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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?


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The treasure in One Piece is at the end of the Grand Line. But isn't that the same as the beginning?


I think that the One Piece, being at the end of the Grand Line, simply refers
to the fact that to get to the "One Piece", the legendary treasure talked
about by the last Pirate King, you will need to travel to the "end" of the
seas. In this case, that means traveling through the most remote/dangerous
places so that only the worthy can get to it.


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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)


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Luffy's dream is to be the Pirate King. By definition in One Piece itself, the
Pirate King is someone who most freely wanders in the Grand Line. Surely,
finding One Piece is a necessity to become the Pirate King, but is not an
enough condition.

Luffy loves adventure by nature. He doesn't want to find One Piece so easily.
If he wanted so, he could have asked Rayleigh its location in Sabaody
Archipelago arc. When Usopp asked it, he shouted him and asked Usopp to stop
asking for it. And he said, if he were to learn its location, or even learns
if it existed or not, he would quit being a pirate at that moment.

Luffy simply wants to follow steps of the former Pirate King Gol D. Roger. He
want to experience a good adventure. He wants to fight strong opponents. He
always chooses the hardest path.

If finding One Piece was his only goal, he could have of course spent his time
learning cliff climbing skills instead of wasting his time in the sea. Then he
could finally climb that huge wall of Red Line and search for Raftel there.

One more thing to note is that the Location of Raftel is unknown. Even
Shirohige didn't know it. Remember that, in a flash-back during the war in
Marine Headquarters, Gol D. Roger asks Shirohine if he wants him to tell the
location of Raftel.


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Well, if Luffy chose the the easy way, he'd die, because much stronger
opponents are trying to get One Piece. Plus, Gold Roger said to go get One
Piece, so he must have left a guardian or something. It wouldn't be that easy
to become pirate king.


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In addition to [Alenanno](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/15/alenanno)'s
answer, it should be pointed out that the location of the One Piece isn't what
is important, but **the journey is what is important**.

If there were such an item as the _One Piece_ located at Raftel, the Marines
would have been able to get it already. In episode 315, it was pointed out by
Coby that the Marines' ships can cross the _Calm Belt_ , and coming from North
or West Blue, they would be able to just go to Raftel without doing the
complete journey around the world.

There are also lots of other ways for the World Government or the Marines to
reach Raftel (e.g. Kizaru could use his mirrors, Kuzan could build an ice
stairs, Fujitora could literally fly over there, ...). So if it were as simple
as going to Raftel to get the _One Piece_ , the World Government would have
done so already, displaying whatever treasure it would be and trying to end
this _Great Age of Pirates_.

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3W2B5.jpg)


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The One Piece is indeed at the end of the grand line but even Big Mom has had
trouble finding it. The reason for this is that one cannot find Raftel without
being able to read the Poneglyphs, specifically the four red Road Poneglyphs.
Each of these leads to an island and the midpoint between those four islands
is the location of Raftel. One Road Poneglyph is held by Big Mom, one by
Kaido, one is on the moving island of Zao, and one is missing. Thus you can
see that someone would have just as much trouble finding One Piece if they
crossed the Calm Belt or the Red Line as they would doing things the
adventurous way.


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