SBS Volume 25




 * D: Dokusha (Reader)
 * O: Oda

Chapter 227, Page 26
'''D: Boys and girls, gather around! Who will start the Question Corner today? All right... You! Little Eiichiro! Huh? What? Everyone wants to say it? All right, gotcha! Then let's all say it together! Ready? LET'S START THE QUESTION CORNER!!'''

O: Let's start the Quest--! Hey! Hey...! I flubbed. And it was my big chance...

'''D: Hello, Oda-sensei! Here's a sudden question. In page 28 of volume 18, is that an EARRING I see on that sea cat's left ear? What's up with that? Please tell me. by Miss White Day'''

O: Ummm. That is just ear hair. Okay, everyone, try saying it as fast as you can. Ear hair, ear hair, ear hair! Hard, huh?

'''D: Hello! Odacchi!! Do you think that February 6 would be a good day for Nico Robin's birthday?'''

O: Ah, yes, I agree. (Note: (NI)co (RO)bin... ni=two, ro=six.)

Chapter 228, Page 46
'''D: How are you, Mr. Oda? You must really love summer since you like to be naked.'''

O: Yes, yes. I just LOVE getting completely naked. In the summertime, after I take a bath I just run STRAIGHT OUTSIDE!! And when the girls softball team running on the sidewalk look over at me, they say "Wow! It's really summer now!!" ... ARE YOU CRAZY?! I'D GET ARRESTED!!!

'''D: A question for Oda-sensei!! Long ago, English nobility called each other by the honorific "Sir". Is that what the "sir" in "Sir Crocodile" is from?'''

O: Were you SIRprised? (good one)

'''D: On page 184 of Volume 24, Usopp is making repairs to the ship, and he hits his middle finger with the hammer. So why is his index finger swollen in the next panel?! by Natchan Orange'''

O: That's the balloon principle. For example, if you have a long balloon and you squeeze it at one end, the other end suddenly gets bigger. Similarly, when Usopp hits his middle finger (Bam!) his index finger swelled up. Get it?

Chapter 229, Page 66
''No questions. Just a little game made by a reader.''

Chapter 230, Page 86
'''D: Uh, hello (x2), pleased to meet you, Oda Sensei! Nami uses the Tornado Tempo feature of her Climate Baton a lot. But what does tempo mean? Please tell me! --Traveler (15 years old)'''

O: Tempo means weather in Italian. Tempo. I like the way it sounds

D: Mr. 3 has Devil Fruit powers, so how come in volume 19, page 185, panel 3, he's floating on the water?

O:I got a lot of inquiries about this one. There were lots of guesses, too. However, you're all wrong. There's a good reason for this. There just happened to be a big piece of floating wood under Mr. 3's body. Mr. 3 was floating on top of it. Anyway, on average, the buoyancy of a human is about three splays. A sumo wrestler's is about five splays. But that huge piece of wood was especially magnificent and had a record buoyancy of 13 splays. That's according to Floatus Stretchington.

'''D: Hello, Oda-sensei. I need to ask you about something I just noticed. Is Bellamy the Hyena's name modelled after the North American pirate Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy?'''

O: Yes. That is correct. Samuel Bellamy. That's him. They say he was a pretty big-time pirate in his day, and had a love for speaking. Instead of a "Hyena", he would be more like a "Lion" that loves giving public addresses.

Chapter 231, Page 106
Another game made by a reader.

Chapter 232, Page 126
'''D: Greetings! Why is it that Zoro has his swords held at his right hip when they're usually on the left?''' by Quickly

O: Uhhh... because if Zoro doesn't have something heavy on his right side, he'd keep leaning to the left (ha). Oh, that's right. I have a question for you now. In Volume 21, Chapter 194 "Cut Through Steel", why is it that Zoro has his swords on his left hip in every single picture? And why is it that on page 154, his scabbards seem to have disappeared entirely? Now, is it true that the mistakes in this chapter were so massive that even the readers failed to write in and scold me for them? Yes, that is true. Is it true that I didn't fix a single panel because of the half-assed reason, "there are too many panels to fix"? Yes, that is true. And now, a haiku. Hmmm, Oda-sensei. Looks tired again today. The weather is nice. Sensei, thank you very much for your time today. You're welcome.

'''D: I have a serious question for Oda-sensei. How come, in manga, no matter where you go, everyone always speaks the same language? By Chobi'''

O: Because manga is something where everyone's dreams are depicted.

Chapter 233, Page 146
Yet another game made by a reader.

Chapter 234, Page 166
'''D: Where is Vira? In Vol. 11 it's having a "coup d'état", in chapter 228 it's a "sunny town". What is it?'''

O: Oh. Well spotted. 400 years ago when Noland visited it, Vira was indeed just a sunny town, but these days it's a violent and dangerous country in the midst of a coup d'état (rebellion). But it's not really so much what's happening in Vira, as what's happening all around the world at this time. I think you'll discover what I mean in the main story after a while. Anyhow, it's not as huge as Alabasta, just a little country. Hold off on your sightseeing trips.

'''D: Oda-sensei, I saw the movie "One Piece Creature Island, Chopper's Kingdom". It was really really great. The movie that was shown with it, "The Soccer King of Dreams" had a character named "Odacchi" which I was very surprised to see. Oda-sensei, DOES YOUR FACE REALLY LOOK LIKE THAT?'''

O: Yes.

'''D: Hello, Oda-sensei. Reading the latest One Piece, I've just noticed that Sanji has leg hair. And I was thinking, if he's blond, the leg hair shouldn't stand out so much. I am a huge fan of Sanji, so I must say that I don't like the fact that he has leg hair. Oda-sensei, please do something about this. (I'm begging you)'''

O: But he's hairy. You know, Chopper's hairy, too. The SBS is over! See you next volume!!

Chapter 235, Page 186
Answers to the third game.