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Oda (2015): Before One Piece began, my editor Kushima told me, "None of the female characters you draw are cute at all !!" I got so mad I couldn't sleep that night—I just kept drawing girl characters over and over.🔥

Oda (2007): I'm working hard to draw fights with dramatic stories. If I had drawn a pure battle manga, it'd have been easily overwhelmed by Dragon Ball. I had to avoid competing with DB that was so entertaining that I myself was addicted to. (Oda called Toriyama "god" in 2001.😍

Torishima (2025): The fight scenes in Demon Slayer had room for improvement. Editors should have encouraged the author to study why the fight scenes in Dragon Ball were so amazing.💡

Torishima (2025): Editors shouldn't feel intimidated by mangaka. Sometimes when young editors try calling Oda, Oda doesn't even pick up. If it were me, I'd just drive straight to his studio, sit there for hours, and keep pressuring him.🔥🔥

Torishima (2025): Demon Slayer only got so popular because the anime was amazing. The manga itself wasn’t all that great.😭 It’s like the manga was just raw coffee beans, and the anime roasted and brewed them into something truly special.🔥

Torishima: You can’t learn anything from Dragon Ball. But while you're reading it, you forget about everything else, and that’s enough! The author was clearly struggling, so Dragon Ball should’ve ended with **Frieza arc*.😓 Oda: Manga just needs to be the best way to kill time.💡

Oda (2012): Luffy bothers me the most. I have to put brakes on him with obstacles, or he'll soon defeat the villain.😭 My characters act as if they have a will of their own. When I forced them to move for the sake of the story, my audience complained.

Oda (2007): One Piece fans can feel close to Usopp because the characters around him are too strong.💪 Hopefully, he'll continue to be the weakest Straw Hat whoever joins the crew in the future. And I hope that Chopper will forever be fooled by his lies.✨

💡In Japanese, Rocks speaks with a very rough tone—full of slang that signal street-level arrogance and lack of education. He sounds more like a rowdy gang leader than a pirate captain. His speech has a rhythmic, chant-like flow, hitting each line with dramatic pauses and energy.

According to Netflix writer, Oda was excited about Mihawk’s introductory scene, the battle on the beach. He and Oda talked about it a lot. In 2010, Oda wrote *poetically*: Mihawk gazes sharply—beyond the realm of the strongest, toward a force that transcends strength itself.📈😍

If you look closely at the photo of Oda’s studio, you’ll notice that he was playing Spotify. In 2021, OP official account released a playlist curated by Oda.[✅open.spotify.com/user/lxr0b2ixo…] The second pic is my translation about how Oda cherishes Mihawk.🔥😍

Today, Shonen Jump announced the release of a star-shaped sticker of Five Elders. The sticker has a hidden design: when held in the dark, the image of Imu appears. Trivia: Five Elders is a simplification; the *accurate translation* from JP version is **Five Elder Stars**.🌟

Law is a swordsman according to Oda's message in Usopp Gallery. One Piece Magazine 9 and his interview with MHA author confirmed those UG comments were written by **Oda himself**. He described Law, Zoro, Kinemon and Brook as "4 swordsmen". Then, what about Fuji and Sh.....🥺

Recently, Imu pics were taken at Oda’s studio. In the 3rd pic, you can spot a JP book about *fish* hidden. The fact that both a shark and Imu appear together may not be a coincidence. It could be Oda’s subtle hint that Imu will end up being eaten by shark or Sea Kings and die.😭

Unlike Viz, 3 native Japanese speakers including me translated the term as swordsmanship. If Rocks’ Advanced CoC attack is categorized as swordsmanship, Divine Departure should also fall within the same category. This confirms Shanks is a swordsman—and thus inferior to Mihawk.😭

Who do you think is stronger between Shanks and Mihawk after reading the latest chapter ?🥺 #swordsmanship #Hakiman #kickboxer #noagenda #wewon #zoro

Oda (2022): I had already planned to have Sanji have siblings for quite a while, but my daughter loved an anime called Osomatsu-san with sextuplets just before the Whole Cake Island arc. I wanted her to love me, so I decided to set Sanji as a quadruplet.🤣

Oda (2021): In chapter 1000, I first thought it would be cool if Luffy told Kaido and Big Mom, "I won't forgive anyone who hurts my friend!", the same line as Shanks in chapter 1, but I changed my mind and went with "I'm a man who will be king of the pirates!".🔥

Lost in Translation: Both Blackbeard and Luffy said, "I will become the Pirate King!", but in Japanese version, they differ in tone so much.🔥 💎BB “*I* will be the one to become the Pirate King (and no one else).” 💎Luffy “I will become the PK! (simply stating his goal).”

In 2022, Seiichiro Oda (Oda’s father) sent him a message saying he had seen Film Red and was deeply moved. Oda was delighted, as he hadn’t expected his 77-year-old father (at the time) to understand the film.🌟 What do you think the next One Piece film should be about?🤔

Recently, the actor who plays Zoro in Netflix’s One Piece said on TV he visits Oda’s house **every 2 weeks**. In Oda’s studio, there’s a super rare 1.5m Whitebeard figure (only 50 in the world). Oda asked if he wanted it. He said yes—and Oda gave it to him.🔥