SBS Volume 7

Volume 7 SBS

Chapter 54 (Page 26)

D: To Master Ei. What time is it now?

O: Uhhhh... Right now it's... 0:09! Let's start the SBS Corner!!

D: Does Shanks like me?

O: I don't care!

D: Oda-sensei! A little while ago, my friend came up and said, "I've found the perfect Devil Fruit for you", so I went ahead and ate it. Now it may just be my mind playing tricks on me, but I get the feeling that all the jokes I say aren't very funny.

O: Ohhhhhh... So you ate that one, eh... That... that's got to be the one. Yes, you have definitely eaten the "Samu Samu Fruit". If you eat that fruit, only bad jokes come out of your mouth. And to make matters worse, you can't swim. You really got the raw end of the deal there, my friend. Ha ha ha ha. Laugh it up, laugh it up. Ha ha ha.

(Note: Samu(i) means 'cold,' and is often used when someone says a bad joke. Kind of the same as when a comic says "tough audience".)

D: In the first volume, when the bandits enter the bar they destroy the door, so why is it that when they leave, it's repaired?!

O: That was his work. The carpenter "Minatomo-san." He has a short temper, so he cannot go by a broken door or what have you without repairing it. It wasn't my mistake.

Chapter 55 (Page 46)

D: Why does Sanji-san's eyebrow curl up at the end? Please give a real answer!! (Note: This letter is written so that the last word is actually "dork", but it looks like it is still "please".)

O: Hey!! You, sit right there!! Now listen!! Everyone lives in circles!! The sun, the moon, and the earth all spin around!! And!! If the earth suddenly stopped spinning!! It would be a disaster, tidal waves everywhere!! Now remember that Sanji's eyebrow channels that circular energy!! Reflect upon this!! You may go!!

D: A question. How old is Sanji-san?

O: 19 years old. The same as Zoro.

D: Nami, Nami, Nami, Nami, I love Nami. I won't give her over to that Sanji guy!! However, I propose a duel, for Nami. Tomorrow, at 3 in the afternoon, on the Red Line. Be there! Oda-sensei, is this okay?

O: OK!! Fight!!

D: How many assistants do you have? What do they do?

O: There are four. They help me with the backgrounds and so forth. They stay at my house and help me for 3 days and 2 nights a week, but to tell you the truth, I wouldn't be able to finish a final draft without them. However, it's such a ridiculous place to work that making the draft is very fun.

Chapter 56

No SBS. Instead is a profile on Pandaman

Chapter 57 (Page 88)

D: I have a question. How quickly can Captain Kuro run 100 meters?

O: To tell you the truth, it is extremely hard to measure his speed correctly, but I don't think it would take more than 5 seconds. Think of it as around 4 seconds. Whoa! That's a world record.

D: Are Patty and Carne's names from "spaghetti" and "calzone"? (calzone spelled in japanese is CARUtsuoNE, and carne is spelled carune)

O: Hmmm! It is true that their names are derived from food-related words, but that's not right. Patty is taken from the name of a type of dessert specialist (patissiere). And Carne is taken directly from the Spanish word for meat.

D: If Luffy is 7200 Funky Gomu Gomus, does that mean Sanji is about 8500 Funky Ero Eros?

O: Oh, no, not at all. He has 930 Merchen Ero Eros.

D: Could you make the One Piece tankobon a little cheaper? (like 100 yen...)

O: Right now... 1 book is 410 yen. And Jump costs 220 yen... When I was in elementary school, a tankobon was 360 yen and a Jump cost 170 yen. But the price of everything rises. There's nothing I can do about it. It's the same for everyone... and 100 yen is just ridiculous.

D: Sensei! When you are drawing the characters of "One Piece", for example, when Luffy is mad, do you get a mad expression on your face, or look strained?? Tell me!! I do.

O: Oh, I do. I make lots of faces when I draw. When I drew the double page spread of the break-up of the Usopp Pirate Crew, my face was really tired. I cried so much when I drew that, that my face got all droopy.

Chapter 58 (Page 108)

D: Are those three-roped things of hair coming out of Zeff's nose a mustache? Or it is nose hair? Or fake hair?

O: It's braided hair. The technical name is "somehow okay hair".

(Note: Oda's answer to that question is a pun. He says "yosage" (which could mean "okay hair") instead of "osage", or "braided hair".)

D: Oda-sensei! I'm Akinori! I thought of a great move!

1.     Luffy stretches out his arm

2.     Zoro cuts his arm off

3.     The arm shoots off. However, it can't be done more than twice.

O: Heyheyheyheyheyhey...

D: To Odacchi! I am your betrothed. When are we going to be married? SHould it be November 1st? We're going to kiss in the marriage ceremony, right?! I'm sooooo nervous *kiss*! Actually I'm Namie Amuro's little sister.

O: Okay... To the hospital.

D: I wanna say something to the guy who said Zoro's stomach band was for "old fogies" in the SBS on page 130 of Volume 4!! To you, man, you!! First, I too wondered, why does cool guy Zoro have a stomach band? But then, once I realized that it's a part of Zoro, I forgave him! Yes, me, I forgave him! So you should too! Okay, friends!

O: ...oh! A friendship between readers has bloomed... Wonderful.

D: Only the upper half of Buggy's body can fly around (I mean, float). So then he should be able to go on the Grand Line with only his top half. So why doesn't he go?

O: He cannot. Bara Bara Humans have a certain distance limit to their ability. There is a 200 Bara Bara diameter circle around the point where the person touches the ground. Outside of that distance, he cannot control those parts of his body.

Chapter 59 (Page 128)

D: Did you know that Coby's father is the world champion of jump-rope?

O: No... I did not know that. Coby's dad sure is amazing...

D: Is it true that Clahadour's pet is a mammoth?

O: No... I did not know that either. I wonder if it was living in that mansion...

D: What criteria do you use to pick your "Usopp Gallery Pirates"?

O: Of course, the skill, how fun it is, the sense... But of course, the most valuable ones are the postcards that have SPIRIT.

D: When I was working at a fruit stand a little while ago, there was some little brat who said, "How dumb, this place doesn't have any Gomu Gomu fruits". If another kid like that comes into the shop, what should I say? Please tell me. (seriously)

O: In those situations, this is what all these characters would do.

Makino-san: "Yes, I'm sorry, we don't have any." Shrug it off like an adult.

Shanks: "Dahahahaha!! You're 10 years too young for a Devil Fruit!!" Tease them.

Luffy: "I'll blow you away right now." Show no mercy.

Say whichever character you feel like. I'm not taking responsibility, though.

D: Take a Character Fan Poll!!

O: Uhhh, I won't do it in the books, but I already did one in Jump, and the results will appear on page 148. (This poll was run for about two or three weeks after Chapter 49, "The Storm".)

Chapter 60

No SBS. Instead is a Character Popularity poll

Chapter 61

No SBS. Instead is an Usopp Gallery Pirates.

Chapter 62

No SBS. Instead is an Usopp Gallery Pirates.