One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn

Join Monkey D. Luffy at the beginning of his search for the legendary treasure known as the One Piece.

Inspired by the pirate Red-Haired Shanks, Luffy dreams of becoming King of the Pirates. Eating the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit gives him the power to stretch like rubber, but takes away his ability to swim. Years later, he sets off in a small rowboat to find a crew and begin his adventure.

Start here: this is volume one of Eiichiro Oda’s manga, in the standard English-language paperback edition. Continue with volume two to follow the story in order.