The Roger Pirates were the pirate crew of the late Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. They were, and remain, the only known crew to traverse the entirety of the Grand Line and reach its final island Laugh Tale.
Active for nearly three decades, the Roger Pirates became legendary for their feats, impacting lands from Skypiea to Wano Country and maintaining rivalries with the likes of Marine Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp[2] and Edward Newgate's Whitebeard Pirates.[3] Even after Roger's execution, this reputation lingered with the crew's surviving members, ranging from first mate Silvers Rayleigh and revered navigator Scopper Gaban to former cabin boys Shanks and Buggy.
The first introduction to their crew comes from Buggy, who recalls his days with Shanks as apprentices in their crew.[1] Their captain, Roger, is the first character introduced in the series.[4]
Jolly Roger[]
The Roger Pirates' Jolly Roger is a skull with a long, curly mustache resembling Roger's own.
Crew Members[]
- See also the associated category: Roger Pirates.
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- ?: the character's status is unknown.
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Along with their captain and first mate, other members also held a specific occupation within the crew, some standard for pirate groups while others more focused on information gathering:[5]
- Scopper Gaban: Navigator
- Moon Isaac Jr.: Tactical Officer
- Crocus: Doctor
- Donquino: Helmsman
- Millet Pine: Interrogator
- Rowing: Scholar
- Erio: Information broker
- Spencer: Intelligence Officer
- Petermoo: Gunner
- Jacksonbanner: Musician
- Blumarine: Shipwright
- MAX Marx: Cook[6]
Crew Strength[]
The Roger Pirates easily defeat a group of Marines.
As their captain was known as the "Pirate King", they were one of the strongest crews of their time, as well as one of the most powerful crews in history. As evidenced by the fact that they were, and continue to be to this day, the first and only known pirate crew to conquer the Grand Line and reach the final island, Laugh Tale, by finding all four Road Poneglyphs. They were able to understand the Poneglyphs after recruiting Kouzuki Oden, and the members of the crew became part of the very few people to discover the true history of the world, the events of the Void Century, and the meaning of the initial D.[7] Because of their abilities and accomplishments, Roger was given the highest known bounty in history by the World Government,[8] with other members of the crew also becoming heavily wanted men whose bounties are still active even though a quarter of a century has passed since the dissolution of the crew.[9]
In addition to their great accomplishments, the Roger Pirates were immensely powerful in battle. This was best shown when they fought the Whitebeard Pirates, another immensely powerful crew, to a draw for four days. Roger, despite being plagued by his terminal illness, clashed evenly with Whitebeard, who was reputed as the "Strongest Man in the World" and was in his prime.[10] Right before battling the Whitebeard Pirates, the Roger Pirates had easily defeated a battalion of Marines, with Roger saying they should have brought Admiral Sengoku or Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp if they wanted to make it fun.[11] The Roger Pirates also clashed against the powerful Golden Lion Pirates in the Battle of Edd War; despite commanding only the Oro Jackson against the Golden Lion Pirates' massive fleet, the Roger Pirates fought to a draw with the help of a storm and caused significant damage to the fleet.[12] So far, only three men are considered to have been formidable rivals to Roger: Whitebeard,[13] Garp,[14] and the legendary pirate Rocks D. Xebec.[15]
Some of the members have displayed impressive mastery over their Haki. Roger, Rayleigh, Gaban, and Oden possess tremendous mastery over all three types of Haki.[10][16] According to Kaidou, Roger's mastery of Haki is what allowed him to conquer the sea despite not being a Devil Fruit user.
Even after being retired from piracy for 23 years, some of them have shown to still be immensely powerful in their old age. Some characters have chosen to back off rather than risk fighting one of them, including high ranking Marines[17] and an Emperor like Blackbeard.[18] The former first mate Rayleigh was able to clash evenly with Marine Admiral and Logia user Kizaru;[19] Kizaru stated that the Marines would need to make more preparations than just sending him, some Pacifista, and a Marine battalion to capture the Dark King.[9] Furthermore, Rayleigh's reputation alone was enough to force Blackbeard, a Sea Emperor who possesses the powers of two Devil Fruits, both incredibly powerful and dangerous, to retreat. Gaban, who was called the Left Arm of the Pirate King could pose a serious challenge to one of the Four Emperors, Monkey D. Luffy, without appearing to get serious himself.[20] Gaban was also able to defeat a member of the Knights of God, Shepherd Sommers, quickly and without suffering injuries. In addition to being able to read the Poneglyphs, Kouzuki Oden was an extremely powerful samurai who was the first person to seriously injure the powerful pirate Kaidou, who would go on to become known as the world's "Strongest Creature".[21]
The former apprentice Shanks went on to become a tremendously powerful and infamous pirate after the crew's disbandment. He is extremely skilled at using all three types of Haki and is one of the strongest swordsmen in the world. He would later become recognized as one of the Four Emperors, the four most powerful pirate captains.[15] Notably, the only member of the Roger Pirates known to have consumed a Devil Fruit is Buggy, an apprentice who was one of the weakest members of the crew.[22] Although he is still not a powerful pirate compared to others in the Grand Line, Buggy has been able to garner significant attention and respect just by being part of the Roger Pirates;[23] this enabled him to recruit hundreds of dangerous Impel Down escapees to his crew and receive an invitation to join the Seven Warlords of the Sea.[24] Later, Buggy too would become one of the Four Emperors.[25] However, this is largely due to the many misconceptions made by the Marines.
Ships[]
Stolen Boat[]
Rayleigh's stolen boat from his first meeting with Roger.
At the start of their journey, Roger and Rayleigh used a boat that Rayleigh stole as his house had burned down. Roger described the ship as small but able to endure storms if handled correctly.[26]
Oro Jackson[]
- Further information: Oro Jackson
The Oro Jackson.
The Roger Pirates' ship, the Oro Jackson, was constructed by the most skilled shipwright of the era, Tom. It was built from wood taken from the Treasure Tree Adam, which is valued at about 
200,000,000. When fighting Shiki, the ship had a large cannon in the front surrounded by a pair of mermaids. This cannon was powerful enough to destroy an entire ship.
The construction of this ship led Tom to be branded a criminal, since the ship was affiliated with the Pirate King.
History[]
Roger and Rayleigh meeting for the first time.
The Roger Pirates were formed over 52 years ago when a young Gol D. Roger asked Silvers Rayleigh to join him.[27][28] The Roger Pirates began sailing the Grand Line, and 44 years ago they were already famous and had squabbles with the Kuja Pirates in order to get their First Mate Shakuyaku to join their crew. One day while leading an attack on the Kuja Pirates for the same objective, Roger and his left-hand man Scopper Gaban were lovestruck by Shakuyaku and were easily subdued along with most of the crew barring Rayleigh. While the Kuja attempted to make off with their treasure, the Marine Monkey D. Garp appeared and attacked. Roger rallied his crew, and proceeded to clash with Garp, eventually escaping afterward.[29]
40 years ago, the Roger Pirates sans Rayleigh traveled to Hachinosu and easily wiped out every pirate in line to Shakky's Rip-off Bar, forcing their way inside. While the Rocks Pirates stationed in the bar remained amicable with the crew, Shakky approached Roger asking for Rayleigh's whereabouts. Roger revealed that Rayleigh had remained on the ship, causing Shakky great disappointment. Afterward, Roger called out for Newgate with intentions to drink with him, but Linlin revealed that he had already left.[30] Within the same year, the crew learned that Shakky was abducted and grew furious.[31] One year later, the Roger Pirates reached Lodestar Island, the last island that the Log Pose pointed to, only to learn that it was actually not the last island.[32] Then, 38 years ago, they then learn that Shakky was captured as a slave on God Valley by the World Government and promptly set out to rescue her.[33]
The Roger Pirates arrive on God Valley.
As they headed to God Valley, every member of the crew was determined to save Shakky, with Roger at the forefront, proudly proclaiming he would save Shakky singlehandedly only to be run over by his crew. As they got closer in on the island center, the Roger Pirates met heavy resistance by the Marines stationed there, as well as the Rocks Pirates who came for Shakky as well. The Roger Pirates then found themselves in multiple fights, including Roger briefly clashing with Whitebeard, only to make room for Rayleigh to go save Shakky. As Rayleigh defeated Shepherd Sommers, who was about to kill Shakky, Rayleigh carried Shakky away from the ongoing fighting while the Roger Pirates cleared the path for both of them to escape safely. Roger then switched their goals from saving Shakky to plunder everything and take all the treasure they can find to then escape the island. The Roger Pirates would then find themselves in the Second Treasury Depot, where they stumbled upon hoards of treasures, along with Devil Fruits. They then had to fight off against the Rocks Pirates who came with the same goal as they, but they succeeded to fend them off. Roger, however, suddenly felt a great presence descending on God Valley and decided to head further into the main part of the island while his crew was ordered to get everything to the Oro Jackson.[34][35][36] Before returning to his crew, Roger worked together with Garp to fight against the demon turned Rocks.[37] After the battle, Rayleigh and Gaban take Roger back to their ship and the crew discovers a one-year-old Shanks inside a treasure chest they had looted from the location post-incident and decided to have the infant sail with them.[38]
Roger would later discover that there was an island beyond Lodestar, having stolen the message of Charlotte Linlin's Road Poneglyph.[39][40] At some point, Roger was gravely wounded and needed to heal from his injuries at a hospital in the mountains. When a hundred enemies came to ambush him, Gaban fought them all off and cut down every tree on the mountain, which earned him the epithet "Mountain-Eater".[41]
The following events are non-canon, and therefore not considered part of the canon story.
At some point, the crew encountered the Red Arrows Pirates, though it is unknown how the meeting went or how the relationship between the crews was.[42]
At another point, they defeated the Naguri Pirates, sparing the crew and their captain Naguri's lives.[43]
Concludes non-canon section.
The Roger Pirates battle Shiki.
30 years ago, Roger, Shanks, and Buggy read news of the samurai Kouzuki Oden from Wano Country joining the Whitebeard Pirates, where Roger expressed interest in meeting him.[44] Two years later, Roger discovered that he had an incurable and fatal disease and decided to lead his crew on a final voyage across the Grand Line. He recruited Crocus from Reverse Mountain to keep him alive as long as possible.[45] At some point, the Roger Pirates raided an enemy ship and obtained a Devil Fruit called the Bara Bara no Mi, in which Buggy would accidentally eat and gain its powers.[1] 27 years ago, the Roger Pirates fought the Golden Lion Pirates in the Battle of Edd War; the battle was declared a draw with the Golden Lion Pirates taking significant damage.[12] At some point, the Roger Pirates travelled to Little Garden and met Dorry and Brogy.[46]
The crew celebrates Oden's induction
One year after that on a island, the Roger Pirates crossed paths with the Whitebeard Pirates and battled them for four days. After the battle, Roger asked Whitebeard to allow Oden to join his crew, as Oden was a member of the Kouzuki Family who could read the Poneglyphs and so could help them get to the final island. Whitebeard reluctantly agreed as Oden himself had wished to join Roger, and Oden and his family joined the Roger Pirates as well as Oden's retainers Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, who came on as stowaways.
After adventuring in Skypiea,[47] the Roger Pirates headed to Fish-Man Island, where they found the second Road Poneglyph. Oden, Inuarashi, and Nekomamushi revealed that the final two Road Poneglyphs were in their home countries of Wano and Zou, and the Roger Pirates successfully found them there. Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and Oden's family were left behind on Wano due to Oden's wife Kouzuki Toki falling ill, but Oden continued sailing with the crew. At some unspecified point, the Roger Pirates got into a conflict with the Maelstrom Spider Pirates, leading Roger to kill the entire crew except the captain.[48]
Roger departs from the crew.
25 years ago, the Roger Pirates charted the location of the final island using the Road Poneglyphs and made landfall there, with Shanks and Buggy staying behind on another island due to the latter falling ill. On the final island, they found a treasure left behind 800 years ago, by Joy Boy and learned the truth behind the Void Century, Ancient Weapons, and the meaning of the D. Roger decided to name the final island Laugh Tale.[7] After returning from Laugh Tale, Roger disbanded the crew and set off on his own. The crew then took Oden back to Wano, where he intended to open the country's borders to start the new era that Joy Boy wanted, and eventually the rest of the crew went their separate ways.[49]
Legacy[]
After the Roger Pirates disbanded, their captain turned himself in to the Marines, and they chose to execute him in his birthplace of Loguetown 24 years ago.[45] But right before his death, Roger shouted out his famous final words to all the attends present, stating that his legendary treasure will be theirs if they find it, thus beginning the Great Pirate Era. Because of their connection to Roger, all the former members of the Roger Pirates were hunted down relentlessly by the World Government.
Roger's former apprentices, Shanks and Buggy were present at his execution, and afterwards they split up to form their own crews, the Red Hair Pirates and the Buggy Pirates respectively.[12] 12 years after Roger's death, Shanks would end up inspiring a young boy named Monkey D. Luffy to become an infamous pirate. 6 years later, Shanks would become recognized as one of the Four Emperors.[15] Buggy and his crew were active in the East Blue until two years ago, when they entered the Grand Line and Buggy became one of the Seven Warlord of the Sea due in large part to his history with Roger.[24] After the system's dissolution, Buggy would then become one of the Four Emperors alongside Shanks (in truth, he is currently serving under Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk, who are using him as a figurehead).
Rayleigh retired from piracy and currently works as a ship coater on the Sabaody Archipelago, though goes on frequent excursions.[50] Crocus returned to Reverse Mountain to take care of Laboon.[45] Oden returned to Wano to assume his role as shogun and open the country's borders, but was killed five years after the crew's disbandment, as his quest to open Wano's borders was met with opposition from Wano's false shogun, Kurozumi Orochi and the Emperor, Kaidou.[51] Gaban retired from piracy and traveled to Elbaph, where he met Ripley and had a son.[52] The whereabouts and statuses of the other Roger Pirates are unknown. The bounties for the crew are still active, with the World Government being unwilling to lift them before the members die.[9]
Trivia[]
The Jolly Roger seen in Buggy's flashback.
- The Roger Pirates had a theme of its senior members having names based off of precious metals: Gol D. Roger's name is based on gold, Silvers Rayleigh's is based on silver, and Scopper Gaban's is based on copper.
- Gaban is likely named after copper instead of bronze due to how the third-place bronze medal is referred to in Japanese, as the copper medal (銅メダル, dō medaru?) instead of the bronze medal (青銅メダル, seidō medaru?).
- The first time the Roger Pirates' Jolly Roger is introduced is in Chapter 19, which depicts it different from later appearances. In its initial depiction, it is a simple skull with crossbones.
- Interestingly, it is shown in Chapter 1156 that the jolly roger had the mustache even before Roger grew it on himself.
- The Roger Pirates had at least five Supreme King Haki users, the most of any pirate crew to date.
- Douglas Bullet, who was a non-canon member of the crew, also possesses this ability.
- Despite being a veteran pirate crew and having clashed with powerful Devil Fruit users like the Whitebeard Pirates, the crew was skeptical about Devil Fruits during Buggy's flashback.
- During the God Valley Incident, which is set years before Buggy's flashback, members of the Roger Pirates would even directly identify a Devil Fruit among the treasures they found.[53]
- Two former members of the crew, Shanks and Buggy, would later go on to become part of the Four Emperors. This makes the crew one of two to hold multiple future Emperors, the other being the Rocks Pirates, which had three future Emperors in its ranks.
Notes[]
- ↑ Gol D. Roger - 5,564,800,000
Silvers Rayleigh -Unknown
Crocus -
Unknown
Kouzuki Oden -Unknown
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 3 Chapter 19 (p. 7-18) and Episode 8, Buggy speaks about his days with Shanks as apprentices. Note: The crew was not mentioned to be the Roger Pirates at the time of chapter.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 431 (p. 16) and Episode 313, Garp was mentioned of cornering Roger numerous times.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 25 Chapter 233 (p. 13) and Episode 145, Buggy mentions Whitebeard of being the only one able to fight on par with Roger.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 1), We Are! theme, Roger's speech and death, the introduction to One Piece.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 112 (p. 114).
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1158 (p. 4).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 96 Chapter 967 and Episodes 967–968.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 95 Chapter 957 (p. 17) and Episode 958, Roger's bounty is revealed.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 52 Chapter 512 (p. 2) and Episode 404.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 96 Chapter 966 (p. 4-6) and Episodes 965–966.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 96 Chapter 965 (p. 16-17) and Episode 965.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 One Piece Manga — Vol. 0 Chapter 0.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 25 Chapter 233 (p. 13) and Episode 151.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 431 (p. 16) and Episode 313.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 95 Chapter 957 and Episode 958, Sengoku and Brannew explain the God Valley Incident and the Four Emperors.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 597 and Episode 516.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 603 and Episode 523.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 105 Chapter 1059 (p. 14-15) and Episode 1088.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 52 Chapter 511 (p. 18-19) and Episode 404.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 112 Chapter 1140 (p. 2-11).
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 96 Chapter 970 (p. 11-13) and Episode 972, Oden wounds Kaidou using Togen Totsuka.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 3 Chapter 19 and Episode 8.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 56 Chapter 549 (p. 11-17) and Episode 452.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 70 Chapter 700 (p. 13) and Episode 629, It is revealed that Buggy has become a Warlord.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 104 Chapter 1053 (p. 17) and Episode 1080.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 603 (p. 5) and Episode 523, Roger and Rayleigh meet.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 603 (p. 5-6) and Episode 523, Roger and Rayleigh first meet each other.
- ↑ Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary (Card #0014).
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1156 (p. 6-11).
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1158 (p. 2-4, 7-9).
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1159 (p. 3).
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 96 Chapter 966 (p. 9) and Episode 967, 26 years ago, Roger mentions reaching Lodestar Island 13 years prior.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1159 (p. 12).
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1159.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1160.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1161.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1164 (p. 16-17).
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1166 (p. 8-9).
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 85 Chapter 853 (p. 4-5) and Episode 820.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 96 Chapter 967 (p. 3) and Episode 967.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 112 Chapter 1139 (p. 11).
- ↑ One Piece Movie — Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island, Muchigoro claims the Red Arrows Pirates met Gol D. Roger.
- ↑ One Piece Anime — Episode 499, The Roger Pirates defeat the Naguri Pirates.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 95 Chapter 964 (p. 17) and Episode 964.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 52 Chapter 506 and Episode 400.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 113 Chapter 1152 (p. 13), Gaban and Shanks reminisce on going to Little Garden.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 96 Chapter 966 and Episodes 965–967.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 58 Chapter 563 (p. 2-17) and Episode 472, Squard reveals the fate of his old crew.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 96 Chapter 968 and Episode 969.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 51 Chapter 498 and Episode 392.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 82 Chapter 818 and Episode 770.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 112 Chapters 1137–1139.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1162 (p. 12), Members of the Roger Pirates mention a Devil Fruit among the treasures they found.
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