When Eiichiro Oda published the first chapter of his manga back in 1997 he
was only expecting it to run for about five years. But twenty four years
later One Piece is still going strong setting multiple records as a best
selling manga series and is one of the highest grossing media franchises
of all time.
With the series doing so well one would ask, "Why end it?" The simple
answer is that the story is finally reaching its conclusion. Oda said in
August of 2019 that even if a fan guesses the it he will stick with his
original ending he decided when he first started writing. Oda predicts
that he will reach the end between the years 2024 and 2025.