User blog comment:Joekido/Why I don't expect much from Oda anymore/@comment-10543621-20130704014405

I'm not quite getting your vibe here though, are you saying this as a good thing or a bad thing?

When you say 'have you ever expected much from him?', it sounds negative. To answer that question, I always expect a good twist and interesting plot to fill the world of One Piece, and Oda never fails to deliver that, so yes he meets my expectation.

If you mean expecting as in predicting the story line, then yes I agree with you, there's really no point in trying to predict what's gonna happen next (although that doesn't stop people from trying), because Oda has proven himself and the story of one piece, time and again, to be largely unpredictable.

That itself is a wonderful thing to me, and I'm sure is a great thing to many others as well. After 16 years to telling the story of One piece, he still has so many quirky ideas and new twists up his sleeves. Some people may complain that it's taking too long, for me, I have no issues with One Piece going on for another good 10 years or so. As long as Oda himself stays healthy and continues to have the passion to draw and create, One piece is very much part of many of the readers' lives as it is a part of Oda (or rather, to Oda, it IS his life).

Personally, I'd have a gaping hole in my heart if One piece were to end anytime soon.