– Longest phone meeting Oda had with an editor talking about the planning of the series was a total of 12 hours in a row. – Arashi asks Oda why he didn’t go to Weekly Shonen Magazine or Weekly Shonen Sunday (Jump’s competitors in the manga space), Oda says that he wanted to work in Jump because it’s where his idol Akira Toriyama worked at, wishing to work in the same magazine as him For starters, it talks about the (previously already known) fact that One Piece got rejected for serialization a total of three times before it was finally published on Jump – This section showcases some facts about Oda as shared by some of his editors. Oda comments that these days he just resorts to looking up recommendations online by just googling “cool manga” PART 2: COOL FACTS – Oda is asked what manga he likes to read. After that till the end of the week is creating the manuscript Oda says there might’ve been a few times he missed the deadline and claims his editors would “come after him and get very mean”. ![]() The fourth day of the week is his deadline to submit the storyboard. Usually Oda has three days to work on the storyboard for the chapter, plan the story for that chapter out, and meet up with the editor to decide on it. Then, once it’s approved, he proceeds to turn it into the finalized manuscript, what you see in the final release If it’s really good he might proceed ahead, otherwise he might need to tweak it again. Note: to understand the following bit better, a quick refresher on how manga is made: every week, a mangaka makes a storyboard for the chapter (rough drawn version of it) and talks with the editor on if the chapter is good or needs tweaking. Nothing really relevant here, but we get a look at Oda’s sketches for the Chapter 967 color spread – Oda talks with Arashi about their collaboration on the colorspread. Note: All of Oda’s editors are known of having been told the entirety of the ending of One Piece Naito also supports that the ending will be “legitimately cool” He’s asked if they can expect a really cool ending, Oda “humbly” affirms “It will be really cool indeed”. – He’s also asked if he has already planned everything left until the end and Oda says “at this point, I’ve got no more doubts” (implying he’s already planned out the large part of it all from now till the end of the series). This estimate seems to have slowed down a little (might even have to do with him having to take more breaks recently), but it is still a shorter estimate than last time, indicating that Oda seems to firmly believe the series has less and less time left as we slowly approach the end, so 4~5 years really might not be a ridiculous claim Note: In an interview last year, around this same time, Oda stated that he believed One Piece had 5 years left. He states pretty bluntly “4~5 years left” – Oda is asked if he has already decided how many years he expects One Piece to last. It’s generally divided into three parts: PART 1: OPEN QUESTIONS He gives the manuscript a glance and jokes that “hmm, this is pretty good stuff” Oda’s editor Naito heads into a vault within the Shueisha office and with a secret key pulls out the original manuscript of Chapter 1!!! Oda claims he hasn’t looked at it in 23 years. Oda then appears and talks with the Arashi members. They also find a section where all fan mail is stored to be sent to their respective mangaka, highlighting a fan mail box about Toriyama in particular, as well as the yet-to-be-released (though already released by now) Jump copy alongside a copy of the storyboard and the manuscript for the latest chapter ![]() It is filled with plenty of franchise memorabilia, such as posters, figures, a Chopper plushie and even a real-life replica of Law’s Kikoku blade. Opening part of the interview: Arashi members are encouraged to look around the Jump office, which gives us a better look at the office where all the editors work. So I decided to watch the whole interview and summarize all the important and relevant points below! Just recently, Arashi sat down with Oda in the Jump office to interview him, shedding light on some fun facts about the author as well as the series for a TV show. You might recall them from the spread Oda did for the collaboration for Chapter 967: Some months ago, Oda did a collaboration with famous Japanese boy band Arashi.
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