Monkey D. Luffy is the protagonist of One Piece, the manga created by Eiichiro Oda in 1997 and adapted into a long-running anime by Toei Animation from 1999. Scenes of Luffy as a child appear in his East Blue backstory, growing up in Foosha Village and idolising the pirate Shanks. Clips of his youthful laugh have been lifted from those episodes and shared on soundboards and social media, where fans use the short giggle out of context as a reaction for joy, nostalgia and light-hearted anime humour.