That's the entire point of the series. That's why Luffy is the main character. That's what Oda wants us to understand. That we need to love and protect the people around us.
Doesn't matter how smart you are.
Doesn't matter how strong you are.
Doesn't matter how rich you are.
What matters is how you treat people, especially the people you care about.
Luffy lives his life helping other people not to make money, or get internet clout, or to be better than other people. He just wants them to smile.
I like Zoro, Robin, Vivi, so many more characters more than Luffy. But, Luffy is the best character in One Piece, to me, because no one cares more about their friend's feelings than Luffy. Their race, gender, how they look, he doesn't give A SINGLE FUCK. He just wants them to be happy. He will break his body a thousand times just to make one person he loves smile.
Luffy is the most free man in the world because he frees others, while living freely himself. That's how we should live.
Gaimon is really the GOAT though, let's be honest.

Doesn't matter how smart you are.
Doesn't matter how strong you are.
Doesn't matter how rich you are.
What matters is how you treat people, especially the people you care about.
Luffy lives his life helping other people not to make money, or get internet clout, or to be better than other people. He just wants them to smile.
I like Zoro, Robin, Vivi, so many more characters more than Luffy. But, Luffy is the best character in One Piece, to me, because no one cares more about their friend's feelings than Luffy. Their race, gender, how they look, he doesn't give A SINGLE FUCK. He just wants them to be happy. He will break his body a thousand times just to make one person he loves smile.
Luffy is the most free man in the world because he frees others, while living freely himself. That's how we should live.
Gaimon is really the GOAT though, let's be honest.



