One Piece

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One Piece Story Arcs

Manga Story Arcs

This is the portion of the anime which is based on the manga. The series can currently be broken down into 4 parts: The East Blue Saga, The Baroque Works Saga, The Skypiea Saga and Nico Robin/Shipwight Saga. It is broken up to smaller sub-arcs.

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• East Blue Saga: This Saga is the warm-up of the series. Luffy is born and meets Shanks as a young boy living on the East Blue sea. This is where he forms most of his Straw Hat crew and, ultimately, where the adventure begins. The saga starts off with a flashback of Gold Roger about to be executed, before he dies he tells the crowds to go out and search for his treasure. With that he sparked the Golden age of pirates; countless pirates raise their flags and set off to find One Piece.
• Zolo / Captain Morgan / Intro Arc
• Nami / Captain Buggy Arc
• Usopp / Captain Kuro Arc
• Sanji / Don Krieg / Baratie Arc
• Arlong arc
• Louge Town arc
• Baroque Works Saga: The Straw-Hat pirates finally enter the Grand Line. They must help Vivi fight off the criminal organization Baroque Works and help her save her country Alabasta from being thrown in chaos. Along the way they meet Luffy's older brother, Portgas D. Ace, and pick up a new crew member: Tony Tony Chopper.
• Laboon Arc (cut from English anime)
• Whiskey Peak arc
• Little Garden arc (cut from English anime)
• Drum Island arc
• Alabasta arc
• Skypiea Saga: Nico Robin Joins the crew, and Vivi stays in Alabasta. A ship hundreds of years old falls from the sky, and from the evidence contained inside, the crew begins to wonder if an island in the sky can really exist as the legends say. Meanwhile, the World Government gathers the remaining Shichibukai together to discuss a replacement for Sir Crocodile, Ace meets Buggy, and Shanks is seen again in the story. With help from Montblanc Cricket in Jaya, the Straw Hat Pirates manage to reach Skypiea, an island in the sky ruled by a false god named Eneru.
• Shipwright/Nico Robin Saga: Luffy is on a quest to find a shipwright for the crew. Meanwhile, the World Government is after Nico Robin to recover the plans for an ancient warship called "Pluton".

Eneas Lobby Saga:Luffy and his remaining crew that consists of Zoro,Nami,Sanji and Chopper,team up with the Franky Family and remaining Galley La members,Paulie,Lulu and Tilestone to attack Eneas Lobby,the HQ of the CP9.

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Chapter Title Page "Mini-Arcs"

Due to the One Piece manga's nature as a weekly serial, each individual chapter has its own title page to start that series' section of Weekly Shonen Jump. While most manga artists use this space either to expand the chapter's length by a page or to draw a one-off illustration, Eiichiro Oda will take minor characters and defeated villains, and give them their own story arcs. Each of these stories, known officially as "Short-Term Focused Title-Page Serials" (短期集中表紙連載 Tanki Sh?ch? Hyōshi Rensai), runs for between 20 and 40 (usually around 30) consecutive installments, interrupted only by title pages drawn in color. Each "episode" is one panel, with a caption that includes the title of the arc (given by Oda himself) and a description of what happens in the image. After each arc has run its course, there is a set of "normal" chapter title pages that showcases each member of the Straw Hat crew, and then a new story arc is introduced. While these "mini-arcs" (as fans call them) are part of the canon manga story, only two have appeared thus far in the anime: those of Buggy and his crew (episodes 46-47) and of Koby and Helmeppo (episodes 68-69).

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There are currently eight title page story arcs in the manga, with the last still ongoing:

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• Buggy's Crew: After the Battle! (An Account of Buggy & Crew's Adventures (バギー一味冒険記 Bag? Ichimi Bōken-Ki) in the Japanese version), ch. 35-75 (28 installments, plus 2 "sidestories" with Ritchie as captain)
• A Diary of Koby-Meppo's Struggles (コビメッポ奮闘日記 KobiMeppo Funtō Nikki), ch. 84-119 (30 installments)
• Django's Dance Paradise (ジャンゴのダンス天国 Jango no Dansu Tengoku), ch. 126-172 (37 installments)
• Hatchan's Sea-Floor Stroll (はっちゃんの海底散歩 Hatchan no Kaitei Sanpo), ch. 182-228 (40 installments)
• Wapol's Omnivorous Hurrah (ワポルの雑食バンザイ Waporu no Zasshoku Banzai), ch. 236-262 (23 installments)
• Ace's Great Blackbeard Search (エースの黒ひげ大捜査線 ?su no Kurohige Dai-Sōsasen), ch. 272-305 (29 installments)
• Gedatsu's Accidental Blue-Sea Life (ゲダツのうっかり青海暮らしGedatsu no Ukkari Seikai-Gurashi), ch. 314-348 (32 installments)
• Miss GoldenWeek's "Operation: Meets Baroque" (ミスG・Wの作戦名「ミーツ・バロック」 Misu Gōruden W?ku no Sakusenmei "M?tsu Barokku"), ch. 359-??? (ongoing)
• * After the downfall of Baroque Works, Miss GoldenWeek, Miss Valentine, and Mr. 5 are living on Little Garden, in the wax hut left behind by Mr. 3. When Miss GoldenWeek learns of the capture and imprisonment of the Baroque Works higher-ups, she decides to go to the prison and meet them. She uses her "Colors Trap" painting skills to enlist the help of a Pteranodon, and the three of them take flight from the island, leaving the giants Dorry and Brogy to duel in peace from then on. Unfortunately for them, it begins to rain, and the paint controlling the dinosaur washes off. The now-hostile pteranodon drops them onto Ky?ka (Vacation) Island, where they learn that Mr. 2 has already broken out of prison. It also just so happens that Hina, Fullbody, and Django are on the lookout for Mr. 3 and any other remaining members of Baroque Works. The three fugitives disguise themselves (poorly), but are quickly discovered. Miss Valentine is captured by Hina's Ori-Ori Devil Fruit ability, but Mr. 5 creates a diversion with his Bomu-Bomu Fruit powers, and he and Miss GoldenWeek escape. Mr. 3, Mr. 5, and Miss GoldenWeek now have until sundown to turn themselves in, or Miss Valentine will be hanged. Mr. 3 is about to flee the island in his own personal ship, but someone appears before him in silhouette: it is none other than the former Mr. 2, Bon Clay. He grabs Mr. 3 and prepares to strike him....

Anime-Only Arcs

Because the One Piece manga is still ongoing, Toei Animation uses non-manga material (filler) as a way to slow down the progression of the plot. If the anime were to catch up with the manga, Toei would either have to wait for Oda to release more manga chapters, take the story in a direction independent of the manga (as was done in Rurouni Kenshin, InuYasha and Fullmetal Alchemist), or simply end it; any of these would likely damage the popularity of the series, and would not reflect well on either Toei Animation or Eiichiro Oda. Thus, additional material is the only viable alternative.

Related Topics:
Filler - Rurouni Kenshin - InuYasha - Fullmetal Alchemist

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Unlike non-manga material in many other shows, most One Piece filler takes place in story arcs independent from the main plot, and having little to no effect on the subsequent canon story. These arcs also generally consist of lighter fare than Oda's own work, containing much more comedy, the presence of child characters, and little in the way of drama. Purist fans of the series tend to consider them little more than entertaining fluff, and inferior to material by Eiichiro Oda himself. Currently, the anime has four story arcs not present in the manga:

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• Warship Island Arc (a.k.a. Apis arc): comes between the East Blue and Baroque Works sagas. The Straw Hat Pirates attempt to help a mysterious girl named Apis and a "Thousand Year Dragon" named Ryuji, while combating the nefarious Erik and the Naval forces after the dragon. It was completely cut from the English-dubbed anime. Despite the arc's low reputation among fans, its removal struck many as an uncharacteristic move on the part of 4Kids, as the Warship Island arc seems to be aimed at younger viewers than the majority of the series, featuring very little content that 4Kids would consider "objectionable" by its standards.
• Filler Arcs: comes between the Baroque Works and Jaya/Skypiea sagas. It is composed of several standalone episodes, followed by two short story arcs.
• G8 Arc: comes after the end of the Jaya/Skypiea saga. Instead of splashing down in open sea, the Merry Go is trapped within the enclosed and heavily fortified waters of a Navy base, where the crew must scatter to survive before attempting to retake their ship and escape.
• Ocean's Dream Arc: follows the Longring Longland arc and precedes the crew's arrival at Water Seven. The crew loses its memory and has to get it back before they can continue. It is notable in that it marks the reappearance of Arlong, and is the only non-manga storyline thus far to be based on a One Piece videogame (Ocean's Dream, released for the Sony PlayStation in 2003).