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Age
According to Oda, One Piece Film: Strong World is "Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old", this quote can be found here. Now this is a reputable source and one that should be easy enough to verify if you doubt it. I'm not particularly sure why people keep reverting Luffy's age to 17 since Strong World took place between Saobody and Thriller Bark. This is proven by Sengoku still being Fleet Admiral, the whole crew being together, and Brook being part of the crew. Since Luffy has clearly had another adventure it must mean he is 18 years of age.Bastian964 03:45, August 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oda's note does indeed say that it is Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old, and events within the film seem to place it between Thriller Bark and Sabaody. However, there are some discrepancies.


 * In the manga, there has yet to be indication that Luffy has celebrated his 18th birthday after Thriller Bark. Did he have his birthday after Strong World, before Sabaody, during Sabody, near the end of Saboady, or so on?
 * Oda says that Strong World is Luffy's adventure as a 17 year old, however how exactly can it be interpreted? Can be interpreted as literally or metaphorically? In a metaphorical sense, during Sabaody and the later arcs, Luffy came into situations that practically overwhelmed. Him not protecting his crew and not saving Ace, are kinda key situations that the normal 17 year old Luffy couldn't easily handle. He kinda needed some self personal character growth that would pretty much surpass Luffy's kid personality.
 * Strong World is called an adventure. However, what is exactly Oda refering the adventure as. Is it Luffy's last 17 year old adventure with his crew? Is it Luffy's last 17 year old personal adventure and not a quest to save a family member?


 * Mugiwara Franky 04:32, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1. Does there need to be an indication in the manga? If it happened off screen or if Luffy forgot about his own birthday, so be it. We have Oda's word that he turned 18.
 * 2. and 3. You are saying that we should take "This story is Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old so watch it over and over again!" figuratively. It seems pretty clear cut. He's 17, Strong World happens, he is no longer 17 before his next adventure. Even if you were to try to go all philosophical and argue the meaning of adventure, it would be pretty hard to argue that Luffy's Amazon Lily adventure wasn't an adventure. Also, an adventure is an adventure, whether it is horrific, fun, or personal is not the issue, Oda just states that it is an adventure. Furthermore, if the wiki isn't going to take Oda for his word and just start speculating on the nature of adventure, then who else will. Finally, you are trying to tell me that you think last adventure as a 17 year old means he metaphorically grew up? Seriously? Bastian964 05:02, August 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Having an indication in the manga kinda justifies stuff so it doesn't seem like speculation. Oda's word by the way, was that Strong World was Luffy's last 17 year old adventure, he didn't say Luffy is now 18 years. You can say that this is a person's last adventure as a 30 years old. It does not mean that exactly before his next adventure, he is 31 years old. He could have become 31 in the middle of the next adventure.


 * Taking from what I said, would the events from Sabaody to current be considered as completely separate adventures with different goals or one single adventure expanding across different parts but with one overall goal.


 * As for what I'm saying, I don't mean that last adventure as a 17 year old means he metaphorically grew up? I kinda mean that Strong World can be interpreted as the last time Luffy would act like his old childish self. After that, especially what happens in Sabaody and Marineford, Luffy's personality would slowly but surely change to a more grown up one.Mugiwara Franky 05:22, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * (indent) That is growing up metaphorically and might be a valid option if Oda said he was going to grow up or that he was mentally no longer going to be a child instead of saying he was no longer going to be 17, no longer 17 means he is now 18. Even if he became 18 in the middle of the next adventure that still makes him 18 since the adventure is over. I'll give you a hint, it doesn't matter if they are considered separate adventures or the same one (though they certainly didn't have the same goal since some of them were to get back to his friends and some of them were to free Ace) considering it's over and thus he is now 18. Bastian964 16:41, August 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * True, it would be clearer if Oda had said that after Strong World Luffy grows up. However, what he said really doesn't necessarily support Luffy being 18 to a degree. His quote was that Strong World would be Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old. He however really does not specifically say Luffy is no longer 17 years old.


 * Sure, you can interpret that because Strong World is Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old therefore Luffy becomes 18 years old some time after the movie. However, some real specifics like a birthday scene or a box stating Luffy's age, it really falls into speculations. It's like guessing a sequence without getting all the details. The sequence I say is like this:


 * A;B;C;D
 * A=1 and B=2 so what is C?
 * Based on A and B, C would probably be 3.
 * This however is wrong, because D is unknown.
 * Without D, B could be 3, 4, 1, or whatever else.


 * The problem with Oda's quote is kinda like that. Without Oda specifically saying that Luffy is no longer a 17 year old, you really can't second guess that Luffy is definitely 18.


 * Also while the incident with Ace is over, it kinda doesn't justify that Luffy is now 18. It still comes within the realm of speculation because it still speculates that Luffy had his birthday somewhere between before Sabaody to current events. There's nothing definite to go on other than Oda's word which could be interpreted otherwise.Mugiwara Franky 17:49, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * A happens, A is Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old, sometime later B happens, before or during B Luffy becomes 18. The statement couldn't be any clearer unless Oda decided to get needlessly redundant. It doesn't need any birthday scene or age box because we have Oda's word that Luffy is no longer 17. It is not speculation to say that Luffy is 18 because the next adventure is already OVER. If you don't trust the word of the author then this isn't much of an encyclopedia especially since I have refute any other alleged meanings. My final words on your denial, I have refuted every single one of your statements and now your just making stuff up with the whole A doesn't necessarily beget B, when in fact Oda's statement forces A then B. Bastian964 18:43, August 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * The statement is only clear that A is Luffy's last adventure. The "sometime later B happens, before or during B Luffy becomes 18" is vague and is the problem. There is no definite specifics like A is Luffy's last adventure. It's just assuming that maybe he became 18 without any evidence.


 * As to the next adventure is over, is it really the B you speak of. True, the treks that Luffy went through Impel Down and Marineford can be considered as adventures but are they considered as adventures to Oda? If we speculate that they are, then the assumption range is small. But if we speculate that they aren't, then the assumption range is too great. In either case however, it's all speculation.


 * As to trust, I do trust the word of the author, I trust the statement. Its just the theory of what can be made up of that statement is filled with a bit too much speculation. With that in mind, I am also thinking of being encyclopedic as I would rather have facts to support a statement rather than speculations. Strong World being Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old is a fact. Him becoming a 18 year old after Strong World is a fact. He being already 18 is not a fact. It is a speculation as there is no definite statement that states he already turned 18.


 * The discussion is not over.Mugiwara Franky 19:22, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well before the discussion begins again, I would like us to get someone who understands Japanese to read the original statement and explain the undertext of each of the words because you are placing undue signifigance on the word adventure which isn't actually there in english and doesn't necessarily apply to the word in Japanese. Bastian964 03:25, August 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Whether the original Japanese word means literally adventure or something else is not the case. It is not a translation problem. It is a speculation problem. I maybe placing "undue significance" to the word but you are as well giving "undue significance" to a speculation without full facts.Mugiwara Franky 03:55, August 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * By "speculation" you mean taking the creator of the franchise at his word. Also by "undue significance" I mean you need to actually look up what adventure means.Bastian964 20:08, August 15, 2010 (UTC)

We don't even know where it took place in the timeline anyway. SeaTerror 20:44, August 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, yes we do. We know it is canon. We also know there is only one place in canon it could fit since Brook is on the crew, the crew is still together, and Sengoku is still Fleet Admiral. Thus it has to be between Sabaody and Thriller Bark. Bastian964 21:04, August 15, 2010 (UTC)

I'd say: if Oda says Luffy is at the end of his 17th year, then we should take it literally, until/unless he confirms that he was merely being metaphorical. After all, we should trust the author's words 100%, otherwise, we wouldn't be trusting SBS sources. Yatanogarasu 04:48, August 17, 2010 (UTC)

Facts
Okay let me just list down the facts of what we know.Mugiwara Franky 09:35, August 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * 1) Oda said that Strong World is Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old.
 * 2) He does not say that Luffy will be immediately 18 years old after the events of the movie.
 * 3) He does not say that Luffy will be immediately 18 years old before his next adventure.
 * 4) His line hints that in the near future Luffy will become 18.
 * 5) Luffy has Brook, the crew is together and Sengoku is still Fleet Admiral in the movie so that gives the theory that the movie may have happened between Thriller Bark and Sabody.
 * 6) There has been no indication yet such as a scene or box telling that Luffy has become 18 years old.

Discussion II
Now I know what Oda has said and the facts that are presented, but the fact that Luffy is already 18 is really a speculation. We really do not have anything definite yet that states he turned 18. We can speculate that he turned 18 offscreen during Sabaody but that's just that, a speculation.Mugiwara Franky 09:35, August 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * There is also the scenes from Luffy's and Ace's flashback with this and this. The flashback that is introduced says 10 years ago, and Sabo's introbox says 10 years old. Since Ace is the same age as Sabo then and 3 years older than Luffy, the 10 years ago would mean that Luffy was 7 years old at the time. It kinda means that Luffy is still 17 years. If he was 18 by the time he remembered, then the flashback would have said 11 years ago. True, there can be a few days or months that could be rounded off so that it can be 10 years by the time Luffy is 18, but that is speculationMugiwara Franky 09:40, August 17, 2010 (UTC)