A Japanese comic series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. Seeking to be the greatest pirate in the world, a young boy named Monkey D. Luffy, endowed with elastic powers from the legendary "Gomu Gomu", one of the mystical Devil Fruits, travels towards the Grand Line with his diverse crew of pirates named the Straw Hats, in search of One Piece - the greatest treasure in the world. On the journey, the pirates battle a wide variety of villains.