One Piece: Romance Dawn Story



The Romance Dawn anime remake retells the story of Romance Dawn V.1. This remake occurs after the Thriller Bark Arc and before the Sabaody Archipelago arc in the anime series. As such, all 9 members of the Straw Hat crew are present, as oppose to the original story, which only featured Luffy. It was released on November 24, 2008.

Plot
The Straw hat run out of food stocks, and Luffy was sent out on the Mini-Merry, only to get lost and drift of course. Luffy arrives at an island to venture out in search of replenishing their provisions. He encounters a girl named Silk, who has mistaken Luffy as a pirate from Crescent-Moon Galley's crew. Galley, who was tied up on his ship by Luffy, has threatened her town and Luffy promises Silk that he'll help her defeat him. After a short fight, Luffy makes short work of the Crescent-Moon Galley, while explaining to Silk about his abilities. After Galley runs off, Luffy remembers he left the Mini-Merry tied to Galley's ship. On his way back, the Mayor and various townspeople, mistake Luffy for Galley. They proceed to subdue him and tie him up. As he tries to explain himself, Galley interferes and attacks Silk. Galley, Silk and Luffy trade words about the meaning of treasure. Galley proceeds to throw Luffy's straw hat into the nearby ocean. Luffy stretches to get, with his head extending, but falls short and into the water. Silk dives in, rescues him, and curses Galley for sailing away. As they leave, Galley orders an attack on the island, destroying several buildings. Luffy slingshots himself towards Galley's ship, only to by shot out of the air by a cannon ball. Falling towards the water, Luffy is saved the Thousand Sunny and the other Straw Hats. The others berate Luffy on his being lost, while a fight breaks out on Galley's ship. After some fighting, Galley is given a wanted poster of Luffy, comparing Luffy's 300,000,000 Beli to his small 5,000,000. Luffy proceeds to wreck Galley's ship with his Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi, Giganto Ax. After the battle, The Straw Hats greet the people on the island and Nami gives them the treasure she took from Galley's ship.

Trivia
Several fight scenes are closely matched to original scenes in the first We Are! opening. Particularly, Zoro and Sanji's respect scenes.

As this keeps up with the manga, not the anime, The Straw Hats already have Brook on board with them.