SBS Volume 35
Late Long Ring Long Land SBS. Major canon-leaks: Marilyn = “Miss Skypiea” 40 years ago, Nola was named after Mont Blanc Noland by Seto (Shandian connection), and Oda re-clarifies Paramecia subcategories — including “Paramecia that change their own bodies” as a legitimate sub-class (Foxy’s Noro Noro Beam doesn’t reshape his body — it’s a wave-emission Paramecia).
Q&A
Chapter 328, Page 26 — Marilyn = Miss Skypiea, Nola = Noland
Q: Oda-saan, I have a delivery for you. Card says “START THE SBS”. Please do your best. A: Thank you, I reluctantly accept this bouquet. THE SBS STARTED!! (BONN!!)
Q: On p. 104 of Volume 32, Chopper and Sanji are dancing, but Sanji is dancing with some old lady! Who the heck is she? A: Oh, you mean Marilyn? She was “Miss Skypiea” 40 years ago. The most beautiful woman in Skypiea (back then). God Enel is scary, but so is the flow of time.
Q: Does the name “Nola” (in Skypiea) come from “nora-inu” (wild dog)? Or from “Mont Blanc Noland”? Did she get the name from Kalgara because he wanted to meet Noland so bad?
A: The Nola is from “Noland”. Seto named her. technique/sbs-leak — see The Noland Legend and the City of Gold.
Chapter 329, Page 46
Q: In the first panel of p. 21 of Volume 33, why does Robin give Chopper her half-eaten cotton candy? This makes it an indirect kiss! A: Look back two pages. “Nami-san, they’re selling cotton candy” — Sanji brings back two for Nami and Robin. It would be unladylike for Robin to take it and give it directly to Chopper, so she shows good manners to Sanji by taking a bite first before handing it over.
Q: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MR. 4 GOT HIT BY FOXY’s NORO NORO BEAM? technique/sbs-leak (gag — Mr. 4 is already a slow-spoken character, so the slow-beam joke writes itself)
A: OK, to test this out, I’ll pretend to be Mr. 4 saying “Oh crap!!” after being hit by the beam. Ready, set,
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…
Chapter 331, Page 86
Q: Do you remember Ohiru Rider (Vol. 29 p. 148)? Today I’m introducing his friend, Asa Pierrot! He is Buggy’s master, and is friends with Ohiru Rider. A: Wow. That’s interesting. After the volume in which I drew “Ohiru Rider”, many readers started drawing it in the margins of fan letters. So this time I’ll add one more person, allow me to introduce “Tsurumihamarumarumushi-jiisan”!
Chapter 334, Page 146 — Foxy = Paramecia, Paramecia-bodychange subclass
Q: Is Foxy the Silver Fox’s Noro Noro no Mi a Logia, Paramecia, or Zoan type?
A: It’s a Paramecia (superhuman) type. Logia (nature) type can turn their bodies into something completely different. Zoan (animal) type can turn into animals. Everything aside from those is lumped into the Paramecia (superhuman) category. However, there are some Paramecia who can change their own bodies, as well. technique/sbs-leak — see Nature of Devil Fruits.
Q: Now that so many Devil Fruit have appeared in the series, do you ever wonder if it would have been better to make Luffy eat a different fruit other than the Gomu Gomu no Mi? A: Nope. I absolutely agonized over this before the series began, but not at all since. I love the idea of a rubberman. Well actually, I’ve flirted with the idea of the Ero Ero no Mi (Love-Love Fruit) maybe 13 times since then.
Q: Is the guy in the Franky Family wearing fishnet tights into that? Or is that what you’re into? A: I am not into that kind of thing at all, SWEETHEART.
Chapter 335, Page 166
Q: What were those things on Mont Blanc Noland and Mont Blanc Cricket’s heads? technique/sbs-leak
- A: Actual chestnuts
- B: Hair
- C: Brains
- D: Whatever I felt like drawing ♥
- E: Who the hell cares
- F: Spirit and Soul
A: Ummmmmmmm… Well… uhhh… how about… A. (Actual chestnuts)
Q: What if someone with really hairy arms ate the Hana Hana no Mi (like Nico Robin)? Would they sprout really hairy arms? technique/sbs-leak
A: Yes. As you can see in the figure above, it is pretty awesome. And so, the SBS ends hair. See you in the next hair-raising volume.
Notable canon-leaks
- Marilyn = “Miss Skypiea” 40 years ago — first lore on Skypiea’s beauty-pageant history, places her at ~40 years pre-Skypiea-arc.
- Nola (the giant snake) was named after Mont Blanc Noland by Seto. Locks in the Shandian-Noland love-legacy: 400-year survivor named for the foreign explorer their tribe killed → the bell-ringing payoff is the survival of his name across centuries. Major Shandia-history → Noland-legacy thread.
- Devil Fruit Paramecia subcategory clarification (extends Vol. 30 taxonomy): Foxy’s Noro Noro is Paramecia despite being a wave/beam emission. Oda formalizes: “everything aside from Logia/Zoan is Paramecia — including some Paramecia who change their own bodies.” This is the canonical “Paramecia-bodychange subcategory” precedent (later includes Magellan’s Doku Doku, Buggy’s Bara Bara, etc.). → Nature of Devil Fruits
- Noland & Cricket’s “chestnuts” are actual chestnuts — joke answer but Oda officially picked A.
SBS reveals (cross-linked)
- Nature of Devil Fruits — Paramecia is “everything not Logia/Zoan”; a sub-class “Paramecia who change their own bodies” is explicitly acknowledged. (Vol. 30 + Vol. 35 = the full Devil Fruit classification doctrine.)
technique/sbs-leak - Nola — the giant Upper Yard serpent’s name comes from “Noland”; Seto named her — locking the Shandian–Noland name-legacy into the snake itself.
technique/sbs-leak - Mont Blanc Noland / The Noland Legend and the City of Gold — Nola named after Noland; reinforces the 400-year name-survival payoff.
technique/sbs-leak - Noro Noro no Mi / Foxy — re-confirmed Paramecia despite being a wave/beam (no body-change).
technique/sbs-leak - Nico Robin — Hana Hana no Mi sprouts inherit the user’s traits (hairy arms → hairy sprouted arms).
technique/sbs-leak