An excited buzz rippled through the Roppongi Hills plaza on March 5 as throngs of ¡°One Piece¡± fans bundled up against the sharp snap of an early spring wind, clutching their phones and merchandise emblazoned with characters from the show as they angled for a good view.?
With many decked out in straw hats, face paint and homemade costumes, the fans were gathered to finally enter a world they had mainly experienced through their screens and manga. Packed in around the winding red carpet on which the cast of ¡°One Piece¡± would eventually walk, the crowd hummed with quiet but palpable anticipation.
The Tokyo event was part of a global rollout for the March 10 premiere of the second season of Netflix¡¯s live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda¡¯s manga. The story follows the supernaturally stretchy-limbed Monkey D. Luffy and his ragtag band of friends named the Straw Hat Pirates as they sail around the world in search of a legendary treasure that will crown the discoverer ¡°King of the Pirates.¡± Oda¡¯s manga has been serialized in Shueisha¡¯s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since 1997 and is Japan¡¯s bestselling manga ever, recently .?
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