SBS Volume 9




 * D (Dokusha means Reader)
 * O (Oda)

Chapter 72, Page 26
'''D: Sensi, Zeff's mustache-braids won't stop growing! Please tell me how to make them stop. '''

O: Dont worry!! Sit back and enjoy Question Corner!!

'''D: Dear Oda-Sensei, I always enjoy One Piece very much! By the way, in the third panel on page 18 of Volume 7, there seems to be some writing on the knife that Sanji is holding, but I can't make out what it says. What's vritten there? Please tell me!!'''

O: You couldn't read it because I wrote it so that no one could read it. Still, I'm impressed that you spotted it. I'll confess. I did in fact write "Fist of the North Star". It's a great manga that i was crazy about in elementary school. Do you know it?

'''D: One day i was seized by a sudden strong urge to participate in SBS Question Corner!! So please read this. Oda Sensei, are you "crap"-crazy? You have Sanji say it an awful lot!!'''

O: Heavens! what a filthy, nasty word! I'm embarrassed to even read it!! Please stop!!

'''D: When reading Usopp's tale, Merry's words moved me so that I unexpectedly found myself crying like a strong man (even though I'm a girl). The tears ran down my cheeks and got in my mouth. Know what they tasted like?'''

O: Eyes cream?

D: I heard that Sanji's favorite snack is cake.

O: It is?

Chapter 73, Page 46
'''D: Oda-sensei, this here is Spirit. (P.N Arunya)

O: Mm. I can see that you possess excellent spirit.

D: Nobunaga: If the cuckoo won't sing, kill it.

Hideyoshi: If the cuckoo won't sing, make it sing.

Ieyasu: If the cuckoo won't sing, wait until it does.

^These haiku capture the philosophies of three men who wanted to rule Japan. What would yours be?

O: If the cuckoo won;t sing, buy me a cola. Meaning: "I want a cola right now." (And not a diet cola)

'''D: I went to the barbershop and said, "I want a manly haircut!!" The barber said, "Okay!!" and shaved all my hair off. It wasn't at all what I had in mind. Sensei, do I have what it takes to be like Zoro? Please tell me!! Sob sob.'''

O: Don't cry!! Stand up!! There are some battles in which a man must retreat!! So what if he shaved your head!! When your hair grows back, challenge that barber again!! Think of it as a rematch!! Though personally, I wouldn't do it. (Wild Laughter)

Chapter 74, Page 66
'''D: What is the name for the guns in One Piece? Looks like it's not a type that uses rope.'''

O: They are "flintlock" type, because of the stone called flint; just consider this type one level higher than the type that uses rope.

Chapter 75, Page 86
'''D: Hello. I had this bottle of wine and I thought, "What country is this from?" I looked at the label and it said, "dry, full body." I was a little bit surprised, but also pleased. That's the origin of Lt. Fullbody's name, isn't it? Don't deny it.'''

O: I won't, that's exactly it! I don't drink much alcohol so I don't know much about wine, but it seems that the depth of flavor is called body! Strong wines aged for a long time are said to have a "full" body. Lighter wines are said to have a "medium" or "light" body. And that's where Lt. Fullbody's name came from!

Chapter 76, Page 106
'''D: Why did Red Leg Zeff eat his right leg? Isn't it his main source of kick power? Why didn't he eat the left one?'''

O: Wrong. A kicks power is determined by its axis. Example: What will happen if you want to kick a ball with your right leg while you don't have a left leg? You can't kick it, right? Ask a friend that likes to play soccer. The soul of a kick comes from the leg's axis.

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