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I still think it’s going to focus on the Marines and World Government.

If York finds out that Lilith survived then she can likely hypothesize that all other Vegapunks are capable of surviving through her. Because of this that would make her a huge priority, combine this with the giants being seen by a troublesome race by the gorosei, Bonney having control over a huge portion of the WGs military might, and Elbaf having Oharas knowledge it still feels like the plot is going to be grounded in the Marines/World Government.
Idk we'll see. Elbaf could be the Wano to Egghead's WCI in terms of keeping a major player or two, but imo, the WG in the least should start their conflict with the Revolutionary Army. Right now I just dont believe it since Saturn and Kizaru technically accomplished what they needed to, unlike Big Mom (who failed her shit completely lol).
People will never learn.

I've given up on it, since this discussion ("it will end in three years") has been present for way over a decade now and there are always quite a lot of naive fans who actually believe it.

Elbaf alone is basically guaranteed to be a 40+ chapter arc at the very minimum (knowing Oda a 90 chapter arc is more realistic).

It would also fit his tendency to always couple arcs in badges of n*50 chapters (post-skip example: FI 50 chapters, PH + Dressrosa 150 chapters, Zou + WCI 100 chapters, Wano 150 chapters, Egghead + Elbaf ???).

Then we are STILL not at Laughtale and the final war with all the meat of the story hasn't started either (void century flashback, SH vs BB, war against the WG etc.).

That's easily another 100+ chapters, since the raid on Onigashima alone took 70 chapters and was on a much smaller scale compared to the final war.

So at the very MINIMUM we have another 140 chapters to go, which would be over 4 years with Oda's current pacing.

More realistically it will be something about 190 chapters (or even more) left, which would mean another 6 years and OP ending around 2030.
Agreed. ~30-35 chapters (due to his reduced output) a year doesnt net us much these days with arc inflation, not to mention chapters are generally shorter (13-15 pagers are more frequent than ever; 19 doesnt exist anymore).

If I had to guess, yeah Elbaf probably is probably another WCI/DR sized arc. My biggest concern however is it possibly not addressing current characters (i.e. not a Yonko, Akainu, WG, Rocks or the BSM) and just Oda using another new character not explained or shown. So if that happens we are still left at the same ballpark we've been at since the end of Wano with none of it resolved.

Im still banking on the 1400-1500 range. Basically 8-12 more years. It sounds ridiculous now but when you consider whats left and his pacing it just starts to make sense unless he absolutely rushes the rest of the series (also very possible).
 
Idk we'll see. Elbaf could be the Wano to Egghead's WCI in terms of keeping a major player or two, but imo, the WG in the least should start their conflict with the Revolutionary Army. Right now I just dont believe it since Saturn and Kizaru technically accomplished what they needed to, unlike Big Mom (who failed her shit completely lol).

Agreed. ~30-35 chapters (due to his reduced output) a year doesnt net us much these days with arc inflation, not to mention chapters are generally shorter (13-15 pagers are more frequent than ever; 19 doesnt exist anymore).

If I had to guess, yeah Elbaf probably is probably another WCI/DR sized arc. My biggest concern however is it possibly not addressing current characters (i.e. not a Yonko, Akainu, WG, Rocks or the BSM) and just Oda using another new character not explained or shown. So if that happens we are still left at the same ballpark we've been at since the end of Wano with none of it resolved.

Im still banking on the 1400-1500 range. Basically 8-12 more years. It sounds ridiculous now but when you consider whats left and his pacing it just starts to make sense unless he absolutely rushes the rest of the series (also very possible).
Genuinely I don’t think the Gorosei or Imu give a shit about the revs…
 
They dont but Oda does lol, something has to give there
Imo the ones who need to make that move is the revs, and the revs currently don’t need to make a move on Mariejoa. Letting the siege on Mariejoa run its course longer to weaken them.

I feel like Dragon Iva and Sabo coming to Elbaf would make sense due to Kuma.
 
Idk we'll see. Elbaf could be the Wano to Egghead's WCI in terms of keeping a major player or two, but imo, the WG in the least should start their conflict with the Revolutionary Army. Right now I just dont believe it since Saturn and Kizaru technically accomplished what they needed to, unlike Big Mom (who failed her shit completely lol).

Agreed. ~30-35 chapters (due to his reduced output) a year doesnt net us much these days with arc inflation, not to mention chapters are generally shorter (13-15 pagers are more frequent than ever; 19 doesnt exist anymore).

If I had to guess, yeah Elbaf probably is probably another WCI/DR sized arc. My biggest concern however is it possibly not addressing current characters (i.e. not a Yonko, Akainu, WG, Rocks or the BSM) and just Oda using another new character not explained or shown. So if that happens we are still left at the same ballpark we've been at since the end of Wano with none of it resolved.

Im still banking on the 1400-1500 range. Basically 8-12 more years. It sounds ridiculous now but when you consider whats left and his pacing it just starts to make sense unless he absolutely rushes the rest of the series (also very possible).
Not ridicolous at all, I agree with you.

As @dirtyLarry pointed out, Oda always proceeds with increments of 50, 100 or 150 (only in Wano) chapters. Egghead has been covered in 75 chapters, more or less, and the total count of Egghead + Elbaf will be 150 chapters at least imo, meaning 75 chapters for Elbaf and the Arc ending with chapter 1200.

So we can estabilish that we'll move away from Elbaf around CH. 1200 (best case scenario) which is 2+ years from now, with the current pacing... 2027.

After that, there's still AT THE VERY LEAST:
• Lodestar
• Laughtale
• New Marineford/Mary Geoise
• Epilogue
These are all very important Arcs that will take some time. Lodestar is the only one I can see with 50 chapters only tbh. A total of 200 chapters minimum (after Elbaf) is still needed to wrap things up. Keep in mind that there are other flashback that we'll probably see, the most important one being Joyboy's in the Void Century. That alone could take a couple of volumes by itself, maybe even 3...

Overall, there are a lot of things to cover and some of them we don't even realize yet.
One Piece will either end with 1400 chapters (fast pace) or 1500 chapters (slower pace).
 
Reminder that the 5 years left was given back in...2019
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Hopefully folks are going to stop taking any estimate coming from Oda or his editor seriously.
One Piece easily has 150 chapters left (and that's assuming he rushes and does several stuff at once), and we're more likely than not to go way past 1300 chapters. This is not a matter of off-screening fights and stuff, that's just how Oda writing style works and for that to change he'd have to be genuinely sick of the series.
 
Three years makes sense

CMV
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3 more years = 125 more chapters left
sounds about right
Oda works on an average of 35 chapters/year.
In 3 years he would barely sorpass 100 chapters, to make it 125 it's almost 4 years.

Anyway you really think 1250 Chapters total is enough to cover all the story? Considering we just surpassed 1125??
 
I am willing to believe that If Oda says another of his absurd estimations, some people would still believe It.

Three years makes sense

CMV
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3 more years = 125 more chapters left
sounds about right
125 are not 3 years to begin with, but anyway: do you really think Oda Is going to draw Erbaf, fourth RPG, Rafterl and BBP, final war and Ancient history in less time than Wano and roughly the double of a EH?

It might very well be the double of that time, and even then It falls short.
 
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