While readers of One Piece are discovering the Elbaf arc, the mangaka Eiichiro Oda suffers from serious health problems, which force him to make a big decision.
One Piece: Eiichiro Oda suffers from serious health problems
With the Egghead arc, then the Elbaf arc, the manga One Piece has just entered its final saga. If business has never been so booming for the license – Netflix's live-action adaptation has been renewed for a season 2, while a remake produced by Wit Studio is currently in production -, behind the scenes, Things are not easy every day for author Eiichiro Oda, who is under great pressure. How to conclude a manga which already has 108 volumes in France and which breaks sales records around the world every year, while satisfying all the fans?
While the rate of publication of the manga has gone from a strictly weekly rhythm to three chapters per month, Eiichiro Oda announced at the end of October that he was taking a two-week break to work on the conclusion of One Piece and on season 2 of the Netflix series, in which he is very involved. After an intense chapter 1131, published on the MangaPlus platform on Sunday December 10, Shūeisha – the publisher who publishes the Weekly Shōnen Jump in which appears every week One Piece – tells us in a press release that Eiichiro Oda will take another exceptional break due to his poor health.
To our dear readers,
Thanks for reading One Piece.
Due to the author's poor health, One Piece will take a break in this week's issue.
We sincerely apologize to all readers who were looking forward to this chapter.
well that One Piece is mentioned in the summary of this issue, due to printing delays, we were unable to correct this information in time. Once again, we deeply apologize.
The series is expected to resume in the next issue, New Year's Issue #1 (on sale December 2).
Thank you for your continued support to One Piece.
The Shonen Jump Editorial Team
Aged 49, Eiichiro Oda regularly talks about his health concerns, particularly regarding his eyesight and back problems. This affair risks once again relaunching the debate concerning the extremely difficult working conditions of mangakas. Remember that artists are often forced to work around twenty hours a day to meet their deadlines, ensuring the writing of scenarios, drawings and inking with their assistants. They are also under strong pressure, due to the great competitiveness maintained by reader satisfaction surveys.which may influence the publisher's decision to maintain or delete the work.
In recent years, several mangakas have been more open about their working conditions and the resulting health problems. The death of Kentarō Miura (Berserk), victim of an acute aortic dissection in May 2021, then that of Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) in March 2024, caused an immense shock wave. L'auteur Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter x Hunter) is also very transparent about his state of health, which has a lasting impact on the publication of his manga.
