Monkey D. Luffy/Relationships/World Government

Overview
Naturally, Luffy being a pirate has earned the Straw Hat captain their ire. However, due to his actions, and unintentional declaration of war against them, he has incited their fury towards him. Members of the World Government up and down the apparatus all wish to see Luffy eliminated and have dedicated most of their time trying to do so, having rapidly increased his bounty to 1,500,000,000.

A number of Luffy’s actions against the World Government include breaking into Enies Lobby, burning their flag, defeating Rob Lucci of CP9 and reclaiming Nico Robin into his crew. He then assaulted a Celestial Dragon on Sabaody Archipelago. Following this, he infiltrated Impel Down and escaped with some of the most notorious criminals. He joined the Battle of Marineford on the side of the Whitebeard Pirates, and has defeated three of the Shichibukai, Crocodile, Gecko Moria and Doflamingo. Because of this, they see him as a major threat and a bringer of chaos, and threatened to upset the power balance between the Three Great Powers when he challenged Big Mom.

Luffy does not like the World Government, but does not necessarily hate them either. He does not think of them as an entity to hate, but instead hates the individuals that threaten him or his friends, or commit acts he finds atrocious, who also happen to be part of the World Government. This has allowed him to make temporary and permanent allies, friends and acquaintances within the organisation and their affiliates, such as Koby, Helmeppo, his grandfather Monkey D. Garp, Smoker, Tashigi, the Admiral Fujitora, members of the Shichibukai, Crocodile, Boa Hancock, Jinbe, Trafalgar D. Water Law and Buggy. As well as kingdoms such as Alabasta, Dressrosa, Sakura, Ryugu and their respective rulers.

Five Elders
Luffy has never met a single member of the Five Elders, and is not aware of their existence. However, the Fiver Elders have been keeping close tabs on Luffy and his progression. They see him as a nuisance and a threat to the World Government and the balance of power among the Three Great Powers. Due to Luffy having the initial ‘D’ in his name and being the son of Monkey D. Dragon, the head of the Revolutionary Army and the World Government’s greatest enemy, they have labelled Luffy a “Dangerous Future Element”.

They first noted Luffy after he defeated Crocodile and have followed his various actions against them since, such as infiltrating Enies Lobby, burning the flag of the World Government, defeating Rob Lucci and saving Nico Robin, followed by an assault on a fellow Celestial Dragon on Sabaody Archipelago. Then breaking into Impel Down and causing a mass breakout, followed immediately by him joining the Battle of Marineford to try and rescue his brother, Ace, and for defeating three members of the Shichibukai, Crocodile, Gecko Moria and Doflamingo. They were notably angry, and shocked, when they discovered that Luffy had defeated Doflamingo, cursing the Straw Hat captain and calling him a brat.

World Nobles
The World Nobles, also known as Celestial Dragons, are the highest nobility in the world, sitting right below the Five Elders. Because of their actions on Sabaody Archipelago, particularly what the Celestial Dragon, Charlos, did to Hatchan, they incurred Luffy’s wrath, with Charlos being sent crashing through rows of seats and into a wall after the Straw Hat captain punched him.

So far, it appears that the World Nobles do not have a say in the policies of the World Government, aside from the Fiver Elders. As a result, most of them are not necessarily responsible for the World Government’s actions against Luffy. They do, however, have the right to call an Admiral to do their bidding should they wish it, and this was seen when Admiral Kizaru was called to Sabaody Archipelago after Luffy’s actions against Charlos. During the Battle of Marineford, Kizaru stated that the World Nobles have been itching to see Luffy arrested.

Luffy has flat out stated he hates the World Nobles. This began when he witnessed Charlos shoot and mock Hatchan, who he was now friends with. Such was his anger, he was willing to punch the Celestial Dragon despite knowing the consequences of doing so. He was later informed by Boa Hancock of the atrocities they committed to her and her sisters, despising them even more. When he discovered that Doflamingo is a former Celestial Dragon his hatred for him grew.

Charlos
Charlos is a World Noble and a brief, minor, antagonist to Luffy on Sabaody Archipelago. The two absolutely hate one another and earned each other’s anger whilst on Sabaody. Charlos despises Luffy for standing up to him and daring to defy him, whilst Luffy loathes Charlos for shooting his friend, Hatchan, and for his completely deplorable personality and cruelty.

Whilst on Sabaody Archipelago, Luffy crashed landed inside the Human Auction House where Charlos and his family were. Luffy was looking to rescue Camie, who was being auctioned off, ironically to Charlos, but was stopped by Hatchan who did not want Luffy to anger the World Nobles present but in the process revealed himself to be a fish-man. Due to the severe discrimination of fish-men he was hounded by the crowd and gleefully shot by Charlos, incurring Luffy’s wrath.

Charlos has only interacted with Luffy once, very briefly. However, due to his extreme sense of entitlement and narcissism, he immediately hated Luffy, not just for defending the fish-man he just shot, but for also looking directly at him and defying his command and entitlements. As Luffy stormed towards him he tried to shoot the Straw Hat captain but quickly began to panic when Luffy dodged his shots before being punched by the Straw Hat captain. According to Admiral Kizaru, during the Battle of Marineford, the World Nobles have been itching to see Luffy apprehended ever since.

Luffy has nothing but complete and utter contempt for Charlos, as well for the World Nobles at large. He believes them to be completely deplorable people after witnessing their rotten personalities before his very eyes. After he saw Charlos shoot Hatchan, and proceeded to mock and taunt his friend, he became filled with immense rage, compelling him to walk up to the World Noble and delivered a powerful punch to his face, sending him flying across the back of the room, knocking him out. Such was his hatred that he punched him despite knowing the full consequences of doing so. He made it clear to Boa Hancock that he had no regrets punching Charlos as he completely deserved it. Upon hearing Hancock’s story about being tortured by a World Noble as a child he has grown to hate them even more.

Magellan
Magellan served as the Chief Warden of Impel Down and became a natural antagonist to Luffy during the Impel Down arc. He found Luffy’s willingness to break into his prison, and being the first to do so, infuriating and bewildering. He was determined to know how the Straw Hat captain managed to infiltrate his prison, but Luffy refused to tell him.

The two eventually fought each other but Luffy resoundingly lost, having been drenched in Magellan’s poison from his Devil Fruit, putting Luffy on the brink of death. He was later shocked that Luffy was not only alive but had reached level 6 of the prison. He then discovered that Luffy was attempting an escape with his makeshift crew made up of infamous prisoners and, despite his best efforts, he failed to stop Luffy from escaping.

He now holds a strong grudge against Luffy, having taken personal offence to him breaking the prison’s perfect record since Shiki's escape, and, by extension, damaging his reputation. Luffy never defeated Magellan, but his success in escaping Impel Down destroyed his standing with the World Government who demoted him to vice-warden of Impel Down, replacing him with his subordinate, and previous vice-warden, Hannyabal. Comparatively, Luffy gained a boon from fighting Magellan as he developed a strong resistance to poison.

Cipher Pol
Though Cipher Pol have agencies stretching from 0 all the way to 9, Luffy has only encountered CP9 and CP6, with the former headed by Rob Lucci, who acted as the main antagonist of the Water 7 arc and the Enies Lobby arc. CP6 were part of the escort team for Franky and Robin but were detached from the Sea Train whilst on their way to Enies Lobby and then had their carts cut in half by Luffy and Zoro.

Cipher Pol do not hold any particular dislike or hate towards Luffy and the Straw Hats. Unlike the Marines, they exist to execute covert missions for the World Government, meaning that they would not try to apprehend Luffy unless specifically ordered to do so. They ended up becoming enemies of Luffy for taking Nico Robin from him and his crew.

Luffy greatly dislikes Cipher Pol, particularly CP9 and their agents, for their actions in Water 7, having falsely accused him and his crew of trying to assassinate Iceburg, and for destroying Galley-La Headquarters. CP9’s loss to Luffy and the Straw Hats caused inside turmoil for Cipher Pol, resulting in the pursuit of Rob Lucci and his former comrades of CP9, and a reshuffling of agents that eventually allowed Lucci to return as a member of CP0.

Rob Lucci
Rob Lucci was the main antagonist of the Water 7 arc and the Enies Lobby arc and became Luffy’s enemy for trying to take away Nico Robin from him and his crew. Luffy followed Rob Lucci and the rest of CP9 from Water 7 to Enies Lobby in order to retrieve Robin.

The two first fought on Water 7, with Lucci comfortably defeating the Straw Hat captain. He regularly mocked Luffy and continuously commented he was too weak to defeat him and save his friend. However, despite his personal animosity towards him, he was greatly pleased that Luffy had caught up to him, Spandam and Robin whilst in Enies Lobby, as he was determined to fight him again. This possibly indicates that, despite what he says, he sees Luffy as a worthy opponent. He praised Luffy that he is cut out to be the captain, acknowledging his leadership qualities and that he wished a certain idiot (Spandam) could bear witness to him.

Luffy despises Lucci for taking Robin away, but also because of his attempts to kill Iceburg and frame the Straw Hats, destroying Galley-La Headquarters and betraying the people of Galley-La. Rob Lucci proved to be Luffy’s toughest fight pre-timeskip, as he was pushed well beyond his limits by the CP9 agent. He was ultimately thankful that he had met him, as their fight helped to make him stronger and develop his Second and Third Gears, acknowledging the strength Rob Lucci possessed.

Due to his defeat at the hands of Luffy that meant his five year mission ended in failure, he was made into a fugitive and was pursued by Spandam and varying members of Cipher Pol. However, he was able to make a return to the agency, joining CP0.

Blueno
Blueno was the first agent of CP9 that Luffy defeated. The two hardly exchanged words and only interacted twice, briefly in Water 7 and again at Enies Lobby. Luffy tried to attack him in Water 7 but his attacks were completely ineffective due to Blueno’s ‘Tekkai’ and ‘Soru’ techniques that are part of the Rokushiki martial arts style. Blueno was responsible for Luffy being able to master the ’Soru’ technique as he was able to observe his movements during their first fight.

He believed Luffy to be a weak pirate and was thus left surprised when, fighting him a second time at Enies Lobby, the Straw Hat captain displayed his Gear Second form and had mastered the ’Soru’ technique in such an absurd amount of time and by only witnessing the move. He was completely overwhelmed by Luffy and was not able cope with Luffy’s onslaught. He remained defiant however, and chose to take Luffy’s Jet Bazooka head on with his strongest ’Tekkai’, this proved to be too much for him as, after a delayed reaction, he fell to the ground, defeated. After his defeat to Luffy he was made a fugitive, alongside the rest of CP9, for failing in his mission.

Luffy greatly disliked Blueno for taking away his crew mate, Robin, framing the Straw Hats for Iceburg’s attempted assassination, destroying Galley-La Headquarters and betraying the friends he had made in Water 7. Luffy still respected him as an opponent, however, and acknowledged he had to use his newly developed Gear Second form to defeat him, and was prepared to use his Gear Third form on him when he believed his second wasn’t enough.

Marine Headquarters
As a pirate, Luffy is naturally an enemy of the Marines. They started to take him more seriously after he defeated the villainous Marine Captain "Axe-Hand" Morgan and several known pirates such as Buggy the Clown, "Pirate Admiral" Don Krieg, and "Saw-Tooth" Arlong the fish-man. A 30,000,000 bounty was placed on his head after he had beaten Arlong. This reward eventually becomes 100,000,000 after he defeated Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai. Luffy's bounty later increased to 300,000,000 after invading Enies Lobby, to 400,000,000 after the Battle of Marineford because of his heritage and actions, to 500,000,000 after defeating Doflamingo, and to 1,500,000,000 after the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc.

Sengoku
Sengoku is the former Fleet Admiral of the Marines and was an antagonist to Luffy during the Marineford arc. He strongly disliked Luffy and is often irritated by his actions whilst he was Fleet Admiral, openly venting his frustration with the Straw Hat captain, but has simmered down since his retirement. Luffy does not think anything of Sengoku as the two have never had a serious interaction apart from him having to take a punch from the then Fleet Admiral.

The two would not cross paths until the Battle of Marineford, however, Sengoku was fully aware who Luffy was, having first came across him after he defeated the Shichibukai, Crocodile. He would continuously grow more familiar with Luffy as the Straw Hat captain progressively escalated his actions against the Marines, the Shichibukai and the World Government. Once Luffy arrived at the Battle of Marineford he made sure all his subordinates worked to prevent him from reaching Ace, and ultimately had to get involved himself once he had reached the platform. Despite punching Luffy in his Buddha form, Luffy had freed Ace and the two brothers looked like they would escape before Admiral Akainu killed Ace, whilst Luffy was able to escape.

Sengoku is a passionate Marine, and is thoroughly committed to his role as Fleet Admiral, which leads to him being determined to see Luffy apprehended. He often vents furiously about Luffy whenever he slights the World Government and considers him to be a dangerous threat further down the line. He was angry after discovering that Luffy had infiltrated, and destroyed, Enies Lobby, whilst in the process defeating CP9’s agent, Rob Lucci. Sengoku was angry with Bartholomew Kuma for not apprehending Luffy and his crew after he had once again defeated a Shichibukai, this time Gecko Moria. He was further angered when he was informed Luffy had punched a World Noble and sent Admiral Kizaru to apprehend him. When he received reports that Luffy had infiltrated Impel Down he was furious and got into a comedic dispute with his long time friend, and Luffy’s grandfather, Garp. Luffy’s arrival to the Battle of Marineford infuriated him and he gave Garp an earful over his grandson. He was annoyed with Garp for allowing Luffy to strike and get past him, lamenting him for his actions.

Since the time skip, and his retirement, Sengoku is much more relaxed about Luffy’s actions as it is no longer his problem. He was amused by Admiral Fujitora’s decision to roll a set of dices to decide when he should apprehend Luffy. He also overheard Fujitora thanking Luffy and letting him escape, but smiled whilst informing the Admiral he had heard him. Sengoku played a major role in increasing Luffy’s infamy as he revealed to the world at large that Luffy’s father is the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon. He is also surprised by his abilities as when Luffy unleashed his Haoshoku Haki to stop Ace’s execution he was left frozen, and when he attacked Luffy himself, in his Buddha form, he was surprised when Luffy inflated himself to take the blow.

Luffy does not know Sengoku too well as they have never interacted, and just saw him as an obstacle to his goal of rescuing Ace. He was startled when he saw Sengoku transform into his Buddha form and frantically tried to stop his incoming attack on him and Ace. Since the time skip he was surprised to hear that Sengoku had retired and it had resulted in a dispute between the two Admirals, Aokiji and Akainu, on who would take his place. He is unaware of the close friendship he shares with his grandfather, Garp.

Sakazuki
Sakazuki, otherwise known as Akainu, is the Fleet Admiral of the Marines having previously been an Admiral. He and Luffy hold absolute hatred for each other and see one another as completely irredeemable enemies. Akainu loathes Luffy due to his absolute contempt for pirates and believes Luffy is one of the biggest troublemakers out there, his hate is further fuelled due to Luffy’s father being the Revolutionary Monkey D. Dragon. Luffy has undeniable hate for Akainu as he is the one that killed his sworn brother, Ace, right before his very eyes.

The two have only met once, during the Battle of Marineford, and for the majority of the battle they rarely crossed paths. It was only towards the climax of the battle that Akainu truly made his presence known to Luffy by killing Ace. However, Luffy was sent into shock from the death and was made unconscious for the remainder of the battle. From then on Akainu ruthlessly pursued Luffy until he was eventually stopped by the arrival of the Yonko, Shanks. He has since cursed that day due to allowing Luffy to escape and continues to hunt the Straw Hat captain.

Akainu believes Luffy to be the foremost biggest threat to the world because he is the son of Dragon and often refers to him as “Dragon’s son”. He witnessed Luffy’s arrival to the Battle of Marineford and stated that Luffy is the pirate that must be taken care of the most. He has an extreme obsession to end Luffy’s life because of his lineage to Dragon and has stopped at nothing to achieve this goal. He fought through the Whitebeard Pirates and Luffy’s allies just to try and kill him. He was only stopped when Koby momentarily brought the battlefield to a halt and the Yonko, Shanks, had arrived, which allowed Luffy to escape.

He has been frustrated by Luffy’s actions since he made his return following the time skip, as he was shocked and left angry when he was informed that Luffy had defeated the Shichibukai, Doflamingo, and ranted at Admiral Fujitora to arrest him. Despite his complete hatred for Luffy he was willing to acknowledge his tenacity when the Straw Hat captain managed to be the first to clear the wall and land into the plaza during the Battle of Marineford. Akainu is the only character in the entire series to have completely broken Luffy’s indomitable spirit, a staple of Luffy’s character. He also left a great scar on his chest when he managed to land a hit on him whilst Jinbe carried an unconscious Luffy.

Luffy completely hates Akainu despite having never even exchanged words with him, nor acknowledged him up until he killed his brother, Ace, in front of him. Luffy fell unconscious from the shock and became a broken person following the battle because of what Akainu did, but was saved by Jinbe. He has never talked about Akainu but it is a safe bet to assume there is no one else he hates more in the world than Akainu. When he was informed by Jinbe, whilst on Fish-Man Island, that Akainu had become the Fleet Admiral after defeating his rival for the position, Aokiji, he was shown to have an angry expression on his face and placed his hand on the scar that he got from him.

Borsalino
Borsalino, otherwise known as Kizaru, is an Admiral of the Marines. He was an antagonist to Luffy and his crew during the Sabaody Archipelago arc and again during the Battle of Marineford. Due to his apathetic attitude, he does not particularly care too much about Luffy but recognises how much of troublemaker and dangerous person he is, but also looks down on Luffy, believing him to be a weak pirate.

After Luffy had assaulted the World Noble, Charlos, Kizaru was sent to Sabaody to arrest or eliminate the Straw Hat captain, but found his attempts frustrated by the intervention of Silvers Rayleigh and Bartholomew Kuma. He encountered Luffy again during the Battle of Marineford where he interfered with Luffy's attempts to save Ace multiple times, and attempted to stop his escape from Marineford before being stopped by Benn Beckman.

Borsalino seems to think poorly of Luffy whilst also acknowledging how dangerous he is. When he finally got to fight the Straw Hat captain he ridiculed him and insulted Whitebeard for allowing someone so weak to lead his attack. Nonetheless, he has commented that he is scary when Luffy was the first to clear the wall and land in the plaza at Marineford, he was also surprised when he saw Luffy unleash his Haoshoku Haki. It was because of this use of Haki that he, along with his fellow Admirals, pursued Luffy to try and kill him as he saw it as a sign of the dangerous person he will become. However, due to his exceptionally laid back attitude, Kizaru is not overly fazed by some of the actions Luffy commits and is not too upset when he manages to escape his grasp, having done so twice.

Luffy is well aware of the strength Kizaru possesses and tried to retreat with his crew away from the Admiral and was thankful when Silvers Rayleigh intervened on their behalf. Throughout the Battle of Marineford, he was greatly frustrated by Kizaru’s constant interventions in his attempts to save Ace, having been defeated by him twice during the conflict. He also panicked when, after managing to reach Ace, the key to his seastone handcuffs was destroyed by the Admiral. He did not appear to take any personal offence to the ridicule he got from Kizaru and simply carried on with trying to rescue Ace.

Issho
Luffy first encountered Admiral Fujitora at a casino in Dressrosa and he helped the man by informing him that he was being scammed by members of the Donquixote Pirates. He was amazed to see Issho effortlessly defeat the thugs and when asking for his identity, the latter told him it was best if he did not know for both of their sakes. Later on, when Doflamingo was fighting Law at Corrida Colosseum, Luffy was surprised to learn that Issho was a Marine admiral while the latter sadly stated he was repaying Luffy's good deed with violence due to having to capture Law.

When Luffy was preparing to leave Dressrosa, Issho planned to arrest Luffy and his allies. Luffy challenged the Admiral to a fight, proclaiming that he will not run from anyone regardless if they are an Admiral or Yonko before striking him. Though Luffy challenged the Admiral to a fight, he announced his attacks, making the man see that Luffy was pitying him due to his blindness which he took as an insult, revealing that he blinded himself and does not need Luffy's pity. Their fight was left at a stalemate when Luffy was forced to retreat by his allies. While Luffy was retreating, he was "pursued" by the citizens of Dressrosa and Issho overheard some of them speaking happily of Luffy. This made him relent as he saw there were people touched by the actions of a pirate and made him regret blinding himself as he wanted to see Luffy's face so he could see the pirate who obtained such praise. He later used the rubble he gathered to attack the group of pirates who were angry at Luffy for beating Doflamingo, which was done as thanks for Luffy defeating the former Shichibukai.

Smoker


Smoker is a Vice-Admiral in the Marines and the Commander of G-5. He is Luffy’s most prominent antagonist within the Marines, having hunted down the Straw Hat captain since the Loguetown arc. They share a complex relationship as both enemies and allies due to their differing personalities but affinity for honour. Smoker believes Luffy is a troublesome pirate that he must capture but also recognises him as not being a bad person. Luffy does recognise Smoker as an enemy but nonetheless likes to treat him as a friend since he believes him to be a good guy.

Whilst stationed in Loguetown, Smoker heard about the chaos being caused by pirates in the plaza of the town and headed there to capture them. Having witnessed Luffy survive Buggy’s attempted execution of him he tried to apprehend the Straw Hat captain but was stopped by Monkey D. Dragon who, unbeknownst to him at the time, was Luffy’s father. He followed Luffy all the way to Alabasta where he ended up getting captured with him and his crew by Crocodile. Due to saving his life, he allowed Luffy to escape and temporarily left Alabasta due to urgent business. He next encountered Luffy during the Battle of Marineford and at one point captured him but was kicked away by Boa Hancock whilst Luffy escaped his grasp yet again. On Punk Hazard he came across Straw Hat once more and attempted to apprehend him, but did not have the fighting strength to do so after he was put in Tashigi’s body due to Trafalgar Law’s Devil Fruit. He ended up working with Luffy and the Straw Hats to take down Caesar Clown and his accomplices. He once more allowed Luffy to escape as a way to repay his work for defeating Caesar.

Smoker is both greatly intrigued by Luffy as a person but also dislikes him because he is a pirate. Due to witnessing Gol D. Roger’s execution, Luffy almost being executed by Buggy had a profound impact on Smoker as he was left stunned by Luffy willingly embracing his death with a smile, exactly like Gol D. Roger, and was even more stunned that it occurred on the anniversary of Roger’s execution. This piqued his interest in the Straw Hat captain and has resulted in him obsessively following Luffy both to the Grand Line and to the New World, having requested a transfer to the notorious G-5 unit for this specific purpose. When Monkey D. Dragon prevented him from capturing Luffy in Loguetown he was completely perplexed why such a notorious figure would save a relatively unknown pirate at the time, however, he later discovered that Dragon is Luffy’s father and understood why. Due to being a hardened Marine soldier he has every intent to see Luffy apprehended at some point. When he was in Alabasta he had come across Ace and was intent on capturing the Whitebeard Pirates’ Second Division Commander, however, when he saw Luffy he completely disregarded Ace and devoted his time and effort capturing Luffy instead, despite Ace being a much more notorious and dangerous pirate than Luffy at the time. He was shocked to see Crocodile alongside Luffy when he and his makeshift crew arrived at the Battle of Marineford. He pursued Luffy during the conflict and momentarily caught him once more but was stopped by an enraged Boa Hancock.

Despite not liking him, he harbours no serious hatred and does not seem intent on killing Luffy but instead wants to capture him. He is more than willing to work with Luffy if the situation calls for it, such as in Alabasta and on Punk Hazard. He accepts that he owes Luffy and his crew a great deal, especially following the Alabasta arc as the Straw Hats had covered for the Marines mistakes by failing to prevent Crocodile’s plans coming to fruition. He was absolutely livid when the World Government intended to give him credit for Crocodile’s defeat and wanted the world to know it was Luffy and his crew. It was also during this arc he reluctantly allowed Luffy and his crew to escape by commanding the Marines not to pursue them after Luffy has ordered his crew mate, Roronoa Zoro, to save his life as he could not swim due to being a Devil Fruit user. During the Battle of Marineford he complimented Luffy that he had gotten stronger as he pinned him down with his jutte. He also decided to work with Luffy, his crew, and Trafalgar Law on Punk Hazard once it was revealed that Vergo had betrayed the Marines. Having succeeded in their mission, he reluctantly took part in a banquet that Luffy and his crew held and once more allowed him to escape his grasp yet again. Due to having pursued Luffy for so long he has picked up on his habits and was able to correctly predict that he would try and visit Raijin Island as it was extremely dangerous and is fully aware of Luffy’s reckless nature.

Luffy found Smoker to be one of the toughest people he had faced when he met him in Loguetown, as he was the first Logia Devil Fruit user he had fought. This has led Luffy to, unusually, runaway from Smoker rather than fight him. However, despite him being his enemy he is pretty kind to Smoker and does not believe him to be a bad person despite his constant pursuit of him. Such is his fondness for Smoker, he ordered his crew mate, Zoro, to save Smoker’s life as they fell into water during their escape from Crocodile’s casino and was very happy to see him again when he arrived in the New World on Punk Hazard, admitting he worried about him following the Battle of Marineford. He is very warm and friendly with Smoker even though they are enemies and often jokes with him despite his stoic nature. Following the time skip, Luffy was more than eager to fight Smoker on Punk Hazard, having now mastered all three types of Haki, but chose not to when he discovered that Smoker and Tashigi had their bodies swapped by Law. Luffy has the habit to refer to Smoker as “Smokey”.

Koby
Koby is a Captain in the Marines, a former pirate, and the first friend Luffy made at sea. The two first met during the Romance Dawn arc, becoming good friends rather quickly. They both share a close friendship and often wonder how each other are doing from time to time. Koby admires Luffy and credits him with giving him the bravery and the determination to fulfil his dream of becoming a strong Marine. Luffy found Koby’s cowardly nature to be pathetic but viewed him as a friend regardless and is very happy that Koby is trying to fulfil his dream.

The two met at the beginning of Luffy’s journey to become the Pirate King, having ended up in Alvida’s camp, Luffy broke out of his barrel to meet Koby who he quickly befriended. He managed to defeat Alvida, thus liberating Koby of her, and travelled with him until they reached Shells Town. After rescuing Roronoa Zoro, Koby and Luffy parted ways. The two met again on Water 7, with Koby now being under the apprenticeship or Luffy’s grandfather, Monkey D. Garp, and after a brief fight and friendly chat they parted ways again. Koby was present during the Battle of Marineford but only came across Luffy very briefly when he tried to stop him reaching Ace, but was immediately defeated. The two have not met since but Koby passionately keeps up to date with his friend’s exploits.

Despite being on opposite sides, the pair share an indomitable friendship. They take great pride in each other’s accomplishments and holds no prejudice or ill will for being natural enemies. They also completely accept that they will get in each other’s way, and do not hold grudges when this happens as they both fully understand one another’s obligations. The two like to talk about each other, but whilst Luffy openly discusses his friendship with Koby, Koby prefers to keep it hidden due to the strict nature of the Marines. When they reunited on Water 7 they both marvelled at how much strong the other has gotten, especially when it came to Koby’s drastic growth spurt.

Out of everyone he has met, Koby admires Luffy the most and cherishes his friendship with Luffy as he was the first person who ever acknowledged him as a friend. When they first met, he was amazed by Luffy’s fierce determination to become the Pirate King and divulged his own dreams to him until Alvida showed up. Nonetheless, after seeing Luffy’s resolve he was able to throw away his cowardly nature momentarily and insulted Alvida instead of fearfully praising her. He was willing to aid Luffy in his quest to free Zoro after he found his resolve to uphold “real justice” as a Marine. This admiration convinced Koby to join the Marines and to work hard to achieve his ultimate dream of becoming an Admiral. Because of the great respect he has for Luffy, he is determined to defeat and capture him one day, as he sees Luffy to be the pinnacle of his life goal to become a strong Marine. This has resulted in him trying to fight Luffy a few times, but always being easily defeated, such as at Water 7 and again at the Battle of Marineford. Following the time skip, Koby met Rebecca, a fellow admirer of Luffy, and found out about his recent exploits in Totto Land and cried tears of joy at his achievements.

Koby is often stunned by Luffy’s fearless and straightforward actions. He was crushed when Luffy bluntly told him he does not like him for being a coward, and was left stunned when he casually insulted Alvida. When Luffy revealed his intention to recruit the Pirate Hunter, Zoro, he was shocked and desperately tried to discourage his new friend from attempting this. He panicked when Luffy punched Helmeppo as he was the son of the notorious Captain Morgan and tried to hold him back. He watched in amazement as Luffy was able to overwhelm Captain Morgan during their fight in Shells Town. He was initially upset by Luffy revealing his past as a pirate to the local Marines, but after being beaten up by Luffy he became grateful once he realised what Luffy was actually up to, giving his friend a Marine salute before he set sail. When he travelled with Garp to Water 7 he was left completely shocked when his commander revealed that, not only is he Luffy’s grandfather, but that the leader of the Revolutionary army, Monkey D. Dragon, is Luffy’s father as well. During the Battle of Marineford, he could not believe that Luffy fell out of the sky on to the battlefield, and that he had also managed to escape from the infamous prison, Impel Down.

Like Koby, Luffy cherishes the friendship they share and has a lot of faith in Koby to grow and become strong. When Luffy first met Koby he insulted him for his cowardly nature but still befriended him anyway. He was proud of him when he stood up to Alvida and saved him when she went to strike him with her mace. He decided to travel with him for a short while and relied on him as a navigator to get to Shell Town as he wished to recruit Zoro. Luffy does not pay much attention to Koby’s objections towards his actions, often completely disregarding them, nonetheless, he is happy to have him by his side despite how weak he is. He is also more than willing to attack Koby if the situation calls for it, as he knocked out his old friend with a single punch during the Battle of Marineford when he stood in his way. Nonetheless, he considers Koby to be a very good friend and was very happy to meet him again in Water 7 where he reminisced with him and Helmeppo.

He wants Koby to follow his dream, as when he found out about Koby wishing to become a Marine but his past as a pirate would hinder his chances, when the Marines came to remove him and Zoro from Shell Town he decided to help Koby by antagonising and attacking him in order to distance Koby from them so he could join the Marines. Luffy was overjoyed to see he had started to work to achieve his dream and had joined the Marines, and was impressed by the improvements he had made. When Koby bluntly told him he wishes to become an Admiral and to defeat and capture him he was not at all bothered by this, instead being overjoyed to see how far Koby has come and gave him words of encouragement and to meet him in the New World.

Tashigi
Tashigi is a Marine officer who serves under Vice-Admiral Smoker and has joined him as part of the G-5 squad. The two have rarely interacted, however, they have crossed paths and see each other as enemies. Tashigi, like her superior, Smoker, views Luffy as an enemy because he is a pirate, but has also begrudgingly come to respect him for all the good he ends up doing. Luffy does not have particular opinion of Tashigi but acknowledges her as a good person because she works alongside Smoker.

Alongside Smoker, Tashigi watched as Luffy survived his execution from Buggy whilst in Loguetown and tried to chase after him and his crew, particularly Zoro, but lost her fight to the swordsman and allowed Luffy and his crew to escape. She met Luffy and his crew again in Alabasta with the intent of apprehending them but ended up providing aid to Luffy when he was hunting down Crocodile. She was present at the Battle of Marineford and notified Smoker of Luffy’s arrival, being just as surprised as he was that Crocodile was with him. She would not encounter Luffy again until after the time skip on Punk Hazard where she, after attempting to fight Luffy whilst in Smoker’s body, ends up working alongside him to defeat Caesar Clown and his subordinates.

Due to Luffy being a pirate she wishes to apprehend him and follows Smoker faithfully in order to achieve this. She feels both a sense of gratefulness, but also frustration, at having to rely on Luffy and his crew for help. This was most apparent in Alabasta when, after being defeated by Nico Robin and ridiculed by Crocodile, she could do nothing but point Luffy in the direction that Crocodile went in. This greatly upset her and damaged her pride, as she scolded herself for being weak and having to rely on a pirate such as Luffy for help. However, during the Punk Hazard arc she was a little more accepting of working alongside Luffy and his crew to take down Caesar Clown. Her respect for him has slightly improved as she chastised the troops of G-5 for denying the children’s wish to thank Luffy and his crew for what they did.

Luffy never acknowledges Tashigi and has only interacted with her on two occasions, once in Alabasta and again in Punk Hazard. However, he gives her the benefit of the doubt due to her working alongside Smoker and tends to be friendly around her as oppose to hostile despite her being a Marine. He thanked her back in Alabasta when she gave him the direction that Crocodile went in. Luffy openly thinks she is weak as when he fought against her whilst she was in Smoker’s body he was disappointed at how much weaker “Smoker” had apparently gotten, and when he fought Smoker whilst he was in Tashigi’s body he commented that she had gotten strong. He also does not remember her name and tends to just refer to her as “the girl with glasses”.