Facts About Straw Hat Pirates

guenahelmanzon04
Jun 24, 2015
2 min read

Watching more than 600 episodes of One Piece is sure a lot of my time was consumed but I know to myself that it was worth it. I observed few facts about Straw Hat Pirates and here are some:

The Straw Hat Pirates are a pirate crew that originated from East Blue, but have various members from different areas
They are the main focus and protagonists of the anime and manga One Piece, and are led by the main protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy
The "Straw Hats" are named after Luffy's signature hat that was given to him by Red-Haired Shanks, and are first referred to as the Straw Hat Pirates by Smoker in Alabasta
The crew sailed on the Going Merry, their first official Straw Hat ship, up until the Water 7 Arc. After the Enies Lobby Arc, they obtain a new ship called the Thousand Sunny
Following the events on the Sabaody Archipelago, all nine members were separated from one another. For two years, they trained in relatively isolated locations, becoming stronger for the sake of helping each other
Their captain has continuously defeated people who are renowned for their incredible strength such as Crocodile, Gekko Moriah and Donquixote Doflamingo of the Shichibukai,[5][6] the highly feared tyrant Enel from Skypiea,[7] and the infamous Rob Lucci of the CP9
Luffy, Zoro and Sanji were known as the Monster Trio
Each member of the Straw Hats has a dream they want to achieve. These dreams are their reasons for joining Luffy's crew, and essentially the driving force behind their lives
During his fight against Alvida Pirates Luffy mentioned that he would be satisfied with a pirate crew of about 10 crewmembers.
The Straw Hats are the only known crew in which all members have a bounty