One Piece Vol. 52: Roger and Rayleigh
- ISBN
- 9781421534688
- Publisher
- VIZ Media
- English release
- Pages
- 216
- Chapters
- 503–512
- Anime
- Season 11: Sabaody Archipelago ep. 382–407
Ten chapters, 503 to 512, and the volume where the World Government answers the punch. The crew ended the last book at war with an institution, and the reply is an admiral at full strength. The other arrival is in the title: 'Roger and Rayleigh' names the first mate of the Pirate King, and this is where the Straw Hats meet the previous generation instead of hearing about it. Season 11 of the anime covers the whole book. Viz has it at 216 pages for $11.99.
Spoilers — why this volume matters. Tap to reveal.
Rayleigh is the turn. The man who sailed as Roger's first mate is working as a ship coater on a tourist archipelago, and a series that has spent five hundred chapters treating the Pirate King as a rumor produces someone who knew him and is unimpressed by the fuss. Chapter 506 supplies the volume title and the argument with it: the age Luffy is chasing was crewed by people, and one of them is still here, coating hulls. Against that, the government's answer to the Celestial Dragon incident arrives as Kizaru, an admiral who walks through the allied rookie crews without effort, backed by machines built in Kuma's shape. The crew does not win this. Chapter 512 is titled 'Zoro, Gone', and the title is literal. This is where One Piece stops being a story in which the Straw Hats are the strongest thing in the room.
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