When Luffy began assembling his crew, Nami was one of the first people to join him. Although her initial motives were rather selfish, over time, she grew more attached to her colleagues and developed a genuine friendship with them all, especially Luffy. But what is the true nature of Nami and Luffy's relationship? Are they just friends, or is there something more between them? In this article, we'll tell you if Nami loves Luffy in One Piece and if they'll end up together.

At this point, Nami and Luffy are just close friends. They share a close bond, but they seem more like brother and sister than potential lovers. However, this cannot be ruled out, as the Nami×Luffy storyline is one of the most popular among fans. It is currently unknown where their relationship will go.

The rest of this article will focus on Nami and Luffy's relationship. We'll give you a detailed look at how their relationship works, and we'll also tell you if there's a chance they'll end up together when Luffy becomes the Pirate King. Some spoilers may be present, so beware!

Does Nami love Luffy?

Nami respects Luffy's leadership qualities but often gets angry at his irrational thinking and lack of focus, but he never gets angry at her, even when she manipulates him. In such situations, she tends to fly into a rage, which often affects the other members of the team. Despite being a rubber man, Luffy can still take damage from Nami's physical attacks when she defeats him, either out of anger or annoyance.

Despite this, she cares for and trusts Luffy as her captain, and he often acts as an emotional anchor for her in times of crisis. In fact, she cried for Luffy when she learned he had lost his older brother in the Whitebeard War. Furthermore, Luffy does not hesitate to follow her instructions when it comes to navigating the ship. Initially, Nami was the only one Luffy trusted with her hat during battles, demonstrating the great trust between captain and navigator.

Despite minor conflicts due to his carelessness, she believes in him deeply and sees him as an immense source of strength. Thanks to his selfless actions before officially joining the crew, Luffy was the most influential in changing her mind about pirates. He and his crew constantly put themselves in danger to help others, including her, showing that not all pirates act solely for their own selfish ends.

When Nami fell ill shortly before the Drum Island arc, Luffy desperately tried to help Nami as best he could due to the lack of a ship's doctor. He constantly stayed by her side and tried to make her smile, then became sad when he failed and tried to keep the promise Genzo had made to him. During the Drum Kingdom arc, Luffy put aside his pride, and instead of making the villagers answer for shooting Vivi, he knelt before them, begging them to bring a doctor to their ship for the sick Nami.

When it was revealed that the only way to cure her was to climb Drama Tower on foot, she implicitly trusted Luffy to be safe there. Luffy climbed 5,000 meters barefoot to take her to the doctor, with increased pain caused by the rubber's reaction to the cold.

Even though Nami betrayed Luffy when she stole their ship and treasure during the events of Baratie, he hasn't changed his mind about her, insisting she become his team's navigator. Ironically, he seems to trust her more than the other members of the team. Nami is one of Luffy's most trusted people, as he often lets her wear or hold his straw hat during battles, a very precious item to him. This was observed during the Arlong Park, Drum Island, and Skypiea arcs.

When Johnny told him that he saw Nami kill Usopp, he refused to believe it, to the point of almost beating him up. However, in a similar situation at Whiskey Peak, where he was told that Zoro had beaten up the people who were feeding them, he immediately attacked him, despite the information coming from an unreliable source (unlike Nami). Even though he usually forgets about it, Luffy is still wary of Nami's anger sometimes.

When he learned that Absalom was going to marry him, Luffy simply said, "He wants to marry Nami? He's brave." Even knowing nothing about her past and what she went through, and seeing her screaming and crying in hatred for Arlong, Luffy gave her his hat to comfort her and he became angry at Arlong, attacking him and his crew to avenge her, just like Gol D. Roger had done before. Nami is the only person Luffy has entrusted his straw hat to as a symbol of trust.

Will Nami and Luffy end up together?

Now that we've revealed the details of their relationship, what can we infer about its future? Well, for starters, we should point out that the Nami×Luffy ship is one of the most popular ships, if not the most popular, among the One Piece fandom. Due to their love/hate relationship and the fact that Nami has been a part of the team since the very beginning, fans constantly ship them together, but is that realistic?

From that perspective, not really. Namely, Luffy doesn't seem to care about anyone that way, and with his outlook on life, he doesn't even seem to understand that type of emotion yet. Now, Nami did show affection toward Luffy, but it didn't seem very romantic. It was more like a sister would care for her younger brother, or something between lifelong friends who are just that: friends.

Still, from our perspective, Luffy and Nami ending up together isn't entirely impossible. One Piece's focus is on adventure, and while other anime series have made it clear which characters would end up together, One Piece has never been entirely clear on this point, and we'll just have to wait and see how Oda decides to wrap this up.