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Eiichiro Oda
Eiichiro Oda (尾田栄一郎, Oda Eiichirō) is a Japanese manga artist. His most famous work is One Piece, a Shonen adventure manga.
One Piece, Vol. 61
Synopsis
One Piece, Vol. 61: Romance Dawn for the New World collects chapters 595 through 603 and marks the turning point of Eiichiro Oda's series — the two-year time skip that divides the voyage in two.
In the aftermath of the Paramount War the Straw Hat crew is scattered, and Luffy's message to them is not a rendezvous but a delay: train for two years, then meet. The volume follows that decision outward. Zoro asks Dracule Mihawk to teach him; Luffy trains under Silvers Rayleigh, Gol D. Roger's former first mate, on the island of Rusukaina; Sanji and Chopper stay where they landed to do the same. Glimpses of the eleven Supernovas and of the World Government's agents fill in what the wider sea has been doing in the meantime, including Jewelry Bonney's defeat at Blackbeard's hands.
Two years on, the crew reconvenes at the Sabaody Archipelago, where a band of impostors has been trading on the Straw Hat name. Slipping the Marines, they take their coated ship down toward Fish-Man Island and the New World beyond. Oda restages the cover of Volume 1 with the crew as they are now, which is the volume's argument in a single image: the same voyage, begun again.
First published in Japan on 4 February 2011, and in English by VIZ Media on 6 March 2012.
Genres
Characters
Monkey D. LuffyProtagonist
Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. Trains for two years under Silvers Rayleigh on Rusukaina before reuniting the crew.
Roronoa ZoroSupporting
The crew's swordsman. Defeats the Humandrills, then asks Dracule Mihawk to train him.
NamiSupporting
The crew's navigator. Explains the properties of the coated ship on the descent to Fish-Man Island.
SanjiSupporting
The crew's cook, who stays where he landed to train through the two-year separation.
Tony Tony ChopperSupporting
The crew's doctor, who likewise remains in place to train during the separation.
Frequently asked questions
Which chapters does One Piece, Vol. 61 collect?
Volume 61 collects chapters 595 to 603: "The Pledge", "SPECTRUM", "3D2Y", "Two Years Later", "Nine Pirates", "Island of New Beginnings", "Romance Dawn for the New World", "Downward Ho!" and "Keep That in Mind". It was published in Japan on 4 February 2011 and in English by VIZ Media on 6 March 2012.
Is this the volume where the two-year time skip happens?
Yes. Volume 61 is the turning point between the two halves of the series. It opens in the aftermath of the Paramount War with the crew scattered and Luffy's message telling them to train separately for two years, then jumps forward to their reunion at the Sabaody Archipelago and their descent toward Fish-Man Island. VIZ describes it as "the end of the main characters' training and the beginning of the second half of their journey", and its cover deliberately restages the cover of Volume 1 with the crew as they are after the skip.