## One Piece Chapter 1, pages 23-25: Romance Dawn - Chapter: 1 - Pages: 23-25 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Shanks, Lucky Roux, Yasopp, Red Hair Pirates ### Summary Page 23: Shanks laughs heartily along with his crew, "HA HA HA HA!" Luffy yells at him, completely outraged. "YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY?!" Luffy's face fills the panel, screaming in anger. "HE MADE YOU LOOK LIKE A WEAKLING!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU FIGHT HIM?! SURE, THEY OUTNUMBERED YOU, AND MAYBE THEY LOOKED PRETTY TOUGH, BUT WHAT KIND OF MAN LETS HIMSELF BE TREATED LIKE THAT THEN LAUGHS ABOUT IT? YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO ALL PIRATES!" Shanks looks at him quietly for a moment, "...". Then he smiles gently, touching the brim of his hat. "WHEN YOU GROW UP MAYBE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND, KID. HE JUST GOT SOME GROG ON ME, THAT'S ALL. NEEDLESS KILLING DOESN'T MAKE YOU A MAN." Unconvinced, Luffy turns and stomps away. "HMPH! TO GO FIND A REAL ROLE MODEL!" Shanks reaches out and grabs Luffy's wrist. "HEY, WHERE YOU GOING?" The page ends on Shanks holding Luffy back with a "GRAB" while Luffy keeps trying to stomp away. Page 24: Luffy turns his back and walks away angrily, saying, "HEY!!!" Shanks grabs his arm, asking, "WHAT!!?" As Shanks pulls, Luffy's arm stretches out incredibly long like a rubber band with a loud "BW-OING!" sound effect. In the background, the pirate crew spits out their drinks in shock with a "PFFSH!!" and "!!??". One pirate yells, "HIS ARM'S STRETCHING!!!!" Shanks, sweating and wide-eyed, stammers, "DOES THIS MEAN... DID HE--" Yasopp adds, "HE COULDN'T HAVE!" Luffy looks back at his stretched arm in confusion, asking, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!!!" Lucky Roux holds up a small, empty wooden chest and shouts, "IT'S NOT HERE!! THE GUM-GUM FRUIT WE TOOK FROM THAT ENEMY SHIP!!!" The crew reacts with a collective "HUH?!" Shanks points frantically at Luffy, yelling, "LUFFY! YOU DIDN'T EAT THAT FRUIT, DID YOU!?" Luffy, sweating nervously, replies, "YEAH... I ATE IT FOR DESSERT!! IT DIDN'T TASTE ALL THAT GREAT, THOUGH..." 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!"