One Piece 

(stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and

illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized
in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997,
with its individual chapters compiled into 101 tankōbon volumes as of
December 2021. The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a boy
whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil
Fruit. With his pirate crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy explores the Grand Line
in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as the "One Piece" in order to
become the next King of the Pirates.
The manga spawned a media franchise, having been adapted into a festival film
produced by Production I.G, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation,
which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Additionally, Toei has developed
fourteen animated feature films, one OVA and thirteen television specials.
Several companies have developed various types of merchandising and media,
such as a trading card game and numerous video games. The manga series was
licensed for an English language release in North America and the United
Kingdom by Viz Media and in Australia by Madman Entertainment. The anime
series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment for an English-language release in
North America in 2004, before the license was dropped and subsequently
acquired by Funimation in 2007.
One Piece has received praise for its storytelling, art, characterization, and
humor. It has received many awards and is ranked by critics, reviewers, and
readers as one of the best manga of all time. Several volumes of the manga
have broken publishing records, including the highest initial print run of any book
in Japan. In 2015, One Piece set the Guinness World Record for "the most
copies published for the same comic book series by a single author". It was the
best-selling manga for eleven consecutive years from 2008 to 2018, and is the
only manga that had an initial print of volumes of above 3 million continuously for
more than 10 years, as well as the only that had achieved more than 1 million
copies sold in all of its 100 published tankōbon volumes.
As of July 2021, One Piece had over 490 million copies in circulation in 58
countries and regions worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in
history, and the best-selling comic series printed in book volume. It is also one of
the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
Synopsis
Premise
The series focuses on Monkey D. Luffy, a young man made of rubber, whom,
inspired by his childhood idol, the powerful pirate "Red Haired" Shanks, sets off
on a journey from the East Blue Sea to find the mythical treasure, the One Piece,
and proclaim himself the King of the Pirates. In an effort to organize his own
crew, the Straw Hat Pirates,[Jp 1] 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, a perverted but
chivalrous chef. They acquire a ship, the Going Merry,[Jp 2] and engage in
confrontations with notorious pirates of the East Blue. As Luffy and his crew set
out on their adventures, others join the crew later in the series, including Tony
Tony Chopper, an anthropomorphized reindeer doctor; Nico Robin, an
archaeologist and former Baroque Works assassin; Franky, a cyborg
shipwright; Brook, a skeleton musician and swordsman; and Jimbei, a fish-man
helmsman and former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Once
the Going Merry becomes damaged beyond repair, the Straw Hat Pirates acquire
a new ship, the Thousand Sunny,[Jp 3] built by Franky. Together, they encounter
other pirates, bounty hunters, criminal organizations, revolutionaries, secret
agents, and soldiers of the corrupt World Government, and various other friends
and foes, as they sail the seas in pursuit of their dreams.
Setting
Geography
The world of One Piece is populated by humans and many other races, such
as fish-men and merfolk (two races of fish/human hybrids), dwarves, minks (a
race of humanoids with animal features), and giants. It is covered by two vast
oceans, which are divided by a massive mountain range called the Red Line,[Jp
4]
 which is also the only continent in the world.[2] The Grand Line,[Jp 5] a sea that
runs perpendicular to the Red Line, further divides them into four seas: North
Blue,[Jp 6] East Blue,[Jp 7] West Blue,[Jp 8] and South Blue.[Jp 9][3] Surrounding the Grand
Line are two regions called Calm Belts,[Jp 10] similar to horse latitudes, which
experience almost no wind or ocean currents and are the breeding ground for
huge sea creatures called sea kings.[Jp 11] Because of this, the calm belts are very
effective barriers for those trying to enter the Grand Line.[4] However, navy ships,
members of an intergovernmental organization known as the World Government,
are able to use a sea-prism stone[Jp 12] to mask their presence from the sea kings
and can simply pass through the calm belts. All other ships are forced to take a
more dangerous route, going through a mountain at the first intersection of the
Grand Line and the Red Line, a canal system known as Reverse Mountain.[Jp 13]
[5]
 Sea water from each of the four seas runs up that mountain and merges at the
top to flow down a fifth canal and into the first half of the Grand Line, called
Paradise because how it compared to the second half.[6] The second half of the
Grand Line, beyond the second intersection with the Red Line, is known as the
New World.[Jp 14][7]
The currents and weather of the Grand Line's open sea are extremely
unpredictable, whereas in the vicinity of islands the climate is stable.[8] The
magnetic fields within the Grand Line cause normal compasses to malfunction,
making it even more difficult to navigate,[9] and instead a special compass called
a Log Pose[Jp 15] must be used.[10] The Log Pose functions by locking on to one
island's magnetic field and then locking on to another island's magnetic field.
[11]
 The time for it to set depends on the island.[12] This process can be bypassed
by obtaining an Eternal Pose,[Jp 16] a Log Pose variation that is permanently set to
a specific island and never changes.[13]
The world of One Piece includes animals that function like devices. Transponder
Snails[Jp 17] are snail-like animals that act like a rotary phone, fax machine, or
camera.[14][15] Dials,[Jp 18] the shells of certain sky-dwelling animals, can be used to
store kinetic energy, wind, sound, images, heat, and the like and have various
applications.[16]
Devil Fruits
A Devil Fruit[Jp 19] is a type of fruit that, when eaten, grants a power to the eater.
[17]
 A person may only eat one Devil Fruit during their lifetime, as eating a second
Devil Fruit will swiftly end their life.[18]
There are three categories of Devil Fruits;[19]

 Paramecia[Jp 20] is a category of fruits that gives the user various superhuman
abilities, such as Luffy's rubber physiology, Nico Robin's appendage
generation or Brook's self-revival.[20]
 Zoan[Jp 21] fruits allow the user to fully or partially transform into a specific
animal, like how Tony Tony Chopper can transform into a human-reindeer
hybrid. Certain Zoan fruits allow the user to transform into prehistoric
creatures, like X Drake being able to turn into an Allosaurus, and even
mythical creatures, like how Marco can transform into a phoenix. Through an
unknown technique developed by scientist Dr. Vegapunk, inanimate objects
can also "eat" a Devil Fruit and gain sentience, like how Spandam's sword
become an elephant.[21]
 Logia[Jp 22] fruits give control over and allow the user "to change their living
body structure into the powers of nature", like Smoker's control over smoke,
Portgas D. Ace's control over fire, and Sir Crocodile's control over sand.[19]
Devil Fruits are said to be incarnations of the sea devil himself and as a result,
Devil Fruit users cannot swim in sea water as "they are hated by the sea".
[22]
 When even partially submerged in sea water, they lose all their strength and
coordination, although some abilities remain. For example, Luffy is still able to
stretch after being totally submerged. Sea-prism stone also has this effect.
Moving water, such as rain or waves, does not have this effect. When a Devil
Fruit user dies, the powers reincarnate into a new Devil Fruit. For unknown
reasons, Devil Fruit users cannot eat a second Devil Fruit because it would
cause their bodies to burst, although series antagonist Blackbeard manages to
obtain a second Devil Fruit power through an unknown method. Devil Fruit
powers can also be "awakened", greatly increasing the power and utility of the
user's abilities.[23]
There is also an artificial Devil Fruit created by Caesar Clown called the SMILE
which enables the user to obtain the abilities of a specific animal, but having only
partially a part of the animal such as the legs, ears, or the head protruding from
any limb of the body, like the head of an animal in the stomach or in place of the
hand, wings in the head or the waist, or an animal appearing in place of their
legs.
Haki
Haki (覇気, lit. "Ambition") is a latent ability that every living being in the world
of One Piece possesses; very few manage to awaken it, and even fewer master
it. There are three varieties of Haki: Color of Observation (見聞色の覇
気, Kenbunshoku no Haki) allows one to sense the presence of other beings and
to have a form of limited precognition. Color of Arms (武装色の覇気, Busōshoku
no Haki) allows one to envelop body parts and even inanimate objects with a
force akin to an invisible armor that possesses defensive and offensive
properties. It also allows one to inflict harm upon logia Devil Fruit users. The rare
Color of the Supreme King (覇王色の覇気, Haōshoku no Haki) is an ability that,
unlike the other two Haki, only a few gifted people have. The Color of the
Supreme King enables one to overpower the will of the weak-willed. It can be
used to force others into submission or even render victims unconscious. Strong-
willed people can withstand, or even completely ignore, the effects of this Haki,
even if they do not possess the ability themselves. This Haki can also have
physical impact, such as causing shock waves and destruction to the user's
surroundings.[24]