One Piece will end in a fashion that makes history.
Oda has been building up factions throughout the series. He is holding several powerful factions and numerous infamous characters in reserve and out of Straw Hats' path thus far.
However, hell shall be unleashed in the grand finale.
I predict that the finale will be the final war of Grand Line. The entire might of the Navy, Yonkou, Shichibukai, Revolutionary, all remaining pirate fleets within the Grand Line and the Straw Hats clash, all for the sake of final multi-way war. The participants will number in the millions and thousands in warships. The location of the battle shall be Raftel, the last island of the Grand Line. All factions will race against time with separate goals in mind, while some will head for the said location of One Piece, some will attempt to revive one of the ancient weapons, and some will attempt otherwise in midst of chaos. All shall fight for their own gains. Few shall emerge victorious, millions shall perish.
One Piece will conclude with the following results:
Luffy crowned the Pirate King; Zoro becomes the World's Greatest Swordsman; The final battle will result in the destruction of all Pirates on the Grand Line, hence ending the Age of Pirates and the title of Pirate King becomes of little value; The Elder Five perish, the World Government dissolves. The 170 nations that were associated with the World Government go into a state of instability and eventually World War - the result of Dragon's shadowy manipulation as he hopes to one day create a New World Government, with himself as the head; The Red Line obliterated from existence under the might of an ancient weapon. The destruction of the Red Line interferes with the ocean current of the calm belt, enabling merchant ships direct access with the Grand Line. The Four Blues finally connect due to the destruction of calm belt and Red Line. The world is connected, economy improves; The Navy reorganizes what remains of its force, vowing to maintain the stability of the world; Shichibukai, unstable from the beginning, quietly dissolves. All living members, including Crocodile, simply vanish from the eyes of the world. Some say they simply retired after the end of Age of Pirates, some say that some members still lurk in the shadow...plotting; The Youkons, like wise, dissolve into small bands of pirates. The small bands continued minor pirating activities throughout the world, but never cause significant harm. The Four emperors stayed in Raftel, shielding the island's secrets-the secrets of the Lost Century Ancients-from the eyes of the world as their eternal guardians. It was said that Red Haired Shanks can be occasionally spotted outside of Raftel, usually in a bar, drinking and laughing with five other people, notably one with a funky red nose and another with a giant black sword.
The Straw Hats separated, each headed back to their respective homeland. Brook and Luffy sailed back to the start of all and greeted Laboon. Zoro, Nami, Sanji, Usopp parted ways in the East Blue, headed back to their respective loved ones. Franky, Chopper, Robin and all other Straw Hats remained in the Grand Line.
Time skip... 5 years later....
East Blue, unknown Island
A bartender of a small bar lazily sat on his chair, inattentively listened to the radio. It seems that the World War is still raging strong, with a faction called the Revolutionary winning…or something as such the bartender hazily told himself in the back of his mind. Sleep would be a welcoming thing in this hot afternoon. Even the slam of his bar doors did not catch his attention. Too many times the doors opened and shut due to a minor flick of wind, it deserves not of the sleepy man’s attention.
“Rum, the best you got, be fast about it,” boomed a voice. The bartender is sleepy, but he needs to earn a living.
“Of course! Right away!” replied the bartender as he scanned the customer for assurance that this man can indeed pay for good rum. Three powerful katana and their richly decorated sheaths came into his view - a statement of this man’s wealth. All doubts vanished from the bartender’s mind. This man can pay, no doubt.
Three full barrels of rum vanished in 5 minutes, all washed down one man’s stomach. The bartender gasped with his jaw on the floor in awe of this man’s appetite. Disturbed by his demanding customer, the bartender is even more disturbed by the fact that more and more people are entering his bar, chatting about strange topics…something about plans for new adventure or something.
12 people in total, the bartender counted. That’s a lot of business, he may have to order some food from other restaurants to keep this bunch satisfied. As he prepares the food barrels, he noted in amusement that the alcoholic swordsman is arguing with a male blonde of similar build while the 10 other people seem to be ignoring the arguing pair with evident familiarity of their displayed behavior. In spite of himself, the bartender cracked a smile at this scene.
A strong gush of wind blew through the door, slamming the doors once more. The bartender silently reminded himself to get the door fixed. To his surprise when he glanced down, a red ribbon straw hat lay close to his feet.
“Oh, sorry about that. That’s mine.” a smiling man of handsome facial features in his 20s suddenly appear in front of the bartender in the blink of an eye, scaring the wits out of the poor bartender.
“By the way, do you have any meat?”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THE END~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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