After playing the role of an assistant in several projects
After playing the role of an assistant in several projects, Eiichiro Oda finally brought the one-shot "Romance Dawn" to life. This story, which Oda had already worked on during his high school days in 1996, featured the character Monkey D. Luffy as the protagonist, with his iconic straw hat and boisterous personality. When Oda developed and published One Piece in 1997, he decided to keep the name "Romance Dawn" as a tribute to the story's roots. Thus, that title remained the name of the first chapter of the series and the first volume of the manga... Did you know?