The majority of the characters are human, but the cast also includes dwarfs, giants, mermen and mermaids, fishmen, sky people, and minks, and many others. Many of the characters possess abilities gained by eating "Devil Fruits". The series' storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the mythical "One Piece" treasure. Luffy is the series' main protagonist, a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gold Roger, the deceased King of the Pirates, by finding his treasure, the "One Piece". Throughout the series, Luffy gathers himself a diverse crew named the Straw Hat Pirates, including: the three-sword-wielding combatant Roronoa Zoro (sometimes referred to as Roronoa Zolo in the English manga) the thief and navigator Nami the cowardly marksman and inventor Usopp the amorous cook and martial artist Sanji the anthropomorphic reindeer and doctor Tony Tony Chopper the archaeologist Nico Robin the cyborg shipwright Franky the living skeleton musician Brook Arabasta’s Princess Vivi and the fish-man helmsman Jimbei. Together they sail the seas in pursuit of their dreams, encountering other pirates, bounty hunters, criminal organizations, revolutionaries, secret agents and soldiers of the corrupt World Government, and various other friends and foes. Initial concept art for the Straw Hat Pirates. Several characters have been stated to be based on actual pirates and sailors such as: Eustass Kid ( Eustace the Monk and William Kidd), X. Drake ( Sir Francis Drake), Basil Hawkins ( Basil Ringrose and John Hawkins), Capone Bege ( Al Capone and William Le Sauvage), Jewelry Bonney ( Anne Bonny), Urouge ( Aruj and Oruç Reis), Alvida ( Awilda), Bartolomeo ( Bartholomew Roberts), Bellamy ( Samuel Bellamy), Blackbeard ( Edward Teach), Cavendish ( Thomas Cavendish), Charlotte Linlin ( Charlotte Badger), Gold Roger ( Olivier Levasseur), Lafitte ( Jean Lafitte), Roronoa Zoro ( François l'Olonnais), Silvers Rayleigh ( Sir Walter Raleigh), Thatch ( Edward Thatch), Yorki ( Calico Jack), Zeff and Sanji ( "Red Legs" Greaves), Trafalgar Law ( Edward Low), Barbarossa ( Hayreddin Barbarossa), and Scratchmen Apoo ( Chui A-poo). The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama (homosexual) characters and became Ivankov's first voice actor. Oda had created Helmeppo before he created Captain Morgan, Helmeppo's father. Oda originally named Morgan after "Chop", with the character's full title being "Naval Captain Chop" or "Sailor Chop". "Sailor" in Japanese is suihei ( 水兵), and "Suihei Chop" is a fighting technique used by Giant Baba, a Japanese wrestler. He created several versions of Morgan before settling on the final design. After an editor told him that Morgan, in Oda's words, "looked lame", he changed the design to its final style. Luffy ( モンキー・D・ルフィ, Monkī Dī Rufi ) is the main protagonist of the One Piece series. At age seven, he admires and tries to join the pirates of the "Red Haired" Shanks.
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