Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy (モンキー･D･ルフィ) is a pirate and the main protagonist of One Piece. He is the son of the Revolutionary Army's commander; Dragon, grandson of the famed Marine, Garp, and the foster brother of the late "Fire Fist Portgas D. Ace." His goal is to find One Piece, the legendary treasure left behind by the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. As the founder and captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, he is the first member that makes up the crew as well as one of its top three fighters. Luffy was one of eleven rookie pirates who had been referred to as "The Eleven Supernovas," the eleven pirates with bounties over 100,000,000 to have reached the Red Line. Luffy's current bounty is 400,000,000, stated by the "impostor Luffy" after the timeskip, and confirmed by one of the readings from a Pacifista. He has a worldwide reputation for causing trouble, even among the Yonkou, the Shichibukai, and the Marines, committing actions that were deemed dangerous by the World Government. Starting with the incident of Enies Lobby, Luffy has continuously committed crimes against the World Government. Since then, Luffy has gained a reputation for being 'reckless' and, in some cases, 'insane', especially after breaking into Impel Down, only to break out and join the Marineford War, and punching out a Tenryuubito with full knowledge of the consequences. This, in addition to his heritage has caused Luffy to be labeled as a "dangerous future element."

Appearance
Luffy is renowned for wearing 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." His outfit somewhat mimics Shanks' own outfit in that he wears short pants (although his are much shorter than Shanks') along with sandals and a vest. Luffy has a scar with 2 stitches underneath his eye (he got it in Chapter 1) and short black hair. He appears to be somewhat scrawny, however underneath his shirt he has a surprisingly well built physique.

Luffy, for the most part, has the same outfit over most of the series, as opposed to the rest of the crew. Luffy may wear a different outfit to suit the climate of an island (like a hooded parka Drum Island or desert robes in Arabasta), but will switch back to his trademark vest and shorts after the adventures on that island are over.

Though Luffy prominently wears a short red vest and blue shorts, he will wear his usual outfit in different colors. For example, in Enies Lobby he wears black shorts because they had pockets in which he could carry meat, on the Thriller Bark Island he wears an orange vest and red shorts, and on the Sabaody Archipelago he wears a blue vest and dark blue shorts. During the break in at Impel Down Luffy has been shown wearing a light blue vest with red shorts and after the fight between Magellan and Luffy, Inazuma gave to him a yellow vest. He does, however, no matter where he is, wear his Straw Hat through absolutely everything, though at the start, the hat was prone to getting knocked off his head easily, forcing Luffy to either put it aside or have someone hold onto it during battles, he has since gotten a string strap for it which Nami sewed it, allowing the hat to hang from his neck during fights.

During his return to Marineford to give a silent prayer, Luffy was briefly shown with 4 characters written on his right arm spelling 3D 2Y, with the 3D crossed out to symbolize that the Straw Hat Pirates should meet up in 2 years (2Y) rather than the 3 days (3D) as planned after fleeing from Sabaody Archipelago. After those two years, Luffy wears a long-sleeved vest with a yellow sash tied around his waist, somewhat reminiscent of Gol D. Roger's outfit. He has a large patch of scar tissue on his chest in the shape of an X, the same spot where he was burned by Akainu. It also appears that Luffy has grown, as he appears to be only slightly shorter than Hancock.

Personality
Like other carriers of D, Luffy is a great﻿ believer in dreams and the faith of menkind, he seems concerned for his friends and Nakama. He also seems to have inheirited some of his grandfather`s care of morals, and his dad`s feelings towords the world nobles and nobles, with the exception of Vivi who gave everything to save Arabasta, Cobra who is Vivi`s dad and did just as much to help if not a liitle less, and Dalton who is not a real noble and was only proclaimed king after he led a resistance against Wapol. Luffy Aims to become the next Pirate king looking up to his Grandpa, Gol D. Roger, Ace, and Sabo as his role modles.

Portgas D. Ace
Luffy and Ace had a great respect for each other considering themselves brothers, they were aware that each other`s fathers were great criminals and they both wanted to be a pirate. Luffy was aware that Gold Roger was Ace`s father sometime after he met him, while Ace was also knowledgible about Dragon being Luffy`s dad.

Garp
Garp holds great expectations for Luffy, but was disopointed to see him become a pirate instead of a Marine like Garp wanted, he does however not want his life to end like Sabo and Ace`s did, he loves Luffy dispite their violent relationship, Garp raised Luffy when he was left with him from Dragon,. Luffy seems to look up to Garp as a great man dispite him being a marine and Luffy being a Pirate. Garp has also left Luffy is dangerous situations such as the Jungle a Bottomless pit and many more unnamed situations thus far.

Dragon
Dragon is the biological father of Luffy who like Garp holds great expectations for him, and is excited to see the day that he becomes the Pirate King by finding One Piece, Dragon also cares very much about Luffy`s well being, as he saved him from Smoker, though they have yet to meet face to face. Luffy seems to respect Dragon for being his dad and saving him from Smoker and seeing him off to the grandline.

Curly Dadan
Curly Dadan is not considered a family member but is techneck Ace, Sabo, and Luffy Foster Mother as she raised them after they were dumped on her lap and she was blackmailed. At first Dadan was reluctant to have Luffy in her position as she already had Ace, and than later even more unhappy to take in Sabo. Dispite this she loves them like her own sons, and was tearstricken to learn of Sabo`s death and even more so of Ace`s. She seems to hold high expectations of Luffy and looks forword to when he is the Pirate King like Gol D. Roger before him.

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 * Straw Hat Pirates
 * Shanks
 * Monkey D. Dragon
 * Portgas D. Ace
 * Monkey D. Garp
 * Will of the D.
 * Gol D. Roger
 * Silvers Rayleigh

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