This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Elbaf Arc.
Summary
- Oda Hates Fans Correctly Predicting The Future
- Oda Doesn't Like One Piece Theories
- One Piece Fans Should Not Stop What They Love
If there's one thing that One Piece fans absolutely love, it is the fact that the story has endless potential and anything one can imagine can be a reality. The Grand Line is massive and it gives Oda the room to introduce whatever he feels like into the story.
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At the same time, Oda also uses it to build incredible lore into the story, adding great depth to the plot of One Piece. In general, Oda loves the way his fans patiently wait for the future developments of the story. However, at the same time, Od has also revealed that there is one thing that One Piece fans do often that he doesn't particularly like.
Oda Hates Fans Correctly Predicting The Future
- Oda Doesn't Like One Piece Theories
- Oda Doesn't Want To Change His Plot
One Piece fans know that Oda writes very complex stories, and the way that he's built the world and its history, leaves a lot of room for speculation. In fact, speculating and theorizing is one of the best parts of being a One Piece fan. However, Oda himself isn't particularly fond of this. Oda doesn't like it when fans theorize about the future events of the story and correctly predict the future outcomes. This is something that the author has mentioned on multiple occasions.
The mysteries of the world.... I'll draw them all! — Oda
More recently, this was reiterated on Shimofuri Seiya’s radio show. It was revealed that Oda doesn't like the future events of One Piece being predicted by theorists specifically. Perhaps, this makes him feel like he has to do something differently. It could also lower fans’ excitement for the future of the story. Either way, Oda has made it clear that he doesn't like it, and this has even led to some popular Japanese theorists to quit.
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Should One Piece Fans Stop Theorizing?
One Piece Fans Should Not Stop What They Love
While Oda does dislike fans theorizing, everyone who reads the story and is invested in it is well within their rights to theorize about whatever they want. One Piece is absolutely phenomenal and the beauty of the story is such that it brings together fans from different places of the world. They're brought together by exciting discussions, mostly theories. There are countless anime and manga series out there, but when it comes to theories, none get the fans as excited as One Piece.
Even if Oda doesn't like it, fans have every right to try to figure out the mysteries of the world. At the end of the day, it's just a prediction. Furthermore, it just goes to show how invested they are in the plot of One Piece truly.
While some fans might not want to theorize about various events in the story, the truth is that at the end of the day, theorizing is a good thing and so is trying to predict future events in the story. Understanding Oda's story, writing style, and just about everything else he establishes for the world is just another way for fans to show love for the beauty that is One Piece and fans can only hope that Oda understands that.
One Piece Chapter 1149 will be out in a week. As usual, One Piece is going to drop on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece drops at 12AM JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on May 11. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1149 is May 25, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.
- Release Date
- October 20, 1999
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Directors
- Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
Cast
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Mayumi TanakaMonkey D. Luffy (voice) -
Kazuya NakaiRoronoa Zoro (voice)
WHERE TO WATCH
- Studio
- Toei Animation
- Creator
- Eiichiro Oda
- Streaming Service(s)
- Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, Pluto TV
