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| - R (reader) O (Oda) O: 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. It's a horrifying thought. O: That's a big problem. But that would have to be Luffy. Give him some meat, and he'll behave, I bet. O: SCOUNDREL!! I would not read such things in the store!! YOU SCOUNDREL!! I'D BUY IT!! O: I'm sure lots of viewers must have seen that program, because 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. But of course, as you know, 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. But you should know that nothing like this really happens in real life, so feel free to take a vacation there. I'd like to go to Venice someday too. O: What?! Oh my god! An accident?! OK, here comes your money!! YEAH RIGHT!! You swindler! Prepare to feel the wrath of the ODA SLIDING CHOP! OK, I just gave you a chop to the shin. Now, your answer. One fruit cannot be shared by many people. I get these questions often. The Devil Fruit Abilities are transferred after one bite. After that, it's just a nastly 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. O: Yep. It looks like this. The skin is poisonous. (Tom-san's isn't.) O: Well, 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 Locker" that Robin mentions in Volume 33 is a well-known legend among sailors in real life. There are several different accounts, but in general there was a lying, no-good pirate named Davy Jones, a greedy deck chief who was famous for putting 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!!" O: Oh yeah, I got a whole bunch of these. 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. And by the way, The other guy I've shown above is another one of the Franky Family members, Zambai. He 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. O: ALL DONE! Wow... look at that punch perm!!He looks like some old lady... oops. I shouldn't have said that.Run for it!! (escape) rumble rumble KABOOM!!! Gyaa!! O: A question for everyone. Let's have everyone give their answer in turn! Take it away! You have 16 choices!
* Summer Island [Sum-Spr-Aut-Win]
* Spring Island [Sum-Spr-Aut-Win]
* Autumn Island [Sum-Spr-Aut-Win]
* Winter Island [Sum-Spr-Aut-Win]
* Luffy: Hmmm, well, I like summer, but snow is so great! Hmm.
* Zoro: I'll take autumn. A nice autumn on an Autumn Island for good exercise. I wanna get stronger.
* Nami: I'll take summer! How about a nice summer beach on a Spring Island.
* Sanji: Personally, I'll take a Robin-chan on a Nami-san Island! Ooohoo!
* Usopp: Are you stupid, that's not a choice!! So anyways, I think... summer on an Autumn Island would be best for developing weapons! While fishing.
* Chopper: I can't stand the heat... I like the spring on a Winter Island!!
* Robin: I suppose I'd take an autumn on a Spring Island, good weather for reading and relaxing.
* Luffy: OK!! I made my choice!! ANYWHERE WHERE THERE'S MEAT!!! Oda: All right. I don't know if that's a valid answer, but whatever. See you in the SBS next volume!! Goodbye!!! Oh, I'll take a winter hot spring on a Summer Island.
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