Monkey D. Luffy

"I'm gonna be the Pirate King!!!"

- Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy is the main hero of anime/manga ''One Piece. '' His main aspiration is to become the King of the Pirates and is searching for the One Piece, a legendary treasure left by the previous Pirate King named Gold Roger. His inspiration comes from a crew of other pirates who used to visit his island when he was little, the captain of which was "Red-Haired" Shanks. During one of this pirate crew's visits he accidently ate the gum-gum fruit, a type of devil fruit that made his body like rubber. The catch to having these powers is an inablilty to swim: all those who eat the devil fruit will drown if they fall into the ocean. He is the the founder and captain of the Straw Hat Pirates (named for the straw hat Shanks had given him the last time they'd met). The world government views Luffy as a threat. (He is a pirate, after all.)

Gathering a Crew
Monkey D. Luffy left his island home when he was 17 years old. After being on the sea for a short while, he was sucked into a whirlpool. He survived by taking refuge in a barrel. This barrel washed up on a shore controlled by the pirate Lady Alvida. After making friends with a cabin boy named Coby, he defeated the pirate captain and demanded that they be given a boat, as it was Koby's dream to join the navy. They traveled to a marine base, where they found the infamous bounty hunter and swordsman Roronoa Zoro imprisoned by the marine base's leader. After a struggle they managed to set him free, and Zoro and Luffy left the base while Coby stayed behind to fulfill his lifelong dream.

2 Years Later
(coming soon)