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Marines
Even the Marines 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 Arlong the fishman. A 30,000,000 bounty was placed on his head after he had beaten Arlong and the Marines were cautious about Arlong's defeat because it had brought to question the worth of their units. This reward eventually becomes 100,000,000 after he defeated Crocodile, when the World Government deemed him a serious threat for defeating one of the Shichibukai. After the invasion of Enies Lobby, where they declare war on the World Government itself, the government raised the bounties of the entire crew; Luffy's was raised to 300,000,000, to 400,000,000 after the Battle of Marineford and to 500,000,000 after defeating Doflamingo. During his voyage, Luffy has had a few meetings with the Marines, from the not too serious looking return of Ironfist Fullbody (whom Luffy met first by the Baratie) and Captain Smoker on Loguetown, to Admiral Aokiji. While some are easy to defeat, Luffy has been unable to defeat Smoker or Aokiji due to their powerful Logia abilities, and has resorted to running away from Smoker when he encounters him (until he mastered Haki).

Coby= While Coby, the first person Luffy met on his journey, acknowledges that as he is a Marine, they will inevitably have to fight. However, they consider each other friends, as Luffy helped Coby muster the courage necessary to become a Marine. Coby holds great respect for Luffy, and he promises to always be a friend, though his dream - becoming a Marine - is opposite to that of Luffy's. Later on, having met on Water 7, Luffy inspired Coby to pursue his dream of becoming a Marine Admiral. Despite having clashed during the war, it appears not to have damaged their friendship, as Coby still admires Luffy's strength.


 * -|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, Smoker 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 his allies to go free.

Luffy first met Admiral Aokiji at Long Ring Long Land. Luffy was hostile as he tried to attack Aokiji on the believe that the Admiral would try to take Robin away. Later on, Luffy warmed up to him after the Admiral helped Tonjit. However, he was a little shocked to learn that Aokiji knew his grandfather. Luffy's hostility towards the Admiral returned when Aokiji changed his mind about not taking Robin into custody. Luffy engaged Aokiji in a one-on-one fight which ended with Aokiji emerging as the victor. Aokiji spared Luffy due to owing the latter for defeating Crocodile, but also because he was indebted to his grandfather. Due to bearing witness to Aokiji's power, Luffy decided to act less naive against future conflicts.
 * -|Kuzan=

The two met again at the battle at Marines, where Aokiji attacked Luffy, stating that while he was indebted to Luffy's grandfather, the latter had chosen his path of death. Before Aokiji could finish off Luffy, Marco got in the way, allowing Luffy to advance. Aokiji was very shocked to see Luffy unconsciously release a burst Haoshoku Haki, nearly sweating at the sight. Near the end of the war, Kuzan tried to prevent Luffy from escaping when he froze the sea before Jinbe (who was carrying Luffy) could reach it and when he attempted to freeze Law's submarine when the Heart Pirates were taking Luffy away.

Two years later, Luffy was very shocked to hear from Jinbe that Kuzan was no longer a Marine and that he fought and lost against Akainu for the position of Fleet Admiral.

Due to Luffy assaulted a Celestial Dragon, Admiral Kizaru was sent to Sabaody Archipelago to arrest him. However, he escaped from Sabaody due to 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.
 * -|Borsalino=

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 Gekko Moriah. After hearing that Luffy punched the World Noble, Saint Charloss, he was enraged, wondering what was wrong with Garp's family.
 * -|Sengoku=

His frustration reached its breaking point after hearing that Luffy made into and out of Impel Down and 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 Coby 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.

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 he if 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.
 * -|Issho=

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.