ONE PIECE appears on Weekly Shonen Jump, a magazine that, as the name suggests, appears weekly. Every Monday, the adventures drawn by Eiichiro Oda and other mangaka appear in the form of chapters in the magazine. But it is also known that ONE PIECE takes a week off every now and then.
Oda has been taking a week-long break for several years. But exactly how many breaks does ONE PIECE take each year? The number inevitably varies widely. In fact, Oda paused irregularly about a decade ago, then switched to a routine of about a pause every 4 chapters and finally a pause every 3 chapters after the Covid-19 pandemic hit in mid-2020.
For example, In 2011 ONE PIECE took 5 breaks and in 2012 he made 6. From 2013 the pace changed and became more stable: After the almond operation in mid-2013, the mangaka began to take a break every 4 chapters and thus moved to 8-9 breaks a year. That pace was changed with the arrival of the pandemic forced to take several breaks ONE PIECE for reorganizing the work and to protect the mangaka from the effects of the pandemic. In fact, Oda took 13 breaks in 2020. In this first half of 2021, however, the mangaka has already reached 7 breaks and for this reason it is possible that it will also reach 12-14 breaks in one year.
To this the breaks of the Weekly Shonen Jump need to be added which usually ends in four periods of the year: Christmas, New Year, Golden Week and Obon. These 4 compulsory breaks therefore increase the number of stops of ONE PIECE. In 2020, two more mandatory breaks for the magazine must be taken into account, so that 2020, with a 19-week break, is the year in which ONE PIECE took the most breaks of all time.
This will surely advance the conclusion of the Wano saga, but it is necessary for keep the author of ONE PIECE healthy.
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