The treasure in One Piece is at the end of the Grand Line. But isn't that the same as the beginning?
Assuming the world in the One Piece universe is round, then there is not
really a beginning or an end of the Grand Line.

The Straw Hats started out from the first half and are now sailing across the
second half.

Wouldn't it have been quicker to set sail in the opposite direction from where
they started?




No, there is a reason why they can't.

Basically the [New World](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/New_World) is beyond
the [Red Line](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Line), but you cannot "walk"
on it, or cross it. It's a huge continent, very tall that you cannot go
through. You can't cross the [Calm
Belt](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Calm_Belt) either, unless you have some
form of locomotion such as the Navy or [Boa
Hancock](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Boa_Hancock).

So the only way is to start from one of the Four Seas, then to go the [Reverse
Mountain](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Reverse_Mountain) and follow the
Grand Line until you reach _[Raftel](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Raftel)_ ,
which supposedly is where One Piece is located.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/69IZ0.png)




No, there is a reason why they can't.

Basically the [New World](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/New_World) is beyond
the [Red Line](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Line), but you cannot "walk"
on it, or cross it. It's a huge continent, very tall that you cannot go
through. You can't cross the [Calm
Belt](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Calm_Belt) either, unless you have some
form of locomotion such as the Navy or [Boa
Hancock](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Boa_Hancock).

So the only way is to start from one of the Four Seas, then to go the [Reverse
Mountain](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Reverse_Mountain) and follow the
Grand Line until you reach _[Raftel](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Raftel)_ ,
which supposedly is where One Piece is located.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/69IZ0.png)

