Location from One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
A mangrove archipelago near the Red Line where pirates prepare to enter the New World. Famous for its bubble-coated trees, lawless zones, and the slave auction house where Celestial Dragons shop for humans.
Sabaody is where the Grand Line's first half ends and reality sets in. Pirates who've survived Paradise gather here to have their ships coated in resin for the undersea journey to Fish-Man Island — and it's here that the world's cruelty is displayed most nakedly. The Human Auctioning House operates openly, selling slaves to Celestial Dragons who walk the streets with impunity, shooting anyone who displeases them. No one intervenes because attacking a Celestial Dragon summons a Marine Admiral. The Straw Hats' confrontation with the World Nobles here — Luffy punching Charlos — set off the chain of events that separated the crew for two years. It's also where the Eleven Supernovas were first gathered in one place, a collision of futures that would reshape the world.
Seventy-nine enormous mangrove trees rooted in the shallow sea floor, their canopies forming interconnected islands. The trees exude a natural resin that forms floating bubbles — some large enough to ride, others coating entire buildings. Bubble-cars drift between groves. The archipelago is divided into lawless zones (groves 1-29), tourist zones (30-39), shipyard zones (40-49), and Marine zones (60-69). The air sparkles with iridescent bubbles drifting everywhere, giving the whole place an ethereal beauty that belies its ugliness.
Also known as: Sabaody, Sabaody Archipelago, Shabondy