One Piece: Here’s Who Raised Luffy When He Was a Child

Luffy’s childhood is a common topic among One Piece fans, who often discuss how Luffy became a pirate in light of the fact that his grandfather is a Marine while his father is the leader of the Revolutionary Army. His father was absent from his life, while his grandfather abandoned him relatively quickly. So, who raised Luffy when he was a child? This is the question we will answer in this article, as you will find out who raised Monkey D. Luffy and what his childhood actually looked like in One Piece.

Luffy’s childhood was one big adventure in Foosha

Luffy was born in Foosha. Ten years before the beginning of the narrative, the Red Pirates, led by Shanks, landed in his village, with whom Luffy soon became friends. In fact, thanks to them, he began to cultivate the dream of becoming a pirate, so much so that he asked the captain several times to be able to sail with him. He told Shanks about his dream, and Shanks burst out laughing.

To impress the crew and show that he was ready to take on the life of a pirate, he stabbed himself under his left eye, which left a scar. Later, while at Makino’s inn with Shanks and his crew, Luffy unknowingly ate a Devil Fruit, which transformed his body into rubber and deprived him of his ability to swim. Shortly thereafter, he was captured by Higuma, with whom he had previously had a falling out because the bandit had dared to mock the Red Pirates.

While Luffy was being beaten by Higuma, Shanks and his crew arrived to save him, easily defeating all the other bandits. Given the situation, Higuma kidnapped Luffy, took him out to sea, and threw him into the sea, knowing that he would drown because he had ingested a Devil Fruit. A few moments later, the bandit was devoured by a Sea King, and just when Luffy was about to suffer the same fate, Shanks intervened and, at the cost of an arm, saved his life and made the Sea Monster escape thanks to his Conqueror’s Haki.

On the day of the departure of Shanks’ crew, Luffy promised Shanks that he would become the king of the pirates, and therefore the latter decided to give him his straw hat, telling him that he would have to return it to him when he became a great pirate. Since then, Luffy has been so fond of his hat that he doesn’t let anyone touch it except his companions.

Later, his grandfather Garp took him to live on Mount Corbo and entrusted him to Dadan. Here, Luffy met Ace, who immediately proved hostile towards him. Despite this, Luffy tried to stay in his company by chasing him daily while he went alone into the middle forest, a dangerous place full of wild animals. More than three months later, the child managed to reach him and saw that he was in the company of Sabo, a boy who lived in the Gray Terminal, a mountain of waste outside the kingdom of Goa.

He then discovered that he and Ace were collecting a treasure, and once he made his presence known, the two kids decided to kill him so that he couldn’t reveal the treasure’s location to anyone. While the two hesitated to make this gesture, the voices of Polchemy and two other pirates of Bluejam’s crew, robbed earlier by Ace, interrupted them.

Luffy then accidentally lets himself be discovered by the pirates, and so the latter takes him to their hideout, where Polchemy tortures him with barbed gloves to make him tell the truth about who had carried out the theft against his men.

The child did not succumb to the torture, and after knowing this, Ace and Sabo rushed to defend him. After this incident, Luffy explained to Ace that he wanted to befriend him as he had no one he could trust. From that moment, he joined the group and became their friend. Over time, the three became known in the city for their misdeeds. One day, while eating, Sabo pointed out that Luffy and Ace had D. in their names.

The latter asked him if he wanted it too, calling him Sa D. Bo, which he didn’t like. Later, Luffy and Ace realized that Sabo was hiding something, and therefore, the latter decided to reveal to him that he was the son of a nobleman but that he had decided to live on his own because he was disgusted by that world. Shortly thereafter, the three exchanged cups of sake, thus becoming brothers.

He has no relationship with his father, a very comical one with his grandfather, and an equally hilarious one with Curly Dadan

As you can see above, Luffy was, more or less, left to himself when he was a child. Initially, he was raised by Garp, his grandfather, who left him in Curly Dadan’s care. Now that you know the story, we will just quickly tell you what kind of relationship Luffy had with the two of them.

Even though the two love each other and know it, Luffy is terrified of his grandfather. This feeling originated when Luffy was little, and Garp subjected him to extreme tests to make him stronger and turn him into a good marine. However, the meeting with Shanks changed Luffy forever, and from that moment on, he decided to become a pirate when he grew up. Precisely for this reason, the two usually argue often, as Luffy does not hesitate to constantly repeat this ambition to him.

During the war for supremacy, Luffy found himself face to face with Garp while the latter was intent on blocking his path to the gallows. On this occasion, the boy begs his grandfather to move, and when he realizes he has no other choice, he decides to hit him against his will to save Ace.

As for Curly Dadan, she was a sort of adoptive mother for Luffy and Ace. Garp forced her to take care of the two children; otherwise, he would have had them all arrested. Dadan wasn’t happy with this blackmail, and Luffy didn’t like her group of mountain bandits either. As time passed, however, they learned to love each other, and Dadan also rushed to save the two boys from Bluejam’s clutches, while later, Luffy became worried, fearing that the woman had not escaped the attack.

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