Questioner: Many are looking forward to what happens next in One Piece could you give us a message for them?
ODA: One thing that keeps me motivated to keep drawing One Piece is that I want to draw the last chapter. The last chapter is amazing! I imagine a final chapter that will make Marinefold arc look like nothing!
Questioner: Seriously?!
ODA: The Marinefold arc really felt like a side trip to me. I didn't expect it to be so popular. So I don't know how readers will take this one. But the thing I think is interesting will be in that last chapter. Until then I would like as many of the fans as possible to stick with me.
Greg: Yes, do not attempt to adjust your monitors. That's an honest to God English interview with Oda in a Japanese book. Everything in the book appears in BOTH English and Japanese. If you are not ble to attend the actual exhibit it's simply a no-brainer 'must have' item. And although the interview is mostly covered elsewhere in other publications, it includes Oda thoughts on the final arc. In his own words, 'the final arc will make Marineford look like nothing' and the MF was merely a 'side trip' in the overall story.
My God….the fucking ocean was turned into a multi-ring shuddering death quake with gigantic magma meteors raining from heaven. WHAT THE HELL DO YOU HAVE PLANNED ODA!!!!?????