Luffy’s journey to become the Pirate King by finding the One Piece treasure has been nothing short of thrilling and dramatic considering the villains he has faced over the years. From Warlords to Emperors, Luffy has battled them all and has come out on the winning side solely because of his never-giving-up attitude and his need to help his loved ones.

Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece | Credit: Toei Animation

However, there is a big chunk of anime fans who believe that the One Piece protagonist has been blessed with plot armor by Eiichiro Oda that constantly saves him from dangerous villains. There have been many instances where ideally Luffy should have been defeated or killed, but the villains decided otherwise, and the primary example of it was Crocodile.

Crocodile was one of the first major One Piece antagonists who Luffy fought and lost quite a few times. However,...