Oda also said that there would be no deaths. And that the manga would be over by now.
Morale: Don't trust the interviews. They are intentionally vague/misleading to throw us off.
I want that quote… Where is that?
Oda also said that there would be no deaths. And that the manga would be over by now.
Morale: Don't trust the interviews. They are intentionally vague/misleading to throw us off.
I want that quote… Where is that?
Oda also said that there would be no deaths. And that the manga would be over by now.
Morale: Don't trust the interviews. They are intentionally vague/misleading to throw us off.
You're baiting Aohige aren't you?
Didn't he already translate something that someone said was related to that?
well~ i heard from you on the podcast~ anyway good jobs buddy~
expecting more surprises from you!
Ah okay, well that's fair game but I believe the origin of it is that interview :)
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His second GEAR is based off of Soru... He basically figured it out that way.>! I remembered a certain MOVIE where he learnd his gear 2nd. Luffy is way to stupid to figure out, that if he get his blood to circulate faster, that he tan will be a lot faster. It was a coincidence… >! ``` Once again, show me ONE EXAMPLE where he learns by being trained... I've yet to see it ever since he sailed off from his island. >! ``` There isnt, but oda is unpradictable >! ``` He didn't know what Soru was, yet he figured it out and ended up copying it himself and having it far better than Soru would be...
Likie i said, its from the move how he figured it out. He couldnt possibly figure it out to enhance his blood circulation in order to be faster. Coz well luffy is kinda stupid if he didnt figure out his haki already.
! He has never trained ever since he left his island…
! ```Once again, it's still something Oda has yet to ever introduce... The FACT is that Luffy can learn from observing and doing things, rather than being forced to be told like an idiot... He is a fighting genius after all.
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So its like ure an idiot for learning stuff… i learn stuff all the time and its pretty normal. if luffy wants to be PK he needs to learn stuff, and needs to get information by OTHER ppl. ! Since u compare with other chounen manga, In naruto he learns also, and gets info by OTHER PPL. !
Yeah, he has been having an easy time lately... When was the last time he ever failed in the end? He hasn't been killed ever since...Thats not a easy time, an easy time is that he didnt encounter anything… thats an easy time, What u just said is based on nothing. I would say he had a pretty hard time getting to where he is now. >! ``` I'm not getting into her... I'm just explaining why Ace's death mattered, like you asked.
What if oda decided he would live?.. According to ure reasons, i would guess u already tought ace would die.
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I said PERONA needs an arc to join... Then, I also said that Hancock would need to have an arc for the AL situation since it'll be BOMBED...
It was Brook's arc... franky had a lot of stuff going on as well...!
It wont be Bombed. it would be bombed if She stays on that island. !
If Oda says something, you can bet he won't do it... this isn't the first time he said either, he has said it many times prior to that interview... this one was more direct.
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Thats fun, but i really dont care, coz it isnt going to be a romance story if Boa joins. !
Because of "love sickness?"
I won't even think one chance that'll happen...
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Thats ure problem, not mine coz i still believ my reasons overshadow ures. !
Dude... You didn't get the whole intent in that.
The last part says that Sanji isn't a womanizer anymore and Oda is dropping the whole LOVE thing and introducing more FRIENDSHIP stuff now... Meaning, your idea that Boa hancock will join for love because Sanji is in the crew isn't a good one...
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Anymore, baby, it sais ANYMORE, but he was thats the point. Yes hes introducing more friendship… so?. we were talking about sex-awerenes not that sanji if sanji can join boa can join.. its the sex-awerenes.... !
Her personality is forceful... Of course she's going to ask for that, otherwise, she's a trashy made character without any dynamic personality at all...Wow, u really hate her;), but i love her character, it has soo many sides. i also liked how she kicks those animals. Plus she can change. >! ``` Yes it will. It contradicts the ONE THING that Oda avoids doing, therefore, it doesn't support her future desires and characteristics that you presume...
Again,.. If boa joins it wont be a girls manga.
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Yes. Mero Mero no Mi and her Haki level force her to be a very powerful woman in combat.Thats a good thing if the want a chance at finding the one piece. >! ``` We got Brook's backstory... We had the whole Water 7 arc about Franky's backstory and how he was a Shipwright... Furthermore, we had a whole backstory for Sanji in Baratie... >! ``` We got Boa's backstory,… her whole backstory, yes yes, u cant denie its the only char that we have been showing the backstory of in this arc, other than ace ofcourse. Wich means she could join. SO still all ure reasons of Boa cant join are vague its based on 1 THING and thats Oda said so. >! ``` Robin was the main of Enies Lobby, but not Water 7. >! ``` Yes but we didnt know that when Robin first join, I could say Boa will have a arc in the future where she wouls be kidnapped by the WG because of her betrayel.. BUT WE DONT KNOW.. it's the same as robin At the time robin JOINED she didnt have an arc devoted to her. So this makes ure list of pointings ''what it needs to be a crewmember'' even more pointless than it is. >! ``` Sanji was the main character of that arc...
Nha i am still guessing that the arc there was abouth donkrieg.
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Wow... I just want to ask who is the person having FLASHBACKS all over the place? Obviously it is Boa Hancock... Yes...Yes >! ``` Wow... :wub: = crew member?
Wow ure shallow, She has more to offer than only love. Love is just her DREAM.
And yet again it woudnt infect or slow down the story what so ever.! ```
Fine, then she has to compete with Luffy's Harem of a crew... Holy Shit she's going to be a jealous whore...
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Lol, ive nothing to say about this 1. !
But seriously, even if she has those feelings, chances are that Oda himself will avoid her being given the chance to join on account of his own words...Chances, WOOOOOWWWWWW… that means she has a chance of joining the CREW AND THAT WAS MY POINT.. Thank GOD u said this. this made all ure other commments Pointless. >! ``` Since she desires those things, according to that interview, Oda will never do that.
Once AGAIN….. Shes the only 1 desireing it not luffy so in order to have a romance, there must be 2 ppl likeing eachother.
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But Oda doesn't want to put it in there like that... So, the question is if you are able to convince Oda to put it in... Can your fandom go that far???I dont need to convince Oda, the only thing i am doing is saying it SHE COULD JOIN. coz its a discussion on the NEXTCREWMEMBER. Yes the next crew member, so that means i am saying BOA will be the next crew member.. >! ``` It is romance. And Sanji is going after many girls... He isn't picking a single one, therefore, unless Master Roshi had sex with all of them, Sanji hasn't either... >! ``` I didnt see goku marreing Chichi as ROmance, and since oda likes dagonball he could do that type of thing. It's all possible. >! ``` Luffy might have passed out... She's not going to jump on a ship for the heck of it... WB pirates will rescue Luffy or someone else... She's an enemy and if she comes near Luffy, they'll defend him... Hancock will be fighting Jinbei, Iva, and even WB if she tries it... >! ``` wow… hmm i think jimbei knows damn well shes on luffy's side. and Luffy wouldn't let Boa get Hurt coz of all the things she did for him. >! ``` Because Perona has no other place to go, nothing else to do, and nothing to stop her from joining... She's currently free and able to join, Hancock has many things to block her way...
Again she cant join because of the reasons she need to have to join. Being a nakama isnt enought to join. vivi is still not only a nakama but also a Crewmember.
! Perona has nothing else, why would she help zoro in the first place?.. i think because she LIKES ZORO. but acording to ure own reasons thats not possible.
SO neever ever talk about Perona to join, cause of ure own reasons. She also doesnt aquire the right reasons to join coz of ure ''crewmember what to do'' list. So if Perona is plausable so is Boa.
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Yes, they were friends before actually joining... Franky was fighting with them and they bonded for a bit... He was partying with them, Luffy only let him join after he got to know him.So did Boa bond with luffy, and Boa faught alos with them. Luffy knows Boa. So, YET AGAIN. all the reason for her to join… >! ``` Where does it say she went to the NW... She's fearful of coming near the Holy Capital Marijoes... What's saying she has crossed it? >! ``` U dont know before she was captured, she could have saied there. >! ``` It's still out of character... Oda hasn't ever done this, so why would he suddenly do it?
BECAUSE HES UNPREDICTABLE….. In ya face xD
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Revolutionary Army isn't in a single location and easy to find... AL is.Yes but they go after Boa. so if boa stays on that island she would die, coz of an admiral. >! ``` So, either they head to AL where they know they're there... Or send a billion search parties for an elusive force that isn't even known of... >! ``` Please, the wg cant handle that kind of problem right after this war. >! ``` That town isn't full of pirates like AL is... >! ``` Lol not all the lad's there are pirates. hahahaha… >! ``` Being better is basically accomplishing more than another, therefore, if he does become PK, then he will be better and Shanks's crew will be inferior to his...
Maybe shanks doesnt believe in OP. But yet again
It's a discussion about the next crew member not his current crew.Please… Do show us that...
Anyway, it's a cheap plot device... very stereotypical also...
It's cheap in ure eyes. OP is kind of stereotypical. like luffy's dream.
So, last time. All ure reasons why Boa shouldn't join is based on 1 thing. and 1 factor.
Coz oda said so, and you hate her.
Here's a new 1 for ya. Oda doesnt have to make it a love story because boa likes luffy and best of all Oda doesnt care that u hate her. All that were doing here is discussing the next crewmember. Having seen this arc, Boa is the mostlikely the 1 to join.
Only 1 reason u have is, Oda said it in an interview. He said a lot of things bro. so once again ure little facts are nothing. And in a kind of way ure facts show than Boa could join.
It's cheap in ure eyes. OP is kind of stereotypical. like luffy's dream.
So, last time. All ure reasons why Boa shouldn't join is based on 1 thing. and 1 factor.
Coz oda said so, and you hate her.
Here's a new 1 for ya. Oda doesnt have to make it a love story because boa likes luffy and best of all Oda doesnt care that u hate her. All that were doing here is discussing the next crewmember. Having seen this arc, Boa is the mostlikely the 1 to join.
Only 1 reason u have is, Oda said it in an interview. He said a lot of things bro. so once again ure little facts are nothing. And in a kind of way ure facts show than Boa could join.
Personally, I really like her but there's no real place for her on the SH crew. Her journeying with them would be like Vivi leaving Arabasta; Hancock has responsibilities and she loves her sisters. She's also very much like Robin in design and thus, not really distinct enough aesthetically. I'd like to see more of her in the story, but not as a Strawhat.
It's cheap in ure eyes. OP is kind of stereotypical. like luffy's dream.
Ummm… This is why he made her fall in love, for a plot device to allow Luffy to move from one island to the next.
So, last time. All ure reasons why Boa shouldn't join is based on 1 thing. and 1 factor.
Coz oda said so, and you hate her.
Obviously, you didn't read all of them… Regardless, those are fine enough.
Here's a new 1 for ya. Oda doesnt have to make it a love story because boa likes luffy and best of all Oda doesnt care that u hate her. All that were doing here is discussing the next crewmember. Having seen this arc, Boa is the mostlikely the 1 to join.
Marineford is an arc about Ace and the WB pirates… Boa Hancock barely got any appearances...
Having seen this arc, we assume Ace is dead.
Once again, Oda says he won't do it, which means he won't...
Only 1 reason u have is, Oda said it in an interview. He said a lot of things bro. so once again ure little facts are nothing. And in a kind of way ure facts show than Boa could join.
He said it like a billion times… So, once again that eliminates her characterization and your idea of what dream she'd have... No dream, no SH crew member...
My facts are facts since the interview is a fact… Try and argue against the mouth of Oda, but it's futile.
Ummm… This is why he made her fall in love, for a plot device to allow Luffy to move from one island to the next.
Obviously, you didn't read all of them... Regardless, those are fine enough.
Marineford is an arc about Ace and the WB pirates... Boa Hancock barely got any appearances...
Having seen this arc, we assume Ace is dead.
Once again, Oda says he won't do it, which means he won't...
He said it like a billion times... So, once again that eliminates her characterization and your idea of what dream she'd have... No dream, no SH crew member...
My facts are facts since the interview is a fact… Try and argue against the mouth of Oda, but it's futile.
Well as i said oda said a lot of things. U just say he wont, but what if he does?.. YOU just dont know it, and Boa falling in love isnt a plot. She could also not fall in love with him, and just be a friend for protecting her past. and allow luffy to break in in ID.. why didnt oda just do that?.. But noo he made her fall in love with luffy. If oda didnt like romance in the first place, why the hell would he let Boa fall in love with luffy there are a milion possabilities for Luffy to break in ID without Boa fall in love with luffy.
Well as i said oda said a lot of things. U just say he wont, but what if he does?.. YOU just dont know it, and Boa falling in love isnt a plot. She could also not fall in love with him, and just be a friend for protecting her past. and allow luffy to break in in ID.. why didnt oda just do that?.. But noo he made her fall in love with luffy. If oda didnt like romance in the first place, why the hell would he let Boa fall in love with luffy there are a milion possabilities for Luffy to break in ID without Boa fall in love with luffy.
I don't see you offering any links of stuff you say he says…
He forced her to fall in love because of a simple PLOT DEVICE to get her to head to the summons because she's too stuck up with herself... Therefore, Boa Hancock takes him to ID and then she's done with.
So, provide me the links why I should doubt Oda's idea on what he wants in his manga...
I don't see you offering any links of stuff you say he says…
He forced her to fall in love because of a simple PLOT DEVICE to get her to head to the summons because she's too stuck up with herself... Therefore, Boa Hancock takes him to ID and then she's done with.
So, provide me the links why I should doubt Oda's idea on what he wants in his manga...
U said oda didnt want Romance in the manga, Therefor no falling in Love. and the PLOT of falling in love is NOT neccesary, BOA COULD BRING LUFFY TO IMPELDOWN without FALLING IN LOVE. THE REASON EBCAUSE HE SAVED HER FROM BEING REJECTED BY HER OWN ISLAND. THAT ALONE IS ENOUGH REASON TO HELP HIM. ODA MADE HER FALL IN-LOVE is NOT NECCASARY AT ALL. Plus u stated that oda would want any romantic stuff going on. U cant counter this argument because,
U said oda dint want love in a romance.
U said its shounen so no love things.
So dont give me talk about love being a plot. And if so u think love is as important as a Plot, than it's possible that that Plot would have got her on the SH crew.
U said oda didnt want Romance in the manga, Therefor no falling in Love. and the PLOT of falling in love is NOT neccesary, BOA COULD BRING LUFFY TO IMPELDOWN without FALLING IN LOVE. THE REASON EBCAUSE HE SAVED HER FROM BEING REJECTED BY HER OWN ISLAND. THAT ALONE IS ENOUGH REASON TO HELP HIM. ODA MADE HER FALL IN-LOVE is NOT NECCASARY AT ALL. Plus u stated that oda would want any romantic stuff going on. U cant counter this argument because,
U said oda dint want love in a romance.
U said its shounen so no love things.So dont give me talk about love being a plot. And if so u think love is as important as a Plot, than it's possible that that Plot would have got her on the SH crew.
Once again, he did it for a quick plot device, ICE QUEEN gets turned into a SCHOOL GIRL; garners some laughs along the way…
Not only that, in the sense of the mature, ID is a very dreadful place, but with Boa Hancock acting like a fool, the tone isn't the same and becomes light hearted.
PLOT DEVICE = a means of moving one character towards a new direction...
Oda used Hancock as a plot device to get Luffy towards ID... nothing more or less... He was going to use her as a plot device to take Luffy to SA instead.
Once again, he did it for a quick plot device, ICE QUEEN gets turned into a SCHOOL GIRL; garners some laughs along the way…
Not only that, in the sense of the mature, ID is a very dreadful place, but with Boa Hancock acting like a fool, the tone isn't the same and becomes light hearted.
PLOT DEVICE = a means of moving one character towards a new direction...
Oda used Hancock as a plot device to get Luffy towards ID... nothing more or less... He was going to use her as a plot device to take Luffy to SA instead.
She is still an ice queen as u stated. What mature? Killing ace is the only impact that will mature Luffy… not Boa falling in love.
The point is, ODA could use her as a plot device without her falling in love. BUT HE DIDNT
She is still an ice queen as u stated. What mature? Killing ace is the only impact that will mature Luffy… not Boa falling in love.
The point is, ODA could use her as a plot device without her falling in love. BUT HE DIDNT
Impel Down is about death, despair, and prison… isn't that MATURE for 12 year olds?
It wouldn't be the same if he didn't use a cheap one that is basically stereotypical.
Impel Down is about death, despair, and prison… isn't that MATURE for 12 year olds?
It wouldn't be the same if he didn't use a cheap one that is basically stereotypical.
No, but the point is that he COULD do it. Obviously it would be the same. So thats why i think that ''her falling in love with luffy'' is more than only the PLOT DEVICE. Wich i am reffering as being a SH crewmember.
Ah okay, well that's fair game but I believe the origin of it is that interview :)
Greg tell me one thing …what will you do if you see a cow flying & a moon made of cheese?
As for the next member prediction goes, my guess is luffy will become emo~king after this incident & he will recruit sasugay:unsure:
So Yay! emo king for the pirate king & sasugay for lugiwara
Did I say the taboo? now now don't throw cucumbers at me:ermm:
PS: j/k
No, but the point is that he COULD do it. Obviously it would be the same. So thats why i think that ''her falling in love with luffy'' is more than only the PLOT DEVICE. Wich i am reffering as being a SH crewmember.
Well, I think it is a bad idea because Oda said so himself he wouldn't do that…
So, how can it go beyond what Oda said, when it basically can't?
Hancock and/or Jimbei FTW.!
Or i should make some retarded SH's dialog again like i did in few pages ago to LOLed everybody in this hot thread. XD
Its romance in a sense but its not going to be like what you think it is. Sanji falls in love with Nami in the beginning, but was it just purely love that he end up joining the crew? No. Now saying Boa joining the crew solely on love would be ridiculous, it has to be another reason.
Its romance in a sense but its not going to be like what you think it is. Sanji falls in love with Nami in the beginning, but was it just purely love that he end up joining the crew? No. Now saying Boa joining the crew solely on love would be ridiculous, it has to be another reason.
Much better worded… I wasted my time doing all that and you summed it up in an instant.
Well, I think it is a bad idea because Oda said so himself he wouldn't do that…
So, how can it go beyond what Oda said, when it basically can't?
His opinion may change, hes unporedictable. It wouldn't ruin the party scenes.
If oda cared about that what he wrote, than he wouldn't make boa love him in the first place. Like i said the PLOT DEVICE could have been done an other way around, without Love. And He did wrote a romantic scene with boa though he said he wouldnt do that kind of things.
His opinion may change, hes unporedictable. It wouldn't ruin the party scenes.
If oda cared about that what he wrote, than he wouldn't make boa love him in the first place. Like i said the PLOT DEVICE could have been done an other way around, without Love. And He did wrote a romantic scene with boa though he said he wouldnt do that kind of things.
Here's my source:
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-It’s exactly 10 years since the animated series began and on December 12th the 10th movie will debut so to begin, you handled the story this time around, how was it?
! - At first I outright refused. I’m the kind of guy who can only take care of one thing at a time so to deal with both the comic and a story was just impossible. I know that about myself best so I asked them to let me off the hook but the producer who’s been good to me in the past wouldn’t give in so I explained my terms and said that if Mr. Children did the main theme then I’d do it. (laughs)
! - So that probably made your your already packed workload for the serialization even more difficult right?
! - I thought I was gonna die for sure. Even just dealing with the drafts of the serialization, there are other jobs that come in and the movie filled all of that up to the point where I was just thinking about it day in and day out. It even opened up a few gaps in the serialization and there wasn’t much left of me after the whole thing. That’s why I made a declaration to the movie staff that nothing like this would ever happen again. In exchange for that, I made absolutely sure this film will be a smash. I told them that’s the only thing they can expect me to be responsible for. I guarantee the excitement of this film.
! - It’s been 12 years since the serialization began and in that sizeable chunk of time, the tension has never once let up, it’s only gotten increasingly more exciting. Is there some trick to how you keep your readers thirsty for more?
! - I don’t think there’s any trick to it. If you’ve got a serialization that runs a good number of years, then your readers are going to become adults and there was actually a time when I worried that they might drift away. But then on the other hand, when I realized that means there are children being born too so if you don’t drift off target and aim straight then you just need to hold onto the reality that while you might lose some readers, they will always be replaced and that helped me come to terms with the situation. If you just believe in continuing to draw what you think is interesting, new readers will come and sometimes there are even cases where people who stopped reading for a while, will come back.
! - Why made you think about writing a pirate story from the start? Is there some work that influenced you to that end?
! - I don’t know if it was an influence as much as it was just a starting point but that would be the animated series ‘The Little Viking Bikke’. When I saw that, from that point on ‘adventure’ simply became synonymous with ‘pirates’ to me. Actually, I always wondered why people weren’t writing about pirates. I thought if I drew pirate stuff it would let me draw a grand adventure.
! - And oh how grand it is. You even had a ship fly through the air.
! - Anything’s possible. I set it up so that the impossible is the norm on Grand Line so I can do whatever I want. The weather is hazardous, the sea is rough, there aren’t many ways for people to come and go as they please, so it isn’t that strange if you’ve got these cultures independent of each other. For example, if I wanted to write about some kind of school drama story, all I’ve gotta do is draw a School Island. I can go about my own way as I please because of how I set it up so anything can happen.
! - Before you began serialization, did you have most of the plot decided?
! - Nope, I didn’t have much. Just the ending.
! - Huh? You know the ending? [Bad interviewer. Baaaaad. No biscuit!]
! - Yeah I know it. So however crazy I make it now, all I’ve gotta do is reach that point and if I do that, everything will be fine.
! - I don’t want to push too hard so I won’t ask anything beyond this but do you think it would be safe to consider the ending a long way off?
! - Since it’s already decided, there’s a part of me somewhere that wants to hurry up and draw the last image but in reality, I don’t think that will be for a long time. Because, I want to think about how I handle each of my characters appropriately, I don’t want to just throw away a pawn just to set up a checkmate, if I just think about writing in the moment, it’s bound to get long no matter what. Recently the crew has grown in number again and even when just one thing happens, I wind up wanting to draw all of their reactions so that takes even more time. But wanting to portray each individual character’s story like that that is something readers sympathize with me for so I just don’t want to overdo it. So when that happens no matter what I do it just ends up getting longer.
! - One Piece can really be a tear-jerker.
! - I didn’t think about myself as that kind of author. Mainly because I loved drawing action scenes. That’s something I realized about myself only after serialization began. That’s typical me.
! - Yes definitely. Other people’s work doesn’t make me cry, but my own work makes me fall apart. (laughs) Probably because I think so hard about it.
! - Now there are 56 volumes out and whenever I read it this always amazes me but with material so much material it’s remarkable how tightly woven the story is.
! - Yeah, I’m pretty good aren’t I. (laughs) Of course I handle it on a very minute scale but when I look back on some things, there are just some things that have worked out miraculously all by their own. But I don’t want to disappoint anyone so I don’t really talk about those things. (laughs) I think that’s even more impressive than the things I actually intended.
! - When you’re drawing are there any rules for yourself with respect to things you absolutely will not do?
! - I like to draw party scenes. So I don’t want to draw anything that would ruin that atmosphere. And this is a manga for boys so I won’t draw anything about relationships. I get a lot of letters from female readers asking me to cover some kind of relationship but if that’s what you want to read, go read a girl’s manga, that’s not my job. I don’t care if someone falls for Luffy, but it’s something that would be over before you know it. But knowing Luffy, I don’t think that kind of thing would be a problem. (laughs)
! - When you were 17 the short comic WANTED! Won 2nd Place in the Tezuka Awards but when did you first want to be a manga author? [BAD interviewer! Get in the basement! Git!]
! - It’s something I had already decided by the time I was four. My dad went to the company and worked and my mom stayed at home and did chores. I thought being an adult meant doing those kinds of things but at one point, I learned that there were people who could make a living drawing pictures and it seems that I actually said, “That’s what I wanna be.”
! - When you got the Tezuka award did you think you had already made the big time?
! - There was definitely a part of me that thought I could instantly go to the top. I took manga too lightly back then. Cause I was stupid. (laughs) I thought if I could get that far with just that kind of work, it would be smooth sailing, so I made the pilgrimage to Tokyo and from that moment, everything came crashing down. No matter how many sketches I handed in, none of them got approved. Back then I had way too much pride in my own work, to the point where I would read someone elses’ work all the while thinking that my own was more interesting. I was a real piece of work back then. But, thankfully, I came to realize how much strength I actually lacked and when you do that, you finally see how big the wall in front of you really is. To write an interesting 19 page comic in just one week, one after another, is not something humans are capable of. I now believe that people meant to be manga authors are born into it. And that was a shock. There were times that I fell face-down and wouldn’t be able to move of my own will for a week.
! - Did you ever think about giving up on becoming a manga author? [Good interviewer! Gooood boy!]
! - Yeah I did actually. It was only once, but I thought to myself, “Well, there’s still time for me to make it as a salary man.” But I was saved by the words of my editor at the time. The two of us were always fighting but one day he said to me, “In all my years, I’ve never seen a guy like you who works so hard but has nothing to show for it.” That brought on the tears. Just those few words put me at ease and I thought about going for it with everything again.
! - And so One Piece was born and its popularity spread like wildfire but did you ever think it would be this big?
! - Well of course I knew that if I drew pirate stuff it would be interesting but I never thought it would happen that fast. It instantly spread and flared up in popularity. But since many things in this world have a way of vanishing before you know it, it’s pretty scary when I think about it.
! - What kind of things about the serialization make you happy?
! - Yeah, that’d probably have to be whenever I make a good story. I’m a wreck when I can’t do my job well. I wind up moping if I don’t feel I’ve fully completed a good story. More than just being unable to stand myself, if I don’t think my prints for the previous week went well, I can’t rest until I make up for it the next week. Manga is something that if I fail at, the only way I can make up for it, is with manga. I’m weird that way. (laughs) No matter how busy my private life might get, if I can’t devote time to manga I’ll just end up being frustrated. That’s just who I am. I make it harder for myself.
! - So you’re a perfectionist.
! - Only towards the comic. I’m really trailing when it comes to my private life. Yet again, I’ve only been home once this year. I’m busy so there’s no choice there really.
! - How do you handle your family? [Gooood interviewer! Who wants a treat?]
! - They come to stay at the workplace once a week. I have two children and they’re adorable. (laughs) I want to spend more time with them and right now that’s really bugging me. As far as work is concerned that which is ‘cute’, is a nuisance. If it’s your friend or something, and you don’t see them because you’re busy it’s no big deal and they’ll understand but for my kids there’s just no way that applies.
! - By the way, what characters do your children like? [Good interviewer! Who’s a cutey?]
! - I think you probably hear this question a lot but what Devil’s Fruit would you like to eat? [BAD INTERVIEWER! WE’RE TAKING YOU TO SEE THE MAN IN THE WHITE COAT AGAIN!]
! - Purely as the dream of any man, I’d probably like to eat the Suke Suke Fruit. (laughs) But ultimately I’d probably want the Hana Hana Fruit. If I had lots of hands I could do my work much faster.
! - It’s a strange way of saying it, but you really love manga don’t you.
! - I like it and I also feel like, “Well I started this thing so…”, However, I believe that manga itself should always be ‘The Lord of Killing Time’ so I don’t want to cram any deep messages into it. I just write it as something that should be easy to enjoy, something you can read when you’ve got free time and at best, I’d be happy if it could help students make friends at the start of new semesters. Because that’s what can happen when lots of people read it. If everyone is reading the same manga, it doesn’t matter what school some kid came from, if you’ve got something to talk about in common, then it’s easy to make friends. Something that’s really mysterious about One Piece is that since women read it too, I’ve actually gotten fan letters that tell me mutual fandom has led to marriage. So I’m not really trying to say something about the world, I just think the reason I draw manga, or maybe you could say one of my roles in life, is to connect people.
An interview of Oda in January issue of Shueisha's Men's Non-No fashion magazine[DEC issue for us].Translated by greg
Find a counter for that, then we'll talk, it's clearly against Boa Hancock joining cause she desires to have Luffy's genitals.
Here's reason why:
! You have officially bored me with this recent comment… You are saying things that don't apply and are against the author's words, which is hard to get towards a direction...
Here's my source:
!
-It’s exactly 10 years since the animated series began and on December 12th the 10th movie will debut so to begin, you handled the story this time around, how was it?
! - At first I outright refused. I’m the kind of guy who can only take care of one thing at a time so to deal with both the comic and a story was just impossible. I know that about myself best so I asked them to let me off the hook but the producer who’s been good to me in the past wouldn’t give in so I explained my terms and said that if Mr. Children did the main theme then I’d do it. (laughs)
! - So that probably made your your already packed workload for the serialization even more difficult right?
! - I thought I was gonna die for sure. Even just dealing with the drafts of the serialization, there are other jobs that come in and the movie filled all of that up to the point where I was just thinking about it day in and day out. It even opened up a few gaps in the serialization and there wasn’t much left of me after the whole thing. That’s why I made a declaration to the movie staff that nothing like this would ever happen again. In exchange for that, I made absolutely sure this film will be a smash. I told them that’s the only thing they can expect me to be responsible for. I guarantee the excitement of this film.
! - It’s been 12 years since the serialization began and in that sizeable chunk of time, the tension has never once let up, it’s only gotten increasingly more exciting. Is there some trick to how you keep your readers thirsty for more?
! - I don’t think there’s any trick to it. If you’ve got a serialization that runs a good number of years, then your readers are going to become adults and there was actually a time when I worried that they might drift away. But then on the other hand, when I realized that means there are children being born too so if you don’t drift off target and aim straight then you just need to hold onto the reality that while you might lose some readers, they will always be replaced and that helped me come to terms with the situation. If you just believe in continuing to draw what you think is interesting, new readers will come and sometimes there are even cases where people who stopped reading for a while, will come back.
! - Why made you think about writing a pirate story from the start? Is there some work that influenced you to that end?
! - I don’t know if it was an influence as much as it was just a starting point but that would be the animated series ‘The Little Viking Bikke’. When I saw that, from that point on ‘adventure’ simply became synonymous with ‘pirates’ to me. Actually, I always wondered why people weren’t writing about pirates. I thought if I drew pirate stuff it would let me draw a grand adventure.
! - And oh how grand it is. You even had a ship fly through the air.
! - Anything’s possible. I set it up so that the impossible is the norm on Grand Line so I can do whatever I want. The weather is hazardous, the sea is rough, there aren’t many ways for people to come and go as they please, so it isn’t that strange if you’ve got these cultures independent of each other. For example, if I wanted to write about some kind of school drama story, all I’ve gotta do is draw a School Island. I can go about my own way as I please because of how I set it up so anything can happen.
! - Before you began serialization, did you have most of the plot decided?
! - Nope, I didn’t have much. Just the ending.
! - Huh? You know the ending? [Bad interviewer. Baaaaad. No biscuit!]
! - Yeah I know it. So however crazy I make it now, all I’ve gotta do is reach that point and if I do that, everything will be fine.
! - I don’t want to push too hard so I won’t ask anything beyond this but do you think it would be safe to consider the ending a long way off?
! - Since it’s already decided, there’s a part of me somewhere that wants to hurry up and draw the last image but in reality, I don’t think that will be for a long time. Because, I want to think about how I handle each of my characters appropriately, I don’t want to just throw away a pawn just to set up a checkmate, if I just think about writing in the moment, it’s bound to get long no matter what. Recently the crew has grown in number again and even when just one thing happens, I wind up wanting to draw all of their reactions so that takes even more time. But wanting to portray each individual character’s story like that that is something readers sympathize with me for so I just don’t want to overdo it. So when that happens no matter what I do it just ends up getting longer.
! - One Piece can really be a tear-jerker.
! - I didn’t think about myself as that kind of author. Mainly because I loved drawing action scenes. That’s something I realized about myself only after serialization began. That’s typical me.
- Have you ever been writing and started to cry yourself? [Bad interviewer! BAD! In the cage!]
! - Yes definitely. Other people’s work doesn’t make me cry, but my own work makes me fall apart. (laughs) Probably because I think so hard about it.
! - Now there are 56 volumes out and whenever I read it this always amazes me but with material so much material it’s remarkable how tightly woven the story is.
! - Yeah, I’m pretty good aren’t I. (laughs) Of course I handle it on a very minute scale but when I look back on some things, there are just some things that have worked out miraculously all by their own. But I don’t want to disappoint anyone so I don’t really talk about those things. (laughs) I think that’s even more impressive than the things I actually intended.
! - When you’re drawing are there any rules for yourself with respect to things you absolutely will not do?
! - I like to draw party scenes. So I don’t want to draw anything that would ruin that atmosphere. And this is a manga for boys so I won’t draw anything about relationships. I get a lot of letters from female readers asking me to cover some kind of relationship but if that’s what you want to read, go read a girl’s manga, that’s not my job. I don’t care if someone falls for Luffy, but it’s something that would be over before you know it. But knowing Luffy, I don’t think that kind of thing would be a problem. (laughs)
! - When you were 17 the short comic WANTED! Won 2nd Place in the Tezuka Awards but when did you first want to be a manga author? [BAD interviewer! Get in the basement! Git!]
! - It’s something I had already decided by the time I was four. My dad went to the company and worked and my mom stayed at home and did chores. I thought being an adult meant doing those kinds of things but at one point, I learned that there were people who could make a living drawing pictures and it seems that I actually said, “That’s what I wanna be.”
! - When you got the Tezuka award did you think you had already made the big time?
! - There was definitely a part of me that thought I could instantly go to the top. I took manga too lightly back then. Cause I was stupid. (laughs) I thought if I could get that far with just that kind of work, it would be smooth sailing, so I made the pilgrimage to Tokyo and from that moment, everything came crashing down. No matter how many sketches I handed in, none of them got approved. Back then I had way too much pride in my own work, to the point where I would read someone elses’ work all the while thinking that my own was more interesting. I was a real piece of work back then. But, thankfully, I came to realize how much strength I actually lacked and when you do that, you finally see how big the wall in front of you really is. To write an interesting 19 page comic in just one week, one after another, is not something humans are capable of. I now believe that people meant to be manga authors are born into it. And that was a shock. There were times that I fell face-down and wouldn’t be able to move of my own will for a week.
! - Did you ever think about giving up on becoming a manga author? [Good interviewer! Gooood boy!]
! - Yeah I did actually. It was only once, but I thought to myself, “Well, there’s still time for me to make it as a salary man.” But I was saved by the words of my editor at the time. The two of us were always fighting but one day he said to me, “In all my years, I’ve never seen a guy like you who works so hard but has nothing to show for it.” That brought on the tears. Just those few words put me at ease and I thought about going for it with everything again.
! - And so One Piece was born and its popularity spread like wildfire but did you ever think it would be this big?
! - Well of course I knew that if I drew pirate stuff it would be interesting but I never thought it would happen that fast. It instantly spread and flared up in popularity. But since many things in this world have a way of vanishing before you know it, it’s pretty scary when I think about it.
! - What kind of things about the serialization make you happy?
! - Yeah, that’d probably have to be whenever I make a good story. I’m a wreck when I can’t do my job well. I wind up moping if I don’t feel I’ve fully completed a good story. More than just being unable to stand myself, if I don’t think my prints for the previous week went well, I can’t rest until I make up for it the next week. Manga is something that if I fail at, the only way I can make up for it, is with manga. I’m weird that way. (laughs) No matter how busy my private life might get, if I can’t devote time to manga I’ll just end up being frustrated. That’s just who I am. I make it harder for myself.
! - So you’re a perfectionist.
! - Only towards the comic. I’m really trailing when it comes to my private life. Yet again, I’ve only been home once this year. I’m busy so there’s no choice there really.
! - How do you handle your family? [Gooood interviewer! Who wants a treat?]
! - They come to stay at the workplace once a week. I have two children and they’re adorable. (laughs) I want to spend more time with them and right now that’s really bugging me. As far as work is concerned that which is ‘cute’, is a nuisance. If it’s your friend or something, and you don’t see them because you’re busy it’s no big deal and they’ll understand but for my kids there’s just no way that applies.
! - By the way, what characters do your children like? [Good interviewer! Who’s a cutey?]
- They like Nami-chan. Nami-chan and Chopper. But basically it seems that they like ‘Pretty Cure’ better. And so it is that Pretty Cure is that which stokes the flames of rivalry in my heart. I wanna take Pretty Cure down. (laughs)
! - I think you probably hear this question a lot but what Devil’s Fruit would you like to eat? [BAD INTERVIEWER! WE’RE TAKING YOU TO SEE THE MAN IN THE WHITE COAT AGAIN!]
! - Purely as the dream of any man, I’d probably like to eat the Suke Suke Fruit. (laughs) But ultimately I’d probably want the Hana Hana Fruit. If I had lots of hands I could do my work much faster.
! - It’s a strange way of saying it, but you really love manga don’t you.
! - I like it and I also feel like, “Well I started this thing so…”, However, I believe that manga itself should always be ‘The Lord of Killing Time’ so I don’t want to cram any deep messages into it. I just write it as something that should be easy to enjoy, something you can read when you’ve got free time and at best, I’d be happy if it could help students make friends at the start of new semesters. Because that’s what can happen when lots of people read it. If everyone is reading the same manga, it doesn’t matter what school some kid came from, if you’ve got something to talk about in common, then it’s easy to make friends. Something that’s really mysterious about One Piece is that since women read it too, I’ve actually gotten fan letters that tell me mutual fandom has led to marriage. So I’m not really trying to say something about the world, I just think the reason I draw manga, or maybe you could say one of my roles in life, is to connect people.An interview of Oda in January issue of Shueisha's Men's Non-No fashion magazine[DEC issue for us].Translated by greg
Find a counter for that, then we'll talk, it's clearly against Boa Hancock joining cause she desires to have Luffy's genitals.
Here's reason why:
! You have officially bored me with this recent comment… You are saying things that don't apply and are against the author's words, which is hard to get towards a direction...
I tought she want to be with luffy because of his personality and not his genitals.
And maybe the love will end at a later in the story thats also possible. ´´It will be over before u know it´´ So she could get an Invite from luffy, OR she could ask luffy to let her join, and later on in the story the love dissapeares, but she still stays because she likes what luffy stands for.
Luffy sees Boa as a good friend and she has more to offer..
So technically she can still join. Though her opinion (of loving luffy) may change during the next arc.
I tought she want to be with luffy because of his personality and not his genitals.
And maybe the love will end at a later in the story thats also possible. ´´It will be over before u know it´´ So she could get an Invite from luffy, OR she could ask luffy to let her join, and later on in the story the love dissapeares, but she still stays because she likes what luffy stands for.
Luffy sees Boa as a good friend and she has more to offer..
So technically she can still join. Though her opinion (of loving luffy) may change during the next arc.
So, she has to change and that changes everything, doesn't it???
Don't you see why it is POINTLESS to invite the woman to the ship if she just has to automatically CHANGE right after…
Furthermore, into what?
So, she has to change and that changes everything, doesn't it???
Don't you see why it is POINTLESS to invite the woman to the ship if she just has to automatically CHANGE right after…
Furthermore, into what?
It isnt pointless, SHe's strong. Knows stuff from the WG. she has info about Haki+king's haki.. She helped luffy, we know her past and all that bullshit that other crewmembers also have. i know her better than brook. As for now her dream can be to be with the man she love. BUT maybe she realizes later that she isnt really in love with luffy. but more like attracted to his believes so she could serve him that way.
It isnt pointless, SHe's strong. Knows stuff from the WG. she has info about Haki+king's haki.. She helped luffy, we know her past and all that bullshit that other crewmembers also have. i know her better than brook. As for now her dream can be to be with the man she love. BUT maybe she realizes later that she isnt really in love with luffy. but more like attracted to his believes so she could serve him that way.
This is "fact" and stuff, there are 20 million people living in the Sand Country, capital city is Alabasta or whatever…
There is a chance that of those 20 million, 20 have King's Disposition...
That is ONLY one island of this world. Assuming that there are at least a bunch more islands, then that means that there are over 20+ King's Disposition people around.
Hancock is a mere 1 of those "unknown" grand total... Therefore, what's to say that there isn't ANOTHER more ABLE character with all the stuff she has, minus that romance crap and island crap holding her back, from being introduced?
Same thing goes for that SAID person to have all the important stuff too, just because it CAN exist.
So, since Hancock has problems, why would Oda just continue to try and solve them when he can introduce a new character, without any problems... Better designs and so on, as an alternate to do that?
Hancock MUST join the crew for LOVE, however, Oda says that it'll never happen... So, she's NOT going to join the crew unless she has a change of character, and completely changes... Right?
Don't you see how unimportant she is?
This is "fact" and stuff, there are 20 million people living in the Sand Country, capital city is Alabasta or whatever…
There is a chance that of those 20 million, 20 have King's Disposition...
That is ONLY one island of this world. Assuming that there are at least a bunch more islands, then that means that there are over 20+ King's Disposition people around.
Hancock is a mere 1 of those "unknown" grand total... Therefore, what's to say that there isn't ANOTHER more ABLE character with all the stuff she has, minus that romance crap and island crap holding her back, from being introduced?
Same thing goes for that SAID person to have all the important stuff too, just because it CAN exist.
So, since Hancock has problems, why would Oda just continue to try and solve them when he can introduce a new character, without any problems... Better designs and so on, as an alternate to do that?
Hancock MUST join the crew for LOVE, however, Oda says that it'll never happen... So, she's NOT going to join the crew unless she has a change of character, and completely changes... Right?
Don't you see how unimportant she is?
You realize Oda could still introduce a dream that she has right? It's not like we know every little thing about Hancock currently. Nico Robin had to change right after she joined…before she was seemingly a cut throat bitch who didn't care about doing anything evil as long as it accomplished her goal.
Not to mention...Luffy and Hancock is A JOKE ROMANCE JESUS CHRIST. There is no way in hell that they will actually be romantic together, she will just fawn over Luffy like Sanji does to all the other girls and Luffy will act like he doesn't know wtf she is doing. Her dream could very well be to travel with a pirate crew due to the fact that she was a slave as a child and as a grownup she had to protect AL.
This is "fact" and stuff, there are 20 million people living in the Sand Country, capital city is Alabasta or whatever…
There is a chance that of those 20 million, 20 have King's Disposition...
That is ONLY one island of this world. Assuming that there are at least a bunch more islands, then that means that there are over 20+ King's Disposition people around.
Hancock is a mere 1 of those "unknown" grand total... Therefore, what's to say that there isn't ANOTHER more ABLE character with all the stuff she has, minus that romance crap and island crap holding her back, from being introduced?
Same thing goes for that SAID person to have all the important stuff too, just because it CAN exist.
So, since Hancock has problems, why would Oda just continue to try and solve them when he can introduce a new character, without any problems... Better designs and so on, as an alternate to do that?
Hancock MUST join the crew for LOVE, however, Oda says that it'll never happen... So, she's NOT going to join the crew unless she has a change of character, and completely changes... Right?
Don't you see how unimportant she is?
Introduce a nother character. means Another arc. SO that means it would take 2 years before a newperson could join. and i dont think thats true. I dont want an introduction of a new character, that would take away all that luffy has managed in this arc. He got a lot of new friends here, so at least 1 should be able to fit as Their Crewmember. and that 1 is Boa in my eyes. i already explained why and that she could change. It´s all possible. But whats less possible is the introduction of a new char. that will happen next arc and by the time tat arc is done its 2 years further.
This guy says hancock has a dream to marry luffy… You should see why I am against that. I am well aware he can introduce a dream, as he can make one focus on Kuja...
It doesn't take an arc... You can introduce a person on FI or a random NW pirate like Squad to do that... Rayleigh can do it also... What I'm saying is that it doesn't help make hancock join.
Ummm… This is why he made her fall in love, for a plot device to allow Luffy to move from one island to the next.
Obviously, you didn't read all of them... Regardless, those are fine enough.
Marineford is an arc about Ace and the WB pirates... Boa Hancock barely got any appearances...
Having seen this arc, we assume Ace is dead.
Once again, Oda says he won't do it, which means he won't...
He said it like a billion times... So, once again that eliminates her characterization and your idea of what dream she'd have... No dream, no SH crew member...
My facts are facts since the interview is a fact… Try and argue against the mouth of Oda, but it's futile.
yes!! I agreed with you 100%!!
that's right! this arc is about about Ace and the WB pirates… Boa Hancock barely got any appearances...so how the hell she will join??
that's impossible!!!
No dream, no SH crew member... that's right! people remember in here, boa hasn't reveal any sorts of dream yet!!
@sheng:
yes!! I agreed with you 100%!!
that's right! this arc is about about Ace and the WB pirates… Boa Hancock barely got any appearances...so how the hell she will join??
that's impossible!!!No dream, no SH crew member... that's right! people remember in here, boa hasn't reveal any sorts of dream yet!!
The arc ain't over yet. They could easily still give her a dream near the end of the arc.
The arc ain't over yet. They could easily still give her a dream near the end of the arc.
oh-ho! then this arc would made me laugh out loud!!!
Its romance in a sense but its not going to be like what you think it is. Sanji falls in love with Nami in the beginning, but was it just purely love that he end up joining the crew? No. Now saying Boa joining the crew solely on love would be ridiculous, it has to be another reason.
yes! i am agree with you too! so yes! Now saying Boa joining the crew solely on love would be ridiculous!!! very!
we needs another reason!
This guy says hancock has a dream to marry luffy… You should see why I am against that. I am well aware he can introduce a dream, as he can make one focus on Kuja...
It doesn't take an arc... You can introduce a person on FI or a random NW pirate like Squad to do that... Rayleigh can do it also... What I'm saying is that it doesn't help make hancock join.
But u said to be a crewmember u need an arc devoted?
At least it isnt Ace lol.
Oda never said he WONT KILL people.
This never happened, stop lying.
It isnt pointless, SHe's strong. Knows stuff from the WG. she has info about Haki+king's haki.. She helped luffy, we know her past and all that bullshit that other crewmembers also have. i know her better than brook. As for now her dream can be to be with the man she love. BUT maybe she realizes later that she isnt really in love with luffy. but more like attracted to his believes so she could serve him that way.
I tought she want to be with luffy because of his personality and not his genitals.
And maybe the love will end at a later in the story thats also possible. ´´It will be over before u know it´´ So she could get an Invite from luffy, OR she could ask luffy to let her join, and later on in the story the love dissapeares, but she still stays because she likes what luffy stands for.
Luffy sees Boa as a good friend and she has more to offer..
So technically she can still join. Though her opinion (of loving luffy) may change during the next arc.
all you said is not one piece alike, but much more likes the manga your wrote not oda.
We know Ace better then Brooke too, guess he's going to join the crew guys.
Boa's not joining ever. Peace.
But u said to be a crewmember u need an arc devoted?
I said that Perona needs an arc…
yes! boa will not join!
we at least need an arc only forcusing on boa, but this hasn't happen yet~
who knows in the future~ but for now there no way she will join for sure!
I said that Perona needs an arc…
Yes! people needs an arc only forcusing on themselves before join in, some people in here you just can't said "i want he or she join because i like he or she." follow the logics please~~~
robin is the only exceptional in 1/8 crew member of SH, she does has her own arc in enis lobby though, but boa is not robin, and she just can't repeats the way robin does, that's absolutely failure for repeating the same thing!
I don't see where Usopp is going to fit in now that he's obese. Perona would make a good addition to the crew (been saying this since…idk....august?)
If Jimbei has a 40% chance, and Boa has a 35% chance of joining I'd give Perona a 0% chance for being a character that has no reason or defense whatsoever for being apart of the crew in any way shape or form.
@Tupac's:
If Jimbei has a 40% chance, and Boa has a 35% chance of joining I'd give Perona a 0% chance for being a character that has no reason or defense whatsoever for being apart of the crew in any way shape or form.
me too! come on~ perona doesn't even has any screen times in the manga~
just why the hell people always saying she will join!?
@sheng:
me too! come on~ perona doesn't even has any screen times in the manga~
just why the hell people always saying she will join!?
They have a mixture of bad judgement in story progression, bad taste, and lolicon complexes.
@sheng:
me too! come on~ perona doesn't even has any screen times in the manga~
just why the hell people always saying she will join!?
Yeah, I guess all that screen time she had in Thriller Bark never actually happened.
Yeah, I guess all that screen time she had in Thriller Bark never actually happened.
I'm pretty sure Sheng Fu meant that she hasn't had any screen time in this arc.
@sheng:
yes! boa will not join!
we at least need an arc only forcusing on boa, but this hasn't happen yet~
who knows in the future~ but for now there no way she will join for sure!Yes! people needs an arc only forcusing on themselves before join in, some people in here you just can't said "i want he or she join because i like he or she." follow the logics please~~~
robin is the only exceptional in 1/8 crew member of SH, she does has her own arc in enis lobby though, but boa is not robin, and she just can't repeats the way robin does, that's absolutely failure for repeating the same thing!
Failure for repeating the same thing?
U know that zoro and ussop and all other members besides Robin, came to luffy in the same arc as they were introduced?. So in your case u think thats a failure coz its repeating the same thing… very very nice said.
@sheng:
all you said is not one piece alike, but much more likes the manga your wrote not oda.
I aint oda, i know that. I am jut trying to explain How Boa COULD HAVE A CHANCE to join the SH crew. AND KILLING ace isnt really OP alike, but that doesnt mean its fkd up. I am shure if oda want Boa to join hell figure out something.
Well, it looks like Ace is officially out of the running for next crewmate. All of your arguments for him are now invalid.
He doesn't want hancock to join… That is what I'm saying..
Perona isn't in this arc... No SH member is.
Read my posts on why she would be important to PLOT and stuff...
He doesn't want hancock to join… That is what I'm saying..
Perona isn't in this arc... No SH member is.
Read my posts on why she would be important to PLOT and stuff...
Than no1 can join the sh crew, thats what ure saying.
U dont know, if oda likes her to join he could just MAKE UP something. it's always possible. When robin joind the SH didnt need a decyphster it was only relevent for the story later on, at that time we didnt have any cleu for whatever reason she joined, could be the same for Boa. Maybe she gets rejected by her country, just like sanji got rejected at the restaurant. And than she has nowere to go but the SH crew.
Were you talking to me AGOG? I just remembered reading arguments for Ace joining the crew… But he's dead for reals now, so it isn't happening.