One Piece: Why Luffy's Bounty Is 3 Billion Berries, Explained

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Monkey D. Luffy is one of the most notorious pirates in the world of One Piece right now. Known to be one of the most prodigious pirates ever, Luffy started his journey from the East Blue where he immediately made himself known as a big fish in a small pond. While he started as a nobody in the sea, by the end of the saga, he had already defeated the likes of Alvida, Arlong, Don Krieg, and even Buggy. He earned himself a bounty of 30 million berries by the end of it and rightly so, becoming the meanest man in the East in the process.

Luffy's notoriety and infamy only continues to grow with time. In the Grand Line, he immediately took down one of the Shichibukai in Crocodile and earned a 100 million berry bounty. Shortly afterwards, he invaded Enies Lobby and defeated the CP9, earning himself a 300 million berry bounty and after One Piece's Paramount War, this award was increased to 400 million. Shortly after the two-year time skip, Luffy defeated another Shichibukai in Donquixote Doflamingo and earned a 500 million berry bounty. Following the events of Whole Cake Island, which took place a week after Doflamingo's fall, he earned a 1.5 billion berry bounty, and just a few more weeks later, he took down Kaido, one of the Yonko, and earned a 3 billion berry reward on his head. Despite everything, there is an argument to be made about whether Luffy's bounty should have been higher. After all, he did all the heavy work in the Wano Country arc, yet his bounty is the same as that of Trafalgar Law, and Eustass Captain Kid.

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