Eiichiro Oda Officially Sets Up A New Pirate King Replacement For Luffy

When One Piece began its run on July 18, 1997, in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #34, it was made immediately clear that the goal for the protagonist of the series, Monkey D. Luffy, was to become the Pirate King. Luffy set out on his journey from the East Blue and has now come very far, having…