One Piece: Heroines, Vol. 2

By (author) Oda, Eiichiro ; By (author) Esaka, Jun; Illustrated by Suwa, Sayaka
Short description/annotation:
The pirating adventures continue in this second collection of short stories featuring the women of One Piece!
Description:
The pirating adventures continue in this second collection of short stories featuring the women of One Piece!

A second collection of illustrated prose stories highlighting colorful female characters from the One Piece pantheon.

Empress Boa learns a little bit more about love, Tashigi confronts an existential crisis (and some nasty backwater pirates!), Reiju recall’s her brother Sanji’s love of food, and baby Uta finds her voice. Also check out the bonus story in which Nami and Robin bond with a little seafaring self-care!
Biographical note:
Jun Esaka was born February 13 in Kanagawa Prefecture. Blood type O. After graduating from Waseda University, he began working as a writer.

Sayaka Suwa was born in Kagoshima in 1980. She illustrates in pencil, ink, and watercolor. Her illustrations have been featured in a variety of books and magazines, including One Piece Magazine.

Eiichiro Oda began his manga career at the age of 17, when his one-shot cowboy manga Wanted! won second place in the coveted Tezuka manga awards. Oda went on to work as an assistant to some of the biggest manga artists in the industry, including Nobuhiro Watsuki, before winning the Hop Step Award for new artists. His pirate adventure One Piece, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, quickly became one of the most popular manga in Japan.