No he's not a fucking character. He is wasted ugly ass drops of ink.
No, don't talk about whore here.
Oh Freedom huh?
Lets talk about that and see if you have actually graduated 8th grade lmao
So what kinda freedom is Luffy actually talking about? Is he a fucking hypocrite who wants to be freest man in the world by supressing freedom of virtually everyone in his way crushing their hopes and dreams? That's your fucking protagonist?
This is why I said you don't understand. Greencucks can't even get the point. I definitely passed 8 grade but I can't say the same about you.
Here freedom is doing things you want and like to do. It is impossible or not is secondary. If you want to do something, do it without hesitation.
Luffy is the freest man because he doesn't have social cliched norms, doesn't have an inferiority complex like other shonen protagonists have, doesn't care about how many times he loses because he knows as long as he lives, he can bounce back, doesn't have shallow pride, keep on trying until he achieves his goals. He doesn't want to be hero, he doesn't want acknowledgment of others like other shonen protagonists, he doesn't have world-saving hero complex. He is a conqueror but bow down head for the people who have saved him (Eg: Amazon lily). He is selfish at times but he fights for his friends.
He go so far to fight for his friends. Ex: G2/G3 takes his life span, injected drugs which again seeps his life span just to save ace, about to tear his hands to save Sanji in WCI, took virus intentionally just to enlighten the prison samurai etc.
He doesn't need strong 'motivation' to become what he wants to become. He does things simply because he wants to do and that's the freedom to do things. He doesn't have cliche motivation to become what he wants to become like other shonen protagonists. You don't need to have so called hard hitting back story to become something like other shonen tropes. The entire concept of freedom is to do something and become someone if you want to become, without caring about how the world will perceive or mock your dream.
But his motivation to become stronger come from his friends, Ace, Sabo. He wants to become strong so that he can protect his friends, not because he wants to stand at the top of the world. It is clear many times whenever he lost against near impossible opponents.
He didn't crush others' dreams. He inspired others to follow their dreams. Example: Coby, Nami, Momo, prison samurais are the prime examples.
He didn't suppress anyone's freedom. SHP do things as their wish. He is one of the only captains who don't treat his subordinates as subordinates. Everyone, irrespective of strength, is equal to him.
Even the villains he defeated he didn't forbid them to follow their dreams. He didn't kill them. They can still choose to follow their dreams. Whether they have will to do it or not it is another story. Ex: Buggy and Crocodile.
Even inspired Katakuri to get rid of his inferiority complex.
The whole Luffy character revolves around inspiring people to be confident in their ability to reach goals. Unfortunately, these moments are lacking heavily post skip just.
These are just off my mind.