Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy is the protagonist of Eiichiro Oda's manga One Piece. In this pirate-themed manga, Luffy is a young man who dreams of obtaining the titular treasure and become the "Pirate King". He forms a crew called the "Straw Hat Pirates", named after his signature straw hat given to him by an infamous pirate when he was a child. Having accidentally eaten a magical fruit that grants special abilities at the cost of losing the ability to swim, Luffy's body obtains the properties of rubber, essentially giving him the versatile superpower of elasticity, which he uses to great effect.

Serialized since 1997, One Piece is one of the most successful manga series of all time. It was one of Shonen Jump's "Big Three" alongside Naruto and Bleach; while the latter two has ended their original runs, One Piece is going strong for more than two decades, and is still unclear when exactly the story will end at this time of writing. This mainstream popularity and epic runtime has made Luffy an iconic anime and manga character worldwide. However, the series is also known for being a daunting one to get into as it spans over 1000 (and counting) manga chapters and anime episodes.

In the wiki's context, Luffy belongs to a collective of shonen characters who may be casually recognized by many people, but are not successful competitors in the saimoe tournaments due to lack of dedicated support, or are deliberately ignored because they're already famous enough that they don't need winning a mere online poll to prove it. However, the pirate has made it deep on several occasions, most notably reaching the semi-finals in the male division of Bilibili Moe 2015 - a highly-voted Chinese event inspired from 2channel's original saimoe which saw multiple long-running shonen series field many entrants.

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Main Tournament
Overall record

Seasonal & Exhibition
ISML 2012 - Male Exhibition
 * Limited vote, Max 2: Izaya >  Toshiro >  (You) >  Okabe >  Satoshi F >  Iskandar
 * 3368 - 3265 - 2854 - 2132 - 2121 - 1679

ISML 2021 - Winter Seasonal


 * Anime: One Piece (long-running series)
 * Nominations: 54 votes, 6th (13th overall)
 * Group stage
 * Match 1 (Prelim 3): Satoru Gojo @ Jujutsu Kaisen -- 1386 - 2202
 * Match 2 (Prelim 4):  Izumi Miyamura  @ Horimiya -- 1129 - 1873
 * Match 3 (Prelim 5): Conan Edogawa @ Detective Conan -- 1191 - 3076
 * Match 4 (Prelim 6): Tanjiro Kamado @ Kimetsu no Yaiba -- 1438 - 2286
 * Match 5 (Topaz 1): Naruto Uzumaki @ Boruto --  1061 - 1329
 * Results: 0W 5L - 6th, Eliminated

r/anime
Best Guy 1 - seed 67
 * (190) Sei Handa @ Barakamon -- 2918 - 2115
 * (62) Naotsugu @ Log Horizon -- 3237 - 2458
 * (3) Roy Mustang @ Fullmetal Alchemist -- 2319 - 3932

Best Guy 2 - seed 130
 * (127) Jiraiya @ Naruto -- 2574 - 992
 * (2) Ling Yao @ Fullmetal Alchemist -- 1313 - 1893

Best Guy 3 - seed 140
 * (373) Twelve @ Terror in Resonance -- 1161 - 499
 * (117) Shinichi Izumi @ Parasyte -- 852 - 934

Best Guy 4 - seed 94
 * (419) Atsushi Nakajima @ Bungo Stray Dogs -- 1292 - 521
 * (163) Masaomi Kida @ Durarara!! -- 1212 - 884
 * (35) Gintoki Sakata @ Gintama -- 945 - 2469

Best Guy 5 - seed 110
 * (403) Jirou Horikoshi @ The Wind Rises -- 774 - 277
 * (147) Trafalgar Law @ One Piece -- 842 - 356
 * (19) Shouya Ishida @ Koe no Katachi -- 670 - 967

Best Guy 6 - seed 99
 * (414) Kiyotaka Ayanokouji @ Classroom of the Elite -- 526 - 190
 * (158) Mikoto Mikoshiba @ Nozaki-kun -- 562 - 340
 * (30) Simon @ Gurren Lagann -- 352 - 574

Best Guy 7 - seed 118
 * (395) Hak Son @ Yona of the Dawn -- 311 - 199
 * (139) Fuutarou Uesugi @ 5-toubun no Hanayome -- 282 - 210
 * (11) Jean Kirstein @ Attack on Titan -- 379 - 515

Best Guy 8 - seed 120
 * (393) Sentarou Kawabuchi @ Apollo on the Slope -- 381 - 136
 * (137) Veldora Tempest @ Tensura -- 325 - 242
 * (9) Reigen Arataka @ Mob Psycho 100 -- 340 - 615

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Best Character 1 - seed 214
 * (299) Masaomi Kida @ Durarara!! -- 2006 - 1409
 * (43) Gilgamesh @ Fate/stay night -- 1341 - 2431

Best Character 2 - seed 234
 * (279) Isla @ Plastic Memories -- 865 - 585
 * (23) Kiritsugu Emiya @ Fate/Zero -- 611 - 1283

Best Character 3 - seed 168
 * (345) Sougo Okita @ Gintama -- 1107 - 671
 * (89) Shouya Ishida @ Koe no Katachi -- 774 - 1340

Best Character 4 - seed 209
 * (304) Kyouko Machi @ Interviews with Monster Girls -- 1021 - 656
 * (48) Yoko Littner @ Gurren Lagann -- 725 - 1218

Best Character 5 - seed 249
 * (264) Ryu Lion @ DanMachi -- 436 - 262
 * (8) Edward Elric @ Fullmetal Alchemist -- 300 - 898

Honours
Total Wins (4)
 * 1) @Anime World - Popular Character Contest 2020
 * 2) FB @Evenoir Ai Mini Torneo de Husbandos 2021
 * 3) Anime Fandom TdP 2021
 * 4) Facebook @Fans del Anime TdP 2022

Navigation
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 * Wikipedia
 * One Piece Wikia
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 * Moegirl (Chinese)
 * NamuWiki (Korean)