Monkey D. Luffy sets out to become King of the Pirates with a rubber body, a straw hat and almost no plan, and the first ten volumes of Eiichiro Oda's series follow that start.
This set gathers volumes one through ten as loose books without an outer case, covering the early voyage in which Luffy recruits a swordsman, a navigator, a sharpshooter and a cook, and runs up against rival pirates and corrupt officials. Oda mixes slapstick with sudden weight, and the artwork stays readable even on crowded action pages, which is part of why the series holds readers well past its opening arc.
A closer look:
• Volumes one to ten of the long-running pirate adventure
• The forming of the Straw Hat crew from its first recruits
• Comedy, fights and world-building in roughly equal measure
• Supplied as separate volumes with no display box
Best suited to teenage and adult manga readers starting the series from the beginning, available from Boipoka.