ONE PIECE Cover Stories
Cover stories are side stories told one picture at a time on the title pages of the manga chapters. Each square is one chapter: blue while a cover story was running, orange while none was. Checked 9 October 2026.
No cover story is running
As of chapter 1194. Checked 9 October 2026.
Oni Child Yamato's Golden Harvest Surrogate Pilgrimage
Chapters 1109 to 1162, 44 parts, March 2024 to October 2025.
32 chapters
Chapters 1163 to 1194, 11 months so far.
- A cover story was running
- None was running
One square per chapter, 50 to a row, newest on top. A chapter is blue from the first part of a cover story to its last. Inside such a run not every chapter carries a part: colour spreads and other title pages come in between. Point at a square, or tap it, to see the chapter.
- Cover stories
- 19since chapter 35 in April 1998
- Longest cover story
- 48 partsFrom the Decks of the World
- Chapters while one ran
- 810 of 119468% of all chapters, from the first part of a cover story to its last
- Longest gap
- 52 chaptersbefore From the Decks of the World
- Without one for
- 32 chaptersas of chapter 1194
Every cover story
Newest first. The bar shows how long the gap was since the cover story before: the chapters without one, and the time from its last part to the first part of the next.
| No. | Cover story | Ran | Chapters | Parts | Gap before it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Oni Child Yamato's Golden Harvest Surrogate PilgrimageAfter Kaido's fall, Yamato travels around Wano in Oden's footsteps and helps people on the way. | Mar 2024 to Oct 2025 | Chapters 1109 to 1162 | 44 | 30 chapters, 11 months |
| 18 | Germa 66's Ahh... An Emotionless ExcursionThe Vinsmoke family fights its way out of Big Mom's territory and frees the brothers held there. | Dec 2021 to Mar 2023 | Chapters 1035 to 1078 | 33 | 40 chapters, 1 year, 1 month |
| 17 | "Gang" Bege's Oh My FamilyCapone Bege's crew sails in search of Chiffon's sister Lola, and the family is reunited. | Jul 2019 to Nov 2020 | Chapters 948 to 994 | 37 | 28 chapters, 9 months |
| 16 | The Stories of the Self-Proclaimed Straw Hat Grand FleetWhat the seven crews of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet do after they leave Dressrosa. | May 2017 to Oct 2018 | Chapters 864 to 919 | 46 | 25 chapters, 8 months |
| 15 | From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000 Man ArcPeople around the world react to Doflamingo's fall and to Luffy's bounty of 500 million berries. | Nov 2015 to Sept 2016 | Chapters 805 to 838 | 25 | 19 chapters, 5 months |
| 14 | Solo Journey of Jinbe, Knight of the SeaJinbe travels alone under the sea and sorts out the trouble around a town that has gone missing. | Jun 2014 to May 2015 | Chapters 751 to 785 | 28 | 19 chapters, 6 months |
| 13 | Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New WorldCaribou escapes from custody, washes up on an island and ends up fighting for the people who took him in. | Jul 2012 to Dec 2013 | Chapters 674 to 731 | 46 | 5 chapters, 1 month |
| 12 | From the Decks of the WorldA tour of people and places the Straw Hats met before, two years on, as the news of the crew's return spreads. | Feb 2011 to May 2012 | Chapters 613 to 668 | 48 | 52 chapters, 1 year, 3 months |
| 11 | Straw Hat's Separation SerialTwo title pages for each of eight Straw Hats, showing where they landed after the crew was scattered at Sabaody. | May 2009 to Oct 2009 | Chapters 543 to 560 | 16 | 14 chapters, 4 months |
| 10 | CP9's Independent ReportThe beaten CP9 agents earn money for Lucci's treatment, defend a town from pirates and go into hiding. | Mar 2008 to Jan 2009 | Chapters 491 to 528 | 33 | 16 chapters, 4 months |
| 9 | Enel's Great Space OperationsEnel flies to the moon, fights space pirates and finds an ancient city there. | Sept 2006 to Oct 2007 | Chapters 428 to 474 | 38 | 14 chapters, 3 months |
| 8 | Miss Goldenweek's "Operation: Meet Baroque Works"Miss Goldenweek gathers former Baroque Works agents and sets out to free their comrades from the Marines. | Mar 2005 to Jun 2006 | Chapters 359 to 413 | 42 | 10 chapters, 3 months |
| 7 | Gedatsu's Accidental Blue-Sea LifeGedatsu falls from Skypiea to the sea below, helps to dig for a hot spring and stays to work at the bathhouse. | Mar 2004 to Dec 2004 | Chapters 314 to 348 | 32 | 8 chapters, 2 months |
| 6 | Ace's Great Blackbeard SearchAce follows Blackbeard's trail and slips into a Marine base to find out where he is. | Apr 2003 to Jan 2004 | Chapters 272 to 305 | 29 | 9 chapters, 2 months |
| 5 | Wapol's Omnivorous HurrahWapol, a king without a kingdom, turns his eating power into a toy business and becomes rich. | Jul 2002 to Jan 2003 | Chapters 236 to 262 | 23 | 7 chapters, 2 months |
| 4 | Hatchan's Sea-Floor StrollAfter Arlong's fall, Hatchan wanders the sea floor, meets Camie and Pappag and opens a takoyaki stand. | May 2001 to Apr 2002 | Chapters 182 to 228 | 40 | 9 chapters, 2 months |
| 3 | Jango's Dance ParadiseJango, on the run from the Marines, makes friends with Fullbody over a dance contest, and both end up serving under Hina. | Mar 2000 to Feb 2001 | Chapters 126 to 172 | 37 | 6 chapters, 1 month |
| 2 | Diary of Koby-MeppoKoby and Helmeppo start as chore boys in the Marines and end up being trained by Garp. | Apr 1999 to Jan 2000 | Chapters 83 to 119 | 30 | 7 chapters, 1 month |
| 1 | Buggy's Crew Adventure ChroniclesBuggy, beaten by Luffy and separated from his crew, makes his way back to them and teams up with Alvida. | Apr 1998 to Feb 1999 | Chapters 35 to 75 | 28 |
Quick answers
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Is there a One Piece cover story right now?
Checked 9 October 2026. No. The last cover story, Oni Child Yamato's Golden Harvest Surrogate Pilgrimage, ended with chapter 1162 in October 2025. No new one has started in the 32 chapters since then, up to chapter 1194.
What is a cover story in One Piece?
A side story told one picture at a time on the title pages of the manga chapters, usually about characters the Straw Hats have left behind. Each picture is one part, and a story runs for months alongside the main plot.
How many One Piece cover stories are there?
19 as of 9 October 2026, from Buggy's Crew Adventure Chronicles (chapters 35 to 75) to Oni Child Yamato's Golden Harvest Surrogate Pilgrimage (chapters 1109 to 1162). The eight two-part stories about the separated Straw Hats are counted as one here; counted one by one, as Japanese lists do, there are 26. Two short "Where are they now?" runs (chapters 424 to 427 and 486 to 490) are not counted.
What was the longest One Piece cover story?
From the Decks of the World, with 48 parts in chapters 613 to 668 (February 2011 to May 2012).
What was the longest gap between two cover stories?
52 chapters without one: 1 year, 3 months between Straw Hat's Separation Serial (ended with chapter 560 in October 2009) and From the Decks of the World (began with chapter 613 in February 2011).
Where the data comes from, and how it was checked
The chapters of every cover story were confirmed by at least two independent sources. The months come from this site's manga chart: they are the Jump weeks of the first and the last chapter.
- Sources: Wikipedia's list of cover stories, the Aniwota Wiki's list (Japanese) and the One Piece Wiki's chapter overview.
- Latest check: 9 October 2026, against The Library of Ohara on chapter 1163, the Aniwota Wiki's list (Japanese) and Wikipedia's list of cover stories.
- The rest of the site: the manga chart, the anime chart, and a plain-text summary of everything in llms.txt.
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