Oda news interviews

[Paperchampion23]

This time.there's no doubt

OP will end around the end of 2024 start of 2025 unless calamities strike again

There's always a means to doubt. 4-5 years means is slight leeway from last years comment. He's either saying he's down a year or nothing has advanced in his timeline at all lol.

Anyway, I've talked my brain out about this topic and feel there is nothing more to add. We all as a fanbase should want the best for Oda, but also shouldn't want his work to be ruined after 23 years of publication. 5 years is simply too little to finish Wano and cover 5x the amount of plot, characters and more beyond Wano. People should start being seriously concerned next year if Wano isn't finished and these comments are still being used to justify what is actually left.

Seems like Oda is trying to hit the 1200 chapter mark while Kishimoto did with 700.

The problem with this idea is that Naruto spent 250 chapters setting up and completing its last arc/saga. Imagine One Piece trying to do the same in less than 200 (from when Wano actually ends, right now that is 222 chapters away)
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Most stuff can easily be off paneled and adressed in the future with novels, spin offs, data books etc.
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Anyway,

Elbaf --> Raftel + BB --> Final War + WG --> End

Oda keeps bringing up those plot points consistently. Not a chance they just get addressed in companion novels. They are central to the story he's created lol.

 

[Lunaria]

The story was supposed to last 5 years, Wano was supposed to start in 2017 then it looked like Oda chose to speed up Reverie arc to make Wano happen in 2018. I don’t know, there are so many unresolved plot points that I have a hard time thinking 5 years would be enough, especially considering Oda’s old habit of miscalculating the time needed to wrap up small portions of the story. Unless he follows Kubo’s example and decides to rush absolutely everything.

 

[Paperchampion23]

Who cares? Certainly not Oda.

He will cover whatever he wants to cover in the manga, and Shueisha will make sure to milk the rest by publishing additional stuff for decades. They have already started with Ace's novel.

Unless the stuff is extremely relevant to the plot it won't be addressed in the main story. If you expect him to give backstories to everyone you'll be disappointed.

Let's go through what he has teased in just the last 100 chapters, shall we?

- The Rocks Pirates and God Valley, as well as their elusive goal not yet defined (as to why they were on God Valley and why the WG made the island disappear)
- Kaido and BMs relationship to the Rocks pirates
- Bakkin and Weevil's relationship to the Rocks Pirates
- Vegapunk and his SSG
- Kuma, Sabo and Bonney, as well as their relationship to one another
- Shanks' ominous relationship with the Gorosei
- The Gorosei serving an absolute leader, Im.
- Vivi and Alabasta's incident with the WG
- The WG National Treasure
- Awakening in devil fruits, teased once again
- Whatever the world is flipping out about and Blackbeards goal at the moment
- The fates of each remaining ex-shichibukai and how that serves the story
- More CP-0 teases
- The Revolutionary Commanders
- One Piece, the Ancient Weapons, the Void Century, Joy Boy, Will of D, etc.

And thats just some major things since chapter 888. I go back slightly further and describe more plot points yet to be addressed by Oda. Go back further and there are a few more that are related to things he's currently talking about in the story.


To think Oda won't address these and a wealth of other plotlines just because its believed they arent "important" to the plot seems very disingenuous to Oda and his story overall. He's constantly there, reminding people that he will get to these eventually.
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The story was supposed to last 5 years, Wano was supposed to start in 2017 then it looked like Oda chose to speed up Reverie arc to make Wano happen in 2018. I don’t know, there are so many unresolved plot points that I have a hard time thinking 5 years would be enough, especially considering Oda’s old habit of miscalculating the time needed to wrap up small portions of the story. Unless he follows Kubo’s example and decides to rush absolutely everything.

Funny enough he didn't really speed up the Reverie arc, he left all of the plot points from it as mysteries to address later, so we still have to find out what happened lol.

 

[Patryipe]

Let's go through what he has teased in just the last 100 chapters, shall we?

- The Rocks Pirates and God Valley, as well as their elusive goal not yet defined (as to why they were on God Valley and why the WG made the island disappear)
- Kaido and BMs relationship to the Rocks pirates
- Bakkin and Weevil's relationship to the Rocks Pirates
- Vegapunk and his SSG
- Kuma, Sabo and Bonney, as well as their relationship to one another
- Shanks' ominous relationship with the Gorosei
- The Gorosei serving an absolute leader, Im.
- Vivi and Alabasta's incident with the WG
- The WG National Treasure
- Awakening in devil fruits, teased once again
- Whatever the world is flipping out about and Blackbeards goal at the moment
- The fates of each remaining ex-shichibukai and how that serves the story
- More CP-0 teases
- The Revolutionary Commanders
- One Piece, the Ancient Weapons, the Void Century, Joy Boy, Will of D, etc.

And thats just some major things since chapter 888. I go back slightly further and describe more plot points yet to be addressed by Oda. Go back further and there are a few more that are related to things he's currently talking about in the story.


To think Oda won't address these and a wealth of other plotlines just because its believed they arent "important" to the plot seems very disingenuous to Oda and his story overall. He's constantly there, reminding people that he will get to these eventually.

You can write a 200 page list, it doesn't matter.

Oda is the one who decides what to draw, he only needs to cover exactly what he wants and can, nothing more.

If ending the manga is his priority he'll leave stuff out if he needs to.

 

[Paperchampion23]

You can write a 200 page list, it doesn't matter.

Oda is the one who decides what the draw, he only needs to cover exactly what he wants and can, nothing more.

And like I said, he keeps reminding us they exist and are relevant to the plot. So why not take the gospel of what he puts down in the actual chapters instead of an arbitrary timeline estimation of when he "wants" to finish?

 

[Finalbeta]

I feel he has been consistent for the first time in his life concerning the end data

The manga will truly come to an end this time :/ @Paperchampion23

 

[Paperchampion23]

I feel he has been consistent for the first time in his life concerning the end data

The manga will truly come to an end this time :/ @Paperchampion23

Every great storyteller I've followed has severely undershot when they believed they would finish their stories, especially those that fall within the "grandiose" category of storytelling.

Anyway, we'll have our answer more definitively as Wano ends. If the arc does nothing but ends Kaido's plot and it takes another 1-2 years, will people truly believe Oda will finish in less than 120-150 chapters after?

Sorry but I dont buy it. His story will extend beyond what he thinks. It always happens to these authors.

 

[Garp the Fist]

Oda's going to try to finish it in five years and is overwhelmingly likely not to quite manage it is the best way of looking at it imo.

 

[Shiroyru]

Great. Finally confirmation that the pandemic didn't kill his schedule. This could mean that the pacing is getting even faster.

Big mom is definitely going down this arc too.

The SHs will fight BM in a group fight, and BM will have her Homies stolen to nerf her. The fight will end with Luffy landing a powerful attack on her head, making her return to being O-Lin so that Oda can have her no longer be an enemy without having to kill her

 

[DarkWitch]

The SHs will fight BM in a group fight, and BM will have her Homies stolen to nerf her. The fight will end with Luffy landing a powerful attack on her head, making her return to being O-Lin so that Oda can have her no longer be an enemy without having to kill her

That's not happening, her other two homies are not being stolen and if it did it would be as ridiculous and stupid as your idea of someone like Usopp defeating Who's Who.

Also not having her get defeated and having her become O-Lin again during the fight would be the worst outcome, it's been said multiple times that Big Mom will be defeated.

 

[ShadyOjiro]

That's not happening, her other two homies are not being stolen and if it did it would be as ridiculous and stupid as your idea of someone like Usopp defeating Who's Who.

Also not having her get defeated and having her become O-Lin again during the fight would be the worst outcome, it's been said multiple times that Big Mom will be defeated.

Being a female puts a big IF when it comes to be actually defeated.

 

[Shiroyru]

That's not happening, her other two homies are not being stolen and if it did it would be as ridiculous and stupid as your idea of someone like Usopp defeating Who's Who.

Also not having her get defeated and having her become O-Lin again during the fight would be the worst outcome, it's been said multiple times that Big Mom will be defeated.

Brook vs Who’s Who. Who else can fight the F5 besides the SHs? Do you really think that Oda would give so much spotlight to the F6 if they were gonna get taken out by random dudes?

O-Lin is inevitable. Oda has to have BM get permanently defeated eventually, and he won’t wanna kill her

 

[Finalbeta]

Oda's going to try to finish it in five years and is overwhelmingly likely not to quite manage it is the best way of looking at it imo.

I bet he ll manage

That man only sleeps from 2 AM to 5 AM after all :P

 

[raptorking]

ok. any new wano information? im really bummered but its ofas choice i guess

 

[Redx]

Wow....People actually believe this?

Guys.....C'mon. You can't actually be serious -__-

You know who we're talking about right? How many times is Oda gonna say "5 more years" or "80%" or "we're halfway through the story" before you guys realize he doesn't have a clue when it's gonna end? Yeah he'll try and shoot for 5 years but that sure as hell doesn't mean the story is ending in exactly that time.

Stop believing this nonsense. We are not in no "endgame" now. One Piece is not ending in "4 years". lol.

 

[Finalbeta]

My mind tells me Elbaf arc won't be a 2 years one, possibly not lasting a single year either

Perhaps Big Mom is getting outed from the equation in this very arc of Wano

 

[sanjikun]

Poor Elbaf. Things not seeming great for it. Doesn't seem like we will have a giant war on Elbaf.

In that 5 years period, Oda is wanting to fit Raftel and the Final War as well. Also no space arc probably

 

[Awakening_coming]

Poor Elbaf. Things not seeming great for it. Doesn't seem like we will have a giant war on Elbaf.

In that 5 years period, Oda is wanting to fit Raftel and the Final War as well. Also no space arc probably

Elbaf gonna be the biggest damaged by this decision from Oda since now everything is getting rushed

 

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Once Luffy gets that final Road Poneglyph, One Piece enters its end game stage: Blackbeard and then the World Government.

Laugh Tale = Impel Down 2.0 (VS Blackbeard)
Final War = Marineford 2.0 (VS WG R2)

 

[wordyworm]

I don't think I'll be satisfied with the story if Oda rushes it. And for him, 4-5 years seems like rushing it. I hope he takes as long as he wants, even if it means he takes us on random side journeys.