User blog comment:YazzyDream/Oda Going on Break After Chapter 597/@comment-910220-20100824045913/@comment-1949364-20100824050457

Hm... maybe 600 is really special (like the Straw Hats getting together?) so he think it would be unfair to start the break right after that? I don't know. I guess we'll just have to see what happens in this week's chapter. ._.