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My treasure? If you want it, you can have it. Search for it! I left all of it at that place!
— One Piece ‧ 1999
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A few sentences of dying speech start a whole age: the treasure is not handed over, it is dared into existence. Roger turns his own execution into a recruitment poster, and every crew in the series is a consequence. Fans quote it as the line that made adventure a public sport. The exact English wording differs between the manga, the dubs and the fan wiki, but the invitation to search never changes.
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In context
Spoilers for One PieceShow the scene
The series opens on an execution. Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, has given himself up to the Marines and is brought to his birthplace, Loguetown, to be executed before a crowd as a warning against piracy. Instead he smiles, and with his last words tells the world that his treasure, the One Piece, is there for anyone who can find it, left in a certain place. The blades fall. The wiki credits the speech with starting the Great Pirate Era.
Sources (1)
- One Piece Wiki: Gol D. RogerInfobox first appearance; History, BiographyReference checked
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