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[NARRATOR] This is the time known as the Great Pirate Era.

A countless array of pirates go to battle across the seas

in search of the One Piece, the legendary treasure left behind

by Gold Roger, King of the Pirates.

Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body turned to rubber

after eating the Gum-Gum Fruit, sets sail

to become the next King of the Pirates.

As Luffy and his crew conquer numerous obstacles, they capture

the unwanted attention of the World Government,

which will use any means necessary to stop them.

[LUFFY] Now this is exciting!

I can't wait to see what kind of adventure's up next!

[NARRATOR] With a charted course awash in danger and intrigue,

the crew will cut a path across the Grand Line to the New World!

[NARRATOR] After landing on the Sabaody Archipelago,

Luffy and the Straw Hat crew succeeded in rescuing

the kidnapped mermaid, Camie.

Soon afterward, however, a battle with the Marines began.

We'll help you guys get outta here!

[NARRATOR] After a wild scramble they found themselves

in the clear, for the time being.

[LUFFY] Roger and Rayleigh!

The King of the Pirates and His Right Hand Man!

[HOUND PET 400A] Peterman! Boss, Say something!

How dare they do this to you!

Damn those guys!

You know what...

I never expected Duval to be so handsome under that mask.

[DUVAL laughing]

Well, see ya! Feel free to call us anytime!

We'll be there whenever you need us until you're safely

on your way to Fishman Island!

[LUFFY] Sounds good! Thanks, you guys!

Hey, ain't no thing, buddy!

Yeah. Enough with the winking.

Oh, I forgot.

For you, Miss Mermaid.

[CAMIE] Hey, you found my backpack!

[DUVAL] Indeed! That idiot Peterman had it.

[CAMIE giggles] Thank you!

Alright! Let's go, Rosy Life Riders!

[FISH RIDERS] Yes, Handsome Rosy!

They sure shout a bunch of weird stuff.

Probably trying to find something that clicks.

Here we are. Let's hurry inside.

[CHOPPER] Sounds good. We need to get Hachi to a bed.

[RAYLEIGH] Hey, Shakky! Are you here?

Open up!

[SHAKKY] Oh, it's Ray! Welcome back!

I wasn't expecting you.

Or rather, I wasn't expecting them to find you so fast.

Hachi was seriously injured in the escape.

Do you have a bed?

That looks terrible! Hold on.

I'll throw something together for him.

Hey, old guy.

You said you had something to tell me, right?

Hm?

[LUFFY yells] You were on Gold Roger's crew?

I was. In fact, I served as his vice-captain.

The name is Silvers Rayleigh. It's nice to meet you.

[ALL] Vice-Captain?

Hm?

[SHAKKY] Why didn't you tell them?

Slip your mind?

[HACHI] We only needed him to coat the boat,

so I didn't think about it.

Wait. You didn't know who he was?

Not his face. But I sure know his name!

[NAMI sobbing] He's in so many books. He's legendary!

It's definitely a name everyone's heard at least once.

Gold Roger...

I seem to remember a rookie with that name long ago,

but I'm not sure, really.

So how do a big-shot pirate and an octopus

know each other?

Hachi rescued me.

I was stranded at sea and he found me.

That was over 20 years ago, but I'll never forget it

for as long as I live.

[SHAKKY] Hachi was still just a little kid when it happened.

But he saved Rayleigh's life.

[RAYLEIGH] We remained good friends after that incident,

until he joined up with the Sun Pirates.

[LUFFY] You mean Arlong, right?

It's hard to believe.

I mean, Gold Roger was executed 22 years ago, wasn't he?

How did his Vice-Captain avoid getting his head

chopped off, too?

The Marines captured the entire crew, didn't they?

[CHOPPER gulps]

The Marines didn't catch Roger.

[LUFFY muffled grunt] [SANJI gasps]

See, the Captain turned himself in.

[ALL gasp]

[RAYLEIGH] The government made it sound

like they'd caught him, though. Likely just to look tough.

"Rattling their sabers", if you will.

[NAMI] The "King of the Pirates" turned himself in? Why?

[RAYLEIGH] Because he saw the inevitable end to our journey.

See, about 4 years before his execution,

Roger began to feel ill.

Turned out, he had developed a fatal disease.

[ALL gasp]

No matter how strong he was, the illness he had was incurable.

He knew that he would submit to it eventually.

But, there was one man with the skill and know-how

to help ease his suffering.

A lighthouse keeper and well-respected doctor.

A man residing at the Twin Capes named Crocus.

Huh?

[RAYLEIGH] We asked for his help and brought him on

as the ship's doctor for our final voyage.

Finally, three years later, while managing to keep

the disease at bay, Roger achieved what was said

to be impossible. He conquered the Grand Line.

Did you say Crocus? At the Twin Capes?

Oh, that takes me back!

Whoa! That's crazy! I thought the old man

just lived at the lighthouse for 50 years!

But he sailed with the King of the Pirates.

[NAMI] Come to think of it.

He did mention being a ship's doctor for a while!

So he was a pirate on your crew for those three years?

Oh, I have to assume you've met him then.

It's good to know that he's alive and well!

Crocus agreed to join with us because there was a certain

group of pirates he wanted to search for on the Grand Line.

Brook! I bet he was talking about your crew!

Guess it's a small world after all!

Crocus, you sweet man! You went to such lengths!

Yes, he was only a crewmember with us

for those three years.

But we definitely considered him one of our own.

It's been such a long time, it'd be great to see him again.

[SANJI] So, what happened after Roger conquered the sea?

[RAYLEIGH] That's when it all began.

The world starting calling Roger the "King of the Pirates".

Before that, no one had ever called him the king of anything.

[RAYLEIGH] Honestly, titles don't hold much meaning

for a man about to die.

Still. Roger was overjoyed to hear it.

[RAYLEIGH] Whatever he did, he loved doing it

in a bold and flashy way.

Whether it was in battle or celebration,

he enjoyed living life to the fullest.

He seemed to take pleasure in thinking out plans for the

future as well, even though he wouldn't be a part of it.

Eventually, as per Captain's orders,

the Roger Pirates were secretly disbanded.

One by one, everyone discretely left the crew

and went their own way.

As comrades, we risked our lives together.

But I know next to nothing about where they are

or what they're doing now.

[RAYLEIGH] Then, about a year after we disbanded,

Roger turned himself in and was incarcerated.

Shortly after, it was announced that he would

be publicly executed in Loguetown, the settlement

in the East Blue where he was born.

[RAYLEIGH] I've heard that many of the young faces

that bore witness in the town square that fateful day

went on to make names for themselves on the high seas.

There was a silence that covered the entire world

the day of his execution.

I wasn't there in attendance, myself.

But I hear that his final words

went a little something like this:

While they may execute me, I won't die.

[RAYLEIGH] The World Government and the Marines

must've been shocked. With one last remark from Roger,

the public execution that was meant to serve as an example

and a warning to other pirates, instead became

the opening ceremony to what would become

the Great Pirate Era!

If anyone wants my treasure, then it's yours for the taking!

Go find it!

I left everything I gathered in one place.

[RAYLEIGH] In seconds, he changed the dim flame

of his life into a raging hellfire

that spread across the world!

[CITIZENS cheering]

[RAYLEIGH] I've never laughed as much...

Nor have I cried as much...

Nor drank as much as I did that night.

The Captain was an amazing man,

and he sure lived one hell of a life.

[NAMI, USOPP sigh]

I'd heard it before, but it's still so amazing.

When one of Roger's old friends tells it,

it's like it's a whole new story.

Wait. It sounds like you're trying to say

that Roger created the Great Pirate Era on purpose!

That, I couldn't tell ya. No way to know for sure.

Roger is no longer with us.

It's only the people who are living now

who can create and shape such an era.

I'm certain that there are people who inherited

that spirit of adventure from Roger that fateful day

in the town square.

Your good friend Shanks is probably one of them.

[LUFFY muffled] Whoa! You know Shanks, too, old man?

Perhaps you've heard of a pirate named Buggy from the East Blue.

[NAMI, ZORO grunt]

[NAMI, ZORO] Buggy?

He and Shanks served us well.

They were both apprentices onboard Roger's ship.

Whoa! You mean Shanks was on the King of the Pirate's ship?

Hm? I take it he never told you, then?

[RAYLEIGH] I ran into him again.

Right here on this archipelago about 10 years ago.

I noticed he lost his trademark straw hat,

as well as losing his left arm.

[LUFFY gags]

[RAYLEIGH] When I asked him what had happened,

he spoke about you with a smile.

[SHANKS] I was shocked, Rayleigh. I couldn't believe it!

In the East Blue, there's a kid who said

the same thing Captain Roger said.

His spirit lives on in him.

And ever since, I've always wanted to meet you, Luffy.

And see this spirited boy for myself.

[LUFFY laughs]

Aw, Shanks!

[RAYLEIGH] But I can't in good conscience talk about things

involving Shanks that he hasn't mentioned yet himself.

In any case, you've done well to make it this far.

I'm sure Shanks is eagerly awaiting your arrival

in the New World.

Really? Do you think so?

Man, I can't wait to see him!

[RAYLEIGH chuckles] Now then.

Getting down to business, I believe you wanted

your ship coated, right?

Then it's high time for me to return to my real work.

[HACHI] That reminds me: I wasn't sure exactly how much

the coating would cost.

[RAYLEIGH] Ah, don't you worry about it, Hachi.

I couldn't possibly take money from friends of yours.

[HACHI] Oh, wow. You're the best, Rayleigh.

[USOPP, NAMI cheering]

Not sure why, but he's doing it for free! Thanks!

We certainly appreciate it. That's very generous of you!

[NAMI] We just saved a ton of money!

[ALL] Huh?

[ROBIN] Rayleigh. I have a question.

What exactly is the "Will of D"?

There was a Poneglyph on Sky Island.

Roger's name was inscribed on it in that ancient form of writing.

How does he know it? How can he use that language?

[GOLD ROGER] I made it here, and I will guide this passage

all the way to the farthest ends of the earth.

Pirate Gol D. Roger...

Please tell me. Did you learn what happened to the world

during the Blank Century?

The missing history from 900 years ago?

Yes. We know.

[ROBIN gasps]

[RAYLEIGH] We learned all of it.

The entirety of the missing history.

[ROBIN shaky gasp]

[RAYLEIGH] But, Miss...

You mustn't be so hasty.

Just keep moving forward. See, this is your journey now.

We, and Ohara, might have hurried too much

for our own good.

I'm sure that's not what you wanted to hear...

Even if I told you everything you wanted to know

about that history here and now, just as you are,

you couldn't do anything about it.

Once you've taken the time to really see the world,

it might change your outlook.

And possibly lead you to a different answer.

But if you still insist on hearing it.

I can tell you everything. It's up to you.

[ROBIN] No. I'll pass.

And continue my journey.

It'll all make sense to you one of these days.

I'm very sorry for what happened

in your homeland of Ohara.

But, that doesn't change the fact that Roger

didn't decipher that writing.

We were all pirates, remember? Not geniuses or scholars.

No match for Clover or the other great minds of Ohara.

See, Captain Roger just heard the voice

of the universe, and that's all that happened.

Are you sure about this, Robin?

Seems like you're passing up a pretty big opportunity!

Hey! Old guy! I've got a question of my own!

The treasure Roger talked about. The legendary One Piece!

Tell me, is it really--?

That's enough!

[USOPP grunts] [LUFFY panting]

I don't wanna know where the One Piece is hidden.

I don't even wanna know if it exists!

Every single one of us put our life on the line

and set out to sea without knowing anything!

I'd rather give up being a pirate than know!

I won't go on a boring adventure!

We need to sail and find out for ourselves!

[USOPP gasps] Uh, sorry! Sorry! I knew that!

It just slipped out of my mouth, that's all!

I don't wanna know either! Ah! I just remembered! I have

"I'll Die If I Learn Anything About The One Piece" disease!

Don't say anything, old guy! You'll kill me!

Keep it to yourself!

[SHAKKY laughing]

Well, in that case. let me ask you:

Do you think you can do it?

The New World far surpasses anything you can imagine.

Your foes will be powerful.

Knowing that, do you still think you can rule this mighty sea?

[LUFFY grunts]

What? I don't wanna "rule" anything.

Being King of the Pirates is about being more

free than anyone!

Huh?

I see.

Monkey D. Luffy. I must say, I like your style.

[RAYLEIGH] Your ship is in Grove #1, right?

I guess I'll head over there now and get started.

What do you plan to do anyway?

At any moment, an admiral could be here looking for you.

[NAMI] That's right. We'll only be a nuisance if we stay here.

So, maybe we go shopping?

What? Are you insane?

We're being chased by the World Government!

We gotta hide!

He's got a point.

If we stick together, that makes us an easy target

for those Marines.

And it'll be easier for the old guy to finish his work

if we each find somewhere to lay low in town for a while.

Right. Then I say we split up.

Keep track of the work and when it's done, we meet back here.

Who is that guy strategizing over there?

'Cause it's not Zoro!

Hey, Shakky. We have any cards?

[SHAKKY] Yes. I believe there's one left.

[NAMI] Whoa! This is a Vivre Card!

[RAYLEIGH] You know what it is? That simplifies things.

Since I happen to be a bit notorious myself.

I think I'll move your ship from Grove #1

and work on it somewhere more secluded.

I'll need three days to complete the coating process.

[LUFFY, USOPP gasp]

Why does it take so long?

It needs time to seal, so I can't go any faster.

Then it's three days of survival in the woods for us. Scary!

[RAYLEIGH] Let's meet at sundown, three days from now.

I don't know what grove I'll be on then,

so use the Vivre Cards to find me.

Wherever it leads you, that will be the place

where I'll be finishing the coating and waiting for you.

It's probably a good idea for you to pick up some supplies

for your underwater voyage to Fish-Man Island.

Luffy, all of you, thank you for everything!

You guys are awesome.

And I'm sorry. Sorry I caused you guys so much trouble.

I owe you my life!

We'll show you the way to Fish-Man Island.

Don't worry about a thing.

So do you best to stay clear of the Marines.

Hachi. Get plenty of bed rest, okay?

See you again in three days. We'll be there to send you off.

See you later, nice lady!

[LUFFY] We're up against an Admiral.

We need to make sure none of us gets killed.

Stop saying scary stuff like that!

Three days, huh?

Let's all go...

[LUFFY] ...to the amusement park!

[ALL] Ugh.

[PIRATE 400B] A Navy warship's been spotted from the harbor!

[PIRATE 400A] Oh, no! The Admiral's here!

[PIRATES screaming]

[PIRATES gasp]

[PIRATES scream]

[PIRATE 400D screams]

[KIZARU] Ah, this is Kizaru.

Uh, I've arrived on site.

Please respond.

Over.

[CHOPPER] They say an Admiral is coming!

[BROOK] Can he not, please?

[CHOPPER] The last one we met was Aokiji!

He had ice Devil Fruit powers and was super-tough!

[BROOK] I do very poorly with super-tough!

Perhaps someone else can handle this!

[CHOPPER, BROOK] Luffy!

[LUFFY] On the next One Piece!

"No Escape?

Admiral Kizaru's Light Speed Kick!"

I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!