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Monkey D. Luffy

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, Luffy sets off in search of the “One Piece,” said to be the greatest treasure in the world!

The public execution of Luffy’s brother, Portgaz D. Ace, sparks an all-out war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy. This battle that Luffy takes part in ends with the deaths of Ace and Whitebeard. After escaping, Luffy wallows in sorrow on the Island of Women. Understanding his own weakness, Luffy reconfirms how important his friends are for him in order to move forward. At that moment, Rayleigh approaches Luffy and offers to train him. Luffy agrees and sends out a message to his crew to meet up in two year’s time at Sabaody Archipelago.

Portgaz D. Ace	Whitebeard	Rayleigh

After two years, the Straw Hat Pirates meet up once again in the Sabaody Archipelago. There they ready to set sail for Fish-Man Island and the New World with a renewed resolve! However, at the same time the crew meets up, a gang of fake Straw Hats is running amuck. What’ll happen when the real Straw Hats meet their counterfeit counterparts?

Fake Straw Hats
Fake Luffy	Fake Zolo	Fake Nami	Fake Usopp	Fake Sanji
Fake Chopper	Fake Robin	Fake Franky
Real Straw Hats
Luffy	Zolo	Nami	Usopp	Sanji
Chopper	Robin	Franky	Brook

The Straw Hats finally reach Fish-Man Island, 30,000 thousand feet below the sea’s surface. But with Hody Jones and his New Fish-Man Pirate crew planning a coup d’état, it seems like they may be in for a rough time! Meanwhile, King Neptune appears and invites them to Ryugu Palace to thank them for rescuing Princess Shirahoshi’s pet shark Megalo. Inside the palace, Luffy meets the mermaid princess, but because of the love-struck stalker Vander Decken, Shirahoshi is unable to leave her room. In order to help grant her wish to leave the palace, Luffy takes her outside for the first time in years.

Hody	King Neptune	Princess Shirahoshi	Megalo	Vander Decken

Hody Jones and Vander Decken come to a nefarious agreement to work together. Hody wants control over Fish-Man Island and the chance to flaunt Fish-Man superiority over humans, while Vander Decken just wants to snag Princess Shirahoshi for his own. While at the palace, the Straw Hats are wrongly accused of stealing mermaids and are back in familiar territory—on the lam! While chaos ensues, Hody and Vander Decken attack Ryugu palace. While some Straw Hats are left behind in the palace, Luffy meets up with Jimbei at the Forest of the Sea, where he recounts the sad tale of Queen Otohime and Fisher Tiger.

Jimbei	Queen Otohime	Fisher Tiger

Jimbei recounts Tiger Fisher’s sad tale, from his time as a Fish-Man District outlaw to his folk hero status as a slave emancipator. After Fisher Tiger and Queen Otohime’s unfortunate and tragic deaths, the Sun Pirates splinter into different groups. Arlong and Hachi form the Fish-Man pirates and wreak havoc in East Blue, while Jimbei accepts the government position as Warlord of the Sea, in hopes of bridging an understanding between Fish-Man Island inhabitants and humans.

Arlong	Hachi

Jimbei and Luffy plan a counterattack against Hody and Vander Decken. Although the inhabitants of Fish-Man Island are suspicious of the Straw Hats, they eventually cheer for them as they realize the end of Fish-Man Island nears. Drawn by the intense feelings of Luffy and Princess Shirahoshi, unlikely help in the form of Neptunians arrive to turn the tide of the coup. In the end though, the fate of Fish-Man Island comes down to the bloody battle between Luffy and Hody...

New Fish-Man Pirates
Daruma	Dosun	Hyouzou	Ikaros Much	Zeo

It’s the Straw Hat pirates versus the New Fish-Man pirates! Luffy and crew already dispatched their mentors, Arlong and his band of notorious Fish-Men, but can they take on the next generation?

After their bloody excursion into Fish-Man Island, the crew’s next destination is the New World. Follow the next step of their legendary adventures by becoming an SJ Alpha member!

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by John Bae