Since the beginning of the anime One Piece, the goal of Straw Hat Pirate Luffy is to become the King of the Pirates. However, this goal is merely a means to fulfill his great dream.
How do we know this? In manga chapter 1160, Luffy and his friends talked about the crimes attributed to his “blood brother”. The captain of the Straw Hat crew is convinced that Sabo is innocent. He tells about the promise he made with Sabo and Ace as children.
Sabo’s great dream is to travel the world and write a book about it. Luffy also shares his great dream, revealing that he can only achieve this goal if he becomes the King of the Pirates – which means that this title is not his great dream. You can see the mentioned scene on Reddit.
Luffy has a great dream that only 12 people know about
What is Luffy’s true dream? Just as Luffy reveals his great dream to everyone, the sentence cuts off. Only the shocked expressions of the Straw Hats can be seen. Many begin to cry, including Nami, Brook, and Franky. They think the dream sounds beautiful, but also impossible to achieve.
Luffy also realizes that he has only told 12 people about his intentions: the entire Straw Hat crew, Ace, Sabo, and Shanks. In response to Luffy’s dream, Shanks even reportedly cried. Yet not even the readers of the manga know what Luffy’s dream is about.
It could even be that the mangaka Eiichiro Oda has revealed this dream to us through an image. At the end of chapter 1138, there is a drawing depicting three different worlds. Of those, two worlds have already perished. The third, however, is still alive.
In the relevant section of the image, a warrior with white hair and a rubber arm can be seen attacking a black monster. The warrior could represent Luffy in his Gear 5 form. Around him, there are various nations supporting him in this battle.
Perhaps Luffy’s great dream is to unite all the peoples of the world and grant them eternal freedom. This would at least explain the reaction the Straw Hat crew had to his dream.
What do other fans say? Perhaps Luffy simply wants to go to the moon. One fan suspects that Chopper reacted so enthusiastically as a child for this reason. The moon is a significant topic in One Piece, after all, Enel is currently up there.
Another fan speculates that he might wish for everyone in the world to become a pirate. After all, for Luffy, being a pirate means being free. And Joy Boy, the previous Sun God Nika, was the very first pirate: The next chapter of One Piece finally reveals who Joy Boy is.
