A One Piece is a comic book series created by a Japanese author and artist, Eiichiro Oda. Starting from July 1997, it has been featured in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and by March 2025, had 111 tankōbon volumes. The manga covers the story of a young man, Monkey D. Luffy, whose body gains the magical properties of rubber owing to him consuming a devil fruit. Immediately after meeting his childhood idol, Shanks the pirate, Luffy commences his journey to find the "One Piece" treasure, with dreams of becoming the King of the Pirates. The New Yorker Medium Over the course of the story, Luffy faces multiple powerful foes and along the way makes friends with numerous people from different backgrounds who end up becoming part of his diverse crew. They include ship master Jinbe, musician Brook, doctor Tony Tony Chopper, archaeologist Nico Robin, chef Sanji, and sharpshooter Usopp, navigator Nami, and swordsman Roronoa Zoro. Together as the Straw Hat Alps, they set forth to explore the Grand Line where they discover ancient secrets, fight against the extremely powerful world government, and powerful enemies.Starting in 1999, Toei Animation has aired an anime television series called One Piece. Since then the franchise has grown to include games, multiple animated films, and even a live-action adaptation produced by Netflix in 2023. The franchise is widely regarded as one of the best for its storytelling, humor, art, and world-building. In 2022, One Piece had a staggering 516 million copies in circulation which is more than any other manga series in history. One Piece also holds a Guinness World Record for "the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author." This manga series is enjoyed by everyone around the globe because of its captivating stories of friendship and pursuing life's goals.