Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy

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Japanese Name:	モンキー･D･ルフィ
Romanized Name:	Monkī D. Rufi
English Name:	Monkey D. Luffy
First Appearance:	Chapter 1; Episode 1
Affiliations:	Straw Hat Pirates; Dadan Family (former)
Occupations:	Pirate Captain
Epithet:	Straw Hat Luffy (麦わらのルフ, Mugiwara no Rufi^?)
Japanese VA:	Mayumi Tanaka; Urara Takano (OVA)
4kids English VA:	Bella Hudson
Funi English VA:	Colleen Clinkenbeard
Age:	7 (Chapter 1); 17 (Chapter 1 to 597); 19 (Chapter 598 to present)
Birthday:	May 5th (Children's day)
Height:	172 cm (5'7½")
Bounty:	400,000,000
Devil Fruit
Japanese Name:	Gomu Gomu no Mi
English Name:	Gum-Gum Fruit
Meaning:	Rubber
Type:	Paramecia

Monkey D. Luffy (モンキー･D･ルフィ, Monkī D. Rufi^?) is a pirate and the main protagonist of One Piece. He is the son of the Revolutionary Army's commander, Dragon, grandson of the famed Marine, Garp, and the foster brother of the late "Fire Fist" Portgas D. Ace. His long life goal is to become the Pirate King by finding the legendary treasure left behind by the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. He believes that that being Pirate King means you have the most freedom in the world. As the founder and captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, he is the first member that makes up the crew as well as one of its top three fighters, the "Monster Trio". Luffy was one of eleven rookie pirates who had been referred to as "Eleven Supernovas", the eleven pirates with bounties over 100,000,000 Berry to have reached the Red Line. Luffy's current bounty is ,400,000,000 Berry, stated by the "impostor Luffy" after the time skip, and confirmed by one of the readings from a Pacifista. He has a worldwide reputation for causing trouble, even among the Yonkou, the Shichibukai, and the Marines, committing actions that were deemed dangerous by the World Government. Starting with the incident of Enies Lobby, Luffy has repetitively committed crimes against the World Government. Since then, Luffy has gained a reputation for being 'reckless' and, in some cases, 'insane', especially after breaking into Impel Down, only to break out and join the Marineford War, and punching out a Tenryuubito with full knowledge of the consequences. This, in addition to his heritage has caused Luffy to be labeled as a "dangerous future element".

Appearance

Luffy is renowned for wearing his trademark Straw hat (from which he gets his nickname "Straw Hat Luffy") which was lent to him when he was young by the legendary pirate captain, "Red-Haired" Shanks. His outfit somewhat mimics Shanks' own outfit in that he wears short trousers (although his are much shorter than Shanks') along with sandals and a vest. Luffy has a scar with 2 stitches underneath his eye (he got it in Chapter 1) and short black hair. He appears to be somewhat scrawny, however underneath his shirt he has a surprisingly well built physique.
Luffy, for the most part, has the same outfit over most of the series, as opposed to the rest of the crew. Luffy may wear a different outfit to suit the climate of an island (like a hooded parka on Drum Island or desert robes in Arabasta), but will switch back to his trademark vest and shorts after the adventures on that island are over.
Though Luffy prominently wears a short red vest and blue shorts, he will wear his usual outfit in different colors. For example, in Enies Lobby he wore black shorts because they had pockets in which he could carry meat, on Thriller Bark he wore an orange vest and red shorts, and on Sabaody Archipelago he wore a blue vest and dark blue shorts. During the break-in at Impel Down Luffy was shown wearing a light blue vest with red shorts and after the fight between Magellan and Luffy, Inazuma gave him a yellow vest. He does, however, no matter where he is, wear his Straw Hat through absolutely everything, though at the start, the hat was prone to getting knocked off his head easily, forcing Luffy to either put it aside or have someone hold onto it during fights, he has since gotten a string strap for it which was sewed on by Nami, allowing the hat to hang from his neck during fights.
During his return to Marineford to give a silent prayer, Luffy was briefly shown with four characters written on his right arm spelling 3D2Y, with the 3D crossed out to symbolize that the Straw Hat Pirates should meet up in 2 years (2Y) rather than the 3 days (3D) as planned after fleeing from Bartholomew Kuma.
After those two years, Luffy wears a long-sleeved vest with a yellow sash tied around his waist, somewhat reminiscent of Gol D. Roger's outfit. It is shown that Roger was the one who first wore the famous straw hat before giving it to Shanks. He has scar on his chest in the shape of an X, the same spot where he was burned by Akainu. It also appears that Luffy has grown, as he appears to be only slightly shorter than Hancock.