A single incident can change the world. When Monkey D. Luffy eats a different Devil Fruit, how will the world change in response? What are the powers of this mysterious Fruit? Will it take him to the top of the Pirates? Or will this Luffy make different choices because he has different desires? How much can one change truly make? How many changes will follow from it? Luffy/Harem
Journey to Raftel is a One Piece story written by Kairomaru. While being trained to be strong enough to be a Marine by Garp, Luffy finds a fruit that gives him the powers of Sun Wukong. Now Luffy sets out to find Raftel, as the freest man alive.
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Journey to Raftel provides examples of:
- Abled in the Adaptation: As Luffy was more than capable of beating Higuma himself, Shanks doesn't lose his arm to the Lord of the Coast.
- Adaptational Badass: Nami. She manages to kill Arlong and his crew singlehandedly thanks to her abilities.
- Adaptational Early Appearance:
- In canon, Vinsmoke Reiju didn't appear until Whole Cake Island. Here, she appears working at the Baratie with her brother, far earlier than in canon.
- Carina debuts shortly before Loguetown rather over two years later just before One Piece Film: Gold.
- Adaptational Job Change: Luffy's crew are pirates in canon. Here, they act as bounty hunters to earn money for their journey, though they call themselves "adventurers".
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: As Luffy and his crew are "adventurers" rather than pirates, they have a largely neutral relationship with the marines rather than antagonistic.
- Adaptational Superpower Change: As per Kairomaru standard, certain characters have different powers.
- In canon, Luffy ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi. Here he ate the Saru Saru no Mi, Model: Sun Wukong.
- In canon, Nami had no powers, instead using her Clima-Tact. Here, she eats a currently unknown Devil Fruit, speculated to be the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Pele.
- Adaptation Name Change: In canon, Luffy's crew were known as the Straw Hat Pirates. Here, they don't have a name.
- Adaptation Personality Change: In canon, Luffy wants to be King of the Pirates. Here, he wants to be free to live as he wants.
- Animorphism: Luffy's shown the ability to turn into animals, such as turning into a tiger to spar with his grandfather.
- Ascended Extra: In canon, Vinsmoke Reiju was only featured in Whole Cake Island. Here, she's a member of Luffy's crew.
- Combo Platter Powers: Due to having the powers of Sun Wukong, Luffy has a wide variety of powers, many of which are completely unrelated. Shown examples include flight, Living Lie Detector eyes, animorphism, and clones.
- Death by Adaptation:
- Pearl gets decapitated by Zoro, while Krieg gets a hole through his chest from Nami.
- Arlong and his entire crew, minus Hachi, are killed by Nami.
- Demoted to Extra: When Luffy's crew leave Syrup Village, Usopp stays behind, as he wants to join a crew of pirates.
- Family of Choice: Reiju calls Zeff "father" as she and Sanji leave the Baratie, showing that she and Sanji view the whole restaurant as their true family.
- Give Me a Reason: Sanji dares Nezumi to fight back at Arlong Park. To his credit the corrupt Marine avoids poking the angry man.
- Good Parents: Tough Love aside, Garp is extremely supportive of Luffy, helping him figure out his Devil Fruit.
- In Spite of a Nail: Luffy's still after the One Piece, despite not being a pirate, but that's simply due to being interested in the treasure itself rather than being pirate king.
- Intimate Healing: In order to save Nami from Don Krieg's MH5 poison gas, Reiju has to kiss her.
- Living Lie Detector: Luffy's Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze, which lets him detect lying, forgery, and evil. Nami quickly decides to avoid trying to con him when she learns about this.
- Magma Man: Nami's devil fruit makes her a volcano goddess.
- Martial Arts Staff: Luffy's Ruyi Jingu Bang. Mihawk says that, were other weapons ranked the same way as bladed weapons, Luffy's staff would be ranked as Supreme Grade, the same as Mihawk's Yoru.
- Me's a Crowd: As per Wukong's myth, Luffy can pluck hairs from his body and turn them into clones of himself. Useful for getting a numerical advantage...or to help crew a ship.
- Not Afraid of You Anymore: Nami fights Arlong and his crew herself specifically to prove to both him and herself that she's strong and no longer afraid of him.
- Mundane Utility: Luffy uses his clone powers to man a ship and his Living Lie Detector powers to tell real treasure from fake.
- Power Perversion Potential: When they finally have sex for the first time, Luffy uses his Me's a Crowd powers to pleasure Nami.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Nami gets to vent eight years of anger when killing the Arlong Pirates.
- Shout-Out: Mad Treasure during his battle with Luffy, grabs him with chains from the Jara Jara no Mi and pulls Luffy towards him while yelling "Get Over Here!"
- Spared by the Adaptation: Commodore Purinpurin and his crew don't die to Arlong's officers due to Luffy and Co dealing with them before they arrive.
- Token Heroic Orc: Nami spares Hachi's life, because he did try to help the people of Cocoyashi as best he could.
- Took a Level in Badass:
- Nami eats a mythical zoan devil fruit, seemingly the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Pele.
- Carina eats Mad Treasure's Jara Jara no Mi after Luffy kills him.
- Torso with a View: Nami has a habit of finishing off her enemies in this manner. Just ask Don Krieg, Chew, and Kuroobi.
- Wild Card: Luffy wants to live as freely as possible on his adventure, even if it means crossing pirates or making an enemy of the World Government.
