On July 22nd, 1997, Shueisha published the very first chapter of the One Piece manga in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. It was author Eiichiro Oda’s third attempt to start a pirate-themed shonen manga, having released two One Piece one-shots entitled Romance Dawn beforehand. Oda initially had difficulty getting his manga into magazines, as the … Continue reading 28 Years Ago Today, Shonen Jump Launched Its Biggest Series