And the casting was arguably chiefly among them.

And he is the drive of positivity.

He believes in having dreams.

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He believes in believing in yourself.

He inspires people to be themselves, to be more of themselves.

He wants to help them become more of themselves.

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Partly because he made us all laugh in his audition.

He did something crazy and off-script, very deliberately.

And it was like, okay, hes got some cheek and some charm and some chutzpah to him.

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Thats kind of Luffy, you know.

He just emanated warmth and goodwill.

For another mainstream example of this, look no further thanParks and Recreations Leslie Knope.

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He imbued the character with such an easily likable quality and hes almost effortlessly charismatic.

Hes cheerful when he needs to be and can flip into danger mode with utter ease.

Audiences can truly feel his anger when he confronts Arlongafter the fish-man hurt Nami.

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All eight episodes ofOne Piececan be streamed exclusively on Netflix.

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