Future Events It's possible that we will soon find out which island the Straw Hat crew will visit next after Elbaf

[Rumble]

Which island do you think it is?

Hachinosu, but Blackbeard and most of his crew won't be there. It won't be a major arc.

I think some of the Third World's equivalent mural allies will converge there.

Monster Trio will do a collective Haki burst.

Katakuri may return to the page and acknowledge Luffy on friendlier terms.

 

[Kizarugoat]

Lodestar -> Laughtale -> Mariejois -> Epilogue

 

[Higuma]

Im going to assume no. We had no idea Egghead was next for years before Wano ended, but we could make guesses to Vegapunk/Kuma/Bonney/Kizaru/ Sentoumaru-centric stuff would be next given how much VP was referenced in WCI and Wano, plus Elbaf just being the only other obvious island aside from Lodestar and Laugh Tale. Elbaf was made known because it was tied to Egghead narratively, for the same reason we knew about Zou and Wano for years.

Right now you can sort of do the same thing with a few characters that need narrative closure/addressing:

- Urouge
- The Strawhat Fleet need to take part in whatever incident they were hyped to be part of. I dont think this is "just" the final war, it doesnt sound like it to me based on narration.
- Burned Scar Man/4th RP


There are more, but these are the most obvious ones. Imo, somehow I have a feeling these characters will be tied together, at least in an arc. No idea how or why, but thats what I think is coming next. Could be an island between Elbaf and Lodestar or just Lodestar. We'll see

Edit: Either way, I expect only 2-3 islands left at most. Lodestar/Laugh Tale or one immediately preceding them, thats it.

Your point of view is interesting, but it's clearly stated in the manga that Loki plans to tell Luffy where Shanks is.
And I also think that Urouge will make a comeback
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Hachinosu, but Blackbeard and most of his crew won't be there. It won't be a major arc.

I think some of the Third World's equivalent mural allies will converge there.

Monster Trio will do a collective Haki burst.

Katakuri may return to the page and acknowledge Luffy on friendlier terms.

I've already explained why it's impossible for them to go to Hachinosu.

2. It’s impossible for the Straw Hat crew to go to Hachinosu. They will fight the Blackbeard Pirates sooner or later, but not on Hachinosu.
When it comes to new islands in the main storyline, the structure always follows the same pattern: for the Straw Hat crew to visit a new island, its environment must be unknown and kept in the shadows before their arrival, allowing for an exploration phase where each location is discovered one by one. Otherwise, if everything has already been shown, there’s nothing left to tell.

And we’ve already seen everything Hachinosu has to offer: the city center, the inside of the main skull-shaped building, and the prisons beneath the skull. There are no new locations left to show.

On top of that, there has already been the fight between Garp and Aokiji and Blackbeard Pirates on Hachinosu. The location’s combat potential has therefore already been used up.

 

[Peepooman]

Before returning to the present, it is possible that the flashback does not end six years ago, at the time of Loki's capture by Shanks, but continues until a much more recent period: the moment when Shanks came to Elbaf and visited Loki (just before defeating Eustass Kid).
We know nothing about the content of the discussion between Shanks and Loki, except for one thing: Shanks supposedly revealed to Loki his next destination (which logically means the place where he is currently located).
Luffy wants to free Loki to find out where Shanks is, to see Shanks again.
Since the beginning of the arc, this is actually the only real plot element that drives Luffy to act on Elbaf, to actively get involved in the arc's plot, and not just remain a passive observer of the conflict between the Giants and the Holy Knights.
If this element is also central to the construction of the arc, it is probably because the island where Shanks is located is the place where the next arc after Elbaf will take place. This island would then be the next destination for the Straw Hat crew.
Loki will likely be freed when he returns to the present, after he has finished telling his story, as promised, so he can help in the fight against the Holy Knights.
two scenarios are possible:
The most logical scenario would be that Loki waits until the end of the fights to reveal everything to Luffy about Shanks' location, at the very end of the arc. In that case, the identity of the island where Shanks is located would remain deliberately hidden until that moment.

The other possibility is the one theorized in this post, that the identity of this island is revealed directly at the end of the flashback, during the scene of the recent encounter between Shanks and Loki.

Which island do you think it is?
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Why does it matter what island they visit, they are never important except luffy

 

[Higuma]

Why does it matter what island they visit, they are never important except luffy

The discovery of islands has been a crucial part of the manga since its beginning. Each new island is always full of suspense and excitement. Remember the beginning of Elbaf, when we didn't know what the island looked like until the double page reveal. Or the start of Skypiea, where we had no idea what the Celestial Island would look like. Then there was the entry into the Florian Triangle and the exploration of the Seducing Forest. And now, knowing that only Loadstar, Laugh Tale (and part of Mariejois) remain as unknown islands, and that all of them are tied to the Lost Century and the One Piece, the excitement only grows.

 

[Peepooman]

The discovery of islands has been a crucial part of the manga since its beginning. Each new island is always full of suspense and excitement. Remember the beginning of Elbaf, when we didn't know what the island looked like until the double page reveal. Or the start of Skypiea, where we had no idea what the Celestial Island would look like. Then there was the entry into the Florian Triangle and the exploration of the Seducing Forest. And now, knowing that only Loadstar, Laugh Tale (and part of Mariejois) remain as unknown islands, and that all of them are tied to the Lost Century and the One Piece, the excitement only grows.

Im not talking about island im talking about the straw hats

 

[Paperchampion23]

Your point of view is interesting, but it's clearly stated in the manga that Loki plans to tell Luffy where Shanks is.
And I also think that Urouge will make a comeback
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I've already explained why it's impossible for them to go to Hachinosu.

Imo wherever Shanks is will just be where Luffy's adventure takes him, just how Egghead and Elbaf worked out, Its all circumstantial, always. So yes, Loki will tell Luffy where he is, and imho itll be Lodestar or at least an island directly after Elbaf. Oda doesnt shortchange the journey, its all purposeful.

I think, fundamentally, Lodestar will serve as.the first be crossroads in the series in terms of the war for One Piece. Whether its there or the Island before, I believe the 4th RP will be fought over by the 4 Yonko and their crews (so with Luffy's Grand Fleet; CG will get more notable members like Moria, Weevil, etc) and the Marines.

Imho this is when:

- Luffy reunites with Shanks
- Shanks potentially loses or has his storyline end (be it from Blackbeard or someone else)
- Akainu loses to Luffy while the above happens separately
- Luffy and Blackbeard obtain copies of the 4th RP and then head to Laugh Tale.

No idea about CG tbh. To me, this is the cleanest route to LT and eventually Mariejoa/Imu if thats where the WG falls.
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Hachinosu, but Blackbeard and most of his crew won't be there. It won't be a major arc.

I think some of the Third World's equivalent mural allies will converge there.

Monster Trio will do a collective Haki burst.

Katakuri may return to the page and acknowledge Luffy on friendlier terms.

Like its been stated, Oda never fully reveals an island the crew goes to. Its always hidden or silhouetted, or just never shown. Its why God Valley and Hachinosu have been shown fully many times already.

 

[Higuma]

Imo wherever Shanks is will just be where Luffy's adventure takes him, just how Egghead and Elbaf worked out, Its all circumstantial, always. So yes, Loki will tell Luffy where he is, and imho itll be Lodestar or at least an island directly after Elbaf. Oda doesnt shortchange the journey, its all purposeful.

I think, fundamentally, Lodestar will serve as.the first be crossroads in the series in terms of the war for One Piece. Whether its there or the Island before, I believe the 4th RP will be fought over by the 4 Yonko and their crews (so with Luffy's Grand Fleet; CG will get more notable members like Moria, Weevil, etc) and the Marines.

Imho this is when:

- Luffy reunites with Shanks
- Shanks potentially loses or has his storyline end (be it from Blackbeard or someone else)
- Akainu loses to Luffy while the above happens separately
- Luffy and Blackbeard obtain copies of the 4th RP and then head to Laugh Tale.

No idea about CG tbh. To me, this is the cleanest route to LT and eventually Mariejoa/Imu if thats where the WG falls.
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Like its been stated, Oda never fully reveals an island the crew goes to. Its always hidden or silhouetted, or just never shown. Its why God Valley and Hachinosu have been shown fully many times already.

It's a great summary, I have nothing to add.

 

[a_fan]

Hopefully laughtale or marijoa

I'm starting to think marijoa raid and collapse is reserved for the revos or BB pirates/CG and admirals with a longer version of reverie style arc after elbaf.

Marijoa is political and luffy doesn't care about that so it would make sense for straw hats to stick to laughtale/final war.