Den-Den Mushi

[underdogdlx]

Is this an animal? or just some wacky looking telephone? :huh

[starsun]

Its a snail I think ... cant really give you any more info :S

[underdogdlx]

it looks like a snail... but acts like a telephone? o_0

[starsun]

it IS a phone, no idea how its connected to the phone network thingy etcetc

[Hype]

Snail mail ??

Not sure where the idea came about for a Snail - phone but it dam well fits the One Piece universe doesnt it :)

[Molekage]

its seems like specific den den mushi are connect to other specific ones. more like walkie talkie, i'd say

[d.Lughie]

den den mushi.. snail phone.. hmm.. oda likes to use animal as a machine of some sort.. like for example.. the conch.. in dials..

[starsun]

Its a fantasy world, might aswell use something out of the blue

[Ai_Kotobuki]

and its a nice idea too, though i wonder was happens to them when it breaks. like when sanji crushed the mic

[Masaki]

Well, this may not answer your question, but...

Den-den refers to the word "Denwa", which means telephone.

Mushi means insect, but there's also a pun. When Japanese people pick up the phone, they typically say "Mushi-mushi."

[d.Lughie]

wow.. thats interesting.. there's a lot of pun used in One Piece.. like the name of Zoro's skill.. are all pun I guess.. Oni Giri.. Tora Gari.. and stuff.. and I just realized from 265 that Oimo (the name of the other giant) means me too..

and then Kalifa's skill too
Golden Hour... the hour is a pun of awa (bubble)

[Molekage]

hm, i notice when one den den mushi is damaged or cut off, the other one falls asleep or something. that happened in the most recent ep.

[Ai_Kotobuki]

but im also curious what happens to the one that was cut off, would it fall asleep to or just die with its main purpose of existace being destroyed. however u repair them at all i dont know, they really should put some of the OP techs in their own illustrated guide/data book for fans like me

[Anemone]

it's a wacky looking telephone AND a snail.....I believe. I fear if we were ever given the chance to ask Oda-sensei directly he wouldn't give us a serious answer

[underdogdlx]

maybe they work kinda like zoro's magicial 'non-ventriloquism'. they speak with their hearts and when one goes dead, the other one is so sad it stays quiet....

this is what im referring to, straight from my sig (and an SBS corner...:P )

Reader: You know, with Zoro's 3-sword style, I don't think he'd be able to talk with the sword in his mouth... Could it be...ventriloquism?
Oda: IT'S HIS HEART SPEAKING.