Oda's Interviews

[ScotchInformer]

Special Interview of Oda in WSJ #34 !

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@Den_Den_Mushi has Translated a Summary for Interview of Oda, in WSJ Issue #34 !

Thanks to him, as Always !

• One Piece was rejected twice before the first chapter was published.
• Oda doesn't feel like he's carrying the burden of being the headliner of Jump. He's just happy that so many people are reading his magazine. However he does strive to write more interesting stories.
• He says he feels a strong sense of responsibility. If OP ended and his editors asked him to continue, he wouldn't want to. Ending it is his freedom.
• Shanks is described as the leader of the Red Haired Pirates and a Yonkou who gave the hat to Luffy
• One Piece manga is described as 'Chasing after the One Piece treasure left by the Pirate King, Luffy went out to sea! His many adventures are popular both inside and out of Japan!'
• He says it is 'very lonely' now that Kishimoto, who published alongside him for 15 years is no longer doing so.
• He says he and Kishimoto are the same age and their mangas became a hit around the same time, they have a lot in common.
• However he says that even between mangaka who have known each other a long time, there are some things you can't say to each other if the popularity of your manga differs
• However he says that he and Kishimoto often see eye to eye, they worry about the same things and both put a lot of effort into their work
• Even if there appears a mangaka whose work catches up to One Piece's in popularity and scope, the only one he feels he will always share the same views with is Kishimoto.
• He says that even though Kishimoto isn't publishing anymore, they still chat and Kishimoto listens to his complaints
• He says that people are now enjoying different kinds of magazines, and it's less common for everyone to be reading the same manga
• Oda thinks this is a shame, he used to bond with people over reading Dragon Ball. He says manga can build bonds between people, especially magazines such as Jump that people read in their childhoods
• he wonders if different magazines and mangas can come together like the Avengers.
• when he reads Jump nowadays he feels like he doesn't understand some of the mangas, thinking like a grandfather would.
• He's aware of this and wants to take countermeasures against it. He says the competition is not about being right, but rather whether your manga is embraced by the audience. As a result he says that if One Piece loses out to them, he will do a bit more research but that hasn't happened yet, he's been winning so far.

[Rivaille]

Thanks Scotch:happy:

[electricmastro]

"Every strawhat can become protagonist." made me realize that each of the Straw Hats have strong enough characterizations to become the main character in their own stories. If Oda really wanted to, he could make a spin-off manga with any of them and it would surely turn out great. Inclines to critically analyze any characters many people are wanting as new crewmates to see if their strong enough to stand on their own.

[loicos]

Today, in an interview with the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shinbun, Eiichirô ODA, the author of One Piece, tells us that his manga is about 80% finished. As a reminder, the author said in 2010 that he was at 50%, in 2012 at 60% and in 2016 at 65%.
https://okachi.fr/le-manga-one-piece-termine-a-80-environ-dapres-eiichiro-oda/

[Big Black Hole]

@loicos:

Today, in an interview with the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shinbun, Eiichirô ODA, the author of One Piece, tells us that his manga is about 80% finished. As a reminder, the author said in 2010 that he was at 50%, in 2012 at 60% and in 2016 at 65%.
https://okachi.fr/le-manga-one-piece-termine-a-80-environ-dapres-eiichiro-oda/

Yeah, as if One Piece would be finished in about 5 years. Oda may have some weird reason the audience doesn't understand, but this strikes me as a statement which will soon be contradicted by reality…

[Takto]

@Big:

Yeah, as if One Piece would be finished in about 5 years. Oda may have some weird reason the audience doesn't understand, but this strikes me as a statement which will soon be contradicted by reality…

Why? He means Story progression and not quantity of chapters. Wano Kuni, Reverie, Elban, Raftel and Mary Joa are the last 20%. This can take 5 Years but also 10 Years

[Big Black Hole]

@Takto:

He means Story progression and not quantity of chapters.

If that's true, so be it, we have a valid reason for Oda's predictions. One which doesn't put One Piece's end in about 5 years.

But I think it's only natural that people first think about something which can measure the story progress in terms of numbers. So the first reaction is to put this into "How many chapters we still got?"

[Kishido]

No doubts we will have at least 15 years

[Sugeeking]

Why do we still believe in Oda when he talks about terms and deadlines is beyond me. His track record is quite notorious.

[RamistaR]

Yeap, still two red poneglyphs to go and then they need to visit 4 islands to find Raftel.

[Big Black Hole]

@RamistaR:

Yeap, still two red poneglyphs to go and then they need to visit 4 islands to find Raftel.

I think the 4 islands before Raftel can be done in a small Mini-Arc with 10 - 15 chapters or even with a very small time-skip. But yeah, it will likely add again something up to the chapter count.

[RamistaR]

@Big:

I think the 4 islands before Raftel can be done in a small Mini-Arc with 10 - 15 chapters or even with a very small time-skip. But yeah, it will likely add again something up to the chapter count.

That is if those 4 islands do not include Elbaf … New Marineford... Emerald City ... and so on.
Depending on the identity of those 4 islands, each one could be a complete and long arc.

[Big Black Hole]

@RamistaR:

That is if those 4 islands do not include Elbaf … New Marineford... Emerald City ... and so on.
Depending on the identity of those 4 islands, each one could be a complete and long arc.

That's where I would disagree with you.

We're currently entering a likely massive arc which will already in all likelihood exceed the Chapter 1000 mark. Elbaf definitely's on the "To-Do-List" before Raftel and since there are various things to cover there, don't expect Elbaf to be shorter than Punk Hazard or Fishman Island. Can you imagine Elbaf with all the connections to Whole Cake Island and the meeting with Shanks to be only the length of Zou? And also the Reverie has to be wrapped up (think about 10 chapters).

That likely puts us at Chapter 1100 (!!!) before even reaching Raftel.

At this point, Oda has to question himself how further he can delay the endgame (Raftel and the Final War). Especially if, as experience knows and he himself is likely aware of, he has this nagging tendency to make arcs longer than he thought. Can he really risk entering another big or even small arc which would put Raftel even further away?

Wano, Elbaf, maybe a small Island/s like the one's where the Road Poneglyphs point to, Raftel. Nothing more. As for the rest of the Grand Line, I really think this is what we can assume at this point rgearding the sequence of Islands.

Now people could say: "Wait a minute Big Black Hole, you yourself posted a few minutes ago that you think that the story will NOT be wrapped up in about 5 years. So this indicates that we still have much time to go. And yet, you're saying that Oda now wnats to go (especially after Wano) rather quickly to Raftel… Aren't you contradicting yourself?"

No. I think that Oda wants

1. To reach Raftel after Wano pretty quickly and we won't see almost nothing besides Elbaf, Raftel and the "Road Poneglyph Islands".
2. One Piece will still need much, much time to end.

Why isn't this a contradiction?

Simple. People are underestimating the length of everything when the crew reaches Raftel and beyond. The Final War. In one of Oda's interviews, he pointed out that even as he initially planned One Piece to be no longer than five years, the Final Arc itself would still take 1 year. One fifth of the entire story. And that was at a time, where many, many, many story elements and characters we now know of hadn't even been introduced are likely even thought of.

So Oda has to plan ahead and he knows that even in the initial planning phase 20 years ago, the Final Arc takes about one fifth of the whole story. And we may very likely not reach Raftel before about Chapter 1100. Please don't point out some arc length predictions I've now made, my point still stands. No matter if we reach Raftel at 1050 or 1100 or 1150, Oda seems to have a truly MASSIVE amount to do in terms of the Final Arc. Judging by his own comments. Would you, in Oda's shoes, now try to do Wano and than reach Raftel quickly, or again insert ANOTHER huge thing?

I think the answer is clear.

All of this of course is based on the premise that Wano will be enormous. But I think the signs clearly point to that. I hereby state that Wano will likely be even longer than Dressrosa.

[Dahaka. 0]

Why would they need to go to those 4 islands? Who said the points marked on Road Poneglyphs even are islands? All they have to do is mark them on the world map, there's not reason to visit them.

Also people seem to forget that Raftel and the last island on the Grand Line are not one and the same, so you can add one more arc that's definietely going to happen.

[Big Black Hole]

@Dahaka.:

Also people seem to forget that Raftel and the last island on the Grand Line are not one and the same, so you can add one more arc that's definietely going to happen.

What are you talking about? Raftel is specifically stated to be the Last island on the Grand Line.

http://automanga.com/manga/one-piece/105/8

[Dahaka. 0]

http://kissmanga.com/Manga/One-Piece/One-Piece–-820?id=320589#9

And the following pages.

Inu confirmed that the last island on GL, the one at the end of log pose routes, is just a place where you learn about poneglyphs and Raftel.

[Captain M]

80% sounds about right. I might have guessed 75%, but 80% is fine. Everything since the timeskip has been building to the conflict at Wano, it makes for a great penultimate battle for the series. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Wano will probably be shorter than most of us are expecting. Yes an enormous number of characters have RSVP'd yes to the battle there, but unlike recent arcs with big fights like Dressrosa and Totland, most of Wano's participants have already been established. Kaido is unlikely to have as many named characters as Big Mom in his crew, so even accounting for his yet-unseen forces and Wano locals, this will be bringing a lot less new to the table.

Hell, the battle of Marineford was the climax of the first half, and that was in and out in less than three volumes.

And once Wano is done, it's hard to imagine the end not being clearly in sight from there. A few brief stopovers to tick places like Elbaf off the list, wrap up plot threads while the WG set up their purge, and then it's on to the final conflict. Sounds about right for the last 20% of the story.

[Big Black Hole]

@Dahaka.:

http://kissmanga.com/Manga/One-Piece/One-Piece–-820?id=320589#9

And the following pages.

Inu confirmed that the last island on GL, the one at the end of log pose routes, is just a place where you learn about poneglyphs and Raftel.

Inuarashi only states that the Log Pose point to a certain point where you learn of the existence the Poneglyphs. But the fact that raftel is specifically referred to as the "Last Island" isn't contradicted by that.

[Kaptayn]

@Captain:

Hell, the battle of Marineford was the climax of the first half, and that was in and out in less than three volumes.

Not sure the comparison is appropriate. MF was an actual battlefield, a sort of melee with huge attacks from all sides involved, and Luffy's rescue mission in between. Wano on the other hand sets up for individual battles, like EL lobby for instance (6 volumes, + 6 volumes of W7).
So, global focus against individual focus.

[Dahaka. 0]

@Big:

Inuarashi only states that the Log Pose point to a certain point where you learn of the existence the Poneglyphs. But the fact that raftel is specifically referred to as the "Last Island" isn't contradicted by that.

Point is, the last island on the log pose route and Raftel are not one and the same, because that island is the place where you learn how to get to Raftel as Inuarashi stated. It wouldn't make any sense to learn how to get to Raftel at Raftel.

So unless that last log pose island is Elbaf, we can add another arc into the mix of arcs that are left to cover.

[Kaido King of the Beasts]

That depends on if that final island has any significant story to be told there.

[Big Black Hole]

@Dahaka.:

Point is, the last island on the log pose route and Raftel are not one and the same, because that island is the place where you learn how to get to Raftel as Inuarashi stated. It wouldn't make any sense to learn how to get to Raftel at Raftel.

I'm not a native speaker and don't seem to have a talent for "Plain English". Short and to-the-point sentences. So apologies, if I didn't make myself clear. But that was kinda my position.

So unless that last log pose island is Elbaf, we can add another arc into the mix of arcs that are left to cover.

Can you guess what I'm thinking Oda will do for reasons of effective shortening of the plot?

[T]

Can someone please translate this?

[silver_planet]

@'T€:

@$;3917223']Can someone please translate this?

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• According to an interview with Yomiuri magazine today, Eiichiro Oda mentioned that The One Piece manga finished about 80%..

• In his interview with Yomiuri, Oda mentions that his favorite characters are Bun Clay and Ivankov from "The Impel Down Arc", Oda mentions that there are still some characters who will join the straw hat crew

• Oda talked about why he did not include Jinbei in the color pages (missed 8 times) despite joining the crew and apparently it was because he doesn't want to spoil one of the surprises about Jinbei's situation since his last appearance.

[pariston_hill]

Peg leg Jinbe incoming?

[All Fiction]

@silver_planet:

Oda mentions that there are still some characters who will join the straw hat crew

16 characters of NINJA!

[electricmastro]

@All:

16 characters of NINJA!

Oda sure did take time though, with Brook joining in 2008 and no one joining from 2012-2017 after entering the New World. Even after Jinbe joined, it still feels like he hasn't in a way. Haha.

[Captain M]

@Kaptayn:

Not sure the comparison is appropriate. MF was an actual battlefield, a sort of melee with huge attacks from all sides involved, and Luffy's rescue mission in between. Wano on the other hand sets up for individual battles, like EL lobby for instance (6 volumes, + 6 volumes of W7).
So, global focus against individual focus.

Okay, fair, MF was a different kind of battle. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say it'll almost be like skipping right to the battle portions of Dressrosa or Totland, cutting huge chunks out of the long build-up portions of those arcs. Even assuming this is one of those arcs where each crew member gets 1v1, which it is almost guaranteed to be, since it's been a while, that can be done fairly quick. Fishman Island was a whole arc with 1v1s for everyone except Nami, and that was in and out in less than 6 volumes, and even in the mammoth Cipher Pol Saga, no one paired up for their individual fights til volume 42, and everyone except Luffy was done fighting by the end of the next volume.

My bottom line is that most of One Piece's length is in the build-up, and between Kozukis, Minks, Law's crew, multiple Supernovas as Kaido's Headliners, the possibility of established Big Mom pirates or Navymen coming to play as well and viable wildcard arrivals like Marco, Weevil and Jimbei's inevitable return, not even to mention the fact that we'll probably be keeping a strawhat focus instead of building up a too-large cast of friendly locals because it's the first time in half a dozen years they've all been on the same island at once, Oda's done most of his legwork in advance for the Wano conflict. We don't have to spend four or five volumes building these guys up like we did for the colosseum gladiators because we already know who they are and what they do. More than ever before this is an arc where Oda can get stuck straight into the meat of it.

This is based on as much hope as it is analysis though, probably a little of the former than the latter, so we'll just have to see where we are a year from now…

[MiyamotoMusashi]

80% regarding chapters is nonsense, 80% regarding plot progression is more than shaky as a statement.
Wa No is shaping to be another hundred, you have Elbaf, Vegapunk arc, level 6 prisoners (last two could be combined considering Punk Hazard) and the final war.
Just Wa No and final war alone already exceeds that.

Regarding Jinbe, he will have some kind of handicap, a lost limb for example, or he gets thin.

[uniaka ikuzakas]

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[Kaptayn]

"Some characters joining the crew"
So first I take the L for saying we wouldn't have any more.
Then I take a second L because not one, but several characters are joining.

We're all wondering which limb Jinbei has lost, but maybe the brave man is dead. Drawing his corpse laying on the ground while the other straw hats play soccer would definitely give away his "situation".

[KageKageKing]

@silver_planet:

• Oda talked about why he did not include Jinbei in the color pages (missed 8 times) despite joining the crew and apparently it was because he doesn't want to spoil one of the surprises about Jinbei's situation since his last appearance.

[fapfapfap]

I've said for a while that the crew will have Luffy + 11 nakama. Personally, I think the soldier dock door #s give the appearance of a giant #13, so I think either Sunny is Strawhat #13 or its total number of the crew (not including the ship).

Someone else pointed about that Oda refers to the Strawhat crew as "Mugiwara no Ichimi" while this is distinguished from Grand Fleet which is referred to "Mugiwara no Dai-sendan". In the newspaper interview, Oda is talking about "Mugiwara no Ichimi" which could also be another wordplay, similar to Strawhats DF numbers, since Ichi = 1, Mi = 3.

Oda also did something weird where he retconned the arrangement of the soldier dock door numbers starting with the escape from WCI but no one noticed, and its unknown if the change was permanent or temporary.

Anyway I'd think of the crew like this:
Luffy Strawhat #1 captain
Zoro Strawhat #2 nakama
Nami Strawhat #3 nakama
…
Jinbe Strawhat #10 nakama
Carrot Strawhat #11 nakama
???? Strawhat #12 nakama
Sunny Strawhat #13 quasi-nakama/"nakama"/most forgotten nakama

PLUS any apprentices, pets, or "other" stuff like Zeus who might even be referred to as nakama but not necessarily thought of as "part of the Strawhat gang".

Crew count therefore gets weird depending on whether Sunny is counted or not in a particular context.

[.access timeco.]

I don't think an apprentice wouldn't be part of the crew. I definitely don't see Buggy and Shanks as not-Roger Pirates. Nekomamushi and Inuarashi were vague about they being part of the crew because they were just accompanying Oden, not because they were just apprentices.

And I would still wait for the raw before going crazy over the characters

[Gia Sado]

@Big:

What are you talking about? Raftel is specifically stated to be the Last island on the Grand Line.

http://automanga.com/manga/one-piece/105/8

In Zou it was confirmed that Raftel is not the last island. There is another island that there, but its not Raftel. Raftel is "between" other islands, hence the need for Road Poneglyphs in the first place.

And One Piece definitely isn't 80% done.

1. I would be shocked if Wano was anything shorter than 150 chapters at this point if it is dealing with 2 Yonko and like this "Rocks/Rox" person/background as well as potentially being 4 islands based on the seasons in Japan and a war bigger than Marineford.

2. We also have not yet met Vegapunk and his supposed location (probably the supposed/fabled Emerald City). We also have not yet discovered Devil Fruit nature and what they really are (Probably with Vegapunk).

3. We have not seen Ryokugyuu, much of the upper branch of the World Government (Kong has only been seen once many chapters ago and we have no idea who operates under him save for one person talking to Doflamingo) and Im. The outcome of the Reverie has not been seen. CP-0 has not been explored fully

4. Elbaf has not been visited.

5. 2 More road poneglyphs are needed and the strawhats likely need to visit all 4 and chart their locations to find Raftel.

6. The actual final island of Grandline has not been visited (not Raftel).

7. The ancient weapons have not been found/revived (save for Shirahoshi)

8. The Final War hasn't even begun.

9. Conflicts with Blackbeard/Shanks

10. Raftel

11. Noah and saving/destroying FI

There are also many other things of similar nature to these topics that haven't even been addressed in OP. Its not ending anytime soon and 80% is grossly misrepresented, even storypoint wise.

Wano should solve a few problems (possibly taking down at least 1 Yonkou

@electricmastro:

Oda sure did take time though, with Brook joining in 2008 and no one joining from 2012-2017 after entering the New World. Even after Jinbe joined, it still feels like he hasn't in a way. Haha.

Hopefully he does a multi-crew join in Wano (Jinbe, Carrot, Kunoichi as examples, I know people don't like Carrot) to make up for all the time with no new crew members.

[FelRes]

Was it ever actually specified that the four locations are islands?

[Gia Sado]

@FelRes:

Was it ever actually specified that the four locations are islands?

We actually don't know.

http://kissmanga.com/Manga/One-Piece/One-Piece–-818?id=320583#8

The only thing we know is that the Poneglyphs either point to a specific location (which means it can be drawn on a map), OR it describes a location the Strawhats have to find on an Island or something, thus only being able to figure out its location on a map after visiting said island if it needs to be accurate.

One thing is for sure is that the final Island is supposed to tell you the Road Poneglyph information, but Inuarashi already told the strawhats. BUT he said to go visit the island anyway and experience the "end" for themselves (not Raftel) first.

[silver_planet]

@KageKageKing:

haha, yeah, me too, got a bad feeling about this one

[electricmastro]

@silver_planet:

• Oda talked about why he did not include Jinbei in the color pages (missed 8 times) despite joining the crew and apparently it was because he doesn't want to spoil one of the surprises about Jinbei's situation since his last appearance.

Maybe Jinbe will gain a scar like how Luffy and Zoro did?

[auem]

@Gia:

In Zou it was confirmed that Raftel is not the last island. There is another island that there, but its not Raftel. Raftel is "between" other islands, hence the need for Road Poneglyphs in the first place.

And One Piece definitely isn't 80% done.

1. I would be shocked if Wano was anything shorter than 150 chapters at this point if it is dealing with 2 Yonko and like this "Rocks/Rox" person/background as well as potentially being 4 islands based on the seasons in Japan and a war bigger than Marineford.

2. We also have not yet met Vegapunk and his supposed location (probably the supposed/fabled Emerald City). We also have not yet discovered Devil Fruit nature and what they really are (Probably with Vegapunk).

3. We have not seen Ryokugyuu, much of the upper branch of the World Government (Kong has only been seen once many chapters ago and we have no idea who operates under him save for one person talking to Doflamingo) and Im. The outcome of the Reverie has not been seen. CP-0 has not been explored fully

4. Elbaf has not been visited.

5. 2 More road poneglyphs are needed and the strawhats likely need to visit all 4 and chart their locations to find Raftel.

6. The actual final island of Grandline has not been visited (not Raftel).

7. The ancient weapons have not been found/revived (save for Shirahoshi)

8. The Final War hasn't even begun.

9. Conflicts with Blackbeard/Shanks

10. Raftel

11. Noah and saving/destroying FI

There are also many other things of similar nature to these topics that haven't even been addressed in OP. Its not ending anytime soon and 80% is grossly misrepresented, even storypoint wise.

Wano should solve a few problems (possibly taking down at least 1 Yonkou

Hopefully he does a multi-crew join in Wano (Jinbe, Carrot, Kunoichi as examples, I know people don't like Carrot) to make up for all the time with no new crew members.

Nothing that is said there implies that there is another island beyond Raftel. Crocus pretty much confirmed Raftel as final island.
Those 4 'islands' even need not to be at Grandline at all. They can be at in four blues( east-west-north-south). All you need is a intersection point. What Oda showed was clearly a generic depiction.

[omy785]

@silver_planet:

• Oda talked about why he did not include Jinbei in the color pages (missed 8 times) despite joining the crew and apparently it was because he doesn't want to spoil one of the surprises about Jinbei's situation since his last appearance.

• In his interview with Yomiuri, Oda mentions that his favorite characters are Bun Clay and Ivankov from "The Impel Down Arc", Oda mentions that there are still some characters who will join the straw hat crew

Put this 2 together…Jimbe had a sex change. Get ready to see Jimba join the crew...

[.access timeco.]

Her face says it all

[EMUNOPLA]

Oda said in WSJ#34 I have my own freedom to end One Piece !

He added recently : If I am happy with One Piece ending I will not continue even if Shueisha says continue

[Kaido King of the Beasts]

In before he ends OP by having Kaido kill Luffy :ninja:

[electricmastro]

@Kaido:

In before he ends OP by having Kaido kill Luffy :ninja:

Oda will surely go down in manga history for having the biggest balls of steel for doing that.

[EMUNOPLA]

Oda about defeating the yonko in the same interview at Yomiuri newspaper :

At the beginning of the story where luffy was 17 years old he couldn't defeat strong enemies such as the yonko , so I did 2 years time-skip to make luffy grow more power with more imagination ! I did only 2 years of the separation until the reunion with crew because I do not want luffy to be more adult ! I want to stick with the " Shonen type " for the manga .

[electricmastro]

@EMUNOPLA:

Oda about defeating the yonko in the same interview at Yomiuri newspaper :

At the beginning of the story where luffy was 17 years old he couldn't defeat strong enemies such as the yonko , so I did 2 years time-skip to make luffy grow more power with more imagination ! I did only 2 years of the separation until the reunion with crew because I do not want luffy to be more adult ! I want to stick with the " Shonen type " for the manga .

Further cements the progression of getting stronger, and inclines me to think that he couldn't have defeated a character like Rob Lucci in East Blue, but it was only after defeating characters like Crocodile and Enel that he could, despite still being before the timeskip.

[.access timeco.]

The whole interview translated (thanks to Tarek for posting it on the Nakama thread): https://edomonogatari.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/luffy-is-my-ideal-child-says-one-piece-author-eiichiro-oda/
The original text in Japanese: https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/ichiran/20180723-OYT8T50083.html

The whole bit about Jinbe not being on the color spreads because it would spoil something about him and Oda stating there would be more character(s) to join were fake.

[RomanceDawn]

@.access:

The whole interview translated (thanks to Tarek for posting it on the Nakama thread): https://edomonogatari.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/luffy-is-my-ideal-child-says-one-piece-author-eiichiro-oda/
The original text in Japanese: https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/ichiran/20180723-OYT8T50083.html

The whole bit about Jinbe not being on the color spreads because it would spoil something about him and Oda stating there would be more character(s) to join were fake.

Wow so that Jimbei stuff was some ol’ bull ship huh? Thanks for the real deal.

Great interview.

[FelRes]

@.access:

The whole interview translated (thanks to Tarek for posting it on the Nakama thread): https://edomonogatari.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/luffy-is-my-ideal-child-says-one-piece-author-eiichiro-oda/
The original text in Japanese: https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/ichiran/20180723-OYT8T50083.html

The whole bit about Jinbe not being on the color spreads because it would spoil something about him and Oda stating there would be more character(s) to join were fake.

it's too late. For years there will be people citing those fake quotes and they will always have to be reminded