During Luffy's time there, he becomes a sworn brother with Ace, Garp's other ward, and Sabo, a local runaway noble. Displeased by Shanks spoiling his grandson, Garp takes Luffy to be raised by Curly Dadan and her mountain bandits, who he strong-arms into taking him in. After this, Luffy gives up on joining Shanks, resolving instead to start a crew of his own and become King of the Pirates.
His reckless efforts ultimately lead him into grave peril causing Shanks to lose an arm while rescuing him. Ridiculed and rejected, he inadvertently eats their treasure, the Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit ( ゴムゴムの実, Gomu Gomu no Mi), which gives his body the properties of rubber.
At age seven, he admires and tries to join the pirates of the "Red Haired" Shanks. Luffy ( モンキー・D・ルフィ, Monkī Dī Rufi) is the main protagonist of the One Piece series. After an editor told him that Morgan, in Oda's words, "looked lame", he changed the design to its final style. He created several versions of Morgan before settling on the final design. "Sailor" in Japanese is suihei ( 水兵), and "Suihei Chop" is a fighting technique used by Giant Baba, a Japanese wrestler.
Oda originally named Morgan after "Chop", with the character's full title being "Naval Captain Chop" or "Sailor Chop". Oda had created Helmeppo before he created Captain Morgan, Helmeppo's father.
Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama (homosexual) characters and became Ivankov's first voice actor. The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Drake ( Sir Francis Drake), Basil Hawkins ( Basil Ringrose and John Hawkins), Capone Bege ( Al Capone and William Le Sauvage), Jewelry Bonney ( Anne Bonny), Urouge ( Aruj), and Scratchmen Apoo ( Chui A-poo). Several characters have been stated to be based on actual people such as: Eustass Kid ( Eustace the Monk and William Kidd), X.
The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using various superhuman and supernatural abilities. The One Piece manga and anime feature an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. Luffy, Tony Tony Chopper, Roronoa Zoro, Sanji, Franky, Usopp, Nico Robin, Brook, Jimbei The protagonists of the One Piece series, from left to right and front to back: Nami, Monkey D.