One Piece Manga Takes One Month Break Due to Eiichiro Oda Undergoing Eye Surgery
The official One Piece and Eiichiro Oda staff Twitter account announced today that the One Piece manga will take a month off so Oda can undergo eye surgery and recover. The next chapter will release next week per usual, but after that, the following chapter will be published in the 32nd issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, which releases in Japan on July 18. The hiatus will span from issues 29 to 32.
【お知らせ】
『ONE PIECE』は再来週発売となる週刊少年ジャンプ29号〜32号まで、尾田先生の目の手術に伴い休載いたします。
なお、来週発売の28号には通常通り掲載いたします。読者の皆様をお待たせしてしまい、申し訳ございません。
再開は7.18(火)発売の33号を予定しております。#ONEPIECE pic.twitter.com/VJZIiks7AC— ONE PIECE スタッフ【公式】/ Official (@Eiichiro_Staff) June 6, 2023
Odo wrote in his message that like Franky, he is undergoing eye surgery to make “beams come out of [his] eyes.” On a more serious note, the manga creator wrote that his eyes have been getting worse lately, with his vision becoming blurred and interfering with his work. So after talking about it with the Editor-in-Chief, Oda is going on leave to “come back with better eyesight and to be able to beam!”
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Despite the manga going on hiatus, the One Piece TV anime continues with over 1,000 episodes of the series streaming on Crunchyroll and new episodes coming out each week as they air in Japan.
Source: Eiichiro Oda staff on Twitter
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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
