CURIOSITIES

R: Are the Den Den Mushi series animals, or machines?

O: They’re animals. Insects.

• Baby Den Den Mushi: Its small size makes it portable. However, its signals are weak, and cannot reach over the sea to another island.
• Den Den Mushi: Too big to carry around, but its strength makes it useful for talking to far-off islands. Can also act as a fax machine if the accessory is attached.
• Black Den Den Mushi (different species): They do not grow as they age. They enjoy eavesdropping, and dislike communicating with others. Used as listening devices, or “wiretaps”.

D: Greetings, sensei. I already have a question for you. Please draw the supernovas when they were kids. P.N. XDrakeFan

O: Yes. Sure. My SBS ends here. From p186 is the Voice Actor SBS!

(From left to right, top to bottom. Row One: Scratchmen Apoo, Trafalgar Law, Killer. Row Two: X Drake, Capone “Gang” Bege, Basil Hawkins. Row Three: Jewerly Bonney, Eustass “Captain” Kid, Urouge.)

D: I was looking up trivia on the Straw Hats, and I found that although they’ve all been given a favorite food, I can’t find anything about their least favorite. So what are each of the Straw Hats’ least favorite foods? P.N. Ice Cream Nyangoro

O: Here you go. The reasons are inside the parentheses.

	A certain place’s cherry pie (No reason)		Chocolate (Too sweet)		Orangette (If she wants fruit, she’ll eat regular fruit)
	Mushrooms (Got sick once)		Konjac (No nutritional value)		Anything spicy (Not sweet enough)
	Chewing gum (Can’t swallow it)		Marshmallows (Not hard enough)		Lemon (No cheeks to make a sour face)

D: Good work everyday, sensei! Well a while ago, I was watching TV and thought, “maybe?!”, but is the “Gray Terminal”‘s model Smokey Mountain from the delinquent areas of Manila in the Philippines? by NN Brothers

O: Ah, so it was on TV. Yes, you are correct. Reality is something that has scenes that go beyond our imaginations, and “trash mountains burning with smoke rising up from them” is a scenery that actually exists. There, many people really actually live there. How it is displayed in the manga is only the outer looks, and in reality, there are things like diseases that spread, and it’s an everyday thing to find corpses lying around in real trash mountains. Even if you wanted to escape from that life, it doesn’t go as smoothly as manga. Even if I try to explain, it’s sort of not very detailed, so interested people, please look it up.

D: If the Straw Hats weren’t pirates, what would their careers of choice end up being? Please tell us!! (Though I bet Sanji would still be a chef……)      from H.momo Age 9

O: Ok. So about this, I actually ended up finding the answer on a postcard from another fan.

I found that the example professions listed to the side labeled “My Hobbies”. that P.N. SukeKiyo-san included along with your exact same question were spot on, so here they are. I assume they really would turn out to be something like this.

D: Hello Oda-sensei! In volume 62 when Sanji meets the mermaids and blows a shower of nosebleed, Chopper was saying his blood type was “S”, but that sounds really different! What are the other blood types? If it’s okay with you, I’d like to know the blood types of all the Straw Hats! P.N. Bepo

 

 

O: Yeah. Sure.

…so that’s it. To be clear, the types include F, S, X, and XF. However in this world, the way people call blood types hasn’t been united yet so there seems to be places where they use A, B, or O instead.

 

D: Nice to meet you. I was thinking while looking at Iva-chan that I’d like to see genderswapped versions of the Straw Hats. You don’t think you could draw them for me? Please do it.

Pen Name: TOMO. M

ODA: Sure. They become different.

Luffy: I’ll eat salad and become the Pirate Queen!

Zoro: Three swords? I can’t, that’d break my teeth.

Nami: I’m asking ya – who’s the navigator on this ship?

Usopp: I think I’ll die if I go to that island.

Sanji: I only do sweets.

Chopper: Mr. Doctooor! Oh, that’s me!

Robin: That was cruel yo.

Franky: Am I super this week?

Brook:  ?

[note: Except for Luffy (partly), Zoro and Sanji, they all say their own catchphrases, but modified to be extremely feminine/masculine.]

D: Please reveal the age and height of revolutionaries Sabo, Koala, and Hack as well as what species of fishman Hack is! Also, can Hack’s birthday be 8(Ha)/9(KKu)?                                               P.N.Katana★Romantic

O: Yes. And that’s gotta be his birthday, for sure.

D: About Vivi, I noticed that out of the countless characters that have appeared in the series so far, she seems to be the only character who is deemed to be a comrade without officially being in the crew, and if possible, I wanted to know if you could please tell us the image number/color/animal/country/blood type/favorite food/least favorite food/etc., revealed for the rest of the Straw Hat Crew so far, for her as well.    P.N. Hoshino Shizuku

O: Gotcha. The fandom is strong with Vivi.

• Number: 5.5

• Color: White (Gold)

• Animal: Dove (Discussed with her voice actor: Misa Watanabe)

• Blood Type: F

• Favorite Food: Curry, Pudding

• Least Favorite Food: Dried Squid

D: Question. On Law-san’s coat, there is a logo that reads “corazan”. Is this talking about the Cora-san that Law loves? Is Law’s coat specially custom made?                                               P.N. himeji

O: Yes. So, to be specific, the coat reads “Corazon (corazón)” rather than “Cora-san”. In Spanish, this word means “heart”. While this is in fact straight up Cora-san’s code name, it can be said that there isn’t really a problem with the captain of the “Heart Pirates” wearing this coat either. Even speaking ability-wise, Law is a “death surgeon” known with his unique skill of cutting peoples’ “hearts” out. While to society, it may seem like a symbol of fear and power, I’m quite positive that Law himself had “Cora-san” in mind. It’s definitely custom made.