--I'm just going to act this flat out. How many years until the final chapter?
Oda: In regard to how many years it'll be....well, I've given countless different answers so by now I'd have to wonder if anyone believes me anymore, (lol.)
Aoyama: Lol, yeah I think that too.
Oda: I wouldn't yell this from the mountaintops,, but I'd personally like to shoot for 3 more years.
Aoyama: But you don't know for sure. It all depends on how the characters act.
Oda: We're merely navigators in these stories.
Basically Oda admitting that he wants end it in 3 years, but knows he probably can't and won't. And there's this mutual understanding that they just kind of let the characters do what's needed for the plot and he follows along.
So I guess we'll see. It ultimately depends on what follows Wano. If it's guns blazing to Laugh Tale somehow then I can believe him a bit more. If it's just Elbaf and that ends up being another WCI type length island that only resolves smaller things then I can't.