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Jinbe is introduced as a crewmate of Straw Hats in Kurumazaki Shrine known as spiritual spot for entertainment industry.😍 People need to pay 90 dollars to get his name featured on the red fence. Shonen Jump office paid for it. (Pic thanks to @mizopocke on instagram)
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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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Shanks was afraid about the damage Kidd may cause, but Beckman just looked relaxed. Oda: Shanks isn't perfect. The important scene in ch.1 is where Shanks was at a loss when Luffy got abducted. Anyone can draw a cool character. Beckman just smiles and supports Shanks.😊 (2022)
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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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2 days ago, 9 men got arrested due to poaching 800 kilograms of sea cucumbers. Reportedly their boat was called "Going Merry".😂 (thanks Kamiki-san news.goo.ne.jp/article/toon/n…) In another news last year, a suspicious guy introduced himself as "Monkey D Luffy" to police officers.😋
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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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Today Oda was awarded "Prefecture Honor Prize" by Kumamoto, his hometown. It is also announced that they will display Luffy's statue on the prefecture office. Editors in Jump attended the ceremony on behalf of Oda. Here is my translation of Oda's message about the award.☀️
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In a radio live-program yesterday, JP comedian Sanma said Sun God Nika might be based on himself. Funnily enough, his friend Oda was listening to the radio and instantly sent him a message, "Nika isn't based on you😂" He added, "Next time Nika appears, he/she will show his face😍
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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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@Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp Translation: About characters, I've finished the inking process over pencil drawing for 10 chapters! There may be some fixes, though. I'll continue drawing my manuscripts for the next 10 chapters. Plus, I'll announce how inking whole chapter is proceeding. I have tons of drafts😋
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The spelling of Raftel turned out to be Laugh Tale in Stampede 5 months before manga. Plus, the talk between Roger and Rayleigh this week was already shown in Stampede. Maybe some people think they kinda got spoiled by anime..? Here is my summary of Oda and editor’s comment.😇
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Here is my summary for Color Walk 8 including Oda's message and interview which was on sale today.☀️ Oda talked with Katsuya Terada in the interview.
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Shanks' attack Devine Departure is written as 神避 (Kamusari) in JP chapter, which means *death of god*. It's based on the ancient JP records called Kojiki 1300 years ago. Maybe Oda is implying Shanks and Roger share the will to defeat *god* aka Celestial Dragons💪 #ONEPIECE1079
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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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Here are some trivia about the latest chapter of ONE PIECE (897) about VInsmokes and Japanese pun for Oven's attack😋
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Oda drew a tiger with Luffy to celebrate New Year. He will draw a rabbit next year since these are based on the Chinese zodiac.😊
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Yesterday, One Piece fan's apartment got destroyed by a missile in Kharkiv, Ukraine. We can see posters of Ace and Sanji on the wall..😥 source: ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/352…
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Some people may wonder why Oda used flashy colors for Komurasaki and Otoko in the cover of ONE PIECE volume 92. Here is my translation of Oda's comment on this question.😇
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Here is my translation for Oda's comment about beautiful characters in "ONE PIECE 26th Log" which was released 2 hours ago.😍
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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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Today Road to Laugh Tale Oda's sketch revealed Kaido's mysterious hidden words to Luffy were "The more you laugh, the stronger you will get!" 😍This part was not well handled in the official translation. The booklet also says, "Imagination is the source of Nika power."💪 twitter.com/sandman_AP/sta…
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Oda: I was super excited when drawing the quarrel between Luffy and Usoop. Their speech easily popped up in my mind one after another.
Luffy's VA: Usopp is a nice character, right?
Oda: Yeah, my audience can feel close to Usopp since most characters around him are superhumans.
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Today Kumamoto Prefecture revealed that Oda had donated about $7.2 million for reconstruction project from large earthquake. 😍Kumamoto is Oda's hometown. Editor estimated in 2011 that Oda earned $28 million per year. BTW, here is my summary for chapter 5 in Novel Ace Volume 2.
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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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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.😋
Translating One Piece news randomly. Big fan of Oda's interviews.😍 I'm native Japanese🇯🇵, but I usually tweet in English.