Based on what Shanks and the Chief of Fuschia village say when they reappear in Chapter 96, Luffy was destined to become a pirate. Shanks celebrates the occasion for reasons yet unknown.

In Chapter 154, Dr. Kureha corrects a Drum Island villager when he says the name “Gold Roger”. Being well over 100 years old, Dr. Kureha was alive at the time of Gold Roger’s execution. Kureha tells the villager that his REAL name was Gol D. Roger. Over time, people shortened his name to Gold Roger and forgot his real name. It is no coincidence that Luffy’s full name is Luffy D. Monkey.

Luffy has a brother. His name is Ace D. Portgas . Although his identity is not revealed, a Drum Island villager first mentions Ace in Chapter 154. Just a short while later, Ace first appears in Chapter 157. He is a member of White Beard’s Pirate Crew, perhaps the strongest crew in the world.

There is another man who is somehow related to Luffy. He is the leader of the Blackbeard Pirate Crew and his name is Teach D. Marshall. Obviously he shares that very same ominous “D”. Luffy first meets Teach in Mock Town in Chapter 223 but his identity is not revealed until Chapter 234.

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