Hero's Journey Map Project - One Piece Impel Down Arc by Lucas Rapolla

DEPARTURE

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INITATION

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RETURN

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The Call to Adventure

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Luffy receives news from Boa Hancock that His brother Ace is being executed at Maine ford in 2 weeks.

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"My poison will soon devour you completely."

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"Have you forgotten that you're a stowaway?"

Refusal of the call

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Luffy is skeptical in what he does because he doesn’t know whether to save his brother or to find his friends.

Answering the call

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Luffy thinks about his friends and then he thinks about Ace and then he tells himself he has to save him, he's the only brother that he has. So he travels with Boa Hancock to Impel Down as a stowaway.

Supernatural Aid

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Boa Hancock was a very important part of this journey although they didn’t get along at first Boa began to have a liking for Luffy, making her basically do everything that he asks.

Guide/Mentor

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Gloriosa was the old lady on Amazon lily island, who warned Luffy of all the challenges he’s about to face heading straight into “impel down.”

Talisman

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The vivre card, specifically ace’s vivre card, is a piece of paper that shows where the person is holding the other piece of the vivre card.

Companions

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As Luffy continues on his journey he meets many of his former enemies, for example, buggy the clown, Number 3, number 2.

Crossing the Threshold

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Luffy first had left the familiar world when he was knocked into the Amazon Lily by one of the warlords, although he leaves amazon lily to travel to Impel down to try and save his brother Ace.

Threshold Guardians

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The marine Navy, his only way of travelling to impel down fast enough, is by getting on the marine ship with Boa Hancock. So she snuck him on the ship with her.

Road of Trials

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There are “5 levels to impel down,” although realistically there are 6, each level he faces a new challenge for example an extremely big guard that is uarding a level, but Luffy also gains a foe at each level.

Brother Battle

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I feel as if Luffy battles both, Luffy fights with the thought of losing his brother making him battle mentally, but he as well fights physically on each level destroying every guard on each level.

Meeting with the Goddess

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Boa Hancock, This is who he meets in the beginning of his journey, although she held an important piece in his journey during this arc.

Dragon Battle

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Minotaurus is the first mini boss/monster that he fought, he was a very tough opponent, but with the help of Mr. 3 and Mr. 2 he was able to one shot Minotaurus.

Ritual Death or Dismemberment

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Luffy tries to fight Magellan who possesses a power to shoot poison out of his body deadily enough to kill someone. Luffy sacrifices his arms to punch Magellan, but then his whole body is consumed by the poison.

Sacred Marriage

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Luffy has a very special emotional bond with his brother Ace. Ace is the one that is keeping Luffy thriving throughout his journey to saving him. Luffy fights with the thought of saving his brother, surviving the deadly poison from Magellan.

Atonement with the Father

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Luffy came close to it, but he was very close to rescuing his brother ace. This is what made Luffy keep on pushing through adversity.

Entering the belly of the Whale

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Fighting Magellan as well as the thought of losing his brother, These are both his deepest fears. Losing his brother of course, but also he almost died while fighting Magellan.

Apotheosis

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The prisoners of Impel Down worshipped luffy after he released all the prisoners with the keys.

Ultimate Boon/Magic Elixir

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While fighting Magellan, He learns that with Mr. 3’s candle wax he’s able to hit Magellan in the fight.

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"You must learn to sense it subconsciously."

Refusal of the Return

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When His brother Ace Dies in his arms, Ace takes his last breath in Luffy’s arm as he sacrificed his life to save Luffy’s.

Magic Flight/Pursuit

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The Fact of his brother dying and not being with his crew, has definitely taken a toll on his mental and physical health, although this is when Luffy begins his training to get stronger.

Crossing the Return Threshold

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Luffy doesn’t quite return home, but he goes to train with Rayleigh. He doesn’t meet with his friends until he has finished his training and mastered his devil fruit power and Haki.

Master of Two Worlds

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He hasn’t quite conquered it but he has definitely defeated many powerful people along the way. He has shown that he is a formidable enemy to the government.

Freedom to Live

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The problem was and wasn’t solved because his brother died, but he just has to get over that loss and become stronger from it. This is when Luffy starts to become the strongest he has ever been.