@GoustiFruit:
I tell you: Oda has run out of ideas, that why he needs more an more, longer and longer breaks ! Why do you think it took so much time to reach Fishmen Island ? Because he didn't know what to put in this arc. And the more and more he waited, the higher and higher the expectations became, and the higher the expectations, the more Oda had to find something huge to put in this arc ! I think he is now planning on retiring on some lost island where nobody will never find him anymore… :ninja:
by the sounds of this post you seem to think hes figuring out what will happen in the next few chapters now.. youre not the sharpest tool in the shed huh
a story like this can only hang together as well as this without meticulous forward planning - quit belittling his work.
The most likely reason for the break is the fact that this is pretty high-stress work, being one of the most popular mangakas ever. Let the guy have a life outside of his work.. it is after all HIS story for him to tell at his own pace, and alot of people enjoy it free of charge.