Wanted! Especially Dangerous! Short Stories by Eiichiro Oda

«Wanted! Especially Dangerous!» — is a unique collection of early works by Eiichiro Oda, the cult manga artist who gifted the world the legendary series «One Piece. Big Score». The collection reveals the creative journey of the author: Oda began creating his first stories when he was only seventeen years old — even before the name of the manga artist became known worldwide.

The book features a variety of works that demonstrate the breadth of the author's range: from westerns to fantasy, from mystical ghost stories to pirate adventures. Readers can expect the spirited misadventures of Gil Bastard in the harsh deserts of the Wild West and the intense duel of samurai Ryuma with a giant dragon. Of particular interest is one version of the story «At the Dawn of Adventures» — it became the starting point for Luffy's great journey, known as the Straw Hat.

The collection «Wanted! Especially Dangerous!» allows for a new perspective on the formation of Eiichiro Oda's style and shows how key motifs and images, which later became the hallmark of «One Piece», originated. For manga fans, this is a rare opportunity to trace the evolution of the author's ideas and discover little-known pages of his work. Oda's early works — an important part of the manga artist's legacy, which helps to understand what the world-famous saga of pirates grew from.