Discussion One Piece: Coming to an End!?

[Tru_TO]

i wudn't want 1200 chapters, that would be too long and i want to see the ending.

 

[deffkryz]

i wudn't want 1200 chapters, that would be too long and i want to see the ending.

What makes you think, that 1200 are too long for One Piece? Kubo's stretching his manga to get to the 1'000 chapters milestone - so why cut the real good stuff?

Actually - I know I can only speak for myself - wouldn't mind spending 11 more years reading One Piece.

 

[Arth]

I can spend all of my life reading One Piece

But like they say, all good things come to an end

 

[Googlez_kun]

i'm actually loosing interest in one piece now...maybe it's because i'm not a hardcore OP fan and the recent chapters are lame and boring imho,so that's why i agree with True_TO....

 

[Akainu]

If you're loosing interest you can always stop reading, it's not like Oda forces his work onto you. However the story is still far from finished and the important people (Japanese as only the sales there count) are still buying and reading it.

For One Piece being 1200 chapters long, even Oda was against that in the first place, as he intended One Piece to be a story everyone can buy each tank from.
Now that he is over 50 volumes this goal is clearly missed as children surely won't pay more than 250 € for buying the old ones alone, right? Thus he is still continuing the story in the same natural flow with neither rushing nor dragging it.

[and a short personal note: honestly if you find it boring near such a climax it might really be the wrong manga for you]

 

[Castriota]

whenever i'm bored and have nothing to do, i always find myself going back and reading the water 7 arc for some reason. that was like, my favorite arc.

anyways, i don't think one piece is coming to a close any time soon. there's just too much that is still left unsaid. the other two yonkou, akainu, the new world.

 

[Skyrius]

One Piece is never going to end. It's going to go on and on forever *in denial*

Although, in all honesty, I think this second half is going to last even longer than 10 years. I mean, the first half spent a good 100+ chapters on arcs that didn't relate to anything about the actual history of the world (blank century, world government, etc), but with the second half, everything has begun to move. You can bet that they still have to solve the history of the world, resolve the problem of the WG and revolutionary army, face off or at least meet all of the Yonkai, and I get the feeling Blackbeard and Vegapunk will end up playing a big part. So, if each one of these gets an arc as long as the major ones so far, we're in for a long ride.

Not that I'm complaining. I've never once been disappointed in One Piece. It only seems to get better.

 

[Musashi_Keiji]

i'm actually loosing interest in one piece now...maybe it's because i'm not a hardcore OP fan and the recent chapters are lame and boring imho,so that's why i agree with True_TO....

Holy Crap are you serious!!!!?

I thought all the chapters since Luffy got into Impel Down have been pure excitement, funny, and action packed one after another.

Shabondy arc and the first half of Thriller Bark i thought were pretty slow paced and boring but these chapters right now are amazing! maybe we aren't reading the same manga....


Anyways back on topic:
I think there was an interview with Oda right after the CP9 arc had ended that asked how much more is left for one piece. He stated that one piece had reached the half way mark at that point. Considering that there is at least another 9years worth of One Piece left

As long as Oda can keep making exciting and good story arcs like the one now, I dont mind if OP keeps going for another 10years.

 

[Tru_TO]

think about it, Oda also wants to do a Mecha manga and 15 years would be dragging it. Plus Oda has picked up the pace and the manga is way better cuz of that so i think another 8-10 years would be fit. The First half of Grand Line builds all the questions and in the New World they will soon start revealing stuff.
GL: Questions
NW: Answers.

 

[Black Lagoon]

One piece is the greatest manga I have ever read, I dream with OP, it's a master piece and I totally agree with
@deffkryz -

 

[DSJump]

Since the crew is now split up, I say that we haven't come halfway through yet :P

 

[BlindMunkey]

One Piece! any logical fan of this manga would know before asking if its gonna end soon? and for the part losing interest. well buddy too bad for you. you are the one and only and im not jealous.

 

[modoki]

Well as a diehard of one piece, i would say that at this very point in the manga One piece is halfway, the moment luffy steps foot into the new world and proceeds from there. Do keep in mind guys for the anime version, it's one arc + filler a year. Of course the manga version we would not include the filler.

Getting to the point, the real points and threats (Gorusei, Void Century, Pluton, 2 more Yonkou ( Kaidou and ??), Raftel.

If you look at it in this pov, that will all take realistically 6-7 years to completely cover.

 

[Black Lagoon]

i'm actually loosing interest in one piece now...maybe it's because i'm not a hardcore OP fan and the recent chapters are lame and boring imho,so that's why i agree with True_TO....

I didn't found anything boring until now (and will never found ), man the recent chapters are amazing, epic, a master piece Oda is simply a f**king master

 

[Poneglyph420]

Well as a diehard of one piece, i would say that at this very point in the manga One piece is halfway, the moment luffy steps foot into the new world and proceeds from there. Do keep in mind guys for the anime version, it's one arc + filler a year. Of course the manga version we would not include the filler.

Getting to the point, the real points and threats (Gorusei, Void Century, Pluton, 2 more Yonkou ( Kaidou and ??), Raftel.

If you look at it in this pov, that will all take realistically 6-7 years to completely cover.

For sure.. I heard Oda has said is SBS he planned for 1000 or more episodes.. so we are truly halfway to the end. But up to now we have only seen what the SH are like as rookies..
Oda has really done a good job of building a puzzle and now we can begin to figure it out.

I'm so psyched to see the NW!!

 

[Raysen_ht]

Holy Crap are you serious!!!!?

I thought all the chapters since Luffy got into Impel Down have been pure excitement, funny, and action packed one after another.

Shabondy arc and the first half of Thriller Bark i thought were pretty slow paced and boring but these chapters right now are amazing! maybe we aren't reading the same manga....

You really thought that Shabondy arc was boring??? With all the supernovas strange powers + their diferent and great personalities + the hilarious flying fish riders + The Gaou Cannon + the Tenryubito scums + meeting The Dark King + information on Rogers death + Kisaru (needless to say more) + Kumabots + the actual Kuma + the impossibility of winning against such foes which led to the actual DEFEAT of the SH!!
Simply amazing!! One *fucking master* Piece (as allways) Oda sensei *claps* at his best !!!!


Back on Topic...
I think the NW will be shorter than the first half of GL... The pace seem to be picking up, and things will be changing a lot after this next fight the OP world will be shaken and Pirates/WG/revolutionares will have to strike faster to seize the opportunities that will surely apeear, so i say 6 years more or less...


EDIT: 1000 Posts!!!! O.o

 

[Black Lagoon]

For sure.. I heard Oda has said is SBS he planned for 1000 or more episodes.. so we are truly halfway to the end. But up to now we have only seen what the SH are like as rookies..
Oda has really done a good job of building a puzzle and now we can begin to figure it out.

I'm so psyched to see the NW!!

It's gonna awesome if it's true

 

[chess4]

wow a 1000 chpters. we may only be a bit over half way but so much to go. i love it....................... come on strwhats

 

[NoLimit89]

It would be awesome if they finished it on the 1000th chapter and not just some arbitrary number. It would really be THE perfect manga series.

and yea. I also agree that up until now, all the strawhats are rookies and lacked some real experience. even though I do agree that they all have grown alot, but I like to see the next 450 chapters to show how they'll grow into real heroes in the new world. with Luffy becoming the free-est AND strongest in the world by the end of the manga.

 

[Googlez_kun]

okay i changed my mind after reading the last chapter!!^^
now i'm really eager to know what happens next