Is this true?
"You know it's funny he should mention One Piece as something completely removed from real world experience because t**he creator has actually gone on record as saying one of the major characters from a recent story arc was pretty much based wholesale on a guy he used to know.** Said recent story arc was also heavily inspired by the creator having a son.
Not to mention the fact that the author has an entire little section of the comic devoted to him talking about all the random little things from the real world he based poo poo in the comic on."