ROMANCE DAWN

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.