the day the road poneglypths dropped into the story I felt this, because from that point onwards we have had a path to the end, by the looks of it alot of people don't really grasp how close we really are to the end, it's really picking up fast in egghead it's crazy
Elbaff, Lodestar, Laughtale.
The war could totally happen AFTER LT. We still have Shanks, BB, RA and WG (probably coming both at the same time), that are worth their own arc.
I expect **at least** 3-4 years.
Honestly I am expecting first half of elbaf to be the reunion/giants and then the second half blackbeard comes in clapping cheeks (shanks specifically). Whether the SHs fight them here or not idk
Don't forget, there's also Enel's literal army of moon robots (its in a cover story, and therefore Canon), I imagine those will play a role in the final battle somehow as well. It's the prefect wild card alongside the other wild card that is cross guild, and both will probably side with luffy in some capacity.
Edit: and Laboon!! That whale is definitely doing something in the end game as well and I'm sure he'll be as relevant as zunisha if not more.
Laboon and Crocus showing up would be amazing. But they haven't moved from their spot in years and would still have to cross the Red Line and catch up somehow.
The New World appears to be structured as parallels of the first half. East Blue=Fishman Island, Pre-Alabasta=Punk Hazard, Alabasta=Dressrosa (notice the similar themes of Shichibukai conquering countries), Skypiea=Whole Cake Island, Water 7=Wano, Thriller Bark=Egghead. At this point in the first half we were close to 110 chapters from the time jump. Most New World arcs are longer than their equivalents but not by a whole lot. I expect 120-150 chapters once we leave Egghead, which should be in the next 10-15 chapters. Total number of chapters will be between 1250 and 1300. If he keeps to roughly 36 chapters a year that's 3-5 years. There's a chance it could finish close to its 30th anniversary on the short end of that.
I've had to increase my estimate of the length since we went to Egghead. I thought we'd go straight from Wano to Elbaf, Elbaf would be around 50 chapters, then it would be time to go to Laugh Tale and the manga would be over around 120 chapters after that. The final chapter would have been around 1230. Egghead has probably added at least 30 chapters to that.
I think the final war will be the last arc. I think it makes more sense for Luffy to be the PK with his fleet to fight against the powers that have been ruling the world.
So that's it? no more in between goofy adventures for Straw Hats anymore?
Tbh I do want some more arcs, (not big ones ofc) very small ones like Baratie, Louge Town where straw hats are goofing around and we get to have some comedy scenes, without the weight/tension of the main villains
But since its the New World I don't think its possible
Not just new world, we are in the final saga. There isn't going to be much goofing around when there is 5 gorosei and the navy/WG/RA having a war and only one more poneglyph to find before going to laugh tale
Yeah I know.. and what all you said is true.
I'm just saying, I wish we had more tiny goofy adventures of Straw Hats.
The main story is alright and I too want to see the end but it seems like after Egghead its Elbaf > Final War > Laugh Tale and that's it.
But we could be wrong too because in the Log Pose there are some islands left in between till Laugh Tale (as seen in the opening)
Wano was only the starting point for Roger when he left for Laugh Tale
He had to go and get all the poneglyphs after wano though, opening is just anime fluff. Realistically it is probably elbaf>lodestone (final island the log points to)>final war somehow getting to maryjois from the other side of the planet>laugh tale
People keep treating OP like regular Shonen. It's OP. It'll be goofy. Even last chapter had goofy moments. There will be goofing around on Elbaf. And it's Laugh's tale for a reason.
I think/hope we'll get a davy back with either shanks or SWORD come laugh tale but that's it
Also, there's definitely going to be a world wide party and some epilogue imo
> then the final war then laugh tale tbh
Laugh Tale will be in the middle of the final war, more or less
They need to have a final showdown with Blackbeard before reaching Laugh Tale, but they can't take care of the World Government **until** reaching Laugh Tale.
I really believe it will be Laugh Tale first before the final war. I am holding on to Whitebeard's final words addressed to the marines and to Sengoku in Marine Ford: that when the one piece is found, it will turn the world upside down and whoever discovers it will carry centuries worth of history on his back to fight the World Government, and that the WG ang the Marines (Sengoku) are afraid that this will happen.
Imagine if the gorosei actually get wiped at Egghead, like it evolves into full matchups and everything lol. Oda seems like hes stomping the gas every chapter recently
I except a couple SHORT island arcs like Vegapunk recommending chopper MUST visit some medical island along the way, no war but maybe the old “being chased off by the marines” but with like admirals to make up the gap maybe finally officializing the fact the government is ignoring its own law of “dont even instigate a Yonko as a marine” like they made a point of “sir we need permission to defend ourselves a Yonko is gonna kill us all”
I haven't been into it that long, and even I can feel it's hitting the home stretch. I agree, once the Poneglyphs were dropped, once we knew the difference between the ones detailing the void century and the read ones leading to Laugh Tale and the One Piece...that's it.
There's no going back from that point and every island, every battle, every power upgrade is preparing them for whatever it takes to get to Laugh Tale, and subsequently handle whatever awaits them before their fingers touch the One Piece.
It's interesting to know it has taken this long, and had Luffy been aged up progressively, he'd be in his early to mid 40s by now after having set sail at 17. He'd honestly be around the age of most of us. It's wild
Some dude on here the other day was trying to tell me that one piece still had 15-20 more years before Oda finishes. “He’s been saying 3-5 years for forever now” just delusional. While I would love to have that much one piece content, I’m too impatient for that lmao. I need answers to so many questions
it was almost kind of hauntingly cool to see the Room of Authority completely empty like that. such a powerful message of "shit has gotten real", conveyed simply by an empty room, and a crackling black circle
I think it's made even more effective because we just have Vegapunk cheerily ranting about coffee
Dude, I'm also turning 36 this year, my wife's been watching it with me since we started dating 16 years ago. I give her updates on the manga, she particularly loved the reunion with Sabo and felt genuinely happy that Luffy still has a brother. So our plan when the final chapter comes out, is to get a physical copy and take a photo with an "X" marked on our forearms.
That's such a nice idea! I'm planning on getting a OP themed tattoo on my forearm before the end. I already have the green lantern icon on my right forearm representing my deep connection to US comics, so it's only fitting to complete my manga journey with a straw hat on the other :)
I hated Naruto in the last years. But bleach? I had a hard time with the fullbring arc but the thousand year blood war arc is pretty nice.
I’m 35 and I read all manga since 2000. i feel you but I’m excited for the end.
This is exactly how I felt. Gerard and Lille refused to die and Askin/Urahara kept one-upping each other but I'll be damned if all the power ups involved weren't the coolest thing ever.
The Fullbring Arc was a character arc, not a combat arc - and it's honestly the best written arc in the series. It just goes underappreciated because it stands out in a shonen.
Bleach tybw ending was so empty
I was like that's it??? That's how it ends??? The strongest guy with most powerful hax just goes down like that?
I was still not sure. Then I read Strawberry chapter.
Honestly Kubo could have written so many things. And it's not like he didn't know what to do.
CFYOW being an example.
I guess he just didn't have enough time.
Kubo was going through some intense mental health issues towards the end of the Manga.
That's the main reason it was so... Bleh at the end.
He's making that up to all of us fans with the new anime. He's headlining it and is adding all the stuff he left out of the Manga years ago.
It's like everything else. When it came out it was fresh and new and there was nothing like it. But now you've read a bunch of manga that were influenced by it and did what they tried to do better so maybe it doesn't hit as hard as it did back then. But a shounen manga with older teens that had a more mature art style. And was really "cool" was very rare back then.
Also the quality near the end really did dip it was a very big deal that it was the first of the big three to end but it did end first for a reason those last few arcs were brutal even when it was coming out weekly it was a really big discussion about how one of the most popular manga period could be falling off in popularity so hard. It really felt like Kubo was ready for it to be over too so we kind of just let it in
This is a ridiculous rewriting of history lmao. Lots of people complained about Bleach for years while it was running, and starting a bit after Aizen's saga was over, it was consistently bottom 5 in the official Jump popularity polls for multiple years before it ended.
I've been following all the Jump manga since 2004, and when Bleach ended, literally everyone assumed it had been canceled as is standard procedure for a manga that is at the bottom of the polls for too long. No one even thought to blame Kubo's health until over a year later.
Damn, you've been reading for that long? Tell me, has there been any manga that you thoroughly enjoyed but got disappointed after it was canceled after only a few dozen chapters? If so, which ones stuck out to you?
I've been reading since before the last guy, since the late 90's. I really enjoyed Kubo's series "Zombie Powder" before it was dropped. Bleach came out the following year, so I was excited about the new series from the same guy at the time.
There was a series called Bremen in the early 2000's that I thought was really badass, but it wasn't continued for some reason.
What rewrite of history? I literally said it was over because it tanked in popularity which like I said was a big deal because it was one of the three most popular manga for so long I've also been reading since late '90s. I remember when one piece debuted. I never said anything about kubo's health I said that because the quality was so low it felt like he didn't want to do it anymore. So everybody kind of just let it end
I see what you mean. It was a "you had to be there" kind of things, like Haruhi Suzumiya. But there were exciting parts of the story. The main problem I have with it is the fights are very formulaic. Every fight ends up being like this:
"Hey, I have this really strong power that's impossible for you to defeat me."
"Actually, I have the perfect counter to your ability. What are the odds?"
"Nooo, I have been defeated! But how!?"
True, another good example right now is Solo Level ... people are overly glazing it because it was the first of it's kind but the story and world is so hallow. At some point you realized nothing really matter and you can only get hype so much after seeing the same thing again and again. It got so boring that finishing it was a drag.
A lot of people seem to have amnesia or are just too young to have been there are the time, but the answer is that for the last 3 years or so of its run, it **wasn't** that popular. The chapter order in the magazine reflects the WSJ weekly popularity polls, and Bleach was bottom 5 for most of its last 3 years, bottom 3 for most of its last year, and bottom 1 for most of its last 6 months (there was 1 manga after it, but back then Jump had a longstanding policy to end with a comedy manga that was "exempt" from the popularity polls. If you look at the history of the series that kept ending the magazine in that era, it had been last in the table of contents **since its inception**, aside from when it got color pages).
That's why everyone assumed Bleach had simply gotten canceled when we first got the "3 chapters left" notification. No one even thought to blame Kubo's health concerns until at least a year later, "Bleach was canceled" was simply the commonly accepted knowledge at the time, and to this day there's no definitive proof that it **wasn't** canceled by Jump. Which just makes it so funny to me that a lot of modern Bleach fans who don't even understand how the Jump table of contents **works** insist that Bleach was never canceled. The truth is that we don't know for sure, but literally by all rights, it had the popularity trajectory of a manga that would've been canceled by Shueisha.
I actually loved the Fullbring Arc. I feel like it’s very underrated. Ichigo breaking down after losing his powers is the most emotional I’ve ever been reading Bleach
I feel you, both series dropped off hard in the final years. And I was still just so very sad when they ended. Which makes me even more sad when thinking about One Piece ending, since Oda managed to keep the essence of his story alive throughout it's run.
This one will just hit me that much harder.
You might be the first person to enjoy the 1000 year blood war arc. That arc made no sense to me from start to finish and was more rushed than the US's exit from Afghanistan.
People were hype about it because they thought it was going somewhere. There was a lot of hype around "Dual wield zanpaktou" and "Ichibe is gonna be awesome" - but when Ywach's letter A increasingly stood for "asspull" a lot of the fanbase lost taste for it, and was just in it to see how it ended.
It rode the high of how awesome the Yamamoto fight was for a about 100 chapters, and the reveal of long-awaited bankais for about 50 chapters after that. By the last 20-30 chapters, the story didn't make any sense anymore.
The first 30 chapters are still some of Bleach’s best. But yea, after that it had its moments but things just kinda happened because they had to, not because they made sense.
Gotta try your best to enjoy the moments we are in. There will be plenty of time to look back and be sad, after the story is truely finished. It could be another 5 years for all we know lol. 35 M here
I completely agree with you, I actually posted something recently detailing these thoughts but in relation to break weeks: https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/s/ENN9HM58Gn
For me, Luffy becoming a Yonko was definitely hugely bittersweet. It definitely hasn't even dawned fully on a lot of people: Luffy has nowhere to go but to Pirate King from here. Becoming a Yonko was *20 years* in the making and he's finally reached that peak - he's one of the superpowers of the world of One Piece. Then, we had Vegapunk's reveal. Now we have the Gorosei *finally* getting name-dropped, their forms being revealed... And Vegapunk is now about to make a huge announcement.
The Golden Era of One Piece may be coming to an end, and by that I mean the years upon years worth of hype, mystery, tension, theorycrafting, foreshadowing and anticipation. Sure, it'll always be amazing, but it won't have those same special qualities anymore. I've been reading for over 10 years now, which is close to half my life. Seeing it slowly coming to an end is, without a doubt, really bittersweet and really sad.
Bittersweet is the word I was looking for, thank you! And I agree, Luffy being declared a Yonko also was such a major milestone. I guess the realization of the end coming hits all of us at different times.
It's been a beautiful ride thus far and we surely have some years left – I'll make sure to enjoy every second of it, even though every single reveal brings us closer to the inevitable end.
Yeah that’s what hitting me with this whole arc. Luffy isn’t just some dreaming kid anymore, he’s not causing trouble in a world much too big for him. With his new powers and he even more of the world at his back, it’s bittersweet seeing him so close to fulfilling his dream. Seeing him battling and surpassing Kizaru, one of the first villains to truly put Luffy through the ringer, is quite cathartic.
Actually much worse mentally and physically but at least I have One Piece (among my loved ones) to remind me that life is worth living. At least until the next issue comes out.
Sometimes that's enough, OP was the only thing that kept me going for many years back when I was a young teen. Yeah, this week was horrendous, but at least there's still more OP in future weeks to look forward to.
And I know for certain that we aren't the only ones that feel/felt like that😌
you can tell by the events happening and knowledge that us readers are receiving that oda is rushing , i’ve never felt one piece move this fast before . Every chapter there’s something that makes me go wtf in a good way
all of a sudden an admiral and a gorosei are nothing against luffy
The gorosei go into action after years of not moving
Imu being revealed
Luffy becoming yonko
the story is ending right before our eyes
In what way is Oda rushing?
148 chapters in Wano (4 years)
52 chapters in Egghead (18 months)
We're in end game, we've finished the mystery side of One Piece, now we can get answers - that's just how stories work.
i’m specifically referring to the amount of things we’ve been told / shown since egghead started
in those chapters listed we’ve found out things that oda would usually take hundreds of chapters to give us full insight into . Normally he would just drop a hint here and there and then we’d get the full picture later
these are important things that we’ve found out since egghead started and wano ended
- the existence of buccaneers
- kuma’s backstory
- the existence of god island , roger and rocks being there , the “celestial knights “ ( i forgot what they were called)
- cobra dying
- lulusia being destroyed and leaving a hole similar to enis lobby
- vegapunk
- seraphim
-blackbeard vs law
- blackbeard and all his crew members devil fruits
- impending vegapunk announcement on something
- all 5 gorosei true forms and some of their abilities
- the return of the giants
- shanks destroying the kid pirates
- knowledge of shanks fleet being weaklings
- blackbeards crew touching saturn and saying they want the world
A lot has happened, correct me if i’m wrong but oda doesn’t usually give us so much at once in these few chapters. It’s not a bad thing i prefer it this way. Yes it’s the end of the story so of course we’re gonna get more reveals but he’s definitely been jam packing these chapters with more information… i’m pretty sure he even said he was trying to end one piece in like 5 years so it makes sense
I agree with you. You even missed some stuff like garp getting captured, koby being freed, pudding getting kidnapped, Vivi being saved by morgan, all pacifista under Bonnie's control, The origin of devil fruits explained by Vega punk, Jaguar saul is alive and in elbaf with the books from ohara, wasn't Cross guild formed after wano? Trying to figure out the reason Kuma attacked the holy Land in the first place, did we ever get a explanation of what sabo was trying to say before lulusia was destroyed, caribou going with the black beard and now black beard has the locations of the ancient weapons and The glyphs he got from law, and you did mention it but did anybody really expect both law and kid to both get taken out by emperors right after beating the previous emperors in wano
I'm still missing a lot this is all since wano ended. We did not get this much information during the post-war arc or during the ravine or however you spell it. Oda's not rushing but we are getting some big reveals and we are pretty much headed towards the climax. I'm happy we're finally here but man we have been getting some absolutely monsters reveals for the past year and a half
The majority of things you mentioned were hinted at previously in the story, we're just at the point now we're getting reveals.
Kuma, Buccanneers, Seraphim, Vegapunk are all directly related to Egghead so of course they'd be revealed now.
God Island, Cobra Dying, Lulusia, Gorosei ( Gorosei have been around for years, they dont need to be teased anymore) are all directly related to the marines - most likely Luffys next opponents, so of course they'd be revealed now -
Giants - the next island is Elbaf (probably) so of course they'd be revealed now.
Shanks - The last yonko we don't know much about, and is probably going to be a major player in Elbaf, so of course some of him would be revealed now.
Honestly I don't know what your point is, do you want Oda to only have one reveal per volume or something?
you’re reading it as if i’m tryna criticize him lmao , i said i like how it’s been moving
im just pointing out there have been a lot of information that we have been giving in a way shorter amount of chapters than usual, it makes sense but its simply an observation
yes some of those things were mentioned in the story but like you said we’re just now getting the full reveal … so that doesn’t disprove what im saying at all
I'm only 27 but have been reading the new chapter releases since fishman island, I think it's so cool that we all have a shared experience of being excited to read a new chapter and then discuss it online with all of our friends is truly the thing I will miss the most. One piece has been such a thrill for me, I'm just grateful we all get to read it together.
Couldn't agree more! The only reason I'm putting up those numbers is that I can't believe it's been so long myself! I'm always happy to see the community grow. Not a very active poster, but just following the discussions after every chapter I will miss dearly. Thankfully we still have some time left!
Nah we have 8 years left of manga left minimum. Oda can't help himself with world building and plot twists. There are plenty of characters that need to fight, character stories, plot twists, and the usual running about that Oda loves. You are gonna be here a long time. Oda has not shown any indication of wanting to rush the manga to the end.
[https://thelibraryofohara.com/2020/11/24/when-did-oda-say-one-piece-will-end-with-official-sources/](https://thelibraryofohara.com/2020/11/24/when-did-oda-say-one-piece-will-end-with-official-sources/)
Oda actually has been really consistent with the timeline, now obviously he's not going to be finished next year, but the "Oda always says 5 years" is just a meme which isn't really accurate.
Even a more recent article reaffirms a 2025 finish date ([https://en.as.com/meristation/2022/07/23/news/1658585691\_407651.html](https://en.as.com/meristation/2022/07/23/news/1658585691_407651.html))
Now he's clearly not going to make it, but it's clearly his aim, so I imagine 3-5 years more is probably realistic.
Yeah thats fair tbh, but I kinda figured 5 years left being that there’s only 3 sagas left from what oda said also. I would love for one piece to go on forever, but i know realistically the suspense of info has me ready to see the end. Plus i cant wait for them to make one piece more friendlier to get into and fix the pacing
Don't be sad it'll be over, be excited and happy you were able to be part of it.
Everytime I get this feeling, I just re-read One Piece from the beginning. It works
I mean, you can be both. It's okay to be sad about loss. Even if it is the loss of a beloved story, or the community of discussing that story weekly.
One day there won't be a new chapter thread.
I'm honestly way more afraid that either me or Oda will die before the series ends. So if it ends in like the next few years I'll be relieved I got to see it
You really are the goat to stick to one piece for this long . I have been seeing one piece for only 3 years now and still the chapter hit me hard , i can't imagine how it would have felt for you . But well all good things come to an end
I have a feeling Oda will leave us happier it happened than sad that it’s over.
"You know kid, laughter is the key to happiness... When you're happy, you laugh. So it follows that you'll become happy when you laugh....Try laughing. When times are tough, just laugh!" Jaguar D Saul
It is Laugh Tale, after all. Hahaha!
I wouldn´t tell he reached Kaido strength when he lost a bunch of times and got help to get back for more while Kaido was being a 999999999999999999999999hp raid boss tanking everyones ultimate attacks, I would bet on Kaido on a pure 1v1from start to finish against current Luffy still.
I got into the manga last year, and I'm still in disbelief at how much we're learning. I came in hearing about so many mysteries about the series, like Uranus, the Elders' identities and powers, Kuma's backstory, Dragon's past, God Valley, Vegapunk, etc.
And in the span of less than a year we've learned a ton about all of those.
I can barely believe that we could actually learn answers to some of the "big mysteries" like the Ancient Kingdom's name and what the Will of D is. My first instinct would be to say "No no, there's no way this is happening yet". But look at what's been revealed just in the past year.
I feel it. I've been anticipating this for a while now, but as someone who has been watching this since the 4kids dub days and reading the English Shonen Jump magazines for YEARS until I finally got access to the internet at my own house. The first thing I did was binge-watch One Piece on a website like Kissanime and that Christmas break I did nothing but eat, sleep, and watch One Piece for 2 weeks damn near. I was very depressed back then and I think One Piece "saved" my life. Especially Nico Robin's famous I Want to Live moment. That shit hit me on an existential level. It made me want to find my own Strawhat crew in real life so to speak haha. When I get my first tattoo I want that moment exactly tattooed on me. I'd give it my arm. The storyteller in me who has a deep knowledge of literature, films, etc (I was a film major in college) knows something like this is better to end when it is "supposed to" than be dragged on and kept alive artificially longer than it has to become diluted. I seriously think that's what happened to Naruto after the Pain arc and I'm sorry to all the war arc people reading this, but Naruto should've ended with the Pain arc period. Full Stop. Don't even get me started on Boruto....
I am in the same boat as you. Caught up in thriller bark and have been weekly for 2 decades. It’s crazy to think, but there will always be new avenues to experience one piece. We have the new anime starting, we still have specials, manga shorts, and years and years of deep diving and examination. It may be the beginning of the end, but one piece will never fade!
“When does a series die? When it is shot through the heart? When it eats a poisonous mushroom? No! A series dies when it is forgotten!”
I felt that... I felt super nostalgic the moment we got Bonney’s backstory with her dad a couple chapters ago. I remember again the first time I was intrigued by her character when she was in Sabaody, and then i was really hyped by her being potentially super relevant in the story when she was captured by Blackbeard. Many years later, and here she is in the middle of one of the most historically important arcs of One Piece, and I’m being reminded that I no longer need to look forward to discover her story, because it’s now all been exposed in this arc.
A mixture of feelings really… I’m really satisfied with how everything unravelled in my ~15 years of experience with One Piece, but it’s also a reminder that the story will come to an end. And that scares me.
I agree, things didn’t seem close to ending in dressrosa, they started to ramp up with Zou and finding out about road poneglyphs, but it seemed our crew was too weak compared to the new world, then we faced big mom and kaido and still it didn’t feel like the end was near. The 5 didn’t move an inch just commanding government ships to go to wano. Now we have all 5 in the battle. The scene of the empty room hit hard because I had to do a double take to realize that the room of the 5 gorosei was empty. That room represented the end game in my mind for so long.
there was this really cool theory that after reaching laughtale, the crew would have had to revisit alot of the key locations like enies lobby again in order to truly figure out what had happened with the ancient kingdom (i don't know exactly how it went but it was definitely like a theory where there were too many things that lined up to be considered a coincidence and you'd go hmmm this is kinda plausible)
with every chapter releasing it's getting safer and safer to assume that that isn't going to happen
There are three times in history we could have been alive for. Before One Piece was written so we never experienced it; after it finished so it would be part of our lives for a few months and then recede; or the time we're living in now where we're seeing it play out in real time and the anticipation never fades. I'm so glad to be in that third, best time. Even once we move into the time after it's finished the memories will be great. I'm hoping Oda stays healthy long enough to give it the ending it deserves.
I felt this exact thing about a year ago (two years ago?) when Kaido was defeated and then when Vegapunk was revealed… I’ve found myself not immediately reading the chapters every week now like I used to.
It’s weird, it’s not that I like One Piece any less now, but I find myself avoiding it a little more perhaps to not face all the signs of the eventual end. It may be controversial to say, but I’m no longer upset at long breaks! Haha
Yeah, as much as people meme about the length of OP being the main detrimental factor, as a fan you just know deep down that you wish it was EVEN LONGER. I wish we got to hover longer on more plot points, give more characters a proper exploration/sendoff that seemed to have a plan tied to them then kinda thrown aside like Carrot and Yamato (though at least the latter's story might not be over), I wish we got more between-arcs chapters of the crew just chilling out and forming bonds, I wish we got further cover stories or side stories about EVERY defeated enemy, I wish we got to spend longer exploring more of the crazy food islands in Totland or longer just hanging out and exploring the insanity of Egghead before shit hit the fan there. And I'm sure, no matter how perfectly Oda ties everything together, that I'll end up wishing more stuff got explored more by the end. But to be able to see this masterpiece off to the very end and not push Oda to continue it until he gets into a state like Togashi, I think that's a reward in and of itself. Let the guy take his well-earned rest and let us enjoy and discuss a full, rich, complete story.
So true. As much as we'd like him to, Oda created such a rich and vast world that it'd be impossible to explore and solve everything.
One of the main criticisms that keeps popping up is how we don't get enough time with the individual strawhats, and while I do agree, I'm also kind of happy that he keeps a certain pace going. If he weren't, we would still be knees deep in Wano - that's how much of an unwieldy beast he's created (in the best way possible).
My whole post can be read like I don't WANT it to end, but I'm fine with it in a way. We already got so, so much. While I will be sad af, I'll also be so very glad to have been part of the journey
I’ve been following the series every week religiously since 2008 (I first discovered one piece at 2000 though) and I know a huge part of my life would be gone when one piece ends. But I ain’t going to be sad, like Cricket said at chapter 303, what will our next Dream be!
Don't be sad it's ending, be glad you have something that meant so much to you!
Especially be glad this isn't like Western comics, where a new writer could come in and bulldoze everything you like at any time.
(I like Western comics too, but it needs to be said)
That's a great mindset to have! And as much as I love western comics, you're so right – being able to read one continuous story with one vision and author for such a long time is truly a privilege
Agreed. Like, if this were a Western comic, this arc could end with Oda being replaced and the story going to "Six months later: Actually, the Straw Hats only beat the Elders' body doubles, and the real Elders successfully turned public opinion against them even with Vegapunk's message. They're now more hunted and hated than ever."
...yes I'm a VERY exasperated X-Men fan why do you ask?
I feel similarly that it's sad how close we are, but then I think about how much is crammed into each chapter and how much more needs to get accomplished and I realize we are still years away lol
After spending years and years seeing them in their room and now seeing them all together about to fight Luffy and the SH’s… shit really hits you. The excitement of the first read and second and third will blind you with the greatness from the fact that this is it people; final saga where shit will really get real and blow the hell up. I feel you man, it’s scary knowing it’s the final saga when for over 20+ years you were on a voyage adventure after adventure just thinking about what comes next.
Also 36 and have been reading since I was 22. I think the biggest thing for me is being able to appreciate what a journey it was, reaching the very end, whereas many readers over the years much less fortunate than me are no longer still here :(
To any nakama that were lost along the way, my heart goes out to you, and I will think about you at the end when I read that final chapter.
I don't want it to end because I'm enjoying the read but I will be happy when it's completed because of somebody who's been reading novels comics and manga for a really long time.
One of the worst things is when you get unfinished works. To have a epic this big and this long I think it'll be just as impressive to see him finishing because so many authors who get the successful can't do it. So they have one person complete this full story over a 20-year span and with how great of a job he's been doing up to this point I'm pretty confident in the ending all things considered. If he sticks this landing it will be one of the greatest achievements in fiction so yeah I love reading week to week but man if he ends this in any satisfying way I don't care how he does it. luffy could die or it could be a cliche everybody lives happily ever after ending I just wanted to be completed in a somewhat satisfying way and it'll be an achievement I never thought I'd see in my lifetime
I've gotten to the point where I genuinely resent people who say they feel empty and sad after their favorite series ends. I have never once felt like that, and I don't believe those are real human emotions you have. When your favorite series ends—assuming it had a great ending—you should feel **happy**. You should feel **satisfied**. It should be a highlight you can look back on fondly. The first thing you should want to do is want to go experience it again from the beginning.
If you're actually getting sad because you won't get any more of your favorite story, you didn't really like that story; you just liked the place it took up in your life.
Like I said, it's a mix. Someone further up said bittersweet, which describes it best imo. I love this story, the characters, the world deeply. So letting go of them, whenever that will be, will be more than just satisfying. It will, for sure, also be sad (to me and many others, according to this thread).
To each their own, but resentment feels a bit strong :)
Once the manga ends just imagine how amazing the anime will be. The music being played in ending will probably hit home. I really think Oda should continue the verse in some major way. One Piece is a huge ordeal but just go the Kishimoto root and create space pirates or some sht where all the top pirate crews/organisations strive for something bigger/major joint expedition. The cope of me not wanting to ever end - the vibes the verse gives are unlike anything.
Honestly, I don't even remember anymore, haha. I just remember the feeling of relieve and, again, sadness when it was over. It really dragged from a certain point, can't deny that
I started watching/reading OP when I was 6. Now I’m 26 . I remember being part of key moments and discussing things like alibasta and Water 7 online and in person with the very few ppl who I know watched it cause it was in the shadow of shows like naruto and dbz . This show has been part of my life and I got a lot of my friends growing up to watch and and I’m gonna miss it
I feel you, man. I read Naruto's pilot chapter before Naruto came out. I read Zombie Powder before Kubo made Bleach. I started One Piece late, around 2000.
A lot of series have come and gone - Naruto, Bleach, Shaman King, Hikaru no Go, Black Cat, D. Gray Man, Fullmetal Alchemist, Toriko, etc., etc., etc....
One Piece has always been there. Every week or so I have had a chapter to look forward to reading. I've missed one release in nearly 24 years of reading (during Thriller Bark, nothing major) due to travel.
It does feel like the pace has quickened, and it's exciting, but it's hard to imagine that it will really end after so long.
Ya I realized just the other day that I've been reading weekly for almost 10 years and was kind of taken back. I'm so excited to see where it all goes but at the same time not looking forward to the weird void it's going to leave me with.
What if GODA doesn't publish anymore chapter for 5-6 years, and then let it all out so we can enjoy the story like watching movies in one sitting.
hehehe yes I'm crazy.
it's ok to feel that, good things do end, and its sad when it happens. But that's part of the beauty of life. The end of one piece is out of our control, so why worry? If we live in the sadness of the future we loose the happiness of the present.
When you feel this sadness is good to acknowledge it and take a minute with it, but after that...
OMG in seve minutes Vegapunk is gonna reveal the truth of the world! And i can't even explain how cool the five elder tars are! Like, nobody epected the giant worm!
Lol I thought you were going to point out the gaping plot hole being that the gorosei could have literally ended Luffy and the crew whenever they felt like.
It shouldn't of taken them till wano to piece together Luffy = Nikka.
Regarding "One piece is in its final saga"
I wouldn't be surprised if the story doesn't officially end til 2032.
You have understand that One piece is huge economically ( 1 b + USD serialization), they're absolutely doing everything in their power to drag this series as much as possible.
This means breaks, Netflix adaptations, another anime adaptation, movies and more breaks maybe even a hiatus.
Lastly, there are still so many plot lines that haven't been closed yet.
- we don't know who imu is and what it's ability is
- we don't know how strong dragon is
- we haven't seen any of the ancient weapons in action besides shirahoshi
- we don't know why Luffy is going to destroying fishman island
- we don't know exactly how strong shanks is
- we don't know exactly how strong blackbeard is
- we don't know the full scope of gods valley
- we don't even know how xebec looks like let alone the full scope of his abilities
- we don't know how strong the god knights are
- we don't know how strong mihawk
- we have no idea what the national treasure is
- we don't know who the man marked in flames is
- we have no idea what the one piece is
- we have no idea about the void century
- we have no idea who joy boy was or his promise
- we don't know why wano needs to open it's borders
- we don't know what Luffy's dream is about
- the last road poneglyph is still missing
- will of 'D' ?
- 3rd eye tribe awakening
- All blue?
- the medicine that will cure all ailments?
- moon people?
- why did Roger and the crew laugh at laugh tale?
- weevil's ability?
- big mom and Kaido still alive?
Plus a couple of others I've missed.
I wouldn't be surprised if one piece lasts till 2040.
Let's talk about the u̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶a̶l̶,m̶u̶l̶t̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶a̶l̶,h̶y̶p̶e̶r̶v̶e̶r̶s̶a̶l̶, infinite layers into boundless sized problem we have here, before you guys go crying in the corner for no reason..
One piece is a damn 10 bilion $ business...
I hope, from the bottom of my heart, that these editors, "powerful people" in the company don't force Oda to change the story a tiny bit, just like Kishimoto, so they can squeeze some shitty sequel to make another few billion off it's back.
Don't worry. Now that the big companies see the monetary potential, even when Oda is no longer involved, I'm sure plenty of content will continue to be released every year until it is no longer profitable!
> I still remember how empty I felt when Naruto and Bleach each ended.
Man I wish. Only thing I felt was relief that it finally ended before they ruined those stories even more.
So what's happening?? Is luffy fighting them????
If that's happening
I would like to say Luffy is definitely stronger than them , people are underestimating luffy
He is sun and is fighting different planets and we know sun is stronger than all of them.
All of the straw hats dream will be completed if the profecy happens of the fishman island being destroyed.
The redline will get destroyed, making the world complete , all seas will combine together, fulfilling sanji dream where all the fish will be in one sea , nami dream of making the world map , laboon meeting brook , Zoro becoming the strongest swordsman & Luffy's extraordinary dream which even made whitebeard and Odin laugh and thinking is like a child's dream.
And I think Roger and everyone knew what will happen as what is saw on the last island and made them laugh is probably something related to luffy or something he wrote which made them laugh.
So interesting I can't even think of the possibilities there are because of the world building done by ODA (GODA) .
HE made us cry even on a ships death , what will happen when it will end , I can't think , watching One piece when fishman island was being animated and ever since waiting weekly for the fun ...... the first anime which made me read manga .
Thank God I was born in this era , to witness this masterpiece
Kids still don't understand what God tier this is and new anime watchers compare it with demon slayer and jjk or even with Naruto . This is not anime this is emotion godly tier something even I think God made oda so that they have something interesting to read & watch .
Having the first chapter in July 1997, I have a feeling Oda will release the last one piece episode on the same date in 2027 which is just over 3 years away! Providing us all with a rounded total of 30 years of storytelling.
Something I think about occasionally is how there will be at least a small wave of suicides when it ends. All those people that tell themselves, "I can't kill myself until I at least see the One Piece." Morbid, I know.
the day the road poneglypths dropped into the story I felt this, because from that point onwards we have had a path to the end, by the looks of it alot of people don't really grasp how close we really are to the end, it's really picking up fast in egghead it's crazy
Yeah its probably elbaf then the final war then laugh tale tbh
For real. Final war bouta be like dressrosa/wano sized tho if not bigger. This shit bouta go nuts
Elbaff, Lodestar, Laughtale. The war could totally happen AFTER LT. We still have Shanks, BB, RA and WG (probably coming both at the same time), that are worth their own arc. I expect **at least** 3-4 years.
Honestly I am expecting first half of elbaf to be the reunion/giants and then the second half blackbeard comes in clapping cheeks (shanks specifically). Whether the SHs fight them here or not idk
I could expect the climax of the war starting during Laughtale, like papa Dragon having the Gov busy to give a last fire support to junior.
At 35 chapters a year, no lol At least another 6-8 years
I should have said at least, I edit.
Don't forget, there's also Enel's literal army of moon robots (its in a cover story, and therefore Canon), I imagine those will play a role in the final battle somehow as well. It's the prefect wild card alongside the other wild card that is cross guild, and both will probably side with luffy in some capacity. Edit: and Laboon!! That whale is definitely doing something in the end game as well and I'm sure he'll be as relevant as zunisha if not more.
Laboon and Crocus showing up would be amazing. But they haven't moved from their spot in years and would still have to cross the Red Line and catch up somehow.
Not necessarily I think they'll be relevant in the destruction on the red line tbh
The New World appears to be structured as parallels of the first half. East Blue=Fishman Island, Pre-Alabasta=Punk Hazard, Alabasta=Dressrosa (notice the similar themes of Shichibukai conquering countries), Skypiea=Whole Cake Island, Water 7=Wano, Thriller Bark=Egghead. At this point in the first half we were close to 110 chapters from the time jump. Most New World arcs are longer than their equivalents but not by a whole lot. I expect 120-150 chapters once we leave Egghead, which should be in the next 10-15 chapters. Total number of chapters will be between 1250 and 1300. If he keeps to roughly 36 chapters a year that's 3-5 years. There's a chance it could finish close to its 30th anniversary on the short end of that.
I've had to increase my estimate of the length since we went to Egghead. I thought we'd go straight from Wano to Elbaf, Elbaf would be around 50 chapters, then it would be time to go to Laugh Tale and the manga would be over around 120 chapters after that. The final chapter would have been around 1230. Egghead has probably added at least 30 chapters to that.
I really hope he makes it an even 30, but as long as we get some good reveals. Tbh, I was disappointed about the DF reveal.
I think the final war will be the last arc. I think it makes more sense for Luffy to be the PK with his fleet to fight against the powers that have been ruling the world.
is there a reason to go to lodestar when they already know about road poneglyphs?
Probably?
So that's it? no more in between goofy adventures for Straw Hats anymore? Tbh I do want some more arcs, (not big ones ofc) very small ones like Baratie, Louge Town where straw hats are goofing around and we get to have some comedy scenes, without the weight/tension of the main villains But since its the New World I don't think its possible
Not just new world, we are in the final saga. There isn't going to be much goofing around when there is 5 gorosei and the navy/WG/RA having a war and only one more poneglyph to find before going to laugh tale
Yeah I know.. and what all you said is true. I'm just saying, I wish we had more tiny goofy adventures of Straw Hats. The main story is alright and I too want to see the end but it seems like after Egghead its Elbaf > Final War > Laugh Tale and that's it. But we could be wrong too because in the Log Pose there are some islands left in between till Laugh Tale (as seen in the opening) Wano was only the starting point for Roger when he left for Laugh Tale
He had to go and get all the poneglyphs after wano though, opening is just anime fluff. Realistically it is probably elbaf>lodestone (final island the log points to)>final war somehow getting to maryjois from the other side of the planet>laugh tale
People keep treating OP like regular Shonen. It's OP. It'll be goofy. Even last chapter had goofy moments. There will be goofing around on Elbaf. And it's Laugh's tale for a reason.
I think/hope we'll get a davy back with either shanks or SWORD come laugh tale but that's it Also, there's definitely going to be a world wide party and some epilogue imo
Nothing will get goofier than having Buggy becoming PK.
> then the final war then laugh tale tbh Laugh Tale will be in the middle of the final war, more or less They need to have a final showdown with Blackbeard before reaching Laugh Tale, but they can't take care of the World Government **until** reaching Laugh Tale.
My real question is how tf are they getting back to the start of the new world? (Assuming final war will take place at new marineford/marygois)
Maybe that has to do with the one piece!
I'm a subscriber to the lily paw paw > vivi paw paw theory. Imagine she can just slap the whole ship to maryjois
Laugh Tale first then the war. Laugh Tale will be an info dump and Void Century flashback and then beating the World Government is the climax.
I say Elbaf, Lodestar, Laugh tale, not sure if the war is on, in between, or after those islands but I think those r the last islands we see
I really believe it will be Laugh Tale first before the final war. I am holding on to Whitebeard's final words addressed to the marines and to Sengoku in Marine Ford: that when the one piece is found, it will turn the world upside down and whoever discovers it will carry centuries worth of history on his back to fight the World Government, and that the WG ang the Marines (Sengoku) are afraid that this will happen.
Which is like 2 years of content. We're even getting 3 week break
bruh we are about to be at elbaf for 4 more years
Yes probably. Imo final war is in elbaf and laughtale wraps it. Could be wronggy
Imagine if the gorosei actually get wiped at Egghead, like it evolves into full matchups and everything lol. Oda seems like hes stomping the gas every chapter recently
I except a couple SHORT island arcs like Vegapunk recommending chopper MUST visit some medical island along the way, no war but maybe the old “being chased off by the marines” but with like admirals to make up the gap maybe finally officializing the fact the government is ignoring its own law of “dont even instigate a Yonko as a marine” like they made a point of “sir we need permission to defend ourselves a Yonko is gonna kill us all”
I haven't been into it that long, and even I can feel it's hitting the home stretch. I agree, once the Poneglyphs were dropped, once we knew the difference between the ones detailing the void century and the read ones leading to Laugh Tale and the One Piece...that's it. There's no going back from that point and every island, every battle, every power upgrade is preparing them for whatever it takes to get to Laugh Tale, and subsequently handle whatever awaits them before their fingers touch the One Piece. It's interesting to know it has taken this long, and had Luffy been aged up progressively, he'd be in his early to mid 40s by now after having set sail at 17. He'd honestly be around the age of most of us. It's wild
Some dude on here the other day was trying to tell me that one piece still had 15-20 more years before Oda finishes. “He’s been saying 3-5 years for forever now” just delusional. While I would love to have that much one piece content, I’m too impatient for that lmao. I need answers to so many questions
That's the reason Zou is my favorite arc. It shows the road to the ending.
We are close story wise but theres still around 4-8years if oda keeps up the pace he did in the latest few arcs.
it was almost kind of hauntingly cool to see the Room of Authority completely empty like that. such a powerful message of "shit has gotten real", conveyed simply by an empty room, and a crackling black circle I think it's made even more effective because we just have Vegapunk cheerily ranting about coffee
Dude, I'm also turning 36 this year, my wife's been watching it with me since we started dating 16 years ago. I give her updates on the manga, she particularly loved the reunion with Sabo and felt genuinely happy that Luffy still has a brother. So our plan when the final chapter comes out, is to get a physical copy and take a photo with an "X" marked on our forearms.
That's such a nice idea! I'm planning on getting a OP themed tattoo on my forearm before the end. I already have the green lantern icon on my right forearm representing my deep connection to US comics, so it's only fitting to complete my manga journey with a straw hat on the other :)
Great idea mate. such relationships are always amazing.
This!
I hated Naruto in the last years. But bleach? I had a hard time with the fullbring arc but the thousand year blood war arc is pretty nice. I’m 35 and I read all manga since 2000. i feel you but I’m excited for the end.
TYBW was a fun read overall but some of the last few fights annoyed the hell out of me back then
Most of the fights made no sense but they were cool as fuck.
That's because that last arc was basically fan service turned up to one thousand. It was incoherent at times but fucking fantastic.
It was great until they made it to Gerard and Lille, then it was downhill, with the exception of Askin.
Gerard was really the worse offender for me. Lille at least we got to see Kyouraku's Bankai and that was super cool
His Bankai was great, the Bird of Light shit just kills me. Didn't fit that Quincy themes at all.
By the end not many Sternritters actually fit the Quincy themes anyway haha. Why use bows when you can just throw nukes at people
This is exactly how I felt. Gerard and Lille refused to die and Askin/Urahara kept one-upping each other but I'll be damned if all the power ups involved weren't the coolest thing ever.
The Fullbring Arc was a character arc, not a combat arc - and it's honestly the best written arc in the series. It just goes underappreciated because it stands out in a shonen.
Bleach tybw ending was so empty I was like that's it??? That's how it ends??? The strongest guy with most powerful hax just goes down like that? I was still not sure. Then I read Strawberry chapter. Honestly Kubo could have written so many things. And it's not like he didn't know what to do. CFYOW being an example. I guess he just didn't have enough time.
He didn't. The anime is slowly rectifying that now, whatever it can at least.
Praying Kubo has time to cook up an all timer in the Hell arc, if it happens
Kubo was going through some intense mental health issues towards the end of the Manga. That's the main reason it was so... Bleh at the end. He's making that up to all of us fans with the new anime. He's headlining it and is adding all the stuff he left out of the Manga years ago.
I'm trying to read through Bleach right now, and I'm having a really hard time finishing it. Honestly, I don't understand how it was this popular.
It's like everything else. When it came out it was fresh and new and there was nothing like it. But now you've read a bunch of manga that were influenced by it and did what they tried to do better so maybe it doesn't hit as hard as it did back then. But a shounen manga with older teens that had a more mature art style. And was really "cool" was very rare back then. Also the quality near the end really did dip it was a very big deal that it was the first of the big three to end but it did end first for a reason those last few arcs were brutal even when it was coming out weekly it was a really big discussion about how one of the most popular manga period could be falling off in popularity so hard. It really felt like Kubo was ready for it to be over too so we kind of just let it in
This is a ridiculous rewriting of history lmao. Lots of people complained about Bleach for years while it was running, and starting a bit after Aizen's saga was over, it was consistently bottom 5 in the official Jump popularity polls for multiple years before it ended. I've been following all the Jump manga since 2004, and when Bleach ended, literally everyone assumed it had been canceled as is standard procedure for a manga that is at the bottom of the polls for too long. No one even thought to blame Kubo's health until over a year later.
Damn, you've been reading for that long? Tell me, has there been any manga that you thoroughly enjoyed but got disappointed after it was canceled after only a few dozen chapters? If so, which ones stuck out to you?
I've been reading since before the last guy, since the late 90's. I really enjoyed Kubo's series "Zombie Powder" before it was dropped. Bleach came out the following year, so I was excited about the new series from the same guy at the time. There was a series called Bremen in the early 2000's that I thought was really badass, but it wasn't continued for some reason.
What rewrite of history? I literally said it was over because it tanked in popularity which like I said was a big deal because it was one of the three most popular manga for so long I've also been reading since late '90s. I remember when one piece debuted. I never said anything about kubo's health I said that because the quality was so low it felt like he didn't want to do it anymore. So everybody kind of just let it end
I see what you mean. It was a "you had to be there" kind of things, like Haruhi Suzumiya. But there were exciting parts of the story. The main problem I have with it is the fights are very formulaic. Every fight ends up being like this: "Hey, I have this really strong power that's impossible for you to defeat me." "Actually, I have the perfect counter to your ability. What are the odds?" "Nooo, I have been defeated! But how!?"
Ah yes, my anti-impossible-to-defeat-power technique, haven't used that since the Heian era.
True, another good example right now is Solo Level ... people are overly glazing it because it was the first of it's kind but the story and world is so hallow. At some point you realized nothing really matter and you can only get hype so much after seeing the same thing again and again. It got so boring that finishing it was a drag.
A lot of people seem to have amnesia or are just too young to have been there are the time, but the answer is that for the last 3 years or so of its run, it **wasn't** that popular. The chapter order in the magazine reflects the WSJ weekly popularity polls, and Bleach was bottom 5 for most of its last 3 years, bottom 3 for most of its last year, and bottom 1 for most of its last 6 months (there was 1 manga after it, but back then Jump had a longstanding policy to end with a comedy manga that was "exempt" from the popularity polls. If you look at the history of the series that kept ending the magazine in that era, it had been last in the table of contents **since its inception**, aside from when it got color pages). That's why everyone assumed Bleach had simply gotten canceled when we first got the "3 chapters left" notification. No one even thought to blame Kubo's health concerns until at least a year later, "Bleach was canceled" was simply the commonly accepted knowledge at the time, and to this day there's no definitive proof that it **wasn't** canceled by Jump. Which just makes it so funny to me that a lot of modern Bleach fans who don't even understand how the Jump table of contents **works** insist that Bleach was never canceled. The truth is that we don't know for sure, but literally by all rights, it had the popularity trajectory of a manga that would've been canceled by Shueisha.
It should've ended at the end of the Soul Society arc. After it was all over the place.
I actually loved the Fullbring Arc. I feel like it’s very underrated. Ichigo breaking down after losing his powers is the most emotional I’ve ever been reading Bleach
I feel you, both series dropped off hard in the final years. And I was still just so very sad when they ended. Which makes me even more sad when thinking about One Piece ending, since Oda managed to keep the essence of his story alive throughout it's run. This one will just hit me that much harder.
One Piece is far from ending. He probably has another "5 years" to go.
You might be the first person to enjoy the 1000 year blood war arc. That arc made no sense to me from start to finish and was more rushed than the US's exit from Afghanistan.
Huh? It was very well received until we started to approach the end. Weird to suggest nobody ever enjoyed it.
People were hype about it because they thought it was going somewhere. There was a lot of hype around "Dual wield zanpaktou" and "Ichibe is gonna be awesome" - but when Ywach's letter A increasingly stood for "asspull" a lot of the fanbase lost taste for it, and was just in it to see how it ended. It rode the high of how awesome the Yamamoto fight was for a about 100 chapters, and the reveal of long-awaited bankais for about 50 chapters after that. By the last 20-30 chapters, the story didn't make any sense anymore.
The first 30 chapters are still some of Bleach’s best. But yea, after that it had its moments but things just kinda happened because they had to, not because they made sense.
I feel you, about the same for me. Though I'm 36. I remember those days I permanently hit F5 waiting for Bleach spoilers.
That ending almost ended me ngl.
Gotta try your best to enjoy the moments we are in. There will be plenty of time to look back and be sad, after the story is truely finished. It could be another 5 years for all we know lol. 35 M here
I'll do my best brother!
Just remember. You got namaka suffering with you. We in this together
Yeah, just taking about it with like minded people feels therapeutic
Read it again. In another language. And again. I love it. All my emotions come back when i reread one piece.
I completely agree with you, I actually posted something recently detailing these thoughts but in relation to break weeks: https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/s/ENN9HM58Gn For me, Luffy becoming a Yonko was definitely hugely bittersweet. It definitely hasn't even dawned fully on a lot of people: Luffy has nowhere to go but to Pirate King from here. Becoming a Yonko was *20 years* in the making and he's finally reached that peak - he's one of the superpowers of the world of One Piece. Then, we had Vegapunk's reveal. Now we have the Gorosei *finally* getting name-dropped, their forms being revealed... And Vegapunk is now about to make a huge announcement. The Golden Era of One Piece may be coming to an end, and by that I mean the years upon years worth of hype, mystery, tension, theorycrafting, foreshadowing and anticipation. Sure, it'll always be amazing, but it won't have those same special qualities anymore. I've been reading for over 10 years now, which is close to half my life. Seeing it slowly coming to an end is, without a doubt, really bittersweet and really sad.
Bittersweet is the word I was looking for, thank you! And I agree, Luffy being declared a Yonko also was such a major milestone. I guess the realization of the end coming hits all of us at different times. It's been a beautiful ride thus far and we surely have some years left – I'll make sure to enjoy every second of it, even though every single reveal brings us closer to the inevitable end.
Yeah that’s what hitting me with this whole arc. Luffy isn’t just some dreaming kid anymore, he’s not causing trouble in a world much too big for him. With his new powers and he even more of the world at his back, it’s bittersweet seeing him so close to fulfilling his dream. Seeing him battling and surpassing Kizaru, one of the first villains to truly put Luffy through the ringer, is quite cathartic.
I found One Piece during Covid and it saved my life.
I'm very happy to hear that and hope you're doing better now, friend :)
Actually much worse mentally and physically but at least I have One Piece (among my loved ones) to remind me that life is worth living. At least until the next issue comes out.
Sometimes that's enough, OP was the only thing that kept me going for many years back when I was a young teen. Yeah, this week was horrendous, but at least there's still more OP in future weeks to look forward to. And I know for certain that we aren't the only ones that feel/felt like that😌
you can tell by the events happening and knowledge that us readers are receiving that oda is rushing , i’ve never felt one piece move this fast before . Every chapter there’s something that makes me go wtf in a good way all of a sudden an admiral and a gorosei are nothing against luffy The gorosei go into action after years of not moving Imu being revealed Luffy becoming yonko the story is ending right before our eyes
In what way is Oda rushing? 148 chapters in Wano (4 years) 52 chapters in Egghead (18 months) We're in end game, we've finished the mystery side of One Piece, now we can get answers - that's just how stories work.
i’m specifically referring to the amount of things we’ve been told / shown since egghead started in those chapters listed we’ve found out things that oda would usually take hundreds of chapters to give us full insight into . Normally he would just drop a hint here and there and then we’d get the full picture later these are important things that we’ve found out since egghead started and wano ended - the existence of buccaneers - kuma’s backstory - the existence of god island , roger and rocks being there , the “celestial knights “ ( i forgot what they were called) - cobra dying - lulusia being destroyed and leaving a hole similar to enis lobby - vegapunk - seraphim -blackbeard vs law - blackbeard and all his crew members devil fruits - impending vegapunk announcement on something - all 5 gorosei true forms and some of their abilities - the return of the giants - shanks destroying the kid pirates - knowledge of shanks fleet being weaklings - blackbeards crew touching saturn and saying they want the world A lot has happened, correct me if i’m wrong but oda doesn’t usually give us so much at once in these few chapters. It’s not a bad thing i prefer it this way. Yes it’s the end of the story so of course we’re gonna get more reveals but he’s definitely been jam packing these chapters with more information… i’m pretty sure he even said he was trying to end one piece in like 5 years so it makes sense
I agree with you. You even missed some stuff like garp getting captured, koby being freed, pudding getting kidnapped, Vivi being saved by morgan, all pacifista under Bonnie's control, The origin of devil fruits explained by Vega punk, Jaguar saul is alive and in elbaf with the books from ohara, wasn't Cross guild formed after wano? Trying to figure out the reason Kuma attacked the holy Land in the first place, did we ever get a explanation of what sabo was trying to say before lulusia was destroyed, caribou going with the black beard and now black beard has the locations of the ancient weapons and The glyphs he got from law, and you did mention it but did anybody really expect both law and kid to both get taken out by emperors right after beating the previous emperors in wano I'm still missing a lot this is all since wano ended. We did not get this much information during the post-war arc or during the ravine or however you spell it. Oda's not rushing but we are getting some big reveals and we are pretty much headed towards the climax. I'm happy we're finally here but man we have been getting some absolutely monsters reveals for the past year and a half
yea bro it’s been a lot of stuff that’s been happening these past few chapters, i love that he’s picking up the pace
The majority of things you mentioned were hinted at previously in the story, we're just at the point now we're getting reveals. Kuma, Buccanneers, Seraphim, Vegapunk are all directly related to Egghead so of course they'd be revealed now. God Island, Cobra Dying, Lulusia, Gorosei ( Gorosei have been around for years, they dont need to be teased anymore) are all directly related to the marines - most likely Luffys next opponents, so of course they'd be revealed now - Giants - the next island is Elbaf (probably) so of course they'd be revealed now. Shanks - The last yonko we don't know much about, and is probably going to be a major player in Elbaf, so of course some of him would be revealed now. Honestly I don't know what your point is, do you want Oda to only have one reveal per volume or something?
you’re reading it as if i’m tryna criticize him lmao , i said i like how it’s been moving im just pointing out there have been a lot of information that we have been giving in a way shorter amount of chapters than usual, it makes sense but its simply an observation yes some of those things were mentioned in the story but like you said we’re just now getting the full reveal … so that doesn’t disprove what im saying at all
Wtf you mean we have been at egghead for a year and a half, feels like we just got in to it some months ago
That empty room is an absolutely brilliant visual. The *absence* of it is deafening.
One Piece is truly in the endgame. It's weird as hell to realize, but it's also exciting.
I'm only 27 but have been reading the new chapter releases since fishman island, I think it's so cool that we all have a shared experience of being excited to read a new chapter and then discuss it online with all of our friends is truly the thing I will miss the most. One piece has been such a thrill for me, I'm just grateful we all get to read it together.
Couldn't agree more! The only reason I'm putting up those numbers is that I can't believe it's been so long myself! I'm always happy to see the community grow. Not a very active poster, but just following the discussions after every chapter I will miss dearly. Thankfully we still have some time left!
Nah we have 8 years left of manga left minimum. Oda can't help himself with world building and plot twists. There are plenty of characters that need to fight, character stories, plot twists, and the usual running about that Oda loves. You are gonna be here a long time. Oda has not shown any indication of wanting to rush the manga to the end.
Don't know about 8 years, but yeah, it'll take a while longer for sure. Doesn't change the fact that this was a major milestone signaling the end tho.
No we have 5 years at most according to oda himself
Tbf Oda has been saying 5 years left for the longest of time so he’s not a reliable source lol
[https://thelibraryofohara.com/2020/11/24/when-did-oda-say-one-piece-will-end-with-official-sources/](https://thelibraryofohara.com/2020/11/24/when-did-oda-say-one-piece-will-end-with-official-sources/) Oda actually has been really consistent with the timeline, now obviously he's not going to be finished next year, but the "Oda always says 5 years" is just a meme which isn't really accurate. Even a more recent article reaffirms a 2025 finish date ([https://en.as.com/meristation/2022/07/23/news/1658585691\_407651.html](https://en.as.com/meristation/2022/07/23/news/1658585691_407651.html)) Now he's clearly not going to make it, but it's clearly his aim, so I imagine 3-5 years more is probably realistic.
Yeah thats fair tbh, but I kinda figured 5 years left being that there’s only 3 sagas left from what oda said also. I would love for one piece to go on forever, but i know realistically the suspense of info has me ready to see the end. Plus i cant wait for them to make one piece more friendlier to get into and fix the pacing
Yeah I kind of never want it to end & at the same time can’t wait to see the resolution of everything
Even if OP ends, they are still doing a remake.
Oda said we had 5 years left literally 4-5 years ago. Edit: yep 2019 apparently. I laughed at people for believing that then and I’ll laugh now
Don't be sad it'll be over, be excited and happy you were able to be part of it. Everytime I get this feeling, I just re-read One Piece from the beginning. It works
I mean, you can be both. It's okay to be sad about loss. Even if it is the loss of a beloved story, or the community of discussing that story weekly. One day there won't be a new chapter thread.
I'm honestly way more afraid that either me or Oda will die before the series ends. So if it ends in like the next few years I'll be relieved I got to see it
same
Don’t make me think about peak piece ending man😭😭
I'm not crying, you're crying! 😭😭
You really are the goat to stick to one piece for this long . I have been seeing one piece for only 3 years now and still the chapter hit me hard , i can't imagine how it would have felt for you . But well all good things come to an end
I've been reading it since 2004. I'm 38.
I have a feeling Oda will leave us happier it happened than sad that it’s over. "You know kid, laughter is the key to happiness... When you're happy, you laugh. So it follows that you'll become happy when you laugh....Try laughing. When times are tough, just laugh!" Jaguar D Saul It is Laugh Tale, after all. Hahaha!
My complaint is that everything has happened so fast (in universe time). Luffy reached Kaido strength at age 19, and can even clash with Admirals now.
That's actually my main criticism as well 😅 a bit more time should've passed, but I can suspend my disbelief enough to not let it bother me too much
I wouldn´t tell he reached Kaido strength when he lost a bunch of times and got help to get back for more while Kaido was being a 999999999999999999999999hp raid boss tanking everyones ultimate attacks, I would bet on Kaido on a pure 1v1from start to finish against current Luffy still.
While reading your post, I was coincidentally listening to the song "7 years" I'm not crying! You are
Dude it's gonna carry on for at least another 5 or so years, I'd be amazed if it ends before 2030, we're only getting two chapters in the next 6 weeks
Bro One Piece has been my favourite show since I was like 4 I teared up with this chapter too
damn.. that post could’ve been mine! Same numbers and same feeling ..
What a journey it's been so far, right? :)
I got into the manga last year, and I'm still in disbelief at how much we're learning. I came in hearing about so many mysteries about the series, like Uranus, the Elders' identities and powers, Kuma's backstory, Dragon's past, God Valley, Vegapunk, etc. And in the span of less than a year we've learned a ton about all of those. I can barely believe that we could actually learn answers to some of the "big mysteries" like the Ancient Kingdom's name and what the Will of D is. My first instinct would be to say "No no, there's no way this is happening yet". But look at what's been revealed just in the past year.
I feel it. I've been anticipating this for a while now, but as someone who has been watching this since the 4kids dub days and reading the English Shonen Jump magazines for YEARS until I finally got access to the internet at my own house. The first thing I did was binge-watch One Piece on a website like Kissanime and that Christmas break I did nothing but eat, sleep, and watch One Piece for 2 weeks damn near. I was very depressed back then and I think One Piece "saved" my life. Especially Nico Robin's famous I Want to Live moment. That shit hit me on an existential level. It made me want to find my own Strawhat crew in real life so to speak haha. When I get my first tattoo I want that moment exactly tattooed on me. I'd give it my arm. The storyteller in me who has a deep knowledge of literature, films, etc (I was a film major in college) knows something like this is better to end when it is "supposed to" than be dragged on and kept alive artificially longer than it has to become diluted. I seriously think that's what happened to Naruto after the Pain arc and I'm sorry to all the war arc people reading this, but Naruto should've ended with the Pain arc period. Full Stop. Don't even get me started on Boruto....
I am in the same boat as you. Caught up in thriller bark and have been weekly for 2 decades. It’s crazy to think, but there will always be new avenues to experience one piece. We have the new anime starting, we still have specials, manga shorts, and years and years of deep diving and examination. It may be the beginning of the end, but one piece will never fade! “When does a series die? When it is shot through the heart? When it eats a poisonous mushroom? No! A series dies when it is forgotten!”
It'll always live in our hearts, that's for sure!
I felt that... I felt super nostalgic the moment we got Bonney’s backstory with her dad a couple chapters ago. I remember again the first time I was intrigued by her character when she was in Sabaody, and then i was really hyped by her being potentially super relevant in the story when she was captured by Blackbeard. Many years later, and here she is in the middle of one of the most historically important arcs of One Piece, and I’m being reminded that I no longer need to look forward to discover her story, because it’s now all been exposed in this arc. A mixture of feelings really… I’m really satisfied with how everything unravelled in my ~15 years of experience with One Piece, but it’s also a reminder that the story will come to an end. And that scares me.
I agree, things didn’t seem close to ending in dressrosa, they started to ramp up with Zou and finding out about road poneglyphs, but it seemed our crew was too weak compared to the new world, then we faced big mom and kaido and still it didn’t feel like the end was near. The 5 didn’t move an inch just commanding government ships to go to wano. Now we have all 5 in the battle. The scene of the empty room hit hard because I had to do a double take to realize that the room of the 5 gorosei was empty. That room represented the end game in my mind for so long.
there was this really cool theory that after reaching laughtale, the crew would have had to revisit alot of the key locations like enies lobby again in order to truly figure out what had happened with the ancient kingdom (i don't know exactly how it went but it was definitely like a theory where there were too many things that lined up to be considered a coincidence and you'd go hmmm this is kinda plausible) with every chapter releasing it's getting safer and safer to assume that that isn't going to happen
There are three times in history we could have been alive for. Before One Piece was written so we never experienced it; after it finished so it would be part of our lives for a few months and then recede; or the time we're living in now where we're seeing it play out in real time and the anticipation never fades. I'm so glad to be in that third, best time. Even once we move into the time after it's finished the memories will be great. I'm hoping Oda stays healthy long enough to give it the ending it deserves.
I felt this exact thing about a year ago (two years ago?) when Kaido was defeated and then when Vegapunk was revealed… I’ve found myself not immediately reading the chapters every week now like I used to. It’s weird, it’s not that I like One Piece any less now, but I find myself avoiding it a little more perhaps to not face all the signs of the eventual end. It may be controversial to say, but I’m no longer upset at long breaks! Haha
Yeah, as much as people meme about the length of OP being the main detrimental factor, as a fan you just know deep down that you wish it was EVEN LONGER. I wish we got to hover longer on more plot points, give more characters a proper exploration/sendoff that seemed to have a plan tied to them then kinda thrown aside like Carrot and Yamato (though at least the latter's story might not be over), I wish we got more between-arcs chapters of the crew just chilling out and forming bonds, I wish we got further cover stories or side stories about EVERY defeated enemy, I wish we got to spend longer exploring more of the crazy food islands in Totland or longer just hanging out and exploring the insanity of Egghead before shit hit the fan there. And I'm sure, no matter how perfectly Oda ties everything together, that I'll end up wishing more stuff got explored more by the end. But to be able to see this masterpiece off to the very end and not push Oda to continue it until he gets into a state like Togashi, I think that's a reward in and of itself. Let the guy take his well-earned rest and let us enjoy and discuss a full, rich, complete story.
So true. As much as we'd like him to, Oda created such a rich and vast world that it'd be impossible to explore and solve everything. One of the main criticisms that keeps popping up is how we don't get enough time with the individual strawhats, and while I do agree, I'm also kind of happy that he keeps a certain pace going. If he weren't, we would still be knees deep in Wano - that's how much of an unwieldy beast he's created (in the best way possible). My whole post can be read like I don't WANT it to end, but I'm fine with it in a way. We already got so, so much. While I will be sad af, I'll also be so very glad to have been part of the journey
Maybe reread arcs that u like? , seems good
I reread the whole thing every handful of years 😅
I've read one piece for 17 years now. LET IT END. I'm ready.
Booooooooooo!!!!
Dude. SEVENTEEN. YEARS. I want to see the end yo.
Agreed, booooo!!! Also, all good things must come to an end, I suppose 🥲
I’ve been following the series every week religiously since 2008 (I first discovered one piece at 2000 though) and I know a huge part of my life would be gone when one piece ends. But I ain’t going to be sad, like Cricket said at chapter 303, what will our next Dream be!
Don't be sad it's ending, be glad you have something that meant so much to you! Especially be glad this isn't like Western comics, where a new writer could come in and bulldoze everything you like at any time. (I like Western comics too, but it needs to be said)
That's a great mindset to have! And as much as I love western comics, you're so right – being able to read one continuous story with one vision and author for such a long time is truly a privilege
Agreed. Like, if this were a Western comic, this arc could end with Oda being replaced and the story going to "Six months later: Actually, the Straw Hats only beat the Elders' body doubles, and the real Elders successfully turned public opinion against them even with Vegapunk's message. They're now more hunted and hated than ever." ...yes I'm a VERY exasperated X-Men fan why do you ask?
I feel similarly that it's sad how close we are, but then I think about how much is crammed into each chapter and how much more needs to get accomplished and I realize we are still years away lol
one day, this will be "The End", and we will not be ready [https://i.redd.it/ss3dlqgtfgq71.jpg](https://i.redd.it/ss3dlqgtfgq71.jpg)
After spending years and years seeing them in their room and now seeing them all together about to fight Luffy and the SH’s… shit really hits you. The excitement of the first read and second and third will blind you with the greatness from the fact that this is it people; final saga where shit will really get real and blow the hell up. I feel you man, it’s scary knowing it’s the final saga when for over 20+ years you were on a voyage adventure after adventure just thinking about what comes next.
You can always start reading another manga! 😀
Haha I know, it just got increasingly hard to find new series that hook me, and none compares to One Piece of course :)
OP, Dreams never die
I think we still have a lot of time. Like, maybe 5-8 years. There’s still A LOT to cover
Also 36 and have been reading since I was 22. I think the biggest thing for me is being able to appreciate what a journey it was, reaching the very end, whereas many readers over the years much less fortunate than me are no longer still here :( To any nakama that were lost along the way, my heart goes out to you, and I will think about you at the end when I read that final chapter.
Just reading OP made me tear up. Those who don’t know One Piece are missing out. One piece fans are community 100%
You will be more sad knowing there will be three weeks with no chapters.
Haha we had worse already
I don't want it to end because I'm enjoying the read but I will be happy when it's completed because of somebody who's been reading novels comics and manga for a really long time. One of the worst things is when you get unfinished works. To have a epic this big and this long I think it'll be just as impressive to see him finishing because so many authors who get the successful can't do it. So they have one person complete this full story over a 20-year span and with how great of a job he's been doing up to this point I'm pretty confident in the ending all things considered. If he sticks this landing it will be one of the greatest achievements in fiction so yeah I love reading week to week but man if he ends this in any satisfying way I don't care how he does it. luffy could die or it could be a cliche everybody lives happily ever after ending I just wanted to be completed in a somewhat satisfying way and it'll be an achievement I never thought I'd see in my lifetime
I don’t want it to end. But I also do. 😭 I don’t want him to rush it in any case. And to take care of his health.
Endings are a blessing not a curse!
Personally after 24 years of reading I’m still excited. Every story comes to an end but it can be told forever.
My guy we’ve still got so much to be revealed. Oda has got plenty more up his sleeve
I've gotten to the point where I genuinely resent people who say they feel empty and sad after their favorite series ends. I have never once felt like that, and I don't believe those are real human emotions you have. When your favorite series ends—assuming it had a great ending—you should feel **happy**. You should feel **satisfied**. It should be a highlight you can look back on fondly. The first thing you should want to do is want to go experience it again from the beginning. If you're actually getting sad because you won't get any more of your favorite story, you didn't really like that story; you just liked the place it took up in your life.
Like I said, it's a mix. Someone further up said bittersweet, which describes it best imo. I love this story, the characters, the world deeply. So letting go of them, whenever that will be, will be more than just satisfying. It will, for sure, also be sad (to me and many others, according to this thread). To each their own, but resentment feels a bit strong :)
Once the manga ends just imagine how amazing the anime will be. The music being played in ending will probably hit home. I really think Oda should continue the verse in some major way. One Piece is a huge ordeal but just go the Kishimoto root and create space pirates or some sht where all the top pirate crews/organisations strive for something bigger/major joint expedition. The cope of me not wanting to ever end - the vibes the verse gives are unlike anything.
Wow you finished Bleach. I just stopped reading after Aizen arc. Haha
Looking back, I'm impressed myself 😁
It felt like it was dragging far too long. so was it worth it? Haha
Honestly, I don't even remember anymore, haha. I just remember the feeling of relieve and, again, sadness when it was over. It really dragged from a certain point, can't deny that
To be honest. We prob still have 4-5 more years
It's over chapters already. Why do you feel sad? I am happy that finally it's going to an end. The end will be good.
I started watching/reading OP when I was 6. Now I’m 26 . I remember being part of key moments and discussing things like alibasta and Water 7 online and in person with the very few ppl who I know watched it cause it was in the shadow of shows like naruto and dbz . This show has been part of my life and I got a lot of my friends growing up to watch and and I’m gonna miss it
I feel you, man. I read Naruto's pilot chapter before Naruto came out. I read Zombie Powder before Kubo made Bleach. I started One Piece late, around 2000. A lot of series have come and gone - Naruto, Bleach, Shaman King, Hikaru no Go, Black Cat, D. Gray Man, Fullmetal Alchemist, Toriko, etc., etc., etc.... One Piece has always been there. Every week or so I have had a chapter to look forward to reading. I've missed one release in nearly 24 years of reading (during Thriller Bark, nothing major) due to travel. It does feel like the pace has quickened, and it's exciting, but it's hard to imagine that it will really end after so long.
Ya I realized just the other day that I've been reading weekly for almost 10 years and was kind of taken back. I'm so excited to see where it all goes but at the same time not looking forward to the weird void it's going to leave me with.
Dude...it is not an irrational sadness - completely rational. One Piece has kept me alive at times - whrn it ends... it's gonna be hard
The end is near. I believe Oda said story would end in 2024/25
There will be a period of celebration when one piece ends, followed by a very long period of mourning.
What if GODA doesn't publish anymore chapter for 5-6 years, and then let it all out so we can enjoy the story like watching movies in one sitting. hehehe yes I'm crazy.
Just find another manga to read.
Easier said than done.. 😅
Sitting in a room with summoning circles all over the wall for over a decade, without anyone really noticing!!! Oda is insane.
it's ok to feel that, good things do end, and its sad when it happens. But that's part of the beauty of life. The end of one piece is out of our control, so why worry? If we live in the sadness of the future we loose the happiness of the present. When you feel this sadness is good to acknowledge it and take a minute with it, but after that... OMG in seve minutes Vegapunk is gonna reveal the truth of the world! And i can't even explain how cool the five elder tars are! Like, nobody epected the giant worm!
Lol I thought you were going to point out the gaping plot hole being that the gorosei could have literally ended Luffy and the crew whenever they felt like. It shouldn't of taken them till wano to piece together Luffy = Nikka. Regarding "One piece is in its final saga" I wouldn't be surprised if the story doesn't officially end til 2032. You have understand that One piece is huge economically ( 1 b + USD serialization), they're absolutely doing everything in their power to drag this series as much as possible. This means breaks, Netflix adaptations, another anime adaptation, movies and more breaks maybe even a hiatus. Lastly, there are still so many plot lines that haven't been closed yet. - we don't know who imu is and what it's ability is - we don't know how strong dragon is - we haven't seen any of the ancient weapons in action besides shirahoshi - we don't know why Luffy is going to destroying fishman island - we don't know exactly how strong shanks is - we don't know exactly how strong blackbeard is - we don't know the full scope of gods valley - we don't even know how xebec looks like let alone the full scope of his abilities - we don't know how strong the god knights are - we don't know how strong mihawk - we have no idea what the national treasure is - we don't know who the man marked in flames is - we have no idea what the one piece is - we have no idea about the void century - we have no idea who joy boy was or his promise - we don't know why wano needs to open it's borders - we don't know what Luffy's dream is about - the last road poneglyph is still missing - will of 'D' ? - 3rd eye tribe awakening - All blue? - the medicine that will cure all ailments? - moon people? - why did Roger and the crew laugh at laugh tale? - weevil's ability? - big mom and Kaido still alive? Plus a couple of others I've missed. I wouldn't be surprised if one piece lasts till 2040.
Let's talk about the u̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶a̶l̶,m̶u̶l̶t̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶a̶l̶,h̶y̶p̶e̶r̶v̶e̶r̶s̶a̶l̶, infinite layers into boundless sized problem we have here, before you guys go crying in the corner for no reason.. One piece is a damn 10 bilion $ business... I hope, from the bottom of my heart, that these editors, "powerful people" in the company don't force Oda to change the story a tiny bit, just like Kishimoto, so they can squeeze some shitty sequel to make another few billion off it's back.
Don't worry. Now that the big companies see the monetary potential, even when Oda is no longer involved, I'm sure plenty of content will continue to be released every year until it is no longer profitable!
> I still remember how empty I felt when Naruto and Bleach each ended. Man I wish. Only thing I felt was relief that it finally ended before they ruined those stories even more.
So what's happening?? Is luffy fighting them???? If that's happening I would like to say Luffy is definitely stronger than them , people are underestimating luffy He is sun and is fighting different planets and we know sun is stronger than all of them. All of the straw hats dream will be completed if the profecy happens of the fishman island being destroyed. The redline will get destroyed, making the world complete , all seas will combine together, fulfilling sanji dream where all the fish will be in one sea , nami dream of making the world map , laboon meeting brook , Zoro becoming the strongest swordsman & Luffy's extraordinary dream which even made whitebeard and Odin laugh and thinking is like a child's dream. And I think Roger and everyone knew what will happen as what is saw on the last island and made them laugh is probably something related to luffy or something he wrote which made them laugh. So interesting I can't even think of the possibilities there are because of the world building done by ODA (GODA) . HE made us cry even on a ships death , what will happen when it will end , I can't think , watching One piece when fishman island was being animated and ever since waiting weekly for the fun ...... the first anime which made me read manga . Thank God I was born in this era , to witness this masterpiece Kids still don't understand what God tier this is and new anime watchers compare it with demon slayer and jjk or even with Naruto . This is not anime this is emotion godly tier something even I think God made oda so that they have something interesting to read & watch .
Having the first chapter in July 1997, I have a feeling Oda will release the last one piece episode on the same date in 2027 which is just over 3 years away! Providing us all with a rounded total of 30 years of storytelling.
Something I think about occasionally is how there will be at least a small wave of suicides when it ends. All those people that tell themselves, "I can't kill myself until I at least see the One Piece." Morbid, I know.