I think you are overestimating how many and how long the arcs remaining in the story are.
Like you said we don’t know when Egghead will end but also at this point what it will cover. If it goes as long as you think, about 2 years, then I imagine it’s a ton of set up that he can quickly pay off in the next arc or two to wrap up the story.
The issue is his climaxes last longer than his setup lol.
Wano is 70 chapters of setup, 80 chapters of fighting. Go back further. Dressrosa is 60% birdcage. WCI is nearly 50% WEEEEEDING CAKE. Enies Lobby is longer than Water 7. Thriller Bark and Punk Hazard have like 15 chapters of setup and 30+ chapters of fighting and running each.
So you can imagine that spending 2 years in Egghead isnt going to resolve much save for Vegapunk and Kizaru's plotline on Egghead. Nor the big wars that are coming will be short probably.
Then theres the entirety of Elbaf, which by default seems separate from the 4th RP plot since the Burned Man roams on a ship and Shanks didnt discuss his presence being on Elbaf. Then theres just the rest of it.
Oda basically flat out confirmed that Luffy is lagging behind Kid and Law's routes to LT in the end. This is because Kid's route led him to Elbaf, and island still hidden by Oda that fundamentally needs to still be visited.
This all makes sense because the island routes eventually have to converge to Lodestar.
This means, in theory, we have at least:
- Egghead
- ***
- Elbaf (Kid's route).
- ***
- Law's original destination (it was not Winner Island)
- ***
- Lodestar
- Laugh Tale
The ***'s account for any "possible" islands in between (i.e. Fullalead, Underworld, etc) since we cant tell currently if Luffy is lagging 1 or 2 islands behind Kid, then Law.
Then, this doesnt even assume the story ends at Laugh Tale, but rather Mariejois because of the FI prophecy. And if anyone has seen my "God Valley is Uranus" thread, I do actually think some event will take place on top of the weapon, likely near the endgame.
Give or take, ~300 chapters at minimum personally. Oda wants to end the story faster, but I think he's finding that even with a lightning pace, he cannot accelerate the actual journey because the geography he created wont let him.
And i cant see Egghead currently ending in anything less than 30-40 chapters at this rate, nor Elbaf being exactly "short".
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@Bepo I mean, ask yourself: 1200 is 114 chapters away, and we havent even seen Elbaf, Lodestar and Laugh Tale yet in the least and we arent even done with Egghead. 114 chapters is less than Wano by itself lol.
And you didn’t even mention the final arc and final war which going by Wano could very well be another 100 chapters on its own. Not even following the current arc, but if it’s going to take another 40 chapters to finish and Elbaf hasn’t even happened yet, then 300 might be putting it lightly. Oda could probably skip some of those unknown islands you listed tho or they’ll be short intermissions.
500 chapters(10-15 years), you also need to count that at some point oda will no longer be able to draw the manga so someone will need to do it.
OP will become a monthly release story and breaks will keep getting longer and longer, in all honesty: we aint gonna see it ending anytime soon.
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The optimism of fans not including that breaks will keep getting longer and oda is going through a literal eye surgery is insane lol, OP fandom is the king of copium.
People dont realize that winding up something goes quicker than setting up. With that in mind...I dont think we will go Mary Geoise abd everything will end at Lough Tale. More later gotta go work.
People dont realize that winding up something goes quicker than setting up. With that in mind...I dont think we will go Mary Geoise abd everything will end at Lough Tale. More later gotta go work.
People dont realize that winding up something goes quicker than setting up. With that in mind...I dont think we will go Mary Geoise abd everything will end at Lough Tale. More later gotta go work.
Ignore the "war" aspect of what the series is building to. Geographically, Lodestar/LT arent remotely next because of the implication of Kid and Law's routes. Kid's being Elbaf basically confirms Luffy will go to Elbaf, then some other island at least before Lodestar, possibly focusing on the Burned Man/4th RP.
This also "really" doesnt include anything with the WG if they do not leave Mariejois.
500 chapters is ridiculous, but really 300 isnt. Most mangaka extend their climaxes far beyond they expect, and Oda has the unfortunate crutch of geography playing a role in how fast he can end things
Also these reveals dont "resolve" anything. At the end of the day, the same amount of major factions still exist before and after Egghead lol
If the rest of the arcs maintain Egghead pacing, one piece ends in 100 - 200 chapters
Oda did say one piece is ending in a few years and now we're in the final saga
And you didn’t even mention the final arc and final war which going by Wano could very well be another 100 chapters on its own. Not even following the current arc, but if it’s going to take another 40 chapters to finish and Elbaf hasn’t even happened yet, then 300 might be putting it lightly. Oda could probably skip some of those unknown islands you listed tho or they’ll be short intermissions.
Pet theory of mine is Oda is following a rule of 15 locations for the New World. Not necessarily planned with pre-ts, but potentially post, regardless of story or chapter length:
- Reverse Mountain = Fishman Island
- Whiskey Peak = Punk Hazard
- Little Garden = Dressrosa
- Drum = Zou
- Alabasta = WCI
- Jaya = Wano
- Skypiea = Egghead
- LRLL = Fullalead/Underworld
- Water 7 = Elbaf
- Enies Lobby = Law's Destination/4th RP
- Thriller Bark = Lodestar
- Sabaody = Laugh Tale
- Amazon Lily = New Marineford
- Impel Down = Mariejois
- Marineford = God Valley (imo the flying weapon Uranus)
Again, Some of these will be short (Zou length), so its not like we have 8 more full length arcs after Egghead
Egghead is at the climax, so it might end fast or slowly.
There will be an arc about the crew going to an Autumn island. Maybe Drum Island arc length, but if longer, it shouldn't be longer than Skypiea. It shuold cover the Enel/Moon stuff going on.
Then there's Elbaf which will definitely tackle the Capone Bege and Lola stuff, and Loki stuff. That could be the main plot of the arc, and the villain is Buggy. That can be 30 chapters.
Then maybe a small arc about Hinokizu. Then, Laugh Tale. Finally, the final battle. A little bit more than 150 chapters left.
But I guess the focus in about he implying One Piece would end after One Piece treasure is discovered and not after Final War. Which makes no fucking sense because Whitebeard told One Piece treasure would cause this biggest war. Also the series is going much more for One Piece to be found than Final War to be initiated.
My bet would be only if Oda offscreen the treasure until the end of the series.
I think the final war WILL take place on laughtale, so it can all wrap up nicely.
Imagine near the end if laughtale location is revealed to many factions at once, and literally everyone including imu and WG, beeline straight for laughtale. The war would be absolutely crazy, but afterward the straw hats claim the prize.
It's going to continue for another 400- 500 chapters but mostly filler content that doesn't progress the story much. I expect he will rush or abandon everything not concerning his mc
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