Narration

Narration is used in the One Piece series to convey additional information to audience. The first page of Chapter 1 and the opening of Episode 1 begin with a narration of Gold Roger and the Great Pirate Era.

Narrator
The narrator of One Piece is an unspecified voice that does not participate in the story. The narrator is omniscient and describes events in third person. The narration is subjective as it often describes the feeling and thoughts of characters.

Story
Narration in the story is used to provide information to audience when it cannot be explained by characters. The following is a list of significant examples of narration in the story:
 * Introduction of Gold Roger.
 * Framing of Monkey D. Luffy's past with Shanks.
 * Death of Whitebeard.
 * Introduction of Kaidou.
 * Formation of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and the revelation that they will cause a "great incident of historic proportions" in the future.
 * Framing of Big Mom's past, the introduction of Elbaf, the history of the Giant Warrior Pirates and the disappearance of Carmel.
 * Presenting Kozuki Momonosuke as the new shogun of Wano Country, and revealing that he will be known as the Great Shogun (名将軍) in the future.
 * Revelation of the Egghead Incident and its origins.

Opening
Opening narration is a short monologue at the beginning of anime episodes, movies or specials.