Future Events The Structure of One Piece's Final Plotline Has Been Clear For Hundreds of Chapters

#83
I don't even think the Straw Hats will be visiting Lodestar Island. Remember back on Zou, Inuarashi stated that the only thing you find out when you react Lodestar is the existence of the Poneglyphs, Ancient Kingdom, and Laugh Tale. He pretty much told the Straw Hats that since they already know about those things, they don't need to go to Lodestar.
Well, he never actually elaborated on what we are supposed to know about the Ancient Kingdom and Laugh Tale, only that there is information there.

I have a feeling Oda will spend some time there (a few chapters to at most the length of Zou), only because it serves as the Geographical end to an extremely long journey. Eventually, turning around on the GL will be topic that the crew will discuss, but its a matter of "when". Will they get the 4th RP and go straight to Laugh Tale? Will Luffy still want to see the end first? Its just one of those things I find interesting because having Inu say that was just a means to not make OP go on for too long. Hell, maybe they go to Elbaf and Lodestar and they STILL don't have the 4th RP prior.
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We can also see is @PuckTheGreat can give us some insight as to what his translation would be.
Should have mentioned him too. Sorry Puck!
 
#86
No offense, but I'd sooner trust more experienced translators over Artur, who has like 1-2 years of translation experience and tried to contest Stephen's official VIZ translations, a person who literally is in the business of translations for over 10 years. Artur tends to fit things into his own beliefs, especially translations to run his website. He has been super keen on the series ending in 5 years lately, so it doesn't surprise me he translated Oda's message this way.

We can surely tie @EtenBoby or @DruMzTV for more input if they would like to contribute to this conversation.
It's a shame I asked sandman for his translation but he's too busy at the moment. His version would have provided certain clarification.
 
#88
It's a shame I asked sandman for his translation but he's too busy at the moment. His version would have provided certain clarification.
Agreed. Ugh, I'm surprised at the lack of attention to this SBS question. It quite literally is one of the most important answers Oda has given about the series.

That being said, I'm definitely prepared to see the translation in a different way if need be. It'll only be surprising to me considering Oda's pacing and where we are in the story at the moment or what still needs to be addressed.

Idk, I think we'd all prefer the first translations over Artur's purely from a story management perspective.
 
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#90
Agreed. Ugh, I'm surprised at the lack of attention to this SBS question. It quite literally is one of the most important answers Oda has given about the series.

That being said, I'm definitely prepared to see the translation in a different way if need be. It'll only be surprising to me considering Oda's pacing and where we are in the story at the moment or what still needs to be addressed.

Idk, I think we'd all prefer the first translations over Artur's purely from a story management perspective.
not sure if this helps, but a different TL from our team also disagrees with Arthurs interpretation.

Arthur says: "Oda confirms that his statements about One Piece ending soon are in fact correct."
Even though the odas Statement is phrased in a way that lets the exact opposite left to interpret. (hope my english was understandable)

Oda left it ambiguous but the tone and characters used indicates it
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Morj is arguing with Arthur about the translation, he and Ohara disagree with what he posted


yeah ive sent Ohara our teams and Etenbobys TL and he even made his own TL of the SBS because i dmed him the leaks (am the admin of his discord) and every 3 translations indicate the same, that "only" the question of "What is the one piece?" will be answered in 5 years, and that thus the juciest part of Luffys adventure is over
 
#91
Morj is arguing with Arthur about the translation, he and Ohara disagree with what he posted


Had a feeling it was going to be something like this sooner or later. Just from the way the first few sentences are structured, coupled with how Oda has had major characters (Whitebeard/Roger) describe the use/nature of One Piece in regards to starting a war, PLUS the fact that Oda himself believes things outside of Luffy's actual voyage (i.e. Marineford and Impel Down) are legitimately "side-stories" should make Artur's translation seem off. To me, it sounds like Luffy's adventure is what ends, but not the actual plot of the manga. Sailing to Laugh Tale and finding One Piece is what finishes, but not the ramifications of a huge war that are waged after.

Lets not even get into the fact that 5 years, including what is left of Wano, even virtually seems like enough time to resolve OP's plotlines, especially with Oda's pacing. Idk, I'm super biased towards one view so I'm surely not helping.
 
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#92
Great war after Luffy finishes his journey huh?

We'll see about that. Oda is bad at fights and wars.

Emotional fights and wars are overrated a bit.

I hope Luffy will go to Mariejois with war intent not because he wants to get rid of WG for his friends:lusalty:
 
#95
Had a feeling it was going to be something like this sooner or later. Just from the way the first few sentences are structured, coupled with how Oda has had major characters (Whitebeard/Roger) describe the use/nature of One Piece in regards to starting a war, PLUS the fact that Oda himself believes things outside of Luffy's actual voyage (i.e. Marineford and Impel Down) are legitimately "side-stories" should make Artur's translation seem off. To me, it sounds like Luffy's adventure is what ends, but not the actual plot of the manga. Sailing to Laugh Tale and finding One Piece is what finishes, but not the ramifications of a huge war that are waged after.

Lets not even get into the fact that 5 years, including what is left of Wano, even virtually seems like enough time to resolve OP's plotlines, especially with Oda's pacing. Idk, I'm super biased towards one view so I'm surely not helping.
Translating is not easy even more so if you don't have much experience, we must also not forget that Arthur has been pushing the fact that the series ends completely in 5 years, perhaps unintentionally he got carried away, he may be biased in his interpretation.

I also think it is "Luffy's adventure" that should be complete but not the series itself.
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Arthur seems genuinely like a good guy but he clearly has his own ideas of what he wants to happen in the series, the dude made a fan manga of the Reverie and say Rocks=Imu
 
#96
Had a feeling he may have been reframing his translations around his ideas, this isn't the first time its been done. I like Artur too, but this does in fact happen with him.

Anyway, thanks guys, I think its ultimately better to wait for Stephen to fully confirm eventually or Sandman to look into it, but as of yet it seems like quite a few translators disagree with Artur's translation or just have a different translation altogether.
 
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#98
@Paperchampion23 alright Ohara the fox cleared it up. Arthur is just an idiot that thinks "One Piece is found = One Piece ends". His own headcanon is in his way and influences his interpretation and translation
It's honestly not surprising. There used to be a time when he was impartial to what he would post about One Piece, but as his site grew more popular, and people started taking his "liberties" as factual statements, he went off the rails from there. That's not to say he's not good at what he does, but what he posts sometimes need to be taken with a grain of salt.
 
#99
Had a feeling he may have been reframing his ideas around his translations, this isn't the first time its been done. I like Artur too, but this does in fact happen with him.

Anyway, thanks guys, I think its ultimately better to wait for Stephen to fully confirm eventually or Sandman to look into it, but as of yet it seems like quite a few translators disagree with Artur's translation or just have a different translation altogether.
Or if we're lucky Greg will provide his thoughts on it, remember he *knows* about certain plot points beyond Wano.
 
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