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.

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.

Smoker


Luffy has a great rivalry with Smoker since the two met in Loguetown. After Smoker watching Luffy show no fear when Buggy attempted to kill him, he recognized Luffy as a potential threat and was determined to capture him at any price only for Dragon (Luffy's father) to stop him.

Even though they are enemies, Luffy admitted that he likes him and sees him as a good guy. In Alabasta, Luffy asked Zoro to save Smoker from drowning, showing some compassion for the Marine.

During the war at Marineford, he initiated another confrontation with him and easily overwhelmed Luffy until Hancock intervened.

When they met again in Punk Hazard, Luffy was happy to see Smoker alive, and stated that he was worried about him after the battle at Marineford. Both Luffy and Smoker were forced to put aside their rivalry to join forces and face Caesar Clown and Vergo. After rescuing the children that were held captive by Caesar, Smoker once again allowed the Straw Hats and their allies to go free.

Borsalino
Due to Luffy assaulting a Celestial Dragon, Admiral Kizaru was sent to Sabaody Archipelago to arrest him. However, he escaped from Sabaody due to Rayleigh and Kuma's interference. During the battle at Marineford, Kizaru was a major hindrance to Luffy's attempts to rescue Ace. He kept Luffy from his goal multiple times and even destroyed the original key to Ace's handcuffs. Kizaru also mocked Luffy for lacking in power to save Ace. Despite that, Kizaru was very surprised to see Luffy unconsciously release a burst of Haoshoku Haki and joined his fellow admirals in trying to eliminate Luffy.

Sengoku
Before resigning from the Marines, Sengoku was angry with Luffy's actions such as defeating Shichibukai Crocodile, invading Enies Lobby and defeating Rob Lucci of the CP9, and defeating Gecko Moria. After hearing that Luffy punched the World Noble, Saint Charlos, he was enraged, wondering what was wrong with Garp's family.

His frustration reached its breaking point after hearing that Luffy had made it into and out of Impel Down and was intruding on the war against Whitebeard in an attempt to rescue Ace. During the war, Sengoku revealed to the world that Luffy was just as dangerous as Ace, because he is the son of Revolutionary Dragon. He was very shocked to see Luffy unconsciously use Haoshoku Haki but attempted to execute both him and Ace when Luffy managed to reach Ace with a key to his chains.

Sakazuki


While Sakazuki was an Admiral, he caused the most damage to Luffy during the war at Marineford, sending him into a mental breakdown by successfully killing his brother, Ace. Akainu then proceeded to hunt him throughout the entire battlefield, swearing to end his life no matter what, despite Blackbeard attempting to bring down Marineford. True to his word, Akainu focused all his efforts on ending Luffy's life, which reached the point of dangerous obsession, as it took the combined efforts of Jinbe, Crocodile, and the Whitebeard Pirates just to protect Luffy from Akainu's relentless pursuit. Akainu ultimately failed to kill Luffy after the intervention of Koby and the arrival of Shanks. Nonetheless, after striking through Jinbe, Akainu managed to leave Luffy with an x-shaped scar on his chest, which seems to remind him of the ruthless Marine officer, evidenced when Luffy touched the scar in anger upon learning of Akainu's promotion to Fleet Admiral.

For killing his brother, Ace, in the war at Marineford, Luffy holds hatred for Fleet Admiral Sakazuki. To this day, Akainu is the only enemy in the series who succeeded in completely breaking Luffy's spirit.

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.