Current Events One piece ending in 4 years confirmed
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I get the feeling the entire process of discovering all the details on Laugh Tale and using those details to better understand how to deal with what the World Government had been hiding, as well as fighting in the inevitable war that will result from that, is going to take at least 100 chapters, maybe even longer.
I think Oda just want the people who stopped reading One Piece because of the length to comeback by giving them a heads up that he finally reached the most interesting parts of the story and the climax is near
the story will continue to develope with what would make sense, if there's one thing Oda will always be good at is he always finish all the plotlines he set up, so I trust him not to rush the ending
the story will continue to develope with what would make sense, if there's one thing Oda will always be good at is he always finish all the plotlines he set up, so I trust him not to rush the ending
And this is another definitive proof that Elbaf is going to be the place where a second bigger alliance will mobilize troops including Elbaf's own army against the World Government. It mirrors Zou's role in the Yonko saga, the birthplace of the pirate-samurai-mink alliance.
Both arcs are about settling conflicts (Inu/Neku, Meme/giants) and gearing up to prepare for the big game.
Both arcs are about settling conflicts (Inu/Neku, Meme/giants) and gearing up to prepare for the big game.
Idk, I'm skeptical. Given Oda's incredibly slow pacing at times, and breaks every 2-4 weeks, I don't see us advancing enough in 4-5 years to cover everything in the story adequately. Just to get an idea, 4 years ago we were at Luffy vs Cracker. 5 Years ago was the beginning of Zou. Now, I mean a lot has happened in that time frame, but the plot as a whole hasn't really moved all that much. If Oda is serious about this, then after Wano he's going to have to move fast. Once Kaido is defeated, I imagine we're going to have a 'pursuit for the 4th road poneglyph' arc. Who knows how long that'll take. We still need to actually get to laugh tale, learn the history of what happened, Joy Boy, the will of D, the WG's role, etc. The final war, the ancient weapons. We also still have just general things to explore like what is Dragon's story, what triggered him to become a revolutionary? What is Shanks crew like? Why is there a giant straw hat in Mariejois? What's IM's aim? Vegapunk? Now I don't expect everything to be answered in this story, I'm just saying there's still a crap ton of mystery's left to explore for the series to end in 4-5 years.
Reposting this here since my thread just merges my last post so no thread bumps:
Greg talked about it:
He believes Oda means he wants the series to end here, however, the wording can be interpreted as "just this part of Luffy's story" (however Greg thinks rather its the whole thing, but Japanese words can be fun). Anyway, Greg himself goes onto say he doubts it (the timeline) due to
1. Pacing. Purely the fact that we are still in Wano and "that" War hasn't been initiated/set up/begun as of yet.
2. Chapter release. Frequent breaks will prevent him from getting there when he thinks (~200 chapters away)
3. Slyly tacking in another year. He said 5 years last September. He said 5 years in this volume. He just added another year lol.
4. 30th anniversary. Greg believes he won't NOT try and hit that milestone. (He may not even have a choice lol.)
5. Greg thinks the ending, from what he knows or once knew, is fairly ambitious (aka, Lots of plot/content/whatever) and doesn't think it will be achieved in a quick or swift manner.
6. Greg doesn't believe Oda is a prophet.
Anyway. I vibe with it. It all comes down to how Oda does it, or you can still reframe the argument to be made that "Luffys adventure to find One Piece is over, but that doesn't mean the story is over".
Idk, I'll slowly count down the years, and also see when the war actually starts/how it starts to properly guage if I can believe in Oda finishing when he thinks he will. If it takes us another ~40 or 50 chapters to finish Wano, then Oda brings us to Elbaf or some other unknown island next, without remotely trying to have the crew find the last RP, im going to doubt this timeline heavily.
Also, do note that Greg, being an OP columnist and someone who is relatively close to these people, has called Oda's "5 year" comment a marketing move. Take that as you will.
Greg talked about it:
He believes Oda means he wants the series to end here, however, the wording can be interpreted as "just this part of Luffy's story" (however Greg thinks rather its the whole thing, but Japanese words can be fun). Anyway, Greg himself goes onto say he doubts it (the timeline) due to
1. Pacing. Purely the fact that we are still in Wano and "that" War hasn't been initiated/set up/begun as of yet.
2. Chapter release. Frequent breaks will prevent him from getting there when he thinks (~200 chapters away)
3. Slyly tacking in another year. He said 5 years last September. He said 5 years in this volume. He just added another year lol.
4. 30th anniversary. Greg believes he won't NOT try and hit that milestone. (He may not even have a choice lol.)
5. Greg thinks the ending, from what he knows or once knew, is fairly ambitious (aka, Lots of plot/content/whatever) and doesn't think it will be achieved in a quick or swift manner.
6. Greg doesn't believe Oda is a prophet.
Anyway. I vibe with it. It all comes down to how Oda does it, or you can still reframe the argument to be made that "Luffys adventure to find One Piece is over, but that doesn't mean the story is over".
Idk, I'll slowly count down the years, and also see when the war actually starts/how it starts to properly guage if I can believe in Oda finishing when he thinks he will. If it takes us another ~40 or 50 chapters to finish Wano, then Oda brings us to Elbaf or some other unknown island next, without remotely trying to have the crew find the last RP, im going to doubt this timeline heavily.
Also, do note that Greg, being an OP columnist and someone who is relatively close to these people, has called Oda's "5 year" comment a marketing move. Take that as you will.
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Of all the "OP will end in X," this is the most believable. Luffy has beaten every enemy Warlord, every enemy Emperor, is one Road Poneglyph away from finding One Piece, and Blackbeard and the World Government are the only enemies left. A super arc for the final Road Poneglyph and Big Mom Arc Part 2 must be out of the question.
I hate that Luffy will come out of Wano beating Kaido and "Big Mom," but Blackbeard has done nothing to establish himself on another level from them. Luffy's post Wano bounty will be in the five billions at most and Blackbeard's is still around two billion. Maybe Shanks is the strongest Emperor all along, mid diffed Kaido in Marineford Arc, and will get high diffed by Blackbeard.
I hate that Luffy will come out of Wano beating Kaido and "Big Mom," but Blackbeard has done nothing to establish himself on another level from them. Luffy's post Wano bounty will be in the five billions at most and Blackbeard's is still around two billion. Maybe Shanks is the strongest Emperor all along, mid diffed Kaido in Marineford Arc, and will get high diffed by Blackbeard.
We already seen speed up in pace where Oda is clearly skiping through things as we expected a lot more from Wano so far and the anime has been doing more justice to the arc than the manga with more context added
But man you're telling me Dressrosa an arc that doesn't hold as much weight in the story took 2 YEARS from 2013 to 15 with 102 chapters
But Elbaf's arc , The Final War , the Journey to Laughtell , getting the last Road ponyglyph , asnwering the void century mysteries , war against BB , meeting Shanks , unveiling Vegapunk and his story , unveiling Dragon and his story how he made Revos and why (maybe more about Ohara's story) and the list goes on and on about things that aren't answered in the OP story ... it's all gonna happen in 5 years ? 5 YEARS ?
This is also one of the main reasons I HATED Reverie cause when we are close to the end game it's supposed to answer questions and clear things up instead it gave us even more questions about Shanks and his role , about Imu , about the Strawhat and the list goes on ...
Sorry Oda but unless you're gonna butcher the story or leave things unanswered , i don't believe in One Piece ending in 5 years.
But man you're telling me Dressrosa an arc that doesn't hold as much weight in the story took 2 YEARS from 2013 to 15 with 102 chapters
But Elbaf's arc , The Final War , the Journey to Laughtell , getting the last Road ponyglyph , asnwering the void century mysteries , war against BB , meeting Shanks , unveiling Vegapunk and his story , unveiling Dragon and his story how he made Revos and why (maybe more about Ohara's story) and the list goes on and on about things that aren't answered in the OP story ... it's all gonna happen in 5 years ? 5 YEARS ?
This is also one of the main reasons I HATED Reverie cause when we are close to the end game it's supposed to answer questions and clear things up instead it gave us even more questions about Shanks and his role , about Imu , about the Strawhat and the list goes on ...
Sorry Oda but unless you're gonna butcher the story or leave things unanswered , i don't believe in One Piece ending in 5 years.
The optimist in me thinks that the Reverie is only a taste of how post-Wano chapters will be. We will (hopefully) get tons of chapters like that in the future. That pretty much is the only way I can "see" Oda finishing in 5-7 years. The payoffs have to be huge per chapter, there is barely any real estate (panels) to waste time if he's looking to legitimately end it in 180-250 chapters. And I HIGHLY doubt this considering how far we are in Wano and the main battles haven't even started yet. While Wano is moving "fast", the huge amount of plots/characters make each week feel like he's still moving at a relatively slow pace.
So to say "5 more years" when he virtually can't even tell when he'll finish Wano is interesting. Let alone the fact that Luffy clearly needs to find the 4th RP, which is not on Wano. So we know there is SOMETHING between Wano and Laugh Tale (likely Elbaf/Lodestar)
So to say "5 more years" when he virtually can't even tell when he'll finish Wano is interesting. Let alone the fact that Luffy clearly needs to find the 4th RP, which is not on Wano. So we know there is SOMETHING between Wano and Laugh Tale (likely Elbaf/Lodestar)
