One Piece Chapter 1, page 6-8: Romance Dawn

The title page for Chapter 1: 'Romance Dawn - The Dawn of Adventure'. A lively illustration shows Shanks and his pirate crew celebrating. Shanks is laughing heartily with his arm around a large, round pirate wearing a striped bandana and goggles, who is happily chewing on a giant piece of meat. Behind them, Yasopp raises a mug of grog, and Benn Beckman, a tall man with a ponytail and a cigarette in his mouth, looks on calmly. In the background, Nami is joyfully throwing gold coins and jewelry into the air.

A full-page spread showing a young Monkey D. Luffy jumping high into the air with a massive grin on his face, his arms outstretched in pure excitement. In the background, seagulls fly over the open ocean, and a pirate chest overflowing with gold coins is visible on the right.

The scene shifts to a peaceful harbor village with windmills and grazing cows. Narration boxes explain: "A small harbor village. One year ago......a pirate ship made the village its base. The wind blows from the east. And the village is at peace." On the deck of the pirate ship, Shanks looks up at the figurehead and calls out: "Hey, Luffy! What're you up to now?!" Standing on the figurehead, a young Luffy stubbornly replies: "Hmph!