Basic Crew Data
Current Number of Crew Members: 6
Desired Number of Crew Members: 10
Crew Members with Bounties: 3
Current Total Bounty of Crew Members: 239,000,000 Belly
Number of Islands Visited on Grand Line Route: 8
- Jobs Filled
- Captain
- Swordsman
- Navigator
- Thief
- Marksman
- Handyman
- Replacement Captain
- Cook
- Doctor
- Archeologist
- Positions Waiting to be Filled
- Musician
- Shipwright
- ???
Captain: Luffy D. Monkey*
Bounty: 100,000,000 Belly “Most Wanted Pirate in East Blue”(Formerly 30,000,000 Belly)
Age: 17
Birthday: May 5th
Height: 172cm/5’7”
Sign: Taurus
- Attributes-
- Adventuresome: 6
- Strength: 6
- Intelligence: 1
- Dexterity: 1
- Fashion Sense: 1
- Curiosity: 6
*Akuma no Mi(Devil’s Fruit): Gomu Gomu no Mi Gives Luffy the ability to stretch his body like rubber.
History of Luffy
Born in mystery, Luffy grew up with a desire to become the Pirate King by traveling to the end of Grand Line and retrieving One Piece the greatest treasure of the former Pirate King, Gold Roger. Very little is known about Luffy’s origin, and it has been proposed by some that his desire to become the Pirate King may be destiny rather than passion. Luffy’s other goal is to reunite with his childhood idol, Red-Haired Shanks. Shanks was a pirate of questionable status who was taking time off in East Blue at the village, which Luffy lived in, Fuschia Town. After Shanks had spent a year docked in town, at age 7, Luffy was convinced to join Shanks’ pirate crew and one day, standing atop Shanks’ ship, drove a dagger into his left cheek in order to prove his manliness. The wound would leave a scar he would carry for the rest of his life.
The
same day he stabbed himself, Shanks’ men took Luffy drinking with them
in a local bar. Just to have some fun, they teased and treated Luffy
like a little kid, which frustrated him to no end. In his anger, he
devoured a strange fruit lying in an open box on the bar counter top.
Moments later, a mountain bandit named Higuma crashed Shanks’ party in
the bar. He cockily promised not to hurt anyone, he just wanted to buy
some wine. The barkeep Makino politely told him that there was no more,
the pirates had just bought the last batch. Shanks happily offered his
unopened bottle to Higuma, but the bandit broke the bottle with his fist
as it lay in Shanks’ hand. Shanks ignored the bandit’s grim boast of
having killed 56 men and began cleaning the broken glass from the floor.
Higuma swept the countertop clean, sending a barrage of bottles and
glasses smashing to the floor on top of Shanks. With that, Higuma called
the pirates a crew of cowards and left. Almost instantly after the
thief and his thugs took their leave, the pirate crew burst into
laughter. But Luffy wasn’t laughing, instead he began screaming at
Shanks for not standing up for himself. The captain understood Luffy’s
anger but told him not to worry so much about a little spilt beer and
wine. Luffy refused to accept the words from his idol and stormed away
in a fury. Shanks grabbed his arm, only to watch it stretch across the
room as Luffy tramped through the bar.
Fate played a part in that day for Luffy as the fruit he had just eaten a few minutes ago was a Devil’s Fruit, a mysterious fruit of unknown origins that grants whomever eats it unique powers. Luffy so happened to have devoured the Gomu Gomu Fruit that turned him into a rubber human capable of stretching to great lengths among other things. Of course Luffy creates many new and different techniques, but those all come later. There is one catch though, whomever eats a Devil’s Fruit will be unable to move or use any powers when submerged in water, and thereby drown. There are also other related weaknesses, but I’ll leave those as a secret for now.
Anyway, back to the story at hand. After reprimanding Luffy and telling him about what his life was going to be like, Shanks and his men headed out to sea for a bit. That didn’t really bother Luffy though, he was still angry with them for being cowards, plus he was having far too much fun with his new powers. Except for his ability to stretch like a rubber band, life had pretty much returned to normal for Luffy.
One day he was in Makino’s bar, discussing Shanks with her. He reiterated his disgust with Shanks for standing down. Makino commented that she thought it was cooler if a guy could take insults like that and smile afterwards. In the middle of their conversation, an old acquaintance came barging through the door, Higuma. He was pleased to see that the bar was empty and demanded beer. Before the gang had even begun drinking, Makino witnessed Luffy get in a fight with Higuma after the killer continued to bad-mouth Shanks. She bolted to get help while the criminal and his goons kicked, beat and punched the boy, fascinated that they weren’t damaging him much because of his rubber body. The village chief ran to the scene of the beating and begged Higuma and his men to let Luffy go, all the while the little rubber boy was spouting off insults and obscenities demanding that Higuma apologize for what he said. Fed up with the boy’s insults, Higuma decided to kill the boy but a man approached from the back of the crowd of villagers, “Well no one greeted us at the dock so we figured something was up.” Shanks and his crew had returned.
Shanks ignored the bandit and chided Luffy, “Didn’t you say your punch was going to be as strong as a pistol?” Again Shanks’ calm demeanor infuriated the bandits and one gang member pulled a gun on Shanks. The red-haired captain warned him that since he was using a gun, he had officially wagered his life. Instantly from out of nowhere, Shanks’ Officer Lucky Roo apathetically put a bullet through the bandit’s head while gnawing on a piece of meat. The bandits were taken back by the rash move but Shanks reminded them that they were, after all, pirates. Shanks told them that he can forgive anyone that makes light of him personally, but won’t forgive anyone unlucky enough to threaten his friends. The bandits called out a few nasty threats and then attacked. After putting his cigarette out on the head of the first one to reach him, Shanks’ Lieutenant Ben Beckman knocked out the entire gang with only the butt of his rifle.
Finding himself in quite a pickle, Higuma used a smoke bomb to escape with Luffy. Thinking that the pirates would instinctively search for him in the mountains (as he was a mountain bandit) Higuma felt quite clever that he had escaped to sea in a small boat. After reaching a point far out on the coast of Fuschia Town, Higuma kicked Luffy into the water and watched him begin to drown. But as Luffy struggled to stay above the water, a giant ominous shadow crept up behind the laughing bandit. Before he could even finish a sentence exclaiming his surprise, the sea serpent known as Lord of the Coast devoured Higuma and part of the boat in a single bite. Luffy screamed for help as the monster charged for him, mouth open, showing his sword-like teeth. As the monster closed his jaws, a figure grabbed Luffy and turned him away from the serpent. Shanks had appeared! Shanks stared at the serpent with eyes like a mad demon and told it to get lost. The gigantic monster did not even seem to think twice as it sped away. Shanks congratulated Luffy for standing up for him in his place, he even said he owed him one. But Luffy did not stop crying. Despite his idol’s smile and kind words, Luffy was too shocked that the serpent’s bite meant for him, had torn off Shanks’ left arm.
A short time later, Shanks left the town for good. He decided not to take the young boy with him, but instead gave Luffy his straw hat and made a promise with him. He told Luffy to return the hat to him one day if he really wanted to be the Pirate King. Luffy tearfully bid Shanks farewell and began training to become stronger in order to fulfill his promise.
10 Years Later
Notes on Luffy:
Luffy redefines the meaning of “adventurous”. One Piece
author Eichiro Oda has actually given Luffy a signature eye sparkle
every time the possibility of a new exploration or opportunity for an
adventure pops up. It is important to realize that Luffy has no concept
of what being a pirate is by standards that exist in our world. One may
conjure up images of a grotesque black-toothed pirate pillaging and
raping villages under the Jolly Roger. Luffy has no desire for any of
that, his goal is to have as much fun while living as possible, to see
new things and to go to new places. Make no mistake, he is not trying to
become a better person, Luffy’s personality, loyalties and perspective
on life have remained relatively unchanged since the story began. He has
no desire to better himself as a person, he simply wants to do and see
as much as possible in his life. As clearly illustrated during his
encounter with a certain villain in Logue Town, Luffy does not care if
he should die at any time or place. In this sense, Luffy is living the
true pirate life as it exists in the world of One Piece. Note
that the pirates obsessed with destruction and material wealth are the
ones who fall at the hands of Luffy and his expanding crew.
Luffy’s origin remains a mystery as of this writing. However, every week we come closer and closer to finding out who he is, where he comes from, and why is it his “fate” to follow the path of Shanks and a few others. There are several secrets about Luffy that have not yet been revealed.
Luffy’s most prized possession and “treasure”, as you may have guessed, is his straw hat. The hat given to him by Shanks is more important to him than his own life. His devotion to it was first seen during his battle with Captain Buggy. Buggy stabbed the hat and sent Luffy into a rage. After the battle, Nami was able to mend the holes in the hat for him. Luffy rarely parts with the hat. He once put it on Nami before the battle with Arlong.
In order to regain his strength, Luffy needs either to eat red meat or take a nap.
Luffy’s birthday is May 5th. The gag behind this is, May 5th is Children’s Day in Japan and Luffy is nothing but a big kid.
It is very difficult for Luffy to pay attention to serious conversations. Often he will listen to half of a lecture (or less) when being told something important.
His friends mean as much to Luffy as his straw hat. He will do anything for them.
Unfortunately Luffy has a hard time remembering people’s names, locations or expressions and often confuses them, sometimes with disastrous results.
The first bounty placed on Luffy was 30,000,000 Belly, which was after he defeated Arlong and threatened the corrupt Marine Captain of the 17th Division, Nezumi. After defeating Sir Crocodile a 100,000,000 Belly bounty was placed on his head.
Luffy’s distinct laugh is: “Heeheehee~”
Brace yourself. According to Oda in various SBS installments, Luffy's arm can stretch 72 Gomu Gomu's. 1 Gomu Gomu is equal to 10 Maerchen Gomu Gomu's. (Maerchen is German for 'fairy-tale' which in Japanese, "meruhenchikku", means kind of fantasy-like) 1 Maerchen Gomu Gomu is equivalent to 10 Funky Gomu Gomu's which means that he can stretch 7,200 Funky Gomu Gomu's. A Poison Gomu Gomu is equal to 10 Gomu Gomu's. Make sense? I HOPE NOT!
According to Oda, Luffy most resembles a monkey....DUH
Although not officially ranked as one of the top five liars in the series thus far, Luffy is close to being in the running. His lies are often related to whether or not he devoured the ship’s emergency rations.
Strength and Weaknesses
Luffy cannot be crushed, at least not as far as we know. Normal punches or blows do not effect him, however particularly powerful attacks from formidable opponents may injure him and cause bleeding. Normal bullets will also bounce away from Luffy’s body harmlessly, however, since rubber may be cut or sliced, Luffy may also be cut. Luffy is also susceptible to hunger and dehydration. And last but not least, since Luffy ate the Devil’s Fruit, he loses the ability to function well in water and may become immobilized or weak. He also loses his Gomu Gomu abilities when submerged. In that same vein, Luffy is powerless when in the presence of Seastone, a unique metal that the Marines have built their prisons with. It emits the same type of energy as the ocean and therefore has the same effect as being in water for people who have eaten Devil’s Fruit. Some characters even have weapons constructed of Seastone.
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