Many people always wonder why they made Robin white after the timeskip. Well Robin was never dark-skinned in the manga. That was an anime-only decision but she was always white, canonically speaking. Robin was always supposed to be light-skinned. What happened was that Oda had not produced a colored image of her before she first […] More
The evolution of Eiichiro Oda’s style through the years, from the beginning of the One Piece manga to nowdays. At the start of One Piece Oda was reported as worried about his art style. At the time it was more favored to have big-eyed characters than it was to have the more old fashioned dot-eyed style. […] More
D: Hello Odacchi! In volume 56, you told us what countries the Straw Hats would come from, but I want you tell us which countries the Supernovas would come from too!!!! If Odacchi is nice, won’t you tell us!? (Expectant) -P.N. Torakin [Tiger Money/Gold] Oda: Fine. I’ll answer the two questions about the Worst Generation […] More
Upon asking Oda whether the ending of One Piece was already determined, Oda answered: Eiichiro Oda: “Yes, I already decided on how it’s going to end. Should I tell you now?” Momoko Sakura: “Well, I want to know, but I probably shouldn’t. But, the One Piece, it’s not something like “the growth your heart went […] More
Robin has a somewhat macabre side to her, and often points out gross or morbid facts, usually to the disgust of Nami or Usopp. Robin will usually be the first to speculate that a crewmate has met or will meet with a horrible fate, often going into grisly detail. In other instances, she will express enthusiasm for anything […] More
Amazon Lily was nearly destroyed by both a Seraphim and Blackbeard, causing the island to be deemed unsafe for the Kuja. The Mihawk-like Seraphim’s slash literally changed the shape of the entire island though Blackbeard gets no damage from this attack because of his extremely high level Armament Haki. Blackbeard already has shown one of […] More
Cross Epoch is a one-shot Japanese manga collaboration by Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama. It’s a crossover between their respective masterpieces, One Piece and Dragon Ball. The story does not involve epic battles but consists of short scenes in which the characters, usually one of each series in pairs, interact together. Even if the characters […] More
The Straw Hat Grand Fleet is a fleet formed by seven organizations who vowed to serve under Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates. All seven leaders are extremely powerful and formidable fighters with five of them being strong enough to defeat executives of the Donquixote Pirates. In One Piece SBS Oda revealed the […] More
Just to be clear on the math, I include both the introductory chapter and actual joining in the count. So if a character were introduced in Chapter 5 and joined in Chapter 10, I’d count it as Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, so 6 chapters total. The equation’s not Join-Intro, it’s (Join-Intro)+1. […] More
