Forum:"New World" Saga an Unfitting Name

I understand that for awhile now the sixth saga has been refered to as the "New World" saga. I'm posting this to point out that the name is simply bad. The entire second half of One Piece is mostly going to be in the New World (presumably) and it woud be stupid to group it all as one saga. I suggest that the name be changed to "Fishman Island" Saga. Since it bares many similarities to the "Skypiea" Saga, I feel that this naming convention makes sense. If you agree, please tell me how I'd approach this matter seeing as how I'm quite new to this wiki, and I'm not sure how I'd be able to pass a fairly major change such as this one. Thanks in advance.

The thing is, we don't know yet if Fishman Island will be long enough to be called a saga. Sagas are usually over 100 chapters in length, and Fishman Island is close to 20 right now. It is better to go with the broader term in this case. Also, please sign your posts. 00:59, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

Sagas aren't defined by length so much as overarching plot:


 * East Blue - pre Grand Line adventures


 * Baroque Works - obviously BW


 * Skypiea - getting to Skypiea and the adventures they have there


 * CP9 - Robin leaving the crew and getting her back


 * Whitebeard War - Ace being defeated, captured, and eventually executed


 * Current Saga - getting to Fishman Island and the adventures they have there

VIZ has several smaller sagas instead of the Whitebeard War Saga (Thriller Bark, Shabaody, and Impel Down) sort of reinforcing the fact that you can't set a chapter limit on Sagas (even though they missed the real overarching plot).

Also please expand on your point, because it still doesn't quite address my point which was: the New World is definitely too broad of a name and therefore an unusable title, whereas the only problem with calling it "Fishman Island" seems to be that it might be a little shorter than the other sagas (which shouldn't matter).Flaminghedge 03:11, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

It is better to be too broad than not broad enough. It is best to wait to see when FI ends and go from there. 03:13, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

Actually it isn't. Being too broad is just as bad as not being broad enough. Imagine if the first half of the Grand Line was all apart of a single Grand Line Saga... just as bad. My point is, we know "New World" is too broad, but "Fishman Island" might not be too narrow. It is obvious that this saga will encompass the journey into the New World and a new saga will begin there, so a different title seems appropriate. It doesn't have to be Fishman Island per se, it could be "Into the New World" or something similar, however, Fishman Island seems like a good choice because of all the parallels with Skypiea.Flaminghedge 03:27, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

Since we don't know, it's best to play the waiting game and leave it as is until we figure out if Fishman Island is a saga or arc. Just because it's like Skypiea doesn't automatically make it a saga. So it's best to leave it be. 03:31, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

You misunderstand me. Fishman Island is definitely an arc, however, the period of the strawhats adventure from the point where they rejoin till the point where they reach the New World is a saga. This saga will not even be in the New World for the majority of it's chapters, therefore calling it "New World Saga" is definitely wrong. I simply offered "Fishman Island" as a possible name for this saga, because there are parallels to the Skypiea Saga. Flaminghedge 03:44, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

That's fine, but leave it be until better information becomes available. 03:46, May 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * The skypiea saga consists of all things from jaya island to skypiea so its not like its not been done this way before. One-Winged Hawk 23:37, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

I still think we should sit on it and see how the SH's time on Fishman Island progresses and see if it turns into a saga or not. Look at some of the arcs in the East Blue Saga, you can count their length in chapters on one hand, so it's possible that the return to sabaody arc is like that. 05:57, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

I think Flaminghedge's point is that "Fishman Island Saga" may appear to be a bad name later on, whereas we know for sure that "New World Saga" is a bad name. That makes sense. sff9 (talk) 08:07, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah that was basically my point. F la mi ng he dg e    Talk 08:53, May 28, 2011 (UTC)

Discussion 2
this question has not be resolved yet, and that is why I am reopening it. We have now entered the second arc of this new world saga. I am sure that almost everybody will agree with the fact that we can't keep calling this the new world saga, since it is just too broad. So my suggestion is, why don't we call this saga: Entering the New World Saga. To me it seems to be the most appropriate term for this first new world saga. Because it accuratly describes what they are doing first the meet up in sabaody then they go to fishman island, now they are a punk hazard, then they will go to raijinisland (most likely) {and they may end up going to wano country at the end of this saga}. (OnePieceNation 16:24, February 5, 2012 (UTC))