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would be released after a few months, but in actuality he was to be executed that day. When Zoro learns of this, Luffy and Koby return to rescue him, in the process removing Morgan, who was a cruel leader, from power. Afterwards, Koby is allowed to join the Navy there and Zoro officially joins Luffy's crew, stating that if Luffy gets in the way of his goal of becoming the world's greatest swordsman he'll kill him. The two set off in a small boat, neither of them having any clue where they're going.
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was captured, and Luffy wanted a powerful fighter like him to be part of his crew. Luffy goes to where he was being held and offers to help him escape, but Zoro refuses. As it turns out, he was arrested for attacking
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and his first four crewmates and are much shorter than what is to follow. In addition, many fans believe that these starting arcs are much worse than later ones and some even recommend to anyone that wants to start watching One Piece to wait until the Arlong Arc before giving up on the series. With
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Ten years later, Luffy has left his hometown and started his journey, only to be caught in a whirpool and hides in a barrel as his ship is torn apart. He is picked up by a group of pirates led by Alvida and he meets a boy named Koby who was forced into the pirate crew--in actuality his goal is to
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Some fans count these parts as seperate arcs. The first part of the story, which was moved after the other two in the anime, tells the tale of how Luffy's goal to become Pirate King came to be. As a young boy, Luffy greatly admired a group of pirates that stayed in his town, led by
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few exceptions, the scale of this saga isn't as great as what is to come, as most arcs revolve around local problems that wouldn't cause any real trouble in the world if they were left unchecked.
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that take place in the area of their world known as East Blue, where the majority of the crewmembers at this point hail from. The majority of the arcs act to introduce
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In the manga, Zoro's past is revealed just before Luffy rescues him from being executed, in chapter 5, but this is moved to after the Kuro Arc in the anime.
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