One Piece is an anime we almost have to see because it doesn’t disappoint with its incessant fights and original plot arcs and offers characters that change with the story, as with Luffy. This young man with a Devil’s Fruit that allows you to stretch like rubber is one of the most bobalicones protagonist of the anime in general and, at times, seems quite ridiculous and lacks a bit of light, although it is not the case.
Even though Monkey D. Luffy is not a genius and has, let’s say, a highly carefree way of being, he is not as dumb as we might think and achieves much more than we would dare to say at first. However, given his optimistic nature, on many occasions, he prefers to keep quiet and become Swedish to an open conflict on specific issues. So, today we will present a list of the arguments that lead us to think that Luffy is enough hustler.
In the arc of Captain Kuro in One Piece, Kuro himself says that he stopped being a pirate because he was tired of being chased by the Marines, to which Luffy answers very firmly that he should have taken into account this reality before deciding to become a pirate.
In the Arabasta arc, Luffy refuses to follow Vivi to Koza’s offices because he knows they won’t believe her if she goes through Luffy’s hand since she is a pirate. He also tells you that no matter what you do, people will die whether you like it or not and pushes him to go to Crocodile Rainbase.
Upon “disembarking” from Skypiea, Luffy tells his crew that it would be better to hire a shipbuilder to repair the Going Merry, surprising everyone present.
When the Going Merry is about to collapse hopelessly, Luffy takes the initiative and starts looking for a new ship to serve him, which leads to a tension. He ends up arguing with Usopp, giving him three very valid arguments: that Usopp knows nothing about ship or the state of Going Merry, as he is not an educated builder in this art, he is the captain, and his orders must be obeyed (and urges Usopp to leave if he doesn’t want to) and agree to fight with Usopp for Going Merry, knowing that there will be no other way to solve this mess.
While infiltrating Big Mom Island, Nami gets upset when a chattering crocodile with clothes on approaches her. Luffy says she has seen things as strange as this before, as they are accompanied by Chopper and Carrot, “half animals.”
Luffy acknowledges his bluntness and tactlessness when informing Tama of Ace’s death. Still, his reasons are convincing, as he decided to do so because he knew that Tama was waiting for Ace in a rather unhealthy way, so it was necessary to break his bubble.
Why is Luffy so dumb somehow? Oda, the author of manga One Piece, often presents Luffy as a complete idiot for the comedy of the character, but I was wondering if Luffy is giving himself a genre or is really a moron.
The future Pirate King is smart
Let’s look at his gear 2 and 4. We have to admit the sophistication of his techniques, increasing his blood pressure and his heart rate by taking advantage of the elasticity of his organs for the two and increasing the elastic tension by saturating his body with air and using the offensive fluid for the 4. We also notice that when he is angry in his fights contest, he regularly shows his intelligence in the tactical and psychic fields.
Now that you know that Luffy can use his brain when needed and does it in such a reasoned way, which is smart enough. Don’t you think his image of a silly, stupid man is just a facade? The truth is that Luffy knows what he should do and when he should do it, espacially in battle. So we create a little more of their intellectual abilities. They are there.
So the conclusion is that instead of saying Luffy is straight up stupid, some scenes are made by author to make for laughs. On the other hand, Luffy rates truth and occasionally will be angry, especially when friends encounter difficulties (same as Son Goku in Dragon Ball).
As One Piece is a manga that always has some outrageous things compared to real life, sometimes it makes Luffy look very stupid. So let me count the “stupid” things Luffy has done.
1. Straw hats pirates save Smoker’s life
I’m not saying that saving someone’s life is terrible. On the contrary, the law punishes the non-assistance of a person in danger. But in Luffy’s case, when you are already outlawed by a corrupt world government and the guy you save is part of this government, who is also a high-ranking soldier of the navy, while Luffy is a pirate, don’t you think it’s not very wise to save him?
We are in the arc alabaster Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Ussop, and Smoker are caught in a trap of Crocodiles. He was locked in a cage where the water rose considerably and started to flood the room. As Smoker ate a devil fruit, Luffy, out of empathy for Smoker, asked Zoro to lift him and bring him to the surface, and by type of recognition, Smoker let Luffy escape.
Later in Marineford, Luffy and Smoker faced each other again. Smoker was this time not going to miss this bastard. Here is a small 1 v1 that is not very wanted. history repeat again Luffy had no chance to win since he had neither Haki nor a natural enemy against smoke. Fortunately, Hankoc was there to save Luffy…
2. Luffy makes punches on a celestial dragon in the Sabaody
This is most evident in the Sabaody archipelago arc, where he punches a celestial dragon in the face, leading to the summoning of a naval admiral. Luffy’s temerity to engage in combat is generally supported by his strength and crew. Still, his decision to attack someone as politically powerful as a celestial dragon is just plain stupid. That one punch nearly killed his entire team on a world noble. He’s lucky that Kuma came and teleported all of his Nakama. Otherwise, they would have all fallen to Kizaru, one of the most potent marines in the navy.
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