering to help him. They decided to wait for the Black Cat Pirates at the path to the village and put oil on the path to impede their progress. However, they then heard the pirates coming from the north, and Usopp realized that they were heading toward Syrup Village from the opposite coast. He and the Straw Hats ran to the north, but Luffy went in the direction that felt coldest and so got lost. Eventually, he and Zoro managed to make it to the north pass and beat back the Black Cat Pirates. Jango hypnotized his subordinates to get up and become stronger, but Luffy fell under the hypnotism as well and charged toward the pirates. He easily beat all of them up and ripped off the stem and figurehead of their ship to swing at them, but Jango then hypnotized him to fall asleep, causing him to collapse with the stem pinning him to the ground. Luffy was eventually woken up by Nami stepping on his head and rejoined the fight, to which Kuro had arrived. Kaya then came and confronted Kuro, and as Kuro attempted to attack Usopp, Luffy punched the pirate in the chest from afar. As Zoro and the Usopp Pirates went to protect Kaya, Luffy started battling Kuro. Kuro dodged Luffy's attacks with his sheer speed and stood on Luffy's outstretched arm, allowing him to run on it and kick Luffy in the face. However, Luffy managed to intercept Kuro's left hand Cat Claws with a rock, allowing him to rip them off. Luffy was then able to start keeping up with Kuro's quick movements and land more attacks on him. In response, Kuro initiated his ultimate move Shakushi, in which he raced around the clearing at a blinding speed and indiscriminately attacked both Luffy and his subordinates. However, as Kuro slashed Luffy across the chest, Luffy was able to grab onto his jacket and slam him to the ground. Luffy then wrapped his arms and legs around Kuro and headbutted him with Gomu Gomu no Kane, defeating him. Luffy threw Kuro back to the Black Cat Pirates, allowing them to run away. He then collapsed due to blood loss and was caught by Nami. Later, Luffy, Zoro, and Nami were eating at the village restaurant when Kaya came to offer them a ship. She took them to the coast, where she and Merry presented them with a caravel named the Going Merry. Usopp then came rolling down to the coast to start his own voyage, but the Straw Hats told him to come aboard and join them. They then sailed away on the Going Merry, and partied as a crew of four.

As the Straw Hats sailed on their new ship, Luffy drew his vision of the crew's Jolly Roger, but Usopp drew a final version due to Luffy's poor art skills. Luffy then unsuccessfully attempted to hit a distant rock with the cannon. Usopp shot the rock perfectly, causing Luffy to deem him the crew sniper. Later, as the Straw Hats sat indoors, the bounty hunter Johnny came on board and caused a commotion. When Luffy came out, Johnny attacked him for shooting the rock that he was resting on. However, he stopped attacking when Zoro came out, as he had worked with Zoro in the past. Johnny revealed that his partner Yosaku was on the verge of death, and Nami recognized that Yosaku had scurvy and so instructed Luffy and Usopp to give him some lime juice. After Yosaku regained his strength, the Straw Hats decided that they needed a cook before going to the Grand Line, and the two bounty hunters told them they could find one to recruit at the floating sea restaurant Baratie. Two to three days later, the Straw Hats reached Baratie. The Marine Lieutenant Fullbody pulled up alongside them and had his crew fire a cannonball at the Merry. Luffy deflected the cannonball with Gomu Gomu no Fusen, but accidentally sent it flying into Baratie. He was then apprehended by Baratie's staff and taken to the head chef Zeff, and since he did not have money to pay for the damage, Zeff made him work in the kitchen for a year. Luffy protested against this sentence, causing Zeff to attack him. However, their scuffle inadvertently caused them to fall through the floor. They fell into the seating area, where they saw the sous chef Sanji beating up Fullbody. Gin of the Krieg Pirates then came into the restaurant from Fullbody's ship but was forced out by the cooks due to not having any money. However, Luffy later watched from afar as Sanji secretly fed Gin outside and decided that Sanji would be his crew's cook. Luffy then approached Sanji and Gin and attempted to recruit the former, but the sous chef declined. After hearing of Luffy's goal, Gin warned him against going to the Grand Line. Luffy was then put to work as a chore boy but was quickly ejected from the kitchen due to destroying the dishes and was reassigned to work as a waiter. Two days later, Gin brought his captain Don Krieg to Baratie, and Sanji fed the starving pirate despite the other cooks' wishes. However, Krieg then attacked Sanji after returning to full strength and decided to take over Baratie to take his crew back to the Grand Line after being chased out. Luffy challenged Krieg to prevent him from conquering the Grand Line before him, and the cooks intended to fight as well. However, Zeff gave Krieg food to feed his starving subordinates outside. As Krieg went out, a commotion suddenly started outside, and Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp went to check on Johnny and Yosaku. The bounty hunters were left hanging on the edge of Baratie, as they revealed that Nami had taken the crew's treasure and the Going Merry. Intent on having Nami as his crew's navigator, Luffy told Zoro and Usopp to take Johnny and Yosaku's ship and chase after her. However, they then saw Dracule Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world and a member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, approaching the Krieg Pirates' damaged galleon. Luffy watched as Zoro confronted Mihawk to take his title. Still, Mihawk trounced him.[83] As Zoro fell into the ocean, Luffy pulled himself toward Mihawk and attempted to attack him. However, Mihawk revealed that he had left Zoro alive, as he was impressed with the swordsman. Mihawk hoped he would meet Luffy and Zoro again as he departed, leaving Krieg's galleon in ruins. Zoro, Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku then left to pursue Nami, with Luffy staying on Baratie to fight the Krieg Pirates and recruit Sanji. Luffy asked Zeff if he could be relieved of his chore boy duties if he fought off the Krieg Pirates, and Zeff readily agreed.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Monkey D. Luffy was a male human with black shaggy hair, round black eyes, and a slim muscular build. One of his most prized possessions was his distinctive trademark straw hat. Due to his hat, he came to be known by the name of Straw Hat Luffy (麦わらのルフィ Mugiwara no Rufi?).

Among his most dominant traits and an apparent lack of common sense with his utter fearlessness and unwavering belief in himself. He generally marched at the beat of his own drum, unwilling to approach anything in a delicate or nuanced matter. Despite that, he showed the ability to be able to see through the heart of the matter, often able to accurately call out someone's personal flaws.

Typically, he showed somewhat child-like traits for his tendency to go for extremes.

Since childhood, he longed to be a pirate after seeing Shanks in his hometown. This later developed in a desire to be the King of the Pirates.

Luffy developed close ties to those he considered his friends. In fact, he grew angered if he saw them hurt or injured where he fought to get revenge for them. He was shown to get angry if he saw a person mistreat their friends even if they were his enemies.

Powers and abilities

Originally, Monkey D. Luffy was an ordinary human being with no special powers. As a child, he did say he had powerful punches and was noted for being a good swimmer. He was shown as being more of a brawler and merely used his favorite techniques on the spot sporadically.

Luffy unwittingly ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi (ゴムゴムの実, Gum-Gum Fruit) that was a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that gave his body the property of rubber thus making him one of a Rubber Human (ゴム人間 Gomu Ningen?). This allowed him to stretch any part of his body that snapped back into place as it went back to his centre of gravity. The rubber qualities of his skin meant that he was highly resistant to injuries where punches had a reduced effect on him and even bullets simply bounced off him.

Among the techniques known to him included:

• Gomu Gomu no Pistol (ゴムゴムの銃ピストル Gomu Gomu no Pisutoru?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Pistol/Gun") :
  • Gomu Gomu no Pistol "Shot" (ゴムゴムの銃ピストル｢散弾ショット｣ or ｢散弾ショットガン｣ Gomu Gomu no Pisutoru Shotto or Shottogan?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Pistol/Gun: 'Buckshot'") :
• Gomu Gomu no Rocket (ゴムゴムのロケット Gomu Gomu no Roketto?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Rocket") :
• Gomu Gomu no Bazooka (ゴムゴムのバズーカ Gomu Gomu no Bazūka?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Bazooka") :
• Gomu Gomu no Gatling (ゴムゴムの銃乱打ガトリング Gomu Gomu no Gatoringu?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Gun Battering") :
• Gomu Gomu no Bullet (ゴムゴムの銃弾ブレット Gomu Gomu no Buretto?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Gun Bullet") :
• Gomu Gomu no Bow Gun (ゴムゴムのボーガン Gomu Gomu no Bōgan?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Bow Gun") :
• Gomu Gomu no Rifle (ゴムゴムの回転弾ライフル Gomu Gomu no Raifuru?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Rotating Bullet") :
• Gomu Gomu no Cannon (ゴムゴムの攻城砲キャノン Gomu Gomu no Kyanon?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Siege Cannon) :
• Gomu Gomu no Muchi (ゴムゴムの鞭 Gomu Gomu no Muchi?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Whip") :

During his adventures, he came to utilise his Devil Fruit powers in unique ways leading to him using a system of gears that included:

• Second Gear (ギア2セカンド,Gia Sekando) :
• Third Gear (ギア3サード,Gia Sādo) :
• Fourth Gear (ギア4フォース, Gia Fōsu) :

He came to be among a small number of individuals that came to harness the power of Haki (覇気, Haki).

Luffy came to lead a crew of pirates called the Straw Hat Pirates (麦わらの一味, Mugiwara no Ichimi).

Early on, he managed to acquire a ship for his crew with this being named the Going Merry (ゴーイング・メリー号, Gōingu Merī-gō) that had been given to him by Lady Kaya of Syrup Village.

Notes

• Monkey D. Luffy was created by Eiichiro Oda where he featured in the setting of One Piece.

In other media

Television

Films

Video games

• In Jump Force, Monkey D. Luffy appeared as a playable character in the crossover fighting video game where he was voiced by Japanese actress Mayumi Tanaka.

Appearances

• One Piece:

External Links

• One Piece Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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