SBS Volume 27

Volume 27 Chapter 247 (Page 26)
'''D: Oda-sensei! Look out! Big trouble! The SBS is about to start! ...ah! ...awwwwww, it started. The SBS started (T_T). By Rose Triangle'''

O: Don't cry. It's okay. It's SBS time, anyways.

'''D: Greetings. Odacchi, I have come across a shocking truth! MARIMOS GROW 10 CM IN A SINGLE YEAR!! (by Asah* Shinbun) In three years, they can grow to a maximum size of 30 cm. Like plants on land, the more sunlight they get, the better they grow. Therefore, because Zoro always sleeps on the deck during the day, his hair should theoretically become HUGE...'''

O: What, really?! Holy crap! 10 cm in a year?! So... a whole meter in 10 years?! Ah... that's kinda cool, actually... I see. Marimos grow that much, eh? I wanna see what he'll look like in 10 years... ah, wait a minute! You know... he's supposed to be a HUMAN.

Zoro: Huh?! What?

'''D: I have a question for Sanji! Why does he call the younger Nami "san" and the older Robin "chan"? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Sanji-kun, that's rather rude to Robin-chan! by a girl as old as Sanji'''

O: Yeah. Really. Why does he do that? I suppose it's Nami's rather queenly nature that does it to him. Well, they're all so free-minded that it doesn't really suit the crew to think about who's older and who's younger. He probably does it for fun.

Volume 27 Chapter 248 (Page 46)
'''D: Hello, Oda-sensei!! Please give us Captain Smoker and Madam Hina's profiles. They're both captains, does that mean their ages are the same? I suppose rank and age don't necessarily have to be the same.'''

'''D: Guten tag! Tell me, Oda-sensei. What are Smoker and Hina's ages? By the way, I suppose Smoker's birthday would be March 14th (White Day), and Hina's would be March 3rd (Hinamatsuri). Chuusu'''

O: Well. I've decided to print both letters together. Yeah, I like those birthdays. We'll go with those. As for ages, Smoker is 34, and Hina is 32. They both joined the Marines at the same time, but of course Hina is a stellar student, while Smoker is a problem child who doesn't listen to his superiors' orders. They may not like their relationship, but they have known each other for quite a while. It seems Hina has saved Smoker from being kicked out of the Marines on several different occasions. However, they both have Devil Fruit Powers, and are therefore invaluable officers for the Marines. That is how they acquired Captain rank at such young ages.

'''D: A question for Oda-sensei. Aren't those things attached to the side of the Artificial Rain Ship "Full" in Chapter 212 Billower Bikes? Then Smoker could ride on the water. What kind of bikes are they?'''

O: They are actually amphibious motorcycles. I took "Billower" from "billow", which can mean "a large wave", and for that reason the tires are extremely wide. I was going to use them in the story sometime. Eventually.

Volume 27 Chapter 249 (Page 66)
'''D: A question for Oda-sensei. Whenever I'm searching for Pandaman, I wonder about something. Who is this guy who's always seen nearby? And what's that thing he's holding in his hand?'''

O: What? Who is he? TOMATO GANG, OBVIOUSLY. Yep, that's Tomato Gang. There's no one else it could possibly be. He's a debt collector. He's on the lookout for Pandaman, trying to collect the money Pandaman owes. He carries a "thing that looks like a gun". Word on the street says it's actually a konbu seaweed roll.

Caption: Tomato Gang (38)

'''D: Odacchi!! Belly-button! Those clothes Shoujou was wearing after he got beat up by Bellamy, in Volume 25 right after he got beat up by Bellamy! What's "Cyberpanda"? Plz answer through ventriloquism.'''

O: )@*&#$%)*@&... I CAN'T!! WHAT THE HELL!! Yeah. That's about right. Those clothes are )*@#&%(&*^@(#... WHAT THE HELL!! Yeah. Sorry for forcing you to sit through that twice. The SBS has recently been going into a much too lazy and random direction. I'm seriously so sorry... Really!! Super sorry-o. Yar. "Cyberpanda". Like "Dosko1 Panda", it's a knockoff brand. And frighteningly enough, it can even be more expensive than the original Doskoi Panda. Please be careful.

Volume 27 Chapter 250 (Page 86)
Mohji: GREAT, AWESOME!! SHALL WE HAVE A PARTY, CAPTAIN?!!

Buggy: YOU MEAN WE AREN'T NOW?!!

'''D: Buggy often seems to say "Yaraideka" before he has a party, but what does that mean? I had always thought that was a misprint, but my Mom said it means "let's have a party", and I thought, ahhh. Is that a dialect?'''

O: Mmm. I actually got a lot of these questions. I figured most people would understand from the circumstances. Yes, it's from a dialect. It's "Edo-ben", the language of old Tokyo. I suppose you've never heard of "te yandei!!"? That's an abbreviation of "nani itteyagandei!!" (What the hell are you talking about?!) They say that "Edokko" (true Tokyo-ites) are impatient, so "yaraideka" is actually short for "yaranaide irareruka!" (How could I NOT?) One of my friends who grew up downtown told me this, so I know it's true. I had always wanted to make an "Edokko Pirate Crew", you know. It could be funny. Maybe someday.

(Note: Okay, so I wasn't toooooo far off :P)

'''D: Hi, Odacchi!! The other day my friend told me that "Sokotsuya" san (Mr. Thoughtless) who plays the voice of Karoo on the TV anime of One Piece is actually Hirata Hiroaki-san, the voice actor for Sanji! Huh?! Is that true?!'''

O: "Kueee!!". Yes. Sanji's Hirata-san said that. Also, Yamaguchi-san, Usopp's actor, played the part of Eyelash in the Alabasta arc. In anime, there can sometimes be episodes where characters like Sanji and Zoro have no speaking parts, and thus their voice actors have nothing to do. So when that happens, they have a little fun (haha). And play animals' voices. However, they don't really want to have to put their own names in the credits, so they use the name "Sokotsuya". Just listen to the voices of all the principal animal characters. If the voice actor is listed as "Sokotsuya", then it's one of Luffy's crewmember's actors.

Volume 27 Chapter 251 (Page 106)
Cricket: "PASSION"!!!! (Roman)

'''D: Sup yo. Umm... on Volume 25, Chapter 235, Page 174, I accidentally read the line as "MARON!!!!" (In Japanese, this stands for "Marron", the French word for chestnut). I'm sure many other readers saw this as well. (Because Cricket's head is a chestnut or acorn, after all.) ...would you consider CHANGING IT to Maron? Pen Name Yaguchi Mari '''Support Captain Bocchin

O: NO. What in the world are you saying? Honestly. Hello? The theme of the whole Jaya story? Y'know? I don't even have to tell you, it's "A MAN'S ROMAN"!!! Mmmm-mm! So cool, he is so cool. Maron, bah... not at all. And plus, you may notice I never used the words chestnut or maron once in that arc. So let me set the record straight. The theme of the Jaya story is... "A MAN'S MARO... ROMAN!!!!"

'''D: Howdy, Oda-sensei! When I was looking at an encyclopedia of animals in the library, I saw a chinese monkey monster known as "Shoujou". Is that what Shoujou's name came from? The idea got me all a-pitter patter. So what's the story? by Fujiko'''

O: Hmm. Originally, yes. It's written in Japanese as "shoujou", and you can also point to that Chinese monster known as "Shoujou", but but the technical term for orangutan is just "shoujou". So that's where I got the name. Also, "Masira" came the same way. A long time ago, monkeys were known as "mashira" in Japan. That's where that came from.

Volume 27 Chapter 252 (Page 126)
'''D: Hello. I am a huge Nami fan. So I have a question! About that bracelet that Nami wears even in the bath scene (Vol. 23)!! It seems to be very precious to her, so I looked back through all my books and saw that Nami got when she was leaving Kokoyashi Village. And to my surprise, it was Nojiko who wore it before then!! Did Nojiko give that to Nami when she left?! Surely there must be some tearful sisterly love between them... (sob sob)? So, tell us the truth!! by Bon-chan'''

O: Yes. That's the bracelet. On the morning of their farewell (Vol. 11), it was gone from Nojiko's wrist. On her shoulder are the marks of their makeshift parents, Bellemere's oranges and Gen's pinwheel. And on her left wrist is the bracelet her sister wore. Even though they are unrelated by blood, Nami is with her family even across the great blue deep.

'''D: I really like the coloring corners. Oda-sensei, please put in more of the main 7 crew members! (A lot more!) By 10th grade Micchi'''

O: Oh! You like coloring? Yeah, coloring is fun. There haven't been many coloring corners lately. Okay, I'll add one. Have fun on page 166. A warning to you colorers, there are certain parts that are already filled with black. That's simply because of the way the color art process works. I'm sorry. Please send me all requests for what you'd like to color. See you in next volume's SBS.

Volume 27 Chapters 253 through 255
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