One Piece has always been a series that focuses on dreams, showing the audience just how far a driven individual will go to make their goals a reality. In fact, many characters in the series are willing to undergo intense physical and mental anguish if it means inching one step closer to realizing their dreams. It makes sense as well that no other character represents this principle of self-sacrifice to achieve a greater goal than the One Piece protagonist himself, Monkey D. Luffy.