User blog comment:Dettles/That guy. Meh/@comment-5640399-20131118050432/@comment-5962458-20131118161733

ST is right. You probably need to read the manga again. Luffy had already spent a year with Shanks when he met Sabo. Shanks and his crew and the stories they shared were the sole reason that made Luffy want to become a pirate.