[hosokawa37]

I just found out the author of Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto, might have passed away in the disaster in Japan, though its not fully confirmed. For more information, read here:
http://www.myvisitingcard.com/2011/naruto-author-masashi-kishimoto-died-in-tsunami.html

[Kaiju]

now, I heard Konosuke Oda (author of One Peice) might have passed away but nothing of Kishi. Its just a rumor though, everytime a disaster happens celebrity deaths are usually rumored about.

[scarmullet]

Although I never cared for Naruto, or One Piece....this sucks. Any death is tragic, even if you didn't like what they did.

[jinzo64]

it looks like it's only speculation at he moment so i hope him and the other people in the report are o.k.
i hope that the people who managed to survive can get back to there normal way of life asap.

[XelaisPWN]

now, I heard Konosuke Oda (author of One Peice) might have passed away but nothing of Kishi. Its just a rumor though, everytime a disaster happens celebrity deaths are usually rumored about.

This. I also heard Gosho Aoyama died.

I say we wait it out before we start getting down, I assume 90% of these rumors are completely untrue. :\

[thedarkmessenger]

^agreed.

[jinzo64]

i second this agreed

[mattroks101]

And I 3rd it.

[Backmask]

Oda's death was just someone trolling One Piece fans. In fact, I know who it was. It was a tripfag on 4chan who goes by Park Ranger, Justice, and, on a different website, Genius.
Park Ranger is a Naruto fan and likes trolling One Piece fans. He posted a thread on 4chan with a picture of Oda's wikipedia page, which contained his supposed death, without his name and tripcode. When editing Wikipedia without a profile, your IP address is revealed. Someone posted said IP address, and another person traced the IP. The IP's location was in the same city as Park Ranger. Immediatly after this, Park Ranger said that it wasn't him, which confirmed that it was because the thread was in page 13 until Park Ranger bumped it with his post.

Some people say that Masa**** Kishimoto's body was found in Sendai in a collapsed appartment building. But this could be false because Masashi Kishimoto doesn't live in Sendai and doesn't have any real reason to be in an appartment building there.

Tite Kubo is fine. Like Norio Wakamoto, he is searching for survivors in Japan.

The Big Three is safe, as of now.

[XelaisPWN]

Seeeee? Toldja, guys :P

[thedarkmessenger]

lol. I didn't really believe it in the beginning. ESPECIALLY after I heard it was just a rumor so far.

[jinzo64]

well at least thats sorted.

[Backmask]

Here you go. Proof of Park Ranger's trolling. Actually, one of my posts are in this image.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1323/parkranger.jpg

[thedarkmessenger]

^big pic is big O_o

[jinzo64]

what picture i see no picture