Volume 18

Volume 18 is titled "Introducing Ace".
==Cover and Volume Illustration==
The cover has a dark orange background. The title and author's name are written in a lime green spectrum gradient.
Portgas D. Ace is featured in the foreground. Behind him are shots of the Straw Hat Pirates in their desert travel clothes as they brave the Arabastan desert: Nami with Matsuge in the upper panel, the males of the crew suffering from the desert heat in the middle one and Nefertari Vivi with a kung-fu dugong in the lower one.
The spine features Ace and Luffy.
==Author's Notes==
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 	I hear you need stamina to sleep. If you sleep the correct way, even if it's for a short while, it seems like you can wake up nice and fresh. In other words, you should sleep with all your might. That's the idea. So, in order to sleep to the fullest in a short period, I decided to gain some stamina before sleep. I gulp down some strong energy drinks and snuggle into my blanket. Ugh, geez, I'm tellin ya, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FUCKING SLEEP LIKE THIS.
==Chapters==
*156. : The Straw Hats meet Baroque Works' Mr. 2 Bon Kurei.
*157. : As the Straw Hats reach Arabasta, Smoker encounters Portgas D. Ace of the Whitebeard Pirates in a restaurant.
*158. : Luffy inadvertently interrupts Smoker and Ace's battle and reunites with his big brother.
*159. : After escaping from the Marines, Luffy introduces Ace to his crew.
*160. : As the Straw Hats head to Yuba, the Baroque Works officer agents gather to meet Crocodile.
*161. : The Straw Hats see how Crocodile has put much of Arabasta into a drought as part of his coup plan.
*162. : The Straw Hats reach Yuba after a long and hard journey.
*163. : The Straw Hats only find an old man left at Yuba, and Vivi remembers her past with the current rebel leader Koza.
*164. : More of Vivi's past is shown.
*165. : The officer agents meet with Crocodile, who unveils his plan to take over Arabasta.
*166. : Crocodile learns that the Straw Hats are still alive and moving. Meanwhile, Luffy and Vivi argue over how to stop the impending war.
==SBS Notes==
*The Rankings of the Baroque Works females by name is based on feelings of happiness (the highest is "All-Sunday" since every Sunday of the year is a day off; the second being New Years; the third being Bon; etc.)
**Miss Doublefinger's name is also explained in association with New Years: it is one finger on each hand thus "doublefinger" or 1/1 or January 1)
*If one refrains from bowing before a hiking bear, they will be subjugated to sitting in the traditional Japanese position for one hour. People have experienced massive leg cramps while undergoing this torture.
==Usopp Gallery Pirates==
*Located on pages 46, 106, 146, and 204.
*The English version of this volume included its own Usopp Gallery Pirates, located on pages 46 and 146.
== Trivia ==
* This is the first volume to contain 11 chapters.
==References==
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