Panel analysis with Higuma and Shanks
Higuma is very cynical and provocative. Here he uses the classical "jama suru" very casually, usually "o jama shimasu", but the "zee" in the end adds irony to his already quite impolite formula.
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![Transcription system
I use the modified Hepburn romanization system, which makes pronunciation easier to understand for English- and French-speaking readers. It is currently the most widely used and accessible system, and it was officially adopted by the Japanese government in 2025.
In fact, the Japanese romanization system was different until then, so certain spellings used in the original version of One Piece will also be transcribed according to the Hepburn system, in order to preserve the original pronunciations as closely as possible.
As a reminder, macrons (small bars above certain vowels) indicate a long vowel: ā, ī, ū, ē, ō and Ā, Ī, Ū, Ē, Ō.
Examples :
Jinbē (roughly pronounce Djinbe-e, both [ɛ] as in bed if I am not mistaken, but English phonetics specialists would know better)
Shabondi, not Sabaody (I will need to decide on the i/y, the latter of which could be used to retain part of the transcription currently used in the manga, since it doesn’t cause any confusion regarding pronunciation.) The Japanese transcription comes from the Portuguese word “sabão,” which became “shabon” in Japanese, meaning “soap,” and is entirely relevant. However, I prefer to align more closely with the Japanese pronunciation in common use so that non-Japanese speakers can understand and reproduce it.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssvvtocktygwxh3ojvdj6kxl/bafkreifhiy7fsuggbnnrgszaz3m5cwpjyc3qqqpi7jgritsa5dl7ixeczi)
