One Piece
is a Japanese shōnen manga
series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and
the 67th volume released as of August 2012. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gains the properties
of rubber after inadvertently eating a devils fruit, and his diverse crew of
pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy
explores the ocean in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as the One
Piece and to become the next Pirate King. Along his journey, Luffy makes
several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom try to
kill the Straw Hats.
In 2008, One Piece became the highest-circulating manga series. In 2010, Shueisha announced that they sold over 260 million volumes of One Piece manga so far; volume 61 set a new record for the highest initial print run of any book in Japan in history with 3.8 million copies (the previous record belonging to volume 60 with 3.4 million copies). Volume 60 was the first book to sell over two million copies in its opening week on Japan's Oricon book rankings. One Piece is currently ranked as the best-selling series of all time in manga history. It enjoys a very high readership, with more than 260 million volumes of the series sold by 2011 in Japan. One Piece has received wide critical acclaim from reviewers, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and story.
The series begins with the execution of Gold Roger, a man known as the King of the Pirates Just before his death, Roger announces that his treasure, the One Piece will be up for the taking, causing the Great Pirate Erato begin. As a result, countless pirates set out to the Grand Line to look for the treasure.
The crew crosses paths with diverse villains, such as Buggy the Clown, many of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Navy, who place bounties on Luffy's, Zoro's, and eventually the rest of the crew's heads, and Arlong, a fishman and member of the former Sun Pirates. They encounter Baroque Works, the crime syndicate responsible for a civil war in the desert kingdom of Alabasta, along with fellow pirate Blackbeard, whose dream is also to become the King of the Pirates. The crew also confronts Enel, the ruler of the floating island Skypiea. Later, the crew meets the navy admiral Aokiji, who reveals that Robin was involved in searching for Poneglyphs, stones with markings left by an ancient civilization. The crew also encounters Cipher Pol No. 9, the intelligence agency responsible for the destruction of Robin's homeland, who causes the pirates to declare war on the World Government. After an epic battle at Enies Lobby, the crew defeats CP9 - saving Robin and avenging the lives lost in the destruction.
Some time later, the crew prepares to sail off to the New World, the second half of the Grand Line. The crew eventually gets separated during a battle with Bartholomew Kuma at the Sabaody Archipelago. At the same time, the navy sentences Luffy's older brother, Portgas D. Ace, to be executed, and hold a war against a group of pirates led by Whitebeard. Luffy rescues Ace, but both Whitebeard and Ace are killed in the ensuing chaos. Later, Luffy and the crew undergo rigorous training regimens, some under the tutelage of prominent figures. Two years later, the crew regroups and journeys to Sabody Island to enter the New World. At the same time, a group of evil fishman pirates appear, and holds a coup d'état to decide the fate of the island, but are eventually defeated by the Straw Hats alongside Jimbei. The Straw Hats leave Sabody Island and finally reach the New World, but not before starting a feud with the legendary pirate Big Mom. Their first destination is the burning island Punk Hazard.
MAIN CHARACTERS
MONKEY D LUFFY is the son of the Revolutionary Army's commander, Monkey D. Dragon, the grandson of the famed Marine, Monkey D. Garp, the foster son of a mountain bandit, Curly Dadan, and the adopted brother of the late "Fire Fist" Portgas D. Ace and Sabo. His life long goal is to become the Pirate King by finding the legendary treasure left behind by the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. He believes that being Pirate King means one has the most freedom in the world. He has eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi. As the founder and captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, he is the first member that makes up the crew, as well as one of its top three fighters.
RORONOA ZORO is one of the two swordsmen of the Straw hat pirate, the other being Brook. In the story, Zoro is the first to join Monkey D. Luffy after he is saved from being executed at the Marine Base. As a native to East Blue, he came from the town known as Shimotsuki where he trained in a dojo. He is an expert swordsman who uses three swords for his Santōryū (Three Sword Style), but is also capable of the one and two-sword styles.Zoro is confidential, but often acts in a very comical manner, he also has a lousy sense of direction. While the crew is out at sea, Zoro can be found sleeping or training towards his goal of becoming the world's best swordsman. He and Sanji have a great rivalry, often resorting to fighting (both verbally and physically) over issues from minor to extreme.
NAMI is the straw hat Pirates' navigator who dreams of drawing maps of the entire world. Despite her initial distrust of pirates, Nami eventually changes her mind after being around Luffy and the rest of the crew. Nami is depicted as an intelligent girl who has an obsession of obtaining money. Nami is able to use her three-sectioned staff and use her climate skills to create powerful attacks; the most prominent of these staff weapons is the Clima-Tact, in which she manipulates the climate to create weather-based attacks.She first appears as a thief stealing treasure, befriending Luffy in the process along with Zoro and Usopp. However, she eventually returns to Cocoyashi Village, her hometown, to meet up with Arlong, a racist fishman, when Sanji joins his crew. Luffy and the others learn of her past from her sister Nojiko. Nami and Nojiko are adopted on a war zone by the Marine officer Bellemere and taken to the village, raising them as her own. However, when Arlong arrives at the village, he kills Bellemere and forces Nami to become his cartographer. Nami harbors a deep resentment against Arlong for this. Realizing that Arlong is working for the Marines to cover his tracks, Nami turns on the fishman.
USSOP nicknamed "King of Snipers Sniper King" is a liar, talented inventor,as well as a skilled painter and sculptor, and he fills the role of the Straw Hat's Sniper.n combat, Usopp primarily uses slingshots to fire various kinds of ammunition.During Usopp's early childhood, his father,Yassop, leaves him and his mother to join the Red-Haired Pirates. Some time after this, Usopp's mother, Banchina falls ill. Usopp starts telling lies, stating that his father has returned and will be taking them with him. His mother eventually dies, but Usopp, in his sadness, continues to tell lies. Despite all this, he does not blame his father for leaving him, but takes pride in his heritage.
SANJI "Black Leg" is the Straw Hat Pirates' cook. He knows how it feels to starve from first hand experience,so he will never refuse someone a meal. He has a strong sense of chivalry, because of which, he will never harm a woman, even if he dies.Sanji also seems to keep this code regardless of a woman's appearance. His dream is to find the "All Blue" a legendary sea, containing every kind of fish in the world.Sanji only uses kicks while fighting. He said that this is because a chef's hands are his most prized possessions and should not be risked in battle.Sanji begins using a fire-based kick technique known as Diable Jambe Diaburu Janbu French for "Devil Leg", Japanese text translates as "Devil Wind Leg"), in which he heats his leg by spinning around rapidly to increase his attack power. Eventually, he can fly using CP9's Skywalk technique and can use Diable Jambe without spinning around. According to One Piece episode 148, Sanji was born in North Blue, but grew up in East Blue.
TONY TONY CHOPPER "Cotton Candy Lover"Chopper is a doctor and a blue-nosed reindeer who gained human properties by eating the Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit Using a self-developed drug he calls Rumble Ball, Chopper can assume more than the three forms provided by his Devil Fruit ability alone.When complimented, Chopper acts really happy while either telling the person who complimented him to stop trying to make him happy, or that Chopper isn't very happy.
NICO ROBIN "Devil Child" is an archaeologist originating from Ohara home of the world's largest and oldest library; she becomes an archaeologist at the age of eight and learns how to decipher the writings on the ancient stones called Poneglyph which are scattered around the world. However, the World Government destroys the island for housing archaeologists along with her returning mother, Nico Olvia researching these stones. As a result, Robin cooperates with various pirates and other outlaws, eventually becoming a member of Baroque Works as its vice president, nicknamed as "Ms. All-Sunday" at the time, being briefly an antagonist to the Straw Hat Pirates before joining them.
FRANKY originally named Cutty Flam he eventually starts calling himself Franky to hide his identity,gains infamy as "Cyborg" Franky and becomes shipwright of the Straw Hat Pirates.Abandoned by his pirate parents on the Grand Line island Water 7 at the age of ten,Franky becomes an apprentice to the master shipwright Tom along with Iceburg, who later becomes the island's mayor.When Tom is taken away as a criminal by the World Government for building Gold Roger's ship, the Oro Jackson, Franky tries to stop them.In the process, he is severely injured and, to survive, rebuilds parts of his body using pieces of scrap metal, turning himself into a cola-powered cyborg with super-human strength. His dream is to build a ship, become its shipwright, and sail it to the end of the world. To that end, he builds the Thousand Sunny, a brigantine-rigged sloop-of-war, and joins the Straw Hat Pirates.
BROOK "Dead Bones", is a musician. Brook is a living skeleton, resurrected by the Paramecia-type Revive-Revive Fruit , which grants the user a second life. He is an excellent musician, who claims to be able to play any instrument, although he is usually seen playing the violin.He is also a skilled fencer, who uses a shikomizue (a Japanese cane sword), in battle. Brook can hypnotize people with his music. His lightweight skeleton body allows him to jump extraordinarily highand to run across water. He has a very childish and energetic personality. When Brook's crew, the "Rumbar Pirates", enters the Grand Line, they leave their pet whale "Laboon" behind at Reverse Mountain, promising to return after sailing around the world.Fifty years later, Brook considers it his duty to fulfill his former crew's promise. After the timeskip, it is revealed that he can separate his spirit to move individually of his body similar to Perona (at the time being it is unknown if Brook's body can move or not in this state).ONE PIECE OPENING VIDEO
BEST EPISODE : THE DEATH OF PORTGAS D. ACE
Portgaz D. Ace , also called "Fire Fist" Ace , is the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and Luffy's older brother.Though it is implied at first that he is the son of Monkey D. Dragon,he is actually the son of Gol D. Roger and Portgaz D. Rouge .Having eaten the Logia-type Flame-Flame Fruit, Ace is capable of manipulating, creating and transforming into fire.In his childhood, he also unleashes Haoshuku Haki on the Bluejam Pirates.Eventually, Ace sacrifices himself by shielding Luffy from Akainu's magma attack, and dies. He is voiced by Toshio Furukawa.In the 4Kids English adaptation, his names are changed to Portgaz D. Trace and Trace "Heat Fist", and he is voiced by Frank Frankson.In the Funimation English adaptation, his name is spelled Portgas D. Ace, and his voice is supplied by Travis Willingham.
ONE PIECE (STRONG WORLD): OFFICIAL TRAILER
One Piece Film: Strong World is the 10th One Piece film of the series. It was written by manga creator Eiichiro Oda himself and is canonical.It was directed by Munehisa Sakai.
News of the movie first appeared during a showing of the Episode of Chopper Plus, during which a teaser for the tenth movie was revealed. The movie was originally meant for a spring release in 2009, but complications with the script pushed the release date back. Eventually, the movie premiered on December 12, 2009. On July 28, 2012, FUNimation announced that they had acquired the license to One Piece Film: Strong World, but no release date has been revealed yet.
As stated, the film is an original story written by Eiichiro Oda himself in honor of One Piece's Tenth Anniversary. In previous films, Oda only supplied character designs and approved story ideas. For One Piece Film: Strong World, Toei personally asked if he would write the script. The movie is set between the Thriller Bark Arc and the Sabaody Archipelago Arc, as Brook is shown alongside the other Straw Hat Pirates (making this his first movie appearance), and Sengoku and Garp are still in their positions in the Marines.
As a promotion for the movie, the first 1.5 million Japanese moviegoers who went to see One Piece Film: Strong World received Volume 0 of the manga. The "0th Volume" bonus gift depicts the world of One Piece 20 years ago, and is directly linked to the movie — in particular, it depicts the war between the "Pirate King" Gol D. Roger and the legendary pirate "Golden Lion" Shiki.
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