Yeah in all seriousness, I think Oda is pretty down to earth and can be quite humble, going by his messages I've seen translated by Sandman on Twitter and such. He's a very conscious/self-aware person but in a more grounded/humble way too. He actually worries about letting others down with OP and such too.
I've heard he's really possesssive with OP, wanting to do all of it by himself, to draw the backgrounds especially but to do it all himself and not accept help but I'm not sure if that's true either.
Yeah, One Piece is gonna get MILKED hard guaranteed! Dragonball, Naruto, Fairy Tail are all getting milked to hell as the cash cows that they are and I'm sure MHA will be too once it has ended, same with Demon Slayer and JJK too! Although Demon Slayer has ended already too ofc. AOT will definitely get milked in future too! Its only natural that these companies take advantage of how immensely popular and thus finanically lucrative these series are ofc!
I do see OP getting a sequel series, a monthly one at least that Oda might end up overseeing ofc but someone else will work on, like how Boruto was going until Kishi got involved with it properly? I think DBS is being done by a different mangaka and not by Akira Toriyama but I'm not sure, I heard it was but I gave up on Dragonball after GT so I don't know either lmao.
I would absolutely hate a Boruto situation with One Piece too. I'm scared that will happen too. Boruto is so disappointing and underwhelming but people are swearing that its much better now, I'm too skeptical of that though. I think the Naruto series especially in Boruto has crossed lines it never should have and its put me off it. I tried to get into Boruto and hated it, it just felt so soulless and ridiculous to me. I've seen some interesting stuff come out of it but I'm kinda pissed off by an extremely major death in it too that I heard about and also a certain other unexpected "death" too. The storyline just sounds like such a mess in it tbh.
But yeah even just going on the concept too, I know Japan probably loves the concept but I hate this whole focusing on the kids of the previous MCs and not giving us a sequel series dedicated to the characters we love from the previous series but older and instead we are having them be overshadowed by their kids ultimately too.
Bleach's bonus chapter that Kubo made a while ago implied that Ichigo's son is going to be extremely important and not for the "right reasons", in a more "evil" and "grander scheme" kind of things, like with the entire world building/lore and such even too.
Imagine if Luffy had a son that was the key to the existence of haki and or devil fruits entirely? Or piracy/sailing or technology in the OP world or something?
I've actually forgotten what it said in the chapter about Ichigo's son but it was implied he's extremely important and has something to do with the actual Hell realm in Bleach or something? There was massive game changing reveals that shook up the entire lorre and world building of Bleach in that chapter tbh.
In fact on that note, maybe Vegapunk is someone from the extreme future where things went horrifically wrong, somehow invented a time machine and came back to the past to try and change history and prevent that future? Trunks D Vegapunk?! Vegatrunks?! Capsule Corp! Oda loves Dragonball a lot so this feels like its gonna be an inevitable storyline, especially as we have a DF that can jump forwards in time and send others forwards in time too but not one to go back into the past too? Not yet anyway?...
I actually hate the idea of time travel in storylines as it really fucks up the narrative, especially once you start changing the past too and the whole multiverse/multiple timelines nonsense and such but I ironically also love Dr Who and the MCU so go figure!
Yes, Oda gives off that impression of a really humble, down to earth Person. i mean, having the SBS since day 1 says a lot about his character interacting with the fans all over the world. He even takes questions from fans overseas and now even works with a guy he only met twice and allowed him to start a life action project. Whether it will deliver or not, i think on a human level that's still really awesome of Oda. I am sure he knows that it can go either way (Dragonball live action flashback
) and he fully accepts whatever happens with that.
Yep to this date the fandom is really torn about Dragonball GT some liked it and some didn't or lets just say its canon for some people and non canon for others. I personaly enjoyed the new ssj 4 form it was something new. Like you said the concept of time travel can really ruin a story. That was it for me with Boruto, i stopped watching after that little time travel action. I mean with the original Naruto there is still stuff i would have loved to get a mini sidestory about. Especially how Itachi Uchiha obtained the "Spirit Weapons" that would have been nice to see/ explore.
Unfortunately, i never really watched / read Bleach. When Bleach, Naruto and One Piece were considered the big 3 back then, I was heavily invested in Naruto first, after it ended I focussed on One Piece. I've seen some battles though, like Aizen vs Yamamoto that was the most used battle scene for AMV's that I remember. Now that Bleach had a "comeback" I really played with the thought to start watching the entire series. I like badass old people in Anime, that Yamamoto dude really impressed me i am sure there are even more powerfull characters besides him.
Good point about Dr. Vegapunk, that guy is an even more mystery to me than Imu, Dragon, the void century, zuneshas crime and what not.
I mean, I would buy a plot with Toki and that somehow he was sent into the future or her devil fruit had a counterpart. Even though, time travel is really dangerous for a story if overused. I think oda found a good balance in having people only have the ability to travel into the future and not back to the past. But then i wonder how Vegapunk got all his knowledge, when Kuma mentioned he's like 500 years ahead of time with his knowledge, it wouldn't make sense if he was sent from the past to the future.It had to be the opposite. Unless the ancient kingdom was so advanced and Vegapunk somehow got his hands on their technology? This can go in any direction. I think and hope toki stays dead, and her devil fruit will never be used again.
That's why I love one piece so much, the Mysteries we still have to discover are amazing. We still don't know the identity of Admiral Greenbull and only from his Silhouette and 2 or 3 lines he said he became a fascinating character already. Oda is really excellent in building up characters. I remember Kaidous introduction, i got so nervous in how Oda did it. I thought hes going to show us a God like figure, haha. A guy that wants to die but can't ? what. It was really a mind blown moment.