One Piece (ワンピース)

Travel across the oceans of the world

Bellow a battle cry

Once your heart feels refreshed, let the signal to set sail ring out

We've left the established course

Right now, we're rowing straight toward

The borderline between the sky and the ocean

In the dark depths of the ocean, adventure holds its breath

Don't you have a good time just imagining it?

Travel across the oceans of the world

Bellow a battle cry

Once your heart feels refreshed, let the signal to set sail ring out

"That feeling" I get when embarking

Is something I hope to remember always

If I can, I won't be afraid of anything

With our pulses racing, let's go on a trip now

Shy hearts engrave the rhythm of adventure

Snatch up the treasure here and there

While laughing out loud

As we dash by like a noisy party

Make some waves...

Life is "Adventurous"

Be aware it's "Dangerous"

Who's gonna be "One of us"

And a trip goes on because

We da pirate of the "Mass"

To the West, To the East

Gotta find my way, Sail away

All the way to "One piece"!!

Stuff a dream into your empty chest

And spread your wings

If the wind blowing through them dyes your heart

Let's press forward

Snatch up the treasure here and there

While laughing out loud

As we dash by like a noisy party

Make some waves...

The time is the Great Pirate Era.

Countless pirates fight desperately for the One Piece,

the great treasure left behind by Gold Roger, King of the Pirates.

Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body turned to rubber

after he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit,

also takes to the sea to become the next King of the Pirates.

As Luffy and his friends overcome numerous adventures,

the World Government is less and less able to ignore their existence.

This is exciting!

What kind of adventure is waiting for us next?!

The crew, on its way to the New World,

will speed along the Grand Line again today!

After landing on the Sabaody Archipelago,

the Straw Hat crew succeeded in rescuing the kidnapped Camie.

However, a battle began with marines lying in wait.

We're all set to escape!

The group then attempted to break through the navy's siege and escape.

"Roger and Rayleigh -- The King of the Pirates and His Right Hand Man"

Are you alive, Peterman-san?!

How dare they do this to our boss!

Dammit!

Damn them!

Still...

I never expected Duval to have such a handsome face under that mask!

Well, see ya! Feel free to call us again anytime!

We'll be at your beck and call until you can safely set sail for Fish-Man Island!

Okay! Thanks, you guys!

No problem at all!

Just quit winking.

Oh, and one other thing...

Don't forget this, Miss Mermaid!

Oh! My backpack!

That idiot Peterman had it!

Thank you!

Alright! Let's go, Life is Rosy Riders!

Yes, Hand-Rose!

Their shouts sure change a lot.

They're probably trying to find one that clicks.

Now, then. Let us hurry inside.

We need to get Hachi into a bed!

"Shakky's Rip-Off Bar"

Hey, Shakky! I'm back!

Oh, welcome back, Ray-san. That was sooner than I expected.

I'm impressed you guys managed to find him.

Ol' Hachi's been seriously hurt. We need to get him into a bed.

What happened?!

This is bad! I'll get a bed ready right away!

Oh, you said you had something to tell me afterward, old guy...

Eh?!

On the Pirate King's ship?!

Yes. I'm Silvers Rayleigh, the ship's vice-captain.

Nice to meet you.

Vice-captain?!

You didn't tell them, Hatchan?

We only needed his help with the coating, so...

Oh? You didn't realize it?

I know his name so well!

It's in so many books!

It's definitely a name everyone hears at least once...

Gold Roger...

I seem to vaguely recall a rookie named that long ago, but I'm not sure...

How do such a big-shot and an octopus know each other?

Hachi rescued me over 20 years ago, when I was stranded in the sea.

He saved his life. He was still a child at the time, though.

Hachi and I remained close after that, until he joined the Sun Pirates.

You mean Arlong, right?

Still...

Even though Gold Roger was executed 22 years ago,

you didn't get your head chopped off for being vice-captain?

The navy caught the entire crew, didn't it?

We weren't caught.

Roger turned himself in.

The government might've made it sound like they had caught him

as a way to show its power, though.

The King of the Pirates turned himself in?! Why?!

Because we saw an end to our journey.

About four years before the day of his public execution,

Roger caught a fatal illness.

Not even Roger could avoid the suffering

that this terminal, incurable disease brought.

But, there was one man with the skill to ease his suffering:

a man at the Twin Capes named Crocus,

who was the most respected lighthouse keeper and doctor in the sea.

We asked for his help and brought him on as ship doctor for our final voyage.

Finally, three years later, while managing to escape death,

Roger achieved what was said to be impossible:

he conquered the Grand Line.

C-C-Crocus-san?!

At the Twin Capes?!

Oh, that brings back memories!

Huh?! That old guy wasn't there for 50 years straight?!

He was a member of the Pirate King's crew?!

Come to think of it, he did mention being a ship's doctor for a few years!

So he was a pirate for those three years, then?!

The fact that you've met him must mean he's still doing well!

Crocus agreed to come aboard

because there was a certain group of pirates he wanted to look for.

Brook! It was you guys he set out to find, no doubt about it!

Crocus-san...! You even went to such lengths...!

He was only a crewmember for three years,

but he was unquestionably one of us!

At this age now, it'd be great to see him again...

So, what happened after he conquered the sea?

That's when it all began.

The world started calling Roger "King of the Pirates."

He hadn't been King of the Pirates the entire time before or anything.

Titles hold no meaning for a man about to die.

But Roger was overjoyed.

He loved doing everything in a flashy way...

Whether it was celebrating or fighting...

He even seemed to enjoy thinking out a plan for the future,

even though he wouldn't be a part of it.

Eventually, as per captain's orders, the Roger Pirates were secretly disbanded.

One by one, everyone discretely left.

As comrades, we all risked our lives together,

but I know almost nothing about where they are or what they're doing now.

Then, about a year after we disbanded,

Roger turned himself in and was arrested.

It was then announced that he would be publicly executed

in Loguetown, the East Blue town he was born in.

I hear that many of the young faces in the town square that day

went on to make names for themselves on the high seas today.

The world focused its attention on the Pirate King's execution.

I didn't attend it.