One Piece · Orange Town Arc

A flashback shows young Luffy with Red-Haired Shanks, who lost an arm saving him and left him the straw hat. In the present, Luffy gets caught up with Nami, a thief who robs pirates and wants Buggy the Clown's map of the Grand Line. In Orange Town, Buggy terrorizes the place with his Buggy Ball cannon. Mayor Boodle and Chouchou, a dog guarding his late owner's shop, try to stand up to him. Zoro beats Cabaji, and Luffy defeats Buggy, whose body splits into pieces. Nami takes the map and the treasure and travels on with Luffy and Zoro, strictly as a business partner.

1. SetupThe glare that scares off a monster

   In this arc's flashback, when Shanks just stares down the Sea King and it flees, that's no ordinary intimidation. The power gets a name much later.

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2. SetupBuggy and Shanks shared a ship

   Buggy says he and Shanks were apprentices on the same pirate ship. Which ship, and what happened there, the series reveals bit by bit.

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3. Behind the scenesZoro was meant to join Buggy

   In the original concept, Zoro used two swords instead of three and joined Buggy's crew before following Luffy.

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