One Piece

Volume 1: Romance Dawn – The Adventure Begins

Captain M’s Rewrite

 

Version 1.0 (Original release)

Version 1.01 (Fixed minor typos)

 

Mission Statement and Introduction

This is not a new translation of One Piece. It’s best to think of it as a composite and rewrite of previous translations, building on the foundation laid by previous English versions of the manga and commentary on them from Japanese-speaking members of the community, rather than doing the whole thing from scratch. I’m not a translator, but I am a writer, standing on the shoulders of giants.

The need for a project like this stems from several issues.

To date, no fan or fan group has ever produced a complete, start to finish, One Piece scanlation. The result of this is that a scanlation readthrough of the series can be wildly inconsistent as the reader stumbles between the work of different groups. With no uniting style guide, the tone of the series can vary wildly, and the names of characters, attacks and key locations and concepts can suddenly change, causing confusion and frustration. Fanmade versions can be prone to mistakes and misinterpretations of the original Japanese, some of the older ones even translating from Chinese scanlations instead of the original Japanese. They also tend to use lower quality scans of physical magazines and books, rather than official digital releases, may leave out volume extras, and will often not translate sound effects.

Conversely, the official English release has been worked on by a number of different translators, but they’ve been overseen by an editorial department that enforces a style guide and consistent use of established names. It’s a smoother reading experience, but it has problems of its own. Consistency means that the official release can be constrained to choices made more than twenty years ago or more, even if newer information shows a better way to handle things. It has also settled on a tone that doesn’t quite reflect that of the original Japanese writing and is occasionally softened in adaptation to maintain wider marketability. The early volumes of the official release were made in a very different time for anime and manga translation, and have enormous problems with tone, style and sound effect redraws.

Both official and unofficial English translations have struggled with foreshadowing, character voice and fitting reoccurring phrases into every context they appear in, as most of them are written week to week and haven’t been revised since a given chapter was released. Some lines that were ambiguous in the original Japanese only show their most accurate meaning with the benefit of hindsight.

This brings us to the goal of this release. It aims to create an English version of the One Piece manga with a consistent and singular authorial voice, with a tone that captures the intended reading experience of the original text, with consistent names and terminology through the whole series, and with as much foreshadowing as possible accurately conveyed using the benefit of hindsight.

These goals and the ways they’re pursued are subject to my own personal interpretation of the story, characters and intended reading experience.

For legal reasons, this work should be considered a creative writing exercise, the equivalent of fanfic. I do not encourage or endorse scanlations being made based on my work and have no intent of releasing such a thing personally.

 

Reading Guide

This project groups pages in pairs, whether or not they form a two-page spread, reading as you might see them holding a physical book open. This two-page view is also the default mode for most Japanese ebook sites. The intent was the ability to use this text as a script and follow along the with the manga.

However, as that would be incredibly inconvenient compared to putting up with the shortcomings of the existing official releases and scanlations, I realised it was unlikely anyone would ever actually do it.

Instead, I’ve added additional stage direction for settings, staging, actions and scene changes to make this document more intelligible as a standalone read. Sometimes this creates double ups with the manga’s actual narration, but this feels more acceptable to me than inserting the stage direction inconsistently or not having it at all.

The line order in the script generally prioritises dialogue over sound effects. If the first text the eye falls to is a speech bubble, usually all dialogue will play out before the sounds, unless Oda makes it extremely obvious the sounds go within the flow of the conversation. Sometimes the reading order of speech bubbles and sounds can be ambiguous, so I’ve just followed my own judgement.

I’ve tried to keep the character names for the script’s dialogue attributions as accurate as possible, using characters’ names before they’re revealed and drawing official names from databooks and other secondary sources, even when they don’t appear in the actual manga. If a translation note needs to exist for a name, it will be saved for the character’s first in-story introduction.

Text in bold italics represents both words emphasised by the speaker in dialogue, and highlights important terms and concepts at their introduction for the sake of the reader. I trust you to figure out which emphasis is being used based on context.

Text that is just italicised was written outside of the regular typefaces of the original manga. This will mostly be sound effects.

(Lines in brackets are a character’s thoughts and inner monologue. No one else can hear these. They are often indicated by text either not constrained by speech bubbles, or given unique bubbles.)

Lines in faded grey represent words and sounds being remembered or echoed, rather than spoken by someone actually in the scene.

Text with an underline represents laughter. Many characters in One Piece laugh using unique sounds that don’t immediately scan as laughter to an unsuspecting reader. To make sure that strange laughs aren’t mistaken for unfamiliar or foreign words, I’m distinguishing all laughter with an underline.

Line breaks in dialogue without a new speaker being tagged infer a move between consecutive speech bubbles. However, some narration boxes, particularly the ones used to introduce characters, have line breaks built into their formatting to separate names from titles and epithets. There’s no easy way to distinguish these in script form, but I think the difference should be obvious enough if following along with raw manga pages.

While I’ve taken pains to ensure this version of the story is legible without footnotes, making sure terminology is rendered either in plain English or, if left in Japanese, contextualised strongly enough that an average reader should have no trouble following it, many readers also appreciate getting behind the scenes details and insight into translation choices, so footnotes regarding tricky names and lines are included.

 

Covers and Frontpages

One Piece vol. 1: Romance Dawn – The Adventure Begins

Written and drawn by Eiichiro Oda

 

 

Blurb[1]: It’s the Great Pirate Era! A generation has taken to the seas to search for the great treasure, the One Piece, left behind by the legendary pirate Gold Roger.

Luffy, a boy who dreams of piracy, embarks on a great journey to become the Pirate King!!

 

Author Intro: I tried to gather a ton of reference material to do this pirate story, but all the pirates I loved so much as a kid hardly ever wrote down their history. I guess they were just too busy having fun with their own adventures to leave stories for future generations. That’s just what pirates are like.

 

 

Table of Contents

Contents: Chapter 1: Romance Dawn – The Adventure Begins – 5
Chapter 2: The Man Called “Straw Hat” Luffy – 59
Chapter 3: Introducing “Pirate Hunter” Zoro – 83
Chapter 4: Marine Captain “Axe Hand” Morgan – 105
Chapter 5: The Pirate King and the Greatest Swordsman – 125
Chapter 6: First – 145
Chapter 7: Friends – 168
Chapter 8: Introducing Nami – 189

 

 

 

Chapter 1, page 1

Title: Chapter 1: Romance Dawn – The Adventure Begins[2]

Narration: Wealth. Fame. Power.
There once was a man who achieved all the world had to offer.
They called him “Pirate King” Gold Roger.
His dying words inspired the world’s people to take to the seas.

Roger: My treasure? If you want it, go and take it…
Heh…
You just have to find it. I left everything in the world in one place.[3]

Narration: The world…

SFX: Rooooaar!
Slice!!

Narration: …was thrust into the Great Pirate Era.

 

Chapter 1, page 2 – 3

Title: Chapter 1: Romance Dawn – The Adventure Begins

 

Chapter 1, page 4 – 5

Narration: There was a small village on the east sea…
…that had spent the past year…
…harbouring a pirate ship.
An east wind blew…

SFX: Flap!

Shanks: Luffy! What’re you doing now?

Luffy: Hmph!

Narration: …and all was at peace.

Luffy: Now I’ve had it!! You guys can’t treat me like a little kid anymore!!
I’ll show all of you!!!

SFX: Grr!

Narration: Local child
Monkey D. Luffy[4]

SFX: Don!![5]

Shanks: Dahaha! Show us then!
Get it over with!

Pirate: What’s the kid up to this time?

SFX: Stab!!

Luffy: Hng!!

Crew: !?
What the…

Luffy: Owww!!!

Crew: Freaking kid! What’s wrong with you?!!

Luffy: It huuuuurts!

SFX: Aaaargh!

 

Chapter 1, page 6 – 7

Shanks: Cheers boys!!
A toast to Luffy’s guts…
…and our great voyage!!

Crew: Gahahahahaha! Everyone drink!
Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer![6] We can’t get enough!!
Hey arsehole, that was my drumstick!!
It’s mine now! I licked it!
You guys cut that shit out. Go have another drink!!

SFX: Gahahahaha!

Luffy: Nope, didn’t hurt one bit!

Shanks: Liar!! What the hell were you thinking?!!

Luffy: Now you know I’m not scared of getting hurt!! Take me with you next voyage!!
Let me be a pirate too!!!!

Shanks: Little brats don’t get to be pirates!!
Especially when they’re human cannonballs like you!!

SFX: Dahahahaha!

Narration: Pirate captain
“Red-haired” Shanks

SFX: Don!

Luffy: Who cares if I’m a cannonball? I just won’t fall overboard!!
And I’m a really tough fighter now too!
Check out my training!
I got a punch as strong as a pistol shot!!!

SFX: Don!

Chapter 1, page 8 – 9

Shanks: A pistol shot?
You’re shooting blanks, kid.

Luffy: At least act impressed!!!

Crew: Hey Luffy! Don’t get so down about your life!

Yasopp: Just have some fun with us!

Roux: Yeah!! The pirates’ life is the best!

Crew: It takes you all over the sea!! To all kinds of islands!
It’s the freest life there is!!

SFX: Wow!

Shanks: Guys, ease up on the bullshit.

Roux: But it’s the truth!

Yasopp: Yeah!

Crew: Aw, c’mon captain!
Cut the kid a break, just once.
Yeah, why the hell not?

Luffy: Uhuh, uhuh!

Shanks: Fine, but someone’s staying here to make space.

Roux: How’s about another round then?!

SFX: Gahahaha!

Luffy: I thought you were on my side!!

Shanks: Truth is, you’re just way too young.
Give it another ten years and maybe I’ll think about it.

Luffy: That’s not fair, Shanks! Stop it!!
I’m not a kid anymore!!

Shanks: Woah, take it easy, buddy. Here, have some juice.

Luffy: Wow! Thanks!

SFX: Glug glug!

Shanks: Look at this kid, drinking his juice!!

SFX: Dahahaha!

Luffy: No fair!!

SFX: Grr!

 

 

Chapter 1, page 10 – 11

Luffy: I’m over this!!
Whose face do I have to stab to get on a ship?!!

Beckman: Luffy.
Try to understand where the captain’s coming from.

Luffy: First Mate! Where is he coming from then?

Beckman: You see… the captain is responsible for the whole crew, no matter how big it is.
He knows how fun the pirates’ life is…
…but he also knows better than anyone how dangerous it can be.

Luffy: ?

Beckman: Get it?
He wouldn’t say something like that…
…just to crush your pirating dreams.

Luffy: No I don’t get it!!
Shanks is just out to make fun of me!

Shanks: Cannonball.
Hee hee!

Luffy: Like that!!!

Makino: You sure seem to be enjoying yourself, Captain.

Shanks: Taking the piss outta this kid’s the best fun I know.

Beckman: Don’t have too much fun.

Makino: Get you something to eat, Luffy?

Narration: Tavern owner
Makino

SFX: Don!!

Luffy: Yeah! You can put it on my treasure tab!

Shanks: Oh no, his treasure tab! I think you’re trying to rob the lady.

Luffy: No way!! When I’m a real pirate…
…I’ll find a ton of treasure and come back to pay it off!!

SFX: Clonk!

Makino: Hahaha! I’ll look forward to it!
Haha!

Luffy: Shishishishi!

 

Chapter 1, page 12 – 13

Luffy: Hey, Shanks?

Shanks: Hey yourself.

SFX: Munch munch
Chomp chomp

Luffy: How long are you gonna stay here?

Shanks: Ah, let me think.
We’ve been using this port for more than a year now.
I think we’ll make another two or three voyages…
…then leave for good and sail north.

SFX: Clink!
Rip!

Luffy: Hmm.
Another two or three…

SFX: Murmur

Makino: …

Luffy: I’ll learn to swim by then!

Shanks: Dream big, kid!
Good luck with that.

SFX: Crash!!

Crew: !

SFX: Clunk clunk!!

Higuma: Sorry ‘bout that.
Oh ho ho, there’s pirates hiding here.
Never seen any myself. You look like a bunch of pussies.

Luffy: ?

Makino: …!

SFX: Tmp…

 

Chapter 1, page 14 – 15

Higuma: We’re mountain bandits.
Nah, don’t piss yourselves, we’re not here to break shit. In fact, we’re in the market. You can sell us ten barrels of your finest booze.

Narration: Bandit leader
Higuma[7]

SFX: Don!

Markino: I’m very sorry, sir.
We’re completely sold out at the minute.

Higuma: Really?
Weird way to run a bar. Wonder what all these pirates are drinking then.
Is it water?

Makino: No, but…
…it really was the last of my stock.

Shanks: Real sorry for the trouble, mate.
Looks like we drank the place dry.
Our bad, really!
Why don’t you have the last bottle?
It’s not even opened.

Higuma: …

Crew: !

SFX: Crack!
Cling!!

Crew: ?!!

 

 

Chapter 1, page 16 – 17

Higuma: You don’t know who the hell you’re talking to.
Don’t get smart, boy…
One bottle ain’t worth the time.

SFX: Drip drip

Shanks: Oh no.
That just went everywhere.

Higuma: Look here.

SFX: Flap!

Higuma: I’m a very wanted man.
There’s a bounty of eight million berries[8] on my head.
I’ve killed 56 people.
All of them your kinda smart mouth punk.
Keep that in mind… unless you want things to get grizzly.
Lucky for you the mountains are so far from the sea.

SFX: Clink

Shanks: Sorry, Makino, we made a mess again.
Do you have a rag?

Makino: Oh… don’t worry.
I’ll get that.

Higuma: …

SFX: Shhk…

Shanks: !

SFX: Kersmash!

Crew: !!!

Higuma: Seeing as you like cleaning…
…there’s something to keep you busy!!
Bah.

 

 

Chapter 1, page 18 – 19

Higuma: Smell you later.
Cowards.
No point staying in a dry town.
Let’s hit the next one.

Makino: Are you okay, Captain?!
Were you cut anywhere?

Shanks All good, I’m fine.
Pfft!!

Roux: Dahahaha! Come on, Captain!!

Crew: He got you real good!!

SFX: Gahahaha!

Shanks: Hahahaha!!

Luffy: That wasn’t funny!!!

Shanks: Huh?

Luffy: That was totally pathetic! You should’ve got him back!!!
Who cares if they look strong or scary!! Real men don’t just let people do that to them!!! You’re no pirate!!!

Shanks: …
Hey, I get how that must have looked.
But all he did was spill a little drink on me. Nothing to get hurt over, right?
Luffy, wait…

Luffy: Forget it!! I’m not staying with you weaklings!!

SFX: Grab
Stomp stomp

 

Chapter 1, page 20 – 21

Crew: ??!!

SFX: Streeeeeetch!
Splurt!!

Luffy: Huh?

Crew: What the…?!!

Shanks: His arm stretched!!!
That’s not…!!

Crew: He didn’t…
!!

Luffy: What’s wrong with me?!!!

SFX: Aaaaaaaargh!

Roux: It’s gone!!

Crew: What?!

Roux: The Gum Gum Fruit[9] we stole from that enemy ship is gone!!!!
Luffy, you better not’ve eaten this fruit!!

Luffy: !
I had it for dessert!!
It tasted real bad though…

Shanks: Listen to me!!
That was a Devil Fruit,[10] a great treasure of the sea!!!

Luffy: !

Shanks: It’s turned your whole body into rubber!!! And you’ll never be able to swim ever again!!!!

Luffy: What!!! No fair!!!

Shanks: You idiot!!!

SFX: Aaaaaargh!

SFX: Moo!
Tmp tmp tmp

Narration: Fishmonger.

SFX: Grin!

Luffy: Hey Mr Fish Shop Man!!
Gimme a fish!

SFX: Don!

 

Chapter 1, page 22 – 23

Gyoru: Mornin’ Luffy. Didn’t expect you to look so upbeat, considerin’…
The pirates left you behind again, didn’t they?
And you also lost your ability to swim forever.

Luffy: Who cares! If I’m a cannonball for good I’ll just be a pirate that never falls overboard!

Luffy: It’s really cool that the Gum Gum Fruit turned me into a rubberman!
Now my smile’s wilder than ever!! Check it out!!

SFX: Boing boing!

Whoop Slap: That’s nothing to be proud of!! All your rubber body does is get you laughed at.
That doesn’t do society any good!!

Luffy: Mayor!

SFX: Don!

Whoop Slap: Don’t make me say it again, Luffy. You’ll never be a pirate under my watch!!
It’d disgrace the whole village!!
The captain might be alright, but I don’t want you hanging around those types anymore!!

SFX: Huff huff huff huff

Makino: The captain’s been gone a whole now.
Aren’t you getting lonely, Luffy?

Luffy: Not for him! Not after that bandit!
He really let me down!
I thought pirates were meant to be cool…
…but I guess not.

SFX: Tap tap

Makino: I’m not so sure.
I think sometimes it’s cooler if you can smile instead of fighting.

Luffy: You just don’t get it, Makino.
If you’re a man sometimes you gotta fight!!

Makino: That so? I guess I don’t get it then!

Luffy: You sure don’t.

Higuma: ‘scuse me.

Makino: ?

 

Chapter 1, page 24 – 25

Luffy: !!
Ugh…

Higuma: Well look, there’s no pirates today. Ain’t it quiet…?
Me and the boys were passing through and thought we’d stop in.

SFX: Dodon!![11]

Higuma: Don’t just stand there.
You got customers!!

Makino: !

SFX: Fwump…
Smack!

Higuma: Get serving!!!

Makino: Mayor!! Help!!

Whoop Slap: !

SFX: Slam!!

Whoop Slap: What’s wrong, Makino?
Try to calm down.

Makino: But it’s Luffy…
…and those bandits!!!

Bandits: This kid’s got a weird-arse body.
For sure. Punching and kicking him’s not doing a thing.

Luffy: …!!

Villagers: Someone’s gotta help Luffy!!
But… the bandits’ll kill us!!
Besides, Luffy’s the one that started the fight!!

 

Chapter 1, page 26 – 27

Luffy: Dammit!!!
Say you’re sorry!!!
Bastard!!!

SFX: Wsh!!

Higuma: A boy made of rubber, huh…?
There’s a lotta freaky creatures in this world!!

SFX: Fling!!

Luffy: !

SFX: Thu-thud!!

Luffy: Oof…!!
I hate you!!!

Higuma: If I really discovered a new species…

Luffy: You’re gonna pay!!!

Higuma: …I can sell it off to a circus.
I bet it’s worth a shitton.

Luffy: Yaaaah!!

SFX: Roar!!

Higuma: Oh, give it up already…!!
Little shit.

Luffy: !

SFX: Stomp!!

Luffy: !!!

Higuma: Me and the boys were just trying to have a peaceful drink.
We didn’t do nothing to hurt your feelings.

Luffy: …!! Yes you did!!!
Damn you!! You’ll be sorry!!!

 

Chapter 1, page 28 – 29

Villagers: Luffy, you idiot.
No one’s bailing you out of this one!!

Luffy: Get offa me!!
Stupid bandits!!

Whoop Slap: Let the child go!!
I beg you!!

Higuma: !

Whoop Slap: I don’t know what Luffy did…
…but we have no intention of fighting you.
If you want our money you can have it!!
Just spare the boy’s life!!

SFX: Bow

Luffy: !
Mayor…

Higuma: Well now, old man.
You sure know how the world works.
But it’s too late for that!!
The little shit has to pay.
He pissed me off and I can’t just let that go!!
I’m too big to sit there and take it…
…when some little rubber brat tries to tell me off!!

SFX: Stomp!!! Stomp!!

Luffy: …
But you started it!!!
Big dumb ape!!!

Higuma: If you’re gonna be like that, I won’t sell you off…
…I’ll just kill you here and now.

SFX: Shhhhhkk…

Luffy: !

Makino: Luffy!!

Whoop Slap: Please!! Forget about him!!

Shanks: No one came to welcome us at the port.
I had a feeling something was up…

Crowd: !

 

Chapter 1, page 30 – 31

Shanks: Oh hey, it’s the bandits again.

Makino: Captain!!

SFX: Don!

Shanks: Luffy! Didn’t you have a punch as strong as a pistol shot?

Luffy: …!!
…!! Shut up!!

Higuma: So you can still stand showing your face here, pirate?
Or do you have more cleaning up to do?
It doesn’t matter what you’re here for, you should run before you get hurt.
One step closer and we’ll shoot you fulla lead, coward.

Luffy: …

Bandit: Are you deaf?! He said stop moving.
It’s like you want your head blown off! Hahaha!!

SFX: Click…
Fsh…

Bandits: Hahahaha!!

Shanks: If you’re drawing your pistol…
…you’d better be ready to risk your life.

Bandit: Huh?! The hell’s that mean?

Shanks: I said don’t wave this thing around lightly…

Bandit: !

SFX: Blam!![12]

 

Chapter 1, page 32 – 33

Crowd: !!!
Wha…!!

SFX: Thud!!

Crowd: …

Luffy: …!

Bandits: You… you bastards killed him!
Damn it…
These arseholes are fighting dirty!!!

Beckman: Dirty?
Don’t make me laugh.
You’re not fighting saints here.

Shanks: Your enemies…
…are pirates.

Bandit: Shut up!! This’s got nothing to do with you!

Shanks: Listen, bandits…
I don’t care if you pour drinks on me or throw food at my head.
Even if you spit on me I can usually laugh it off.
…but!!
I don’t care what reason you have!!
I’ll never forgive anyone who hurts my friends!!!!

 

Chapter 1, page 34 – 35

Luffy: Shanks…

Higuma: Hahahaha!
You won’t forgive me?!
You’re a bunch of stupid pirates who waste their time floating around all day!
You can’t stand up to real mountain bandits!!!
Boys, kill ‘em all!!!

Bandits: Yeah!!
Go to hell!!

SFX: Raaaaaah!

Beckman: Leave this to me.
…all of them.

Bandit: !

SFX: Hisssss!!

Bandit: Yeeeeow! It burns!!!

SFX: Whup!

Bandits: Yaaaah!!!

SFX: Whackwhackwhack!

 

Chapter 1, page 36 – 37

SFX: Kerchack…
Fsh

Beckman: You bandits are too full of yourselves!!
If you want to fight with us…
…next time bring a battleship.

Higuma: …!!

Luffy: …so strong…

Makino: Amazing…

Higuma: …Hold on!!
Just wait a minute… it was the little shit who started it!

Shanks: Come on, who’d believe that from a man with your kind of bounty?

Higuma: …

Higuma: Dammit!

SFX: Poof!!

Crew: ?!

Higuma: Smoke bomb!!!
C’mere, kid!!

Luffy: Aaah!! No!! Lemmego, lemmego!!!

Shanks: Luffy!!
Oh no! Oh no! I screwed up!! He got Luffy!! And he got away!! What do we do now?!!

Roux: Don’t be stupid, Captain!! Stop panicking!! We’ll split up and track him down quick!!

Beckman: …sigh.
Our captain…

 

Chapter 1, page 38 – 39

Higuma: Hahahaha!!!
It’s the perfect getaway!!
They’d never expect a bandit to escape to the sea!!
Well, I only needed a hostage to get out of the village.
You’re useless now!
Besides, I killed the other 56 who pissed me off. I shouldn’t break the streak.

Luffy: …!!

Luffy: No, you get killed!!
Unf!

SFX: Whiff!

Higuma: So close.
Smell you later…

SFX: Donk!

Luffy: …!!!
No!!
No!!

Higuma: Little shit.

Luffy: I hate him so much…!!
But I couldn’t even get one hit in…!! Damn it!!!
…!!!
…shit!!!

Bandits: Hahahaha!!
Remember the look on their faces?
Got a bottle smashed over him and he didn’t do a thing!!
Pack of absolute cowards!! Hahahaha!!

SFX: Gahahaha!

Higuma: Chickenshit cowards like that one pirate…
…really know how to piss me off.
I shoulda killed him then and there.
Turns out pirates are all talk after all.

Luffy: Shut up!!!

Higuma: What?!

Luffy: You can’t look down on Shanks!!! He’s not a coward!!!

Makino: Stop it, Luffy!!

Luffy: Don’t make fun of Captain Shanks!!!

 

Chapter 1, page 40 – 41

SFX: Sploosh!!

Higuma: Hahahahaha haa ha haa haa!!!

Luffy: Bluh… gasp!!
Glug!

SFX: Splash splash!!

Luffy: ?!!!

LotC: Grrrrrr…

SFX: Wshhhhhh…

Higuma: Huh?
W-what the hell is that…?!!!

Higuma: Aaaaaaaaargh!!!!

SFX: Crunch!!
Chomp chomp!
Glare!!

Luffy: Aaaargh… blub!!!!
Some… summunn… helbp me…!!!

SFX: Splash splash

Luffy: Aaaaaaaargh!

SFX: Roar!!
Snap!!

Luffy: …!! Shanks!

 

Chapter 1, page 42 – 43

SFX: Glare

Shanks: Leave us.

SFX: Flinch
Drip drip
quiver

Luffy: …!! …!!!

SFX: Splash splash
Skree skree
Flop…

Shanks: Thank you, Luffy.
Makino told me everything.

Luffy: Hic…!!
Sob…

Shanks: You stood up for us.
Hey, don’t cry. You fought like a man, right?

Luffy: …but…!!! …!!!
But Shanks…!!! …!!!

SFX: Sniff sniff

Luffy: Your arm!!!

SFX: Don!

 

Chapter 1, page 44 – 45

Shanks: It’s nothing.
Only an arm.
As long as you’re okay.

Luffy: …Wa…!! Waaaa…!!
Waaaaaaaaaah!

SFX: Aaaaaaaaaah!

Narration: Luffy finally understood why Shanks couldn’t take him out to sea.
The dangers were too great…
…and he was not yet strong enough.
But he also understood Shanks’s strength…
…and vowed to someday be like him.

Luffy: You’re really leaving for good?!

Shanks: Yeah.
We’ve used this harbour a little too long. It’s time to keep moving.
I’m gonna miss it.

Luffy: I’m gonna miss all you guys…
But I’m not asking to come with this time!
I’ve decided I’m gonna be a pirate on my own!

Shanks: Good. You weren’t coming anyway!
Nyeh!
You don’t have what it takes to be a pirate!!!

Luffy: Do so!!!
One day I’ll have a crew even better than yours!!
And we’ll find the greatest treasure in the world!!!

 

Chapter 1, page 46 – 47

Luffy: And I’m gonna be King of the Pirates!!![13]

Shanks: Oh yeah…!! You’re aiming even higher than us.
…
Alright then…

Shanks: You can have my hat.
Keep it safe for me.

SFX: Plop…

Luffy: !

Shanks: It’s my favourite.

Luffy: …!!

Shanks: So promise you’ll bring it back…
…after you’ve become a great pirate.

Beckman: That kid’s going places.

Shanks: Yeah.
He talks just like me at that age.
Raise the anchor!!!
Hoist the sails!!! We’re off!!!

SFX: Whoosh

Narration: The young boy’s own adventure…
…would begin from the same spot, ten years later.

 

Chapter 1, page 48 – 49

Narration: Ten years later.

SFX: Don!

Makino: Well, Mayor, he’s finally done it.
I’m really gonna miss him.

Whoop Slap: He’ll disgrace the whole town. A pirate!

Gyoru: I never thought he’d actually make it.

SFX: Coo coo

Luffy: Ahh…
This was a good day to start out.

SFX: Creak… creak…

LotC: Grrrrr…

Luffy: Woah!

SFX: Splash!!

Luffy: It’s the Lord of the Coast!!
I’ve been waiting for this.
Check out what I’ve been working on for ten years!!

SFX: Roar!!

Luffy: Gum Gum…

 

Chapter 1, page 50 – 51

Luffy: …Pistol!!!!

SFX: Thwack!!

 

Chapter 1, page 53 – 54

SFX: Snap…!!
Sploosh!!

Luffy: Eat that, you stupid fish!!

SFX: Smirk

Luffy: Hmm…!!
First up, I gotta find a crew.
Ten people should do it!![14]

SFX: Whup whup

Luffy: And we need our own flag!!
Alright, here I go!!!
I’m gonna be…
… King of the Pirates!!!!

SFX: Don!!

Narration: Luffy’s small vessel sailed on in search of a crew.
It was the beginning of a great adventure!!!

 

Sketch page

Labels: Pirate Captain
First Mate
Young Luffy

Chapter 2, page 1

Luffy: Ah, the weather’s great today!

SFX: Coo coo

Narration: The young man drifted recklessly across the sea, all alone in his small boat. He was searching for companions to join his pirate crew.

Luffy: Things were going so well.
I can’t believe my voyage’s doomed already!!

Narration: Monkey D. Luffy

SFX: Don!

Title: Chapter 2: The Man Called “Straw Hat” Luffy

 

Chapter 2, page 2 – 3

Luffy: That’s the biggest whirlpool I ever saw.
Guess I shoulda stayed further back.

SFX: Don!!
Whirrrrrrr
Oooooh

Luffy: No point yelling for help, there’s no one around.
I can’t think of any way to save my boat…
…and I can’t swim either.

SFX: Whirrrrrrr
Glug glug

Luffy: I’ve got it! It doesn’t actually matter if I can swim or not in a whirlpool!
I’d drown either way!

SFX: Whirrrrrrrr

Luffy: Woah!!

SFX: Splash!

Luffy: Gack!

SFX: Whirrrr
rrrrrrrrrr…

Title: Chapter 2: The Man Called “Straw Hat” Luffy

 

Chapter 2, page 4 – 5

Narration: On a remote island…

SFX: Shaaa
Don!
Shwick…

Alvida: Why is my ship still dusty…?

Pirate: I… I…!! I’m so sorry, Lady Alvida!!
I thought I cleaned the whole thing but I must’ve missed that spot…!!
I… I’ll do it over, just please…!!

Alvida: Please… what?

Pirate: Please don’t use the iron mace…!!
You don’t have to kill me!!!

SFX: Crack!

Crew: !!

Alvida: Koby! Who is the fairest on all the seas?

SFX: Thud!

Koby: Eh…eheheheh… W-well…
Well it has to be you, Lady Alvida! Eheheheh…

Alvida: Of course it is!! And that is why I won’t tolerate anything as ugly as dirt!!
The ship must be kept as beautiful as her captain!! Is that clear?

SFX: Ooooooh…

Alvida: Remember that your above-average talent for navigation is the only thing keeping you alive.

Koby: I ap-ap-appreciate that very much, my lady.

SFX: Shiver shiver

Alvida: But other than that you’re worthless, so get to polishing my shoes!!

SFX: Stomp stomp!!

Koby: Y-y-yes, my lady, right away!

SFX: Flinch

 

Chapter 2, page 6 – 7

Alvida: The rest of you!! Don’t leave a single speck of dirt behind!!!

Crew: Y…!! Yes Ma’am!!!

Narration: Lady pirate
“Iron Mace” Alvida[15]

SFX: Don!

Alvida: Enough of that!! What a pathetic effort!!

SFX: Boot!!

Koby: Oof!!
Eh-ehehehe… I’m so s-s-s-s-sorry my lady.

Alvida: If you’ve got time to grovel, you’ve got time to scrub the head!!

Koby: Eheheh!
Right away, my lady!!

Crew: …

Koby: Right away…

SFX: Sigh…

Heppoko: What’d you find on the beach, Koby? Ooh, bet there’s still some booze in it.

Koby: Well it doesn’t f-f-feel empty, anyway. What should we do with it?

SFX: Roll…

Peppoko: Perfect! Let’s all have a cup!!

Heppoko: But guys! If the captain finds out she’ll…

Poppoko: Then she won’t find out!!
It’s only the three of us cleaning the storehouse.
Us and stupid Koby.

Heppoko: You got a point.

Poppoko: You know what that means, Koby…

Koby: Of c-c-course! I didn’t see a thing! Eheheh!
You d-don’t need to hit me…

SFX: Swsh

 

Chapter 2, page 08 – 09

Luffy: Yeah!!!!

Crew: Argh!! What the hell?!!!

Luffy: I slept great!!!

SFX: Bam!!

Luffy: Looks like I survived somehow!
I got so dizzy I was sure I’d die!! Hahaha!!

SFX: Aah
Don!!

SFX: Silence…

Poppoko: …!?

Luffy: Huh?

Peppoko: …!?

Luffy: Who’re you guys?

Crew: Who the hell are you?!!!

Poppoko: Who the hell floats around the sea in a barrel?!

Alvida: Get back to work!!!

SFX: Whup whup
Kercrash!!

Crew: Gah!
Yargh!
!!!

 

Chapter 2, page 10 – 11

Luffy: Woah!
Oof!

SFX: Whoosh
Klunk
Twitch twitch

Crew: …!!

Alvida: Stand up!!! Tell me, who is the fairest on all the seas?

Crew: Lady Alvida!! It… It has to be the beautiful Lady Alvida!

SFX: Loom

Alvida: That’s right. So which one of you thinks he can ignore my orders?

Peppoko: ?
Huh? What?! I… I wouldn’t ever do nothing like that…!!

Alvida: Don’t play dumb with me!! I heard you all the way from the ship!
Which one of you was it that slept great?!!

Luffy: Yeah!
I slept great!

SFX: Don

Poppoko: Oh!
Uh… that’s right, Captain!! We got an intruder!!

Heppoko: Yeah!! Stupid Koby snuck him in himself, I swear…!!

Alvida: What? It’d better not be some bounty hunter…
…trying to collect the price on my head…!!
Koby, you brat!! How dare he betray me!!

Peppoko: But the only bounty hunter in these waters is…

 

Heppoko: Don’t say it!! It can’t be him anyway, I heard the Marines[16] locked him up!!

Alvida: If he’s as good as they say he’ll have broken out by now.
You don’t get as infamous as Roronoa Zoro[17] for no reason!!

Koby: Um… Are you alright? Did you hurt yourself?
You rolled pretty far after that big hit.

Luffy: Hahahaha!
I’m okay. It just surprised me.
I’m Luffy. Where am I, anyway?

 

Chapter 2, page 12 – 13

Koby: This island is the hideout of “Iron Mace” Alvida.
I’m part of her pirate crew as a cabin boy.

Narration: Cabin boy
Koby[18]

Luffy: Oh cool.
Actually I don’t care about that.

Koby: Oh…

Luffy: I need to find a new boat. Mine sank in a whirlpool.

Koby: A… a whirlpool?! You survived a whirlpool?!

Luffy: Yeah, but it was a close one.

SFX: Sigh

Koby: A normal person would have been killed…
I do have a little b-boat, but it’s…

Luffy: What’s this?
A coffin?

SFX: Huh…?

Koby: N-no… it’s a boat I made in secret by myself…! It took two whole years to do…

Luffy: This took two years? And… you don’t wanna use it?

Koby: I d-don’t think I c-c-can. I wanted to run away from here…
…but I just don’t have the guts to try… I’ll be a cabin boy for the rest of my life.
It’s not… what I wanted to do with my life but…

Luffy: Then you should leave.

Koby: N-n-n-n-n-no! My legs start to shake when I even think about what Lady Alvida would do if she found out…!!
I’m so terrified…!!!

SFX: Shake shake shake shake shake

Koby: All of this… it all started one day when I wanted to go fishing.
But I got on the wrong ship by accident and was surrounded by pirates.

SFX: Loom
Don!

Koby: In exchange for my life I became their slave and started helping with the navigation. It’s been two long years.

Luffy: You’re careless and stupid!
Wow!
And you’ve got no balls. I don’t like you very much.
Hahaha

Koby: Eh…eheheheh…!!!
Such brutal honesty

SFX: Gloom

Koby: …but… you’re right… I don’t have it in me to sail a barrel, let alone…
…if you don’t mind, Luffy… What drove you to go out to sea so recklessly?

 

Chapter 2, page 14 – 15

Luffy: I’m gonna be…
…the King of the Pirates!!!

SFX: Grin

Koby: Wha… Gonna be…?!!! King of the…?!!!
The Pirate King, like the man who conquered everything in the world?!!
You’ll need to achieve wealth, fame and power and find the greatest treasure in the world… Oh man.
Do you really think you can find the One Piece?!!
Or do you just wanna die?!
Every pirate in the world’s looking for that treasure!

Luffy: And so am I.

Koby: N-n-no! You can’t do it!! It’s impossible!!
No no no, it’s completely and utterly impossible!!
To be the Pirate King in the Great Pirate Era…
…is totally impossible!! You’ll end up dead!!

SFX: Shake shake shake

Koby: Ow!!!
Y-you didn’t have to hit me!!

Luffy: You were going crazy!!

SFX: Bonk!

Koby: Well… It’s fine, I guess. I’m pretty used to it.
Eheheh…

Luffy: I don’t care if I die!

Koby: What?

Luffy: I’m gonna follow my greatest dream…
…and if I die trying, at least I tried.

Koby: !!!
(…!! Such determination…!!)
…!! You… don’t mind dying, just for a…?!!

 

Chapter 2, page 16 – 17

Luffy: But I bet I can make it…
…even if it gets really tough.

Koby: …
(…!! I never thought about it like that…)
…!!

SFX: Drip

Koby: Then if I could… also follow my own…
…if I didn’t mind dying…

SFX: Plip

Luffy: Huh? Follow what?

Koby: My own dream…
…of joining the Marines…!!!

Luffy: The Marines?

Koby: Mr Luffy, I know it’d make us enemies!!
But joining the Marines and catching bad guys…
…has always been my dream!!! Ever since I was a kid!!!
Do you think I can do it?!!

Luffy: I dunno!

Koby: Fine!!! I’ll just have to try!!!
It’s better than being a slave here for the rest of my life!!
I’ll risk my life to sail away from here and join the Marines!!
Then I’m gonna… I’m gonna come back here and arrest Alvida!!

Alvida: Who’re you arresting?!! Koby!!!

Koby: Eeek!!!

Luffy: !

SFX: Crunch!!

Koby: !!
My boat…

Alvida: Did you actually think…
…you could get away from me?!

 

Chapter 2, page 18 – 19

Alvida: So this is the bounty hunter you hired…? He doesn’t look like Roronoa Zoro to me.
Before we end this, I’ll ask you one more time…
Who is the fairest on all the seas?
Answer me, Koby!!!

SFX: Tromp!!

Koby: …!!

Luffy: Who?

Koby: …!! Eh-eheheh,,,
W-w-well it has to be…

Luffy: That’s the fattest lady I ever saw.

Crowd: !!!!

SFX: Gasp!
Grrrrr

Crew: What…
…did that kid just…!!

Koby: Mr Luffy you need to take that back!!
What you have to say is…
Lady Alvida is…

Luffy: I’m gonna follow my greatest dream…
…and if I die trying, at least I tried.

Koby: …the meanest bitch…
…on all the seas!!!!
Oh!

SFX: Loom

Luffy: Hahahahaha!!

SFX: Hahahaha!

Alvida: You ungrateful brat!!!

Koby: (I can’t take it back!! I don’t regret it!! I said everything on my mind!! I did it!! I fought!! I fought for my dream!!!)
Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

 

Chapter 2, page 20 – 21

Luffy: Nice, Koby. Now leave the rest to me!!

Koby: M-m-mr Luffy!!

SFX: Fwip

Alvida: How dare you!! The two of you…

Alvida: …have to die right now!!!

Crowd: !!

SFX: Bonk!!

Luffy: That’s not gonna work!
‘cos I’m made of rubber!

SFX: Grin

Alvida: ?!!
I… I don’t believe it!!! My iron mace never fails!

Koby: …?!?!

Crew: That’s impossible!!!

Luffy: Gum Gum…
…Pistol!

Alvida: Wha…!

SFX: Kerpow!!

Alvida: ?!!!

 

Chapter 2, page 22 – 23

Crew: …!!! His… his arm stretched out somehow!!
Captain!!!
Lady Alvida’s beat!!! He’s a monster!!

Luffy: Go get Koby a boat!
He’s gonna join the Marines!! Stay outta his way!

Crew: Y-yes sir…

Luffy: Shishishishi!

Koby: Mr Luffy…

SFX: Weep

Koby: So it’s all because you ate the Gum Gum Fruit.
Amazing.
But Mr Luffy… If you’re going after the One Piece… Then…
That means you’ll have to sail the Grand Line…!![19]

Luffy: Mmhm.

Koby: They call that place the Pirates’ Graveyard…

Luffy: Yup. I’m gonna need a really strong crew.
Like that one guy…
The one they’ve got at the Marine Base you’re going to.

Koby: Um… You mean Roronoa Zoro?

Luffy: Yeah, if I like him, I’ll take him with me!

Koby: What!! You’re talking about impossible things again!!!
You can’t do it. N-n-n-n-no way. Didn’t you hear he’s some kind of monster?!

Luffy: We won’t know til we meet him.

Koby: You can’t!!

Narration: The pair in the little boat sailed toward the Marine Base.

 

Pirate Flags, page 1

Title: The Pirate Flag

SFX: Don!

Captions: The Skull and Crossbones*
*The crossbones are thigh bones.

Text: Let me tell you a little bit about pirate flags. The design on the flag is called a Jolly Roger and is a symbol of death. It sure looks scary!
There are many theories about the origin of the name.
Some say it comes from the French Jolie Rouge, or Red Lovely, possibly referring to blood.
Others say the term was Le Jerry Rouge, or Happy Red Man.
And then, some say it comes from Old Roger, an old nickname for the devil.

 

Chapter 3, page 1

Title: Chapter 3: Introducing “Pirate Hunter” Zoro

Luffy: So they call him a monster?

Koby: That’s right, Mr luffy.
Roronoa Zoro is scary enough that some people even call him “Pirate Hunter.”
He works like a bloodthirsty wild dog…
…prowling the seas, always on the hunt for the next bounty.
He’s a beast wearing the skin of a man.

Luffy: Hmmm.

Koby: So you can give up on this crazy idea of recruiting him…

Luffy: I don’t know if he’ll be a good crewmate or not yet…
…but if he’s a good guy…

Koby: He got arrested because he’s not a good guy!!

 

Chapter 3, page 2 – 3

Title: Chapter 3: Introducing “Pirate Hunter” Zoro

 

Luffy: We made it!! It’s the Marine base town!!

Koby: Yes!! At last!!

Luffy: That was amazing, Koby!

SFX: Dadon!

Koby: What?

SFX: Don

Luffy: We actually made it where we wanted to go!

Koby: Of course we did!
Basic navigation is the first thing you need when you set out to sea!
Luffy, you can’t be a pirate by just drifting around at random.
Your crew needs a navigator.

Luffy: I’ll find one soon!! But first let’s eat!

 

Chapter 3, page 4 – 5

Luffy: I guess this is it for us!
Do your best to be a great sailor in the Marines!

Koby: I will…!! Thank you so much.
I hope you become a great pirate too.
Even if it makes us enemies.

Luffy: Actually… I wonder if that Zoro guy is still at the base.

Crowd: !!!

SFX: Crash!!

Koby: …!!!

Luffy: …?

SFX: Shiver shiver

Koby: Looks we shouldn’t be using Zoro’s name around here…

SFX: Whisper whisper

Luffy: Hmmm.

Koby: The poster outside said this Marine Branch is led by someone called Captain Morgan.

SFX: Ka-crash!!

Crowd: !!!

Koby: Huh?!!

Luffy: Woah!!

Luffy: Hahaha, what a fun place.
I wanna go back already.

SFX: Hahahaha

Koby: That was really weird…!! It’s giving me a bad feeling…!!
I can understand why they’d jump at Roronoa Zoro’s name. He could escape at any moment.
But it doesn’t make sense that they’d be scared of the Marine captain too!!

Luffy: Maybe they’re just in a jumpy mood.

Koby: It’s obviously deeper than that!!
Please try to be serious about this.

 

Chapter 3, page 6 – 7

Narration: Marine Base

SFX: Don!!

Koby: …!!

Luffy: Looks pretty tough up close.
Koby, off you go!

Koby: I-I’m not s-s-sure I’m ready anymore…!!
And after what happened at the restaurant…

Koby: Hey! Mr Luffy!!

SFX: Scuff

Luffy: Let’s see if…
…we can see the monster.

Koby: He won’t be anywhere you can see from out here.
There’ll be a cell somewhere inside.

Luffy: No! I saw someone over this way!!
Maybe it’s Zoro!

Koby: Eh…!!…!!!
Gulp

SFX: Whooooo

Luffy: That’s gotta be him.

Koby: …

SFX: Thump thump
Peek…

Koby: !!!

Luffy: What’s wrong?

Koby: B-b-black bandanna and green sash!!!
That’s… That’s Roronoa Zoro all right!!!
He looks so intense…!!! It has to be Zoro…!!!

SFX: Thump thump!!

 

Chapter 3, page 8 – 9

SFX: Don!!

Luffy: So that’s him… He’d get away pretty easy if I just untied him.

Koby: D-don’t be crazy!!!
If he gets out, he could wreck the town and kill you, Mr Luffy!!!

Zoro: Hey you.

Luffy: Huh?

Koby: Eek!!

Zoro: C’mere for a second…
…and cut me free.
It’s been nine days already. I can’t take any more.

SFX: Whoooo

Luffy: Hey, he’s smiling.

Koby: He’s…!! He’s talking to us…!!!

Zoro: I’ll make it worth your while.
I can hunt down a wanted man and give you the whole bounty.
Trust me. I keep my promises.

 

Chapter 3, page 10 – 11

Koby: D-don’t do it, Luffy!! he’s trying to trick you…!!
He’ll kill us both and run away the moment he’s free, I’m sure of it!!

Luffy: He won’t kill us.
I won’t let him…
…because I’m strong too.

Zoro: What?!

SFX: Glare…

Koby: (There’s no reasoning with this guy!!)

SFX: Don!

SFX: Clack

Luffy: Huh?

Koby: What?!

Rika: Shh.

Koby: Ah…!! It’s dangerous to go in there!!

Zoro: ?

SFX: Tmp tmp

Zoro: The hell are you doing here?

Koby: Mr Luffy, do something!! He’ll kill her!!

Luffy: Do it yourself.

Zoro: You got a death wish, kid…? Get outta here!!

Rika: Look, I made rice balls for you! you’re hungry by now, right Mister?
It was the first time I ever made them, but I tried my best…

Zoro: I’m not hungry!!
Take your onigiri[20] and piss off!!

Rika: But…

Zoro: I said I don’t want it!! go away!!
I can still kick your head in from here!!

 

Chapter 3, page 12 – 13

Helmeppo: Roronoa Zoro!!!
You shouldn’t pick on little girls.
I’ll tell my father on you.

SFX: Crash!

Rika: !

Zoro: !

Narration: Marine captain’s son
Helmeppo

SFX: Don!!

Luffy: Check out that guy.

Koby: He looks like an important Marine…
Thank goodness, he can save the girl…

Zoro: Great.
The captain’s bastard son is here…

Helmeppo: Bastard? I’d better not hear you say that again!
My father is the great Captain Morgan!!

Helmeppo: Oh hello little miss.
Did you bring me something yummy?

SFX: Snatch

Rika: Hey! Give that back!!

Helmeppo: Blegh!
Disgusting!! It’s… it’s too sweet!! These are meant to be savoury!
It’s like you used sugar instead of salt!!

SFX: Yuck

Rika: But… I thought everyone liked sweet things, so…!!

Helmeppo: These are completely inedible, you stupid girl!!

Rika: Aaaa!! Stop it!! No!! They’re meant to be his!!

SFX: Stomp stomp stomp!!

Koby: How c-c-cruel. She obviously tried really hard to make them…!

Helmeppo: You see that?!! That crap you made is only fit for ants!
Hyeh hyeh hyeh!

SFX: Squish squish

Helmeppo: Hyeh hyeh

Rika: No…!!
…!!

SFX: Splatter…!!

 

Chapter 3, page 14 – 15

Rika: You’re so mean!!! I tried so hard… to get them right…!!!

SFX: Plop plop

Helmeppo: Boo hoo, don’t start the waterworks!!
This is why I hate kids.

SFX: Sigh

Helmeppo: It’s your own fault, understand?
You should have stopped to read the sign.
“to aid or abet a criminal is to be guilty of the same crimes he committed.”
“-Marine Captain Morgan”

Rika: …!!

Sign: To aid or abet a criminal is to be guilty of the same crimes he committed.
-Marine Captain Morgan

Helmeppo: You should know how scary my father gets.
If you were a grown-up you’d have been put to death!!

SFX: Shiver

Helmeppo: Throw the brat out of here!!

Marine: Sir…?

Helmeppo: I said to throw her over the wall!!
Or are you disobeying my direct order?!!!
I’ll tell my father on you!!!

Marine: Yes… right away, sir!!

Rika: Yaaaaah!!!

Koby: !

SFX: Whump!

Luffy: …!

Koby: Are you okay?!
What a terrible man!!

Luffy: …

SFX: Brush brush

Helmeppo: Well aren’t you a stubborn one!

Zoro: Yeah… I’ll do the whole month.
Just keep up your end of the deal…!!

Helmeppo: Hyeh hyeh hyeh! Of course I will!!
If you’re still alive after one month I’ll keep my promise and set you free!!
Best of luck!!
Hyeh hyeh

SFX: Tmp tmp

 

Chapter 3, page 16 – 17

Zoro: !
The hell are you still doing here?
If you get seen he’ll run and tell his dad.

Luffy: Okay.
I’m looking for people to join my pirate crew.

Zoro: Pirate crew?
Hah…! Who’d want the life of a criminal…?

Luffy: But it’s my dream!
What’s so bad about being a pirate?!!

Zoro: And what? After you untie me…
…I’m obligated to join you, right?

Luffy: I haven’t decided yet.
Everyone says you’re a bad guy.

Zoro: So I’m the bad guy now…
Well, I still wouldn’t join you either way.
I’ve got other things I gotta do!!
I don’t need your help to get through this!!
After one month he has to set me free.
The bastard son made me a promise.
I’ll survive whatever happens to me…
And follow my own dreams!!!

Luffy: Wow, really…?
I’d probably starve to death in a week.

Zoro: You and me are different. I’ve got more willpower.
Find your crewmates somewhere else.
Hey! Hold on.

Luffy: Huh?

Zoro: Please… Pick that up for me.

 

Chapter 3, page 18 – 19

Luffy: Are you gonna eat them?
There’s more dirt than rice here now.
No one’s that hungry…

Zoro: Stop talking about it.
Aah
Don’t tell me, just give it here.
Every last bit!!

Zoro: Chomp chomp munch!!
…!!
…!!!
…!!!

SFX: Munch!! Chomp!! Chomp!!

Zoro: Gu… Gulp!!!
!!!

Luffy: I told you. Do you wanna die?

Zoro: Urp… Go tell the little girl for me…!!!

Luffy: What?

SFX: Twitch shiver

Zoro: Tell her I said it was delicious.
Tell her, “Thank you very much…”

Luffy: !
Haha…!

Rika: Really?!

Luffy: Yeah!
He ate the whole thing.

Rika: I’m so happy!

Koby: He’s not acting like a bad guy like people say…

Rika: Because he’s not.
He didn’t do anything wrong at all.
People just think he’s scary.
It’s my fault he got arrested.
The captain’s son had a pet wolf he let run around attacking people…!!
And Zoro killed it to protect me!

Luffy: So the only reason he was arrested…
Was because of that guy’s pet?

Rika: Uhuh.

Koby: Of course!! It all makes sense!
No matter how scary he looks, being a bounty hunter alone…
…shouldn’t have put him at odds with the Marines.

 

Chapter 3, page 20 – 21

Rika: Captain Morgan and his son are the real bad guys!!
They put everyone who doesn’t listen to them to death, so everyone’s too scared to say anything.

Helmeppo: Hyeh hyeh hyeh hyeh!! Bow until your heads touch the ground or I’ll tell my father!!!

Luffy: !

Helmeppo: Do you want to get strung up like Roronoa Zoro?!
It’s only three days until his execution now!!
Let it be a lesson to the rest of you!!
Hyeh heyh

Luffy: Three days?

SFX: Tromp!

Luffy: You promised him one month!!

Helmeppo: What? Where did you hear about that?

SFX: Gasp gasp

Helmeppo: That promise was just a joke!!
He’s a stupid beast if he really thinks we’d leave him alone that long.
Hyeh hyeh~

SFX: Pfffft!!

Zoro: After one month he has to set me free. The bastard son made me a promise.

Crowd: !!!!
Aaaah!!!

SFX: Thwack!!
Eek!

Koby: Mr Luffy!!

Luffy: That bastard…

Koby: You have to calm down!!!
You’re going to end up wanted by the Marines!!!

SFX: Aah
Eek

Luffy: Koby, I’ve made up my mind!!

Koby: Huh?

Luffy: I’m asking Zoro to join my crew!!!

SFX: Aah
Eek

 

Pirate Flags, page 2

Instructions: Draw a Jolly Roger
1. Draw a circle.

2. Draw 3 circles inside the circle.

3. Hang a circle from the bottom.

4. Put 2 two lines inside.

5. Put in 3 vertical lines.

6. Draw the bones in the back, and…

7. Completed: What the-?!

Don!

7. Completed: Yay!

8. Put the straw hat on, and you have Luffy’s flag.

 

 

 

Chapter 4, page 1

Crowd: Look what he did…!! Who is that guy?!!
He hit the captain’s kid!!
Captain Morgan’s not gonna let that go!!!

SFX: Rabble rabble!!

Koby: Mr Luffy!! Please calm down!! He’s a Marine, remember?

Luffy: Who cares!! He sucks no matter what he is!!

Helmeppo: You… you… you hit me!! You actually hit me!!
No one hits me, not even Daddy…!!

SFX: Murmer
Aah
Murmer

Title: Chapter 4: Marine Captain “Axe Hand” Morgan

 

Chapter 4, page 2 – 3

Helmeppo: I am the son of the great Captain Morgan!!!
I’m telling Daddy on you!!!!

Crowd: !!!

SFX: Gasp!!

Luffy: Fight me yourself instead.

Koby: Mr Luffy please!!

Helmeppo: You’ll regret what you just did.
That was a death sentence!!!
My father’s gonna kill you!!

Luffy: He’s barely worth hitting.

Helmeppo: You bastard!!

Koby: Even while he runs away…

SFX: Plop
Tmptmptmp

Rika: You were so cool just now.
I’m not even scared anymore!

Luffy: Really? Then I should’ve got him again!

Ririka: R-Rika!!
Come here now!!
Stay away from that man!
If they think you’re his friend they’ll execute you as well!!

Rika: But mum, he’s a good guy! Just like Zoro…

Luffy: …

SFX: Slam slam…

Ririka: You can’t say things like that!! You didn’t sneak onto Marine grounds, did you?!

Rika: N-no, of course I didn’t…!!

Ririka: Just hurry up and come inside!!

SFX: Slam…

Koby: They won’t let you get away with this!!
The captain’ll send his Marines down and you’ll be arrested, and then…

SFX: Aaaaaaaa

Luffy: If it happens, it happens! I’m gonna talk to Zoro again.

 

Chapter 4, page 4 – 5

Narration: Marine Base – Main Building

SFX: Fshhh…

Morgan: I am…
…great.

SFX: Don!

Marine: Yes sir…
…your greatness lifted you to the rank of captain, sir!!

Morgan: Am I not great enough to inspire decent tributes…
…From the rabble anymore?

Marine: Sir! I looked into the matter of donations, sir.
The civilians simply can’t afford to keep paying what they used to…

Morgan: This isn’t about their finances…
It’s about their lack of respect!!

Helmeppo: Father!!!

SFX: Crash!!

Morgan: What do you want, helmeppo?

Helmeppo: There’s a man I need you to kill!!!

Luffy: Hey.

Zoro: You again?
I told you I’m not being a pirate…!!

Luffy: I’m Luffy!
Join my crew and I’ll set you free!!

Zoro: You’re not listening to me!!

 

Chapter 4, page 6 – 7

Zoro: I told you there’s other things I gotta do.
And I don’t have to be a bad guy to do ‘em.

Luffy: Then don’t be.
But everyone already thinks you’re a baddie.

Zoro: I don’t care what people say.
But I don’t make choices I’ll regret later! That’s not how I live.

Luffy: …

Zoro: That’s why I’ll never be a pirate!!

Luffy: I don’t care! I made my own choice that you’re in the crew!!

Zoro: That’s not your choice to make!!

Luffy: I heard you’re good with a sword!

Zoro: …!
Hah… If I wasn’t tied up, you’d see how good I am.

Luffy: Where is your sword?

Zoro: The bastard son stole my katana[21] when he tied me up…
My greatest treasure, aside from my life…!!

Luffy: Wow.
He can’t just take away your treasure!!
Alright then! I’ll find the bastard son…
…And steal your sword back!!

Zoro: What?!

Luffy: And if you want it back from me…
…you’ll have to join the crew.
Hahaha

Zoro: That’s not fair!!
Hey, wait!!

Luffy: Bye! I’ll be right back!!

Zoro: …is he going to break into the base?
He’ll never make it…!!

 

Chapter 4, page 8 – 9

Marine: Hold steady!!
Prepare to hoist!!

Helmeppo: Father!! That guy hit me in the face!! Why can’t I take revenge?!!
Even you never raise a hand at me!!!

Morgan: …! Do you know why I never hit you?

Helmeppo: …Because I’m your beloved…

Morgan: Because you’re my…

Morgan: …worthless bastard son who’s not even worth hitting!!!

SFX: Kapow!!

Helmeppo: Ooargh??!!

Morgan: Why should I fight your battles?
You’re big enough to wipe your own arse.
I don’t care what you do in my name…
…but I only punish those who defy me!!!

Narration: Marine Captain
“Axe Hand” Morgan

SFX: Don!

Morgan: Know your place.
You are not great!! I am great!!
It’s only me.

Helmeppo: …!

 

Chapter 4, page 10 – 11

Morgan: I heard a mouse snuck into the staging area.

Helmeppo: Huh…? D-do you mean the little girl…?
Don’t worry, I made sure…

Morgan: You better have made sure she was dead.

Helmeppo: What?
I couldn’t… kill her… she was just a little kid…
She didn’t know what she was doing…

Morgan: You, go to town. Execute the girl.

Rokkaku: But…

Morgan: Child or not, she defied my authority!!

Rokkaku: C-Captain! it’s a little girl!!
I…!! I cannot obey that order, sir…!!

Morgan: You cannot obey? You’re a first lieutenant, aren’t you?
Does a first lieutenant outrank a captain… hm?

Rokkaku: N-no sir.

Morgan: Then you have no choice but to obey!!
If I say to kill her, you kill her!!

Rokkaku: …sir!!
I cannot…!!!

Morgan: Then you’re a traitor!!!

SFX: Chop!!

Helmeppo: Aaaaaaaaaa
…!! He didn’t deserve that…!!

SFX: Gasp!!

Marines: F-First Lieutenant!!

Morgan: Forget it… The rabble need a better reminder.
I’ll handle it personally.

 

Chapter 4, page 12 – 13

Morgan: I clawed and struggled to the rank of captain with my own strength and my own arm.
Rank and title are everything in this world!!!
As the highest-ranking officer of this branch…
…I’m greater than each and every one of you…!!!
Great men do not make mistakes!!!
Am I wrong…?!

Marines: No sir!!
We defer to your greatness, sir!!

SFX: Slap!!

Morgan: Now look!! The monument of my authority!!!
Completed after years of work!!
Pull it upright!! Display my greatness for the rabble to bask in!!!

SFX: Bam!
Tug tug
Rrrrrrrrmb

Luffy: That’s weird. I haven’t seen a single Marine.
Maybe they’re in a meeting.
I can’t ask anyone…
…where to find the bastard son or Zoro’s sword.

Marines: Heave!! Heave!!

SFX: Rmmmmmmb

Ukkari: Ah!!

SFX: Klunk…

Morgan: Stop right there…!!!
Did you damage it?!

Ukkari: S-sorry sir! An accident, sir!

Luffy: Huh?
Are they all up there?
I’ll check it out!

SFX: Whup…!!

 

Chapter 4, page 14 – 15

Luffy: Hyup!

SFX: Stretch!
Snag

Luffy: Gum Gum…

SFX: Sproi-oing…!!

Luffy: …Rocket!!!

SFX: Whoosh!!

Morgan: Do you have any idea how long I’ve been waiting for this statue to be finished?!!
And you’ve already chipped it!!

Ukkari: I’m very sorry sir!! I’ll take responsibility for the repairs, sir!!

Morgan: The statue is a monument to me!!
Damage to the statue is disrespect to my authority!!!

SFX: Loom…

Morgan: You know what that means!!!

Ukkari: Aaaargh!

SFX: Boing!

Luffy: Whoops.
Too much.

Marines: Who is that?
It’s like he’s flying…

Luffy: Saved!

Marines: !
Wha?!!

SFX: Snag!!
Creak…!!

 

Chapter 4, page 16 – 17

Luffy: Huh?

Marines: !!!!

SFX: Crash!!

Luffy: Um…
My bad.

SFX: Krakoom!!

Morgan: Seize him! I’ll kill him!!!!

SFX: Roar

Marines: Sir…
Yes sir!! Right away sir!!

Helmeppo: Daddy it’s him!!
He’s the one who hit me!! I told you!! He’s a bad guy!!

 

Chapter 4, page 18 – 19

Luffy: I’ve been looking for you!!

Helmeppo: Aaaargh! Lemme go! Daddy help!!!

Marines: He’s retreating into the base!

Helmeppo: Aaaa!

Marines: After them!!
Captain!! There’s an intruder in the staging area!!

Morgan: What?!!
Traitors, one after another!!! I’ll kill them all!!!

SFX: Huff huff

Koby: What?! Mr Luffy went into the base?
I can’t believe him!!

Zoro: It’s true. What’s wrong with that man?
Hey! If you do that, they’ll have you killed.

Koby: You’re not meant to be here!!!
I can’t stand these Marines!!
When I enlist, I’ll be a real Marine!! If Mr Luffy can be King of the Pirates, I can do that!!

Zoro: What?
Pirate King?! Does he know what that means?

Koby: Eheheh… I thought the same thing.
But he really means it. That’s the kind of man he is!!

Zoro: !

SFX: Bam!

Marines: There they are!!

Luffy: Where’s Zoro’s sword?!!

Helmeppo: I’ll tell, I’ll tell!! Just stop dragging me!!

SFX: Skidddthdthdthd

 

Pirate Flags, page 3

Instructions: Make your own jolly roger!!

You’ve mastered the basics by now, right?
Now try making your own pirate flag based on the original!!

(Examples)
Luffy’s flag – Wearing a straw hat
Shanks’ flag – 3 lines on the left eye and swords behind
Alvida’s flag – Heart mark on a sideways skull

(Suggestions)
If you like baseball
If you want to be a cook
If you want a totally original design

 

Chapter 5, page 1

Title: Chapter 5: The Pirate King and the Greatest Swordsman

 

Chapter 5, page 2 – 3

Luffy: Tell me already!! Where’s Zoro’s sword?!

Helmeppo: I already said I would…!! Just let me go!!

SFX: Thdthdthdthd
Screech!!

Luffy: Where then?

Helmeppo: In my room!
You ran right past it!

SFX: Huff huff

Luffy: Why didn’t you say so?

Helmeppo: You hit me again!!

SFX: Smack!!

Marines: Don’t move!! Put your hands up and turn around slowly!

Luffy: !

SFX: Kerchack…

Luffy: No.

Helmeppo: Huh?

SFX: Fwip

Luffy: Go on and shoot if you wanna!!

Helmeppo: Eeeeeeek!

Marines: Hold…!! He’s using Master Helmeppo as a shield!!

SFX: Tmptmptmptmp
Aaaaaaa

Helmeppo: Aaaaaaaaaa!
Aaaaaaaaaa!

Koby: Aaaaaaaaaarghh!!

SFX: Aaaaaaaa!

Koby: Aaaa! I’m hit!
Blood!! There’s b-b-b-b-blood!

SFX: Ooze ooze

 

Chapter 5, page 4 – 5

Koby: I’m gonna d-d-d-die!!!

Zoro: …
You seem alive to me…
Phew
But get outta here!
They’re coming down.

Koby: Huh…? Gasp…!!
Huff huff
No!! Not… yet…! I still need to untie you!!

Zoro: Don’t worry about me. They’ll free me if I survive the month.
So get a move on alr…

Koby: No they won’t!!
You’re being executed in three days!!

Zoro: What do you mean?! The bastard son promised me that if was alive at the end of the month…

Koby: He was never going to keep his promise!!
Huff huff
He was bragging about fooling you to the townsfolk!!
Mr Luffy hit him when he found out!!

SFX: Thwack!!
Aah
Eek

Zoro: …!!
W-what are you saying?!!!!

Koby: The Marines are your enemy now!!
Huff huff
Please!! Go help Mr Luffy when you’re free!!
He saved my life!! You don’t have to be a pirate, but…

Zoro: …

Koby: …Mr Luffy’s really strong as well!! If you work together…
…you might be able to get out of here alive!! So please…!!

 

Chapter 5, page 6 – 7

Marines: Don’t move a muscle!! Captain Morgan has identified you as traitors…
…and ordered your immediate execution!!!

Crowd: ?!!

SFX: Kerchack

SFX: Slam!

Luffy: This room then?!!
Ah!
Finally!! Swords!!
But there’s three of them.
Hey, which one’s Zoro’s?
Oh, he fainted.
Huh?

SFX: Fizz

Luffy: What’s happening down there?
!
Koby!

Morgan: Lock down the base!! Don’t let the runt in the straw hat escape!!!
The three of you aren’t normal criminals…
What’s your real plan? A coup against me?

SFX: Wshh!!

 

Chapter 5, page 8 – 9

Morgan: Roronoa Zoro… You’ve got quite the reputation, but don’t underestimate me.
Your strength is nothing…
…compared to my greatness!!
Take aim!!

SFX: Chack!!

Crowd: !!!

Zoro: …!!
(I…)
(I can’t die here!!)
(I’ve still got things I gotta do!!!)

Zoro: (I promised her…!)

Kuina: Hi-yah!

SFX: Klonk!!

Koshiro: Winner: Kuina!!
Zoro, fighting Nitoryu Style[22], has lost!!
Kuina leads, 2,000 wins to none.
Too bad.

Zoro: Ugh!!

Kuina: Hmph!! Aren’t you embarrassed?
You’re so weak… for a boy!!

Villagers: Hey!! Zoro’s not weak!!
Yeah!! He’s the best in the whole dojo!
He’s even better than the grown-ups!!

Kuina: Is that so? Well, he’s still weaker than me.
Even with two-sword techniques, he’s still weak!
Losers should just suffer in silence.

Zoro: Shit!

Villagers: I hate that Kuina!!
Even if she’s kinda cute.
She makes me mad!! Thinks she’s so good ‘cos she’s Sensei’s daughter!

 

Chapter 5, page 10 – 11

Koshiro: So what you lost again?
You’re still my star pupil.

Villagers: Sensei![23]

SFX: Don!

Villagers: Sensei!! You’ve been secretly training her because she’s your daughter, right?!!
She’s cheating!!

Koshiro: Of course not!

SFX: Grumble grumble

Zoro: Damn it!!!
Why can’t I beat one stupid little girl?!!!

SFX: Klak klak

Koshiro: Well, that little girl is actually older than you.

Zoro: But I beat grown ups!
When I grow up I’m gonna be the greatest swordsman in the world!
I can’t afford to lose to little girls!!!

Kuina: Hi-yah!
Hi-yah!

SFX: Crack!
Whsh whsh!!

Kuina: Huff huff
Zoro…?
Huff

Zoro: Kuina!! Duel me with real blades!!!
You have a katana don’t you?!!

Kuina: My katana?
Fine then.

SFX: Shh shh

Zoro: Let’s go!

Kuina: Bring it on!!

 

Chapter 5, page 12 – 13

Zoro: Yaaaaah!

Kuina: Hi-yah!

SFX: Clang! Clang!

Zoro: !

SFX: Shi-ing!!
Shunk!!

Zoro: !!!

Kuina: That’s 2,001 to zero.

SFX: Thunk thunk

Zoro: Damn it!!!
I can’t believe it!!!!

Kuina: Actually… I’m as frustrated as you are…

Zoro: How?!

Kuina: Girls end up weaker than boys. We don’t grow the same muscles…
Pretty soon all you guys’ll overtake me.
Zoro, it’s just like you always say…
You’re going to be the World’s Greatest Swordsman…[24]
…And it won’t be me. Papa said a girl can’t be the world’s strongest anything!!

Zoro: …

Kuina: You’re so lucky to be born a boy.
I wish I could be the strongest in the world too!!
My chest is already growing…
If only I’d been born male…

Zoro: You can’t give up and cry after you’ve won!!!
That’s not fair!! Not while I’m still dreaming of beating you!!!

 

Chapter 5, page 14 – 15

Kuina: Zoro…

Zoro: Don’t make it about boys and girls!! I’m gonna beat you ‘cos I got stronger, not ‘cos you got weaker!!!
That would make me look like an idiot!! I’ve been training every day just to catch up to you!!!
Make a promise with me!!!
Someday, one of us is going to be the greatest swordsman in the world!!

Kuina: !

Zoro: Race me for the title!!!

Kuina: …!! You idiot!!
Sniff
I already beat you!
It’s a promise then!

SFX: Clap!!

Villager: Zoro!! Terrible news!! It’s Kuina…!!
She had a fall on the stairs…
…and died!!!

Zoro: How could you!! You made me a promise last night!!
You can’t just run away from that!!!

Villager: Zoro, please!!

Koshiro: Human beings are fragile things, Zoro.

Zoro: Sensei!! Let me keep her katana!!

Koshiro: If it helps you…

Zoro: I’ll get stronger for both of us!!!
I will be the World’s Greatest Swordsman! I’ll make my name so great she hears it from heaven!!!!

 

Chapter 5, page 16 – 17

Zoro: (I promised her!!!)
(I can’t die here!!!)

Luffy: Gum Gum…

SFX: Streeee

Luffy: …Rocket!!

SFX: Smash!!

Morgan: Fire!!!

SFX: Fwooosh!!

Crowd: !!!

SFX: Don!!
Blam bam bam bam bam

Zoro: That guy?!!!

Koby: Mr Luffy!!!

Morgan: Straw Hat…

Luffy: Heh

SFX: Boooooing

 

Chapter 5, page 18 – 19

Luffy: That won’t work!!!!

SFX: Kersnap!!

Marines: Eeeeeeek!!!

SFX: Sna-pow pow pow pow

Luffy: Hahahahahaha!!!

Zoro: What the…!!! What the hell are you?!!!

SFX: Twitch twitch

Luffy: I’m the man…
…who’s gonna be King of the Pirates!!!

SFX: Grin

Luffy: Here! Which one’s your treasure?
I didn’t know so I grabbed them all.

Zoro: All of them. I fight with three katana.
The style is called Santoryu.[25]

Luffy: If you fight the Marines with me, they’ll call you an enemy of the Government.

Zoro: …

Luffy: But they were gonna kill you anyway, right?

Zoro: You’re like the spawn of the devil…
Fine then, if I’m a criminal either way…
I’ll be a pirate!!!

 

Design Notes

Titles: Marine Captain “Axe Hand” Morgan
How he came to be!!

Morgan: I’m great.

Text: The design for Helmeppo came first. To make his father, I thought “he needs to have the same cleft chin and even crazier hair.”

This was my first design. His name wasn’t Morgan yet, it was Chop. Marine Captain Chop!! It was almost going to be Sailor Chop, like Giant Baba’s Suihei Chop. Lucky I didn’t go with that.

SFX: Don!

Text: I don’t have room to show them all, but there were two or three other versions of Captain Morgan before I settled on his final design. I ended up making him kinda cool after one of the editors told me he looked lame. I couldn’t argue with that.

 

Chapter 6, page 1

Luffy: Yeah!! You’re really joining?!

SFX: Hooray!

Zoro: Yes, so hurry up with the ropes!!

Marines: What was that?!!
The bullets bounced right back!!!

Title: Chapter 6: First

 

Chapter 6, page 2 – 3

Morgan: That kid’s not normal!!!
He must be using the power of a Devil Fruit!

Marines: …A great treasure of the sea?!!
I’ve never seen their powers before!!!

SFX: Gasp

Marine: Sir! He’s untying zoro again sir!!

Morgan: Then stop him!!!
If you can’t shoot him, use your swords!!!

Marines: Chaaaaarge!

Crew: !

SFX: Ooooooh

Luffy: Ugh, the knot’s too tight…
I can’t get it.

Zoro: Hey!! Get on with it!!

SFX: Ooooo

Koby: …Ooof…
Ah, I blacked out for a moment… What…

SFX: Ugh…

Koby: What?!!
Oh no!
Mr Luffy! Mr Zoro! Watch out!!!

Luffy: Shut up, I’m trying.

Zoro: We don’t have time for trying!!

SFX: Ooooo
Jolt!

Luffy: Yeah! That’s one hand!
Got it!

Zoro: Give me my katana you idiot!!

SFX: Oooo

Morgan: Everyone who defies me must die!!!

Koby: …!!!

SFX: Aaaaaa

 

Chapter 6, page 4 – 5

SFX: Kachang!!

Marines: !!!

SFX: Don!

Morgan: R-Roronoa Zoro!!!

Koby: …!

Luffy: Woah!
That’s so cool!!

Zoro: First one to move…
…is the first one to die!

Marines: …!!! Eep!!
(He’s terrifying!!!)

SFX: Shiver!!

 

Chapter 6, page 6 – 7

Zoro: I’m a pirate now… just like I promised!!
Fighting the Marines makes it official…
But you need to understand!! I’ve still got my own dream!!!

Luffy: !

Zoro: I’m gonna be the World’s Greatest Swordsman!!!!
It doesn’t matter if I follow the law!!
Or if people call me a hero or a villain!
As long as the whole world learns my name!!!
I’ll join you like you wanted!! But if you do anything that gets in the way of my ambitions…
…I’ll have you commit seppuku!!![26]

Luffy: The Greatest Swordsman in the World!!
The King of the Pirates…
…won’t settle for anything less!!!

Zoro: Heh!
Full of himself…

Morgan: Why are you hesitating?!!!
Finish them off immediately!!!

SFX: Bam!!
Whooooo

Luffy: Zoro, duck!!

Marines: !!!

Zoro: !

SFX: Fwip

Luffy: Gum Gum…

 

Chapter 6, page 8 – 9

Luffy: Whip!!!!

SFX: Wha-chack!!

Marines: !!!!

 

Chapter 6, page 10 – 11

Morgan: ?!!

Koby: Y-yeah!!
Awesome!!!

Zoro: What the hell are you?!!

Luffy: I’m…
…a rubberman!!!

Marines: R-r-rubberman?!!
Captain!! They’re too much!! We can’t handle them, sir!!

Morgan: …!

Marines: Sir!! The two of them are too strong!!
Roronoa Zoro alone was above our level!!

SFX: Dodon!!

 

Chapter 6, page 12 – 13

Morgan: This is an order.
All of you who were just whining…
…shoot yourselves in the head!

Marines: !!!

Morgan: My Marines have no need…
…for snivelling cowards!!!
Obey your orders!!!

SFX: Gasp

Marines: …!!

SFX: Kerchack

Crew: !!!

Zoro: These Marines are crazy!!!

SFX: Shing!!

Zoro: !

SFX: Tmptmptmp!!

Luffy: I’m you guys’s enemy!
Try putting me to death!!!

Morgan: !!

SFX: Kapow!!

 

Chapter 6, page 14 – 15

Marines: …!

Koby: Mr Luffy!!!
Destroy these terrible Marines!!!

Morgan: You’re a peasant with no rank or status!!
I’ll teach you your place in this world!

SFX: Fwsh

Morgan: I’m the great Captain “Axe Hand” Morgan!!!

SFX: Roar

Luffy: I’m Luffy!
Nice to meet you!

SFX: Don

SFX: Swoosh!!

Morgan: Die!

Luffy: !

SFX: Krak-Kaching!!

Koby: !!!
Yikes!!
That’s way too sharp!!!

 

Chapter 6, page 16 – 17

SFX: Swp…

Morgan: Gah!!!

SFX: Smack!
Ththud!!

Morgan: …!!

Marines: C-Captain!

Morgan: You little bastard!

SFX: Zoom

Morgan: I sentence you to death!!
!

SFX: Wham!!
Zwip

 

 

Chapter 6, page 18 – 19

Luffy: I’m not gonna die!

Morgan: ?!

SFX: Smack!!

Morgan: !!!

Koby: He’s… so strong!!!

Marines: C-Captain Morgan’s…
…losing!!

Luffy: You and your Marines…

SFX: Grip

Luffy: …are ruining Koby’s dream!

Morgan: !!!

Zoro: …

Helmeppo: Stop!!!

SFX: Whack!

Helmeppo: I said stop, you idiot!!!

 

Chapter 6, page 20 – 21

Helmeppo: Don’t move if you value his life!!!
I’ll shoot him dead if anyone moves!!!

SFX: Huff huff

Marines: Master Helmeppo…!!

Koby: Hey!! Mr Luffy!!
Don’t hold back because of me!!
I don’t care if I die!!!

Luffy: Yeah… I got it!
Better drop the pistol, bastard son, Koby’s serious!!

Helmeppo: I said don’t move!! I’ll shoot!! I’m serious too!!
Fine, I’ll just do it!!!

Koby: Behind you Mr Luffy!!!

Morgan: I’m the Marines’ great captain!!!

Luffy: Gum Gum…

SFX: Oooooohh
Chak

Luffy: …Pistol!!!

Helmeppo: ?!
Daddy, hurry up and…

 

Chapter 6, page 22 – 23

SFX: Thwack!!

Helmeppo: Oof!!!

Luffy: Nice work…
…Zoro!

SFX: Kadoom!!

Zoro: No problem…
…Captain!

SFX: Grin

 

Chapter 7, page 1 – 2

Title: Chapter 7: Friends

 

Marines: The captain lost!!!
Captain Morgan has been defeated!!!

SFX: Don!
Chack…

Zoro: Anyone still want to arrest us?!

Marines: …!

 

Chapter 7, page 3 – 4

Marines: Hooray!!!
We’re free!!!
Morgan’s reign of terror is over!!!
Long live the Marines!!!

SFX: Yeeeeeeah

Luffy: Weird.
They’re acting happy we beat their captain.

Koby: …Of course!
They were all just scared of Morgan!!

SFX: Thud!!!

Luffy: Zoro?!

Koby: Mr Zoro!!

SFX: Chatter chatter
Murmer murmer

Zoro: That hit the spot!!!
I hadn’t eaten in nine days, I almost starved to death!!

SFX: Ahh
Murmer murmer

Luffy: Then you never would’ve gone a month!

SFX: Munch munch

Zoro: You seem even hungrier than I am.

Koby: Thank you so much for feeding us all. Even though I didn’t really do anything…

Ririka: Don’t worry about it! After all, you saved the town!

Rika: You were great!

Luffy: Yeah, I am great!
And I’m gonna get even greater!

SFX: Grin

Zoro: Anyway.
What’s next?

 

Chapter 7, page 5 – 6

Luffy: I’m going to the Grand Line!

Koby: ?!!!
What?
You’re being crazy again!!!
You can’t go to the Grand Line with only two people!! You’ll just get yourself killed!!!
Don’t you get it?! All the greatest pirates in the world sail that ocean!!

Zoro: If we’re going after the One Piece…
…we probably don’t have a choice.

Koby: You’re agreeing with him, Mr Zoro?!!

Zoro: Who cares? You’re not going.

Koby: Y-yeah… I may not be going!! But I’m worried about you!!
Is that so wrong?!!
I care about you guys!!!

SFX: Slam! Slam!!

Zoro: I didn’t mean…

Koby: Mr Luffy!! We haven’t known each other for very long…
…but we’re friends, aren’t we?!!!

Luffy: !
Yeah, even if we don’t sail together…
…we’ll always be friends!

Koby: I never really had friends growing up.
Definitely none who would stick up for me.
I never even stuck up for me!!

 

Chapter 7, page 7 – 8

Koby: But the two of you…!!
You taught me how to fight for my own dreams!!!

Luffy: That’s why we’re going to the Grand Line.

Zoro: Exactly.

Koby: Oh. Right.
No!! I’m telling you it’s still too reckless!

Zoro: What about you?

Koby: Huh?

SFX: Donk

Zoro: Cabin boy or not, you were a pirate in Alvida’s crew for two years.
Don’t underestimate the Marines’ Intelligence Division.
They won’t let you enlist if they learn about that.

Ripper: Excuse me!

SFX: Creak!!

Luffy: !

Ripper: Is it true that you gentlemen…
…are pirates?

Luffy: Yup, I just found my first crewmate!
So that makes me a real pirate captain!

Ripper: You men have saved our branch and our town.
For that, we are truly grateful.
But now that we know you’re pirates…
…we as Marines cannot shelter you here.

 

Chapter 7, page 9 – 10

Ripper: Please leave this town immediately.
To show our gratitude, we will not report you to headquarters.

Crowd: Hey Marines!! What the hell is this?!!
Morgan oppressed you the same as the rest of us!!
they’re your saviours too!!

SFX: Rabble rabble

Luffy: Alright… let’s go.
Thanks for the food, lady.

Zoro: …

Koby: Mr Luffy…

Rika: Do you really have to go?

SFX: Swsh!

Koby: !
…!!

Ripper: You’re not leaving?

Koby: Oh!
I’m…!!
I’m…!!

Luffy: Even if we don’t sail together… we’ll always be friends!

Koby: I’m…
I’m not with them!!!

Ripper: …!
Hold on, you two!!

 

Chapter 7, page 11 – 12

Ripper: Is that true?

Luffy: …
I know this guy.
Up until the other day he was…

Koby: !
Mr Luffy…?!
(You wouldn’t…!!)

Luffy: …living on an island, I don’t remember where it was…
…with this big fat pirate lady…
…I think her name was Alvida…

Koby: Stop!
(If they find out I worked on a pirate ship… I’ll never be a Marine!!!)
Please, no more…

Ripper: …

Luffy: …and she was really mean too…
…and this guy spent two whole years…

Koby: (Please stop!! Please stop…!!!)

Koby: Shut up!!!!

SFX: Kerpow

Ripper: ?!!

 

Chapter 7, page 13 – 14

Ripper: …!!

Koby: …!!!

Zoro: …

Luffy: You’re gonna get it!

SFX: Whack!!

Koby: !!

Luffy: Take this!
And this!

Ripper: !

SFX: Smack! Whack!! Pow!!

Ripper: Enough of that!!!
We’ve seen too much violence in this town already!!!

Zoro: You made your point.
Leave him alone.

SFX: Grab

Ripper: I’ve seen enough to know you aren’t associated!!!
Now hurry up and get out of here!!!

 

Chapter 7, page 15 – 16

Koby: (He did that on purpose!!! For my sake!!!)
(He kept talking…!!! To make me hit him…!!!)
…!!!
(He did it again…!! Even at the very end…)
(…I still needed his help!!!)

Zoro: Catch us if you can!

Marines: Hey!

SFX: Murmur murmur

Koby: (Nothing’s changed at all!!!)
(I’m still helpless!! Or am I…?!!)

SFX: Fwip

Koby: (If I don’t take this chance, it’ll all be for nothing!!)

Koby: Please let me join the Marines!!!
I’ll be your chore boy if I have to!! Just let me join!!!
(I can do it!! I can do this!!!)

Marines: Commander! I’m against it!
We don’t know enough to trust him.

Koby: !

Marines: He wouldn’t be the first spy pirates have tried to plant in the Marines.
We need to do a full background check…

Koby: …

 

Chapter 7, page 17 – 18

Koby: Someday!!!
I’m going to be a Marine Officer!!!!

SFX: Don!

Ripper: …
Pirates have killed more friends than I can count.
Don’t commit to this life lightly.
You’re approved for enlistment.

SFX: Tap tap

Koby: Yes sir!
Thank you sir!!

Zoro: You’re a pretty bad actor.
They’ll definitely work it out.

Luffy: It’s fine, Koby’ll manage somehow!

Zoro: Good time to leave, now that you’ve made us a public nuisance.
You act like such a pirate.

Luffy: Hahaha yeah!

Koby: Mr…!
Mr…!
Mr Luffy!!

Luffy: It’s Koby.

 

Chapter 7, page 19 – 20

Koby: Thank you very much!!!
I’ll never forget everything you did for me!!!

SFX: Bam!!

Zoro: I’ve never seen a marine salute a pirate before.

Luffy: Shishishishi!
We’ll meet again, Koby!!!

Ripper: Fall in!!

SFX: Hup?!

Koby: Huh?!

SFX: Roar

Ripper: You have good friends.

Koby: !
Yes, sir!

Ripper: That salute was a glaring violation of the code of conduct.
As punishment, no rations for one week!!!

Marines: Yes sir!!!

SFX: Hup

Luffy: Yeah, let’s go!!
Grand Line here we come!!!

Narration: Luffy set sail with his first crewmate, “Pirate Hunter” Zoro…
Both of them unaware of the grievous mistake they’d just made.

 

 

 

Pirate Era recap

Text: The Great Pirate Era
An age of history dominated by the hunt for the One Piece, the legendary treasure left behind by Gold Roger, the only man ever to be recognised as King of the Pirates. Men beyond number flew pirate flags and joined the battle for fortune and glory. It was a golden age…

 

Chapter 8, page 1

Title: Chapter 8: Introducing Nami

 

Chapter 8, page 2 – 3

Luffy: Ah… I’m starving…

Zoro: …
You don’t see how it’s weird that you set out with absolutely no idea how to navigate?

Luffy: Nope. I’ve always just drifted around!
What about you? You’re meant to be the great Pirate Hunter.

Zoro: I didn’t choose the name, people just call me that.
I went out to sea to look for this one guy…
…and couldn’t figure out how to get back home again.
I had to make a living somehow…
…so I started hunting down bounties.

Luffy: So you got lost?

Zoro: You’re the one who’s lost!!
Anyway, you’re the one calling yourself a pirate when you can’t even navigate a ship!
We’ll never get to the Grand Line like this.
You need to hurry up and recruit a navigator.

Luffy: And a cook and a musician and a…

Zoro: Those can wait!!

Crew: I’m starving!

SFX: Flop flop

 

Chapter 8, page 4 – 5

Zoro: Hey…
There’s a bird.

Luffy: I bet it’s tasty…

SFX: Flap
Flap flap

Luffy: Let’s eat the bird!!

SFX: Shup

Zoro: How’d you plan to…?

Luffy: I’ll go get it! watch this!!
Gum Gum…

SFX: Streeeeetch
Grab

Luffy: …Rocket!!!

Zoro: !

SFX: Whoosh!
Flap flap

Zoro: Didn’t see that coming…

SFX: Chomp!

Luffy: Ack!

Zoro: Huh?!

Luffy: Aaaaaaa!
Help me!

Zoro: You idiot!!!

SFX: Flap flap
Aaaaaaaaa

Zoro: What the hell are you doing?
Damn it!!!

SFX: Aaaaaa
Creak creak creak

 

Chapter 8, page 6 – 7

Funan Bros: Hey! Stop the boat!!
Pick us up!!

Zoro: Huh?!
Castaways, now?!!

SFX: Creak creak
Aaaaaa

Zoro: I can’t stop, just grab on!!

Funan Bros: Hey!!
Are you serious?!!

SFX: Splash splash splash

Funan Bros: Oof!
Aaargh!!

SFX: Splash splash splonk!!
Grab

Zoro: Great! You made it!

Funan Bros: You nearly ran us over!!

SFX: Creak creak

Funan Bros: Huff huff…
Reckless bastard!!

Funan Bros: Now…
…stop the boat.
We’re part of Buggy the Clown’s crew.

SFX: Shing!!

Zoro: Oh yeah?!

 

Chapter 8, page 8 – 9

Funan Bros: Hohohohoho!
We’re very sorry, sir! If we’d known that “Pirate Hunter” Zoro was abord we wouldn’ta tried it!

SFX: Creak! Creak!!
One two one two

Zoro: I lost my friend because of you jerks.
Shut up and row. He’ll probably get down when he’s over land.

SFX: Creak! Creak!

Zoro: So, how’d you three pirates end up drifting in the middle of the ocean?

Funan Bros: I’ll tell you how!! Glad you asked!!
It all started with the girl!!
Yeah, it was all the girl’s fault!!!
She was a real hottie though!!

Funan Bros: We were on our way back from a raid on a merchant ship.
…!

Funan Bros: Hahahaha!!
We got some real treasure this time!!
Not bad from such a tiny ship!!
Captain Buggy’ll hafta give us a big reward for this!!
Huh?
Another boat!
Someone’s passed out over the side.

 

Chapter 8, page 10 – 11

Funan Bros: Ooh, a girl?
Hey girlie! What’s wrong, are you dead?

Nami: Aah… Oh, I must be dreaming…
I can’t believe… I actually ran into someone… all the way out here…
W-whoever you are… Please…
Could you spare… a drop of water?
And maybe… a scrap of bread?
I was in a terrible shipwreck…!!
I can give you money… As much as you want…
I just need… some help…

Funan Bros: We’ll help ya alright!
Can we get a closer look at that chest first?

SFX: Leer

Nami: Come aboard… Take what you need to…
But please… Water…!!

Funan Bros: Don’t rush us!! We gotta scope out the treasure first!
Yeah! We’re saving your life, ain’t we?!!

SFX: Haha
Klomp!

Nami: If you want it that badly…
…you can keep the whole boat too!

SFX: Grin

Funan Bros: What??!
Our ship!! And our treasure!!
Her chest is empty!!!

 

 

Chapter 8, page 12 – 13

Nami: Low, dark clouds coming in from the south…

Funan Bros: ?!

Nami: That’s a cold front!!
Which means a strong chance of a cloudburst…

SFX: Shooo

Nami: …accompanied by a squall.[27]
Small vessels should take precautions against capsizing!!

Funan Bros: !!!!
Aaargh!!

SFX: Fwooosh

Nami: Bingo!

Nami: So long, and thanks for the treasure!

SFX: Fwap!

Funan Bros: That… that sneaky bitch tricked us!!!
You’ll pay for this!!!

SFX: Shaaaaa

Funan Bros: And that’s what happened!
Pretty bad, huh?!

Zoro: If she can use the weather like that… she must know a helluva lot about the sea!
Wonder if she’d be our navigator.

Funan Bros: She’ll be dead when I find her!!
Whadda we do about the treasure?
We can’t go back to Captain Buggy like this!!

Zoro: Who the hell’s Buggy?!

Funan Bros: He’s our captain. You tellin’ me you seriously never heard of Buggy the Clown?
He’s dangerous! He ate one of them Devil Fruits!!

Zoro: …A Devil Fruit…?

 

 

Chapter 8, page 14 – 15

SFX: Don!
Dadoom!

Domingos: You can’t get away!!
Thief, give us back the map!!!

SFX: Taptaptaptap

Nami: Huff! Huff!

SFX: Taptaptaptaptap

Nami: I finally got it!
A map of the Grand Line!![28]

SFX: Scrunch

Domingos: Shit!! We’re dead meat if we don’t get that map back!!
I’m not gonna be lined up in front of some cannon!

SFX: Stomp stomp stomp stomp

Pirate: Captain Buggy! There’s something weird flying over the town!

Buggy: Then shoot it down with the cannon.

Pirate: Aye, Cap’n!!

SFX: Aaaaaaaa

 

Chapter 8, page 16 – 17

Luffy: Argh!

Domingos: ?!!

SFX: Kaboom!!

Domingos: ?!

SFX: Yaaaaaaaaaa
Crash

Domingos: Aaaah!

Nami: Eeek!

Domingos: Someone…
…fell from the sky!!!

Nami: What…?

Luffy: What’d they have to shoot me for?!
Owch!

SFX: Fss fss

Domingos: Aah! He’s alive!!!

Luffy: Yup!
I’m still alive!!

Nami: ?!

SFX: Don!

Nami: !
…
Aha!! Boss!!
You came to rescue me?!

Nami: I’ll leave it to you!!

Domingos: She’s getting away again!
Forget the girl!!

SFX: Zip

Domingos: Focus on her boss instead.
Yeah… He’s one better than her.

Luffy: ?

SFX: Loom

 

Chapter 8, page 18 – 19

Domingos: Ain’t that right, Boss?!!

Luffy: !

SFX: Whap

Domingos: That map belongs to the infamous Buggy the Clown!!!

Luffy: Hey!

SFX: Wham!

Domingos: !!!
Woah…!

SFX: Thud!

Luffy: Don’t you dare…
…touch my hat!

SFX: Plop

Domingos: You…
You bastard!!!

SFX: Grrrr

Nami: Amazing!
You’re really tough!
All those guys with swords and you beat them with your bare hands!

Luffy: Ah! Who’re you?

Nami: I’m a thief who steals from pirates!!
My name’s Nami. Wanna team up?

Luffy: You steal from pirates?

End line: [1] Romance Dawn – The Adventure Begins (End)