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In [[Eiichiro Oda]]'s ''One Piece'' series, each pirate crew has its own distinct Jolly Roger that reflects its traits and beliefs. Although the flag was originally drawn by the main series protagonist [[Monkey D. Luffy]], his poor sketch led one of his crewmates [[Usopp]] to redesign it.[{{Cite book |last=Oda |first=Eiichiro |url=https://books.google.be/books?vid=ISBN1591166152 |title=One Piece, Vol. 5 |date=17 November 2004 |publisher=VIZ Media LLC |isbn=978-1-59116-615-3 |language=en |chapter=Yosaku and Johnny}}] ''One Piece'' itself is one of the longest-running and most popular Japanese media franchises, its manga (beginning publication in 1997) being the best-selling of all time and its anime running since 1999.[{{cite magazine |title=How Gen Z Anime Fans Are Reshaping American Protests |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/202374/zoomer-anime-one-piece-reshape-protests |access-date=30 October 2025 |magazine=The New Republic |date=29 October 2025}}] |
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In [[Eiichiro Oda]]'s ''One Piece'' series, each pirate crew has its own distinct Jolly Roger that reflects its traits and beliefs. Although the flag was originally drawn by the main series protagonist [[Monkey D. Luffy]], his poor sketch led one of his crewmates [[Usopp]] to redesign it.[{{Cite book |last=Oda |first=Eiichiro |url=https://books.google.be/books?vid=ISBN1591166152 |title=One Piece, Vol. 5 |date=17 November 2004 |publisher=VIZ Media LLC |isbn=978-1-59116-615-3 |language=en |chapter=Yosaku and Johnny}}] ''One Piece'' itself is one of the longest-running and most popular Japanese media franchises, its manga (beginning publication in 1997) being the best-selling of all time and its anime running since 1999.[{{cite magazine |title=How Gen Z Anime Fans Are Reshaping American Protests |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/202374/zoomer-anime-one-piece-reshape-protests |access-date=30 October 2025 |magazine=The New Republic |date=29 October 2025}}] |
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The flag's anti-authoritarian usage is a reference to a major storyline involving the fictional [[world government]], which controls most of the story's locations, and the Straw Hat Pirates' struggles to fight back, while concurrently hunting for the titular treasure.[{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Stephanie |title=The story behind the One Piece skull flag ]f6lying at youth-led protests around the6 world |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/one-piece-manga-flag-protest-movement-1.7640717 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250924001028/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/one-piece-manga-flag-protest-movement-1.7640717 |archive-date=24 September 2025 |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=CBC News |language=en-US}} As described by ''CNN'', "the flag symbolizes Luffy's quest to chase his dreams, liberate oppressed people, and fight the autocratic World Government".[ Multiple academic works have analysed how the manga draws parallels to real world politics and authoritarianism.][Ravaglia, Benedetta. "Deciphering the world with One Piece: The power of manga in the study of international politics." (2024). [Master's Thesis] https://unitesi.unive.it/handle/20.500.14247/23449][{{Cite journal |last=Kopper |first=Akos |date=19 October 2020 |title=Pirates, justice and global order in the anime "One Piece" |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/23340460.2020.1797521 |journal=Global Affairs |volume=6 |issue=4–5 |pages=503–517 |doi=10.1080/23340460.2020.1797521 |issn=2334-0460|url-access=subscription }}][{{cite book | last1=Fisher | first1=James C. | title=Law and Justice in Japanese Popular Culture | chapter=Pirates, giants and the state | date=2018 | pages=32–43 | doi=10.4324/9781315136134-3 | isbn=978-1-315-13613-4 | chapter-url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315136134-3/pirates-giants-state-james-fisher }}] |
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The flag's anti-authoritarian usage is a reference to a major storyline involving the fictional [[world government]], which controls most of the story's locations, and the Straw Hat Pirates' struggles to fight back, while concurrently hunting for the titular treasure.[{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Stephanie |title=The story behind the One Piece skull flag flying at youth-led protests around the6 world |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/one-piece-manga-flag-protest-movement-1.7640717 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250924001028/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/one-piece-manga-flag-protest-movement-1.7640717 |archive-date=24 September 2025 |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=CBC News |language=en-US}}] As described by ''CNN'', "the flag symbolizes Luffy's quest to chase his dreams, liberate oppressed people, and fight the autocratic World Government".[ Multiple academic works have analysed how the manga draws parallels to real world politics and authoritarianism.][Ravaglia, Benedetta. "Deciphering the world with One Piece: The power of manga in the study of international politics." (2024). [Master's Thesis] https://unitesi.unive.it/handle/20.500.14247/23449][{{Cite journal |last=Kopper |first=Akos |date=19 October 2020 |title=Pirates, justice and global order in the anime "One Piece" |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/23340460.2020.1797521 |journal=Global Affairs |volume=6 |issue=4–5 |pages=503–517 |doi=10.1080/23340460.2020.1797521 |issn=2334-0460|url-access=subscription }}][{{cite book | last1=Fisher | first1=James C. | title=Law and Justice in Japanese Popular Culture | chapter=Pirates, giants and the state | date=2018 | pages=32–43 | doi=10.4324/9781315136134-3 | isbn=978-1-315-13613-4 | chapter-url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315136134-3/pirates-giants-state-james-fisher }}] |
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