The Straw Hats visit Loguetown — the town where Gold Roger was both born and executed. Luffy stands on the execution platform where Roger died and, facing death by Buggy's blade, smiles the same smile Roger did. A miraculous lightning bolt saves him. Captain Smoker, a powerful Marine with the Moku Moku no Mi, pursues the Straw Hats but they escape into the Grand Line. Dragon, Luffy's mysterious father and the world's most wanted man, appears briefly to ensure his son's escape. The crew makes their iconic vow, each placing a foot on a barrel: to achieve their dreams or die trying.
Luffy smiles on Roger's execution platform
The crew's vow on the barrel
Dragon saves Luffy
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