Monkey D Luffy is a pirate captain on a quest to become pirate king and is a character design I adore. Most of the time he posses a jolly and silly (almost childish) personality which shows through how he is animated. His simplistic face with big eyes makes him look young and childlike which goes well with his happy and carefree attitude. He also posses rubber powers, after eating what is called a Devil Fruit, which goes well with his silly and funny personality as he does a series of actions which involve him stretching, inflating and being squashed. However, say or do something threating especially towards his own friends and his anger will be the end of you. Luffy changes to a more serious and violent character when his or his own friends' life is in danger, yet his funny childlike face can change to show a more serious expression really well. The simplicity of his face can provide him to show a variety of emotions. He is also drawn wearing brightly coloured clothing to make him appear pleasant for even a child audience (however the series does contain mature language, scenes with large amounts of blood and has mild sexual humour).
First appearance of Luffy being goofy and demonstrating his rubber powers in the middle of fighting a pirate crew.
These are examples of Luffy looking angry and how far his anger will make him do:
Luffy getting involved in a big war between the Fleet Admiral's forces and a Pirate Emperor's forces all to save his brother from execution.
Luffy fighting an agent of a World Government organization, potentially declaring war on the world, all to save one friend from being imprisoned.
I am inspired by what he represents/the ideal behind him which is to following your dreams even if it doesn't end well. His direct quote to this is "If I die trying at least I tried", implying that it's worth his life and he will at least try instead of give up and regret it later.
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