In manga we often tend to assume that the characters speak in a known language, and since many are set in Japan, or an alternative version of the country, it is natural to assume that they speak in Japanese. In the vast and fantastic world of ONE PIECEhowever, doubt arises about the language used by the characters.
Over the years the popularity of Eiichiro Oda’s work has led to the production of spin-offs and in-depth studies aimed at the past of some characters both on the big screen with feature films considered more or less canonical and also light novels, to which the prequel novel dedicated to Zoro will soon be added. Among these there is also a series of stories centered on the Mugiwara, ONE PIECE Novel – Straw Hat Storieswhere the linguistic question is directly addressed.
At the bottom of the page you will find the posts by @newworldartur, a user who has been studying every aspect of the series for years, also focusing on secondary details, where an extract from the book is reported where it is specified the existence of unique languages and dialects, but also of a lingua franca: the government language. As one of the two interlocutors explains in the proposed conversation, the leaders of the World Government decided to destroy other languages to encourage greater and universal diffusion of their language.
A devastating idea, given that together with the language, part of the culture of a country and a people is also automatically lost, and which the Government has probably taken as an additional security measure to prevent the recovery of information about the Dark Ages. In conclusion, we remind you that Luffy could get a new power-up after Egghead, and we leave you with the role of science in the final saga of ONE PIECE.
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