User blog:Dezza/One Piece has been around for 13 years now...

Alright, it's been around 13 years since One Piece officially began, and it's now the most sold manga in the world. During that time up to now, we are up to Luffy getting into the New World, which makes me begin to wonder how long has passed in the world One Piece during these 13 years.

Now, it's impossible to figure out the exact amount of time has passed since Episode 1, when Luffy set out to sea. We all know that it can't have been a year yet, so it'll definitely be a few months at the least. Now, I just want you to guys to say how many months have passed.

Personally, I reckon it's only been around 4-6 months since the start in East Blue. Also, I want you to answer how long you reckon it will take for the whole series to finish, with Luffy inevitably becoming Pirate King, and starting yet another Pirate Era. Now, I'd bet, considering Luffy is on the edge of the New World, which is just halfway through the Grand Line, and how it will definitely waste a lot of time with the crew meeting back up again and fighting more opponents, such as Admirals (One of them killed Ace, so it's obvious that Luffy will end up fighting him), one of the Four Emperors (meeting up the last two will unfortunately take several episodes and if fighting them, even more episodes) and possibly more Shichibukai (Flamingo has the highest known bounty so far behind Luffy and Kid, so Luffy will probably defeat Kid or him), I reckon it will be around 2020-22, when it ends.

You may ask... Why? Well, we have to understand it took about 100 episodes to get them into the Grand Line (talking about the anime), which is around 2 and a half years of production. Now, the eras are getting much longer episode wise. This means fights will definitely take longer, and now that the crew is possibly going to stay at 9, there will be more time for them to focus on defeating major people. With all this in mind, I'd say 12 years or so til One Piece will conclude.

Anyway, just post down here and tell what you think: the questions are how long has passed in the world of One Piece since the start of the series, and how long it will take for One Piece to conclude.

Have fun using your brain on these questions!