User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 783: Dead Men Get no Insurance/@comment-53507-20150409214337

You must all understand this:
 * Oda is often ill because of him not taking care of himself, smoking stuff and drinking whatever stuff he drinks. Plus does he eat right? Does he takes time to exercise? He also does not sleep right. Oda's health is in a bad shape.


 * He's now 40 years old. He started working on the manga since he was 22 years old! From the time he started to all the way to Drum arc he took no breaks. As he gets old, his health take a toll and he finds breaks necessary to prevent himself from getting overworked.
 * He has a family now. He got merried at age 30, had a daughter after that. Think he'll need to spent time with them? That was the whole reason he took a month break with the timeskip. Imagine taking his wife out and changing his kid's diapers and tucking his children in bed every night.


 * Plus next week is Goldenweek.

Remember, while we read the chapter every week of a hard working, unhealthy family man, Oda himself is human