Monkey D. Luffy, the protagonist of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga, is known for his many epic adventures. He is one of the most famous anime characters in history, and his adventures are known and followed worldwide. We know that Luffy embarked on his adventures on July 22, 1997, when the first chapter of the manga was released. It's been almost 26 years since that moment, and Luffy is still very active and present in our lives. But how old was Luffy when he actually set sail? We know he's wanted to become a pirate since he was a child, but when did his journey begin? In this article, we'll tell you a little about Luffy's journey in the One Piece series and how old he was when it all began.

As Oda confirmed in SBS Volume 4, Monkey D. Luffy was 17 years old when he set sail from the East Blue to become a pirate. The youngest we've seen him was 7, still just a boy who wanted to become a pirate. Ten years later, he actually began his journey, and given that he's been at sea for about two years, we know he's 19 years old at this point in the series.

The rest of this article will focus on the timeline of Luffy's seafaring adventures. Determining the timeline of a manga series is usually quite difficult, but thanks to Oda and his work, we have some official information to work with. This article will contain many spoilers, so be careful if you're not fully up to date on the latest events in the series.

The thing to know is that manga timelines are often impossible to trace correctly.

A general problem with shonen manga, in general, is that they don't follow an actual timeline. Now, this wouldn't be a problem if the authors were more precise in determining their in-universe timelines, but since that's not the case, fans usually have a hard time pinpointing certain moments and determining when certain events took place (Naruto is infamously known as an example of this). One Piece is a work that doesn't really stray far from this formula, and even if we know the general idea of ​​the timeline, a precise determination is basically impossible.

In-universe, we know that there are two timelines, and it's important to know that these two timelines only give a rough overview of events in the One Piece world. We know that Luffy has been at sea for about two and a half years, but this was obvious just by knowing that we had a two-year time jump in the series. Now that we've given you these general points, we can explore Luffy's journey.

Thanks to Oda and a timeline, we can easily determine Luffy's age.

Now, before we give you the answer, we have to go back and thank Reddit user adnaphsaka, who created a timeline of the One Piece series so you can see how the series progressed up to the start of the Onigashima raid. This is important so you understand how long Luffy has been at sea and how his age has changed over the course of the series. Here's the timeline:

I tried to browse the Manga…

East Blue Saga: about 15 days, Grand Line: about 77 days, New World: about 41 days

Total: 2 years 134 days or approximately 2 years and 4 months

** – (didn't seem to have food to travel for more than a day)

Day 1: Luffy leaves Fuusha Village

Day 2**: Luffy is sucked into a whirlpool and ends up in Alvida's base

Day 3**: Luffy and Coby free Zoro

Day 4**: Luffy and Zoro reach Orange City, meet Gaimon

Day 5**: Luffy arrives at Syrup Village

Day 6: Luffy defeats Kuro

Day 7: Usopp joins, Strawhats gets Merry, Usopp paints the Strawhat Jolly Roger, Strawhats meets Johnny and Yosaku

Day 10: (Johnny says it takes 2-3 days to reach Baratie) The straws reach Baratie

Day 11: (it says 2 days later) Don Krieg attacks Baratie and is defeated, Sanji joins him, Nami arrives at Arlong Park, Zoro is captured, Nami frees Zoro, Luffy arrives at Arlong Park, Luffy defeats Arlong, party all night

Day 13: The village of Cocoyashi still celebrating

Day 14: Luffy leaves Cocoyashi Village

Day 15: Luffy discovers his bounty, Luffy arrives in Loguetown, is almost executed, leaves Loguetown

Since I entered the Grand Line..

Day 1: Arrive at Twin Capes, take Log Pose, drive to Whiskey Peak, reach Whiskey Peak at sunset, stay overnight at Whiskey Peak.

Day 2: Departure from Whisky Peak in the morning, arrival at the small garden, departure from the small garden.

Day 5: (Kureha tells Nami that she has been infected for 3 days) Arrive at Drum Kingdom, leave Drum Kingdom at night.

Day 10: (indicates 5 days have passed since leaving Drum Kingdom) Meet Bon Clay on the way to Alabasta.

Day 14 (at least): (Luffy says it's been 4 days since he last ate) Arrive in Alabasta, meet Ace, join Yuba at night

Day 15: Leave Yuba in the morning, change plans and head to Rainbase.

Day 16: (Vivi said Rainbase was a day's walk from Yuba) Reach Rainbase, head to Alubarna, Luffy defeats the crocodile.

Day 19: (Vivi says Luffy has been asleep for 3 days) Luffy wakes up, Strawhats leaves Alubarna at night to find Merry.

Day 20: Say goodbye to Vivi and leave Alabasta, meet Robin on their ship, a ship falls from the sky, Strawhats heads towards Jaya, Luffy defeats Bellamy.

Day 21: The Strawhats travel the Knock-up Stream to Skypiea, spending the night planning their search for the Golden City.

Day 22: Luffy defeats Enel, party at night

Day 23: The straws leave Skypea

Day 24 (maybe): The Strawhats arrive at Long Ring Long Land, win the Davy Back fight, lose to Aokiji.

Day 28: (It is said that Luffy and Robin needed to rest for 4 days after being frozen) Straws arrive at Water 7, Usopp fights Luffy, Robin attempts to assassinate Iceburg at night.

Day 29: Strawhats tries to meet Robin at night, confronts CP9, loses, leaves for Enies Lobby

Day 30: CP9 is defeated, Strawhats says goodbye to Merry.

Day 32: (It says 2 days since the incident) Franky promises to build Sunny, Luffy meets Garp

Day 35: (It says 3 days after waiting for Sunny) The straws leave Water 7 aboard the Sunny.

Day 36 (probably): Straws enter the thriller's bark, defeat Moria before dawn

Day 37: Zoro takes care of Luffy's pain, Brook joins the crew

Day 39: (It's written 2 days later) Zoro wakes up, Strawhats leaves Thriller Bark.

Day 44 (maybe): (This is written several days later) Straws reach the red line, rescue Hacchi, head to Saboady, get sent back by Kuma.

Day 47: (Sentoumaru says that the people sent by Kuma fly for 3 days) Luffy arrives at Amazon Lily, fights the Boa sisters, parties at night, finds out about Ace's execution, leaves Amazon Lily at night.

Day 53: (Gloriosa said Ace was about to be executed in 6 days) Paramount War, Ace dies, Luffy escapes on Law's submarine

Day 67: (It says 2 weeks since the Paramount War) Luffy wakes up, meets Rayleigh and decides to jump 2 years in time.

Day 72 (maybe): (assuming it takes 5 days to reach Marineford from Amazon Lily) Luffy sends the 3D2Y message to the crew

Day 77 (maybe): (5 days round trip) Luffy begins training on Rusukaina.

2 years later…

Day 1: Arrive in Saroady, reach Fishman Island, defeat Hody, party all night.

Day 2: Leave Fishman Island, arrive at Punk Hazard, defeat Caesar, leave Punk Hazard

Day 3: Doffy's resignation announced, the crew arrives at Dressrosa, defeats Doffy, half of the crew heads to Zou.

Day 13: (Jack is said to have left 10 days ago because of Doffy's defeat) the rest of the crew arrives in Zou, party all night

Day 14: Kin'emon reaches the elephant's summit, Robin deciphers the road poneglyph, Jack attacks Zou, Zunesha defeats Jack, half the crew leaves for Tottoland

Day 21: (assuming it took 1 week to reach Tottoland) Luffy arrives on Cacao Island

Day 22: Luffy arrives on Whole Cake Island, fights Cracker all night

Day 23: Sanji defeats Luffy, Luffy fights the enraged army, is captured, escapes, eats Sanji's food

Day 24: Luffy meets Bege, the Tea Party is ruined, Luffy fights Katakuri, the crew escapes Tottoland at night

Day 25: Luffy is announced fifth emperor, the revolutionaries save the kingdom of Lulusia

Day 27: (2 days after saving Lulusia's kingdom) The daydream begins

Day 31: (we receive the news from the 4th day of reverie) Moria invades Blackbeard's Island, Act 2 begins, Luffy defeats Dobon

Day 32: Komurasaki dies

Day 33: Komurasaki's vigil is canceled

Day 34: Komurasaki's funeral, Yasuie dies, Big Mom arrives in Udon, Udon is conquered by Luffy, Big Mom and Kaido fight

Day 36: Big Mom and Kaido form an alliance

Day 41: (one week since the end of the Reverie) The raid on Onigashima begins on the day of the Fire Festival

(Source: Reddit )

As you can see, this is a very accurate timeline confirming that Luffy has been at sea for approximately two years and 134 days, or roughly two years and four months, based on the data collected. So, given this fact, we know that Luffy is now about two years older than he was at the beginning of his journey. Knowing that Luffy was 19 at the time, we can infer that he was 17 when he began his journey, and Oda actually confirmed this in SBS Volume 4, back in 1998, revealing the following:

Q: How old are Luffy, Zoro, Nami and Shanks?

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A: A lot of people have sent me questions regarding age. Like, a lot of people. I guess this must be the number one question everyone always thinks about. Well, I'll answer it now! Luffy is currently 17, Zoro is 19, and Nami is 18. Well, since we have no idea where Shanks is right now, I'll just answer how old he was supposed to be 10 years ago. In Luffy's village, he was 27. As for Usopp, he's 17, just like Luffy.

As you can see, Luffy was 17 years old when he began his journey, and this was confirmed by Oda himself. You can follow the progression of his journey in the timeline we provided above, and you'll see that it all adds up.

The youngest we saw him was seven years old, still a small child with a burning desire to become a pirate. Ten years later, that same child set out alone, hoping to assemble a pirate crew and become the Pirate King by finding Gol D. Roger's One Piece treasure. And the rest is history.