One Piece 80: Opening Speech

Join the adventures--and misadventures--of Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the "One Piece," the greatest treasure in the world.

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...

The Straw Hats have successfully freed the people of Dressrosa from Doflamingo's tyrannical grip, but can they make it off the island alive? With some of the Navy's strongest officers on their tail, Luffy and his crew are going to need some new allies

Eiichiro Oda began his manga career in 1992 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.