Right now, the plot summary ends with "Currently in the Final Saga." It is a placeholder. It is a cliffhanger made of hypertext. One day, that section will be filled. One day, the "Status" column for Monkey D. Luffy will change for the last time.

It is the best-selling manga in history , with over 600 million copies in circulation worldwide as of early 2026. It holds the Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author. 2. The Anime Series (1999–Present)

Oda creates the characters based on his own image of them; for example, the villain Enel was based on the concept of God, while the Admirals of the Marines are based on famous Japanese actors.

Twenty-two years later, , a young man whose body gained the properties of rubber after eating a Devil Fruit, sets out from the East Blue to become the Pirate King. He organizes his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, eventually including members such as Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, and Jimbei.

The Wikipedia page documents how the series survived the "4Kids era" (the dark ages), the shift to digital reading, and the death of voice actors (the "Mourning" sections are heartbreaking). It’s a record of resilience, not just of a manga, but of a community that refused to let a translation error or a filler arc kill the dream.

Toei Animation has produced fourteen animated feature films based on the franchise. While many are original standalone stories, some, like One Piece Film: Strong World and One Piece Film: Red , have been supervised directly by Eiichiro Oda.