Rob Lucci: The Only Villain That Didn't Care

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[Encyclopedia_Brown]

Lucci’s DF is a great representation of how straightforward and ambitionless he is in comparison to other OP villains. Crocodile’s sand and dehydration abilities were critical to his long-term plans to conquer Alabasta. Enel’s lightning abilities were necessary to power the Arc Maxim and dish out God’s Judgement to maintain his iron grip on Skypeia. But Lucci has no ambition - he’s simply a violent murderer. So it makes sense that his fruit is a carnivorous zoan that maximizes his bloodlust and killing ability.

[heavenlyweather]

Lucci knows full well that he is evil but doesn't care, he only cares about completing the task at hand, he really is the perfect soldier

[Encyclopedia_Brown]

I think Lucci’s simplicity is part of why his fight and defeat against Luffy is so satisfying. It strips down Luffy’s role as captain to its most simple element. Ever since Arlong Park, Luffy has explicitly acknowledged that his most important contribution is his ability is to beat the strongest enemy. And unlike previous fights where Luffy had to navigate around tricky DF powers, Lucci’s fruit is straightforward: it makes him a stronger brawler and killer. Lucci represented Luffy’s first major fight since Arlong where he had to defeat a villain whose sole dangerous trait was his incredible strength and skill - a straight up fist fight until one of them couldn’t get up anymore, with one set of fists representing freedom and the other representing government tyranny.

[jcfrostycheesebugga]

Never appreciated how clean his design was dude is the dress saucy, solid fruit, dope fighting style and doesn't look goofy but actually menacing and not over the top plus his v.a goes crazy

[pugggggggg]

hes also the only villian that luffy beat and he didnt get his will broken, and actually came back to fight luffy again

[PER]

Luuci is one of the few villains that luffy never called by his real name. He is just the Pidgeon Guy

[Truck-kun]

Lucci is the epitome of the concept of "Nothing personal, just business", for him none of this is personal, but a job. A job he likes and is very good at doing, but it is still a job

[calemr]

What I loved about Lucci is that he's kind of the anti-Luffy.
Obedient. A killer. Lacking aspiration. Perfectly willing to betray people who believe he's their friend.

[pandaman]

Lucci once explained that he joined Cipher Pol because there he can freely kill. And I think that's what he's all about. He doesn't really care which side he is on as long as he gets to kill. Though he doesn't always let it on, he's actually a bloodthirsty fighting maniac. And he is finally starting to reveal his true colors. That's why he ignored the command to not attack the strawhats. I think he at one point will completely lose it and give in to his anamalistic nature, where he ignores even the celestial dragons and the elder's command. I think this will have a way bigger impact on the story than we currently think.

[errexe]

Luffy breaks people's dreams when defeating them.
Lucci doesnt have a dream, which makes him not the strongest but the most terrifying enemy Luffy has faced till date. Lucci is a straight up murder machine.

[dudeguy]

That seriousness of Lucci seems to make him the perfect person to face Gear 5. An ability that can allegedly make the world smile, vs a character who never has.

[williammarshall]

As a Rob Lucci fanboy, this character analysis puts a smile on my face. He may not be the strongest or the most significant villain, but he is my favorite.

[dresdenwinterknight]

Yes, which is why I don't get why people talk about a "redemption arc" for Lucci. How does that make sense at all? He isn't misguided, he is a full blown psycho completely aware of what he is doing. Any other villain has a better chance of redemption compared to him, I could even see Kaido or Enel fighting alongside Luffy in the final war. But Lucci??? No, he isn't going to wake up one day and think "hey maybe killing is wrong" after everything he's done.

[BillytheCorgi]

I will never understand how people say Akainu is evil for killing Ace. That is literally his job, to kill pirates, that is what he is paid to do. Yeah, I get disliking him for it, but, that is not what made him "evil". To me, the most evil thing Akainu did during the war was when he decided to act as judge, jury, and executioner to marines fleeing the battlefield.

[dafade]

My favorite scene with lucci is when he sees the little girl painting the arrows for luffy and he let's her do it so he can fight luffy

[omgaidebig]

Akainu: *(Only kills to carry out Orders.)*
Lucci: *(Only Carries out orders to kill.)*

They're both the ideal attack dogs. One only cares about Murder, the other only cares about the Order, But they're both the ideal image of the world government's "Perfect Soldier."

[centurymemes]

this is why i love competent villains. don’t care if he losses again. if he gives a good fight and targets his goals

[ShadowEliteHD]

Kuma said it best "No battle has no certain outcome. Who could've predicted that Rob Lucci would be defeated"

[irrelevanttroll]

CP9:Entertains citizens and helps them while also raising money to heal lucci out of his coma
Lucci:

[WCE]

What a breakdown! Lucci's my favorite villain of One Piece for the exact reasons you highlighted.
No bullshit, no grand scheme, straight business. And damn I love his Rankyaku Gaicho!!!