East Blue Saga

East Blue Saga: This Saga is the warm-up of the series. Luffy is born and meets Shanks as a young boy living in East Blue. This is where he forms most of his Straw Hat crew and, ultimately, where the adventure begins. The saga starts off with a flashback of Gold Roger about to be executed, before he dies he tells the crowds to go out and search for his treasure. With that he sparked the Golden age of pirates; countless pirates raise their flags and set off to find One Piece.

The East Blue Saga focuses mainly on Luffy setting off for The Grand Line and gathering crewmates. Throughout it Luffy gains four comrades, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji, and earns a bounty of 30,000,000 Beli on his head.

Chapters: 1-101 (Volume 1-12)

Episodes: 1-53

The saga is made up of six arcs:
*Captain Morgan arc
*Buggy the Clown arc
*Captain Kuro arc
*Baratie arc
*Arlong arc
*Rogue Town arc