10 years have passed since Rowan, who knew almost nothing in regards to the manga named One Piece, has been reincarnated into the world of One Piece.
'Monkey D. Luffy, Monkey D. Luffy, Monkey D. Luffy…' Everyday, Rowan did his utmost best not to forget the only details of One Piece that he knew, which were the name and appearance of the protagonist.
Knowing that troubles were to occur if the protagonist was to make his appearance in Rowan's village, Rowan had to be aware. However… now that he turned 10, such an idea didn't seem likely.
'Uh, did canon begin already? One Piece is a manga that centers around the theme of pirate, and yet, I didn't see any invasion up until now.'
Rowan may have believed that he wasn't really in the world of One Piece if he didn't sight the Marine branch in the village.
In contrast to the current era being called as the so called Great Age of Pirates, his village, Cocoyashi, was quite peaceful. And Rowan loved it.
Being strongest? Richest? He doesn't care. He just wishes to live a normal life, if it even existed in the One Piece world. His goal was to live the laziest life possible.
"Bob, lunch!" The door suddenly creaked open, and his little brother, Pob, peaked through.
"Ugh, can you call me Rowan instead?"
Pob just scratched his head. "But you are Bob!"
Rowan sighed, before exiting his room for lunch.
Soon, his family all sat down for a lunch.
"Hmm? Hmmm… hmm!" His father, Fob, was blatantly reading a large newspaper while stuffing a whole plate of potatoes in his mouth.
"Bob, Pob, do you see your father?! Watch, this is how a true man should be like! As the sons of Youchiha, always be courageous and brave and cool and awesome and…" As always, his mother, Lass, was chattering non-stop.
Ever since he could walk by himself, Rowan wondered if the world of One Piece was always this weird, and found out that it's tolerable, in comparison to the family he was put into.
His family is good at heart. Through the years of spending time with them, Rowan grew to accept them as his new family. However, apart from that, he could not handle this everyday madness!
First of all, how can his name be Youchiha Bob! His appearance was tolerable, with average black hair, black eyes, height considered to be average in his previous life, with average looks! Everything about him accentuated his average-ness, but his name is Youchiha Bob!
'I will never accept this! I only have one name: Rowan!'
"Oi Bob, are you listening?" Pob suddenly yelped out, causing Rowan to snap out of thought.
"Well, I'll explain once more! This father of yours has been promoted! Huagagagaga!"
"Geshushushushushu!" Pob laughed in response.
"Ufkokokokoko!"
Before his eardrums got destroyed, Rowan managed to cover his ears just in time. Just who would have thought that weird laughs like that existed?!
"Alright, alright, congrats dad. I just remembered that I got something to do! Thanks for the meal!" Not being able to handle this situation anymore, Bob... *Cough* *Cough*... Rowan fled from his home.
Heading outside, Rowan was met by the beautiful scenery of Cocoyasi village. As usual, he headed to the secluded mikan grove.
"Oh, Bob!" As Rowan approached, he was met with Bell-mère tending her garden.
'Bob… Youchiha Bob… damn it, it's so cringe…' Upon hearing his name, Rowan had to suppress his face from turning into a frown.
"Hey, Bell-mère!" Rowan greeted back.
After arriving in this bizarre world, Bell-mère, Nojiko and Nami were one of the few normal human beings he could converse without getting a headache. Others were generally nice and easygoing as well, but many of them, especially the men, were too smelly and unclean; they didn't seem to have cleaned themselves properly for years!
"So why are you here? Weren't you here yesterday also, for a whole day? Won't your parents get worried?"
"It should be ok. I'm still within Cocoyasi village, after all." Rowan scratched his head before sitting down under the shade of a tree near him.
While peaceful, the world of One Piece was quite boring compared to the modern world, where many entertainments existed. He did know that this world consists of many methods to power up, since One Piece was the Shonen manga, however, he does not know how to.
Chakra? Ki? Reiatsu? Breathing technique? Curse?
'F***, why did I ignore One Piece, the best manga of the whole world?!!'
Although Rowan desired for a peaceful life, he couldn't help but berate himself for missing such a wonderful opportunity to entertain himself: exploiting the miraculous powers of this world.
In the past, he did try to punch, but one punch on the tree injured his knuckle!
He couldn't even lift up a sword, since he's just a small kid!
One day, after a brutal event that resulted in him breaking his knuckle, his dad, Fob, cried so hard that Rowan felt a heavy guilt building up within him. After such an event, Rowan had no choice but make a promise to his parents that he won't harm himself in such a way, ever again.
'Haa, whatever. Not like it really matters in here, where no one from canon pays any attention.'
He just has to stay low-key throughout his whole life, like those extras who are not even given a millisecond to make an appearance in the story.
Besides, to let everything down and live a carefree life... yes, Rowan had to admit—he enjoyed his current everyday life.
"You know that coming here every day won't grant you anything right? If you want something, go to someone else. Someone as broken as me got nothing to spare for the others!" Bell-mère stated as she watered the mikan groves.
"I just came here to heal my broken soul... don't mind me and just continue your work."
Rowan wondered if he has become Shikamaru from Naruto, for the main reasons he visits Bell-mère's mikan grove quite frequently, are due to the sweet fragrance of mikan fruits and calm environment where the gentle breezes touched by.
Shrugging, Bell-mère turned around and went back to her business.
Meanwhile, Rowan was simply lying down and relaxing, feeling the nature around him, coupled with the aroma of mikan grove near him. However, the peace did not continue forever.
"Bell-Mère! We're home!!" A loud shriek caused Rowan to jolt up from his position and nearly caused him to faint due to the lack of blood in his brain.
"Eh, Bob? Why are you here again?" Noticing him, Nojiko, a blue-haired girl, asked.
"I was playing dead." Rowan couldn't be bothered to answer.
"Dead? Haha, you are funny as always!" Nojiko laughed heartily in response.
"Hehe, since you intruded our ground, you owe us 10,000 Beli! Since it's you, I'll allow you to pay back over 3 years, with an interest rate of 15%!" Nami held out her hand with a cheeky grin.
'There it is, Nami's psycho mode.' Once in a while, Nami would turn into a money-hungry lass all of a sudden.
"Wow Nami, you are worse than that Nezumi marine dude!" Rowan responded sarcastically, before yawning. "Well, I think Bell-mère should be inside the house. Why don't you go and check?"
Watching the girls walking away, Rowan looked up at the sky and noticed that the day was already getting dark. "Time flies so fast..."
Rowan had no choice but to return to his home, and was given a warmful greet from his family, as soon as he entered.
"Ohhh Bob, you came back! Look, look at this! I just made a superpower airplane sand castle picture drawing!!!" Pob immediately started to bombard words at him.
"Ufkokokoko! Perfect timing, Bob! Dinner just finished! Behold, our dinner: Youchiha special, marinated raw fish!!" Lass placed a horrific, brown-colored fish on the table.
"BOB!!! COME!!! You must take a look at this newspaper like a manly youth you are!!!" Fob screamed with tears while crunching up the newspaper he is holding.
'Yeah, I'll never get used to this. Someone, please save me!!'
And yet, a smile was formed on Rowan's face as he joined the dinner.