We should all allow creators to breathe sometimes.
Summary:
- One Piece manga is on a three-week break.
- Eiichiro Oda released a message about the break.
- The author wants to take some time off to focus on his health.
One Piece Chapter 1110 was released on March 18, 2024, and the chapter with the most beautiful number 1111 was scheduled for March 25, but a couple of days ago some upsetting news dropped: there will be a three-week break between the chapters.
New chapters of the One Piece manga are usually released once a week or in two weeks, so the delay is not even that long. Still, it’s more than just important.
Oda’s message
Eiichiro Oda released a small message to the fans about the break, and it has managed to frighten the readers, since in it, the author expresses concerns about his health.
Oda mentions the heartbreaking death of Akira Toriyama, whom you might know as the mangaka of Dragon Ball. The manga artist passed away on March 1, 2024, at the age of 68.
The passing of Toriyama made Eiichiro Oda concerned about his own health. He calms fans down by saying that there isn’t an illness he’s fighting at the moment, but he still feels like a break is needed to do “some self-maintenance” work on himself. On top of that, he needs some time to think about the future and the meaning of One Piece.
Oda also mentions some of his projects in the message such as Netflix’s live action adaptation of One Piece and the anime episode that adapts his one-shot called Monsters, which is also set in the One Piece universe.
The author talks about the current One Piece manga story part, the Egghead Arc as well, and says that fans can read about the characters’ past in Shounen Jump+ from April 1 to April 21, 2024.
We should give him time
It goes without saying that fans are worried about the state of Oda’s health and hope that this is just a case of preventive measures and a way to take care of his mental health. There have been too many conversations about the state of the manga and anime industry and its creators, so everyone is rather worried.
Manga readers completely agree that if a break is needed, Oda has to take it. They don’t care how long they’ll have to wait for a new chapter, they just want the author to be well and healthy. No one wants to suffer the loss of another manga artist, so health should always come first.
Source: Twitter