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Introduction
Some basic info about One Piece
Want a quick into to One Piece? This is the place XD. The following bolded quote was taken from Shonen Jump’s One Piece translations
“Gold Roger, The ‘Pirate King’ had achieved it all. Wealth, Fame, and Power Had all been his. Not Suprisingly, the final words he spoke before they lopped off his head inspired adventurers throughout the world to sail the seas.”
“My Treasure? Why, it’s right where I left it…It’s yours if you can find it…But you’ll have to search the WHOLE WORLD!”
“The World… Is about to witness a GREAT ERA OF PIRACY”
I think the first page of ONE PIECE sets the main goal throughout the whole anime/manga. The goal to find Gold D. Roger’s treasure, One Piece. One Piece starts off by introducing us the main character, Luffy and some brief flashbacks that he has in which he wants to be a pirate. Now that he is grown up he has decided to fulfill that goal. Not only does he want to be a pirate, but he wants to be the new Pirate King and find One Piece. Too bad Luffy lacks some common sense and goes down a whirlpool which he decides, finally, is “not good”. Either way, this is how One Piece begins. One Piece is probably one of the most comedical anime ever, with a very interesting twist in storyline. In an age where there are numerous pirates, luffy sets out on a raft and goes down a whirlpool only to be saved by a ship which hauls him up in a barrel and he pops out thinking about food. Now this world not only is unique as it has its own little world, but that there are special fruits- devil-fruits which bestow powers upon those who eat them depending on which fruit it is. For Luffy, this is the rubber (gumgum) fruit which allows him to stretch. What’s the catch? Well being a pirate, it is very important that one knows how to swim, and anyone who has eaten the gumgum fruit is incable of doing so no matter what the fruit. Luffy finds himself on an adventure, fighting bad guys and getting people for his crew (moreover annoying them until they agree) so he can make his way down the most dangerous route of all The GRANDLINE to find One Piece… And so the adventure begins. Luffy and his weird logic and intense desire for food 24/7, Zoro his teammate who sleeps all the time, Nami the Pirate Theif (ironic), Sanji the cook who also likes to kick people and go after girls, Usopp the coward who runs away, and many other members of Luffy’s crew which make him…suprisingly… A very good and strong pirate. So if you want some serious laughs and a nice storyline that is unique, I recommend One Piece!
The series is published around the globe in many different languages around the world, including Taiwan (Mandarin), Korea (Korean), Singapore (Mandarin), France (French), Spain (Spanish), Brazil (Portuguese), Germany (German), Italy (Italian), Thailand (Thai), Hong Kong (Cantonese), Indonesia (Indonesian), Denmark (Danish), Sweden (Swedish), Mexico (Spanish, and USA (English). It is the top selling manga and anime in Japan. They even have a whole store there dedicated solely to One Piece sparkly eyes
