An initiative to exhibit some thematic statues ONE PIECE helps Kumamoto Prefecture recover from a major earthquake in 2016. Let’s find out how.
The news of the exhibition of a statue with Franky, the carpenter of the protagonist of the pirate crew of ONE PIECE, is new. It’s part of a project that is helping Kumamoto Prefecture recover from it severe damage from an earthquake. In fact, the area was hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake in 2016 that devastated homes, various structures and places of historical importance, resulting in an estimated economic loss of $ 5 billion.
The mangaka Eiichiro Oda, who grew up in the city of Kumamoto, the capital of the prefecture of the same name, donated 300 million yen to the country in the weeks following the event, followed by a second donation of 500 million yen Monkey D. Luffyor the protagonist of the master’s popular series. The latter helped his hometown in a number of ways by creating a range of products, the proceeds of which were intended solely for rebuilding.
As a thank you, it came in 2018 built a statue Representative Luffy and is located outside the Kumamoto Prefecture Government Office. However, this is not the only tribute, it was announced that the monument would not be alone but that they would soon join it eight moreeach of which is positioned in a particularly damaged location. After the unveiling, 31 parishes requested one of these statues.
The first two tributes were inaugurated in 2019 Representatives Sanji and Usopp, who can be found in the city of Mashiki and in front of the Aso train station. In 2020 three more statues were presented: Tony Tony Chopper, the doctor of the protagonists of ONE PIECE, in the zoological and botanical garden of Kumamoto; Brook, in Fureai Hiroba Square in Mifune and Franky Town, at Takamori Station. The exhibition of these works quickly became an attraction for tourists who have in the case of the Captain’s Monument There was 2.67 billion yen in the coffers of the local economy.
The manga writer also wrote a story in which he tells thisLanding of the straw hat crew in the destroyed Kumamoto Help residents with repairs to get a sense of the characters’ presence around the area.
Here is an example of the real help a fiction can give. We look forward to theInauguration of the following statues Representatives of Zoro, Nami and Robin. What do you think of this initiative? Let us know in the comments.
