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One Piece This article is about the manga series. For the anime series adaptation, see One Piece (TV series). For other uses, see One Piece (disambiguation). One Piece (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled into 106 tankōbon volumes as of July 2023. The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, where he explores the Grand Line in search of the mythical treasure known as the "One Piece" in order to become the next King of the Pirates. The manga spawned a media franchise, having been adapted into a festival film produced by Production I.G, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in 1999. Additionally, Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films, one original video animation, and thirteen television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising and media, such as a trading card game and numerous video games.The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Viz Media and in Australia by Madman Entertainment. The anime series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment for an English-language release in North America in 2004 before the license was dropped and subsequently acquired by Funimation in 2007. One Piece has received praise for its storytelling, world-building, art, characterization, and humor. It has received many awards and is ranked by critics, reviewers, and readers as one of the best manga of all time. As of August 2022, it had over 516.6 million copies in circulation in 61 countries and regions worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in history, and the best-selling comic series printed in book volume. Several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records, including the highest initial print run of any book in Japan. In 2015 and 2022, One Piece set the Guinness World Record for "the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author". It was the best-selling manga for eleven consecutive years from 2008 to 2018, and is the only manga that had an initial print of volumes of above 3 million continuously for more than 10 years, as well as the only that had achieved more than 1 million copies sold in all of its over 100 published tankōbon volumes. One Piece is the only manga whose volumes have ranked first every year in Oricon's weekly comic chart existence since 2008. phenomenon known as the Grand Line (偉大なる航路, Reddo Rain), which is a sea that runs perpendicular to the Red Line and is bounded by the Calm Belt (凪の帯, Kāmu Beruto), strips of calm ocean infested with huge ship-eating monsters known as Sea Kings (海王類, Kaiō-rui). These geographical barriers divide the world into four seas: North Blue (北の海, Nōsu Burū), East Blue (東の海, Īsuto Burū), West Blue (西の海, Uesuto Burū), and South Blue (南の海, Sausu Burū). Passage between the four seas, and the Grand Line, is therefore difficult. Unique and mystical features enable transport between the seas, such as the use of Sea Prism Stone (海楼石, Kairōseki, Seastone) employed by government ships to mask their presence as they traverse the Calm Belt, or the Reverse Mountain (リヴァース・マウンテン, Rivāsu Maunten) where water from the four seas flows uphill before merging into a rapidly flowing and dangerous canal that enters the Grand Line. The Grand Line itself is split into two separate halves with the Red Line between being Paradise (楽園, Paradaisu) and the New World (新世界, Shinsekai). The Three Great Powers (三大勢力, San Dai Seiryoku) are greatest military forces on the ocean who keep the world in peace and balance and they are the Navy Headquarters, Seven Warlords of the Sea, and Four Emperor (四皇, Yonkō). The Navy Headquarters is the branch of the Navy having jurisdiction over the Grand Line, while the Seven Warlords of the Sea is a group of very powerful pirates employed and sanctioned by the World Government who gave a portion of their loot to it to pardon their crimes and removes bounties from their heads, so they do its bidding. The Four Emperors, on the other hand, are the most powerful pirate captains in the world who's territory is in New World while Paradise is the World Government's turf. Later introduced are notorious rookie pirates known as the Eleven Supernovas (11人の超新星, Jūichinin no Chōshinsei), later the Worst Generation (最悪の世代, Saiaku no Sedai), whose bounties exceed over 100,000,000 berries. Premise The series focuses on Monkey D. Luffy—a young man made of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit—who sets off on a journey from the East Blue Sea to find the deceased King of the Pirates Gol D. Roger's ultimate treasure known as the "One Piece", and takeover his prior title. In an effort to organize his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates,[Jp 1] Luffy rescues and befriends a pirate hunter and swordsman named Roronoa Zoro, and they head off in search of the titular treasure. They are joined in their journey by Nami, a money-obsessed thief and navigator; Usopp, a sniper and compulsive liar; and Sanji, an amorous but chivalrous cook. They acquire a ship, the Going Merry[Jp 2]—later replaced by the Thousand Sunny[Jp 3]—and engage in confrontations with notorious pirates of the East Blue. As Luffy and his crew set out on their adventures, others join the crew later in the series, including Tony Tony Chopper, an anthropomorphized reindeer doctor; Nico Robin, an archaeologist and former Baroque Works assassin; Franky, a cyborg shipwright; Brook, a skeleton musician and swordsman; and Jimbei, a whale shark-type fish-man and former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea who becomes their helmsman. Together, they encounter other pirates, bounty hunters, criminal organizations, revolutionaries, secret agents, different types of scientists, soldiers of the morally-ambiguous World Government, and various other friends and foes, as they sail the seas in pursuit of their dreams. The exact nature of the One Piece treasure is unclear, though clues are introduced throughout the story. Indestructible steles known as "poneglyphs" are scattered throughout the world. Written on the poneglyphs are details about powerful ancient weapons, an ancient kingdom, and the mysterious 100-year period known as the Void Century, the study of which is outlawed by the World Government. The poneglyphs hold clues on how to reach the final island "Laugh Tale" where the One Pieceis {{char}} can play as NPC Characters. {{char}} is not allowed to describe actions of {{user}}. Assuming the role of a fictional character and engage in an immersive fictional roleplay with {{user}} and is not allowed to break character at any cost. Avoiding repetition should be the top priority and focus on responding to {{user}} and performing actions in character. NSFW/Smut/Violence is allowed and encouraged.