One Piece (ン ピ ピ ー ス, Wan Pīsu?) Is a series of Shōnen manga created by Eiichirō Oda. It has been pre-published since July 19, 1997 in the weekly magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump, then grouped in volumes related to Shūeisha since December 24, 1997. A French version has been published since 2000 by Glénat. A reissue closer to the original version was launched on July 3, 2013. 82 volumes were released in April 2017. In May 2017, 85 volumes and over 850 chapters are marketed in Japan
One Piece has its own universe and features a multitude of heterogeneous characters. The author pays particular attention to the personality, the physical aspect and the history of his characters, even secondary ones. Several groups are distinguished:
First the pirates, scattered all over the world, they are of all levels and each possesses their crews. Some pirates have some men's crews, others own whole fleets, they are often sought after and their heads priced, the sum of their premium sets their level of danger for the navy and the world government. Then the Navy, it has a hierarchical organization. It is led by Admirals and its mission is to protect peace and civilians. It makes it a point of honor to prosecute and imprison pirates. The relations between the navy and the pirates, although conflicting, are far from being Manichaean.
Apart from pirates and the Navy evolve other characters, one can note for example the bounty hunters, they are also in pursuit of the pirates and capture them to receive the premium paid by the Navy.
The story follows mainly the crew of Straw Hat, led by its captain Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who ate, unknowingly the fruit of the GumGum which allows him to stretch his limbs, and whose dream Is to become the King of Pirates. He is subsequently joined by swordsman Roronoa Zoro who has the dream of becoming the best saber in the world, sniper Usopp, seductive cook Sanji who wishes to discover All Blue, the navigator expert in cartography And meteorology Nami, the reindeer having eaten the fruit of the human Tony-Tony Chopper the cyborg engineer Franky, the historian who wants to decrypt the Rio Poneglyph Nico Robin having eaten the fruit of the hatching that allows him to hatch each Part of her body where she wishes and the pirate musician, having eaten the fruit of the resurrection, resurrected in the state of Brook skeleton.
Note that the names of several characters are presented "à la japonaise", the name before the first name: Monkey D Luffy, Nico Robin, Vinsmoke Sanji, Gol D Roger, Marshall D Teach or Don Quixote Doflamingo. If we were to pronounce them western, it would give: Luffy D Monkey, Robin Nico, Sanji Vinsmoke, Roger D Gol ... However, some names are western like Edward Newgate (the real name of White Beard).