Jimbei, Knight of the Sea

This SBS page opens with a banner illustration of four female characters with swirling hair and expressions, one holding a scythe-like weapon, signed 'by Pak Won Yong, Korea'. Reader R writes: 'Mr. Oda. It looks like Boa Hancock appeared on the Jump cover 9 years ago! I was very surprised. Is that really herI Tell me. -PX-10000'. Oda replies: 'Wow, that really surprised me!! This was unexpected. Thank you, person on the internet who found this. I honestly forgot about it myself. This picture is from "Color Works 2," an illustration collection. But at about that time, the story was entering the grand line, so I was asked to draw some enemies that would appear in the background, so I drew about four, and one of them was indeed Hancock. Naturally, when she actually appeared, I changed some things. But it's true that 9 years ago, I drew the Shichibukai Boa Hancock. Yup.' Another reader says: 'R: The daruma has fallen! Okay, you, marimo!!! -Nashi'. Oda answers: 'O: Yay! It's Zoro! Get him! Hya hya hya! Yeah.' A longer letter from Dario in Liguria discusses Spandine, CP9 agents, and Kalifa's dad resemblance to a CP9 member. Oda responds: 'O: It's Kalifa's dad! Yup, that's really the case. But I didn't really drop any hints about this, so I just decided on a whim to make him Kalifa's dad, and there's some backstory about that. The majority of CP9 is made up of orphaned children who were left to the government, but I thought it would be interesting if they also had the children of CP9 members, kind of like thoroughbreds. Kumadori's mom is different.' A small panel shows a man with glasses. Page number 126 appears at bottom right.