Explanation of Luffy's drastic change

Update on last chapter

On recent review just brought something to my attention that I forgot to bring up in my notes. The explanation on why the change was so sudden. Beware it does have some minor spoilers but a lot of people would get confused if I don't explain.

Again be warned there are minor spoilers that hint at the future of the story so read at your own risk.

It has been a few days and the change may be extreme but here's my reasoning

I didn't want the time skip to be too long. I wanted it to be days, not weeks or years or else I would have to make the entire crew have different personalities. Not to mention I not good with timeskips. We already had a two year time skip. No need for another one.

If Luffy just fell overboard and was found a few days later then it is expected that he would not change. But he was brutally insulted by one of his nakama, Nami so he had to change a lot especially since she reminded him of Sabody Archipelago and Marineford.

Anyone can change drastically if a major event happens. When Ace died Luffy changed from his normal self to someone who did not believe he was worthy to be Pirate King. But he thought of his nakama and that allowed him to go back to his usual self. Since he left the crew altogether, there was no one around to heal his pain and anguish so it consumed him. The memory of Nami saying those things and his own terrible memories is what made Luffy what he is. I wrote a paragraph in the fic about his bad memories.

When Luffy was with the crew, his pain was eased. But he is not with his crew. And I had to do this but Dragon as manipulative as he is nurtured his pain and suffering during his few day training by continuously reminding him about them. So the training along with the fact that the crew wasn't around to help him ease his pain is what was used to make Luffy suffer. This was to make him stronger and learn a special technique that puts Luffy on the level of a Yonkou. I will reveal it later in the story.

I gave a paragraph that detailed all of Luffy's terrible memory but I left one out. I'm not going to reveal it but it is a terrible memory that happened when him and is one of the main sources of his hate. It is one that I would reveal later in the story. I can't reveal too much can I.

About Luffy becoming strong enough to kill a Yonkou and such a huge personality change. Well he was more vulnerable since he left the crew and Dragon wanted to train him how to harness a great power to make him stronger. To ensure this Dragon had to use Luffy's terrible memories to motivate him. Also haki is supposed to be a hard thing to learn. 2 years would not be enough for a talented person to learn 1. Yet Luffy learnt all three in year and half. So he is a prodigy.

To make Luffy hate the world government Dragon had to ensure Luffy was consumed by terrible memories of his past. With the crew, he doesn't think about his past but Dragon had to really make Luffy think about his past memories which all to some extent point to the World Government.

Why Luffy admires his father so much. Well his father did save him when he was down. But also because without his nakama he wanted something to replace the feelings of loneliness. And his father shows up just in time. Also Luffy was shown to be someone who even someone like Robin who has seen the worst the world has to offer trust him. So Dragon must have a similar ability to make people trust him easily. That and Luffy is a trusting person by default made him trust and admire Dragon once they were together.

Dragon and Luffy were not necessarily training 24 hours a day. During the periods of rest, Dragon would train Luffy mentally to make him more mature and loyal to his cause. That is why Luffy seems to pay attention to more details than before his defection.

Finally the events, leaving his nakama, going through great training has caused Luffy to mature significantly in a few days.

Again this written because some people might be confused with the radical change in just several days so I hope this clears it up..