#We speak Portuguese but being Latino is not about Spanish language it's literally about location

[psilactis]

Inaki is Mexican but canonically Luffy is brazilian, and as a Brazilian, let me tell you, that kind of mixed races in a family is not at all unusual. I know several people who are like, extremely white, and their grandad or something is black. I also know at least two pairs of siblings that look the exact same except one is white and the other is black/pardo. Brazil is an extremely mixed country so people looking really different but still being blood related is not uncommon

[SPOILERS FOR THE MANGA]

There is, or better, there used to be, a theory that Garp was not actually Dragons dad, rather he was the dad of Luffys mom, and Dragon is the son of Xebec. However in one of the recent chapter Garp does refer to Dragon as a son. The theory is still valid tho, because he could have meant it in a emotional sort of deal. It would be interesting if they hinted at this with the live action casting somehow

Okay so I love Luffy being Latino of course, but I did think it was funny how he has the most white-ass grandpa on the planet, like Garp literally has a Scottish accent (which works really well for his character actually ngl). So I thought well maybe we can just assume that Luffy's mixed race from his biological mother's side then or something (it's not like we've seen her or learned a single thing about her in all these years so far) and Dragon will be white too but then no, apparently Dragon was cast already, and he ain't white either. So like, we can just assume Luffy is mixed race or something in regards to dragon, but that leaves Garp as the odd one out lmao

So now Garp's casting is extra funny because like sir, how? How'd you manage to be the only white guy in your family, who is also the only cop mind you, meanwhile your entire family is full of POC criminals who are all fighting the system and sticking it to the man while challenging the government and demolishing corrupt dictatorships? Is the live action show going to try to explain this or just rely on Luffy's absent grandmother to fill in the genetic gaps via audience imagination? Or is it going to be revealed some day that Dragon was adopted or something, because everyone is adopted in One Piece since it's found family propaganda incarnate? Or are they just going to ignore it completely because One Piece genetics are already completely bonkers anyway? Like maybe Garp is just that one white-passing family member with funny genetics lmfao

To be clear, this isn't a complaint, it's something I just find funny. Garp's real world ethnicity hasn't been brought up in any sbs answers I don't think, and the casting has been too perfect for me to have an issue with small things like "how come this Latino kid has a white Scottish grandpa?" if anything it heightens the experience and adds to the surprise of the reveal 😂