One Piece Permanently Bids Farewell To The Strongest Straw Hat Candidate

The Straw Hat Pirates are the protagonists of One Piece and have maintained tremendous importance in the overarching story that was established by Eiichiro Oda almost three decades ago on July 18, 1997, when One Piece published its very first chapter in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 24. Luffy set out with the goal of establishing a mighty crew capable of surpassing Shanks's Red Hair Pirates. Luffy also proclaimed that he would want at least 10 underlings on his crew.