One Piece in Love Volume 1

Love Romance —The Beginning of Love— is the first volume of One Piece in Love, including chapters 1 - 13 and one bonus chapter.

Cover and Volume Illustration
The dust-jacket's cover displays Yamamoto Luffy, Koyama Nami, and Nakatsugawa Usopp sitting on a boat. The author's name is written in purple, with the logo being written in black. The background is pink.

Chapter 1
Yamamoto Luffy is bullied for having the name as the protagonist of One Piece, though he remains friends with Koyama Nami, a girl with the same name as another main character. Nami has a crush on Luffy, and is happy that they get to spend time together because of their unique name situation, but she is interrupted by Nakatsugawa Usopp, who introduces himself as also having the name of a One Piece character. Usopp is a big One Piece fan, and references the series as much as possible, which annoys Nami. Later, Luffy is being bullied by classmates, and Nami and Usopp save him, though Usopp sets fire to the school in the process.

Chapter 2
Nami and Luffy go on a date to the zoo, but Luffy invites Usopp because of his fear of animals. Usopp steals a reindeer to become their "Chopper", annoying Nami, but a lion escapes from its cage and approaches them. Usopp pushes Luffy to get over his fear, before throwing an explosive at the lion, knocking it unconscious and helping Luffy become comfortable around animals.

Chapter 3
The executive committee of the athletic festival has to come up with a slogan for the event. Nami is a member, and Usopp is a substitute member for the chairman, but he only suggests two options, both of which are One Piece quotes. Another student objects, but becomes quickly hooked to the manga when introduced by Usopp, and agrees to pick one of the slogans. However, Nami is worried about Luffy getting bullied because of his namesake, and quickly gets a Naruto-related slogan to be put in place instead, which causes Luffy to be pitied by the class.

Chapter 4
Usopp has started a pirates club, and gotten Nami and Luffy to become members. However, they need five members to continue having the club officialized by the school. Usopp reveals that the zoo allowed him to keep the reindeer Chopper, though it's really a different one, and they therefore only need one more member, though Nami disagrees about the Chopper counting. At Usopp's request, Luffy gets a muscle and skeleton model from the biology labs, which Usopp puts an afro wig on and programs to ask to see people's panties, declaring that they've made Brook, a new member. However, the student council disbands the club.

Chapter 5
The school is practicing a fighting song to sing during the sports festival. Usopp begins monologuing the Opening Narration, though he stopped by the cheerleading squad. He then suggests that the fighting song should be Usopp*Drop, which the cheerleading squad says has lyrics that don't fit what they're looking for. Usopp then suggests 1, 2 Jango!, which the cheerleading squad decides to use if the team gets a double play, confusing Nami. After the practice is over, she tries to go visit the ocean alone with Luffy, but Usopp joins them again.