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One Piece [ワンピース] #51

One Piece 51: Die elf Supernovae

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Endlich geht's für Ruffy und seine Crew auf der »Thousand Sunny« Richtung Fischmenscheninsel! Mit ihrem neuen offiziellen Mannschaftsmitglied Brook, dem musikalischen und stets gut gelaunten Skelett, der Meerjungfrau Kamy und ihrem sprechenden Seestern geht es neuen Abenteuern entgegen. Kaum haben sie erfahren, dass Okta gefangen wurde, werden sie von der Menschenhändlerbande »Fliegenfisch-Raiders« angegriffen! Deren Anführer scheint mit den Strohhüten noch eine Rechnung offen zu haben...

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2008

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Eiichiro Oda

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Eiichiro Oda (尾田栄一郎, Oda Eiichirō) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime One Piece.

As a child, Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's works and aspired to become a manga artist. He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular TV animation series titled Vicky the Viking. He submitted a character named Pandaman for Yudetamago's classic wrestling manga Kinnikuman. Pandaman was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would later return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works.

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尾田荣一郎 (Chinese, simplified)
尾田榮一郎 (Chinese, traditional)

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Profile Image for Thelma.
762 reviews
September 30, 2025
2025 reread : this is probably one of my favorite volumes in all of One Piece. I love the cover and title. And I adore what happens in it.
This is a big turn for the series because so many things get introduced in such a short time, better be ready for it. There's the worldbuilding of the Sabaody islands, introducing some of the inhabitants of the islands, introducing the titular supernovas, we also learn about the discrimination against fishmen, along with the fact that slavery is a thing in the world of One Piece and finally we see some celestial dragons. This volume is so dense, it's impossible to take it all in on the first read.
I love this volume partially because of all the information in it, I truly feel like this is One Piece going up a gear and I think it really makes sense considering where we are in the story. I also love some of the characters introduced in this volume (KidLaw yay!!!!! I'm gonna be reading Egghead for the first time on this reread so I am also looking forward to more Boney), I'm weak for my faves. And the last page of this volume is absolutely iconic and flawless and perfect.
Also of note : Kid's nails are out of this world, how does the man manages to maintain such a perfect manicure I wonder?





I'd say this is the book that changes everything. So much happens. So many new characters (TRAFALGAR!!!!!!). Anouncement of terrible things. And that last page. That last page is why Luffy will always be my favorite.
Profile Image for Lashaan Balasingam.
1,486 reviews4,623 followers
January 2, 2023
The whole Iron Mask Duval bit did seem like a filler at first but what a funny twist it turned out to be! I could never have imagined such a twist to his real face. However, the new archipelago they discover is once more another original and wonderful world and it contains some very dangerous people.

The high note of this volume is the final pages and what Luffy does to a Celestial Dragon. Now, that's an epic moment of a real hero.
Profile Image for Emi.acg.
668 reviews224 followers
August 12, 2023
En muchos sentidos este volumen es una joyita 💜

Estamos en el archipiélago Shabondy, me voy a ahorrar mucho y decir que en este volumen vemos los temas de discriminación y esclavitud. Aparecen los tenryubitos, como los odio >:c son los disque descendientes de los 20 reyes que crearon el gobierno mundial hace 800 años y se creen tan superiores que todo el mundo debe hacer lo que ellos diga o de lo contrario tendrás un almirante y flota de marines persoguiendote.

Conocemos a los 11 supernovas, los novatos con más de 100 millones de recompensa. La primera aparición de mi esposo jsjshsj 🙈 para que quede claro hablo de Law 🤭
Rayleig y no nos andan a medias, nos dicen casi de inmediato que era el segundo de Roger 🤭 y a Shaky que si mal no recuerdo era de los piratas rivales xd

Tenemos un vistazo a los inicios de Luffy con el haki del rey y bueno Rayleigh también lo uso aunque todavía no nos explican que es.

Repartieron la noticia de Ace, aunque los muwis no saben, se viene la ejecución 🥺

Por último, tras él secuestro de Cambie y el intento por recuperarla por la forma legal empieza un enfrentamiento, nada menos que contra los tenryubitos
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Author 6 books188 followers
April 7, 2021
Yes. Yes to everything. I love the introductions of the supernovas. Everything that takes place in this arc is great. A lot of important ground is covered, which is very refreshing after the filler of Thriller Bark.
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Author 5 books348 followers
December 9, 2022
You know what a childlike adventure story really needs? Some cartoonishly evil, absolutely hideous, detestable, black-as-they-come villains. Everybody else goes on about moral greys and nuance and how this is the more mature and objectively better approach, meanwhile Eiichiro Oda just goes and gives us these assholes. Sometimes you don't need nuance. Sometimes you just need to really hate on some vaguely human-shaped piece of trash, and then cheer as they get decked.

One of the finest moments in the series - and also, as we've already established and as we realize for a fact in the next volume, the point where the script got flipped.

Great worldbuilding, too. You've got history, politics, and another awesome adventurous island to check out and have fun in. A bunch more pirate crews that Oda quite literally put together in just a couple days as his editor told him the place needs some more colour. Even the Fishman Island is being hyped up: it's just a shame we won't get to see it in yet a while.
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1,113 reviews5,930 followers
September 13, 2025
i do find it wild that their plan to get her out of the slave auction was to actually bid on her and they aborted that plan immediately when they didn’t have enough money, just make up a bullshit number and go from there
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271 reviews
October 2, 2022
SABAODY PART 2; Vol. 51: The Eleven Supernovas

492: Iron Mask Duval
493: You Know Me
494: Duval's Tragedy
495: Gaon Cannon
496: Yarukiman Mangrove
497: Adventure on the Archipelago of Dancing Soap Bubbles
498: The Eleven Supernovas
499: Sabaody Park
500: The Embers of History
501: The World Begins to Swell
502: The Incident of the Celestial Dragons
Profile Image for Blake the Book Eater.
1,275 reviews408 followers
August 5, 2022
So we meet all the other pirates who have made it through the first half of the Grand Line and so OP tackles the topic of slavery?! I knew OP got dark sometimes but this is *bleak* and it’s great.
5,870 reviews146 followers
November 4, 2021
One Piece, Vol. 51 continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next eleven chapters (492–502) of the on-going manga series.

This tankōbon begins a new story arc. The Straw Hats arrive at the halfway point of their adventure – the Red Line that splits the oceans in two. As pirates and enemies of the World Government, their only way to get through the divider is by traveling under the sea.

When they meet Hatchan and his friend Camie, they learn of a man who can outfit their ship for an undersea voyage. They arrive at the archipelago where he resides and begin to search for him. While there they encounter the Celestial Dragons – the descendants of the founders of the World Government. Though angered by the Celestial Dragons' treatment of other people, Hatchan convinces the Straw Hats not to do anything or risk the full wrath of the Government.

As they continue their search, Camie is captured to be sold as a slave to the Celestial Dragons. In their attempt to rescue her, Hatchan is shot by a Celestial Dragon, prompting Monkey D. Luffy to break his promise and punching the dragon in anger.

This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Eiichirō Oda. For the most part it is written and constructed rather well. It starts a new story arc and introduces the Celestial Dragons, who are the aristocratic descendants of nineteen of the Twenty Kings who established what is now known as the World Government. As high ranking members, they can commit any crime with impunity and not to be trifled with as they are the government – unfortunately, Monkey D. Luffy didn’t get the memorandum.

All in all, One Piece, Vol. 51 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
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3,078 reviews103 followers
January 2, 2021
continuing on ch 499where they go to amusement park and have fun, then Camie is kidnapped and sold for auctions while everyone is looking for her then the craziest thing happens, when its upto Luffy to rescue her and what he does with the Tennryubito in the end just wow1 This volume was awesome and a bit time consuming but worth it, the art and plot just get better and better!
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455 reviews2 followers
July 30, 2022
A million, billion, trillion stars for the greatest, most dramatic and important punch there ever was.
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82 reviews1 follower
July 27, 2023
tracking system: input the manga every 100-ish chapters.

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH NO ONE STAND UP. also zoro needs a built in tracking system, please.
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53 reviews
September 23, 2024
I can’t with how funny the beginning was… but then it got very serious, Law made his first appearance… and we learned something about Ace… and Kamy is being sold…
I feel like this novel was a turning point in the story, it’s really heating up and I’m so invested.
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405 reviews4 followers
October 31, 2025
"You wanted a fight, you got one!"

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Things really start heating up as the crew dives deeper into some morally gray waters—literally and figuratively. The action hits hard, the comedy lands well (especially from Brook), and the world-building goes into overdrive. It’s got the perfect mix of chaos and charm that One Piece is known for, with some seriously weird and unforgettable new faces thrown into the mix.

What makes this volume stand out is how packed it is with new ideas and locations. The Sabaody Archipelago is imaginative and visually wild, and there's a real sense of unease under the surface. You feel the tension, even if you can’t put your finger on where it’s going next. Plus, getting glimpses of rival pirates and old legends adds to the sense that the world is way bigger than it seemed before.

The pacing can feel a little crammed at times, and not every new character gets the space they deserve, but it’s still a fun ride. The emotional beats hit, and there’s a solid payoff to the conflict that unfolds. If you’ve been following the crew this far, this entry definitely keeps things exciting—and hints that some major shakeups are just around the corner.

Date Read: 2025.08.07
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752 reviews40 followers
April 8, 2019
Duval kim tahmin edemedim açıkçası ama Arlong’un tayfasından birini görmek nostaljik geldi. Hacckin’in artık “kötülükten” arınmış olması falan. Duval’ın sinirinin altında yatan gerçekler çok açık, ilk olarak hayatı saçma bir hal almış. İkinci olarak bence Sanji gibi olmak isterdi ama o Sanji değil. Sunny’ye saldırmak mantıklı bir karar değildi. O yüzden Sanji’nin o darbeleri bana göre kötüydü ve Duval’ı über yakışıklı yapmasa onu asla affetmezdim. Ekip çalışmasını çok seviyorum, özellikle Brook’un gövde gösterisi çok başarılıydı. Denizcilerin delirdikleri aşikar, resmen korsanların köle olarak satılmasına ses çıkarmıyorlar. Üstelik “Tenryuubito”ları koruyorlar falan. Rayleigh’in ismini duymak bile heyecanlandırdı. Ayrıca Luffy gibi güçlü korsanlarında orada olması hoşuma gitti. Hepsinin amacı bir ve bu çok eğlenceli. Herkesin Camie için delirmesi çok güzeldi. Ama Rayleigh’in Haki’si mükemmeldi. Nami’nin konu Camie olunca parayı düşünmemesi de. Hacckin’in o kadar rahatlıkla vurulmasına, vurulabilmesine anlam veremedim. Ayrımcılık gibi bir konuya değinen Oda’yı alkışladım. Luffy’nin yumruğu ise mükemmeldi, tekrar animeyi açıp baktım. Her seferinde çok seviniyorum doğru olanı yaptığı için. Ama Ace’in idam tarihinin belirlenmesi, felaketti. Devamında deli gibi ağlayacağımı biliyorum. Tek tesellim Hancock olacak.
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Profile Image for Ahmed Gamal.
396 reviews81 followers
October 14, 2022
A great introduction to the next arc/era: new characters, enemies, and conflict. The New World lies ahead.
This Volume is reminding us that One piece world is huge, and the information we have about its characters and their history is so little.
It opens up a lot of possibilities for upcoming, promising plot points in the new world.
There is a tease that the Paradise arc will not end without one last goodbye gift.
132 reviews6 followers
May 28, 2024
What an amazing start of the Sabaody Archipelago Arc🔥🔥, this entire volume was just so amazing to read❣️❣️.

The volume opens up with our crew with Camie and Pappagu trying to rescue hachin from the flying fish riders. Hachin turns out to be a member of the Arlong pirates and the crew denies to help him considering what they did to nami. Nami on the other hand wants to help hachin as she has already promised the same to camie. I loved this as it shows how kind she actually is☺️🥹.

We then see the boss aka Duval who hates sanji and wants to kill him. This was literally the most hilarious scene so far as Duval looks exactly like the wanted poster of sanji😂😂. This is the reason he hates sanji as navy is hunting him even if he isn't a pirate 🤣🤣. Sanji fights him and changes his bone structure and now he looks completely different 😅😅. Duval loves his new look and promises sanji to help him if he ever needs it.

We then enter the Sabaody Archipelago, as to enter the Fish-man Island we have to coat the ship here. Fish-man Island is 30,000 feet below and if the ship is not coated the crew can't enter Fish-man Island. We have mangroves here on sabaody and it's basically not an island just a clump of trees. There are bubbles here created by the sticky natural resin. I loved exploring this place and it shows how good oda is when it comes to the world building 🔥🔥. We see Luffy on the bubble bike which was such a cool concept ☺️☺️.

Things get scary when hachin asks Luffy to promise he will not defy the world nobles. We then see these nobles aka the celestial dragons who are basically the descendants of the 20 kings who created the world Government 800 yrs ago. It's a horrible reality as these nobles take slaves and can kill anyone at any time. They chain the humans and parade them by riding on them. I hate them so much😡😡. It's even sadder considering the collars of the slaves burst if they try to run away.

Hachin then takes the crew to the bar where we meet shakky who tells us that Rayleigh who is responsible for coating the ship is not there and the crew needs to find him in the lawless region of sabaody. She also tells us about the 11 rookies who are present here who all have bounties over 100 million. Excluding Luffy and Zoro the others are: Bege, Bonney, Hawkins, Kid, Apoo, Drake, urouge, killer and Law🔥🔥. Kid has the highest bounty of them all making Luffy the one with the second largest bounty out of the rookies.

While looking for Rayleigh the crew goes to the amusement park and have a lot of fun. But then camie gets kidnapped 😭😔. We are then told about the dark history of this place as the Fish-man and mermaids are hated by humans and 200 years ago slavery and human trafficking were a part of the culture. This explains why camie never visited the amusement park as mermaids are hunted and sold as slaves here🧜‍♀️😭.

We then see the entire crew trying to find camie with the help of Duval. The crew is able to find the human auction hall where the bidding is going on. Nami decides to take part and pay for camie's rescue with the treasure she got from thriller bark. I can't believe it's the same nami who only cared about money in the beginning 💲💰. The character development is real🤑🤑. The moment that camie is shown the celestial dragon bids 500 million and everyone tenses as they don't have more berries than that😱😱. That's when Luffy tries to help but hachi stops him. Hachi is then shot by the celestial dragon for being a Fish-man which infuriates Luffy. We then see the best moment of this arc and that is Luffy punching the celestial dragon. It was literally the most satisfying punch ever👊👊. I loved the way all the rookies react to him , it was such a badass moment 🔥🔥.

We are also told that ace will be publically executed by Navy and it could lead to a war as Whitebeard would not sit silent 😭😭.

What will happen next? Will the marines capture the crew? Will camie be saved ? Will ace die? To find out let's keep reading ❣️🥹.

My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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530 reviews28 followers
October 28, 2024
SABAODY ARCHIPELAGO ARC - PART 1
1. i love seeing the straw hats beat up neptunians. it will never get old. also, i think mermaids have a cloaca and that's how they poop.

2. oh, hacchin doesn't even know the half of it - the crew grew so much stronger since arlong park (i love that life is continuing for the people from the earlier arcs! it gives this world of one piece actual character and also makes it so real, because that's how real life also works. you have your adventure, but life goes on for the normal people/or also for the enemies you've beaten)

3. did luffy just use haki on the bull?

4. i love sabaody and the bubbles - they're so convenient, especially the bubble bag!!

5. nevermind, i don't like sabaody anymore. i HATE the celestial dragons. i hate that they trade humans as if they aren't humans themselves, i hate that they have the privilege to sic the navy on other people because they can and because they're of a certain blood. they make me sick. the entire treatment of fish people and mermaids is sickening, just like how certain ethnicities have been oppressed, sold, executed and more in our history. it's sadly a depiction of how society and people work, and their atrocities, so it's insanely real for one piece to depict that.

6. i am also incredibly stoked because there's so many storylines coming together here in this arc too - the straw hats and their wanting to go to fishman island as well as finding silvers rayleigh (who turns out to be gol d roger's first mate!! the characters we are meeting are only turning out to be more and more epic), the several other rookie pirates coming together with all their own goals and aspirations, the navy and the high society of sabaody, who are, once again, showing how corrupt and disgusting they can be, while also suddenly the news of ace's execution drawing near, as well as the upcoming retaliation from whitebeard. i wonder though, why would the government want to risk that?
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694 reviews6 followers
January 14, 2024
Volume 51: Chapter 492-502
Saga 6: Summit War
Arc 19: Sabaody Archipelago

They arrived at Sabaody Archipelago to find a man named Rayleigh to do a coating to their ship. Rayleigh is former vice captain of Roger Pirates.

Camie is being kidnapped and will be sold at the human auction. Straw Hat Pirates trying to save Camie. Tenryuubito cannot be harmed or else an Admiral will come to annihilate who harmed the Tenryuubito. A Tenryuubito buy Camie with 500 million Berry and shot Hachi. Luffy punch the Tenryuubito and cause chaos in the Sabaody.

The news about Ace's execution is spread. The war is coming between Whitebeard Pirates and the Marine.

Several important plot points have been revealed:
- World Government is formed by 20 Kings. Their descendant known as Tenryuubito.
- Slavery and human trade of Tenryuubito is introduced.
- Fishmen and mermaids were discriminated by human starting 200 years ago.
- Haki is first shown.
- 11 rookie pirates with bounty over 100 million Berry that arrived at Sabaody Archipelago known as Supernovas.

Supernovas:
- Eustass "Captain" Kidd (315,000,000 Berry)
- Monkey D. Luffy (300,000,000 Berry)
- Basil Hawkins (249,000,000 Berry)
- X Drake (222,000,000 Berry)
- Trafalgar Law (200,000,000 Berry)
- Scratchmen Apoo (198,000,000 Berry)
- Killer (162,000,000 Berry)
- Jewelry Bonney (140,000,000 Berry)
- Capone "Gang" Bege (138,000,000 Berry)
- Roronoa Zoro (120,000,000 Berry)
- Urouge (108,000,000 Berry)
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868 reviews5 followers
February 5, 2021
One Piece 51: 4.5 Stars
[7.96 - Amazing!!!!!]

This Volume is simply incredible. Especially the second half. The first little Duval Arc was good but not great to me. Everything afterwards was phenomenal though. The world building, the new characters, the returning characters, the INTRIGUE, seeing everything that leads up to the war. I cannot wait for the next few volumes. It will be a feast.
In addition to that we get the Strawhats being themselves and entertaining me to no end. My precious idiotic children.

I feel like I don't even need to say anything. That fucking final page is so deserved ♥ SO SATISFYING

+ we get Law (and Kid and Killer and Hawkins and Bonnie and...) FUCKING LAW ♥
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395 reviews6 followers
December 30, 2021
Por fin se reencuentran con Hacchi y llegab al archipiélago, y nos presentan a los tenryuubito. Y, oh por dios, aparece el cirujano de la muerte, mi hermoso y el sensacional Trafalgar D. Water Law.
Oh y nos meten de lleno en esa maraña negra de las subastas y el tema de los gioyin con los humanos. Y Rayleigh!!!
Oh, esa trama con Duval me hizo reír demasiado. Justo como dice Nami, el mundo es un pañuelo.
Ahora con ese final de manga se vendrá la acción, lo que les espera a los muguiwaras....
Profile Image for giogio.
137 reviews
March 17, 2024
che cos’è la casta militare se non una guardia del corpo privata per le classi sociali elitarie?
davvero spudoratamente oda in questo volume rimarca una fortissima critica a ciò che è il militarismo in questo mondo, alla vera natura delle forze dell’ordine
se leggete one piece e siete fasci siete un po’ stupidi scusate perché siamo a metà dei volumi e già il 90% dei vostri ideali sono stati largamente criticati da oda: la distinzione di classe, lo schifo delle forze dell’ordine che proteggono i potenti e mortificano i deboli, il razzismo, il fanatismo religioso ecc.
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2,513 reviews58 followers
July 23, 2019
The last page of this volume is perhaps my favorite One Piece moment to date. In the anime, the color gets completely drained from the screen....there is nothing quite so satisfying as this scene.
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113 reviews26 followers
March 27, 2021
Will I ever not love anything that happens from now on til the summit war?!
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