One Piece Mega Convo Thread

[Fox666]

Speaking of Scopper Gaban, I noticed his name (ギャバン) is the same as Space Sheriff Gavan, romanization aside.

There is probably something metal-themed on that name. Maybe it was meant to be "galvan" from galvanization?

 

[hokageji]

Yea, it could be... galvanization is a process similar to plating, except it involves using liquid zinc dip.....

anyways, he could be the bronze people are talking about. Scoppe Gaban could indirectly mean Copper and Zinc, which is Brass, the best metal after gold/silver/bronze used for ornamenets etc.

 

[Bugzee]

Besides the translation of the attack names, the rest of the points are pretty much invalid. I got the impression the guy followed strictly the anime. That's his first mistake. He needs to go and re-watch it in English Dub.

 

[vagabond87]

Spoiler

I dont see thread for volumes/ new Sbs so I am posting it here
Its Law - girl version - from new volume of One Piece.
Source is AP Forums- credits go to Redon.

Found volume thread but for now Im keeping this here

 

[Razh]

Such a pretty girl.

Well today, a belgian couple came to my office. After we concluded the business I asked for e-mail. Anyway, the lady wrote it down, their last name is Van der Kelen. When I met them I thought to myself Van der Decken for no apparent reason. So when I read the mail adress out loud, I suddenly heard myself saying Van der Decken (wtf brain)

 

[ukimix]

In the SBS of Vol 72, all the supernova with gender bender, from Baidu:

Closer pic thanks to @masashiy84:

Being Dressrosa inspired in many Spanish famous sites and buildings, Spaniard fans, led by Redon, wrote a letter to Oda making some questions. The SBS includes his answer. Good for Redon!!

 

[TheLuffySmile]

^ Could you perhaps provide us with the questions/answers? Would be a real treat to read!

 

[ukimix]

Sure, this is the original letter, sent by Redon.



This is the Spanish text:

Hola Odacchi, te escribo desde España en nombre de la mayor comunidad de fans hispanoparlantes de One Piece. Nos hemos dado cuenta que Dressrosa está inspirada en España, hemos identificado varios edificios de la isla basados en diversas partes España como el Parc Güell de Barcelona (plaza de Acacia), el puente de Ronda (fondo de Acacia) o la Alhambra de Granada (mansión de Doflamingo), además de otros elementos de nuestra cultura.

*Una foto de cada uno, 3 en total*

¿Qué te llevo a inspirarte en España para crear Dressrosa? Esperamos que tu salud haya mejorado y te invitamos a que visites el Salón del Manga de Barcelona algún día para que conozcas a tus lectores españoles, que somos muchos.

*Apodo*

Fast translation:

Hi Odacchi. I write you in the name of all Spanish-speakers. We have notice Dressrosa is inspired in Spain, and we have identified several famous Spanish buildings in the drawings of the island, like el Parc Güelll from Barcelona (plaza de Acacia, Ronda's bridge or la Alhambra de Granada (Doflamingo's palace), beyond than other elements of our culture.

Then the pics shown above

What makes you to inspire in Spain to create Dressrosa? We hope your health have gotten better and we invite you to visit someday the Salón del Manga (Manga fair in Barcelona) to meet your many Spaniard fans.

French had alredy done something similar and also got an answer from the very same Oda:



And the English-speaker community got the Omake from Log 20 drawn by the same Oda, as an answer, all with a project led by ... me in APforums. Here you can read the nice story of it.

 

[redon]

This is the correct translation of the letter I sent in the name of our spanish website (Pirateking.es) in June to Oda ^^

"Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, there´s a spanish-speaking community with more than 30,000 members.
Konochiwa, Oda-sensei!! I write you this letter as a representative of this community becouse we´ve realize that Dressrosa is based on Spain. Apart from the obvious cultural references, we´ve identified some buildings from the Kingdom of Spain. For example, the "Parc Guell" in Barcelona (Acacia Plaza), the "Puente Nuevo" in Ronda (end of Acacia), the "Alhambra" in Granada (Doflamingo´s mansion), among others. What reasons take you to choose Spain? If you visit Spain sometime, we hope that you come to the "Salón del Manga" of Barcelona. But don't fear, here women don´t stab.
P.N. Pirateking´s voice."

And this is the answer, thanks to CCC from Arlong Park Forums.

Yes. I've shortened it down/abbreviated it a bit, but this was a letter from Spain. The Japanese is strange in a few places, so I think they must have used translation software.* Anyway, thanks for writing. Yes, you're right about Dressrosa. It's modeled on Spain as well as the colosseum of Ancient Greece. I came up with Spain after staring at Doflamingo and thinking to myself "What country would fit this guy?" I've received a lot of SBS questions about what country was used as a model, but this one was interesting because it was pointed out by people from that actual country. I don't know if I did it all justice in my drawings, so if I've used your culture or buildings in a strange way, please forgive me.

It´s nice to see Pirateking.es letter in a One Piece Volume

 

[ukimix]

Official website of One Piece opened here: http://one-piece.com/

It includes this nice drawing by Oda:

Thanks to Redon from Pirateking for the data and for rehosting the pic.

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And again thanks to Redon from Pirateking, supenovas with gender bender in better quality:



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Translations of the text on that page, thanks to CCC from AP:

Hawkins: "What's your sign? Today, your "love luck" is..."
Law: "How many people did you kill, Drake-ya-san?"
Capone: "Military force and cosmetics are totally different!!"
Kidd: "Won't you form an alliance and have a joshikai?" [literally "girl meeting"- basically a get together among girl friends/female colleagues. Usually out at a restaurant/cafe.]
Drake: "I don't understand what's so interesting about Pacifistas" (this is the girls-don't-get-robots "joke")
Killer: "I'm back, and I brought pancakes and macaroons. We're all such good friends, huh"
Bonney: "Donburi!! Bring the next donburi" [donburi is a rice bowl with fish or meat]
Apoo: "Apyapya- So you don't know of my cuteness!?"
Urouge: "Wahh it's a Tenryuubito dassa" [not sure if that final, odd copula has some sort of joke behind it]

 

[Schabrak]

Bonney is Shanks with long hair. XD Drake looks great too, with a rebellious cute face, but they are overall too girly, not really just gender bender. Female Apoo has lost her chin to look cute.

 

[TheLuffySmile]

And the English-speaker community got the Omake from Log 20 drawn by the same Oda, as an answer, all with a project led by ... me in APforums. Here you can read the nice story of it.

That was a very enjoyable read, many thanks Ukimix! Amazing that you managed all that! I would definitely have shed tears of joy!

This is the correct translation of the letter I sent in the name of our spanish website (Pirateking.es) in June to Oda ^^





And this is the answer, thanks to CCC from Arlong Park Forums.



It´s nice to see Pirateking.es letter in a One Piece Volume

How awesome! So great that he actually answered! So jealous! Thanks for the read Redon! He seems like such a humble man ^^

 

[ukimix]

That was a very enjoyable read, many thanks Ukimix! Amazing that you managed all that! I would definitely have shed tears of joy!
How awesome! So great that he actually answered! So jealous! Thanks for the read Redon! He seems like such a humble man ^^

Thanks! Sure that is among my nicest moments. The web wasn't enough to express my joy then.

 

[Razh]

Heh, I just picked this up on 9gag:

Wonder what it tastes like. Damn, I feel so left out by living outside of Japan

 

[TheLuffySmile]

^ haha holy cr*p that is awsome!

 

[Razh]

You could say eating that devil fruit could turn you into fat-man. But it would take a lot more than one bite

 

[TheLuffySmile]

You could say eating that devil fruit could turn you into fat-man. But it would take a lot more than one bite

Hahahaha, too bad you wouldn't be the only fat-man out there

 

[Schabrak]

Mahou Shojo Law or rather Cure Law

 

[TheLuffySmile]

Mahou Shojo Law or rather Cure Law

Cool! Law-chan has always been cute

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

Heh, I just picked this up on 9gag:

Wonder what it tastes like. Damn, I feel so left out by living outside of Japan

Someone on APForums posted a pic eating that thing, apprently it tastes well