One Piece: The Strongest Swordsman Novel

Yoriichi arrives in the One Piece world bearing a mysterious facial mark that his family considers demonic. This mark becomes a curse in his eyes—his father and relatives shun him entirely, though his mother remains his sole source of unconditional love. Unlike other children his age, Yoriichi displays an unusual stoicism, never revealing emotions through his expression and remaining completely silent, leading his family to believe he cannot speak. When an unknown illness claims his mother's life at his tenth birthday, Yoriichi loses his only protector. His father seizes this opportunity to rid himself of the boy, selling him to slave traders who transport him to the Holy Land Mary Geoise as a slave. This marks the beginning of Yoriichi's harrowing struggle for freedom and his eventual rise to become the strongest and undefeated swordsman in the One Piece world.