Oda’s Shocking Reason for Off-Screen Fights in One Piece Revealed!

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This article contains spoilers from One Piece‘s Final Saga.

Summary

  • Oda struggles to fit his ideas into 17 pages due to Jump’s publication limits.
  • Oda prioritizes the most important battles in One Piece for focus.
  • Fans may not know Oda’s struggles, but he would make the manga more elaborate if he could.

One Piece” is a monumental manga series that weekly delivers numerous thrilling advancements to its passionate readership. Given its shonen genre, it’s unsurprising that “One Piece” consistently offers captivating battles for fans to enjoy every week.

Over the course of One Piece, many fans have expressed a common grievance: Eiichiro Oda frequently skips minor battles entirely, only showing their conclusions. Critics sometimes accuse Oda of avoiding battle scenes, but he has a valid explanation for this practice, which he’s disclosed before.

Oda Struggles To Fit His Ideas In 17 Pages

  • Oda Has Many Ideas For Each Scene
  • In The End, Oda Prioritizes What’s Important

As a die-hard One Piece fan, I can’t help but admire Eiichiro Oda’s ingenious way of storytelling. You see, due to the constraints of publishing only 17-18 pages per week, he has to skillfully condense his grand narrative. It’s a dance, really – a delicate balance between what he wants to share and what can fit within those weekly limits. If given more space, Oda would undoubtedly expand on the details, making each chapter richer and more immersive. However, he makes it work, crafting thrilling battles and captivating scenes in the limited room he has. This is something he himself confessed back in 2021.

If given the chance to create 30 pages per week, I will complete the submission of my manuscript fairly quickly. (Eiichiro Oda)

From the message penned by Oda himself, it appears he prefers to draft and submit approximately 30 pages per chapter each week, finding it frustrating that he must compress his thoughts within 17-page chapters. It seems that he spends a considerable amount of time figuring out how to condense his ideas into such short chapters. If Oda were allowed to create manuscripts for 30-page chapters, it might actually save him more time and delight fans as well. Unfortunately, Shonen Jump operates differently, meaning Oda must consistently adapt his ideas to fit within 17 pages.

Oda Only Draws The Most Important Battles To The Fullest

Cuts Have To Be Made Here And There

Without a doubt, since Oda typically creates 30-page drafts for his manga, he must trim certain elements to accommodate a final product of only 17 pages. It’s clear that, for Oda, the narrative progression is paramount, resulting in some skipped fight scenes in One Piece at times. However, it’s worth noting that the grand fights are given special attention by Oda; this is evident in the extensive focus on the Wano arc.

As long as I’m alive, there are infinite chances. — Luffy

In the process of creating each chapter, Oda decides on the necessary edits, and that’s the version that gets published. Frequently, fans criticize One Piece, oblivious to this fact. However, if given the choice, Oda would undoubtedly make One Piece more detailed and intricate than what fans perceive it to be.

One Piece’s new chapter, number 1146, will be published soon, likely by the end of this week. Typically, a new chapter is released every Sunday. For readers in Japan, the chapter will go live at 12AM JST on Monday. However, most international fans can expect to read it on April 20. The official release date for One Piece Chapter 1146 is April 20, 2025. Excitingly, you’ll be able to read the chapter for free on Manga Plus!

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2025-04-09 02:35