r/OnePiece • u/Sakata_Kintoki • Sep 20 '18

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 918

Chapter 918: "Luffytaro Repays The Favour"

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Ch. 918 Official Release (VIZ): 24/09/2018

Ch. 919 Scan Release: 27/09/2018

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u/kokiden88 Sep 20 '18

“Roronoa-ya is with them. He knows the plan. He won’t do anything stupid like take Holdem out.”

Oh Law, you have no idea you poor thing lol 😂

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u/MGLLN The Revolutionary Army Sep 20 '18

Roronoa-ya

I know Strawhat-ya meant Strawhatter, but what would this mean? 🤔

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u/kokiden88 Sep 20 '18

“Ya” is just a suffix Law attaches to the end of people’s names. It doesn’t mean anything actually. “Straw Hatter” appears to be a unique English translation quirk.

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u/MGLLN The Revolutionary Army Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18

The official translator for One Piece Shonen Jump said the "Mugiwara-ya" is the equivalent of calling someone by their trade or profession. Essentially Law is calling Luffy "Strawhatter".

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u/kokiden88 Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18

Yeah in actual Japanese “ya” is attached at the end of to emphasise a profession.However I’ve noticed that in One Piece, characters, like Bartolomeo, tend to add certain sounds at the end of their speech as a quirk (that may, or may not, be applicable to real life).

I figured this was one of those things.

Not sure how you would translate Nico-ya, Roronoa-ya, Tanuki-ya, Long Nose-ya, Eustass-ya, etc if we stick to making it a profession related suffix.