Brief Description:
Follow the beginning of Luffy's search for the greatest treasure in the world: one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary One piece.
Biographical Note:
Eiichiro Oda began his manga career at the age of 17, when his one-shot cowboy manga Wanted! won second place in the coveted Tezuka manga awards. Oda went on to work as an assistant to some of the biggest manga artists in the industry, including Nobuhiro Watsuki, before winning the Hop Step Award for new artists. His pirate adventure One Piece, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, quickly became one of the most popular manga in Japan.
Marc Notes:
Compilation of the graphic novel volumes 1-3 in the series.;Reads from right to left in the traditional manga format.;Cover title.;Follow the beginning of Luffy's search for the greatest treasure in the world: one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary One Piece.;Rated T: For teen.;Translated from the Japanese.
Publisher Marketing:
Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, the One Piece.
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to stretch like rubber. Its only drawback? He'll never be able to swim again--a serious handicap for an aspiring sea dog! Years later, Luffy sets off on his quest to find the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...
Get Ready to Set Sail!
The treasure trove of high seas adventures just got bigger with this collection of the first three volumes of One Piece!