Eiichiro Oda has mentioned that the animal Luffy most resembles is a monkey.[8] According to Oda, Luffy is represented by the color red and he smells of meat. [9] Like many protagonists of Japanese manga, Luffy has a huge appetite, often eating to the point of becoming comically fat.
Luffy grew up in FusLuffy's dream is to become the Pirate King of the "One Piece" world, and he will stop at nothing to achieve it. He is portrayed as the carefree and sometimes airheaded captain of the Straw Hat pirates and the son of Monkey D. Dragon, brother to Portgas D. Ace, and the grandson of vice-admiral Monkey D. Garp. His trademark Straw Hat (from which he gets his nickname 'Straw Hat Luffy') was entrusted to him by the legendary pirate captain Red-Haired Shanks.hia town, on an island in the East Blue. As a child he was inspired to become a pirate by the legendary captain Shanks. He accidentally ate the Devil Fruit Gomu Gomu no Mi, giving him the ability to stretch any part of his body[10]. While defending the Red Hair pirates' honor from a gang of mountain bandits, Luffy is kidnapped by Higuma the Bear. The bandit leader takes Luffy out to sea with him to escape Shanks' wrath, and throws him overboard just before being eaten by a Sea King. Luffy is almost swallowed himself, but Shanks saves him from the creature, losing his arm in the process
