One Piece (Manga)

## One Piece

*For other uses of this name, see One Piece (Disambiguation).*

**One Piece** (*Original: ワンピース, Wan Pīsu*) is a Shonen action-adventure manga written and drawn by Eiichiro Oda, serialized in the anthology *Weekly Shonen Jump*.

Premiering in July 1997, *One Piece* has currently published over 1000 chapters (collected into over 100 *tankōbon* volumes) and generated a global franchise, including an anime adaptation.

Produced by Tomorrow Studios and Netflix, a live-action adaptation of the manga story was released in 2023 with eight episodes adapting the beginning of the story.

## Synopis

The series focuses on Monkey D. Luffy—a young man made of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit—who sets off on a journey from the East Blue Sea to find the deceased King of the Pirates Gol D. Roger's ultimate treasure known as the "One Piece", and takeover his prior title.

In an effort to organize his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy rescues and befriends a pirate hunter and swordsman named Roronoa Zoro, and they head off in search of the titular treasure. They are joined in their journey by Nami, a money-obsessed thief and navigator; Usopp, a sniper and compulsive liar; and Sanji, an amorous but chivalrous cook. They acquire a ship, the *Going Merry* and engage in confrontations with notorious pirates of the East Blue.

## Publication History

Oda started writing One Piece in 1996, while working as assistant. He began with two one-shot stories, entitled Romance Dawn - which would later be used as the title of the first chapter and volume of One Piece. Both introduced the character of Luffy and included elements that would later appear in the main series. The first of these short stories was published in August 1996 in Akamaru Jump and later in One Piece Red. The second was published in the 41st issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1996 and republished in Oda's 1998 collection of short stories, Wanted!.

## Reception

*One Piece* has the highest total manga sales within Japan, and is currently the most acclaimed and all-time best-selling title in *Weekly Shōnen Jump*. The manga is the first to increase the sales of *Weekly Shōnen Jump* in eleven years. As of volume 65, the series has sold over 260,000,000 copies domestically and is the fastest manga to reach sales of 100,000,000.

* 2008: One Piece was the bestselling manga in Japan with 5,956,540 volumes sold. Volume 49 with 1,544,000 copies was in fourth place, Volume 50 with 1,678,208 copies hold the first place and Volume 51 with 1,646,978 copies was in second place.
* 2009: One Piece was the bestselling manga series in Japan with 14,721,241 volumes sold. Volume 53 hold the first place with 2,057,528 copies sold, volumes 54, 52, and 55 place second, third and fourth respectively with 1,963,696, 1,952,551, and 1,810,410 copies sold respectively.
* 2010: Volume 59 holds a manga initial circulation record in Japan with 3.2 million copies. The volume set a new record for the first-week sales by selling 1,852,541 copies.
* 2010: The first half One Piece was the bestselling manga in Japan with 15,220,095 copies sold approximately. Volume 57 was in first place and Vol. 56 in the second with 2,305,594 and 2,276,013 copies sold respectively.
* 2011: One Piece was the bestselling manga in Japan with 37,996,373 copies sold. Volume 61 was the bestselling volume in Japan with 3,382,588 copies sold.
* 2012: One Piece was again the top selling manga in Japan, selling an estimated 23,464,866 copies. Volume 65 sold the most, with 3,336,992 copies sold.
* 2013: The New York Times runs an ad by the publisher Shueisha, thanking *One Piece* fans as they celebrate the record breaking 300 million copies that are in print.
* 2015: One Piece is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as having "the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author", with 320,866,000 copies printed and circulated, from December 1997 till December 2014.

## External Links

* One Piece (Manga) on Wikipedia
* See One Piece Wiki