SBS Volume 38
Enies-Lobby-buildup SBS. MAJOR canon-leaks: “One Devil Fruit = one user, transferred after a single bite” rule formalized (huge for future Blackbeard / Marco / awakening discussions), Water 7 confirmed Venice-modeled (Acqua Alta → Aqua Laguna), Franky Family origin canonized (Paulie/Mozu/Kiwi/Zambai are all failed Galley-La applicants who fell in with Franky), and Davy Jones is a real maritime legend not invented for Davy Back Fight.
Q&A
Chapter 358, page 26
Q: If Sanji ate the Doa Doa no Mi… NAMI COULD NEVER TAKE A BATH. A: Man, you’re so right. It would be like the end of the world. All the women in the world would live in terror of being seen in the bath.
Q: The guy in the seat behind me is hitting me with the GOMU GOMU PISTOL, what should I do? A: That’s a big problem. But that would have to be Luffy. Give him some meat, and he’ll behave.
Chapter 359, page 46 — Aqua Laguna = Acqua Alta / Venice
Q: I saw you looking at DIRTY MAGAZINES in a convenience store. I bet that’s how you do research for Nami’s body! A: SCOUNDREL! I would not read such things in the store! I’D BUY IT!
Q: On TV they were saying how the “City of Water” Venice has a high tide called the “Acqua Alta” which forces the townspeople to wear long boots! Is this what the Aqua Laguna in Water 7 is modeled upon? A: I got a lot of these at the same time. Did the name “acqua alta” catch your attention? That’s right. Venice is a very famous place in Italy for its “water city” nature, so I decided to make that the design model for this story. Making things realistic means looking at all the problems of an area too, not just the pretty parts. And naturally, I added lots of manga-style action. Nothing like Aqua Laguna really happens in real life, so feel free to take a vacation there.
Chapter 360, page 66 — Devil Fruit “one bite = one user” doctrine
Q: I got in an accident, I need 2 million yen! Also, is it possible for a lot of people to share one single fruit? A: You swindler! Prepare to feel the wrath of the ODA SLIDING CHOP! Now, your answer. One fruit cannot be shared by many people. The Devil Fruit Abilities are transferred after one bite. After that, it’s just a nasty old fruit. In the instance that they take a bite at the same time, the power will belong to the one who swallows first. Nothing will happen if anyone else takes a bite. So in summation, a single fruit cannot give its powers to multiple people.
Q: What kind of fish is a “Longhorn cowfish”? Tom-san’s got to be a bit overweight, right?! A: It looks like this. The skin is poisonous (Tom-san’s isn’t).
Chapter 361, page 86 — Davy Jones lore
Q: I noticed actors saying something about “Davy Jones’s Locker” in a pirate movie. Could this Davy be the Davy in Davy Back Fight? Was Davy Jones a real life pirate? A: To be clear, “Davy Back” doesn’t exist in any legend. Davy Back Fight is a game that exists only in the world of One Piece. But the “Davy Jones’s Locker” that Robin mentions in Volume 33 is a well-known legend among sailors in real life. There was a lying pirate named Davy Jones, a greedy deck chief who put all the crew’s valuables in his own locker. He was so wicked, even for a pirate, that one day the Devil himself cursed Davy to live at the bottom of the sea forever, swabbing the deck of a sunken ship and placing all the sunken treasure into his locker, where it would never be seen again. So when pirates say “Put ‘im in Davy Jones’ locker!” it means “sink ‘im to the bottom o’ the sea!”
Chapter 364, page 146 — Franky Family origin canonization
Q: When the Sea Train leaves in Chapter 354, is that kid with the runny nose in the bottom left Paulie?! Q: Are those girls in the Sea Train in Volume 37 Mozu and Kiwi?! A: Of course, I drew them because I knew you would all notice. You’re both right.
- Paulie took this excitement to heart and is still building ships today.
- Kiwi and Mozu also tried to be shipwrights, but they failed the Galley-La Company tests, turned bad, and then found work under Franky’s lead.
- The other guy is Zambai, also a Franky Family member, who also wanted to be a shipwright, failed, and turned to crime.
- The Franky Family is all of the rejects and scoundrels of Water Seven working together. To them, Franky is like a savior.
Chapter 365, page 166
Q: Please draw Enel-sama without his hat! A: ALL DONE! Wow… look at that punch perm! He looks like some old lady… oops. I shouldn’t have said that. Run for it! KABOOM! Gyaa!
Q (with Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter Islands matrix): Which season-island combo does each crewmember prefer?
- Luffy: Hmmm, summer is nice but snow is great. → ANYWHERE WHERE THERE’S MEAT!
- Zoro: Autumn on an Autumn Island for good exercise.
- Nami: Summer beach on a Spring Island.
- Sanji: Robin-chan on a Nami-san Island! Ooohoo!
- Usopp: Summer on an Autumn Island, developing weapons while fishing.
- Chopper: I can’t stand the heat… spring on a Winter Island.
- Robin: Autumn on a Spring Island, good weather for reading.
- Oda: A winter hot spring on a Summer Island.
Notable canon-leaks
- Devil Fruit “one bite = one user” rule canonized. A single fruit transfers its ability on the first bite and becomes inert. In a simultaneous-bite scenario, the first to swallow gets the power; everyone else gets nothing. This is THE foundational rule that makes Blackbeard’s multiple-fruits ability (later) a genuine mystery: he doesn’t share fruits with multiple users — he eats multiple intact fruits himself. → Nature of Devil Fruits · Blackbeard Multiple Fruits
- Water 7 is modeled on Venice; Aqua Laguna is fictionalized Acqua Alta — real-world geographic anchor for the Water 7 arc.
- Franky Family origin canon: Paulie, Mozu, Kiwi, and Zambai are all failed Galley-La Company shipwright applicants who fell into crime/disrepute. Paulie is the ONE who passed; Mozu/Kiwi/Zambai turned to the Franky Family. Re-keys the Galley-La vs Franky Family conflict as same talent pool, different sorting outcome.
- Davy Jones’s Locker is a real maritime legend (Davy Jones = cursed pirate-deck-chief eternally storing sunken treasure). “Davy Back Fight” is a One Piece invention.
- Longhorn cowfish has poisonous skin (real-world fact; Tom’s variant is non-toxic).
SBS reveals (cross-linked)
- Nature of Devil Fruits — “one bite = one user” doctrine formalized. Foundational rule for future Blackbeard/Marco/Awakening discussions.
- Blackbeard Multiple Fruits — Vol. 38 doctrine (“one fruit, one user, after first bite the fruit is inert”) makes Blackbeard’s multi-fruit ability an explicit doctrinal violation. This SBS is the canonical baseline against which Blackbeard’s ability must be measured.
- Aqua Laguna — modeled on Venice’s real “Acqua Alta”; Water 7 = Venice (Oda confirms the design model).
technique/sbs-leak - Tom — Tom’s species is the long-horned cowfish (poisonous skin in reality; Tom’s isn’t).
technique/sbs-leak - Davy Back Fight — the game is a One Piece invention; “Davy Jones’s Locker” is a real sailor’s legend (cursed deck-chief pirate).
technique/sbs-leak - Franky Family — origin canonized: the rejects/scoundrels of Water Seven; Franky is their “savior.”
technique/sbs-leak - Paulie — the runny-nosed Sea-Train kid; the one who PASSED Galley-La (vs the Franky Family rejects).
technique/sbs-leak - Franky — Franky Family origin (savior of the rejects).
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