Discussion One Piece: Coming to an End!?

[Metal D. Reaper]

Re: One piece! coming to an end!?

Ok think of it my opinion 10 years easily
1)There only on 1/5 of their story They never been in North West or South Blue plus a arc could consist with sanji meeting his family in North Blue

2)New ennemies think about this too the shishibukai were in the first half off grand line in the new world the gouvernement controls nothing soo stronger pirates off luffy levels off now with eas don't you think

3)He didn't meet his father yet and that could be a arc long because the tells a story and luffy gets mad and blablabla

4)we didn't see luffy measure up against a admiral witch are stronger than shishibukai just think of kizaru's power or ao kiji's light and ice but we don't even now the power of sengoku and we don't even now the name of the head master of the marines also we're not done with rayleigh because he is 100 times stronger than the whole Strawhat and garp said also that he didn't wanted to face 2 legends at the same time could indicate on a twin
plus we don't now why rayleigh wanted too meet Luffy he wanted to meet him and I wanna no more

5)Just think of it oda said that things get longer than expected sooothat also means that his predictions could be longer than you think when he fought 1.5 year it became already 10 years now he days 10 years to go that could easely be 20 years hahhahah i would be 36 and still reading one piece and my kids wodering what is so good about that LOL

6)Oda will continou to suprise us and this is absolutely not the end of One piece because even shanks whent to West blue for finding the One piece.
Also their are many more Supernova's that are in one piece but weren't on the archibelo.Think of it it would be weird that their were only 11 dudes on grand line that their bounty surpas 100.000.000 berry

My case is done

 

[Shadoguardian]

Re: One piece! coming to an end!?

That would be nice, for the manga to go on for another 2-300 more chapters, maybe even more. However if you look at the pattern from other shonen jump manga, all of them end before reaching 600, and I don't think One Piece is going to be an exception. It should probably end within 1-200 chapters.
Oda probably won't continue Luffy's adventures after he reaches the New World. It's like that in alot of shonen, where they stop a story before it is completed leaving alot of mysteries behind. If he does continue it, it would probably be as a new series, like with Dragonball and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

 

[Imitorar]

Re: One piece! coming to an end!?

Five words for you: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Kochikame.

By the way, Dragon Ball was never continued as a new series. The manga was called "Dragon Ball" from chapter 1 through chapter 519. The anime got the "Z" added, but that was Toei's decision. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure kept the name for 594 chapters, after which Araki of his own will had Part 6 labeled as an almost seperate series. If you look, the tankobon for Part 6 were labled "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean" and were numbered by what volume of Stone Ocean they were, with the number they were of JoJo as a whole in parentheses under it. So that wasn't really a "renaming". Steel Ball Run was completely renamed, but that's because it was originally SUPPOSED to be a seperate series, but because Araki reused so many elements from JoJo, he decided to retroactively make Steel Ball Run Part 7. But again, that wasn't because the editors made him do it or anything, he did it because he wanted to.

Besides, there have been shonen from other magazines that went on for far longer than 600 chapters. Weekly Shonen Sunday's Detective Conan will hit 700 chapters in about 4 months, and I dunno how close to the end it is. Weekly Shonen Magazine's Hajime no Ippo is nearly 900 chapters long, and I dunno how close it is to ending either. Plus, even if there weren't precedents (even precedents from Jump itself) there's still no rule about a manga ending within 600 chapters. Just because most manga-ka either haven't wanted to continue their series for that long or haven't been able to sustain enough popularity to allow them to continue that long doesn't mean that Oda couldn't if he didn't want to. And he's said that he's committed to seeing One Piece through to the end that he envisioned for it back in 1997, and I think that if JoJo and Kochikame can stay popular enough to keep them going even 23 and 33 years respectively after they began, then One Piece shouldn't have a problem with staying around for the 10-15 more years that it will take for Oda to finish the story.

By the way, a lot of manga end with mysteries still to be revealed and with new horizons just ahead, but those are usually manga that have been canceled. Considering One Piece's status in current Japanese pop culture and its sales, I think that as of now, we don't need to worry about One Piece getting canceled within 61 chapters, thankfully.

 

[Tru_TO]

Re: One Piece! coming to an end!?

One Piece probably will go 10 years maximum because

Oda says the strawhat crew is halfway to One Piece. Not that the series is halfway over.

There is a distance from the start of the series to One Piece, that distance is X.

There is a time frame from the release of One Piece until the finale, that time will be Y.

X and Y are not the same.

What *I* am saying, is that Luffy is halfway to getting One Piece, but we the reader are about 65% done the series, because NOW that they are entering the New World and are all getting much stronger - things are going to progress MUCH quicker than they did before. More powerful opponents, taken out quicker.

This giant war is going to start putting all the puzzle pieces together, and leaving very little to the imagination. All mysterious characters will be revealed soon, and after that it's just a question of how long it will take Luffy to rise up.

So HE is half-way there, but WE are more than half-way done.

I also think this because after entering the New World, we won't have arcs like Skypiea, because Oda will start focusing on the main-plot line which is Dragon, Blank Century, Ancient Kingdom, Roger's past and the Yonkou. So i'd say another 8 years or 10 maximum

 

[Akainu]

Re: One Piece! coming to an end!?

because NOW that they are entering the New World and are all getting much stronger - things are going to progress MUCH quicker than they did before. More powerful opponents, taken out quicker.

makes no sense whatsoever. if they get stronger but their enemies also why should it go any faster?

also who tells us that its not the other way around and WE are just about 35% getting there despite Luffy being there 50% ? That is if Oda wants to take breaks or maybe One Piece going on hiatus or whatever.

sure, it seems like he sped up a little or at least that's what we readers feel, but apart from that I for one see no evidence for a fast ending - he might even have a reason to go so fast at the moment.

That aside I couldn't not agree on the 10 years

 

[Imitorar]

Re: One Piece! coming to an end!?

His reason to rush, based on what he's said in some recent SBS's, seems to be a desire to get into the New World already. I think he's afraid of losing control of his pacing again and spending another 3 years on the war and the aftermath. That's why he actually gave himself a time-frame for the Impel Down arc, even though the last time he tried something like that it went very far from well. Because within the next year or so (note that it's been 4 months since he said that the Impel Down arc would take a year), I think Oda really wants to do the New World crossing, because he has so much planned for it, but it's taking him forever to get there. Hopefully he'll calm down and stop trying to rush things a bit once they cross, but we can't know until it happens.

Oh, and by the way, Oda DID say that the story was half over, though that was about a year and a half ago. Well, he said that he'd like to think that it was half over, I guess he was bearing in mind his issues with his pacing.

 

[BlackHair]

Re: One Piece! coming to an end!?

Im not sure If I got Tru_TO right, but I believe we share the same opinion.

IF Oda intends to draw the War in detail, then he is forced to show the ability's of the reaming hidden character. Which were until now mysterious like Mihawk, WB, Dragon, Garp etc. Now if Oda reveals these character already now, then there won't be much left for the future story of OP. Unlike Bleach or DragonBall, One Piece introduced certain character early on and Oda let them in background which made them mysterious. Now if he intends to reveal theses character, the story would loose it's momentum. Well he could still create new character and make up excuses why they didn't attend to the War or he could let the left character still in the story, but I can't imagine that this would please me.

It would be similar to Bleach: In SS arc many captain already revealed their Bankai, yet Kobo still gives these Bankai one chapter frames, which is in my eyes pathetic. He just wants his Manga to run longer, for whatever reason. I just don't want One Piece to become sth similar to that.

So if Oda really intends to draw the War in detail, I hope he ends One Piece soon after, with a good end. Which would be probably around 4-5 years. If he decides just to draw the Opening and the result of the war, then he still got 8/9 years with a great story. But given the pace Oda has now (he introduced Ray, Kiz, Han, Jinbei in short intervals), I think it will most likely 4-5. Well lets wait.

 

[firework]

Re: One piece! coming to an end!?

i dont see it ending soon. theres so much we havent learned, and many think we havent really reached the halfway mark

we're at approx = 500 chapts right now, so 500 more
50 chapts a year approx
so about 10 years left, in 2018

my maths not the greatest =p

 

[Tru_TO]

Re: One Piece! coming to an end!?

yeah and it looks like he's gonna introduce the other Yonkou pretty soon, cuz he collided with WB, but Shanks stopped him so we'll see

 

[uchiha-Kakashi]

Re: One Piece! coming to an end!?

It think it is going to an end, because zorro sanji and co. are there where tey want to be and i dont have an idea how they will meet again.

OH and Whity is going to die.

Sanji on the island full of gaylords !!!!!

 

[BlackHair]

Im taking back the 4-5 years prediction. I would rather define the end with the amount of arcs, not real time years. Since that is stupid, I mean what if Oda spends 3 years on the WB vs WG arc. He already spend two years on Cp9 arc, so not really unlikely.

So I think OP will end in 3-4 arcs xD Counting in the current arc. We will have a Elbaf arc, maybe another arc and finally the last arc, in which every dream of the SHs is connected.

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

For me, the WG-WB war means the beginning of the new era in the one Luffy will have to become the new PK. That is the transition between the golden age of pirates and the Luffy era : that means the SHs will have to create their own influence after this war.
And I do not think he will be so easy even if the major protagonists got weaker/died. After all, the SHs will have to travel in the New World that will be more hazardous than it was : it was said WB was the only barrier to the NW madness. With this war, WB will not be able to do that job anymore anymore as he will be already busy with the WG : I think that even if Ace is saved, the war will not be finished : WB wants to destroy the Five Stars, the ones that are ruling the WG : this battle will not solve the problem if the WB pirates are not totally beaten.
So, it will take a certain time for the SHs to make it in the NW as it will be the worst moment to go there. That means One Piece is not coming to an end : it is just the beginning of the second part of the manga.

 

[Akainu]

Im taking back the 4-5 years prediction. I would rather define the end with the amount of arcs, not real time years. Since that is stupid, I mean what if Oda spends 3 years on the WB vs WG arc. He already spend two years on Cp9 arc, so not really unlikely.

So I think OP will end in 3-4 arcs xD Counting in the current arc. We will have a Elbaf arc, maybe another arc and finally the last arc, in which every dream of the SHs is connected.

Exchange arc for saga and leave the one running at the moment out then I think I can agree. After all the CP9 saga contained the arcs at W7, EL, W7 again and maybe even before.
That said Oda just mentioned in one of the last SBS that the story is at the halfway point ... again, he also did so a year ago ... and that he made it longer than he wanted to (he wanted everyone to be able to own the tanks of the whole series) but he still has much to tell.

 

[BlackHair]

My mistake, a saga contains several arcs which is directly linked. So with the current War/New Age saga + Elbaf Saga/Arc + unknown Saga/Arc + last SHs dream Saga.

 

[Tru_TO]

its gonna end in 8-10 years.

 

[Franckie]

I have a hard time seeing this series last for no more than 300 chapters. Luffy is already messing around with the most powerful fighters and the most powerful mofo - Blackbeard - has officially begun to make his move. After Luffy masters his Haki (the strongest type btw) and maybe tack on a new Gear or two, he'll be more than a match for Blackbeard, Kizaru, Shanks, etc. From the way things are going and with Oda's comments that we're now halfway through the story, it's clear-cut that the "New World" will be similar to Part II Naruto where the series begins to be actively involved with the main plotlines.

Then again, this is Oda we're talking about. Who knows what new and random things will be upon us once the "New World" finally kicks in.

 

[braindamage351]

Obviously this series has much longer to go. I mean, sure it seems like it might be coming to an end. But Water Seven -> Enies lobby lasted 100 chapters. Jaya -> Skypeia was 80 chapters. Thriller Bark was 40. Alabasta was 60 (just the parts in the actual country, not including Baroque works). Even after Luffy reaches end of series strength, it'll probably still take 50-100 chapters to finish things, but we're nowhere near that.

There still has to be the Whitebeard battle, Reuniting the crew, going to Merman Island, encounters with the Yonkou and Dragon, finally experiencing some islands in the New World, going to Elbaf, going to see Vegapunk, battling Smoker, competing with other Supernovas, finding out why it's so impossible to reach One Piece and overcoming that obstacle (Whitebeard has pretty much free reign in the New World, so obviously there's a catch), and then the final arc where the Strawhats have their epic final battles, where Luffy beats Blackbeard and becomes the pirate king, Zoro beats Mihawk and becomes the ultimate swordsman, Sanji finds All-Blue, Robin finds out the true history and the Strawhats overthrow the current evil government, which gets replaced by good guys like Coby and Smoker.

Honestly, considering the constantly expanding arcs, I'd be tentative about even saying we're half-way through the manga.

 

[zerocooldx]

Honestly if Oda decides to continue at his current pace, then One Piece is probably somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 of the way done. Which could very well mean a few more years of One Piece, and i mean why not? It's not as if One Piece has waivered, if anything its only picking up momentum, market and popularity wise that is.

 

[Tru_TO]

i love the current pace, i love it how its so fast and One Piece at its prime imo, i hope it goes like this and i hope it ends on 1000 chapters, that would be legendary status and i wanna see Oda's mecha manga too.

 

[lan2cp]

With all the stuff that's left to do and considering that they are in no way close to restarting their journey through the tougher half of the grandline, i'd say that OnePiece is probably one 30-40% done. I seriously think that this manga will go for 1200+ chapters. Well, I hope so anyways