Introducing Pirate Hunter Zoro (”海賊狩りのゾロ”登場)

Viz : Enter Zoro: Pirate Hunter

"Year released", 1997 (1-18)
Chapter 3, 19 pages
Volume 1, pg. 83-103
Characters Introduced: Roronoa Zoro, Helmeppo and Rika
Quick Summary: Following a quick discussion about the 'demon' Zoro, Luffy and Coby arrive in Shelltown, where they have a bite to eat -- and stir up the townsfolk twice; once at Zoro's name, and the other at the name of the Marine who runs the town, Morgan. Once at the Naval Base, Luffy seeks out the supposed demon, and finds him remarkably quickly; there can be no doubt with those eyes that he is a demon-man... right? Helmepp, the son of Captain Morgan, taunts Zoro and, in typical villain fashion, throws little girls out of Naval Bases (well, close enough). Luffy meets up with the enraptured Pirate Hunter, and has a strange episode with a riceball that shows the "demon" has a heart, after all. At the town, Helmepp brags that Zoro is to be executed in three days, and Luffy lays him flat with a single punch, declaring that Zoro WILL join his crew.
In-Depth Summary: (To-be-added)