Luffarrot

Luffarrot is the het ship between Monkey D. Luffy and Carrot from the One Piece fandom.

Cannon
Luffy and Carrot are close friends who met each other on Zou following Luffy’s victory over Donquixote Doflamingo. The two have become quite fond of each other, with Carrot taking a particular liking to Luffy because of his fun personality, whilst Luffy has come to like Carrot’s kind and sincere traits. Despite how long Carrot has sailed with Luffy and his crew, she has yet to become an official member.

On Zou, the two first met when Carrot came to escort Luffy to his friends, who had separated from him on Dressrosa. Carrot quickly took a liking to Luffy, helping him deal with Roddy. Her interest in Luffy first piqued when he announced his intention to invade Big Mom’s territory in order to save a captured Sanji, the thought of which excited her. Such was this excitement, she snuck aboard the Thousand Sunny in order to take part in this trip. Luffy was shocked, but ultimately was more than happy to accommodate her, which thus began their adventures together.

Their relationship is not displayed frequently, but it is heavily shown that Carrot has become highly fond of Luffy. Whilst her tribe’s way of greeting others is by nuzzling their cheek to another person, Carrot has a unique habit of nippling onto Luffy’s ear whilst wrapping her arms around him. Whilst Luffy was initially startled by this, he has come to tolerate it and often times barely acknowledges that she is doing it. Although the two got off on a good foot, Carrot still displayed her highly-aggressive side towards Luffy when he ate her carrot, which led to her gnawing viciously into his neck. He was able to calm her, after Nami told him to pet her, and she reverted back to her sweet nature, happily saying Luffy could have her carrot now.

Beyond this, the two have come to genuinely care for each other. Carrot has shown to be greatly apprehensive when Luffy might be in danger, and even more so when he took the extreme risk of fighting Charlotte Katakuri on his own. When he returned from this battle she cuddled an exhausted Luffy and playfully nibbled at his ear once more. When he was poisoned from eating an Armoured Fish, she became distraught at the possibility of Luffy’s death. After they landed in Wano, and were briefly separated, she immediately ran up and hugged Luffy, overjoyed he has come back. On Luffy’s side, he has shown to be quite caring of Carrot, becoming furious when she has been attacked, such as when Katakuri pinned her down under his foot and he became incensed.

On a deeper level, Carrot has become emotionally invested in Luffy becoming the Pirate King. During the mission to retrieve Sanji from the Big Mom Pirates, her close friend and mentor, Pedro, chose to sacrifice himself for Luffy. Before doing so, Pedro told Carrot how important it is that they help Luffy escape from Big Mom, as he believed that he and his crew will change the world and complete the ambition of Gol D. Roger. As a result, after the devastation of Pedro’s death, Carrot resolved to fight alongside Luffy and his crew to the best of her abilities. She has remained an active ally well into their escapades on Wano as a result.

Fanon
The ship between Luffy and Carrot is not particularly popular, despite Carrot’s hands on relationship with him. This perhaps stems from the sheer popularity of the ships, LuNami, Luffy and Nami, and LuHan, the ship between Luffy and Hancock. Another possible reason is fan’s preference to see Carrot be with Chopper, who is close to being a Mink than Luffy himself.

Recently, there has been a continuous debate over whether Carrot will, or should, join the Straw Hats. This is a result of how well ingrained into the crew she has become and many fans expect Oda will make her a member. The biggest supporters of this ship would be Luffarrot shippers, giving Carrot and Luffy more screen time together.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION