Paradise

Paradise is the name of the first half of the Grand Line given by pirates fleeing the New World, compared to which "the first half is a paradise". It is located between East and South Blue, and goes from the Twin Cape to Mary Geoise.
==Overview==
The first half of the Grand Line, colloquially referred to as Paradise, stretches from the Twin Cape to Mary Geoise and runs northwest to southeast. Its name, Paradise, comes from people that have returned from the New World; the second half of the Grand Line is a whole “new world” of adventures beyond anything that one might face in the first half, it is such an abhorrent challenge that the first half of the Grand Line is referred to as "Paradise" when comparing it to the second half.
The first half of the Grand Line possesses highly volatile and unpredictable weather conditions, and the first leg of Paradise is especially chaotic; Reverse Mountain and the Twin Cape are a great starting point, from there a Log Pose can lock onto the magnetism of any of seven different islands, each of which is the first island in one of seven different routes that one can travel through to traverse the first half of the Grand Line, however the clashing magnetic waves and specific climates of those first seven islands result in extremely harsh weather patterns and ocean currents that change every few seconds.
Every island in Paradise presents its own unique challenges, and the level of difficulty seems to increase the farther one travels. Regardless of which of the seven routes one chooses, they are all an equal amount of trouble to travel through, and they all lead to the same place, the Sabaody Archipelago. Shakuyaku likened the first half of the Grand Line to a giant tournament of survival, with those who make it all the way to the Sabaody Archipelago as the cream of the crop. A countless number of pirate crews have entered the Grand Line, though only a small handful have made it that far.
==Islands within Paradise==
===Canon Locations===
*Cactus Island (Log change: less than a day)
**Whisky Peak
*Little Garden (Prehistoric Island. Log change: 1 year)
*Kyuka Island
*Drum Island (Type: Winter Island)
**Drum Rockies
***Drum Castle
**Bighorn
**Cocoa Weed
**Gyasta
**Robelle
*Nanimonai Island
*Arabasta Kingdom (Originally called "Sandy Island"; type: Summer Island):
**Rainbase
**Yuba
**Erumalu
**Nanohana
**Katorea
**Spiders Cafe
**Alubarna
*Jaya (Type: Spring island, Log change: 4 days)
**Mock Town
*Skypiea
*Long Ring Long Land
*Sea Train Zone
**Water 7 (Log change: 7 days)
**Enies Lobby
**San Faldo
**Pucci
**St. Poplar
*The Florian Triangle Area
*Sabaody Archipelago
*Guanhao
*Tarai Current
*Marineford
*Fish-Man Island (Log change: Half a day)
*Karakuri Island
*Momoiro Island
*Boin Archipelago
*Namakura Island
*Kuraigana Island
*Kenzan Island
*Merveille
*Foolshout Island
*Banaro Island
**Banana Rock
*Vira
====Former====
*Lulusia Kingdom
===Non-Canon Locations===
*Silver Arrow Island
*Royal Sun Island
*Great Ground
*Festa Circle
*Rainbow Island
*Cream Mist
*O-Kan Island
*Papanapple Island
*Fireworks
*Goat Island
*Ruluka
*Rainbow Mist
*Hannabal
*Navarone Island
*Partia
*Elena
*Shellfish Island
*Asuka Island
*Omatsuri Island
*Mecha Island
*Atoll
*Unnamed island from Unlimited Adventure
**Plain Zone
**Seaside Zone
**Jungle Zone
**Ruins Zone
**Cave Zone
**Mountain Zone
**Dimension Zone
**Abyss Zone
*Hyokaido
*Kilauea
*Enkai Island
*Spa Island
*Little East Blue
*Trap Tower
===Unnamed Locations===
First Appearance 	Descriptions 	Events 	Image
Chapter 236; Episode 778	An inhabitated island. 	Wapol fell here after being defeated and thrown away by Luffy. 	
Chapter 439; Episode 324	An inhabitated island. 	Smoker was here when discovered new bounties of Straw Hat Pirates. 	
Chapter 593; Episode 512	An island with ancient ruins almost fully covered by grass and trees.	After the Battle of Marineford, Buggy and Galdino met the Alvida and the Buggy Pirates here.	
Chapter 593; Episode 512	An island that not much is known about. 	After the Battle of Marineford, Crocodile and Daz Bonez rested and healed their wounds. 	
==Trivia==
*The name of Paradise is based on the term for the concept of an ideal place of happiness and delight.
*In the One Piece 15th Anniversary: Dive to Grand World, Paradise is spelled "Paradice". This is probably a mispronunciation of the word.
*In the anime soundtrack Believe by Folder 5, the chorus says "run towards paradise and believe in wonderland". The One Piece anime uses that soundtrack when the Straw Hat Pirate arrived in Logue Town, just before they entered the Grand Line.
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