User blog comment:Pandawarrior/No new chapter 'til Jan 4th/@comment-3435506-20111220201040/@comment-3075024-20111220203331

He has to collect ideas and materials before we enter New World. When you don't take breaks and continue without plan you mess up like in Marineford Arc. There were many plot hoes and characters who made you go "wtf" and we don't want that to happen again. So let Oda take his time and trust his skills.