Volume 6 SBS
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Chapter 45 (Page 26)
D: Oda-sensei! One... Two... JANGO!!!
O: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... ah!! Good morning!!
D: A while ago, a kid from around here asked me, "Where can I go to meet Luffy?" Where can I go to meet Luffy? The North Sea? The sea in the middle of the earth? The Tone River? Lake Biwa?
O: Hmmmm... it's hard to say where to go in order to meet him. I suppose if you just set off an a relaxing voyage you might find him. But Buggy and the others are out there too, so please be careful. Please.
D: Ummmm, about "1, 2, Jango": what's that striped thing on his chin?
O: A mushroom. Before he ever became a pirate, he was a "wandering dancer". But business wasn't so good, so all he did was sleep. Without even taking a bath. And eventually a striped mushroom grew from his chin. Since he was hungry, he tried eating the cap of the mushroom, but it was disgusting! But he gulped it down anyways, and somehow became able to hypnotize people. Therefore, the striped thing on his chin is a "leftover mushroom".
Chapter 46 (Page 46)
D: Hold on a minute, is Gaimon-san my father? (I checked with the Ministry of Education)
O: AHH! Damn, you found out... you checked with the Ministry of Education... So that's how you found out... Gaimon-san was told to keep his mouth shut about this, but... Looks like we can't hide it anymore. Very well! Go see him! That's right, you are Gaimon-san's son! Go and jump into Gaimon-san's heart! Jump with all your strength! And while you're at it, go jump in the sea and cool your head off! You bastard!
D: When I told my friend, "Buggy is sooooo cute" she took a step back and called me a "weirdo"! Am I weird?
O: You are weird!! ...But I like Buggy too. And I'm not weird, am I? ...I'm special. I'm a special exception.
D: Please give me Gaimon-san.
O: Here you go. Oh... you should check with his son first, though.
D: When an artist is drawing chapter 10, for example , what chapter is being printed in the newest Weekly Jump?
O: I see. I wondered about this myself, years ago. So I understand your curiosity. AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, issue 46 of Jump is hitting the stands. It contains One Piece chapter 60, "Solution". But I have finished the drafts up through chapter 63, "I Ain't Gonna Die". So a chapter comes out roughly 3 weeks after I finish it. But that's only my CURRENT schedule. The people doing these weekly serials aren't actually all the same. I could change if need be. There are various cases.
Chapter 47 (Page 66)
D: What happened to the key Shushu swallowed in Volume 2?
O: IT CAME OUT. Shiny and brown.
D: When I was reading the SBS corner in volume 4, you said Luffy's arm could stretch about 72 Gomu Gomus, but I was wondering, just how many liters is 1 'Gomu Gomu'? (I checked with the Ministry of Education)
O: Oh, you again! Son of Gaimon-san. And you looked at the Ministry of Education again... liters, well... You can't put it those terms, you see? Okay? 1 'Gomu Gomu' is about 10 'Merchen Gomu Gomus'. (merchen is a german word meaning fairy tale.) 1 'Merchen Gomu Gomu' is about 10 'Funky Gomu Gomus', so Luffy's arm can stretch about 7200 'Funky Gomu Gomus'. Got it?
D: Where are you from, sensei? It wasn't in your profile in volume 4.
O: From Kumamoto. From Kyushu. From a wonderful place.
D: Why don't Luffy and Zoro go by the names "Monkey" or "Roronoa"? Or are those their family names, the Japanese way?
O: Yes. That's it. First family name. Then personal name.
D: Is there a mirror on Albida's ship?
O: Whoa! Hey, hey... she's gonna throw that club at me! Don't ask me! Man, what a dangerous question. Something tells me there is no mirror. DONK!!! Whoa, she threw something!!
D: When you read One Piece, a some mysterious characters show up from time to time. Like, in One Piece Volume 5, page 128, in the third panel, there's an odd guy in the back. Who is he? I'm so interested, I'm not brushing my teeth.
O: No, brush your teeth. Dentists are SCARY. So... you found him. He is a wrestler named "Pandaman". I will introduce him to you some time later.
Chapter 48
AP editor note: Nothing in this chapter
Chapter 49 (Page 104)
D: I know there's the Gomu Gomu Fruit, the Bara Bara Fruit, and all those other Devil Fruit, but let me tell you the one I thought up. It's called the Gero Gero Fruit (Disgusting Fruit). The power makes you so disgusting, no one ever comes near you. Verrrrrrrry useful.
O: You eat it.
D: I noticed that you never (I think) draw Buggy-kun with his mouth closed. I want to see what his lips look like when they are shut.
Buggy: Gahahahahaha -> *shhhhhh* -> HAHAHAPWAAAAAAHAHAGYAHAHAHAHAHA!!
D: When the question came up about Nami's three sizes (bust-waist-hip) you said "I promise!!". So when are you going to tell us?!!
O: Hehe. I have a friend that comes in quite handy for this. His eye is quite accurate. It's that "weird cook", who can tell a girl's three sizes with just one look, Sanji-san!!
S: You bastard! I ain't "weird"!! It's "love"! The "cook in love"!! Ah well, thanks for calling me. Just leave this stuff to me. Nami-chan is so cute. And her style is right on. Now, let's take a look... B86! W57! H86! No doubt about it!! Damn, she's cute though. Damn, she's a thief though. But I still love her.
O: I kept my promise. Thank you Sanji! *crack*! Owwwww!
N: What do you think you're DOING?
O: AHH! Nami! Crap. Was I wrong?
N: No, you got it right. Oh well, it's nothing to get worked up about. Bye. *walking quickly*...
O: ...whoa!! Damn!! My wallet's gone!! Awwwwww.
Chapter 50 (page 124)
D: Were there really any woman pirates?
O: Yes, there were. But it was considered bad luck to bring a woman on board a ship in those days, and many of them disguised themselves as men. There were two woman pirates, Mary Reed and Anne Bonny, who were said to have fought more bravely than any man. By the way, the woman pirate Arvida whom I used as a model for Alvida, created a pirate crew of all women.
D: In a manga from a little while ago, "Oni ga Kitarite" (by Shingagin-sensei) the second panel on page 16 of the first book, I believe, could only have been drawn by you, Oda-sensei. Were you an assistant there?
O: I can't endure any more of these letters, so I'll go ahead and clear up this matter all at once. Takei Hiroyuki, Shingagin, Ikio Mito and I were all assistants for "Rurouni Kenshin". And so I helped out my friend Gagin when he started series. And also worth mentioning is Suzuki Shinya, who just had his debut published, was an assistant for "Rurouni Kenshin", and has helped me out many times with "One Piece". And that's all the connections between us. OK?
D: When I went to the barber a little while ago and asked for a Zoro haircut, I got shaved bald. What should I say to get a haircut like Zoro's?
O: ASK FOR THE CUT OF A "MAN'S HEART AND SPIRIT".
D: In chapter 37, is the man who captured the fake Captain Kuro, the Marine Captain "Axe-Arm Morgan"? When I asked my friend he said they look the same.
O: He's Morgan. He was a sergeant [gunsou] at the time, and was promoted to Major [Shousa]. From there he strong-armed his way up to a captain [taisa], and was put in charge of a Marine base. When Kuro looked in his eyes, he must have sensed some commonalities between them.
Chapter 51
AP Editor Note: No SBS. Instead is One Piece Great Name Introduction.
Chapter 52
AP Editor Note: No SBS. Instead is One Piece Great Name Introduction.
Chapter 53
AP Editor Note: No SBS. Instead is a Buggy Playtime Corner