ONE PIECE, VOL. 36
VIZ MEDIA
CARTOONIST: Eiichiro Oda
TRANSLATION: Taylor Engel, HC Language Solutions Inc.
ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Jake Forbes
LETTERS: John Hunt
ISBN: 978-1-4215-3452-7; paperback (March 2010); Rated “T” for Teen
216pp, B&W, $9.99 US, $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK
One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 1997. VIZ Media has been publishing an English-language edition of the manga as a paperback graphic novel series, beginning in September 2003, under its “Shonen Jump” imprint.
One Piece focuses on Monkey D. Luffy. The enchanted “Devil Fruit” gave Luffy the ability to stretch like rubber, but it also took away his ability to swim, which hasn’t deterred Luffy from his dream. One day he will become the King of the Pirates. Now, Luffy and his very own pirate crew, known as the “Straw Hats,” sail the oceans on their ship, the Merry Go, searching for the legendary treasure known as “One Piece.”
As One Piece, Vol. 36 (Chapters 337 to 346; entitled “The Ninth Justice”) begins, the Straw Hats find themselves in trouble in The City of Water, Water Seven. They’d gone to the island in hopes of getting the Galley-La, the famed shipwrights of Water Seven, to fix the Merry Go. They were told that the ship was beyond repair, so Luffy decided to get a new ship, which caused a riff between him and shipmate, Usopp.
Now, the mayor of The City of Water, Iceberg, has been shot, and the Straw Hats have been blamed. It doesn’t help that the newest Straw Hat, Nico Robin, is involved in the assassination plot. Is this true, and how is she connected to the mysterious CP9?
THE LOWDOWN: High adventure, action comedy, and supernaturally imaginative storytelling are what One Piece usually offers. One Piece Graphic Novel Volume 36 switches to riveting suspense. It’s a thriller that is on par with The Bourne Ultimatum – if that film were an action comedy. And there is a hook ending that will drag you back for the next volume.
POSSIBLE AUDIENCE: Readers looking for imaginative adventure yarn-spinning will find it in the “Shonen Jump” title, One Piece.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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