One Piece (Omnibus Edition), Vol. 19: Includes vols. 55, 56 & 57 [Paperback]

Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, the One Piece.

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to stretch like rubber. Its only drawback? He'll never be able to swim again--a serious handicap for an aspiring sea dog! Years later, Luffy sets off on his quest to find the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...

Luffy’s brother, the infamous pirate Portgaz D. Ace, is being held at Impel Down prison…and he’s scheduled for the chopping block! While breaking into the daunting underwater dungeon to rescue his next of kin, Luffy encounters former enemy Buggy the Clown and the toxically terrible Warden Magellan. Before long, what started as a prison break turns into all-out war with the World Government!Eiichiro Oda began his manga career in 1992 at the age of 17, when his one-shot cowboy mangaWanted!won second place in the coveted Tezuka manga awards. Oda went on to work as an assistant to some of the biggest manga artists in the industry, including Nobuhiro Watsuki, before winning the Hop Step Award for new manga artists. His pirate adventureOne Piece, which debuted inWeekly Shonen Jumpmagazine in 1997, quickly became one of the most popular manga in Japan.