Luffy and crew seek to best Captain Kuro, but they've prepared their defense on the wrong side of the island! All looks grim now that Usopp must face off against the Black Cat Pirates alone.

Luffy and the gang are on the run after the battle with Captain Buggy! With no place to go and nothing else to do, Nami finally agrees to join Luffy on his quest.

Luffy recalls a time when Captain Red-Haired Shanks taught him a valuable lesson in friendship and set him on his quest to be King of the Pirates.

Luffy is in the line of fire after saving Zoro, and now tyrannical Captain Morgan is out for their heads! Zoro must decide if he will join forces with Luffy or die in captivity.

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami arrive at an island hoping to obtain a ship and crew, but the three are quickly confronted with the blustering Captain Usopp - who has a connection to Luffy's past.

Usopp spreads word of Kuro's evil plot and the impending pirate attack, but no one believes his warnings. The Straw Hat Pirates decide to help Usopp put a stop to the dastardly scheme.

Having delivered a deadly blow to Captain Buggy's pirates, Luffy and his companions need a place to recuperate. But the three are not in hiding very long before the Beast Tamer Mohji seeks them out.

Nami's adopted sister, Nojiko arrives to fill in some details about the skilled mapmaker's younger days.

The Buggy Pirates fight each other for the right to take their lost captain's place. While they're busy beating each other's brains out, a cannibalistic tribe makes plans to have something special for dinner.

Luffy has a run-in with Captain Smoker, and his failure to keep a low profile helps Buggy draw a bead on him. Elsewhere, Zoro takes a chance that his skill can overcome a dangerous curse.