Eiichiro Oda donated 800 million yen to his hometown for the earthquake and built a bronze statue of Luffy in his hometown to show his gratitude

Recently, Japanese media revealed an interesting anecdote. Eiichiro Oda once donated 800 million yen to his hometown of Kumamoto for the earthquake but did not make it public. In order to express his gratitude, Kumamoto Prefecture allocated 13 million yen to build a bronze statue of Luffy. Now, one year and nine months have passed, and the economic benefits brought by this bronze statue have reached 2.6 billion yen.

·It is well known that Eiichiro Oda is low-key. He never goes on SNS such as Twitter. The information he releases is all handwritten graffiti and then handed over to the editorial department for release. I didn’t expect that he would be so low-key when doing good deeds. Netizens were shocked to hear that Eiichiro Oda had donated up to 800 million yen to his hometown Kumamoto earthquake but did not make it public, which caused heated discussion.

However, the matter does not stop there. It is reported that Kumamoto Prefecture allocated 13 million yen to build a bronze statue of Luffy in order to express gratitude, which resulted in protests of " waste of tax money ". Oda was heartbroken and made his donation public. Now, one year and nine months have passed, and the economic benefits brought by this bronze statue are as high as 2.6 billion yen. It seems that among the celebrities who give back to their hometown after success, Eiichiro Oda is really a leader.