This manga will go on forever. Imo there are 5 arcs left:
Elbaf
Lodestar
Laugh Tale
New Marineford
Mariejois
Elbaf is already confirmed. The SHs need to stop at Lodestar before laugh tale. Laugh Tale is the Void century flashback. New Marineford needs to happen because otherwise the admirals get lumped into mariejois and it becomes a mess. Mariejois is the final battle.
The villain of Elbaf will be the Blackbeard pirates
The “villain” of Lodestar will be Shanks and Cross Guild
Laugh Tale is just the void century flashback
The villain of New Marineford is Akainu and the admirals
The villain of mariejois is Imu and the Gorosei
I think this is the only way every major story point gets covered. Shanks and Cross Guild could get lumped into Elbaf, but then you’d need to have nonsense like Shanks and Mihawk being turned into hype tools for the BBP.
Similarly, you could lump the admirals into mariejois. But then they get beaten by side characters and the story arcs of important marine characters like Koby, Smoker, and Tashigi all get skimmed over.
5 arcs would be the best
Elbaf
Lodestar
Laugh Tale
New Marineford
Mariejois
Elbaf is already confirmed. The SHs need to stop at Lodestar before laugh tale. Laugh Tale is the Void century flashback. New Marineford needs to happen because otherwise the admirals get lumped into mariejois and it becomes a mess. Mariejois is the final battle.
The villain of Elbaf will be the Blackbeard pirates
The “villain” of Lodestar will be Shanks and Cross Guild
Laugh Tale is just the void century flashback
The villain of New Marineford is Akainu and the admirals
The villain of mariejois is Imu and the Gorosei
I think this is the only way every major story point gets covered. Shanks and Cross Guild could get lumped into Elbaf, but then you’d need to have nonsense like Shanks and Mihawk being turned into hype tools for the BBP.
Similarly, you could lump the admirals into mariejois. But then they get beaten by side characters and the story arcs of important marine characters like Koby, Smoker, and Tashigi all get skimmed over.
5 arcs would be the best