Sabo and Koala should be a fairly obvious ship; we see these two together all the time after all. Luffy and Zoro preparing to fight in Wano. When meeting Monkey D. Garp, Sanji remarked on his incredible strength and was shocked when he found out he is Luffy's grandfather and was even more shocked by the identity of his father, Monkey D. Dragon. There are no hints released in the manga itself. [214] However, she has since toned down this habit as it once inadvertently led to Luffy destroying their food supplies when he tried to cook in Sanji's absence because she would not cook for free. He told Capone Bege that he would never do anything to risk Luffy's dream and believed with absolute certainty he would become the Pirate King. Especially in regards to his own crewmates, despite their personal quirks and oddities that might get on his nerves. The first time was during Impel Down when he convinced Luffy not to waste time fighting Blackbeard as Ace was more important, despite his own desires to attack Blackbeard. They seem to have a good relationship, so we could definitely see this one growing into something more! This advise convinced Luffy not to immediately let Usopp return and instead waited for him to apologize first. Manga post-timeskip [18] Zoro tends to take on the second strongest person of any group they face, with Luffy facing the strongest opponent, this has included Cabaji, Hatchan, Mr. 1, Ohm, Kaku, Ryuma, Hyouzou, and Pica. [286] Luffy also bears a grudge on Sanji's behalf, as he disregards all but one of Sanji's family members because of how cruelly they treat him. While we'd love for Zoro to find love so he can develop a bit more emotional depth past "I really want cut things well", we don't think he'll find what he's looking for with Perona. Despite this, he mocked Luffy's ambitions when he fought him but only because he wanted to try and discourage Luffy from chasing after him. October 29, 2020 by Suraj Panigrahy Leave a Comment Status: [101] Due to Zoro's fierce rivalry with Sanji, he had expressed indifference when he had been taken away by the Big Mom Pirates, however, Luffy teased him when he found Zoro eavesdropping on what happened to Sanji, showing that he secretly does care. [284] When Sanji had returned to the crew, following the events on Whole Cake Island, Luffy became overtly excited when he said he would cook something for them. [112] Zoro implied during the Long Ring Long Land Arc that Luffy is the sole reason for him being a pirate and stated he'd have no reason to continue being one if he could not have him as his captain. [60], Luffy has absolute loyalty and faith in Nami and has never doubted her. Humorously enough, despite his tough-guy attitude, Spike seems to be literal-minded in his thinking, as he takes every word he hears to heart. [94] He traveled to the emperor's territory,[288] gatecrashed the wedding,[289] fought against Big Mom,[290] her army[291] and Sweet Commanders Charlotte Cracker[292] and Katakuri,[293] for an extensive amount of time against both of them, just to make sure he could get Sanji to return. He is somewhat aware of having to recruit people who are capable in specific professions, such as cooking, medicine, and navigation, and has managed to recruit some of the very best in each one. People love Koala for her original backstory that included being saved by Fish Tiger and having a sweet relationship with her fishman friends. Like Luffy, Spike has used chasing the One Piece as his excuse to go on thrilling adventures as a pirate, and has also refused taking any shortcuts in getting there. [70] This difference over 'adventure' often leads to them bickering about who decides to go where, particularly Luffy and Nami,[70][71] nonetheless, they always look to him for a direction to go and for a decision to be made. Still, to the fans, these two have never seemed like anything more than close friends. [236] Although rare, he has even managed to anger Luffy, such as when he asked the former first mate of the Roger Pirates, Silvers Rayleigh, for the location of One Piece. She then turned up on the Going Merry as the Straw Hats sailed away from Alabasta and argued that Luffy had forced her to live and thus should take responsibility by letting her join his crew, with Luffy accepting this proposal without hesitation, shocking everyone with the exception of Sanji.[37][299]. Moreso, they seem like unlikely allies forced to be friendly due to their situation. [115][116] He was pleased to see Luffy was able to use Haoshoku Haki on Fish-Man Island to knock out 50,000 of Hody Jones's crew, jokingly remarking that if he was not capable of doing that much he was not worthy of being his captain. Pierce's true colors finally showed themselves once Spike had eaten the Dragon Dragon Fruit, Model: Kentrosaurus that Pierce intended to sell for a large sum of profit. Nami is also the only person he has allowed to fix his hat when it has been damaged,[77] as well as letting her modify it, as she stitched Ace’s Vivre Card on to the hat's ribbon so he wouldn't lose it. We love the chemistry between the Captain and Navigator of the Straw Hat crew, but couldn't imagine them even holding hands romantically.