Volume 3

Volume 3 is titled "Things That Can't Be Faked".

Cover
The colored cover has a salmon pink background, with the title colored black, purple, and yellow. The author's name is printed in blue.

On the front, Luffy and Zoro are shown standing on a dinghy, with Zoro holding his swords. Luffy wears a large red coat on his shoulders, with his right sleeve holding on to it.

On the spine, Zoro is featured, and the skull on the spine is colored lavender purple.

Chapters

 * 018. Buggy, the "Clown Pirate" ((海賊「道化のバギー」): Luffy and Buggy battle, and Buggy lands a hit on Luffy's hat. After realizing whose it is, Buggy targets the hat, revealing he and Shanks were once comrades.
 * 019. Devil Fruit (悪魔の実): Buggy remembers how he and Shanks were once apprentice pirates, but Shanks accidentally caused him to swallow a Devil Fruit that he intended to sell, which caused his enmity. Buggy then sees Nami stealing his treasure and goes after her.
 * 020. A Thief's Philosophy (泥棒道): Luffy discovers the weaknesses of Buggy's ability, and Nami ties up most of his body parts. Luffy then sends the remainder of Buggy flying away.
 * 021. Town (町): The villagers arrive, and due to a misunderstanding think that the Straw Hats knocked out their mayor. The Straw Hats then escape, with Chouchou blocking the townspeople. Mayor Boodle finds them as they set off to sea and thanks them.
 * 022. You're a Rare Breed (あんたが珍獣): Luffy, Zoro, and Nami come to a strange island populated by hybrid animals and a man in a treasure chest named Gaimon.
 * 023. Captain Usopp Appears (キャプテン・ウソップ登場): The Straw Hat Pirates realize they need a real ship and arrive at an island, where they meet Usopp, the town liar.
 * 024. Things That Can't Be Faked (偽れぬもの): The Straw Hats meet the Usopp Pirates, a pretend pirate crew. Usopp goes to his bedridden friend Kaya's house to tell her stories, but gets in a scuffle with her butler, Klahadore.
 * 025. 800 Lies (ウソ800): Usopp is chased away from Kaya's mansion by Klahadore, and the Usopp Pirates meet a strange hypnotist named Jango. While talking, Luffy and Usopp overhear Klahadore and Jango talking about their plan to assassinate Kaya.
 * 026. Captain Kuro's Plan (キャプテン・クロの一計): Klahadore is revealed to be the renowned pirate Kuro, and Jango incapacitates Luffy. Usopp tries to warn everyone about Kuro's plan, but they do not believe him as the Black Cat Pirates prepare to invade.

ONE PIECE- Grand reveal of the rough drafts!!
ONE PIECE- Grand reveal of the rough drafts!! (ONE PIECE- ネーム大公開！！) is the continuation and conclusion of an extra segment series that was started in Volume 2, where a couple of pages from the author's rough drafts for the series are revealed. This volume includes parts 6-8.

Pirate "Buggy the Clown" - Road to center stage!!
Pirate "Buggy the Clown" - Road to center stage!! (海賊「道化のバギー」表舞台への軌跡！！) is a segment included in this volume. It is divided into 2 parts, with the title of part 2 being slightly altered to '''Buggy's crew - Road to center stage!! '''(バギー一味　表舞台への軌跡！！) instead, and can be located in between chapters on pages 46 and 156.

In this segment, Oda explains the evolution of Buggy in early One Piece. There are also pieces of concept art, provided on pages 26 and 136, to assist the content for this segment.

Page 46
Some of you may be wondering who this "Boogie" is. That was my original name for captain Buggy. One day I saw a movie with a character named "Boogie". I thought, "Darn, Boogie's already taken. Oh well, I'll name him Buggy!"(Total thinking time: 0.2 seconds.) So he'll look like a clown, of course. Hmm… who is that guy on the far left? Back then, none of the three pirates behind Boogie had names. All I really had in mind was that the crew should include a strongman, an animal trainer, and some kind of strange swordsman. The sketch shows them at a stage when they were still very far from completion.
 * About "Boogie" and Gang…
 * Why did he become "Buggy"?
 * Why does Buggy have a big round nose?
 * Who's the guy on the far left of the Boogie sketch?

Trivia

 * Though the SBS series was planned to start in this volume, it was pushed back a volume due to problems caused by the volume release date.