you can play as Luffy or any other character, or make your own,

the straw hat crew has Luffy the captain, Brook the musician, Zoro the swordsman, Sanji the cook, Chopper the docter, Nami the navigatior, Usopp the sniper, Franky the shipwright, as well as, Jimbei the helmsman and Robin the archaeologist,

you can choose who is on the crew at the time (You can make up a RP and start how you want)