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Oda's new editor Anayama joined Shueisha in 2022, so he's most likely about 23-24 years old. Anayama means Hole Mountain. In 2009, Oda got mad to see his editor's email address was related to Gintama as a previous Gintama editor. He instantly changed it into *onepiece-the-best*🤣
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Luffy and Blackbeard fighting in the initial Oda's sketch of the volume cover hypes me up, but I wonder when it will come true. Will it happen right after Egghead or Elabaf or maybe around 2030..?🦄
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Oda's editors mustn't miss a phone call from Oda since otherwise he gets mad. They place their mobile phones on the chest when sleeping.😅 In 2017, editor confessed he had suffered from *phantom vibration syndrome* where it felt like his mobile phone was vibrating when it was not
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When editor Kawashima met Oda for the first time, Oda told him, "Be prepared to die for One Piece!". Kawashima was shocked but was impressed at how Oda is dedicated to his work. Oda added, "If you destroy your health due to overwork, I'll take care of your family financially."✨
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Not only fans but also surprisingly *Oda's editor* Hattori was against the idea of killing Ace. But Oda had made up his mind ever since he came up with Ace as a character. Oda after watching the anime got angry: I wonder why Ace had to be killed in that harsh way..😥
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Yesterday, Oda asked #ChatGPT about the next story.🤣 "Hi, I'm the author of One Piece. I can't come up with nice next developments of OP. Would you consider a super amazing story on behalf of me?😋"
GPT: How about Shadow King appearing in front of Straw Hats and trying to kidnap
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After a chapter was out, Oda asked editor Sugita if he felt unnanutral somewhere in the chapter. Sugita admitted he had felt a bit unnatural but refrained from pointing it out. Oda got mad, "Don't you dare do that again! Editor's opinion is so important as my first audience!🔥"
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Oda's first editor Asada (97-2001) left Oda's latest manuscript in a shop by mistake. Shueisha has a rule: editors instantly get fired if they lose manga manuscripts. He hurried to the shop and luckily found it. He recalled in 2017 it was the worst mistake he had ever made.😅
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Unlike fan translations, Viz official translation about Shanks: "When old friends who thought each other dead are reunited." sounds like "The giants thought Shanks was dead." I agree with this translation. Japanese fans are already discussing why they thought Shanks was dead.💎🤔
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In Film Red, we saw Shanks Pirates fighting based on the advice from Oda. But the director deliberately put some *fake* fight styles although some are true. He was worried Red may end up spoiling manga fans' predictions and thought full fight styles should be revealed in manga.🥰
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Oda: I usually don't mention this since my fans may be disappointed, but some important plots were not planned well in advance. I think it'd be even more amazing if retconned plots miraculously end up working well.🥰
*Wonder if Shanks appearing in Wano was retconned as well..?
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The names of Zoro's family are all related to JP traditional dice gambling✨
Pinzoro (grandfather): double ones
Furiko (grandmother): A person who rolls a dice.
Arashi (father): Triple same numbers
Tera (mother): Tera-Zeni, vigorish, a type of charge taken by gambling companies. twitter.com/newworldartur/…
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In the latest SBS, Oda said he recently can't see detailed drawings due to his terribly *astigmatic eyes*. 😥 He apologized to his audience for causing confusion about the small drawing of Killer eating something.
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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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As the serialization goes on, Oda sometimes forgets Luffy's techniques and researches them on the internet.😂 He said in 2006 that websites made by OP fans are really helpful.
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Oda (2016): Toriyama-sensei, how do you feel about fans around the world loving characters you created more than 30 years ago? Honestly, I love Yamcha. Although he was always handled miserably, I believe he'll have his own highlight scenes some day!✨
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Oda (2021): Watsuki-sensei is an amazing person. The relationship between him and me is like comrades rather than just master and apprentice. I worked under him 4 months. Maybe it was the happiest moment in my entire life.🥰
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Oda: My favorite food is cheap chopped pork from a discount store over rice with soy sauce. I don't like expensive marbled meat.
*When Oda holds a home party, he prepares tons of super-expensive meat from a famous steak restaurant to entertain his guests, as in the pic below.🍖
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Crocodile's sand ability has been drawn by Oda's assistants.
Interview of the assistants: It has been so painful to draw Crocodile's ability because it requires too much time. We've been hoping Crocodile will die as soon as possible. lol🤣
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Oda (2018): I'll put and end to OP when the time has come no matter what Shusieha asks me to prolong the series. It totally depends on my own desicion.💪
*Dragon Ball and Yu Yu Hakusyo were prolonged contrary to the authors' intention. Torishima, former DB editor regretted it.
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When Oda drew the Amazon Lily arc, he was worried that his daughters might consider him a pervert. One day, his daughter asked him, "Dad, you really like boobs, right?" Sadly, Oda realized he was no longer able to behave proudly as a father in front of his daughters.🤣 (2019)
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Oda goes to bed at 9am and wakes up at 12pm (3 hours sleep). His assistants go to bed at 5am and wake up at 12pm. Oda often skips meals for a few days to concentrate on his work. He suffers from moderate diabetes and gout from spending too much time in a chair.😥 (2019)
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Oda played Pokemon Go only in his room for 2 years (2018). He longed for legendary Pokemons.😂 After his doctor warned him that Oda could die early at this rate, Oda decided to take a walk twice a week. When Oda first met former editor Iwasaki, he asked, "Do you play Pokemon Go?"… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Oda loves One Piece smartphone apps and spends a lot of money on them. He pulls the gacha until he gets super-rare characters like Shanks. Oda said he sometimes wonders why he has to spend so much time and money to get these characters, which Oda created himself.🤣 (2020)
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Oda: I came with up this scene right before the deadline of submitting my manuscript in the week. 😇(Jump Festa in 2014)
*I'm surprised at the fact that this amazing panel was totally improvised.🔥
Translating One Piece news randomly. Big fan of Oda's interviews.😍 I'm native Japanese🇯🇵, but I usually tweet in English.