It has been a while since the One Piece Manga has been going and not long ago it was celebrating its 20th anniversary. And over the past few years. Fans have wondered what the treasure known as One Piece really would be. Hence they have been looking forward to the ending of the series as it is said to have already told over half of its storyline. Back in 2017 there where several reports that made great news as fans tried to predict when the end of the manga would be. At first, the news caught a lot of attention from fans, and as reported by Otakukart earlier, One Piece is near its end.
Well, that has already caused a lot of controversy amongst One Piece fans. Especially when Oda revealed that the manga will end with a little over 100 volumes. Taking that into account, we can't really be sure where the manga will end provided that currently, the manga is at Volume 9; and if we look at Wano Arc, there is still a lot of stories to tell. And then a lot of other events are yet to happen.
We should also consider that Oda's words are not written on stone. So it is still possible that the manga can still run a little longer than that should it be necessary. But the fact remains that the end is near. The hardcore fans already know how Oda operates and they have also taken it to social media that even though Oda has already given a percentage back in 2016, it wouldn't amount to a calculatable timeline. According to OtakuKart News Oda revealed in 2016 that One Piece manga was around 65% complete.
Most of the fans responded that we shouldn't really equate that to a calculable period of time. So it wouldn't be surprising if the manga runs a little longer than what he has estimated. Looking at how the story is developing right now. A lot of things still have to be told. We still have the stories of Vegapunk and his lineage factor, the mysteries of Im, Shanks, Mariejoise, Revolutionary army, Elabaf, the void century. I mean there is still a lot.
We should also consider that Luffy is still going after all of the Yonko's and he has decided that he will be dealing with shanks last. Now he is facing Big Mom and Kaido all together. Meaning next he is going to Blackbeard. And if we consider how powerful the Black Beard Pirates are. Then that is still going to develop a lot of stories to tell. Consider all of that and we already have a big enough story to cover a lot of manga chapters.
Well, to speak the truth it wouldn't be surprising to see the manga make it to 150 volumes. I mean the longer the story the better. That's how it is for fans. We don't want One Piece to swiftly end and then we will be left with a lot of things to wonder about. The rushed ending will mean that a lot of things are omitted which will only ruin this greatest Manga.