Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. One Piece is a sh nen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda that has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise. It follows the adventures of the seventeen-year-old boy Monkey D. Luffy, whose body gained the properties of rubber when he accidentally ate a supernatural fruit, as he travels the oceans in search of the series'' titular treasure and gathers himself a ragtag crew of heroic pirates, named the Straw Hats. In Japan, the series is published by Shueisha chapterwise in the manga anthology Weekly Sh nen Jump since the magazine''s issue of August 4, 1997 and in tank bon format since December 24, 1997. As of September 2008, the series spans over 500 chapters and more than 50 tank bon volumes. In the United States and Canada, Viz Media is publishing its English language adaptation of the series chapterwise in the manga anthology Shonen Jump since the magazine''s launch in November 2002 and in tank bon format since June 2003.