Sandbox / One Piece Word Of God

• Oda occasionally answers fan questions in a Q&A column, mostly trivia about the characters (ages, birthdays, favorite foods, Devil Fruit effects on...certain parts of a person's anatomy).
• Per Oda, if the Straw Hats that don't have Devil Fruits were allowed to have them, they would be:
  • Usopp: Poke Poke no Mi/Pocket-Pocket Fruit (Blamenco's Devil Fruit), which allows the user to create pockets on their body.
  • Nami: Goro Goro no Mi/Rumble-Rumble Fruit (Eneru's Devil Fruit)
  • Zoro: Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu/Fish-Fish Fruit: Model Azure Dragon (Kaidou's Devil Fruit), though "eaten" by one of his swords.
  • Franky: Buki Buki no Mi/Arms-Arms Fruit (Baby 5's Devil Fruit), which gives its user the power to turn their body parts into weapons.
  • Sanji: Sui Sui no Mi/Swim-Swim Fruit (Senor Pink's Devil Fruit), which lets the user swim in solid objects (humorously, not the Clear-Clear Fruit)
• In one SBS column for Volume 56, Oda answered where each of the Straw Hats would live in the real world:
  • Luffy: Brazil
  • Zoro: Japan
  • Nami: Sweden
  • Usopp: Africa
  • Sanji: France
  • Chopper: Canada
  • Robin: Russia
  • Franky: America
  • Brook: Austria.
  • Jimbei: India
• One Piece was originally only supposed to run for 5 years. Oda has admitted that one of the reasons it has become such a Long Runner (passing such luminaries as Dragon Ball and Inuyasha) is that he simply enjoys writing it.
• In Volume 88 of the SBS, the real-life nationalities and occupations of the Worst Generation (besides Luffy and Zoro) are revealed by Oda:
  • Marshall D. Teach: Somalia, Archeologist
  • Eustass "Captain" Kidd: Scotland, Weapons Merchant
  • Killer: Pasta Shop
  • Trafalgar Law: Germany, Doctor
  • Capone "Gang" Bege: Italy, Shoe Shop
  • Scratchmen Apoo: China, DJ
  • Basil Hawkins: Egypt, Interior Designer
  • X Drake: Turkey, Zoo Keeper
  • Jewelry Bonney: Australia, Pizza Shop
  • Urouge: India, Cabaret Club Manager