Netflix’s live-actionOne Pieceis full speed ahead into the post-production of its second season, which should be covering five more arcs from the originalOne Piecemanga series. The release ofOne Pieceseason 2 later this year invites questions about how many of the manga’s arcs in total the Netflix show will be able to cover. The live-action series starring Iñaki Godoy as Straw Hat Pirate Monkey D. Luffy is a faithful adaptation of the manga and its TV anime counterpart. But it’s not clear how long this iteration ofOne Piecewill be able to keep going.
With the news thatOne Piece’s co-developer and showrunner, Matt Owens, is exitingthe Netflix show, there’s now even more uncertainty about whether the streaming giant will see the manga’s storylines through to their conclusion. There’s still so much of theOne Pieceworld to be explainedand explored in live-action form. Yet there are understandable concerns that the show might not go beyond its second and third seasons, given the problem posed by the natural aging of its young actors, and the worrying departure of Owens, who’s been integral to the series since its inception.
One Piece Currently Has 33 Arcs In The Manga
TheOne Piecemanga is still ongoing, with Eiichiro Oda publishing the 111th volume of the series in March 2025. As things stand,the manga is made up of 33 different story arcs, including two within the current saga, which is considered to be the Final Saga ofOne Piece. By the timeNetflix’s live-actionOne Pieceshow releases seasons 2and 3, there’ll likely be additional arcs to add to the Egghead Arc and Elbaph Arc, as part of the Final Saga.
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It’s also worth considering that there are16 different story arcs from theOne Pieceanime show that are additional to the manga series. While these arcs are not technically canon in manga terms, they may well serve as inspiration in some form for minor storylines within the live-action show. For instance, it wouldn’t be entirely surprising to see elements of the Warship Island Arc adapted to serve as a bridge between the end of the East Blue Saga and the beginning of theArabasta Saga inOne Pieceseason 2.
Netflix’s One Piece Season 1 Covered 5 Arcs
The Season Depicts 5 Of The East Blue Saga’s 6 Story Arcs
The Netflix show still has to wrap up the East Blue Saga at the start ofOne Piece’s second season via its Loguetown Arc, which has already been confirmed as part of the story. It’s necessary to feature Loguetown in season 2 becauseOne Pieceseason 1 endedwith the fifth of six East Blue Saga arcs, Arlong Park.
Images from the set ofOne Piecehave confirmed that part of season 2 is taking place in Loguetown.
At the start of its eight episodes, the first season of the live-action show covers the Romance Dawn Arc, where Luffy teams up with Roronoa Zoro, andNami appears earlier than she does in the manga, before they move on to Orange Town to fightOne Piece’s first major villain, Buggy the Clown. After the Orange Town Arc comes Syrup Village, where Usopp joins the Straw Hat Pirates, and the Baratie Arc, where the crew recruits Sanji.
One Piece Season 2 Is Confirmed To Cover The Next 5 Arcs
The Season Will Start In Loguetown And Finish On Drum Island
We already know that season 2 of the live-actionOne Pieceis set to move through the first Arabasta Saga arcs as part of the manga’s overarching Grand Line narrative once it’s finished with Loguetown.The Straw Hat Pirates will embark on a mission to bring Princess Vivi to the kingdom of Arabasta, which will take them through the Reverse Mountain Arc, Whisky Peak, the Little Garden Arc and finally to Drum Island. Along the way, they’ll pick up two ofOne Piece’s best characters, new Straw Hat Pirates Nico Robin and Tony Tony Chopper.
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Season 2 of Netflix’s live-action One Piece will include Robin and Chopper, but another new introduction will be difficult for the show’s VFX team.
However, ending season 2 with the Drum Island Arc does leave Netflix’sOne Pieceshowrunners with a conundrum, particularly in light of Matt Owens’ exit from the show.They’ll be ending a season immediately prior to the most climactic arcof the manga series they’ll have covered so far, the Arabasta Arc, which is the action-packed finale ofOne Piece’s Arabasta Saga, as Luffy and his crewmates face a final showdown with Baroque Works leader Crocodile.
How Many More Seasons Would It Take For One Piece To Cover The Rest Of The Manga?
It’s Projected To Take 12 Years In Total At The Current Rate
At this current rate of covering five manga arcs per season, Netflix’sOne Piecewill have reached the end of all the manga stories presently published halfway through its seventh season. Assuming that there are at least two or three more manga arcs to be published by Eiichiro Oda,we can expect the entire story of the manga to take seven full seasonsof the live-actionOne Pieceto complete.
Adapting the entireOne Piecemanga series isn’t really realistic for the show, especially given that its actors will noticeably age far beyond the years of their live-action characters during that time.
If the showrunners keep producing one season every second year, it would be 12 years before they’ll haveadapted the entireOne Piecestory. This scenario isn’t really realistic for the show, especially given that its actors will noticeably age far beyond the years of their live-action characters during that time.
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Some Smaller Sagas May Have To Be Left Out Altogether
Provided that Netflix’sOne Piececontinues to be a success,we should see it continue beyond its second season, for which shooting is now completed, and its third season, which is already in the works. However, after its third season, the age of its actors and Owens’ absence as showrunner really will start to be felt. Finishing the show with a seventh season around the year 2035 doesn’t seem plausible, so certainOne Piecemanga arcsmay have to be condensed, or left out altogether.
It’s entirely possible that we could see the series wrapped up later this decade after a fourth or fifth season, with smallerOne Piecesagas like Sky Island and Thriller Bark discarded.
The Netflix show has already displayed a deft touch in subtly changing the timelines and narrative arcs for certainOne Piececharacters, and there’ll be plenty more of that to come in future seasons. It’s entirely possible that we could see the series wrapped up later this decade after a fourth or fifth season, with smallerOne Piecesagas like Sky Island and Thriller Bark discarded. But even a fourth or fifth season depends on Netflix’s approval of the show’s viewing figures and prospective budget.
