User blog comment:Yatanogarasu/Four Weeks Hiatus and Two Years Later/@comment-1859380-20100825210518

I have a feeling that when October or the end of September comes around, we'll see the next 2 chapters be like a continuation of all the Straw Hat's stories. Like one will be 4 of the Straw Hats and maybe Luffy and then the next chapter will be the other half and perhaps Luffy again with controlling his Haki and mastering all three like Reyleigh is aiming him to be. I think Chapter 600 will mark the end of the Post Marinefold Arc and Whitebeard War Saga. And then 601 will begin what I would call the New World Saga and possibly the Fishman Island arc.

Now I think The Marinefold arc will only have 4 episodes in this said time and the Marinefold arc is pretty long, it's like the Alabasta/Water 7 arcs(lengthwise). So I doubt we'll see major things like Ace's death in the next month.