Going Merry or SS Forward?

**OrangePulp** · 02-12-2006, 01:30 AM

I've been re-reading One Piece, and in some of the chapters their ship is referred to as S.S. Forward; I always thought it was Going Merry. Is there an explaination for this?

**endi** · 02-12-2006, 03:09 AM

SS forward? never heard :S

the only thing that i know is that they call merry in the german version "flying lamb" -_-'

**Cold-NiTe** · 02-12-2006, 03:10 AM

Is it in random chapters that you get this? It could be a translator's preference.

**Planeswalker06** · 02-12-2006, 09:46 PM

What the? Ive never heard of the SS forward

**XP_OMG11** · 02-13-2006, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Ayato_kamina

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that in the latest episodes of the anime the going merry which is usually called the going merry in the anime, has started being referred to as the merry go? it reminds me of the horrible 4kids version :S

Really? I thought Going Merry's full name was Going Merry Go...(Must be me...><)

**-Breeze-** · 02-16-2006, 10:23 AM

It is reffered to the SS Forward a couple of times in some of the chapters of volume 25 of the manga.
Here it is reffered to as the going merry http://www.mangaviewer.com/main.php?...=chapter227_02
And here as the SS Forward http://www.mangaviewer.com/main.php?...=chapter235_04

**Skrymir** · 02-20-2006, 11:35 PM

They called it "SS Forward" once it got wings. The moment the wings were gone (When that lil spirit guy fixed it to not having wings anymore), they reverted to calling it "Going Merry" again. I just read the whole story again recently and noticed they only called it SS Forward in the Sky Piea Arc and mostly during the time when they were on Sky Island.

**YBMC** · 02-21-2006, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by XP_OMG11

Really? I thought Going Merry's full name was Going Merry Go...(Must be me...><)

I can answer this. the suffix -go means that the name is reffering to a ship. So it's like USS at the front of an american ship. It's name is Going Merry, and the -go means it's talking about the ship. Does that make sense?

**XP_OMG11** · 02-21-2006, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by YBMC

I can answer this. the suffix -go means that the name is reffering to a ship. So it's like USS at the front of an american ship. It's name is Going Merry, and the -go means it's talking about the ship. Does that make sense?

Oh, thanks. Makes a lot of sense now. That and I was listening to "Caravel Farewell".