KEY POINTS

  • “One Piece” Chapter 1000 might release on Jan. 3
  • The upcoming chapter is titled “Straw Hat Luffy”
  • Oda recently teased some details about “One Piece” Chapter 1000 and hype about another emperor making a move next year

Legendary mangaka Eiichiro Oda recently revealed the release window of “One Piece” Chapter 1000, and shared some exciting news about what’s going to happen in the manga in 2021.

The legendary mangaka mentioned some interesting details about “One Piece” Chapter 1000 during the manga’s presentation at Jump Festa 2021 Online. Oda, in a special message, teased some exciting things happening for the series next year. He said, “One Piece” "Chapter 1000 will be published in the first issue of this new year! Nice timing! Along will the celebration of Chapter 1000, there are a lot of projects in progress, so this first month of 2021 will be very exciting!

Oda also said that “One Piece” Volume 100 will be released in 2021. But, that’s not all. The mangaka hyped that another emperor will make a move next year too. But the real exciting part came toward the end with a major tease of Shanks' future, “Do you all want some exciting information regarding the story? That redhead guy may move...! The story is moving towards its final stage, so please enjoy next year as well!”

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“One Piece” fans last saw Shanks making a puzzling appearance at the Reverie. There are many surrounding speculations about why he was at the meeting of the World Government’s leaders. Is Oda referring to this particular event or is he teasing that everyone’s favorite uncle is going to be in Wano?

According to Oda, “One Piece” is approaching its final phase and what Shanks is going to do is something that fans would definitely look forward to. At the time of this publication, spoilers for “One Piece” Chapter 1000 are available online. It revealed that the upcoming chapter would show an Ace flashback.

Some of the Supernovas like Eustass Kidd, Trafalgar D. Law, Killer and Zoro will be with Monkey D.Luffy at the roof of the Skull Dome. The spoilers hinted that they might help the Straw Hats Pirates’ captain in fighting the two Emperors of the Sea-Big Mom and Kaido. "One Piece" Chapter 1000, as mentioned by Oda, would be released on Jan. 3.

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