CURIOSITIES

NEW Cover Page Series! From The Decks: The 500 Million Man Arc! This is exciting! It looks like we’ll get to see Luffy’s bounty news spread to EVERY CORNER we’ve been too across the entire series!

Starting off from the continuation of last weeks chapter, we’re greeted to Zoro and Carrots scuffle and its still great to see that he’s intrigued by the electricity. Robin never ceases to amaze me with her comedy as she calls them cannibals out loud haha, her comedy this arc has been absolutely incredible so far, I love it! Carrot true to her mink form as a Rabbit JUMPS! SHE HAS LEAPS! She can hop! THE SKILL IS INCREDIBLE!

Later Wanda, the Canine Mink, says that there comrades are dead, and where too find them. I highly highly doubt Sanji’s group is dead but I am interested in seeing what happened. They also know who they’re already, which we assume they had interactions with them, possibly even attacked them, who knows.

Usopp thinks they’re dead (as usual lol).

ABSOLUTE RESPECT for Zoro, he did something I’d never see, he acknowledged Sanji… something that he would NEVER do in his sight…. THEY HAVE that RESPECT for each other but you will NEVER see it because it HAS to be this way! They belittle each other because they’re RIVALS but they know just how powerful they are against each other! This is the type of way its always been.. there is no one being better than the other, both are equals here…. Zoro knows Sanji’s strength, and Sanji knows Zoro’s. GREAT GREAT development from Zoro and Sanji on their respect for each other, we know they do deep down, but actually hearing it is AMAZING!

Bepo is confirmed a Minkman, Bepo isn’t familiar with Zou as he left as a small child, and has been Law’s comrade for 10 years… their bond is powerful, it could be that Bepo was very much the first mate of the Heart Pirates, which I wouldn’t doubt as he was the navigator of the crew. BUT WAIT THE RUMBLE IN THE WHALE FOREST!! LOOK WHO IT IS!!!!!!!!!!! OUR FAVORITE POLAR BEAR!! HE’S FINALLY BACK! YES BEPO! WE HAVE WAITED YEARS!! YEARS FOR HIM!!! And he’s trying his damnedest to stop the brawl between Luffy and the Bull Mink RODY!! The ELECTRO SHOCK! It can’t effect Luffy! He’s immune! Which yet again is great to see, that was a great intense moment there.

BUT LOOK WHO IT IS, THE MAN I WAS WAITING TO SEE JEAN BART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M SO GLAD TO FINALLY SEE HIM BECAUSE ODA NEVER DREW HIS POST TIME SKIP DESIGN!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!! BUT EVEN JEAN BART CANNOT STOP THE MINKMEN!!!!!! Jean Bart gets bodied by BlackBack!! He CANNOT STOP HIM! SACHI AND PENGUIN ARE THERE TOO!! Finally! We finally get the HEART PIRATES!!! THE EXCITEMENT!!! It’s incredible! They’re all attempting to stop the Mink’s but cannot stop them!

Back to Franky, Robin, and Usopp searching for the rest of the crew, love Robin’s intuition here, great to see that she used the cooking to tell if Sanji was there recently or not. But… the claw marks and that LARGE footprint… I have no clue what to even expect… that could be anything or anyone… the animals could be in a large scuffle or get into a huge fight… we find out two weeks ago that the country was still in tact but it was ravaged who was none other destroyed by that man….. JACK! CAPTAIN JACK! Who we last saw attempting to rescue Doflamingo against Sengoku and Tsuru…. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS MAN IN ACTION! But trouble hits soon, the Eruption Rain is coming from Zou, and it’s now yet again time for the crew to depart to find the rest of the Straw Hats, can’t wait to finally see the crew back together!

D: Question for Oda-sensei! Tell us the ages of the members of CP9. Please, Shigan! (I’m sorry! Don’t dodge, Sensei!) P.N. No. 1

O: Yow! … whew, that was close. Good thing I dodged, wahaha!! You can’t touch this!!

• Lucci: 28
• Kaku: 23
• Jabra: 35
• Blueno: 30
• Kumadori: 34
• Fukuro: 29
• Kalifa: 25
• Spandam: 39

D: Odacchi, nice to meet you! So getting right to the point! What is Sugar’s true age?!

It bothers me so much that Sugar was the only thing I could think of during exams! Even though I have to get into college…

Thanks to you, my scores were absolute crap♡                P.N. Gahara

O: So they were absolute crap. Well that’s absolutely crappy (ba dum tss).

So, there’s more background to this, but in a nutshell if you think about all the present facts that I have to take into consideration, she’s actually not that much of an old hag after all.

At the moment, her outer appearance has stopped at the age of 10, but her true age is 22 years old. That would be 2 years younger than Baby 5. —–in fact, let me just reveal the entire family’s ages right here.

With ages ranging from the 10s to the 70s, they’re really just like a big, big family.

Alright, and that’ll be my time. SBS ends here! However, at the end of the volume, there will be a notice about the first character popularity poll in 6 whole years!! The popularity poll that, so far, only Shonen Jump readers were given voting ballots to! We’ve decided that the Comics readers should also be allowed to participate, so if you’re interested, make sure to read the end of this volume! Now then, see you in the next volume for more SBS!

D: One Piece has incredibly many characters, but please tell us which character is the most difficult to draw for you. P.N. Noel

O: Let’s see–. Franky Shogun is a pretty big pain in the ass to draw. I love designing robots and all, but redrawing them over and over isn’t really a forte of mine. But that’s robot talk. If we were to talk about just humans, I’d say women take longer to draw than men for me. Especially black-haired women. For black hair, there’s this process called “tsuya-beta” (negative drawing). It’s a real bugger having to color in with a brush pen whilst keeping the negatives, or the gloss, in the hair. With that said, my answer is Hancock. Knowing she had to look like the most beautiful woman in the world was the toughest part of all.

D: Hello for the first time, Oda-sensei. I’ve read all the previous 57 volumes, and I was thinking, I don’t quite understand how “Phoenix Marco”‘s Zoan fruit of the “legendary beast” kind is different from Ace’s “Meramera” fruit. P.N. CNY

O: Yeah, I know… I’ve omitted the explanation from this war arc, because I focused on the pacing and wanted to move the story forward. To explain Marco’s ability just a little bit: he’s Zoan, so he does have a body. But since he’s got “the blue fire of revival” – the Phoenix’s ability – wounds will regenerate, so attacks will not damage him (though there’s a limit to the regeneration). In other words, the flames are for regeneration. These blue flames don’t have the characteristics of actual fire – they don’t spread and burn things, and they aren’t hot. They’re completely different from Ace’s flames. I might touch on this in the main story at some point, so I’ll leave it at this fo

D: The thing that got to me this time was when, in in the 4th panel on page 5 of chapter 526, Luffy emerges after getting into Impel Down… but no matter how I look at it, it seems that doesn’t come out of Hancock’s cape, but from her skirt! What’s the truth? It’s getting to me so much that on the geography test, I wrote “Laboon” instead of “Lagoon”! What are you going to do about that? Pen Name: The Sacred Ground inside the Skirt

O: I can’t take responsibility for the test, but of course Luffy wasn’t hiding in the cape, but in the skirt… or more directly, in that china dress. If he didn’t, the cape would just bulge over him, and he’d be discovered immediately? He was clinging directly to Hancock under her clothes – hey hey! Stop imagining weird things like that! Oh dear. The two of them were serious! If they were discovered, they’d be killed…! Ah, a nosebleed.

 

D: Hey, Oda. In volume 53, chapter 518, Hancock’s “Mero Mero Mellow” had no effect on Luffy at all, but in volume 23, chapter 213, it looked like he had a reaction to Nami’s “Happiness Punch”. Why did he respond to Nami’s naked body but no to Hancock’s? Is Nami’s body just that amazing? -Kazu

O: Wow, I got a lot of questions about this. Is this what you guys are paying attention to? Don’t just read manga all day, go study some more!! Okay? Well, I say that, but I do nothing but draw manga. I noticed this when we were drawing it, but if Luffy had a nosebleed when he saw Hancock’s body, I think you would all be like “Ehh!?”. That’s not the Luffy we know. I believe that Luffy reacted to Nami’s naked body twice, in volumes 18 and 23, and both times it happened, Usopp was with him! He’s the suspicious one! In other words, when Luffy is alone, his reaction is what it was with Hancock. He’s interested, but he’s not entranced by her. But when he’s with Usopp, who’s the same age, it’s like a kid on a school trip: his bad side comes out!! Yeah, both sides of Luffy feel right to me, so the culprit is definitely Usopp!

*Chapter 804 Spoiler

Is she Nami or a Mink-woman wearing her clothes?

I think that mink-woman isn’t Nami but she just stole some of Nami’s clothes.

In fact Nami wasn’t even wearing her regular bikini top + jeans when we last saw her in chapter 795 but she was wearing this:

What do you guys think?

Dressrosa is finally over. So far One Piece has had 28 story arcs (and counting). Some so very long spanning across a year and others so short that it’s barely few months.

By length:

1. Dressrosa Arc: 101 chapters
2. Skypiea Arc: 66 chapters
3. Alabasta Arc: 63 chapters
4. Enies Lobby Arc: 56 chapters
5. Water 7 Arc: 53 chapters
6. Fishman Island Arc: 51 chapters
7. Thriller Bark Arc: 48 chapters
8. Punk Hazard Arc: 46 chapters
9. Marineford Arc: 31 chapters
10. Arlong Park Arc: 27 chapters
11. Baratie Arc: 27 chapters
12. Drum Island Arc: 25 chapters
13. Impel Down Arc: 25 chapters
14. Sabaody Archipelago Arc: 24 chapters
15. Syrup Village Arc: 20 chapters
16.Davy Back Fight Arc: 19 chapters
17. Jaya Arc: 19 chapters
18. Post-War Arc: 17 chapters
19. Little Garden Arc: 15 chapters
20. Buggy the Clown Arc: 14 chapters
21. Amazon Lily Arc: 11 chapters
22. Post-Enies Lobby Arc: 11 chapters
23. Whiskey Peak Arc: 9 chapters
24. Romance Dawn Arc: 7 chapters
25. Laboon Arc: 5 chapters
26. Logue Town Arc: 5 chapters
27. Return to Sabaody Arc: 5 chapters

Then, Wich is your favorite Story Arc?

D: Hello Oda Sensei~! Out of the blue but can you write what is inside luffy’s head? oh and your head too–. my friend’s head is half pervert and half games. P.N. SO ODA SENSEI’S HEAD IS FULL OF PORN AFTER ALL?!

O: What, you mean like those inner brain things on the internet? Like that? Then I’ll scope everyone else’s brain as well.

Luffy: meat meat meat meat king

Zoro: sword sword strength strength strength

Nami: money money money money beauty

Usopp: warrior lies lies run run

Sanji: women food food nami robin

Chopper: doctor medicine sweet trust beast

Robin: learn learn history old secret

Franky: weird weird weird weird iron

Brook: panties panties laugh tea tea

Oda: world peace

And so the word “friendship” is in everyone’s soul deep down.