Let’s say this ends in 10 years -ish I'll be ….43 years old :(. This and bleach are currently the only manga I started reading when they first started (i now only read bleach because of time invested already).
Now I've read quite a few Manga start to finish when they had finished already and when I get to the end I think to myself "did that ending impact me in anyway?" Unfortunately (due to issues i needn’t go into) in a lot of cases the answer is no. I have been surprised on occasion however, eyeshield 21 i liked for example even though the series was mediocre, Dragonball at the time i liked probably because i was alot younger, there are others but essays are hard to do currently with my limited time.
I know bleach will not be one of these as it’s just going through the motions now but One Piece I can easily imagine being very good due to the inventiveness and talent of its creator. one of the first things I’ll think is "...I bet the anime really messes this up" then "what answers are there left to questions i want to know ?" (Shadowy fog thing for example).
I don’t want everything to be answered if I’m honest. I like being left with a bit of mystery -
I will however then start the search for a new #1 read. Will it be a manga about a small team of French spoon makers trying to become the world’s most illustrious tableware manufacturers?? Who knows, Manga’s weird sometimes :)