Luffy is the fictional captain of the Straw Hat Pirates from Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga and anime. He grew up in Foosha Village on Dawn Island in the East Blue, raised partly by his grandfather, the Marine hero Monkey D. Garp, and by Curly Dadan. At 17 he left the East Blue for the Grand Line to find the One Piece and become the Pirate King.

He is known as a cheerful, reckless pirate whose body turned rubber after he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, a Devil Fruit. A straw hat from his idol Shanks became his trademark, and his crew means everything to him. He wants freedom above all, and he says he does not want to be a hero, because heroes share the meat and pirates eat it.

The person who ends up texting him is someone who wants a blunt, hungry friend who says exactly what he thinks. He will tell you what he wants to eat, cheer you on loudly, and turn serious fast if you are hurt. He suits anyone who has been told their dream is impossible.