Shimotsuki Village

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Japanese Name

シモツキ村

Romanized Name

Shimotsuki-mura

English Name

Frost Moon Village (VIZ); Shimotsuki Village (Funimation)

First Appearance

Chapter 5; Episode 2

Region

East Blue

Introduction

Shimotsuki Village is a village in East Blue and Roronoa Zoro's homeland. It was founded by pirates, around 55 years ago. The village was named after Shimotsuki Kouzaburou, a member of the Shimotsuki Family from Wano Country and one of the village's aforementioned founders.

Layout And Locations

Isshin Dojo

Isshin Dojo (一心道場, Isshin Dōjō?) is a kenjutsu school, a school of Japanese swordsmanship. Its owner is Koushirou, who is a skilled swordsman and father of the deceased Kuina. It is the place where Zoro developed and trained in his Three Sword Style and, in the anime, it is the only dojo whose sign Zoro did not take down. It is revealed that 12 years before the current storyline, the town was visited by Monkey D. Dragon and his revolutionaries, and that the dojo assisted them by providing supplies for the injured residents of the Gray Terminal.

Citizens

Culture And Geography

The village looks like a typical rural village in East Blue with ample greenery and mountains surrounding the village. The village also seems to have a lot of rice fields. The village's culture seems to be based on feudal Japan and its customs, similarly to Wano Country. The people there are also shown to be practising Buddhism.

History

55 years ago, Shimotsuki Kouzaburou left Wano, and ended up in East Blue, where he saved the village from bandits. He eventually settled down there and started a family, having trained the villagers in swordsmanship as well.

Translation And Dub Issues

The VIZ Manga translated the name "Shimotsuki" into "Frost Moon" when the village was first named in the manga. Thus, when the Shimotsuki Family name was revealed over a decade later, the connection was not made apparent. In later instances, when the connection to Shimotsuki Kouzaburou is relevant, both names are listed; either "Frost Moon (Shimotsuki) Village" or "Shimotsuki (Frost-Moon) Village".

Trivia

• Shimotsuki Village was inspired by the Japanese city of Nara.
• The founding of Shimotsuki Village is very likely based on the plot of the famous Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai, in which the titular seven samurai train a group of farmers to combat bandits.
• Shimotsuki is the traditional name of the month of November in the Japanese calendar.
• The village's dojo was initially called "Shimotsuki Dojo" (霜月道場, Shimotsuki Dōjō?) in the Weekly Shonen Jump release of Chapter 1033, despite previously being named "Isshin Dojo" in One Piece Yellow: Grand Elements. This was corrected in the Volume 102 version of the chapter, where the dojo is correctly referred to as "Isshin Dojo".

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