Bounty for Luffy after time-skip [spoiler]

smokes said:
i think after pacifista, ALL THE CREW will have new bounties..

Zalxoras said:


Please let Chopper stay at B50 XD

MistaCloudStrife said:
I think 400m is too low. When Luffy punched a Tenryuubito I thought that was already worthy of a 100m Beri increase. Thought they were super mighty important, but I guess I was wrong. And if it takes Luffy having to punch a Tenryuubito, break into AND escape the inescapable Impel Down, enter the biggest war known to the OP universe(not to mention being publicly announced as Dragon's son) AND THEN return to shake the world once more by returning to the public and embarrassing the WG to earn an extra measly 100m he might as well have stayed the same bounty until he did something more incredible. An extra 100m is chump change compared to his actions thus far.

Meh- I guess I'm just used to his bounty increasing more than double each time though. IIRC it went from 30 to 100 to 300. So going from 300 to 400 isn't much for me. Like I said, chump change.

Gunbladewarrior said:


Exactly. In fact if it weren't for Ace's stupidity Luffy very well may have pulled off breaking him out. Like I said, he did more within those 75 chapters than he's done in the entire series. I just don't see how that only gets a 100m increase.

smokes said:
yeah, if you turn your brains on, 400 actually makes sense..

plus they think luffy's dead.

we should expect another bounty soon after pacifista incident

vindemon64 said:

Because Luffy wasn't an established threat early on in the series! When Luffy beat up Arlong, Buggy and Don Krieg, the WG thought Luffy was an enemy, but not a strong one because he came from East blue (the weakest of the four seas) and defeated weak East blue enemies. Thus, with the acknowledgment of his arrival as a pirate but not a direct threat, the WG gave him a 30 mil bounty.

Then he goes and defeats a Shichibukai. This is cause for concern. Luffy is becoming more of a threat to the WG, but Crocodile (if I remember correclty) was considered one of the weakest Shichibukai and was a problem child (more-so than the others). Thus, the WG bumped him up to 100 million...which is pretty big, but not yet on the level of a direct threat to the WG.

Then came Enies Lobby, where Luffy literally proclaimed he was waging war on the WG by burning their flag (huge symbolic repercussions) and took down the impenetrable Enies Lobby all in the process of rescuing a most-wanted criminal in Nico Robin. This act was the first time the WG was hurt so directly. Not to mention the news is caused around the world. That's why they bumped his bounty via a huge raise to 300 million. Luffy was now a direct enemy of the WG. He dealt them a direct blow.

Now we come to the entrance of the New World. Luffy is already among the highest of the Supernovas. Yes, he breaks into and out of Impel Down and raids Marineford, rescuing his brother. Keep in mind, the Impel Down was with Ivankov and Buggy (yes, Buggy didn't really do anything, but he was still officially recognized by the WG as being one of the breakout masterminds, thus, sharing the blame). In addition, he rescued Ace with the help of Whitebeard as his crew. Then Luffy goes unconscious and Blackbeard - possibly the biggest threat to the WG appears and steals Whitebeard's devil fruit powers.

After the war, if you read all of the translations (granted they are correct), Luffy is thought to be dead and the Strawhat pirates disbanded!!! Everyone keeps saying that in the past few chapters. So why bother giving a huge bounty to a dead person? The only reason his poster is still in circulation is b/c the WG do not have his body (remember, dead or alive).

In addition, the WG knows Luffy's next step is the New World. The WG most likely knows what kind of adversaries and pirates are out there. 300 million was a huge bounty of the first half of the Grand Line. If you keep in mind that all the big time pirates are in the New World, the WG probably does not think that Luffy can measure up to them (especially because Luffy was consistently defeated by people during the war - Smoker, the Admirals, etc.), but because of all the trouble he's caused, they give him a 400 million raise up. Again, Luffy is at the entrance of the New World (and a 400 million bounty at this entrance is arguably equivalent to the 30 million bounty at the start of the Grand Line). To give Luffy a bounty any higher would be an insult to the pirates that already exist in the New World that are undoubtedly stronger than Luffy, and most likely pose a much higher threat level to them.

Then again, this is the New World. We all know any pirate that we see now is strong. Thus, bounties shouldn't mean squat and as a result, there was no point to this argument to begin with.

To give Luffy a bounty any higher would be an insult to the pirates that already exist in the New World that are undoubtedly stronger than Luffy, and most likely pose a much higher threat level to them.

vindemon64 said:

At this point, Luffy is already a known threat to the world. In the beginning, he wasn't. That's why they gave him huge raises in bounty then and not now. But because he is now an established threat, even if you go from 300 million to 400 million to whatever, it doesn't change the fact that he is still a major threat to the WG.

Tchako said:
So there isn't much left. Giving pirates a high bounty is a way to give them plenty of publicity, and precisely, the Marines DON'T want people to know what Luffy did.

vindemon64 said:

I beg to differ on the first half of what you said. Yes, we know that Luffy had help all along. But let's think about this. When he fought Arlong, Luffy was solely recognized by the WG as the main perpetrator that took him down. Go back and rewatch that final episode/read the final chapter after Luffy defeats Arlong. The crooked Marine officer that stole all of Nami's money said it himself - he put all of the blame on Luffy (only sending his picture). So of course Luffy is the only one who was going to get recognition there.

Same thing with Crocodile. Yeah, Luffy had help from Robin after getting defeated by Crocodile the first time. But the Marines didn't know of that, now did they? No one was there to report that. After Luffy beat down Crocodile, Smoker had initially reported to the Marines that it was Luffy who did so, but the Marines hushed it up because they didn't want Luffy to get recognition from the world as someone who saved Alabasta, hence Smoker publicly getting the credit. Which is why he got the bump up (as well as Smoker reporting that Zoro beat Mr. 1. Again, this is something that can be confirmed by watching the post-Alabasta episodes/chapters again). Yes, Nami, Usopp, Chopper and Sanji helped defeat the other members, but only Luffy got the recognition from the WG, hence only his bounty being raised with the reasons I explained in my previous post.

As for Enies Lobby, his entire crew was there and each one took down a CP9 member, right in front of the WG. The WG couldn't hush up the existence of the Strawhat pirates anymore since so many people had witnessed the CP9 defeat, hence they all receive bounties, but again, Luffy receiving the biggest jump because he defeated Lucci (who was thought to be the strongest Cipher Pol member in the history of the program).

And you're putting words into my mouth. I never said that bounties = strength. I agree with that statement actually. It doesn't, at least not fully. In my opinion, bounties reflect both strength and level of threat that person poses to the WG.

At this point, Luffy is already a known threat to the world. In the beginning, he wasn't. That's why they gave him huge raises in bounty then and not now. But because he is now an established threat, even if you go from 300 million to 400 million to whatever, it doesn't change the fact that he is still a major threat to the WG. And again, this is more of an opinion, but the WG thought he was dead. I would see no reason to give a huge bounty to a person who is perceived to be dead by the public. Sure, the top brass at the WG thought he was alive, but the public didn't need to know about it, did they?

Like I said, we don't know what kind of pirates exist in the New World. But because they made it that far, they undoubtedly have to either be strong (to exist in that kind of sea - at least that is the impression we have been painted with by Oda) or being cunning enough to pose a threat to the WG. My opinion on why Luffy's bounty is just 400 million was explained above, and its just that, an opinion! I backed it up with facts from the manga and make interpretations.

smokes said:
^yeah, but dude think again.. its half of story.. he will do more epic stuff in new world..

maybe he will beat an admiral to death in teh future

you want for every shit to raise with 100 mil ?

if so luffy's bounty at the end of the series will be over 900 mill which doesnt make sense..

and 100 mil is pretty much high bounty

MistaCloudStrife said:

Something caught my eye here. Crocodile. It was covered up, wasn't it? I don't see why that can get covered up and Luffy get a double+ bounty raise and Luffy does even more than last time and get 100Beri raise. Yes yes, established threat. If he was already an established threat then you wouldn't even need to raise his bounty at all though.