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MFrontier
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Almost hard to believe.
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Mavado
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The manga has been five years from the end for ten years now...
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MarshalBanana
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He said years ago that the Manga was half way done, anyone remember when he said that?
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JoelBurger
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You always have to take what Oda has to say about this stuff with a grain of salt (he has a penchant for saying something is going to be a certain length, only for his imagination to run wild and cause it to balloon way beyond what he expected). That said, from what Oda and others have said, I do think Oda is prepping for the endgame, and that some things we thought would be full traditional arcs (like Elbaf) might not end up the way we think.
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Casval Rem Deikun
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Thank god. I look forward to seeing how it all wraps up.
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TsukasaElkKite
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Thank GOD.
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Honeyman
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Does anyone remember how at the beginning of vol.61 it said 'and here 60 volumes start'? I think that's likely to be the case given the Wano arc is in the latest stages (I see it concluding around chapter 1050), then we get a shorter arc that answers some of the series' longest running questions (what happened in the void century? What does D stand for? What does Raftel have for those that reach it and of course, what is the One Piece?) The last arc will be the Strawhat fleet leading the charge against the world government as whatever is discovered will be enough cause to remove them from their position and liberate the world (freedom is a major theme in One Piece and Luffy wanted to be the freest of them all).
I'll keep reading as Oda has on the whole done one of the best jobs of any mangaka of a long-running series. I glad he gets his downtime (if that's even a thing for manga artists) and I'd rather be take just a little longer if it means he can look after his health, spend time with family and continue to illustrate our most beloved shounen series. |
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louis6578
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I hope final stage means we have 2-3 more arcs to go and not "the next arc is the final one." I mean, I'd like an Elbaf arc, an arc that explores the Revolutionaries and World Government without Blackbeard getting too involved, and then the final epic arc with all the Ancient Weapons, Laugh Tale, and The One Piece itself. I trust Oda not to cram everything into too short a space. I'm sure Shanks, Dragon, Imu, The Gorosei, Luffy's prophesized destruction of Fishman Island, and the final fights with the Blackbeard Pirates will all be sufficiently explored with enough breathing room, but I'm mostly worried about Luffy's reunion with Shanks and Usopp getting a big payoff in the Elbaf arc (assuming we'll even get a proper arc with that one).
I'm rambling. My point is, so long as The Wano Kuni arc ends in 2022, I can see the manga ending in 2025/2026 if Oda does things right, but any sooner than that will surprise me. |
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AksaraKishou
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The copium is real. Lads, last year he said 4/5 years to go. And it's looking like that.
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Zeino
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I'm sure that One Piece will warp up this decade. But like with Gintama before it, I won't truly believe it until Oda puts out the very last chapter before my eyes.
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The Not so Chosen One
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Oda knows his stuff, knows how the story ends, and most of the things he planted in the past have paid off, but there's still too much things he set up from the past arcs and foreshadowed through them and in the anime (which I consume the most from both the manga and the anime adapt) that have yet to pay off, so it's very unlikely he finishes it in the 4-5 years timetable everyone is talking about without looking rushed or skipped in some parts, even if possibly every little thread is not tied up by the end.
I probably say this out of attachment for a show I've started to watch 3 years ago and came to love, but I just don't see feasible that timetable in the short run; then again, I'm not in Oda's mind to know what he's thinking, I don't get to decide on his work, and he's proven to be an amazing storyteller so much that, if he wanted to end One Piece tomorrow, he would do it with the quality we all came to expect from him. Long story short, while I doubt One Piece finishing in the next 4-5 years, I think I'll just have to wait for the manga to keep going beyond that deadline, or actually ending then and there and just eating my words. |
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Connor Dino
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Just here to causally predict that the One Piece ending will (for many) be a massive disappointment and having a coherent discussion about it will be incredibly difficult until years pass and people calm down. Why? Likely because there will be "fans" screaming about how it is the "worst ending of all time" for at least a decade.
I have thought for a while that it is impossible for Oda to meet all the expectations from the massive, multinational fanbase that is the One Piece fandom. Can any seriously imagine the folks on youtube/twitter reacting WELL when Oda doesn't answer all their questions, give them every fight, provide them with every narrative beat and arc (and resurrect Jesus while he is at it because why not?), and satisfy all their theories they have made a career off of online (and therefore feel entitled to the story of One Piece)? If other recent manga endings of other, very popular manga are any indication...this is going to be a nightmare. Especially to those on youtube... In fact, I hope Oda keeps drawing just to prolong the grace period, my faith in humanity can only take so many more blows... |
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khaos1019
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Let's just get it out of the way. Oda is not going to please everyone. And yes, there will be many who moan about the ending and create tons of content about how the ending sucks and on and on and on... But name any huge fandom that doesn't have that kind of negativity around it. In the end, it really comes down to what you want to pay attention to and engage with. The people complaining the loudest are the ones who dominate things, but there are plenty of us out there who are just going to quietly accept the way Oda decides to end things, whatever that may be. Too many fans take ownership of things and feel a sense of entitlement when it comes to stories and how they develop. Obviously, it's easy (and fun) to get emotionally invested and wrapped up in how things play out. That's the mark of a truly great story. But at the end of the day, it's Oda's story, and he doesn't really owe us anything. We're along for the ride in this world he's created. |
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Mr VacBob
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He did at least promise the One Piece "really exists" and isn't "the real treasure was the friends we made along the way" or something. That said, if the treasure literally turned out to be a full run of the One Piece manga and Luffy read the last chapter to find out all the secrets… that'd still fit everything we know so far. |
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Zeino
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I'm sure there will be some people that will absolutely be let down by the ending but I think the idea of a massive internet backlash for One Piece's ending is being overly alarmist. One Piece has never really had that vocal a contingent of readers who after some point, really and truly did not care for where the story was going unlike say Naruto, Bleach or Attack on Titan.
If anything, I imagine the affair will be more like how JoJo Part 8 recently ended. There will be quibbles and criticisms but over all, there will be more people voicing satisfaction than not. Not unless Oda really and truly drops the ball super hard and I have faith that he won't. |
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