Discussion Luffy's crime syndicate?

[M3J]

Robbing is different from killing or oppressing people. Luffy's not gonna kill people jsut to rob them, and he was willing to give the treasures away to protect Fishman island. As pirates, they are supposed to rob people, no? But that's all they do - you won't see Luffy hitting a citizen unless he or she deserves it in Luffy's opinion, like when he thought Zoro attacked the people on that island where they picked up Vivi because of food or something. Luffy wouldn't become a revolutionary to be a hero, he'd do something like a Revolutionary to help people or his friends.

Luffy doesn't think ahead like that though. If he did, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't do idiotic things like abandonin the plan with his crew and going in to talk to Iceburg or invading Enies Lobby. His desire to take down Yonkou can be related to him wanting to be known as the strongest. The Yonkou stand in his way of being a pirate king, so why wouldn't he take them down?

All I'm saying is that Luffy isn't heartless nor would it be in him to have a crime syndicate. Though yeah, we agree that it does mean conducting illegal activities, which Luffy constantly does.




Also, MangaReader doesn't work for us Americans.

 

[Kaiten]

By held down, I meant in terms of responsibilities...you know, grown up stuff.

What responsibility? Did Mom take any responsibility for Fishman Island?

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Well, but the yonko do have incredibly large crews, allies of great powers and very specific places over which they influence. From the get go they have been referred to as pirates who rule like emperors the second half of the grand line.

Luffy already has an allied crew, the Heart Pirates. He potentially has two more waiting for him. When Jinbe joins the crew, the Sun Pirates could become an allied crew. The Pirates he freed from Hodi Jones could also become a subordinate crew. We have seen enough specifics to know that the Yonkou do not have to exert direct political control over their territory. Whitebeard did not, Mom does not. He asked for friendship in exchange, that was how he exerted his influence. Fishman Island paid for her protection with candy. As long as the candy was delivered, she was hands off. Fishman Island's sovereignty clearly was left in tact. Yonkou do not have to run their crews like crime syndicate, that was a situation that was supposed to have developed fairly recently. Whitebeard did not run his crew that way, it can be presumed Shanks does not either, and that after defeating Kaido, Luffy will not either. The main requirement is to be so powerful that smaller crews either need to become allies, or enemies. Territory has been depicted as allies, bound to the Yonkou by mutual protection pacts, not colonies. How Kaido and Blackbeard interact with their territory may be different than how Whitebeard and Mom interact with theirs. The only thing that matters is that they pledge to protect their territory if they are ever attacked.

 

[MBVC]

Luffy's crime syndicate is pirating illegal rare meats duh

 

[Xerous]

I figured if shanks ever ran some illegal business it would be moon shining.

 

[Schabrak]

Why is everyone expecting him to become a Yonkou? I highly doubht that he will sail with a massive crew until the end of the series, he will roam the New World for his enjoyment and will people along the way as he always did before. He will be like Gol D. Roger, with the backing the size of Whitebeards or even bigger, but those will be the citizens, pirates and marines alike as he is the "one". :P

Nami will always take money somehow, Luffy will always need tons of delicious meat to fill his stomache, the is really no other requirement for his help.

 

[Blanka]

Luffy will become a Yonkou when he beats Big Mama, his first declaration. He will not proclaim it or ever really acknowledge the status, WG will and papers will announce to world. It will be like Shanks one single ship crew with loose affiliations with certain pirates that have similar outlooks on evil. The more interesting thing will be the number or flags raised on islands throughout the world on his behalf. He will have no armada but a devastating array of allied nations.

 

[Xerous]

Well Luffy does not have to become a Yonkou he could just let the balance be broken since he doesn't care for such things besides Law gives me that vibe that he wants the balance destroyed anyway.