The first I saw an article reviewing Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, I thought the drawings looked silly and the plot sounded kinda lame. I’ll fill you in on the plot shortly. So I brushed it off as being one of those shows that are just not worth my valuable time, it was only after a friend of mine was raving about it did i decide to give it a look.

I decided to start slow and only got the first 150 episodes, the show is currently on about it’s 350th episode. With 150 episodes now safely stowed away on my Harddrive, I decided to see what the fuss was all about. 1 episode turned into 5, then 5 turned into 10, before i knew i was 20 episodes and having the time of my life. The way you get sucked in show is somewhat frightening, it’s make you want to drop everything, dash of to the closest harbour, join a pirate crew and sail the sea’s in search of adventure.

It starts of with just the star of the show Monkey. D. Luffy in search of members to form his pirate crew. Luffy at first seems a little strange, and well he’s a little strange. He’s basically an idiot, but an idiot with a firm belief in himself. His way of thinking is strange but his ideals are always sound. His goal is to sail the Grand Line in search of One Piece the legendary treasure of Gol. D. Roger, who ever finds this treasure will be become the pirate king.

Luffy gradually starts to gather a crew, starting with Zoro (A famous swordsman); Nami (Navigator); Sanji (Cook); Usopp (Sniper); and Tony Chopper (Doctor). More members join on later in the story but i wouldn’t want to spoil anything so you’ll have to wait and see for yourself. Luffy along with many other characters that pop up along the way, have powers known as Devil Fruit Abilities. These are a range of different powers given to those who eat the rare devil fruits. Luffy is known as the rubber man, as his body has the ability to stretch. This may not sound like a powerful ability but you’ll be surprised the damage he manages to do.

Everytime you watch this show you are once again sucked, and always have a smile on your face before the episode is done. A great watch for all those who haven’t seen it.

Thanks for reading, i’ll be posting again soon. “Jan ay”

The Strawhat Pirates