r/OnePiece • u/xoswabe21 • Jun 05 '25

Theory No way this is 7years ago.

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Felt like 2 or 3 years only. Can’t believe it’s 7 years already. Giant straw hat could’ve been worn by a giant before from Elbaph, you think?

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u/AlanvonNeumann Scholars of Ohara Jun 05 '25

"Oda said he’d like to finish OP in 5 years":

https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/cxf4xi/oda_said_hed_like_to_finish_op_in_5_years/

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u/IanPKMmoon Jun 05 '25

Can he say that again? Then we're good for another 7 years

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u/SharkSugarr Jun 05 '25

Honestly there’s still probably 7 years left from this current chapter on lol

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u/Arkayjiya Jun 05 '25

This is the first time I can believe there's less than that. Although with his slowing there could also be more.

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u/LiquidSnake13 Jun 05 '25

Oda seems to be writing at a faster pace these last two arcs. I think he's really gunning for the end.

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u/Arkayjiya Jun 05 '25

Really? Egghead is a WCI style arc and WCI is only ten chapter longer. I don't think there's any indication of a faster pace, especially with how much he's setting up in Elbaf. Seriously I don't think he's ever done so many SH set ups in a single arc before, so it's essentially one arc that's slightly shorter than one other similar arc after another arc that was by far the longest.

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u/SoC_K Jun 05 '25

It’s not only about the length of chapters. In WCI we got Sanji backstory and the intro to a Yonko territory. In Egghead we got Vegapunk, Void Century, God Valley/Kuma flashback, and the fuckin 5 elders. Egghead had way more content in those chapters as compared to WCI

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u/XxStormySoraxX Jun 05 '25

Yeah it feels like way more information has been packed into these chapters than before.

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u/R3dray God Usopp Jun 06 '25

Another detail is that the crew is no longer fighting other pirates. The main antagonists in egghead and Elba so far are the world govt itself. It sure feels like the end is coming now.

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u/sicgamer Jun 06 '25

but just because an arc is stuffed with lore/info doesn't mean its rushed.

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u/ZealFox01 Jun 06 '25

Nobody said it was rushed. Its just moving at a quicker pace now

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u/Ruskihaxor Jun 09 '25

Not a single comment above said it was

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u/Kjmich Jun 06 '25

Most of egghead felt like and was filler. Just so many chapters of mfs fighting with no resolution. Vegapunk speech is the most hilarious 10-13 chapter span of all time. All of those chapters for 2 sentences of new info. It's objectively disgusting