Talk:Daisuke Ashihara/@comment-180.9.104.116-20130407024838/@comment-180.9.104.116-20130410034738

Wow, thank you very much for the reply. There's a long answer and a short answer. The short answer is, Shintaro Oikawa MAY have been a OP assistant. The 'problem' is that, as anywhere, many last names are shared and very rarely are first names given so it creates a headache trying to figure out who is who. It's certain that a certain Oikawa worked as an OP assitant. Furthermore, as Toriko's Shimabukuro is BFFs with Oda, it seems likely that, that Oikawa is in fact the same that worked for Oda.

And that's the short answer, haha.

I have been researching Oda's assistants for many years and I've widdled down a fair amount of them but without first names (or any at all) it's very difficult trying to find when/how long they worked with Oda. So when I saw Oikawa paired with a first name, my eyes popped out of my head. Just looking at this list now, I'm already aware of more than a few assistants that aren't linked to Oda, but having many of their names, and in kanji to boot, remains invaluable. Thank you so much for your help!