| Monkey D. Luffy | |
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| Statistics | |
| 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) [1] |
| Birthday: | May 5th (Children's day)[2] |
| Height: | 172 cm (5'7½")[3] |
| Bounty: |  400,000,000[4] |
| Devil Fruit | |
| Japanese Name: | Gomu Gomu no Mi |
| English Name: | Gum-Gum Fruit |
| Meaning: | Rubber |
| Type: | Paramecia |
| Straw Hat Luffy |
As the captain of the crew, Luffy has been recognized by the World Government as the most dangerous person of the Straw Hats. Originally, due to Luffy being a relatively new pirate, the Government didn't pay much attention to him. However, with each new outrageous exploit Luffy and his crew achieved, the Government's view on Luffy grew.
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 pants (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 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 wears black shorts because they had pockets in which he could carry meat, on the Thriller Bark Island he wears an orange vest and red shorts, and on the Sabaody Archipelago he wears a blue vest and dark blue shorts. During the break in at Impel Down Luffy has been shown wearing a light blue vest with red shorts and after the fight between Magellan and Luffy, Inazuma gave to 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 battles, he has since gotten a string strap for it which Nami sewed it, 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 4 characters written on his right arm spelling |
