2024 seems to be an exciting year for One Piece, as it marks the 25th anniversary of the anime. At Jump Festa 2024, creator Eiichiro Oda revealed some details about how the manga’s story will continue. We can look forward to a great battle and a new arc.
What announcements did Oda make?
- Luffy and the Straw Hat crew will leave Egghead Island next year. The arc will therefore not be as long as its predecessor: Wano Country ran from 2018 to 2022 in the manga.
- In doing so, Luffy will take a route that Oda wouldn’t necessarily recommend. But the stubborn one is unstoppable.
- There will be a battle over “this thing.” Oda did not reveal which object is meant.
- Additionally, there will be a long-awaited fight between two characters that will lead to an unexpected outcome.
Oda did not go into too much detail (via twitter.com). So we do not know which island Luffy will go to next and which two characters will be involved in a fight. Oda has also not revealed the mysterious object yet. However, many fans already have their own theories.
In the anime, Egghead Island is first on the agenda:
These details are inferred by One Piece fans from Eiichiro Oda’s message
What is the next arc? Fans believe that the Straw Hats will take several detours to reach Elbaf (via reddit.com). This is the island of giants, from which Boogey and Woogey also hail. The two fought for over 100 years on Little Garden and returned to their homeland after their duel.
Whether the Straw Hat crew will sail directly to Elbaf or take a detour is uncertain for the fans. But either way, they suspect that Luffy and company will eventually land there.
What is “the thing”? The question of which object the characters in One Piece will be fighting over remains exciting. In the comments of a tweet, readers speculate that it might be the fourth Road Poneglyph.
These special Poneglyphs together provide the coordinates for the island where the One Piece is supposed to be located. Since Luffy and his crew have already deciphered three of these Poneglyphs, they would only be missing this last piece.
However, all other pirate crews also have the goal of reaching the coordinates. Therefore, there will likely be an exciting battle over it, leading us to the next question.
Which characters will fight against each other? There are several matchups here. Some users think that Luffy or Shanks could be involved in the fight. Blackbeard is also a possible candidate.
In the reddit forum, one user suggests a particularly funny combination: they think that Buggy and Sogeking will face off against each other. But the other members of the Cross Guild could also make an appearance in 2024.
What are your theories about Oda’s statements? Write them down in the comments and discuss!
It is rather unlikely that two of the Straw Hats will fight against each other. If so, MeinMMO has outlined their chances of success here:
