story and art by Eiichiro Oda
- Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (July 23, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1569319014
- ISBN-13: 978-1569319017
- Review by Kendall L.
- *This story is a manga book that's rated "T" for teens.
Monkey D. Luffy is a little boy in the beginning of the book who inspires to be a great pirate one day. His older pirate friend, Captain "Red-Haired" Shanks, saves him from a bunch of mountain bandits and a sea monster and Luffy swears to be just like him one day, or greater. But there's a complication, Luffy doesn't know how to swim (which he was going to learn eventually) and then he accidently eats a devil fruit which gives him a special power but takes away the ability to swim. Despite this setback luffy left his home 10 years later in search of a crew to be the "king of pirates".
But his adventure at sea is cut short when he gets sucked into a huge whirlpool and ends up at a island which he finds other pirates on, and not the good kind. But he eventually gets off that island and travels onto another island, after getting another boat, where the Navy was stationed. Along with the Navy their was a strange vibe to Luffy about the villagers living there that they were scared, and Luffy wanted to find out what. Turns out a infamous swordsman who is also a pirate bounty hunter, named Roronoa Zolo, was being imprisoned there and a evil captain, Captain Morgan, was controlling the village and killing anyone who defied him.
I thought this was a very funny and action-packed book. It's almost like an anime Pirates of the Caribbean (but of course the adventures are different)!!!
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