One Piece recap: the story so far

No. 01 · 1999 · Series

One Piece recap

In East Blue, Luffy gathers his first crew: the swordsman Roronoa Zoro, the navigator Nami, freed from the fish-man Arlong, the sniper Usopp and the cook Sanji. In the Grand Line, they help Princess Vivi stop the warlord Crocodile from taking her kingdom, Alabasta, and the doctor Chopper and the archaeologist Nico Robin join. After the sky island Skypiea, the World Government's agents seize Robin, and the crew declares war on the government to rescue her at Enies Lobby, gaining the shipwright Franky; they lose their ship, the Going Merry, and set off on the Thousand Sunny. At Thriller Bark, they defeat the warlord Gecko Moria and recruit the skeleton musician Brook. At Sabaody, the warlord Bartholomew Kuma scatters the crew. Luffy breaks into the prison Impel Down to save his brother Ace from execution and fights in the war at Marineford, where Ace dies protecting him and Whitebeard falls. The crew trains apart for two years and reunites. In the New World, they visit Fish-Man Island, ally with Trafalgar Law at Punk Hazard, and bring down the warlord Doflamingo in Dressrosa. At Whole Cake Island, they rescue Sanji from a forced marriage into Big Mom's family, and the fish-man Jinbe joins. In the long Wano Country arc, the Straw Hats and samurai storm Onigashima with allies, and Luffy's Devil Fruit awakens as the Sun God Nika form, Gear 5, letting him defeat Kaido. Luffy is named one of the four Emperors. On Egghead, the future island of the scientist Vegapunk, the crew finds Kuma's past and Bonney, his daughter, and the World Government sends Admiral Kizaru and the Five Elders to kill Vegapunk.

How One Piece ends

The Egghead arc ends with the Straw Hats escaping the island with Bonney, carried out by the Giant Warrior Pirates of Elbaph, after Vegapunk is shot and his recorded message warns the world that the seas will rise and much of the land will sink. The anime then took a three-month break and returned in April 2026, now with fewer episodes a year, with the Elbaph arc, as the crew lands in the giants' homeland. The manga is still running, and the story is not finished.

No. 02 · 2009 · Film · optional

One Piece Film: Strong World recap

Shiki the Golden Lion, a legendary pirate who escaped Impel Down 20 years ago, arrives in East Blue on his flying ship. He has the power to make objects float and has raised whole islands into the sky. He kidnaps Nami to make her his navigator. His plan is to release the genetically enhanced animals of his floating islands on East Blue to force the World Government to surrender. The Straw Hats split up across the islands to find her, and Zoro and Chopper help a village poisoned by toxic plants; the cure, a plant called IQ, is held by Shiki's scientist, Dr. Indigo. Nami escapes with help from Billy, a bird that makes electricity, but Shiki offers to spare her home village if she rejoins him, and she goes back, leaving a farewell message on a tone dial that angers Luffy. The crew strikes first, and Zoro defeats Indigo to get the medicine.

How One Piece Film: Strong World ends

Nami, Usopp and Chopper trick Shiki into steering his ship to the island while the crew rigs his palace with explosives. Luffy duels Shiki, and with an electric charge from Usopp, knocks him down. The crew escapes on the Thousand Sunny using Shiki's sail as a parachute, the floating islands crash into the sea, and the Marines capture Shiki. Luffy learns Nami's farewell was a coded call for help, and she throws the dial overboard before he can hear the rest.

Post-credits scenes

No. There is no post-credits scene.

No. 03 · 2012 · Film · optional

One Piece Film: Z recap

Z, a former Marine admiral once called Black Arm Zephyr, leads the Neo Marines, who hunt all pirates after a pirate killed his family and the government let pirates become warlords. He plans to destroy the Endpoints, three volcanic islands, using powerful Dyna Stones, which would wipe out the New World and the pirates in it. After stealing the stones, Z is knocked into the sea, and the Straw Hats find him unconscious and help him. He wakes, learns Luffy is Garp's grandson and beats him badly. His followers Ain and Binz arrive; Ain's power turns Nami, Chopper, Brook and Robin into children, and Binz traps Franky and Usopp in vines. The crew flees, rearms on Dock Island, and learns from Kuzan, the former admiral Aokiji, what Z means to do. Z's past comes out: he lost his family to a pirate, lost his arm to a Devil Fruit user, and left the Marines when that pirate was made a warlord.

How One Piece Film: Z ends

The Straw Hats defeat the Neo Marines at the third Endpoint, and Ain's power wears off. Luffy and Z knock each other down, and Z admits defeat and is spared. Admiral Kizaru arrives to execute them all; Z stays behind, Kuzan raises an ice wall so the others can escape, and Z fights the Marines alone until he dies of his wounds.

Post-credits scenes

Yes. In a mid-credits scene, the Straw Hats return to Dock Island, hand back the gear and weapons they borrowed, and go their separate ways.

No. 04 · 2016 · Film · optional

One Piece Film: Gold recap

The Straw Hats visit Gran Tesoro, a giant ship and casino city ruled by Gild Tesoro, who has the power to control gold. Luffy wins big in the casino, then loses everything in a rigged game, and Zoro is captured and sentenced to be executed. Tesoro demands a huge debt for his life. The crew plans a heist to steal Tesoro's fortune with help from Carina, a thief who has history with Nami. Tesoro's story comes out: he was once a slave of the Celestial Dragons and grew up obsessed with gold. The heist hits trouble when Tesoro sees through some of it and the crew is caught, but they turn it around.

How One Piece Film: Gold ends

Tesoro tries to execute Zoro, but the crew has switched the fountains to seawater, which washes off the gold and frees everyone from his control. The city's enslaved people rise up, the Straw Hats defeat his lieutenants, and Luffy, in Gear Fourth, sends Tesoro flying into the Marine fleet, where he is arrested. Carina offers to stay behind and steer the "self-destructing" ship away, then sails off with the whole of Gran Tesoro, while the Marines chase the Straw Hats.

Post-credits scenes

No. There is no post-credits scene.

No. 05 · 2019 · Film · optional

One Piece: Stampede recap

Buena Festa, a festival organizer, hosts the Pirates Fest, a contest to find a treasure left by Gold Roger, and many famous pirates arrive, including the Straw Hats. The prize is a trap: Festa has teamed up with Douglas Bullet, a former member of Roger's crew, to lure the pirates and Marines to one spot. Bullet, a former Impel Down prisoner, wants to prove he is the strongest, and Festa has arranged a Buster Call, a Marine bombardment, to wipe out the island and everyone on it. The treasure is an Eternal Pose pointing to Laugh Tale, the final island. Bullet builds a giant colossus out of the Marine ships and the town and beats Luffy and many others. Boa Hancock rescues Luffy, and the Straw Hats join rivals including Law, Buggy, Crocodile, Rob Lucci, Sabo and the Marine Smoker against him.

How One Piece: Stampede ends

The alliance tears the colossus apart, and Luffy beats Bullet in a fistfight. Sabo captures Festa. When Crocodile and Lucci go for the Eternal Pose, Luffy destroys it, saying he will find the One Piece with his own crew. Smoker calls off the second bombardment, Sabo raises a wall of fire to cover the pirates' escape, and it is revealed that Roger also threw the pose away.

Post-credits scenes

No. There is no post-credits scene.

No. 06 · 2022 · Film · optional

One Piece Film Red recap

Uta, the world's most famous singer, gives her first live concert on the island of Elegia. She is Luffy's childhood friend and the adopted daughter of Shanks, the pirate who inspired Luffy, who left her on Elegia years ago. Her Devil Fruit lets her pull people into a dream world through her voice, and she traps the audience, including the Straw Hats, in an endless concert, planning a New Genesis: keeping everyone happy forever inside her songs. She has eaten a mushroom that will keep her awake until she dies. Luffy fights her, and the Marines and pirates in the real world try to stop her. Gordon, the former king of Elegia who raised her, reveals the truth: as a child she accidentally woke Tot Musica, a demon that destroyed the island, and Shanks took the blame.

How One Piece Film Red ends

Tot Musica breaks loose, and the Straw Hats and Shanks's crew attack it in the dream world and the real world at once, with Luffy and Shanks landing the final blows. Uta refuses Shanks's antidote and sings one last song to bring everyone's souls back. Shanks drives off the Marines who try to seize her, and father and daughter reconcile. Luffy wakes on the Thousand Sunny and sees Shanks's ship sailing away.

Post-credits scenes

No. There is no post-credits scene.

No. 07 · 2023 · Series

One Piece recap

This is the first season. Gold Roger, the Pirate King, is executed, and his last words start a great age of pirates. Years later, Monkey D. Luffy, who has a rubber body from eating a Devil Fruit, sets out to find Roger's treasure, the One Piece. He frees the swordsman Roronoa Zoro from the Marines and teams up with Nami, a thief, beating the clown pirate Buggy. In Syrup Village, he stops the butler Kuro's attack and gains Usopp, a teller of tall tales, and the ship Going Merry. At the floating restaurant Baratie, the cook Sanji joins after Zoro loses a duel to the great swordsman Mihawk. Marine vice admiral Garp, Luffy's grandfather, and his student Koby hunt the crew. Nami is revealed to have been working for Arlong, a fish-man who rules her home village.

How One Piece ends

Luffy and the crew storm Arlong Park, and Luffy beats Arlong and destroys his base, freeing Nami's village. Nami joins the crew for real, and they get their first bounties. They sail for the Grand Line, while Garp lets them go and a Marine captain, Smoker, takes an interest in Luffy's bounty.

No. 08 · 2026 · Series

One Piece: Into the Grand Line recap

This is the second season. The Straw Hats pass through Loguetown, where Roger was executed, and Marine captain Smoker starts chasing Luffy. They enter the Grand Line over Reverse Mountain and meet Laboon, a giant whale waiting for his lost pirate crew. At Whisky Peak, a town that welcomes pirates turns out to be a nest of bounty hunters from Baroque Works, a secret criminal organisation run by the mysterious Mr. 0. One of its agents, Miss Wednesday, is really Vivi, princess of the desert kingdom of Alabasta, who has gone undercover to stop the group from destroying her country, and the crew agrees to help her. On Little Garden, a prehistoric island where two giants fight an endless duel, they battle the Baroque Works agent Mr. 3, who uses wax. Nami falls dangerously ill, and they reach Drum Island, a snowy kingdom without doctors, where the old doctor Kureha and her reindeer apprentice Chopper treat her. Chopper's story is told through his late mentor, Dr. Hiriluk.

How One Piece: Into the Grand Line ends

Drum's former king, Wapol, returns to take back his throne, and Luffy fights him in the castle while the crew and Chopper take on his men. Vivi jams Wapol's mouth cannon so it explodes in his face, and Luffy throws him out of the castle. Chopper joins as the ship's doctor, and Hiriluk's pink snow is fired into the sky as they leave. Mr. 0 is revealed to be Sir Crocodile, who launches his plan to bring down Alabasta. Season 3, The Battle of Alabasta, is expected in 2027.