One Piece terms
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The following are a list of terms, places and animals from the fictional world of anime and manga One Piece.
[edit] All Blue
A mystical sea of legend, rumored to be the only place in the world where the North, South, East, and West seas meet. In this legendary ocean there are said to be fish from each of the seas. Sanji strives to find this ocean of dreams. It is said that the All Blue is found in the Grand Line. In the English anime it's called the "Great Blue".
[edit] Animals
[edit] Belly
Belly (ベリー Berī) are the unit of monetary currency in One Piece, almost exclusively depicted in paper form, although coins do exist. Although closely resembling United States dollar bills, the large values on the notes harken to the Japanese yen. The author has spelled it both as "Berry" and "Belly" on the actual bills. (See: Japanese phonology.) Instead of writing the word out in the text, the author typically uses a shorthand "Belly sign," consisting of a capital "B" with a vertical line through it (similar to a dollar sign). Assuming that one Belly is equivalent to one yen, that would mean that one hundred Belly are worth one hundred per US dollar. This would mean that Luffy's one hundred million Belly bounty is the equivelent of a one million dollar bounty.
It should be noted that because of the phonology, multiple english spellings exist; the most common among fans are is "Beli", although "Beri" is also used, "Berri" and "Belli" are used, but are somewhat uncommon. "Berry" for singular and "Berries" for plural is what is used by the 4kids dub and the VIZ manga.
[edit] The 'Blank Century'
Also referred to as the Void Century, this is the period 800 years ago when a great civilization dominated the world and then at the end of the century they disappeared. At the end of the century the World Government came to power and censored everything that happened in the previous 100 years.
This period became known as the blank century because there is nothing left to acknowledge anything that happened, aside from the Poneglyphs which are written in an ancient language, which Nico Robin is the last known person alive to read. However, it causes a problem with the known histories of the world as nothing ties up because of that missing period, although most people do not seem to know about this information. For example Nefertari Cobra after told by Nico Robin about this missing period was completely shocked by its existence and didn't know there were parts of the world history that didn't tie in.
For the World Government, the events of this period are better left unknown as information linked to it is considered far too dangerous.
[edit] Buster Call
A massive retaliatory attack used by the Marines. Apparently only Admirals and the Five Elder Stars have the ability to initiate a Buster Call, but Aokiji gave Spandam his Golden Den Den Mushi to use once. Buster Call is initiated by calling from a Golden Den Den Mushi to a Silver Den Den Mushi in the Naval headquarters, where the island to be destroyed is acknowledged. Immediately, five Vice Admirals and a fleet of ten ships nearest to the location of the caller are scrambled to that island. It seems that the Buster Call cannot be rescinded. Once the fleet arrives, the Vice Admirals, as well as the entire fleet, lay waste to the island, killing everything there, regardless of who is still on the island. The Buster Call fleet even kills government officials if they are still left stranded on the island. If there is an important criminal on one of the Buster Call ships (such as Luffy), other buster call ships will not hesistate to attack it simply to kill the criminal. Robin described it as a "nightmare version of concentrated arson." The ships used are humongous and have apparently grown over time. The ones used 20 years ago were roughly twice as tall as a Giant. The ones apparently used currently are as tall as the Tower of Justice and are as long as the Bridge of Hesitation. They now practically dwarf a Giant and are now capable of carrying a seemingly immeasureable number of Marines.
So far only two islands have been known to have faced a Buster Call: Ohara and Enies Lobby, with Nico Robin and Aokiji present at both.
The Straw hat pirates are the only known pirates to survive and escape the Buster call.
[edit] Davy Back Fight
[edit] Devil Fruit
[edit] Dials
Coming from the land of Skypiea, Dials in this manga are shells of various sizes and uses that come from creatures that live near the sky-islands. Some are used to power everyday items such a lamps, stoves, or recording devices. Others have more powerful properties, such as absorbing smells, powering machines (such as the JetSki-like Wavers) and even taking attacks which can then be thrown back at their opponents. So long as the shell is not damaged a Dial can be used practically forever, however there are a few Dials that do not work in the normal blue seas. In Skypiea, Dials make up the basics of Sky warfare and those who underestimate the power of the dials are doomed to lose against them. Usopp gains a number of these dials, which he uses later on in the series.
- Vision Dial: This dial has the ability to absorb images and "reflect" them as photos.
- Breath Dial: Produces a burst of wind; larger ones can be used for powering vehicles such as the waver. Smaller Breath Dials can also be used on footwear to give a user improved jumping and help the wearer travel around faster.
- Heat Dial: A dial that produces heat. Used for cooking and heating up weapons.
- Lamp Dial: This dial produces light and therefore is used for lamps.
- Tone Dial: A dial that is able to record and replay sounds spoken into it.
- Water Dial: Though not seen, it is presumably used to absorb and release water.
- Flame Dial: A dial that absorbs and releases flames, not to be confused with the previous dial.
- Jet Dial: This dial causes increased acceleration by realising the air in one quick and powerful burst and works similar to the Breath Dial. It can allow a user to throw an accelerated punch before the enemy can react and Wavers equipped with this Dial are exceptionally faster then Breath Dial Wavers. The creature that made these Dials became extinct hundreds of years ago, making these Dials a quite rare sight today.
- Ball Dial: This dial releases a puff of cloud that forms into a ball shape upon being released that can be sat or stood on.
- Milky Dial: A dial that produces a trail of clouds that can be used to travel on by breath dial related vehicles. It can also be used to move the user up into the air, like a rocket, although it is not effective as the Breath Dial for general movement.
- Flavor Dial: This dial can store smells and aromas, along with other types of gas such as explosive ones.
- Axe Dial: A rarer dial not found on Skypiea itself, it is used by Eneru's enforcers. It has the power to absorb and reflect slices. A shield cannot protect against these slices.
- Impact Dial: A dial that works by absorbing the impact from a force colliding with it, the stored energy can then be released in a powerful blow. Used mainly for fighting where it is normally attached to the hand with string or with a glove. Just like the Reject dial the user of a Impact Dial feels some of the Impact Dials force as it releases its power, however unlike the Reject dial, the Impact dial is not deadly.
- Reject Dial: An extremely rare Dial. it is 10 times stronger then the Impact Dial, but its increased power means it is deadly to the enemy and the user alike.
- Flash Dial: Works in the same way as a Lamp Dial, however unlike the Lamp Dial it produces light in a quick and bright flash. In battle it can be used to blind someone for a brief moment of time, allowing the user to strike their foe when they are recuperating.
[edit] Doskoi Panda
Doskoi Panda is a logo that appears on many things in One Piece. It is the One Piece version of the Acme company from Looney Tunes in the sense that it appears on all kinds of items from shirts to footballs. It is also another one of the things Oda puts in his manga for fans to spot like Panda Man. According to Oda, Doskoi is a popular brand of franchise in the East Blue and its HQ is on Mirror Ball Island (which featured in the Django's Dance Carnival featurette alongside the One Piece movie Clockwork Island Adventure). It is a very high class brand and equally very expensive, one Shirt might cost you over 10,000 Belli. Also, a cheap fake brand, Dosko1 Panda exists according to Oda.[1]
Oda later in the series also gave the name of another fake brand named Cyberpanda which although was fake was more expensive then the original Doskoi brand.[2]
[edit] East Blue
[edit] Extol
The currency used in Skypiea. Normally written as a capital "E" with a slash through it like a dollar sign. There are 10,000 extols per Belli, making it so that it would roughly be the equivialant of about 1,000,000 Extols per dollar.
[edit] Fishmen
Fishmen (魚人 Gyojin?), Often incorrectly referred to by fans and the 4Kids dub as Mermen, are one of two species that dominate the seas (the other being the Merfolk). Fishmen come from Fishman Island, an island in the Grand Line. Appearance-wise, they are more "fish-like" than merfolk, looking like a cross between a man and a fish of the ocean such as Octopus, Manta Ray, or Sawfish, yet they still have legs. They are twice as strong as a human on land, and ten times stronger underwater. A typical Fishman (although this does not apply to all Fishmen) considers humans an inferior, weaker species. Because of their strength they appear throughout the entire series of One Piece on a regular basis. Their race includes the pirate Arlong and his crew.
Even though fishmen are part fish they are still mammals and give birth to live young.[3] Their view of life under the sea is dominated by their views that they should rule over all other fish in the sea. Despite this view, usually they get along well with the Merfolk who share the opposite view on life, however it is not unknown for Fishmen to take advantage of the Merfolk's nature.[4] Known types of fishmen are sawfish, octopus, cutlassfish, manta ray, squid, swordfish, mudfish and most likely whaleshark.
[edit] Giants
Giants (巨人 Kyojin?) are larger than usual characters and usually even tower the buildings in One Piece. The first race introduced in One Piece is the Elbaf clan with Little Garden arc. The Elbafs believe they must die in battle, that duels are sacred battles between the strong to determine who wins the favour of the Gods of Elbaf. Upon returning to Elbaf after a victorious battle, they are treated as heroes. Elbaf mostly is based on Vikings in both design and beliefs. However, not all giants are like this, for example Jaguar D. Saul stated that although he was a giant he did not come from Elbaf and that not all giants share what he called the same 'Barbaric' beliefs. All giants can live for up to three times longer then human beings. They are a strong and almost unstoppable race, the average human cannot stand up to them making them both ideal guards and deadly warriors.
Examples of people from this race include: Dorry, Brogy, Oimo, Kaashii and Jaguar D. Saul. They are not to be confused with humans affected by Giantism such as the Franky Family's Mighty Destroyers. To a giant, those humans with Giantism are no more then "oversized ants."
[edit] Going Merry
[edit] Grand Line, The
[edit] Log Pose
A Log Pose is a fictional, compass-like navigational device. In Japanese, the term is represented by the kanji phrase 記録指針 Kiroku Shishin, which literally means "Logbook Compass Needle" (a reference to its function), but it is pronounced "Rogu Pōsu." In the English-dubbed anime produced by 4Kids Entertainment, it is called a "Grand Compass."
[edit] Function and Use
Due to the strange magnetic fields present in the Grand Line, normal compasses cease to function properly. Thus, a solution was found in the form of the Log Pose. A Log Pose becomes acclimated to whatever magnetic field it is in over time, and once it has set, it will point the way to the next island on the Grand Line. However, this process is variable: every island has a different amount of time that it takes for the Log Pose to reset, and it may be up to a year or more before a Log Pose has adapted to point to the next island. As an example of these differing times, the island of Jaya takes four days for the Log Pose to adjust, the island of Water Seven takes seven days, and Little Garden take a full year.
[edit] Eternal Pose
Another special type of compass, known as an Eternal Pose (written as 永久指針 Eikyū Shishin ["Eternal Compass Needle"], and pronounced "Etānaru Pōsu"), always points to the same island, no matter how long it stays elsewhere. These are used heavily by those who have a home port on a specific island of the Grand Line, as well as by the Navy. In the English dub of the anime, it is called an "Eternal Compass."
[edit] Merfolk
Merfolk (人魚 Ningyo?) are shown in the world of One Piece as one of the two major races that inhabit the Sea, the other being the Fishmen. Often the term "Fishmen" is mistranslated from Japanese to "Mermen," however the two species are very different. Unlike the Fishmen, the Merfolk are peaceful, and prefer their race to remain a secret.
Like the mermaids and mermen of folklore, their upper half is that of a human while the lower half is that of a fish. As demonstrated recently by Kokoro, mermaids may walk on land as when they are thirty years old, their tails split into two. Like the Fishmen, they are based on the different fish of the Sea; for example, Kokoro is an Icefish Mermaid. Mermaids and Mermen are friends to the fishes of the sea, fun loving and usually get along with most people, including Fishmen (even though Fishmen can often take advantage of the Merfolk's good nature).
So far, the only other member of this species featured is Camie, who was a mermaid the Fishman Hatchan saved twice in the mini-series Hatchan's Sea-Floor Stroll.
[edit] North Blue
[edit] One Piece
One Piece (glossed in print as ひとつなぎの大秘宝 Hito Tsunagi no Daihihō "The Great Treasure of One Piece", but still pronounced Wanpīsu) is a legendary treasure said to be of unimaginable value. It is said that it was hidden somewhere deep in the Grand Line by its previous owner, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger. Nobody seems to know what it really is or what it looks like.
[edit] Pirate King
In the anime and manga One Piece, the fictional Pirate King (called "King of the Pirates" in the english versions) is the strongest pirate alive and owner of the legendary treasure known as The One Piece. "Kaizoku-Ō" (海賊王), the source of the term, literally means "Pirate King" (which is also the name of a character in Pirates of Penzance).
The English manga initially used "Pirate King" but later switched to "King of the Pirates". After "King of Pirates" became used in the manga, 4Kids chose to use "King of the Pirates" for the dub of One Piece.
The term "Pirate King" was originally simply a nickname for Gold Roger to distinguish himself among swashbucklers. Upon Roger's execution, the name was romanticized by the people of the One Piece world into an actual title, much in the same way One Piece itself was simply "Roger's treasure" until the Pirate King's death. In the English manga and anime, "Pirate King" clearly marks this distinguishment; although Gold Roger was Pirate King, Monkey D. Luffy seeks to become the new Pirate King 22 years later.
Before his death, Pirate King Gold Roger hid the One Piece. It was rumored to be located at Raftel, the island at the end of The Grand Line. The frenzy over discovering and owning such a massive treasure sparked the "Great Age of Pirates". Until One Piece has been claimed, there will be no current Pirate King.
Right now, the closest person to becoming the Pirate King is Whitebeard (Edward Newgate). However, many people who had met Luffy, such as Coby and Helmeppo, believed that he will be the Pirate King; Kokoro also started to call Luffy as Pirate King himself (chapter 431).
[edit] Pluton
Pluton is an ancient weapon (said to be a huge warship) of mass destruction, constructed long ago in the city of Water 7 in the Grand Line. It is said to be capable of destroying whole islands. For that reason, Sir Crocodile sought to gain control over this weapon for his own means. The location to which Pluton was taken is said to be somewhere in Alabasta, and the Poneglyph which can be used to find it is also located in Alabasta, within its royal tombs.
Later in the Water 7 arc, it was revealed that the blueprints for the weapon have been kept in existence in Water 7 all this time, passed down in a line of incredible shipwrights for centuries, and eventually into the hands of the legendary shipwright Tom. The duty of the shipwrights was to guard the blueprints and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands, as well as using them to construct a second Pluton should the first ever get revived.
CP9 sought to take them from Iceburg, Tom's apprentice who had inherited the blueprints. However they later discovered that Franky, Tom's other apprentice, had them in his possession all along. Much later, in Enies Lobby, Franky chooses to destroy the blueprints for the weapon once and for all, stating the world will just have to find another way to destroy Pluton if it is ever revived.
[edit] Poneglyph
Scattered among the islands of the Grand Line are mysterious stone blocks called "Poneglyphs." These blocks are inscribed with the script of an ancient language, and tell of a history long forgotten. This history includes the mention of (at least) two weapons of mass destruction: Pluton and Poseidon. There are two types of Poneglyphs: the ones which carries information to reach the other Poneglyphs, which tell the True History and the ones which carries the records of True History. It has been revealed that it is against the law of the One Piece World Government to decipher them. Regardless, to reach and decipher the Rio Poneglyph is the ultimate goal of Nico Robin. It has also been revealed that Gol D. Roger was able to read poneglyphs.
[edit] Alabasta Poneglyph
This was the Poneglyph that contained the location of the weapon Pluton and was located in the country of Alabasta in its royal tombs. The people of Alabasta have been guarding its Poneglyph for centuries. Robin revealed to King Cobra what it was, the King knew it held a weapon but had no idea that the Blank Century it came from existed.
[edit] Poneglyph of Shandora
Located in Skypiea, Robin discovered that each location of the Poneglyphs held not one but two Poneglyphs. The first Poneglyph has a message to finding the second Poneglyph, while the second Poneglyph held the message of the lost century. Skypiea's fake poneglyph was located in a set of ruins Robin found in Upper Yard. Skypiea's true Poneglyph was located on its sacred bell and it revealed to Robin another dark secret -this poneglyph spoke of how to locate yet another weapon, Poseidon. Gold Roger had also previously read this Poneglyph and left a message encouraging anyone who could read the Poneglyphs to continue searching for the lost history. The Shandians were left to guard the Poneglyph but over time as events in Skypiea played out they forgot about its existence.
[edit] Ohara Poneglyph
Located in Ohara, this poneglyph includes information about the Lost Century--among other things, it includes the name of the lost civilization, though it has yet to be said what the name is. The World Government considered the archaeologists studying it dangerous and used the Buster Call to destroy the island, Nico Robin being the sole survivor.
[edit] Rio Poneglyph
It is said that the Rio Poneglyph, which contains the true history of the One Piece world (including the "Blank Century" that is forbidden to be researched), may be found on the island of Raftel at the end of the Grand Line. Once found it will reveal the lost history from the Blank Century. According to Robin the Rio Poneglyph is the message carried by all the Poneglyphs along the Grand Line.[5]
[edit] Poseidon
Another weapon of similar intentions to Pluton. So far aside from the knowledge that the Poneglyph of Shandora held the secret to its location, nothing has been said about what Poseidon is or its power.
[edit] Raftel
The island at the end of the Grand Line. Gold Roger is supposedly the only one to ever reach there. One would assume that the One Piece is to be found there, though it is not entirely certain, as of it has been noted that Oda likes to trick his fans.
[edit] SBS
The SBS (short for 質問を募集するShitsumon o Boshū Suru, "I'm Taking Questions") is a question-and-answer column that began in volume 4 of the manga, in which Eiichiro Oda answers questions sent in by his fans, making jokes and sometimes telling useful information about the story and characters. It is here that the ages of the Straw Hat pirates were first revealed, as well as various facts about the story that are not immediately apparent (but nevertheless present) in the chapters themselves. Sometimes the information on the characters is just suggested in this section by the fans, to which Oda just agrees with them and makes it official; for example, Tashigi, Chopper and Robin's birthdays which were all fan suggestions. There are several running jokes throughout the SBS, including the fact that a reader always manages to start the SBS before the author can. The SBS was also where the author revealed the existence of the hidden characters Pandaman and Tomato Gang, who appear hidden in the background at many points during the series. Because of the nature of the SBS and the appeal of One Piece, Oda will get questions of all kinds of nature from the serious to silly and the 'mature'.
A translated-to-english archive of the SBS' (including the illustrations and sketches Oda often provides therin) can be found here: http://www.arlongpark.net/Manga/SBS
[edit] Seastone
Seastone (海楼石 Kairōseki), called Sea-Prism Stone in the English anime, is a naturally occurring (though apparently rare) substance that can cancel out Devil Fruit powers. It is recently discovered that Seastone is harder to break than diamond. Typically, Seastone is primarily found in the form of restraining devices, such as shackles or cages. Thusly, it is deployed as a Devil-Fruit restrainer by the Navy as well as other groups like the Shichibukai and Cipher Pol.
It was stated by captain Smoker that seastone "emits the same energy as the sea", possibly in the form of special wavelengths of some sort. So far the material has only shown any effect upon actual contact with someone who has eaten a Devil Fruit. Upon contact the material drains the victim's body of energy, and robs him of control of his Devil Fruit powers - having the same effect as throwing them into the sea.
The degree of "weakness" induced by the seastone depends on its density and composition; For example, seastone handcuffs robs the prisoner of their abilities, but still allows the prisoner to walk around. Seastone only works upon direct and constant contact, which explains how Captain Smoker can carry a seastone-tipped jutte on his back, without it disabling him. (Presumably, even thick clothing will prevent the Seastone's effect from harming the victim.)
The effect of seastones also affect creatures of the seas, such as Sea Kings. By layering the bottom of the ships with a layer of seastones, creatures that's underneath the boat will be unaware of the ship, and will not attack it. This, along with the effect of the Devil fruit, is researched by Dr. Begabank, a Navy's scientist.
[edit] Santouryu
[edit] Sea Train
A Sea Train (海列車 Umi Ressha?) is an anachronistic locomotor in Eiichiro Oda's manga, One Piece. To date, there are only two in existence, both built by Tom the Fishman, a reputed and legendary ship-builder from the city of Water 7.
22 years prior to the manga's current date, Tom was considering building a proper Sea Train when he was approached by representatives of the World Government, who sought the Fishman for the crime of building Gol D. Roger's pirate ship, the Oro Jackson. At the time, Water 7's remoteness and proximity to a large number of Sea King made the port city undesirable for trade, slowly eroding the city and all who lived there. By building his "steam paddle boat", Tom would effectively save Water 7 by opening it up for trade, as well as saving his own life. The Judge overseeing Tom's trial agreed to postpone Tom's crimes for 10 years; if he was successful at building the Sea Train Network, he would be pardoned for his original crime.
When Tom began construction of Water 7's Sea Train Network, he had already built a prototypical steam engine called the Rocket Man. After drawing up a new blue print. Tom's polished train, The Puffing Tom, was originally only connected to Enies Lobby, but Tom took an additional four years to build tracks to three other nearby islands: Saint Popla, Pucchi, and San Faldo.
By design, a Sea Train is roughly immune to changes in weather; the train's momentum and speed allow it to pulse foreword in any situation, even against an Aqua Laguna (a large storm that hits Water 7 every year). Whenever the train passes over the track, a device near the wheels makes an underwater dissonance that drives away Sea Kings. The tracks of a Sea Train lie just under the surface of the ocean, and sway with the tides to avoid resistance damage. The tracks require only occasional maintainence, as they are never really "used"; a Sea Train paddles on the ocean's surface, and only connects to the tracks as a guide to its destination.
[edit] The Puffing Tom
Tom's finest and most powerful Sea Train. Puffing Tom was built during Tom's original ten year hiatus from government persecution, with significant improvements added over the Rocket Man. Puffing Tom's design was based on historical 19th century steam locomotives. [6]
[edit] The Rocket Man
Tom's first attempt at a Sea Train. Rocket Man was considered by all who worked on it as an experimental failure; the train could only travel at dangerously high speeds, had no means of braking, and lacked the momentum to plow though obstacles without getting derailed. The Rocket Man was thought to be destroyed after crashing into the isle of Enies Lobby and it was hit with a cannon shell. However it had enough power left in it to jump the waterfall gap separating Enies Lobby and the Tower of Justice, carrying the Straw Hats along with it, and crashed into the aforementioned Tower.
[edit] Shichibukai
[edit] Shandians
[edit] Skypieans
Skypieans are the people who come from Skypiea and live on Angel Island and other islands in the sky. The skypieans are mostly a non-aggressive race who live peacefully on the Sky Islands. They use dials for everyday use such as cooking. They have wings similar to the ones found on the backs of the Shandians. They train their hair to grow like the antenna of an insect from a young age, using sticks in their hair to support the end. They greet each other by saying 'Heso' (which is Japanese for bellybutton) often while putting their hand against their head and sticking two fingers up.
They follow the Leadership of their ruling governor (which they call 'God'). They rarely question the actions of their ruling cast, even when faced with the fearsome Eneru. To the Skypieans, the ground from the Blue Seas below (which they refer to as 'Vearth') is sacred as plants do not grow without it in Skypiea. Because of their devotion towards their ruling cast and their value of Vearth, long ago their ancestors entered a war with the Shandian over their homeland, one which lasted 400 years.
[edit] South Blue
[edit] Waver
A small vehicle created in Skypiea made from a small boat, a set of handle bars connected to a front wheel, & a Breath Dial attached to the rear for propulsion. These are best suited for use by only one or two people. Nami possesses a Waver that is faster than most, because it uses a Jet Dial as propulsion instead of a Breath Dial.
[edit] West Blue
[edit] The Will of D
[edit] References
- ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.14 - Chapter 118, Doskoi Panda explained
- ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.27 - Chapter 249, Cyber Panda explained
- ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.10 - Chapter 83, Fan question: When Fishmen give birth, do they lay eggs?
- ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.23 - Chapter 208, The differences between Mermen and Fishmen explained
- ^ One Piece - One Piece manga - Vol.32 - Chapter 301, Robin talking about Rio Ponegliph
- ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.39 - Chapter 370, Sea Train influences explained
