While return addresses are not strictly mandatory, SBS messages are generally expected to be written in Japanese. However, per a reader's request in Volume 49's column, all subsequent headers use fan-submitted art, and differ with every individual installment.Ĭurrently, Shueisha accepts new SBS submissions at the following address (also used for the Usopp Gallery Pirates): Prior to Volume 50, these were all drawn by Oda himself, and differed by volume. In rarer cases, two chapters may run back-to-back without any break.)Įach column has a header, depicting one or more characters spelling out "SBS" in some creative manner. (Note that several alternate features may break chapters instead, most often the Usopp Gallery Pirates or a Storyboard Presentation. Each installment is placed between two chapters of the corresponding volume, serving as chapter breaks as well as maintaining the pages' recto and verso alignments so double-page spreads will stay intact. 4 What does SBS stand for? By the Voice ActorsĪ standard SBS column is split into several one-page installments.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'. 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. Sometimes the information on the characters is just suggested in this section by the fans, which Oda just agrees with and makes it official for example, Tashigi's, Chopper's and Robin's birthdays which were all fan suggestions. 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.
Depending on the specific question, Oda's answer(s) may be short and flippant, or long and detailed. It is generally formatted as a straightforward question-and-answer column, with Eiichiro Oda replying to fan letters on a wide variety of subjects. The SBS ( 質問を募集する, Shitsumon o Boshū Suru ?, "I'm Taking Questions") is a special column featured in most tankoban collections of the manga, beginning with Volume 4.
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