Volume 107 has been announced as part of Jump's November release schedule, presumably near the start of the month. (Via unofficial news provider WJS_Manga on Twitter).
Begin your chapters/title/covers predictions!
Updates: Volume 107 will release November 2, and will have 232 pages, which probably means 12 chapters.
Personally I think we're looking at just 10 chapters (1077 - 1086). As cool as 12 chapters, covering the whole cutaway and ending on the line about the Egghead incident would be, I think the publishers would be encouraging Oda to aim for shorter volumes so they can keep them coming on a consistent release schedule despite all the breaks. It already took four months (the same amount of time between volumes lately) to put out ten chapters before the monthlong break and the extra breaks for eye recover/live action promotion, so they're not going to want to fall any further behind. But I'd be very happy to find out I'm wrong about this.
As much as I want to see all the Vegapunks in a coloured group shot, it's probably going to be a cutaway cast ensemble cover with marketable faces like Shanks, Garp and Sabo all compiled. Maybe the Five Elders looming the background. No clear standout for the title, but maybe The Truth of That Day or The Five Elders, with Let's Go Take It!! as an outside pick.
The Truth of that Day as the title with a focus on all the cutaway characters seems the most likely. I think we have Luffy and Lucci in fighting poses in the middle and then around them in cutaways are Blackbeard, Shanks, Law, Kid, Garp, Aokiji, Sabo and Buggy. Mabe Coby as well somehow or Imu's eyes towering over everything, but I can't see Oda not putting all the fan favourites onto here.
I feel like Oda will focus on Garp and Sabo since Law, Kid, Shanks and Teach have all already appeared in recent covers.
I also expect to see Vegapunk somewhere in there, even if not prominently.
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Speaking of Volume 107, there's a higher than zero chance that it will have 12 chapters, covering 1077-1088. Many of the chapters in that range have only 15 pages (1078, 1079, 1082, 1083, 1086, 1087), and 1088 has the perfect ending for the cutaways with a hook back to Egghead. Also, 1089 starts with a recap, which would be pretty good for a new volume.
However, becase 12-chapters volumes are so rare (only 3 so far), this is far from certainty. It could be that we get the usual 10-chapter volume, ranging 1077-1086, as 1086 does end with a serviceable cliffhanger (end of Reverie flashback and Garling's introduction).
For the cover I guess Garp vs Kuzan being the focus is a must, so I'd say both of them fighting in full-body at the center of the cover, with a serious Sabo speaking on the background and Iva/Dragon shocked in boxes on the sides. Luffy should be totally absent imho, but I can hardly see it happens, so putting him on the front in some pose should do the job, maybe with some random Chopper or silly Punk.
@rayleigh92 I'd argue the Reverie flashback is more important than the Garp stuff, even thought the Garp parts were more entertaining. Most of the volume (5 chapters) will be taken by the Reverie story. Garp will have only 2 (if 10 Chapters) or 4 (if 12 chapters).
I think this cover will be a lot like the previous Reverie one (Volume 90), featuring several key characters from the cutaways. That includes Garp, Kuzan, Vivi, and Sabo for sure, but I doubt the Garp stuff will take the center/foreground.
Wano predictions: There will be 5 acts; All Straw Hats will get fights, some in Act 4; Big Mom Pirates will arrive; Carrot will have her moment, but won't join; Yamato will be a Kouzuki samurai and Wano's Guardian; Shanks will visit Luffy in Act 5; Next arc is Mary Geoise.
Gotta agree with the predictions of 107 ending with chapter 1088.
I just feel like it would feel way more fitting to have this big chunk of non-Egghead chapters all wrapped up in one volume.
Plus I think we could therefore have a volume cover that encapsulates all these world events in one picture - possibly even without Luffy on the cover.
And then afterwards with 108 we'd be back to a (presumably) hundred percent Egghead themed volume and cover.
Let's run the numbers on chapters going into the volume, because we have a pretty decent read on what goes into a volume by now.
In the current setup, with two spreads of cast intros and recap, the volume's first chapter begins on page 7, so we start with 6 frontpages.
Then we can add up the pages of the released chapters, and then add one extra page for each chapter besides the first to account for SBS and other space-filling extra pages.
The hard part is finding the number of endpages, where the UGP and ads for merch and other such stuff live. Recent volumes have had a range from 10 to 16 pages in this space. Previous twelve-chapter volumes broke trends to have less than usual though.
With this info, we can rule out another 9-chapter volume, like v104. With the shorter chapter length, there'd only be 147 manga pages in the volume. 6 (frontpages) + 147 (manga) + 8 (SBS and extras) + 16 (endpages) = 177. Way too short, unless they do a massive feature on the live action series or something.
Ten chapters, using the same formula (now with 162 manga pages + 9 for SBS and extras) comes to 193 with a large 16-page endpage range. Which is a tad narrow, but much more within the standard for manga volume.
Eleven chapters, same maths, makes a 209 page volume. But that's the point where they might start cutting endpages, so say probably anywhere from 203 to 209 pages.
And the big twelve chapters (196 manga pages + 11 SBS and extras) comes to a meaty 213 pages before adding any endpages at all. It could get as high as 229 pages if they add 16 endpages. One Piece volumes have been this big before. Hell, some 11-page volumes, back when the chapters were a consistent 19 pages, were this large.
We can't rule out much except the shortest possibility, but it gives us a good framework to use when the listing updates with the pagecount sometime in the next month or two.
10 chapters = 190 - 200 pages
11 chapters = 200 - 214 pages
12 chapters = >215 pages
(Of course, Shueisha and Oda are free to change their patterns with this kind of thing at any time, and have done so before. Even with math, nothing's set in stone until the volume comes out.)
This is a very Emperor development-centric volume now that I think about it: Blackbeard and Shanks get Road Poneglyph info, Buggy decides to go for One Piece, and Blackbeard gains Garp as his hostage
The volume 107 listing has been updated to show 232 pages! It ties volumes 63 and 77 for the series' second-longest volume pagecount, and will almost definitely contain 12 chapters.
Very happy to be wrong on this one. The full cutaway sequence up to Garp's defeat in a single volume will make it a great read.
@Captain-M Cool, and it also gives us an idea on how far on 108 we really are. 1089-1093 means we will only halfway through it when next chapter releases.
Wano predictions: There will be 5 acts; All Straw Hats will get fights, some in Act 4; Big Mom Pirates will arrive; Carrot will have her moment, but won't join; Yamato will be a Kouzuki samurai and Wano's Guardian; Shanks will visit Luffy in Act 5; Next arc is Mary Geoise.
@Deicide Could mean a long wait for that volume's release though, especially with all the breaks. I think next year's going to end up a slow one for volume releases.
On the flip side, with so much of 108 to go to keep building up the climax, I'll be very surprised if we're still on Egghead at the end of 110.
I forgot to make a prediction. Cover preview might drop Oct-6-13th.
Might be Seraphim, satellites, and VP.
Left field? Gorosei, Garp, Sabo, and Koby.
@Cockycent I think the cover having Luffy + several characters from the cutaways is a given. The ones you mentioned are very likely.
Wow if it's indeed a 12 chapter volume that's gonna be cool and 1,088 is a good end to the volume spent away from the Strawhats.
I'd be surprised if Oda is interested in including all the relevant characters in one image (failed to do so many times for Onigashima's volume covers) so I expect disappointment.
Wow, this is going to be one of the series best volumes then.
Okay scrap that. I think the volume illustration drops Oct 17th-21st. on the Staff's Twitter. The last 2 were 2 weeks away from release.
Art Timelapse
A bit weird that Oda focused so much on the marines. I really don't see reason to have Hibari, Kujaku and Grus there instead of others like Kuzan or Vivi, for instance. But, well, it's a nice cover anyway.
Wano predictions: There will be 5 acts; All Straw Hats will get fights, some in Act 4; Big Mom Pirates will arrive; Carrot will have her moment, but won't join; Yamato will be a Kouzuki samurai and Wano's Guardian; Shanks will visit Luffy in Act 5; Next arc is Mary Geoise.
@Deicide He had Aokiji for a while and changed it up. That moment meant more for SWORD than Aokiji anyway. Even tho it was also for Aokiji.
I get it tho. There was a whole half and half split between Reverie mission and Hachinoso rescue, so someone isn't going to make it.
I selfishly want Wapol even tho Morgans makes way more sense.
Lots of blond people in that cover, BTW
Cover looks alright. Surprised by how blond he made the group. Also suprised we haven't gotten a Vegapunks cover yet.
Looks pretty good. It's a nice composition, and it makes sense to put the Marines front and centre if Garp's sacrifice is going to be the finale, and the overlap between the Straw Hat jolly roger and the Revolutionary flag is something that really pleases me.
Gruz and Kujaku definitely look blonder here than in the digital colour manga, even knowing these colours aren't final. An unfortunate retcon for the colour version to have to make. Gruz's outfit and Kujaku's hat are different too, but I'm sure they've had time to change between the cover story and the present.
new fan favorite Prince Grus is on it, all I needed really. Though I love the surprise Morgans appearance, it really elevates the cover so much.
Looking good! The cover pretty much pictures everything I expected it to. The only thing I don't like is that Hibari is in exactly the same pose as in Chapter 1080. It's just like Luffy on Volume 104 which is the same as the G5 reveal. This kind of thing feels lazy and almost copy-past-y to me. But it's a minor issue on an otherwise quite nice cover.
By the way, do you guys know if we have definitive confirmation of this volume including chapters 1077 to 1088? Would love to know!
We could have gotten Imu on the cover. Too bad OSA decided to not include him.
@NameWaster said in Volume 107 Prediction/Discussion:
By the way, do you guys know if we have definitive confirmation of this volume including chapters 1077 to 1088? Would love to know!
Not yet, no. The last couple of volumes have confirmed that information in the tweet with the full cover reveal so it should be locked in soon.
Oda really struggled composing this one. The final version is definitely a op cover. Not one people will remember existed, but not bad either
Morgans and Hibari? I'm eating good today.
While there's a lot Oda could've put on there, I like that we get to see all of the SWORD squad together on a cover. They're probably my favourite new characters from Egghead.
@Deicide said in Volume 107 Prediction/Discussion:
A bit weird that Oda focused so much on the marines. I really don't see reason to have Hibari, Kujaku and Grus there instead of others like Kuzan or Vivi, for instance. But, well, it's a nice cover anyway.
I guess it makes it all the more apparent that he intended this volume to be their grand sidestep in during Egghead along with Sabo and Cobra.
I guess we won’t get another Vivi cover until it really focuses on her, possibly not until her reunion with the Straw Hats.
Jinbe only needs 3 more to surpass Law, lets gooooooo.
When's the full cover reveal?
There's not really a set time. Last one was just 24 hours after the process vid, but looking over previous threads it's been as long as a couple of days after.
Basically any time from now onward.
@Tabasco-Boshi thanks for keeping track...really interested in seeing the stats at the final volume
Mihawk never once appeared on a cover... interesting.
Ryokugyu, Stussy and Vegapunk being the other major characters to wait for their turn. At least they're relatively recent unlike Mihawk. You'd also think Morgans of all people would've been on a cover already, but he first showed up at the same time as Stussy and got his turn now.
@Gear-4-Sauce said in Volume 107 Prediction/Discussion:
Mihawk never once appeared on a cover... interesting.
Also, whenever Shanks is on a cover, Blackbeard also appears with him.
We'' eventually get the Zoro vs Mihawk cover for like Volume 120 or something
One Piece Volume 107 HQ cover!! Tittle is "The Hero of Legend".
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Thanks Redon!
Green-haried Gruz? Oda really does pin these things down at the literal last second. But the final colours look good all together.
(Twitter reveal confirms 12 chapters also)
This YouTube video about One Piece's 25th anniversary shows that Coby is on the spine of Volume.
I liked Kujaku's and Grus' hair colors better in cover story (light reddish and brown then, now blonde and green).
This whole volume is so full of blonde people!
that ain't grus :'(
Holy shit, how long is the brim of his hat?
Kujaku is Barbie-coded and Cobra is Oppenheimer-coded, change my mind.
