Author's Notes

Author's Comments (作者コメント) or Author's Notes are short introductions that mangaka traditionally add to the dust jacket of each collected volume of their manga.

Overview
The Author's Notes that Eiichiro Oda writes for volumes of One Piece are usually irrelevant to the series itself, instead relaying bizarre daydreams, anecdotes, and/or jokes. Each Note is headed with an original drawing (more rarely, a photograph) that may or may not illustrate the topic at hand.

Similar Author's Notes can also be found on "unofficial" volumes, such as the databooks (where they are provided from the Straw Hat Pirates' in-universe perspective).

As manga is not sold with dust-jackets in the United States, the Viz localization of the volumes places the Author's Notes on the very first page.

Credits
The following translations were done for One Piece Wiki under CC BY-SA:
 * Volumes 1-78; databooks Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, and Blue Deep; Wanted! - JapaneseOPfan
 * One Piece 500 Quiz Book - Zodiaque
 * Volume 1000 - Monkey-d-luffi
 * Volume 79 - Rainelz
 * Volumes 87 and 97 - Rhavkin
 * Volumes 89, 91, and 93 - 愛爾思先生
 * Volumes 98 and 99 - Awaikage
 * Volumes 0, 777, 333, and 4000000000 - SmokerSenchou
 * Volume 10089 - Montblanc Noland

The following translations were not done for One Piece Wiki, but are believed to be used in a manner that qualifies as fair use:
 * Volumes 81-86, 88, 90, 94, 95 and 100-102; Color Walks 1-9 - VIZ Media

The following translations involve non-CC BY-SA translations. Note that the final English translations were all done for One Piece Wiki under CC BY-SA:
 * One Piece Party volumes 1-7; 500 Quiz Book 2 and 3; Volume 103; One Piece episode A Volume 1; Movie 7 Anime Comic - Glénat Editions (Japanese > French) / Walrsu (French > English)
 * Chopperman volumes 1, 2, 4, 5 - Kazé (Japanese > French) / Walrsu (French > English)

The credit for the following translations is unknown:
 * Volumes 80, 92, and 96

Trivia

 * Volume 89's note attracted controversy in Japan, chiefly from right-wing groups that regarded Shoichi as a war hero; eventually, Shueisha apologized on Oda's behalf.

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