@sabinis:
It is also not unresonable to expect Enel being brought back into story looking at how Crocodile was brought back already. Lucci also was hinted to be one of Brokers and/ or on last page of CP9 cover story it was written that one day they will be back.
Lucci has connections to WG, Crocodile was in Impel Down and was instrumental for the escape.
More importantly, both have goals still to be achieved, and I'm not as convinced as you that Enel does.
@sabinis:
As for One Piece being continued for 10 more years I expect more. Oda surely has idea on how many arcs he wants to do till end but he is also very creative person and often takes more time than he himself expected to conclude an arc and for me its even better. We should not see those 10 years that Oda mentioned as deadline imo.
We should not see it as a deadline, but at the same time, we should not expect him to tackle everything that is even a possibility.
Crocodile non-withstanding, some of the plots really should stay finished.
@sabinis:
Look at Dressrosa and write one more time that Oda said himself he would like to restrain himself. We are 2 years on first island in New World that is a start for Kaido Saga most likely.
@sandman:
"ONE PIECE is at least 60% done. From now on, I'd like to restrain my desire to write many things. If I write what I want to, ONE PIECE will never come to an end." ONE PIECE newspaper Vol.4 (2012)
Thank you, Sandman! I knew that thread would be a useful reference point.
And any way, yes, I did felt that Oda was cutting corners on individual plots. Final to the colloseum for example, or the entire Mera Mera no Mi mini-arc.
@sabinis:
But as I asked in one of previous posts - what do you think we will see next chapter?(try to keep positive tone of post please, for meee )
1/2 of the chapter dedicated to either Hakuba or Bartholomeo beating Gladius. 1/4 dedicated to either random comedy relief or updates on other fights. Last few pages of whatever fight shall come to an end next, my bets being on either Luffy vs Bellamy or Franky vs Senior Pink.