SBS Volume 39
Enies Lobby SBS. Major canon-leaks: Paulie’s attack names come from real sailing knots (200+ of them — this is why every Paulie attack is a sailor’s-knot name), Puffing Tom & Rocketman are named after the first-ever steam locomotive (“Puffing Billy”) and the historical speed-record “The Rocket”, Mozu & Kiwi are bird-names (shrike), and the first-ever Straw Hat “Favorite Attack” reader poll results are tabulated.
Q&A
Chapter 369, Page 46 — Paulie rope-naming = 200+ sailor knots
Q (Roronoa Robin): Please forgive me for visiting you in my swimsuit… wait, huh?! Oda-san?! What in the whorld are you wearing?! [escapes] Start the SBS! A: You just caught me getting caught with my pants down by a rather Parisian reader, whilst I was wearing a swan-shaped baby toilet on my head and a ballerina outfit. Now my corner has been started without me.
Q (Pacchon III): If you got poked in the butt with a Shigan, what would happen? A: You’d die.
Q (Tasshii): Does Nami wear a “New Bra” or “No Bra”? A: No bra, I hope.
Q (Buta-chan): Where does Paulie’s rope come from? And where did he come up with the names for moves like Rope Action “Half Knot”? A: Paulie’s ropes come shooting out of the bottom of his sleeves — there’s a whole bunch of rope hidden in the lining of his coat! And his move names aren’t random! Sailboating requires a whole bunch of different knots (over 200), and mistying a single one could spell the difference between life and death! So he uses the names of all the different knots (over 200) for the names of his special attacks! But when he can’t think of a snazzy knot that suits the situation… he’ll make it up!
Chapter 370, Page 66 — Puffing Tom & Rocketman naming
Q (I am a guy!!!): Oda-sensei pass! toss It’s my bomb present of love! A: Boom! Thunk! Tweet tweet “HOO HOO”. (Explanation: thrown back into a giant cuckoo clock, I pop out instead with smoke crying “hoo hoo”.)
Q (Tako): I saw a TV program with locomotives named “Puffing Billy” and “The Rocket”. Are those the basis for Puffing Tom and Rocketman? A: That is correct. Puffing Billy is the name of the oldest locomotive in existence. And the Rocket was a train once famed for its great speed. By the way, the name of the first man to build a steam engine was “Thomas”. So I guess that’s where the name of that popular kid’s program came from (Thomas the Tank Engine).
Chapter 371, Page 86 — Mozu/Kiwi = bird names
Q (Hand me that salt!!‘s friend): Hand me that soy sauce! A: Oh, here you go.
Q (Sanji-niiyan Love): Please show us the faces of “Michael” and “Hoichael” from the backstreets. A: Brace yourselves! Michael and Hoichael — Water Seven Backstreet Elementary School, Class 6-5 (age 12).
- Times taken into custody over 6 years: 620
- Number of school windows shattered: 997
- Criminal Record: Yagara Bull Gang activity, shoplifting at the supermarket, etc.
- Motto: Mmm, super!!
- Hero: Franky (respect for Pauly, too)
Q (Mai): I found a new member of the bird series! It’s Mos, right? A: First of all, the reason you wrote “koi” is because you don’t practice your kanji enough! Also, “Mozu” is the name of a bird (shrike), but so is “Kiwi”. And the Kiwi fruit is so named because it resembles the bird.
Chapter 373, Page 126 — First Favorite Attack Poll
Results from the 1st One Piece “Your Favorite Attack” Poll
| Rank | Votes | Character | Attack |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 3785 | Monkey D. Luffy | Gomu Gomu Gatling |
| #2 | 3635 | Roronoa Zoro | San-zen-se-kai |
| #3 | 1445 | Sanji | Mouton Shot |
“As I expected, Luffy took 1st place, but with Zoro, Sanji and more unseen moves in the future, it’s sure to be quite a battle! By the way, what about MY moves…?!” — Nami
#4 and onward will be introduced next volume.
Chapter 374, Page 146
Q (Roids): Isn’t that a thief right in the money exchange office, panel four of p. 180, Volume 34?! A: Gross, what’s with all the poop?! Anyways, they say you shouldn’t judge people based on their appearances, but let’s face it — he’s totally a burglar. He probably overheard about the bounties and ended up unable to do a thing about it.
Q (Mahito): On p. 65 of Chapter 360 in Volume 38, Zoro is stuck in the chimney. How did he get jammed in there like a sea anemone? A: First of all, Zoro got knocked out of the Galley-la headquarters into the sea by Lucci. After he got out of the water, soaking wet, what could have happened to him?
- “Shit, I got tossed pretty damn far. Where am I now? All right, I’ll take a look from that chimney up there.” Humph. “Yikes, I almost fell INTO the chimney. Man, that hole goes in deep. Let’s take a bit of a look-see.” Hmmmm. Slip. Thwup!
Chapter 375, Page 166
Q (Nenza): The title of Chapter 292, “We Cannot Meet Again; He is as the Half Moon, Vanished in the Clouds” was a haiku speaking of the moon, but also stood for Jaya and the Shandia! What are your favorite chapter titles? A: What a wonderful reader! It’s all a manga-ka can hope for to have readers who are willing to read so deep into his work. Yes, there are times when I put a lot of effort into chapter titles. It’s enough for me to know that there are people out there who like them.
Q (Kathy Keisuke): In Chapter 366, Sanji calls Nami, but where was she keeping that Baby Den Den Mushi? I hear that women have all sorts of places to hide things… A: Uhh, you know that’s a dangerous place?! Fraught with peril?! The Hidden “Nami Valley”?! If you get lost in there once, you’ll never… CRACK! Oww! Something hit me! All right folks, see you next volume! Zzz! Crack! Oww!
Notable canon-leaks
- Paulie’s attack names come from 200+ real sailor’s knot names. Re-keys every Paulie technique-name as a nautical-historical reference (Half Knot, Bowline, Sheet Bend, etc.) — and explicitly: when Oda can’t find a fitting knot-name, he makes one up. Paulie’s rope storage = hidden in coat lining, shooting from sleeves.
- Puffing Tom = “Puffing Billy” (oldest steam locomotive in existence). Rocketman = “The Rocket” (historical speed-record locomotive). Both Water 7 trains are named after real locomotives.
- “Thomas the Tank Engine” name origin disclosed by Oda: Thomas was the first man to build a steam engine. (Oda’s research on trains for Water 7 surfaces this real-world etymology.)
- Mozu and Kiwi are bird names — Mozu = shrike (Japanese), Kiwi = New Zealand kiwi bird. Confirms the bird-name convention for female names also applies to the Mozu/Kiwi pair. → ties to Vol. 32 (“girls’ names from bird book”) + Tashigi / Kuina precedent.
- Shigan to the butt = instant death (joke answer, but Oda-canonical: Shigan is lethal).
- First “Favorite Attack” reader poll canonized: Gomu Gomu Gatling (Luffy) > San-zen-se-kai (Zoro) > Mouton Shot (Sanji). First popularity-poll for techniques in OP canon.
- Paulie chimney-Zoro retcon — Oda fixes a plot hole by writing Zoro’s internal monologue post-Lucci-throw.
SBS reveals (cross-linked)
- Tashigi — Vol. 39 extends the bird-name-convention (Mozu = shrike, Kiwi = kiwi) reinforcing the Tashigi (snipe) / Kuina (water rail) bird-name lineage doctrine.
- Paulie — rope-attack names come from 200+ real sailor’s knots; rope hides in his coat lining/sleeves.
technique/sbs-leak - Sea Train — Puffing Tom = “Puffing Billy” (oldest locomotive), Rocketman = “The Rocket” (speed-record train); Thomas-the-Tank-Engine name origin.
technique/sbs-leak - Franky Family — the “Square Sisters” Kiwi & Mozu are bird-names (shrike / kiwi).
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