The ONE PIECE logo is then flashed and Luffy's seen sitting on the bow of the Merry with his crewmates behind him. The next scene shows the Straw Hat Pirates fading in, in the order of their appearance in the series, and later sitting on a beach. They are then shown running together, before a flash of each character's past in the series is seen. It includes Shanks saving Luffy, Kuina beating a downed Zoro, Sanji and Zeff during their initial years while starving, Chopper in a snowy land when Hiriluk kills himself and waving his flag, Usopp crying and Banchina on her deathbed, Nami being abandoned after Bell-mère pats her head, and finally Robin depressed and curled up.
An animation with silhouettes (albeit colored) of the crew riding the ship is shown, followed by individual portraits. The song ends with a group portrait and the One Piece logo closing into view.
[LUFFY]
Did you know there's an awesome treasure hidden at the end of this sea?
And anyone who finds it will be King Of The Pirates!
Is that exciting or what?
There are incredible adventures out there just waiting for us!
Lyrics
BON VOYAGE!
Have the courage, set sail and believe, and we will see
A glimpse of the sun rising on our tomorrow.
Back when we first started, we had separate horizons
Sailed toward different dreams.
Things have changed now
For together we found we look through the spyglass and see,
And we know, that our hearts have brought us here.
Where the compass points our destiny,
There’s no looking back, take the helm with me!
Bon Voyage!
We cast off all our troubles, forget the past.
Though the future’s unclear
We still can smile we know we’ll get there.
No regrets!
Every tear that we've cried only helps our dreams come true.
You and those dreams are precious in my life.
A glimpse of the sun rising on our tomorrow![1]
Trivia
Pandaman appears in this intro, when Usopp catches him during the colored mini-boat scene with his fishing rod.
This song included images of Robin's past even though it had only been hinted at when the song premiered.
The shot of her on the bed is reused from the ending "Free Will".
"Bon Voyage!" means "Have a good trip!" in French.
The Color Spread of Chapter 201 can be seen in the opening.
Due to it being impossible to edit the title in the English version, Funimation had to settle for fading away from the Merry sailing off from behind to using a clip from the series of the Merry sailing to showcase their title.
This was the last opening theme to be dubbed by Funimation, before they started using the original Japanese ones.
Just like the previous opening theme, in the special edition print, the "Special Edition" text in Japanese katakana was added to the One Piece logo (which was later removed in digital prints).
