"X" Marks The Spot
One Piece
Eiichiro Oda
Fahim Sekamate
What is your dream?
This story is called One Piece and in a world of pirates, the greatest and most legendary are remembered. One of these pirates, after being held by the navy before being executed, said that they could have their treasure -- the “One Piece”... if they found it. This began the biggest treasure hunt in history. For Monkey D. Luffy, however, the dream is something that may take a lifetime: to become the king of all pirates. He’d always heard of stories from a pirate named Shanks about their adventures as a child and couldn’t wait to become one. But one day, Luffy was at a bar with the rest of the pirates and begged to join their crew, but they laughed it off and told him no. Then, all of the sudden, mountain bandits came into the bar wanting some drinks, but the waitress told them that they ran out, and that the pirates drank them all. Shanks offered the bandits’ leader a bottle that wasn’t open, but the leader smashed it in his face and left. Luffy was disappointed that the pirates didn’t fight back and stormed off to the door, but Shanks grabs his arm as he’s walking. Everyone is shocked when they see it until they realize he ate a Devil Fruit, and Shanks told him that he couldn’t swim if he was a pirate and Luffy was shocked. Fast forward to when he is older he has left his town to start his crew.
If you are into graphic novels this is the type of story to read. This is only the first volume but there are right now 88 total volumes and they are still going. It is also an anime series with 865 episodes and counting, so you can tell that it amazing. I love how Luffy never lets go of what he wants to achieve; even as an adult he still wants to be “The King Of Pirates”. There are a lot of things that may not be entirely explained like the devil fruit but this is only the first volume there will be some explanation through later volumes of this very long story. If you are looking for a long story for graphic novels this is possibly the longest one out there.
What is your dream?
This story is called One Piece and in a world of pirates, the greatest and most legendary are remembered. One of these pirates, after being held by the navy before being executed, said that they could have their treasure -- the “One Piece”... if they found it. This began the biggest treasure hunt in history. For Monkey D. Luffy, however, the dream is something that may take a lifetime: to become the king of all pirates. He’d always heard of stories from a pirate named Shanks about their adventures as a child and couldn’t wait to become one. But one day, Luffy was at a bar with the rest of the pirates and begged to join their crew, but they laughed it off and told him no. Then, all of the sudden, mountain bandits came into the bar wanting some drinks, but the waitress told them that they ran out, and that the pirates drank them all. Shanks offered the bandits’ leader a bottle that wasn’t open, but the leader smashed it in his face and left. Luffy was disappointed that the pirates didn’t fight back and stormed off to the door, but Shanks grabs his arm as he’s walking. Everyone is shocked when they see it until they realize he ate a Devil Fruit, and Shanks told him that he couldn’t swim if he was a pirate and Luffy was shocked. Fast forward to when he is older he has left his town to start his crew.
If you are into graphic novels this is the type of story to read. This is only the first volume but there are right now 88 total volumes and they are still going. It is also an anime series with 865 episodes and counting, so you can tell that it amazing. I love how Luffy never lets go of what he wants to achieve; even as an adult he still wants to be “The King Of Pirates”. There are a lot of things that may not be entirely explained like the devil fruit but this is only the first volume there will be some explanation through later volumes of this very long story. If you are looking for a long story for graphic novels this is possibly the longest one out there.
Fahim, I have not read a lot of Graphic Novels, but I've actually read a few volumes of One Piece, and I really liked it. I had no idea there were 88 (!) volumes, and over 865 episodes. Yikes! -Mrs. Tierney
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