one piece It is the world's largest comic book series. Sales don't lie. one piece There are currently over 600 million copies in circulation, which is quite an impressive number. But for all of One Piece's success, it too is struggling. Aside from the comics hiatus, there are bigger issues for fans to worry about.
The biggest issue for One Piece fans is repeated interruptions.
Oda needs more rest than before because of his health
one piece It's a slow burn story that will require patience from fans. This cartoon has been continuously serialized for 28 years since 1997.
Despite its extremely long length of over 1100 chapters, One Piece's story has remained consistent in quality, if not improved. There's a reason it's the world's best-selling comic.
However, one of the things fans dislike about the series is that creator Eiichiro Oda takes a lot of downtime, which is quite shocking. Oda is not as young as he used to be, and of course he needs more time to take care of himself and his family. Oda has previously revealed that working on One Piece leaves him with little time to relax and spend time with his family.
However, it is true that Oda is slowly increasing the frequency of rest. A few years ago, breaks were rare. Starting around 2020, Oda started taking a break every 4-5 chapters. After Wano ended, Oda switched to taking a break every three chapters. But now it looks like Oda can start taking breaks every two weeks.
While the break is certainly an issue that needs to be addressed, One Piece fans may be facing an even bigger problem, and it has to do with declining comic sales.
Rest is a big problem, but One Piece faces another big problem
One Piece is still one of the best-selling manga, but sales are declining.
The breaks can be annoying, but in the end, Oda doesn't take long breaks like many other manga artists, so fans should consider themselves lucky to get new One Piece content almost every week.
The real problem is one piece The series may be facing declining sales. one piece Sales were not what they used to be and peaked at Marineford. At that time one piece The volumes would easily sell over 2 million copies per volume, and 2.5 million wasn't a difficult number to achieve either. And even after the peak one piece Until Egghead came out, sales still never fell below 1.5 million units.
Following Wano's conclusion, there is a clear decline in sales that appears to be getting worse. It may soon become possible. one piece Sales per book drop to less than $1 million.
When I was young I thought to myself, 'Oh, I want to draw a cartoon with the coolest final stage! I wonder if I can do it! We're just a few days away from Wanoak, and preparations are almost complete. It took me 25 years lol. That means it's okay if you start reading now. Because from now on… it is… THE ONE PIECE!! I will draw all the mysteries of this world! It'll be so much fun! Fasten your seat belt! And please stay together just a little longer! — Eiichiro Oda, One Piece author, 2022
This is definitely a concern and shows: one piece We are suffering from reader loss. Now, this doesn't mean that the quality of the story is poor, it's just that sometimes you lose interest because the story is too long, or wait until the story progresses a bit further and you can read it in one sitting. It's not unusual to experience that in a long series.
that one piece The series desperately needs to attract new readers. Live action and animated remakes can certainly change things up and expand upon them. one piece Popular all over the world.
Where can I watch and read One Piece?
Available on Crunchyroll and MANGA Plus
One Piece is a fairly long series, and since it is a weekly anime, the number of episodes continues to increase each week. There are currently over 1100 episodes of the anime, all of which can be found on Crunchyroll.
As for the manga, One Piece Chapter 1163 is scheduled to be released in two weeks. As usual, the one-piece will be released on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece releases on Monday at 12 AM JST. However, most international readers will be able to see the chapter on October 26th. The official release date for One Piece Episode 1163 is October 26, 2025. Fans can read the chapters for free on Manga Plus.
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- release date
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October 20, 1999
- network
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Fuji TV
- move
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Ito, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudo, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yuji Endo, Shishido Nozomu, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Sato
- author
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shoji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda.
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
