Well in the past few hours I see we've learned that one person understood what I meant and that Aldrich is Homophobic.
But I figured you might be more interested in the SBS.
Will update this space as I move along.
Introduction:
That, "Pardon me, I'd like to get through.", when people want to get off a crowded elevator; or on a train, "Excuse me, I'm getting off here.", yes, the stance they hold at that moment, I think we should call it, 'THE HAND OF GOD'!
It's thought to be one style of Qigong [gathering ki] passed down from ancient China. Those who stand before the surging energy from 'THE HAND OF GOD' are forced back by its power and in mere moments, what was once a surging crowd, like Moses parting the violent sea, a path of shining light is formed.
Volume 53. Here we go~!!
SBS 1
Starts off silly.
A fan notices Calipha wearing a Criminal t-shirt. They ask if it is indeed the same as Pappug's, whether Calipha likes brand name goods or not and WHY it's on land.
Oda says yes it is and it would appear Calipha does like brand goods. He says Zoro also wore the brand at one point. (Of course we know where) He then explains the origin of the shirt. In Japanese cop slang, criminals are usually called 'hoshi' or 'star'. There you go!
Camie's b-day is now 11/3. The 3 comes from the 'mi' of her name. K is the 11th letter of the alphabet as Al!na noticed.
SBS 2
Reader asks if Oda's ever had an afro. They suggest he get one. Oda says he never will.
Space wasted on someone recognizing Rayleigh from chap 19 which is something Oda actually already drew attention to in the SBS before (which he even mentions he did in this SBS!)
A reader asks about the book Kuma holds. [Greg salivates with excitement] They ask if the cover is the cover of Tank #12 or #13 [Greg sees his shadow and says 6 more weeks of winter]. Oda humors them and questions if it's 12, 13, or even 33 or possibly 25. He asks that you imagine what it is.
SBS 3
This is quite lengthy but important. For time's sake I'll shorten it to the big parts. A reader asks why lately OP tanks have all been 3 months apart instead of 3 months, 2 months, 3 months, 2 months. Oda takes time to explain this and it pretty serious in tone doing so…except for the part about his porno collection. Ok so lately Oda has been breaking from JUMP a lot [We know why. As a side note, recently as 2004 he only took a personal break when he completed a volume's worth of chapters] But because of his breaks, the number of chapters they could use for print really piled up so it was a pace they could keep. But since he started to take more breaks [which started around 2005, probably something to do with his marriage as well]. He says from now on we should basically think of them as 3 months apart with SOMETIMES 2 months apart. Oda also took this time to address another important issue, chapter numbers in SBS. From now on it will be at most 10 chapters per tank. The price of 11 chapter tanks is going up and as Oda intended that extra chapter as a gift to us, he wouldn't consider it a gift if the tank price was upped 20 yen.
You ask me? If anything his work is underpriced.
Someone notices the fucker that bit his tongue off isn't dead and was 'so happy'. Oda shares their joy.
facepalm
SBS4
I give you the official money of the OP world:
The bills are left to right: Yukichi Skull (Gaikotsu), Ichiro Kumaguchi & Hideo Usaguchi
HAHAHA! Oda explains why the crew mate of Brook's that died singing had a sword through his skull.
THEY WERE TWINS!
The Mizuuta Twins! (Mizuuta is the last but I'm writing it Japanese style below for a reason)
Older brother: Mizuuta Madaisukii OR mizutama daisuki 'I love dots'. He died by the sword.
Younger borther: Mizuuta Mawaritosukii OR mizutama waritosuki 'Dots ain't bad'. He died singing.
This is accompanied by pictures of them happily explaining by which method they died.
THIS IS SBS MATERIAL!!!!!
SBS 5
A fan noticed that 519 had grey toner on the cover and when they thought about it, realized that 519 was where DB ended. The entry is quite long and I'm running out of time (today is graduation) but yes indeed, Oda says it was because that's where DB ended. He notes that the volumes surpassed DB some time ago but that's because DB was a gag manga (at first) and gag manga are limited to 15 pages which is why it took him this long to 'catch up'. He apologizes for making us buy so much. [PLEASE TAKE [I]MORE OF MY MONEY IF ANYTHING!] He says he'd like to finish OP soon actually but he refuses to just drop a story he made popular so he's sticking with it.
Oda admits he's the user of the secret 'Nana Shiki' (Seven Methods). The secret technique is…Chokkai 直貝 read as 'Direct Shell' but the original term chokkai actually just means 'meddling with someone'.
That's it for Oda's SBS.
There's a fairly large space devoted to Zoro's VA's Q&A. I can't handle it just now. Gotta get ready for work. I leave you with Pandaman and the aliens.
