Lord of the Coast

The Lord of the Coast is Fuusha Vilage's local sea monster, a Sea King who inhabits the waters near Luffy's home village.

Appearance
Unlike many other Sea King, Lord of the Coast is fairly small in size (relatively speaking), however he is still quite large in comparison with most other Sea Monsters in the One Piece world. His appearance is similar to a large oversize brown eel with red eyes and blue fins. Like other Sea Kings, Lord of the Coast is very aggressive and fierce in nature.

History
His debut 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 using his Haki. He later appears in the same chapter being knocked out by Luffy when he leaves his hometown 10 years later.

Anime and Manga Differences
The anime never depicted Luffy punching Lord of the Coast while leaving home. Luffy's past was revealed in a flashback missing out small details such as this. However Luffy is featured knocking him out in the original introduction for the series (We are!) as well as One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!.

Merchandise
He was issued alongside Shanks and Luffy in a One Piece Block Figures set featuring the Straw Hats and their past mentors/loved ones.

Trivia

 * Lord of the coast was both the first Sea King and the first Sea Monster to be featured in the series.
 * In Romance Dawn V.1, instead of Lord of the Coast a shark was featured biting off Shanks' arm. In some older fan made scans, he is still named as a "shark" and not a Sea King despite clearly not being a shark, however until the crew tries to enter the Grand Line the greater identification of Sea Kings were unknown at the time.

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