OP: We Are! by the Straw Hat Pirates

"We Are!" by the Straw Hat Pirates (eps 279-283)


The Straw Hat Pirates (麦わら海賊団, Mugiwara Kaizoku-dan?), sometimes referred to as the Luffy Pirates (ルフィ海賊団, Rufi Kaizoku-dan?) or the Straw Hat Crew (麦わらの一味, Mugiwara no Ichimi?), are the main focus and protagonists of the manga and anime series One Piece, by Eiichiro Oda.

About them:
All current Straw Hat members have at least one talent in which they are virtually perfect, and several (especially the captain, swordsman, shipwright and cook) have astonishingly inhuman strength. As outlaws, they all have bounties on their heads, and are wanted by the World Government. The World Government and the Navy consider them one of the most dangerous pirate crews in the One Piece world, due to their spectacular evasion of the supposedly unavoidable Buster Call on Enies Lobby.

Each member of the Straw Hats has a dream they want to achieve. These dreams are their reasons for joining Luffy's crew, and essentially the driving force behind their lives. Each Straw Hat's dream was inspired by tragedies in their lives that involved at least one person they idolized or cared for deeply. Whatever the reason, each of the Straw Hats' dreams involves traveling the Grand Line, and each Straw Hat member refuses to die before achieving his or her dream.

Each member of the crew value their friendships above all else. Despite their comic annoyance with each other from time to time, they also often enjoy their time together and love being a member of the crew. One of the major themes of the series is how committed they are to each other. If one single member is hurt by an outside force, the other members will become enraged and take drastic action to avenge their brethren.

One of the best examples of this can be seen in the Alabasta arc when Chopper asks Zoro on why did Zoro join the crew (Episode 103). Zoro replies that even though it is about their own dreams, that there is something more that they are all striving to achieve.

All the current Straw Hats have bounties over their heads with a total bounty of "700,000,050" Belli[1].

Crew Strength

Despite only having a few members, the Straw Hats are an extremely powerful crew, regularly defeating opponents considered beyond their abilities. The two leading members are also part of the 11 Supernovas, each having a bounty of over 100,000,000. The Following have been defeated by the Straw Hats:

* Lady Alvida's Pirates
* Axe-Hand Morgan
* Buggy's Band of Pirates
* Black Cat pirates
* Don Krieg's Pirate Armada
* Arlong Pirates
* Wapol Pirates
* Crocodile and Baroque Works
* Bellamy Pirates
* Enel and Skypiea's Priests
* Foxy's pirate crew
* Franky Family
* Over 2000 Marines on Enies Lobby
* Naval Captains of the Buster Call on Enies Lobby along with at least 3 warships
* CP9 (considered the strongest Cipher Pol in history)
* Gecko Moria and Thriller Bark
* Duval and the Flying Fish Riders

Anime Only

* Ganzack's Pirates
* El Drago Pirates
* Trump Sibling Pirates
* General Gasparde's Pirates
* Commander Jonathan and his men at the Navarone G8 Stronghold
* The Acchino Family
* Baron Omatsuri
* Rachet
[Wikipedia]