About the break...

[MihawkAce]

why eichoro oda why , why do you torture us by makings us wait 4 weeks of no one piece T.T

[Lord Rayleigh]

why eichoro oda why , why do you torture us by makings us wait 4 weeks of no one piece T.T

To give you an amazing-unforgettable-fantastic-epic-awesome story for New World !

[bellcrossage]

why eichoro oda why , why do you torture us by makings us wait 4 weeks of no one piece T.T

Sorry but Oda deserves a break. I am happy that he's getting a long break after doing One Piece for over a decade.

[Kaiten]

The break is already killing me but if it means he has extra time for an extra epic start to part II, I'm all for it. I assume that is what the break is for, extra time to plan the opening arc.

[Skyrius]

It probably is XD As the mangaka of Liar Game put it on his blog, Oda's a crazy idiot who APPARENTLY only took one week to relax before getting back to work.

Of course, he didn't say any names, but what other mangakas are taking a 4 week break at this moment. >_> It's in one of the other threads.

[Lord Rayleigh]

It's normal that Oda takes time. Think about it, Oda must redraw each character after the 2 years timeskip. He must choose how they have evolved and how it has changed their appearance.

[chess4]

It's normal that Oda takes time. Think about it, Oda must redraw each character after the 2 years timeskip. He must choose how they have evolved and how it has changed their appearance.

i agree..... i dont mind a break. a lot of the older character will not change that much, but the younger one will. i think BB will have a much thinker beard.

[Black Hawk]

Special project to reopen ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE grand countdown start !!

Did someone know what happend with this? Is there are Infos about that? It´s about infos in the break. Is this true?

[Josl]

Special project to reopen ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE grand countdown start !!

Did someone know what happend with this? Is there are Infos about that? It´s about infos in the break. Is this true?

From Kewl:

The Japanese site calls it:
ONE PIECE再開への特別企画
4号連続で合計20000名にオリジナルグッズが当たるクイズも!!

They're giving like, 20,000 "One Piece Goods" to people for the 4 issues until OP comes back. So not really related to anything we care about.

So it is basically a desperate attempt to prevent the next 4 Jumps to be the worst selling WSJ ever. Buy the magazine and you might win something

[Skyrius]

Gosh, they're desperate aren't they XD

Well, I'll admit, the SJ lineup currently isn't the best in the world :S So I can't blame them for trying to beef up sales.

[El-Thor]

Issue 43 is the great return ! Can't wait !!

Why does WSJ in the US have to be like thousands of issues behind

[deffkryz]

hy does WSJ in the US have to be like thousands of issues behind

The TV show came first and was heavily crippled by 4kids, remember?

[chess4]

The TV show came first and was heavily crippled by 4kids, remember?

u 100% right. i like all of the big 3, but the reason one piece isnt big in the U.S. is because of the dubs. the dubs were awful. if another company could dub them, it would be sahit in the states.

[El-Thor]

The TV show came first and was heavily crippled by 4kids, remember?

Thankfully I don't, because I never watched the 4kids version

But thanks for the explanation

[Uriel]

So it is basically a desperate attempt to prevent the next 4 Jumps to be the worst selling WSJ ever. Buy the magazine and you might win something

I really want to know the difference in sales without One Piece. It's an interesting fact.