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According to today's OP anime, the voice actor of Hitetsu and Kouzuki Sukiyaki is the same person, which may mean...😎
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Here is my first-half summary of the heartwarming interview between Oda and Watsuki in “Rurouni Kenshin Exhibition official artbook” published last week. Other than this summary, they talked about manga technique about how to make good drawings. 😍
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Got my copy of official artbook of Rurouni Kenshin Exhibition that started last week. An interview between Oda and Watsuki (Oda’s mentor) is included. Watsuki reveals, shortly after OP started (1997-2000) Oda already decided Zoro would lose his eye. I’ll post my summary later.😇
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Oda once said he will change OP story if it coincides with fan theories. But according to TV show today, Oda will never change his plan about "final chapter" even if a fan theory hits the nail on the head. Oda said in 1999 that he had already decided final panel and chapter.👍
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Aside from Oda, 14 mangakas sent celebration messages to Watsuki including Kishimoto, Sorachi, Shimabukuro, Obata, Inagaki, Yabuki, Hiroyuki Takei, Yusei Matsui, Shinya Suzuki, Kazuhiro Fujita, Nobuyuki Anzai, Yasuhiro Nightow, Katsunori Matsui and Mikio Ito😋 (Thanks @nilpos)
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Here is Oda's message for Rurouni Kenshin exhibition that starts this month. The author Watsuki, Oda's mentor, said he should have reduced the number of 10 Swords, an antagonist group. Oda made a similar statement in 2017 that he should have reduced the number of Shichibukai. 😋
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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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“Shokugeki no Sanji” in this week’s Jump seems pretty popular among Japanese fandom. Here is a summary of interviews about this spin-off. Plus, I’d like to share a funny info about Oda that Mayumi Tanaka mentioned in her interview in Jump.😋 (Thanks @mana__
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Red Roc is written as 業火拳銃 in Kanji in Japanese chapter, meaning "Hellfire Fist Pistol". Nice naming for Luffy to punish a villain like Kaido. By the way, 火拳銃 (Red Hawk) means "Fire Fist Pistol". Thus we know Red Roc is an upgraded version of Red Hawk.🔥
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Luffy's new technique "Red Roc" reminds us of the origin of ONE PIECE story. Roc/Rukh is a legendary bird in Middle East. Oda already made it appear as "Mysterious Bird Rukh" in Romance Dawn known as a prototype of OP. Red Roc is a cool naming for this memorial chapter 1000.😍
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Here is my translation of Oda's message for chapter 1000 released 1 hour ago😍👍
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New interview of Luffy's VA (Mayumi Tanaka) will be published in the next Jump. In 2007, Oda described her as "my mother in Tokyo". She advised Oda to eat vegetables because Oda's craving for meat was as insane as Luffy.😂 Hopefully she will reveal some interesting OP tidbits.
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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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According to Oda's message in Jump Festa today, Shanks will begin to move in 2021. Oda also said he was impressed with Kimetsu no Yaiba getting super popular in Japan.😍
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Both ONE PIECE color spreads and Jump cover pages for chapter 999 and 1000 can be combined. Current Jump mangakas draw many OP characters in the covers. The combined color spreads will be the "largest" in Jump history. Today's jump showed us a preview of the color spread.😍
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OP chapter 1000 is approaching. Oda jokingly said he’d like to start a new manga called “Two Piece” after OP according to his editor in February😂 (youtu.be/NrpyQrfXCiA) Oda said in 2007 that he was longing for Akira Toriyama’s style who released a short manga once in a while.
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Here is my translation of Oda’s comments about his color spreads along with my summary of his interview in Color Walk 9. I'm surprised Oda kept in mind that he shouldn't make a girlfriend to focus on his work when the serialization started..😂
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Here is my translation of Oda’s heartwarming message in ONE PIECE Color Walk 9 released today.😋
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Oda blamed editor Onishi because his email address started with "gintama" as a previous Gintama editor. "Why the heck is your email address still related to Gintama!?" 5 seconds after Oda's words, Onishi quickly changed it into "ONE_PIECE_the_best" as OP editor.🤣
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Oda told editor Kawashima in the first meeting, "Die for ONE PIECE". He was shocked but impressed at the same time, "Oda is really determined to die for OP." Oda keeps in mind taking 30 minute-walk every day as doctor warned him he'd have an early death unless improving health😅
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Stealth Sanji blocked King's attack in the latest chapter. In 2015, Oda said his drawing style of invisible characters is inspired by Kishimoto, Naruto's author. Here is a translation of the interview. I'm glad both great mangakas respect each other.😊
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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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Here is another summary of the interview divided into 3 pages.😇
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Here is my summary of Oda’s TV interview today. Summary is divided to multiple tweets.👍
Oda said he would like to finish OP in 4-5 years (again). He rarely goes to Jump office where today he witnessed his manuscript of chapter 1 for the first time in 23 years.😆
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Today Oda and 2 Japanese idols named Takuya Kimura and Kazuya Kamenashi make a collaboration drawings for LINE stamp in "Johnny's Smile Up! Project". The project is supposed to be a donation for health care workers regarding COVID-19. Here is my translation of Oda’s comment.😋
Translating One Piece news randomly. Big fan of Oda's interviews.😍 I'm native Japanese🇯🇵, but I usually tweet in English.