I made this post for those who haven't watched one piece and those who think it's too long not worth watching.

Ok so it starts out super serious. There's this big narration about Gold Roger, the Pirate King, getting executed in Loguetown, and right before he dies he's like "yeah my treasure, the One Piece? go get it." and boom, the Great Pirate Era starts. very dramatic, very epic music. and then it cuts to a barrel. just floating there. lol

The barrel pops open and it's luffy, who's been drifting around ever since his tiny boat got wrecked, and he's totally fine?? he just casually tells some random kid he's gonna find the One Piece and be king of the pirates, laughing that "shishishi" laugh the whole time. no big speech, nothing.

The kid is coby, who got tricked onto alvida's pirate ship and has been scrubbing floors for her for two years. He's terrified of everyone and too scared to even say he wants to join the Marines. Luffy's just like "so why don't you?" like it's the easiest thing ever, and then coby ends up screaming his dream across the entire ship. Honestly my favorite moment of the episode.

Alvida is a lot btw. giant iron club, completely obsessed with being the most beautiful woman on the sea, which she isn't and she totally loses it when luffy calls her an ugly fat lady. she also ate the Smooth-Smooth Fruit so blades just slide right off her. doesn't matter tho, one stretchy punch from luffy and she's flying while her whole crew just stands there with their mouths open.

There's also a flashback to how luffy got his powers. As a kid he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit by accident, turned into rubber, and now he can never swim again, which is a hilarious thing to be stuck with when your whole dream is ruling the sea. and the straw hat is from Shanks, the pirate who hung around his village and then lost an arm saving him from a sea monster. Luffy promised to give it back once he's a great pirate, so now every time he touches it you totally get it.

Then at the end coby tells luffy about the Grand Line and about Zoro, the "pirate hunter" locked up at a Marine base, and luffy goes "sounds cool, he's joining my crew" before he's even met the guy. That got me.