Luffy wants to become Pirate King, but One Piece has already become king of manga. Eiichiro Oda’s saga celebrates its 25th birthday. The mangaka gives free rein to his passion for piracy in this story that is both epic and full of humor. We therefore follow the adventures of the young Monkey D. Luffy in an imaginary world almost entirely covered with oceans. After accidentally eating a mysterious “devil fruit”, his body becomes elastic but Luffy loses the ability to swim. A chewing-gum talent that will be invaluable to him to face all the dangers on his way. Because Luffy has a quest: to unearth the “One Piece”, legendary treasure hidden by the last pirate king, Gold Roger, before his execution. But he doesn’t just meet enemies along the way; the crew of Vogue Merry Little by little there are colorful characters like the formidable swordsman Roronoa Zoro, the mischievous and pilfering cartographer Nami or the sniper, braggart and liar on the edges, Usopp.
The adventures of the Straw Hat Pirate have won over an incredible number of readers. “Never, or almost, a shonen [manga généralement d’aventure, plutôt orienté vers un public d’adolescents de genre masculin] had never known such longevity and such success. The first chapter of One Piece was published in 1997 by Shueisha. Since then, the weekly [Shonen Jump] a