What Would Happen If Luffy Became A Marine? 

Feel like Luffy has a better chance of being a Revolutionary than a Marine because the Marine aren't free enough for him

I feel like Luffy becoming a marine... He would find a way to still recruit the whole crew and end up finding the one piece. Still meeting Shanks, inspired by pirates but also somehow inspired by marines. He would be the weirdest marine. We could have two types of stories. One that keeps the general route and one that changes it a lot

It's curious that Luffy is such a strong character (personality-wise) that when making this alternate storyline it seems like the character is pushing back against it. Luffy was clearly designed to be a pirate and even in fictitious alternate realities it is so hard to pin him down into another path without changing his personality.

It's honestly scary how much luffy could convince his crew to become a marine and I think this story is basically dragons backstory

Garp is a Marine and Dragon is a Revolutionary. Luffy being a Pirate just makes sense to sort of have the three Monkeys cover the spectrum. Admittedly, I think it would be more interesting for Ace to be a Marine. Luffy covers being a pirate separate from his dad or grandpa, Sabo is the opposite of his noble family and becomes a Revolutionary, and Ace could have become the opposite of Roger. Something about that seems interesting to me.

With just how much Garp is involved in the early storyline for the live action, this video is even more interesting in retrospect!

I love that you don't pressure the community on how animation story lines should be like. You appreciate different story lines

Bro the scen with dragon running from garp was epic😊😂😂

I do believe that Vivi would gladly stay with the crew if they were marines, since her main impediment was the consequences of her (Alabastra's princess) becoming a pirate. If she had done that, she would be confirming that the Stawhats were the ones who actually saved the country instead of the Marine's version where Smoker was the saviour. However, in this new world, she just becomes great friends with Luffy and the crew and then follows their path.

I was a little concerned when I started this video as I have been working on a story with the same general premise for over a year now. However, as I listened to your version unfold, I realized that, even though you hit a lot of the same story beats as I do, you don't hit all of them, and the ones you do hit, you are approaching them in a very different way. I'm glad as it is different enough that I can continue with my own series without worry that it will be perceived as a rip off of your ideas. Also, even though many of my thoughts on how the story would play out if Luffy joined the Marines are very different, I still have to acknowledge that you have a great story here. Thanks for sharing it!

I feel like Usopp could still be alive. If Luffy isn't so hyper-fixated on Shanks then he'd bond with the rest of the crew, Yasopp included. Yasopp will probably tell Luffy about his own son, so Luffy MIGHT visit syrup village to meet Usopp, whether it's for his or Yasopp's purpose I can't say.

The way bro blasted Shanks 😂😂

To be honest, MY MAN KILLING IT WITH HIS CONTENT LATELY 🔥

9:07 garp pulled a slipper from his inventory

All I know is marineford would suffer from food shortage

This is an great idea though it’s cool that Sanji Zoro Nami chopper are still there and Robin alive

While I liked this video and the outcome you reached, I think there were definitely a few issues I had with it. Unless Luffys upbringing was completely changed, and his character alongside it, I don't think he would just allow drum kingdom to stay as it was, or alabasta for that matter. When push comes to shove Luffy will do whatever is necessary to make things right. But obviously, that would just turn him back to piracy, so I understand those choices were needed for the idea of this video.

You should do a "what if Ace became a marine" video. He could blame his father for people hating him and think becoming the best marine would make people love him. Being the best marine would be a way for him to say "look im not like my father, im a good man".

Conclusion of the video:- "Whichever paths Luffy takes either pirate or marine, he will still be Luffy." .....with a big smile 😁 ofc.

The main problem, i think is that even if he met Kuzan first, that losing an arm scene would overpower any marine thoughts he ever had. He loves freedom too much and the best outcome I think would be the same normal Luffy with a better liking of the marines.

Hold it! though I agree with what happened with Ussop though we should also have to remember Luffy’s adventurous side as well and a chance of him wanting to explore other islands before heading to reverse mountain especially with the fact that Garp wanted to spend time with Luffy as you stated

I love how there is so many instances/loop holes that he can become a pirate

0:18 that frame is amazing LOL great editing in this one

The pace at the end just went from 10 to fucking 10,000 WTF 💀😂

Imagine if Aokiji gave Luffy his blindfolds, instead of Shanks’s straw hat

the video (director-wise) is really grows.. it's enjoyable to see narrative videos like this.. keep up the good work, manu!

I like the Animation how Garp looks so adorable with his face on hahah Plus Luffy could visit Syrup village where is Usopp for some reports about weird activity or just traveling But still that would be really interesting to see a Alternative Animation of Luffy being a Marine and having his own Crew like in canon plus added some as well

I feel like Luffy's goal in this would have been to become a world leader because that's basically similar to the pirate king. Then in that case when he does he could change the world government maybe and make them change their vision. I also feel like he would still have a chance to find the One Peice and then he would really become a world leader.

Bruh you're fucking good at keeping this shit realistic to lore/character development. Good shit.

I don’t think Usopp would die. I think he might find another way to convince the villagers about Kuro. Or Garp or Luffy might hear of the Black Cat pirates and show up. I wonder how Usopp trained by Garp would turn out lol.

0:10 is that attack on titan

I feel like people also don’t realize how free you are as a high ranking marine, yes you do have orders but in general if you command a ship you can go wherever you want, I feel like Garp would’ve been sick of a marine as well if that wasn’t the case

Being Luffy as a pirate is good enough, He has a such a good heart and a very kind man that even Fujitora Respected him and wanted to see him from his eyes, He never wants to fight pirates or anyone until they interfare with his crew or friends. It's Luffy personality that he wanted to bring the world bright shine of the sun and wants to remove Hate and Noble system as his devil fruit. I like luffy and straw hat crew too much and also wanted whole world to see it, If this happens then you will really see an new world i promise this

Also, at Marineford , i think it is more likely for him to just snap and free ace from the back instead of the front from the og timeline. At that point, I think he would just become a pirate with his crew ( not Coby and Helmeppo ) following him, because he was the main reason they joined in the first place.

He might somehow be able to become both fleet admiral and pirate king

I think it's possible that when it comes down to ending the reign of the celestial dragons, some of the marines (Garp, Aokiji, Smoker, Fujitora, Coby and Belmeppo) will eventually team up with Luffy and his crew.

*man did usopp dirty*

It does make sense to have Garp with them but on a more interesting Narative view his presence kinda remove most of the tension. I think something like having him send his recruits in various missions for training purpose would be a good way for the crew to follow a similar road and meet the same bad guys without a over powered babysiter watching over them. Plus it match with the way Garp raised Luffy, by not really being there. Having luffy make ''bad'' choices as he follow his sense of justice would have Garp do a lot of work in the background to try to calm down his superior, Luffy would gain the love and trust of the peoples as the higher up of the marines get angrier. At some point it would culminate in some kind of cleavage within the Marines themselves an the chance for an internal war (fire vs Ice) with luffy and garp on one side while following a rather similar storyline as luffy try to bring real justice and freedom to the world

Who's here to check the French dub of the video after they talked about it on the Blue Banana Podcast? 🤣

With garp sailing with luffy, all his early fights are no challenge at all. Most antagonists would propaply decide not to fight a team led by garp even if he wants to keep out of the fight.

Remember that Luffy is still Joyboy and the warrior of liberation regardless of his status as pirate or marine, so I feel like nothing would stop him from trying to punch the celestial dragons or freeing Alabastia from Crocodile

If they met Wapol on the way the same way they do in the canon then Garp does would have justification (or in Garp fashion he would let Luffy deal with it and pretend nothing happened) to arrest him as a pirate. I also think that Garp would help them beating Arlong (and if he's not in the picture there I imagine he dropped off Luffy, Zoro and couple marines there to deal with it while he goes discipline the corrupt marine base)

You forgot something his other main goal would be to go for akainu‘s head😂

Luffy and company would still head to Syrup Village but in different circumstances, stops the Kuro and his plans a bit faster, and convinces Usopp to become a marine instead of becoming a pirate.

Bro really made a god die 😭 :(

i like how this theory goes as a real to only occur in a separate timeline, but i think garp wont be enough to stop luffy from doing the right thing and stop crocodile's tyranity, and ace's execution. garp needs to make luffy learn about swords earlier so that luffy will gut everything up till he gets vengeance

wow are you a producer.

I think Luffy would become a pirate while keeping a tab on sword, as his trust in the marines has been eroded too much by this point with his ideal also being freedom. Maybe even visiting the revolutionaries to expand his world view.

For once, chopper is not emergency food.

It’s crazy how much more messed up the one piece world would be if Luffy was a Marine

The way you are explaining Luffy's journey if he became a marine is highlighting to me why Dragon San left the navy because he clearly saw things he couldn't unsee and decided the take down the main evil driving force which is the WG so mad respect to Dragon San, can't wait to see what he and the RA can do.

He'd most definitely would punch a Celestial across the blue seas under Garps teachings.

There are several issues: Wapol abandoned his kingdom to become a pirate, he was no longer a king and Luffy would be free to arrest him. As soon as Garp found out that Crocodile was conspiring to take over Alabasta by causing a civil war he would revoke Crocodile's title and order his arrest, he is not a mere Captain, he is a Vice Admiral, only Sengoku and the three Admirals have higher authority than him, if Smoker could revoke Law's Shichibukai title then Garp can and will do the same with Crocodile. He would order Luffy to fight Crocodile, the fight wouldn't be as difficult due to Luffy being stronger and he would be considered Alabasta's hero, with him getting a higher promotion. When the Gorosei find out that the Gomu Gomu no Mi was eaten by a Marine they probably would keep a close eye on Luffy, they probably would try to groom him into a tool to manipulate kingdoms under the promise of freedom.

Personally, I think a possibility would be that Usopp could have contacted the Marines, but Luffy picks up. Then, Luffy being Luffy, he takes Zoro with him without informing the other Marines. The rest of the story continues as normal, except Usopp still wants to become a brave warrior of the sea, but his time as a Marine rather than a pirate.

I feel like luffy is going to be a sort of rogue marine after the war because of ace’s death. On a side note putting eren when you say freedom is actually pretty accurate

to be honest when one piece ends i would love if oda would start a manga where luffy is a marine and shows us how it really would have been if he joined the marines instead of the becoming a prirate

Rip usopp he has sniper talent

I really like your alternate take on this because Luffy would stand out allot compared to his fellow seaman, thus forcing the broader themes of freedom and order. You'd have a proper fish out of water story to cut things allot deeper with it's themes allot faster, but at the same time I think One Piece was more successful with Luffy as a pirate because that format was better for a Shonin manga. Even if Oda had a clear idea in his head back then of where and how he wanted to end it, having the wiggle room of a globe trotting adventure with no restrictions by it's own premise makes keeping readers hooked on a weekly basis allot easier. So if an ark slumps a bit compared to it's previous one you could conceivably find a way to wrap it up faster or use it to spring-board onto another island, another goal leading up to the dream of find the One Piece. Though as someone who tends to like shows and books that slow burn everything and not just the hook I'd probably be more invested in your telling of a kid whose constantly straddling that line between role models in the Marines and Pirates.

This is actually such a good theory that its crazy you should do more of these but different teams

I believe Luffy Will become something like a Z figure after the Marineford war. Reason 1. He would see many horrible things done by the Pirates. For instance they would hear about the slaughter in Syrup village, the evil of Don Krieg and many more. 2. He would recognize that there are good and bad Pirates/Marines and that neccesary sacrficies have to be done for the Greater good. This can be inferred by the fact that many actually have done it within the Marines, Aokiji for instance. 3. He would probably want to fight unrestricted and have connections with his father. With this overall I would say that Luffy would have Flexible Justice As his form of Justice which means looking at the circumstances and he would leave the Marines and fight injustice, trying to wipe evil Pirates and evil Marines out

When they meet vivi i think it would be a turning point for luffy, they're technically going to fight against crocodile and i love that idea cuz luffy is going to choose between his morality or letting a warlord which is an ally of the world government run rampant, luffy would probably turn against the marines and make a different faction, same with his father's group "revolutionary army" and so on and so forth

Like this story line with one exception. If Laffy carries the will of a Marine. I think that Usopp would end up on his own journey instead of dying. I would definitely agree that Kubo takes the village, but usopp isn't killed there instead he is urged to flee and without Laffy and zoro as well as Nami he never develops the confidence to defy kubo. He still receives the Going Merry to serve as a symbol of his failure as he sets out to become the strongest man of the sea. His shipwrighting still sucks and at water 7 he does come across Franky but I see that he would end up facing off against Luffy at an earlier time with Zoro and because Laffy met Yassup and admired him as well as the shanks crew he doesn't bother capturing him, instead berates him for using cowardly tactics. This conversation would have Laffy reveal that he knew usopps dad which would only promote further inspiration to usopp to become a strong man of the see. That's my usopp twist.

garp be like: am gonna teach you how to be as strong as roger and me

Loved this video! One thing that I thought you would do in Alabasta is that Luffy would do everything in his power to uncover Crocodile somehow (recklessly ofc) and defeat him anyway gaining as much praise as he would get punished. Probably getting a medal but being denied of a promotion (and probably give all the credit to Smoker or Garp).

love your videos man keep it up

I actually secretly think the final boss of one piece, after the black beard fight, will be Fleet Admiral Koby. And luffys wish is for EVERYONE to become a part of his crew, even Marines.

I love how in this garp just arrests everybody

luffy inspires ace and sabo to become pirates, So if luffy wants to be marine then ace and sabo wouldn't have become pirates. Sabo will become noble and ace will most probably join revolutionaries.

If luffy did end up becoming a marine. Just like Garp he would do something that a marine SHOULD NOT DO, like disrespect a celestial dragon. No matter what luffys personality just goes against everything the marines stand for and he is fated to become a wanted man.

Luffy vibing with Smoker? Wholesome af

8:45 You should have mentioned that instead of Arlong being left there, he was taken to Impel Down instead, giving us our first glimps at the prison interms of this new timeline. I'm enjoying this thus far, it's good.

“Worried for his foster grandson” yeah fucking right

A great idea for why luffy could still have the nika fruit is simply to have shanks never attack the ship that who’s who is on. They go to the island and maybe aokiji and who’s who did a trade off for the fruit

The luffy and smoker dynamic gives a good vibe

I would love to maybe see a part 2 doesn’t have to be long I’m just hooked on the story I wouldn’t mind watching this version of one piece

Why u gotta do my boy Usop so dirty?😢

it's curious to see how in reality the Strawhats do a lot of what the marines should do, which is to defeat top league criminals and freeing island that are being illegally held hostage. Once you present this story line, you can see how being in the marines actually can prevent the liberation of these islands. Also, press F to pay respects to Usopp lol

9:06 the way garp pulled the mythical sandals bruh

Please keep these what ifs coming! I need a lot more one piece what ifs, like the Dbz community be doing

What if Luffy joined the Revolutionary Army?

This sounds like a bizarre idea but can you do a what if where every devil fruit user has a random devil fruit instead.

“So as a result, everyone dies” is just the main idea for side characters lol

Rest in peace Usopp

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10:50 I seriously doubt garp would stop luffy. Garp is literally known to not follow the rules of the marines/world government. He has denied capturing luffy, he has denied requests from the WG and Marines and does what he wants. The ONLY time we see him do what the government wants in with the Ace situation. Which even then he didn't really help them much. Also garp is a person who clearly wouldn't sit still watching that occur. While Dragon is probably the only member in the Monkey family that sits by watching these things happen to not ruin his plans, luffy and garp will quite literally charge in before thinking.

I remember watching this last year as soon as caughting up to One Piece.

3 generation fighting for peace in different manner , its perfect

RIP to Usoap

the part where garp is about to attack dragon with a slipper is crazy 💀

its personaly my new favorite video bc im a huge chainsawman fan so makima being put in there made me love it

It is rough to try to write Luffy to be a member of the freedom haters that are the WG. Regardless of positive marine influences I am nearly positive any Luffy would desert the Marines the instant he met a noble or celestial dragon. Even if we try to railroad him into the Marine life his character would make him a revolutionary or a pirate again.

He only said Usopp died just to throw us all of just so the real story could happen. (Note: I am unfamiliar with the timeline that has been set because I haven't really watched all of One Piece but this is at least my interpretation of these events that are laid out in front of me) What really happened: Usopp without the help of his friends in the original timeline has to fight off the entirety of the Kuro pirates alone he is almost killed when he sees his friend Kaya about to be killed by Captain Kuro when he unlocks his conquerors haki and saves the majority of the people on the island. From there he is given the Going Mary and travels to the grand line in order to become a warrior of the sea and Pirate King. On his journey he goes to Little Garden where he encounters the giants and gains newfound strength after he trains under them taking them with him as part of their crew. He later recruits Franky after having a similar altercation with him as in the original timeline and saves Robin who was on her way to Enis Loby because of Garp to be taken to Impel Down thus him, Franky, Robin and the four giants become wanted by the world Government. After that they travel to Thriller Bark and help Brook regain his shadow and joins the Long-Nose pirates and after defeating Gecko Moria claims a bounty as high as Luffys at this point. Afterwards they are all split thanks to Bartholomew Kuma and after an extensive time skip where Rayliegh trained Usopp after they met on said island begins to understand his true potential. He later is spotted at Marineford helping Jinbea, Buggy and even try to save Ace at Marineford and Impel Down thus shooting his bounty up higher. Thus Luffy actually starts to know Usopp and even likes him for at least trying to save is brother despite being a "nobody coward" that people think he is while Luffy sees what he always saw in him. Everything afterwards is basically like imagining that Usopp is in Luffys shoes throughout the arcs so feel free to expand upon what I believe truly happened to Usopp if Luffy became a marine.

Luffy spends all his times defeating pirates, is not like he would have to change what he is already doing.

⏬ who wants buggy to be a marine

The scene where garp and dragon talk and garp chases dragon with a slipper is hillarious

wait is it just me or in this video Is luffy purple coat and purple mouth

At parallel universe Luffy's every marine-to-pirate turn, you will find Garp saying "no!" to Luffy...

Anyone here After Fexrs short?

I like how the inside of luffys mouth is blue

Garp babysitting them the whole time seems unlikely loll. He's more like the 'find your way to the HQ on your own' type. So they could still have the same adventure and crew eventually, but all in a different angle of righteous marines fighting corruption