Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece

This is the first version of "Romance Dawn", which one might call a One Piece prototype. Notes: - It's 50 pages in length and was first published as a one-shot in the Shōnen Jump 1996 Summer Special (an issue dedicated to the work of up-and-coming artists) on August 4th. - An animated version of this story was made as part of a special OVA commemorating the 40th anniversary of Shonen Jump, in which One Piece is serialized.

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by listening to the tales of the buccaneer “Red-Haired” Shanks. But his life changed when Luffy accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit and gained the power to stretch like rubber…at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, still vowing to become the king of the pirates, Luffy sets out on his adventure…one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary “One Piece,” said to be the greatest treasure in the world… *Source: VIZ Media, Vol. 1*

The main character, Bran, is a pickpocket who although trying to correct his way of life, just cannot stop his "bad habit". God himself decides to kill him and give his soul a strict scolding to prevent him from doing more bad things in his future lives, then plans to kill him with his notebook, in which whatever you write will happen at the exact date and hour that you specify, but instead of writing "A meteorite will hit Bran's house", he accidentally writes "A meteorite will hit Branchi"; Branchi being a big department store. He only notices his error when an angel tells him. God's Gift for the Future is a oneshot manga by Eiichiro Oda, originally published in the October 1993 issue of Monthly Shonen Jump Original. It was later reprinted in 1998 as part of Wanted!, a compilation of Oda's pre-One Piece stories.(Source: One Piece Wiki)

The story opens with Wild Joe, a bounty hunter, going after the head of the wanted criminal Gill Bastar. It is shown that Gill's huge bounty is due to his killing of many people in self-defense. Ironically the more people he kills, the more he must kill to protect himself. Wanted! is a one-shot manga by Eiichiro Oda, produced during his senior year of high school in 1992. It was submitted under the pseudonym Tsuki Himizu Kikondo to the 44th Tezuka Awards and won Second Class, earning Oda ¥500,000 and marking his debut in the manga industry. Per convention at the time, Wanted! was collected with its fellow winners in a single Mezase Mangaka volume, published in early 1993. After One Piece brought Oda to new prominence, it was reprinted in the September 1998 issue of Akamaru Jump, followed by a self-titled collection dedicated to one-shots from Oda's early career. (Source: One Piece Wiki)

This story follows the legendary samurai Ryuma. This one shot is also part of the collection Wanted!(Source: One Piece Wiki)

Ikki Yakō is a oneshot manga by Eiichiro Oda, originally published in the 1994 Shonen Jump Spring Special. It won first place in the year's Hop☆Step manga awards. It was later reprinted in 1998 as part of Wanted!, a compilation of Oda's pre-One Piece stories.(Source: One Piece Wiki)

This is the second version of "Romance Dawn" containing 45 pages, and was originally published in the Weekly Shonen Jump of 1996 issue #41 on 23 September. It has since been reprinted, along with a page of author commentary, in the Eiichiro Oda early-works compilation Wanted! in 1998. Note: It was adapted into episode 907 of the One Piece TV anime that aired on October 20, 2019.