As a young boy in a small port village, Monkey.D.Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by his childhood hero "Red-Haired" Shanks. But when he accidentally ate the cursed Gum Gum Fruit, he gained the power to stretch like rubber … at the cost of never being able to swim again. Luffy sets out on the sea with a dream of becoming the King of the Pirates, and to find the greatest pirate treasure of all, the legendary "One Piece".