Since the “One Piece is ending in 5 years” headlines are making the rounds around here, I thought it’d be good to start this thread.
I’m obviously at worst skeptical of such claim and at best 100% certain of its inevitable inaccuracy. Oda had given numerical estimates many times previously, and is almost always off the mark.
I’m sure he HOPES to end One Piece in 5 years due to the pressure of keeping up with such a gigantic franchise, but looking at how dense the upcoming stories would need to be to conclude every unresolved plot line, it’s just not possible to do so within 200 chapters.
By analyzing how Oda chooses to write his story and which elements he chooses to focus on in his narrative (I won’t breakdown that here because it’d be too long), his perfectionist self will not allow him to cut corners on resolving the upcoming plot lines.
If he truly believes he will end the series in 5 years, he will swiftly realize how unrealistic that is once he actually starts drawing week to week in the upcoming arcs. That is of course unless he suddenly decides that he doesn’t care about his story anymore and starts cutting corners, which I sincerely doubt will happen.
Anyway, I thought I’d make a list of the unresolved mysteries/plot threads/character goals to further show how unrealistic it’d be to cover all of it in 200 chapters. My best estimate would be around 350 more chapters, which corresponds to 8-9 more years.
Also keep in mind that Oda will still introduce new mysteries and characters as we go to new islands after Wano
Let me know what to add to the list because I’m certain I missed some unresolved plot lines
I’m obviously at worst skeptical of such claim and at best 100% certain of its inevitable inaccuracy. Oda had given numerical estimates many times previously, and is almost always off the mark.
I’m sure he HOPES to end One Piece in 5 years due to the pressure of keeping up with such a gigantic franchise, but looking at how dense the upcoming stories would need to be to conclude every unresolved plot line, it’s just not possible to do so within 200 chapters.
By analyzing how Oda chooses to write his story and which elements he chooses to focus on in his narrative (I won’t breakdown that here because it’d be too long), his perfectionist self will not allow him to cut corners on resolving the upcoming plot lines.
If he truly believes he will end the series in 5 years, he will swiftly realize how unrealistic that is once he actually starts drawing week to week in the upcoming arcs. That is of course unless he suddenly decides that he doesn’t care about his story anymore and starts cutting corners, which I sincerely doubt will happen.
Anyway, I thought I’d make a list of the unresolved mysteries/plot threads/character goals to further show how unrealistic it’d be to cover all of it in 200 chapters. My best estimate would be around 350 more chapters, which corresponds to 8-9 more years.
- Imu’s true identity and goals.
- The giant strawhat / the hidden treasure in Marejois and its connection to Law’s devil fruit.
- Vegapunk’s indentity/history and his new SSG creation.
- The fate of the former warlords, especially Weevil, Hancock and Mihawk.
- Kuma’s history with Bonney.
- Aokiji’s true goal and his alliance with Blackbeard.
- The Rocks pirates’ history and the God Valley Incident.
- Shanks’ conversation with the Gorosei and his overall character arc.
- Void century story.
- The three eyed clan and their ability to read poneglyphs.
- Voice of all things explanation (Luffy, Momo, Roger, etc…)
- Joy Boy identity and the meaning of the Will of D.
- The fate of the 3 ancient weapons.
- Luffy destroying Fishman Island and the fate of the Noah.
- Vegapunk explaining devil fruit origins and how Blackbeard is able to use two devil fruits.
- What happened to Sabo, Vivi and King Cobra?
- Dragon’s war with the celestial Dragons.
- Greenbull’s identity.
- Coby’s journey towards becoming an admiral and the goal of Sword.
- Kaido’s individual backstory and the reason he’s suicidal.
- Denjiro’s identity. Lady Toki's story.
- The incident the Strawhat grand fleet will cause.
- Prince Loki’s story and the whole Elbaph arc.
- Enel’s return and the connection of the moon race to the void century.
- King’s race and the three races Big Mom is missing from her island.
- Katakuri’s fate and if he’ll meet Luffy again.
- Last road ponelyph’s location and finding Laugh Tale.
- Identity of Thriller Barks monsters.
- Luffy finding the One Piece and fighting Blackbeard.
- Zoro beating Mihawk and becoming the WGS.
- Nami finishing the map of the world.
- Usopp becoming a brave warrior of the sea.
- Sanji finding the All Blue and re-uniting with Pudding.
- Chopper creating the ultimate cure.
- Robin discovering the true history.
- Franky guiding the Sunny go to the finish line.
- Brook meeting Laboon.
- Jinbei and the Vinsmoke’s fate.
- Law, Kidd, Uroge, Hawkins, Drake, etc… stories and fates.
Also keep in mind that Oda will still introduce new mysteries and characters as we go to new islands after Wano
Let me know what to add to the list because I’m certain I missed some unresolved plot lines
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