tbh the best thing we can do is to take a break of 1 year or so, currently oda is toying with our feelings, both on breaks and on the quality of the chapters and the overall coherence. It's hurt to be used as such when you'r an old time fan. We have now to take a decision : never hope anymore in OP, or don't have any expectation left, because well now we know Oda well, and he always managed to fuck things up.
period.
@Jew D. Boy
Oda doesn't care about us who watch the series illegal on the world wide web he draws this manga for the people who are buying the volumes every 3 months in the volume format this is primary group
now look at the fact why he can allow this 2 weeks break
For us its weekly for them its 3-month schedule where he has to provide 10 chapters in this period means 10 week work
Volume 97 was released in september in Japan which ended with chapter 984 with the title "my bible"
the next volume 98 is coming out in December this year and he only needs to draw to 994
Oda is already at chapter 991 so he only needs to draw 3 more chapters to complete the volume 98 for December means three weeks to work and he got 3 months or 12 weeks of time for that
so he takes 2 week break
and got 10 weeks for 3 chapters if he goes by normal tempo 3 weeks plus 1 week break he draws 8 chapters more and we will go to the new year break with chapter 999
so he can take a break or two he is already ahead of time
70% of the work for volume 98 is done he should take a break go out with is family enjoy the money he has he deserves it
he doesn't need to bring out chapters for us who watch it for free you wouldn't work for free right?
I don't get it what we are doing is illegal its only released weekly on the website and after 3 weeks it's deleting
its is all to make the fans buy the volumes this where Oda earns his money and gets what he do for his hard work but look at the sales due to piracy it dropped massively so he loses money due people watching the series illegal so we can cry all we want he doesnt need to care he draws the volumes for the audience who is following the weekly scheme and if you dont like that who cares
I live in Germany and buy all released volumes even then Oda doesn't need to care about us who are watching it for free
his real fans are the ones who are buying the volume and follow this scheme and for us we have to respect that we are getting it for free