One Piece ( ワンピース） is a Japanese shōnen manga （少年漫画） series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda( えいいちろう　おだ 尾田荣一郎 ). It has been serialized( 连载 ) in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon( 単行本 ) volumes by Shueisha( 集英社 ), with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 68th volume released as of November 2012.

Monkey·D·Luffy

——the son of the Revolutionary Army’s commander Monkey·D·Dragon——the grandson of the famed Marine, Monkey·D·Grap——the foster son of a mountain bandit, Curly Dadan——the adopted brother of the late "Fire Fist" Portgas·D·Ace and Sabo.

The Going Merry was the first ship of the Straw Hat Pirates that they used as their main mode of transportation through the East Blue all the way to Water 7 where it was replaced by the Thousand Sunny. It is designed by Merry and given by kaya to the Straw Hats as a reward for saving her. Unfortunately, the Going Merry took a great amount of damage during its "lifetime". Eventually, the Going Merry could no longer continue and received a funeral.

Red-Haired Shanks is the Red-Haired Shanks is the captain of the Red Hair Pirates captain of the Red Hair Pirates and one of the Yonko, the and one of the Yonko, the world's most notorious pirate world's most notorious pirate captains by the World captains by the World Government, .He is the pirate Government, .He is the pirate who inspired Luffy to go on his who inspired Luffy to go on his journey as a pirate.journey as a pirate.

Portgas D. Ace ,born as Gol D. Ace and nicknamed "Fire Fist Ace", was the adopted older brother of Monkey D. Luffy and Sabo, and son of the late Pirate King, Gol D. Roger and his lover, Portgas D. Rouge (both deceased). He was adopted by Monkey·D·Garp as wished by Roger to him before his birth. Ace was the 2nd division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and one-time captain of the Spade Pirates.