Monkey D. Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, got a rubber body and wants to be King of the Pirates. Alone in a tiny boat, he sails the East Blue building a crew: swordsman Zoro, navigator Nami, sniper Usopp, who brings the ship Going Merry, and cook Sanji from the floating restaurant Baratie. At Arlong Park, Luffy learns Nami was forced to work for the fish-man Arlong and takes him down to free her village. In Loguetown, Buggy nearly executes him on the very spot where Gol D. Roger died; a lightning bolt saves him and he escapes Captain Smoker. The saga ends with the crew entering the Grand Line.
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Before it became a series, One Piece started as two one-shots called Romance Dawn in 1996. Editor Takanori Asada said the idea was rejected three times before it landed in Shonen Jump.
Oda said the Gum-Gum Fruit came from his own laziness, and that Doraemon was the main inspiration for Devil Fruits. His love of pirates came from the cartoon Vicky the Viking.
Oda started writing One Piece in 1996, while he was still an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator of Rurouni Kenshin. Chapter 1 came out on July 22, 1997.
Netflix's 2023 live-action series adapts this saga in 8 episodes. Oda was an executive producer and said he read the scripts and acted as a 'guard dog' for the adaptation.
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