Character Numbers

sabret00the

I know Zoro has 1111

And i recall, though can't remember from where, that Sanji has a number, think it's something like 59?

Does anyone else have one?

Momo

I know Zoro has 1111

And i recall, though can't remember from where, that Sanji has a number, think it's something like 59?

Does anyone else have one?

Are you talking about that SBS where Oda gives to all strawhats numbers?

(SBS from stephen's script of the volume 40)

Luffy: 01, 56 (Go-mu, or rubber)

Smells like Meat

Zoro: 02

Smells like Steel

Nami: 03, 73 (Na-mi)

Smells like Oranges (and Money)

Usopp: 04

Smells like Gunpowder

Sanji: 05, 32 (San-ji), 59 (Ko-kku, or cook)[note: in France, we said "Cuisinier" or "coq" for cook; so, maybe the "kokku" is more appropriate to "coq" than cook;)]

Smells like Cigarettes and Seafood

Chopper: 06

How Should I Know?

Robin: 07

Smells like Flowers

sabret00the

i'm not sure what i meant, but you mananged to provide it anyway, thank you very much

darktravis

In the case of Zoro, 1111 is the number derived from his name. This is by a process in japan where japanese characters have number counterparts (in Zoro's case, both zo and ro become 11). This process allowed Oda to get Zoro, Sanji, Nami and Robin's birthdates

ybmc

not with Zoro. His name happens to mean zorome, which happens when 3/3 or 6/6 occurs in the year. 11/11 happens to be his birthday because it's the biggest zorome, or big sequence of the same number, during the year.

sabret00the

@ybmc:

not with Zoro. His name happens to mean zorome, which happens when 3/3 or 6/6 occurs in the year. 11/11 happens to be his birthday because it's the biggest zorome, or big sequence of the same number, during the year.

by that definition, wouldn't it be 12/12?

freedom

it has to be the same digit every time… so 12/12 doesn't work b/c it's 2-digits... at least, that's how i saw it...

Onigumo

no, because 12 uses 2 different numbers to make, and 11 uses one number repeated twice…If that makes any sense.

sabret00the

shweet, is there an english word for this?

ybmc

"repetent sequence of numbers."

Just a phrase

igetownd

Maybe Chopper smells like herbs?

Anyway, what's Franky's number?

ybmc

That information was released before Franky joined, so we don't really know.

igetownd

Maybe Oda will release new info for new Strawhats later in the future?

I think Franky's color would be brown, and he'll smell like machinery and cola.

ybmc

Yeah, but they had all sorts of info for the strawhats. Oda even measured their curiosity and fashion style, but we have yet to see the treatment for ROBIN yet. I'm pretty sure we won't get that information soon.

igetownd

I agree. We won't. Ha ha.

darktravis

Hmm..does anyone know how to do that number thing with name (that I sorta described before)? I'd like to try it out

igetownd

I think it'll be really hard for non-native Japanese. It's because it requires advanced knowledge and understanding of Japanese language. (who knew mu can stand for 6 and ji can stand for 2)

zero chan

@igetownd:

Maybe Chopper smells like herbs?

Anyway, what's Franky's number?

Franky, or whoever joins the strawhat next, would definitely has 08 as one of his numbers.

As for chopper's smell, herbal smell sounds reasonable. BTW does he bathe?

Murasaki

@igetownd:

I think it'll be really hard for non-native Japanese. It's because it requires advanced knowledge and understanding of Japanese language. (who knew mu can stand for 6 and ji can stand for 2)

Actually, it's pretty easy. I'm not Japanese, and have only been taking classes for two years, but I can still figure it out. When you learn the kanji for a number, you learn most of the readings for it. That includes the weirder ones like mu (6), itsu (5), kokono (9), and that kinda thing. ^_^

Herackles

@igetownd:

I think Franky's color would be brown, and he'll smell like machinery and cola.

It would prolly be light blue because of his hair and arm stars.

shuvy87

Franky could be 2777 for
fu: 2
Lucky: 777

Capt Haggis

Well he is the BF 36 so he number may have something to with that.

agmaster

God I hope Franky doesn't join. What can I say, waves in the world make me smile.

ybmc

Why is it everyone questions Franky joining when he was in a colorspread WITH THE STRAWHAT PIRATES. If Pauly was going to join, I think he'd be on there instead, but he's not. Kaku's with the cp9, so if by some incredibly crazy, drug-induced ODA PLOTTWIST, it wouldn't really feel right. It wasn't like Bon Clay's relationship with the strawhats, so it really seems irksome to me. Franky also has a multiple chapter flashback, come on, you know he's got to join.

zero chan

Relax ybmc. It happens that not everyone here is a fan of Franky. Some of them wants paulie or Kaku or any characters to join instead, so they are questioning about Franky joining. Others are just being conservative, as in nothing is confirmed until Oda says it so.

CosmicDebris

@Momo:

Sanji:
Smells like Cigarettes and Seafood

Ew! No wonder he can't get any women. XD

Deblas

^ ^

You would have thought a guy like him would be wearing cologne all the time. It would probably make it worse though.:mellow:

CosmicDebris

Well, I hate the smell of virtually all cologne, personally. >_< And there's nothing worse than cheap cologne being used to cover up a smelling guy. gag

JudasChrist

@ybmc:

Why is it everyone questions Franky joining when he was in a colorspread WITH THE STRAWHAT PIRATES. If Pauly was going to join, I think he'd be on there instead, but he's not. Kaku's with the cp9, so if by some incredibly crazy, drug-induced ODA PLOTTWIST, it wouldn't really feel right. It wasn't like Bon Clay's relationship with the strawhats, so it really seems irksome to me. Franky also has a multiple chapter flashback, come on, you know he's got to join.

Not again. Please.
Chill out.

oceanizer

Franky would be 269.
Pauley would be 82. … Yeah I think 82... or maybe it was 86... or 80.
Lulu would be 66.

Need anybody else I should be spitting out the numbers?

Number thing isn't really special at all in Japan. I remember using those numbering thing to communicate in pagers with friends. We typed up whole paragraph using all numbers.

So yeah, judging who'll be the next crewmember by number is pointless. Move on... Go back to numbering discussion...

JudasChrist

Oceanizer.
THANK YOU.
tears in eyes, bows before him

Solar Knight

Okay, I'm lost. Didn't see an explination in any of the posts (or I wasn't observant enough). >.>;

So um… what's with these numbers?

oceanizer

x.x @ Judas.

Japanese pronounciations are easily representated by numbers. For example:
a: 1
i: 1
u: 5
e: 6
o: 0
sayonara: 3476
ohayo: 084
etc. My skill is lusting since I haven't been using it for more than 10 years and my Chinese knowledge is hindering to make out correct numberings.

BUT either way, it's like saying 99 for night night in English. If you know Chinese, then 88 for bye bye…

sabret00the

@oceanizer:

If you know Chinese, then 88 for bye bye…

-_-" at calling Mandarin Chinese, if you refer to Chinese as a language, you're referring to Cantonese :ninja:

oceanizer

That's one problem I have with my gf. She's Cantonese and adresses Cantonese Chinese. I'm a Taiwanese descendent, so naturally I address Mandarin Chinese. So whenever she says Chinese, I correct her: "You mean, Cantonese."

See, if you see school's language courses, there're Chinese and Cantonese. Obviously, majority think Chinese = Mandarin. You Cantonese people need to see the reality >:)

But for this matter, I don't think there's any difference. My Cantonese friends use 88, too.

sabret00the

@oceanizer:

That's one problem I have with my gf. She's Cantonese and adresses Cantonese Chinese. I'm a Taiwanese descendent, so naturally I address Mandarin Chinese. So whenever she says Chinese, I correct her: "You mean, Cantonese."

See, if you see school's language courses, there're Chinese and Cantonese. Obviously, majority think Chinese = Mandarin. You Cantonese people need to see the reality >:)

But for this matter, I don't think there's any difference. My Cantonese friends use 88, too.

lol, it's ever since China took Hong Kong, it's all just gone downhill since then, all this Simplified Chinese and Mandarin as the national language, i say bring back the days when of the Snake Fist, Eagles Claw and Drunkern Techniques then you'll see, it'd be a Catonese uprising.

That aside, my cantonese is so bad it's not even legal, i'm just the victim of brainwashing, between Kung Fu movies and Hong-Kong'anese girlfriends, i never even had the chance to start liking (learning) Mandarin :mellow: