After Luffy defeats Arlong, Nami joins Luffy's crew and the Navy places a bounty on Luffy's head. Later, Luffy encounters Arlong, a fishman and member of the former Sun Pirates who thinks that fishmen are superior to humans. They soon meet Nami, a navigator and thief Usopp, a sniper and a liar and Sanji, a womanizing chef leading to confrontations with Buggy the Clown, Captain Kuro and Don Krieg. In an attempt to organize his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, he befriends a swordsman named Roronoa Zoro and together, they sail off to find the One Piece. Luffy, a young pirate inspired by his childhood idol and powerful pirate Red Haired Shanks, has since set off on a journey from the East Blue Ocean to succeed Roger and find the legendary treasure. Twenty-two years have passed since Roger's execution, and Monkey D. As a result, countless pirates set out to the Grand Line to look for the treasure. Just before his death, Roger announces that his treasure, the One Piece, will be up for the taking, causing the Great Pirate Era to begin. Roger, a man known as the King of the Pirates. The series begins with the execution of Gol D.