## One Piece Chapter 1: Romance Dawn - Chapter: 1 - Pages: 0-60 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Gol D. Roger, executioners, crowd, Shanks, Lucky Roux, Yasopp, Red Hair Pirates, Benn Beckman, Makino, Higuma, Gyoru, Woop Slap, fishmonger's wife, Higuma's bandits, villagers, sea monster ### Summary Page 0: The cover of One Piece Volume 1. The title "ONE PIECE" is displayed prominently in yellow and red, with "EAST BLUE" above it. Below, a colorful illustration shows three characters on a wooden boat sailing on the ocean. Monkey D. Luffy sits in the center, laughing joyfully with one fist raised and one arm behind his head, wearing his signature straw hat, a red vest, and blue shorts. To the left, Nami sits on the railing, smiling and looking through a spyglass, wearing a striped shirt and an orange skirt. To the right, Roronoa Zoro leans back against the railing, laughing and holding a bottle, wearing a white shirt, green haramaki, and dark pants, with his swords resting beside him. Seagulls fly around them in the bright blue sky. The text "SHONEN JUMP MANGA", "Story & Art by Eiichiro Oda", and a large red "volume 1" are at the bottom. Page 1: An author's note page. At the top is a black-and-white photograph of a person wearing a grey alien mask, holding their hands behind their head. Below the photo is a message: "I've been gathering and reading a bunch of reference materials to do this 'pirate story.' However, the pirates that I admired so much in my youth hardly ever left written records of their history. I guess they were just too busy having fun with their own adventures and they forgot to leave their stories for future generations. That's just the trouble with those darned pirates. -Eiichiro Oda, 1997". Below this is a small illustration of a flintlock pistol. The bottom half of the page contains a short biography: "Author/artist Eiichiro Oda began his manga career in 1992 at the age of 17, when his one-shot cowboy manga Wanted! won second place in the coveted Tezuka manga awards. Oda went on to work as an assistant to some of the biggest manga artists in the industry, including Nobuhiro Watsuki, before winning the Hop Step Award for new manga artists. His pirate adventure One Piece, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, quickly became one of the most popular manga in Japan with sales of over 65 million copies." Page 2: A copyright and publication information page for One Piece Vol. 1: East Blue Part 1, Shonen Jump Manga Edition. It states that the volume contains material originally published in English in Shonen Jump issues 1-4 and the first One Piece episode in issue 5. The page credits Eiichiro Oda for story and art, Lance Caselman for English adaptation, Andy Nakatani for translation, Bill Schuch for touch-up art and lettering, Sean Lee for cover and graphic design, and Thompson for senior editing. It also lists VIZ Media publication details, printing information, ratings icons, and copyright notices. Page 3: A black-and-white title page. At the top, text reads "SHONEN JUMP MANGA", "ONE PIECE", "Vol. 1 ROMANCE DAWN", and "STORY AND ART BY EIICHIRO ODA". The main illustration shows Monkey D. Luffy standing proudly in a small wooden boat on the ocean, smiling with his hands on his hips. He wears his straw hat, a dark vest, and shorts. The ornate boat has an animal-like figurehead with curling decoration, a small mast, and a rolled-up sail. A large banner unfurls across the sky above him, bearing the word "ONE PIECE". A seagull wearing a pirate hat with a skull and crossbones sits on the tail end of the banner. The background features a calm sea, distant islands, and a clear sky. Page 4: The table of contents for Volume 1. The top displays the One Piece logo, "EAST BLUE", and "Vol. 1 ROMANCE DAWN". The contents list the following chapters and pages: "Chapter 1: Romance Dawn 5", "Chapter 2: They Call Him 'Straw Hat Luffy' 59", "Chapter 3: Enter Zolo: Pirate Hunter 83", "Chapter 4: The Great Captain Morgan 105", "Chapter 5: The King of the Pirates and the Master Swordsman 125", "Chapter 6: Number One 145", "Chapter 7: Friends 168", "Chapter 8: Nami 189", "The Making of One Piece 208", and "Facts About Eiichiro Oda 210". A small illustration of a flintlock pistol is at the bottom. Page 5: The first story page of Chapter 1, titled "CHAPTER 1: ROMANCE DAWN". The page opens with a narration box: "GOLD ROGER, THE 'KING OF THE PIRATES,' HAD ACHIEVED IT ALL." The top panel shows Gold Roger sitting on a wooden execution platform. His hands are bound in front of him, and his long dark hair and prominent curved mustache obscure his eyes. Two executioners stand on either side of him, crossing their long polearms in front of his chest. Another narration box reads: "NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE FINAL WORDS HE SPOKE BEFORE THEY LOPPED OFF HIS HEAD INSPIRED ADVENTURERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO SAIL THE SEAS." The middle panel is a close-up of Gold Roger's face. He is smiling broadly, showi...