Prologue ONE PIECE 序章
Prologue

A boy from a small village in the East Blue promised a pirate he'd return his straw hat one day, as a great pirate himself. He set out to sea alone, with nothing but that hat and a dream.

麦わら

More than a hat. A promise.

麦わら

Scroll

Every fight raised the price on his head.

WANTED

Luffy on his first wanted poster

DEAD OR ALIVE

MONKEY・D・LUFFY

B0-

MARINE

First bounty, after Arlong Park

WANTED

Luffy in Gear 5 on his latest wanted poster

DEAD OR ALIVE

MONKEY・D・LUFFY

B30,000,000-

MARINE

Emperor of the Sea, after Wano
  1. 30MArlong Park
  2. 100MAlabasta
  3. 300MEnies Lobby
  4. 400MMarineford
  5. 500MDressrosa
  6. 1.5BWhole Cake Island
  7. 3BWano
Luffy tipping his straw hat
Luffy holding his hat against a red sky

海賊王

King of the Pirates

Luffy has never wanted to rule anyone. To him, the King of the Pirates is simply the freest person on the sea, and that's the only title he's after.

“…and become King of the Pirates.”
Luffy seen from behind, raising a flaming fist
Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk

麦わら帽子

The hat

Shanks put it on his head at the docks of Foosha Village and made him promise to give it back once he'd become a great pirate.

A boy who laughed at everything
Never far from his hand

ゴムゴムの実

The fruit

The Gomu Gomu no Mi turned his body to rubber and took away his ability to swim. He went to sea anyway.

Luffy's silhouette under his straw hat

航海

Every island
remembers him.

From the East Blue to Wano, in pictures.

The Straw Hat crew watching the sunset
Ships riding enormous waves

麦わらの一味

Nine he wouldn't leave behind

Luffy doesn't recruit people so much as refuse to sail without them. Every one of them joined after he fought for their dream as hard as his own.

The Jolly Rogers of every Straw Hat, stacked

In the order they joined

  1. ZoroSwordsman
  2. NamiNavigator
  3. UsoppSniper
  4. SanjiCook
  5. ChopperDoctor
  6. RobinArchaeologist
  7. FrankyShipwright
  8. BrookMusician
  9. JinbeHelmsman
Poster of the nine Straw Hats under the words One Piece and Nakama
Nakama
The sea between every island
Roronoa Zoro, the first to join

剣士

The first promise

Zoro joined to become the world's greatest swordsman. Luffy said a future King of the Pirates should have nothing less.

Wherever the Log Pose points
Luffy in his red coat among embers
Luffy's face torn between ink and red

鬼ヶ島

Onigashima

On the island of demons, five fighters reached the roof of the skull. Two Emperors were waiting for them there.

Luffy, Zoro, Law, Kid and Killer on the roof of the skull
Kaido of the Beasts
Between two Emperors

覇王色の覇気

Conqueror's Haki

Only a few people in a generation are born with it: the will to overpower others by presence alone. On that rooftop, Luffy learned to wrap it around his fists.

Big Mom

鬼ヶ島He fell.

解放のドラムThen the drums began.

笑いAnd he laughed.

GEAR 5

Luffy in Gear 5, laughing under the moon
Gear 5 Luffy grinning mid-stride

解放のドラム

The drums of liberation

His heartbeat began to sound like drums. Then he started laughing, and the fight turned into something no one had seen in eight hundred years.

Zunesha hears the drums

ギア5

Gear 5

His fruit had a hidden name all along: Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika. The Sun God, a warrior who sets people free and leaves them laughing.

Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika
Nika, the warrior of liberation
The Sun God against the dragon

ジョイボーイが帰ってきた

Joy Boy has returned.

The One Piece is
still out there.

To be continued