Blackbeard’s real name is Marshall D. Teach, and he was a former inhabitant of Whitebeard’s crew. Wanting to find the Yami Yami Fruit, which embodies its owner with the power of darkness, he joined Whitebeard’s crew to increase his chances of running across it. However, fate was not on his side when another crew member, Thatch, found the fruit, and he eventually resorted to murder to obtain it for himself. [...]

Marco is the first mate on Whitebeard’s ship, putting him second in terms of authority only to Whitebeard himself. Friendly and jovial, stern but kind, he embodies the virtues of wisdom and maturity which is often hard to find in the pirate world. He often assumes a ‘mentor’ position during his few appearances, as when he empathized with Ace’s position when he was still on the fence about joining Whitebeard’s [...]

Whitebeard’s second-in-command and Luffy’s adoptive brother, Ace is an enigmatic young man who bears a boyish smile and has freckles dotting his face. He always wears his trademark hat and a kind of large bracelet sash around his neck, and he proudly bears the mark of Whitebeard on his back. Ace is very protective of the ones he holds dear, especially pronounced by his relentless defense of Whitebeard as his [...]

Shanks is the leader of the infamous Red Hair Pirates and close friend of Luffy. In fact, Shanks was the reason that Luffy became a pirate in the first place; it was the Devil Fruit which he brought back from his adventures which Luffy consumed and caused him to become a Rubber Man. Shanks is depicted as a kind man with a great deal of maturity about his environment, and [...]

Coby was one of the first characters to appear in the story world of One Piece, having met Luffy just shortly after the latter’s departure from his home island. When Luffy first met Coby, he was a shy, timid and submissive hostage under the rough rule of the Alvida Pirates. His first instinct being to survive, Coby didn’t dare to go against his captors and had resigned himself to spending [...]

This is one of the One Piece action figure that I find to be interesting. In this action figure, you can see Luffy is doing his Gatling Gun. Actually, I am not sure whether Luffy is in gear second mode or not. Somehow the blue effect on the action figure makes me thing the Gatling Gun is in high speed.

One Piece Volume 58 titled Paramount War will be released soon. In the mean time, you can pre-order the manga and just wait for the manga to be send directly to your doorstep. With Whitebeard injured, the Navy launches a counterstrike to finish the pirate rebellion once and for all. And as the three Navy Admirals stand in his way, Luffy will need one last trick if he hopes to [...]