Forum:Hiatus

Does anybody know why the manga keeps going on hiatus? Is Oda okay?
 * I hope this answers your question. Basically X-mas and May time, expect a break for holiday reasons in Japan. If the breaks not then, Oda's doing research. There was a few cases when Oda was ill over the years and no OP was done (see Grand Line Times) and once he was just late getting the chapter done in time for its weekly release. His research breaks have been more frequent, due to his busy life. His movie, recent family addition and manga are all bidding for his time this year. One-Winged Hawk 16:26, September 26, 2009 (UTC)