Lord of the Coast

The Lord of the Coast is Fushia Vilage local sea monster, a Sea King who inhabbits the waters near Luffy's home village. Unlike many other Sea King, Lord of the Coast is fairly small in size, however he is still quite large in comparision with most other Sea Monsters in the One Piece world. His appearance is simulair to a large oversized brown Eel with red eyes and blue fins.

He debute was in the Manga Chapter 1, when he ate Higuma who was in a small rowing boat shortly after throwing Luffy into the water. He then tries to eat Luffy, failing to do so and instead just managing to bite off the left arm of Shanks. He is scared away then by Shanks, who stares him down.

In the Manga he later appears in the same chapter being knocked out by Luffy when he leaves his hometown 10 years later.

Trivia

 * Lord of the coast was both the first Sea King and the first Sea Monster to be featured in the series.
 * The anime never depicted Luffy punching Lord of the Coast while leaving home. Luffy's past was revealled in a flashback missing out small details such as this.  However Luffy is featured knocking him out in the orginal introduction for the series as well as One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!
 * In Romance Dawn V.1, instead of Lord of the Coast a shark was featured biting off Shanks' arm.