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What does "Eiichiro" mean in Japanese? Oda's parents must be happy about their son being "glorious" mangaka just like his own name. 3 days ago, Luffy's statue started being displayed near Kumamoto Prefecture office, Oda's hometown. His parents made comments about this statue.😊
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Luffy's "Red Roc" was originally called "Gigant Red Hawk" in the rough draft, but Oda decided to upgrade it. Editor Iwasaki confirmed Roc is based on a legendary bird. (source: "Shueisha Weekly Playboy" published today)😋
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Chapter 999 title "The Sake I Brewed to Drink with You" is based on Japanese literature called Manyoushu written 1200 years ago. It goes, "I wonder if I'll have to drink this sake alone although I brewed to drink it with you.." Yamato will never drink sake with Ace again..😥
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Oda must be glad to hear Luffy won in the poll.😄
1999: Glad Luffy won. I was worried he might get surpassed by Zoro or Shanks.
2012: I participated in Film Z since I wanted to protect Luffy.
2018: Luffy is an ideal kid for me.
Oda's email to Sanji's VA: Don't speak ill of Zoro.
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Oda revealed it will take another 1-2 years to enter Wano arc according to the interview in "Super Kabuki 2 ONE PIECE Grand Live" book released today.😂 Here is my summary for the interview.👍
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Big Mom's final attack in chapter 1039 is actually a Japanese pun that means "3000 Leagues in Search of Mother", an anime in the 1970s. Big Mom releasing such an attack in the hardship might tell us about her desire to meet "mother" aka Carmel..🥰
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Kaido is implying if Luffy (or Will of Ds?) laughs more, "something" will happen. For example, "The more you laugh, the stronger Will of Ds will get". Oda is deliberately hiding what Kaido said here. This line is so important that JP fans already enjoy discussing it.😍
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Here are Oda's new illustrations of cute Kappa and Tengu (JP mythical creatures) from a TV program today.😊 I'll post my summary of Oda's short interview in the show.
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Oda (2000): My fans often encourage me, "Draw longer than Kochi-Kame's serialization. (122 volumes in 2000)", but it's totally impossible for me!
*As of 2023, it seems very possible that the number of One Piece will exceed 120.😊
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Oda revealed his favorite scene in the show.
1 Opening scene of Wano
2 Robin puts Mangrove’s tree sap to Usopp. Oda says it helps audience to feel as if OP world is real.
3 Campfire scene in Skypiea arc. It was the scene where Oda wanted to draw most in that arc (end of summary😊
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Oda (2007): I'm working hard to draw fights with dramatic stories. If I had drawn a pure battle manga, it'd have been easily overwhelmed by Dragon Ball. I had to avoid competing with DB that was so entertaining that I myself was addicted to. (Oda called Toriyama "god" in 2001.😆)
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Oda has just been awarded Shin-Watanabe Prize as the producer of Red.
Oda: OP started in a small room 25 years ago with just a piece of paper. I've been wondering how far it can entertain fans. I won't be satisfied with this prize. I'll keep creating OP as a great time-killer💎
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Luffy's VA predicted today it will take another 7-8 years until the ending of OP. She added she doesn't know how OP will end. (TOEI staff Shimizu knows it.) Tanaka wants to hand over her role as Luffy's VA to Goku's VA (85 years old) when she retires.🤣
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Toriyama in 2015: Hey, Eiichiro Oda! I'd appreciate it if you promote the DB film to your huge OP fandom!
After this message from god, Oda hurried to a theater to watch "Resurrection F".
Oda : What the heck is F? ...OMG, so F signifies that guy! Super Saiyan Blue is cool!😋
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Today Oda made a heartwarming message about Luffy’s statue in Kumamoto Prefecture, Oda’s hometown.✨😍
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Some people might not be satisfied with Sanji in the latest chapter. Hirata, Sanji's VA said in OP Premiere show in 2018, "Oda looked me in the eye and said, 'Sanji will have no highlight scenes in the future.' (Hirata has complained about post-timeskip Sanji multiple times😅
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Speech styles are inevitably lost to some extent through the translation process. Here are my personal rankings of OP characters in terms of polite Japanese speech style.😋
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Luffy's VA mentioned in the latest Jump interview that Luffy escaping with Crocodile and Ace's death as the most memorable scenes. In 2019, Japanese talent asked Oda if Ace will revive, but he instantly denied. Here is my summary of how Oda considers manga characters' death. 😇
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Here is my translation for Oda's message about Law in ONE PIECE the 27th Log released 30 minutes ago. Oda himself didn't imagine Law would become an important character.😂
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Here is my translation for Oda's message about Garp and Dragon in "ONE PIECE the 28th Log" which was released today😋
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The pic says: Some months ago, Oda's editors asked him, "Why not take breaks for about a month since you're so busy this summer?" Oda "What? Breaks? Don't you know how much my audience waits for my manga!?😡.... Well, I accept your offer!!😍"
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Oda and his family drew some heartwarming One Piece stickers for a messaging app called Line in 2021.😊 Oda drew Rayleigh with his left hand. (It's not revealed which characters were drawn by his two daughters and wife other than Rayleigh.)
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Here is a summary of Miura's interview in Berserk Expo this month. I was hoping Miura and Oda would have a talk since they both said they couldn't help drawing in detail and jokingly described such a habit as illness. They hope(d) for a round-the-world trip after serialization😥
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Oda said in the TV show that he is jealous of Straw Hats since they're enjoying their journey. He added he's determined to go on a trip every day after OP ends. When Oda was young, he sat by his father and drew an oil-painting of Luffy.😍
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Here is my full translation of Oda's message in Jump Festa today. i wonder what will happen in Reverie.😍
Translating One Piece news randomly. Big fan of Oda's interviews.😍 I'm native Japanese🇯🇵, but I usually tweet in English.