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In the latest chapter of One Piece, a scene depicting the apparent final boss expressing regret with the line “I should have wiped out the Pirate Kings back then” became a hot topic on Nandemo Jikkyo (5ch’s “anything goes” livestream-commentary board). The thread buzzed with the usual running joke about “when is this series ever going to end” and speculation on just how long Imu’s flashback arc will drag on.
What people said
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Domi Riva's power is probably just some kind of mind control — the whole "dies, flips over, comes back to life" thing is probably tied to that instead.
Is there really any benefit to doing Akuwaru here?
It has nothing to do with One Piece or the Pirate King, so no, it's not ending.
Apparently it wraps up whenever the Reiwa era ends.
Those 800 years were probably peaceful and uneventful
so of course he didn't do anything.
Bet we're getting the twist where he gets one-punched by a gorilla and goes down, then Joy Boy saves him.
so if this guy's the final boss, it'll probably take five.
Counting from when the fight against Kaido started with just a handful of people?
No way it'd take that long, come on…
Calling it now — Imu and Joy Boy were best friends when they were young, but their visions of an ideal world gradually diverged and they had a falling out, or something like that.
It's probably going to end up like this anyway.
Hasn't it been rough ever since the New World arc?
He's always wanted to do his own version of Dragon Ball's Namek arc.
Nah, the final boss is Joy Boy.
Hunter x Hunter.
The scary part is the editors whose paychecks depend on it.
Just from this alone you can tell no other manga can seriously compete.
Compete at what, lol?
Isn't that ripping off how in Demon Slayer, anyone who uses Breathing techniques dies young?
Nope, it's going on hiatus.
If it's not being used on Elbaf, what was even the point of it?
He's probably just doing it because he's got time to kill.
They're in the middle of paying off foreshadowing, just wait.
Meanwhile Monkey "D" Luffy's name is plastered all over the world on wanted posters, lmao.
And after that they go and make Marshall D. Teach one of the Seven Warlords, lmao.
Probably eats up a whole volume.
He's the final boss
Three volumes, easy.
Background and Key Points
One Piece has run in Weekly Shonen Jump since 1997, making it one of the longest continuously serialized manga in Japan; creator Eiichiro Oda has said for years that an ending is in sight, which is precisely why any hint of endgame lore reliably lights up Japanese boards. The chapter in question involves Imu, a hooded figure introduced in 2020 who sits above the World Government’s “Five Elders” and appears to be the true final antagonist; the line about having failed to “wipe out the Pirate Kings” is notable because it uses the plural, implying more than one person has held the title of Pirate King, a detail with real weight for a story built around the search for the “One Piece” left by the previous Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. The thread comes from Nandemo Jikkyo, a 5ch board built for live, joking commentary on ongoing broadcasts and releases, not careful theorycrafting, so posts skew toward gags over analysis.
Where the thread actually splits is over pacing: some posters treat the coming Imu flashback as confirmation the series is finally building to its climax, while others insist it changes nothing and predict years more of backstory before any resolution, half-joking that it could outlast the Reiwa era itself (Japan’s current imperial era, begun in 2019).
What outside readers might miss is that “when will One Piece end” is a long-running, half-affectionate meme on Japanese boards rather than genuine despair — commenters needling the manga’s length are typically longtime fans, not people about to drop it.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] One Piece’s Final Boss: “Haah, haah… that day… I should have wiped out the Pirate Kings…”.”
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