Synopses & Reviews
Series Description: Monkey D. Luffy (aka Luffy) dreams of being the "Pirate King" by finding the legendary treasure One Piece. Help in his task arrives when he gains strange stretching powers from eating the cursed Gum-Gum Fruit! Luffy and his crew, including Nami, a thief and swindler, and Roronoa Zoro, master of the three-sword fighting style, sail the Seven Seas in search of the elusive One Piece! Arriving on a new island, Luffy and Zoro meet Nami, a girl thief who specializes in robbing pirates! With his royal henchmen, Mohji the Animal Tamer and Kabaji the Sword Swallower, fiendish pirate Buggy the Clown terroizes a town, blasts buildings (and people) to pieces, and triggers Luffy's desire for revenge. It's pirate vs. pirate as Luffy and his gang go on the defensive against Buggy, who unfortunately has plenty of superpowers of his own!
Synopsis
Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, One Piece
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again Years, later, Luffy sets off in search of the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...
As a kid, Monkey D. Luffy vowed to become King of the Pirates and find the legendary treasure called the One Piece. The enchanted Gum-Gum Fruit has given Luffy the power to stretch like rubber--and his new crewmate, the infamous pirate hunter Roronoa Zolo, strikes fear into the hearts of other buccaneers But what chance does one rubber guy stand against Nami, a thief so tough she specializes in robbing pirates...or Captain Buggy, a fiendish pirate lord whose weird, clownish appearance conceals even weirder powers? It's pirate vs. pirate in the second swashbuckling volume of One Piece
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Arriving on a new island, Luffy and Zoro meet Nami, a girl thief with a penchant for robbing pirates. With his royal henchmen, Mohji the Animal Tamer and Kabaji the Sword Swallower, fiendish pirate Buggy the Clown terrorizes a town, blasts buildings (and people) to pieces, and triggers Luffy's desire for revenge. It's pirate vs. pirate as Luffy and his gang go on the defensive against Buggy, who unfortunately has plenty of superpowers of his own. Award-winning author Eiichiro Oda is one of the most popular comic creators and artists in Japan.
Synopsis
R to L (Japanese Style). High jinx on the high seas!
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming the King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber…at the cost of never being able to swim again! Now Luffy, with the help of a motley collection of pirate wannabes, is setting off in search of the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world!
About the Author
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."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."