

Why did Gol D Roger give his straw hat to Shanks, and why did Shanks pass it
on to Luffy? Is there any explanation for this in the manga?

Also, why do they love the hat so much? Is the cause for this love related to
the passing of the hat?


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Why was the straw hat passed to Shanks and then to Luffy?


There was not much information on why the hat was passed down but I will do my
best to give you an answer that I interpreted from the series.

**Gol D. Roger to Shanks**

[![Shanks](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6AW0R.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6AW0R.png)

[_Gol D. Roger_](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gol_D._Roger) wore the straw
hat first and it seems the time period that he wore this hat was when he was
gathering his crew together. It is not disclosed as to how long he held it
from the time of his crew gathering to the new captains garb that he wore
until his execution. It is probably safe to assume that once his crew was
assembled he probably gave the hat to
_[Shanks](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Shanks)._ It seems that Shanks wore
this hat for almost all of his time on with the _[Roger
Pirates](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Roger_Pirates)_ and even a good deal
afterwards even when he had his own crew the _[Red Hair
Pirates](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Hair_Pirates)._ Exactly why Roger
decided to give Shanks the hat is unknown at this point, but it would be safe
to say that Roger saw something in Shanks and deemed him worthy of the hat. It
can be said that many of the people that have the [_Will of the
D._](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Will_of_the_D.) seem to be able to see the
potential (whether for good or bad) in an individual.

**Shanks to Monkey D. Luffy**

[![Shanks giving the hat to
Lufy](https://i.stack.imgur.com/B9ffP.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/B9ffP.png)
After Shanks and his crew save _[Foosha
Village](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Foosha_Village)_ from the mountain
bandits and after Shanks loses his arm to a Sea King to save
_[Luffy](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Monkey_D._Luffy)_ we see the Red Hair
Pirates leaving the village. At this moment a young Monkey D. Luffy yells to
Shanks that he will become a great pirate, even more so the _[Pirate
King](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Pirate_King)._ After Luffy makes this
statement Shanks gives him the straw hat and tells him to return it after he
becomes a great pirate. The idea behind this gift is so that Luffy will put
all of his effort to becoming a great pirate. Shanks wants Luffy to succeed
and the hat is supposed to be both a challenge and encouragement from Shanks
to Luffy. The challenge is to become as great of a pirate as he can be,
ideally the King of Pirates. The encouragement is that Luffy will get to
return the hat to his old friend once he becomes great. One characteristic
that Luffy displays often through out this series is that he does not step
down from a challenge no matter how hard or dangerous it may be.

**The Love for the Hat**

[![Straw
Hat](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HnGY6.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HnGY6.png)

The love for the hat can stem from many sources. For Shanks it was the
personal item of a man that he respected and most likely idolized. To receive
a gift from a person with as much fame and reverence of that of Gol D. Roger
is not something anyone in the One Piece universe would take lightly, it is in
itself a treasure. During his fight with Buggy Luffy iterates that the hat is
his treasure. To Luffy this hat being his "treasure" is the embodiment of his
dreams of becoming the King of Pirates. He also loves the hat because of
Shanks, it would be pretty easy to read that Shanks was one of Luffy's idols
when he was young. Most children are very impressionable so it is along
similar views with Gol D. Roger giving his hat to Shanks. Both Luffy and
Shanks had a person that they viewed as an idol or person to surpass and the
hat is can be represented as a dream, challenge, or promise. The thing is that
the hat means something a little different to everyone so its hard to give the
real reason as to why the hat is loved so much.


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When crocus said to luffy when he had set sail to the grand line crocus "Is
this the one who you are waiting for roger", maybe roger wanted someone to
take his place to solve the mystery of Will of D - the one what roger cannot
complete because of his incurable disease.

He gave the hat to shanks to give to someone who have D in his name.

This is just my theory


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