not even true on that last part btw....
also 4 years is about 140 chapters
Yes, it is true:
This was nearly 4 years ago. It then got repeated by him and his editor 1 more time each before he stopped saying it. Then in his interview with Conan's Author, he joked about how he'd "like" to finish in 3 years, then immediately said he doesnt know after. His editor also came out and said One Piece has 20-30 volumes left last year. One Piece gets 3 volumes per year. Do the math on how many years that equates to at minimum.
So unless One Piece is ending literally next year, he's already been wrong. If it doesnt end in 2 years, then both him and and his editor are wrong again from when they repeated it in 2020.
when you consider that egghead is no more than 15 more (prolly 12~), that leaves 128 for a Lodestar (short), Elbaf (short), Laughtale and potentiallya final war...
Lmfao, where are you pulling these random ass numbers from? Egghead is literally gearing up for a major battle and you think its ending. Ive been told for months Egghead is ending and yet it keeps getting longer and longer. Wonder why that is?
And im sorry to break it to you, but Elbaf of all arcs will not be short, its been teased for decades and has key importance to multiple main characters. And we have no idea what Lodestar will consist of. And we STILL do not know if Elbaf and Lodestar are even next.
Your 4 years comment makes no sense.
when you start realizing that the entirety of the Summit war was 107 chapters and covered as much as it did (ik pre ts vs post) its not as much of a reach as you think
Summit War literally achieves nothing but killing 2 Characters and teasing the pinnacle of the powers in the story. Realize this please. Pacing was as good as it was because there was no direct villain in Amazon Lily, Impel Down or Marineford that required Luffy to win. No major villain lost. No flashbacks explored. No plotlines resolved for any individual character save for Whitebeard and Ace.
So no, it will not end in 140 chapters. We arent even at the Final War yet, but you seem to be including things that have nothing to do with it. We arent even near Laugh Tale yet unironically.
Sorry bro, you are dead wrong here