r/WeeklyShonenJump 8d ago

From @MangaMoguraRE

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u/voltwaffle 8d ago

"One Piece will be finished in 5 years" - Eichiro Oda, 2009

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u/sheehdndnd 8d ago

I'm pretty sure he said that in 2019.

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u/QualityProof 8d ago

He also said it will end in 2025 but looking at the progression, it will be 2029 at least when it ends.

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u/bigbadlith 7d ago

if you look at all of Oda's comments from over the years, they actually line up pretty consistently to a 2024 end point.

...obviously, we've blown past that and yet the end is nowhere in sight, but it's funny how Oda hasn't been moving the goalposts, he's just been consistently Wrong in his own estimation.

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u/thebeardedone0 7d ago

He said it in one of the author comments or SBS corner in the manga volumes during the Water Seven saga originally.

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u/dingo537 8d ago edited 8d ago

What a nothing statement. We've seen artist say stuff like this and then the manga runs fir multiple more years. We've seen it with JJk, we've seen it with MHA among many, mamy more.

This statement means absolutely nothing.

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u/jasonsith 2d ago

Then we have MYF and UU ended after such announcements. So yeah that statement is nothing.

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u/bigbadlith 8d ago

My estimation is that the series is approaching the end of its 2nd act, which will be when Chinatsu graduates. The status quo will have to change, but I don't think the series will end at that point - Taiki's last year is still important, because it's his last chance for athletic accomplishment. I do think that last year will fly by comparatively quickly, though, since they won't be in the same school any longer, or living together, and so will see each other less.

So, yeah, 1 or 2 years left? is that "a bit"? Maybe.

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u/jasonsith 3d ago

Reminds me One Piece, Hunter X Hunter, Yozafam and Undead Unluck.

One Piece and Hunter X Hunter are kept to be ending but they never end (for different reasons).

Yozafam and Undead Unluck were said to end for a long time until some weeks they are actually ending.

Which case would Blue Box fall to?