## One Piece Chapter 1, pages 25-26: Romance Dawn - Chapter: 1 - Pages: 25-26 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Shanks, Gyoru, Woop Slap, fishmonger's wife ### Summary Page 25: Shanks grabs Luffy by the shoulders and shakes him violently, screaming, "THAT WAS THE GUM-GUM FRUIT!! THE FRUIT OF THE DEVIL, IT'S ONE OF THE SECRET TREASURES OF THE SEA! IF YOU EAT IT, YOUR ENTIRE BODY BECOMES LIKE RUBBER! AND YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SWIM FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!" Luffy looks terrified, screaming back, "WHAAAAAAAAAAT!? AAARGH!! AAAAAHHH". Shanks yells, "YOU IDIOT!!!!!" The scene transitions to a peaceful view of the village with windmills and a cow mooing. Luffy is seen walking down a dirt path with a "TMP TMP TMP". In the next panel, Luffy stands in front of a shop with a sign reading "FISHMONGER". He smiles broadly with his rubbery, stretched-looking grin and calls out, "HEY, MR. FISHMONGER! GIVE ME SOME FISH!" Page 26: The fishmonger, a large man with a headband, laughs and says, "HEY, RUBBER BOY! WHY ARE YOU IN SUCH A GOOD MOOD LATELY!" His wife, sweeping nearby, adds, "THE PIRATES SET SAIL WITHOUT YOU TODAY, YOU KNOW?" Luffy recalls Shanks's warning: "AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SWIM FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE." Unbothered, Luffy replies, "IT DOESN'T MATTER. IF I SINK LIKE AN ANCHOR, THEN I'LL JUST BE A PIRATE THAT NEVER FALLS OVERBOARD!" He grabs his cheeks and stretches them far out to the sides with a "BOOOING", saying, "I'M GLAD I ATE THE GUM-GUM DEVIL FRUIT... LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO!" Suddenly, the village mayor, Woop Slap, appears, wearing a striped hat and glasses. He scolds Luffy, "YOU THINK BEING GAWKED AT BECAUSE YOU'RE A FREAK IS A GREAT THING, EH? WELL, THIS VILLAGE DOESN'T NEED ANY MORE IDIOTS, SONNY!" Luffy casually greets him, "GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR!" The mayor continues his rant, "FOR THE LAST TIME, LUFFY, I WON'T ALLOW YOU TO BECOME A PIRATE! IT'D MAKE THE VILLAGE LOOK BAD!! NOW, THE CAPTAIN'S NOT SUCH A BAD FELLOW, BUT YOU STAY AWAY FROM THOSE PIRATES!" Luffy completely ignores him, picking his nose and pulling down his eyelid in a mocking face while muttering, "BLAH BLAH BLAH".