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| − | =='''What is a Spoiler?'''== |
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| + | On this wiki, we add information from new chapters once they are officially released, and do not add information from unofficial spoilers and scanlations. You may be unsure about when, where, and how chapters are officially released and how to tell official releases from spoilers, so this page is here to explain the differences and rules. |
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| − | A '''spoiler''' is any piece of information that reveals plot elements which some people may wish to remain unrevealed so that they may enjoy the source material to its fullest extent, without having any previous knowledge of the outcome. Some examples of spoilers would be the death of a major character or an unexpected plot twist. |
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| + | It is helpful to know right off the bat that '''spoilers''', in this context, refer solely to '''content that has not been officially released.''' As stated on the main page, this wiki covers all published plot points in the series and does not use any sort of markings for spoilers. Thus, if you are not caught up to the manga, you will likely be "spoiled" by major plot points, so we encourage you to browse this site at your own risk. |
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| − | Even though [[One Piece]] is known for its sharp plot-twists and unpredictable events, we will still |
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| − | record them here. If you don't want to be spoiled, you'd best not look at them. |
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| − | ==Are they accepted by fans?== |
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| + | *Do not add information from a new chapter to any other article, other than the article of the chapter (titled 'Chapter ####'), until the chapter is officially available in English. |
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| − | In general, yes. However there are many fans who hate to be spoiled and do not want to know the outcome of current manga events in One Piece. Many are still reading early chapters of the manga or watching early episodes of the anime. Often knowing what the current storyline holds puts off fans from watching the past storylines, or the anime altogether. Spoilers can anger many fans as they feel they have been robbed of some enjoyment in watching the past episodes. |
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| + | **The official release platforms are [https://www.viz.com/shonenjump VIZ] and [https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100020 Manga Plus]. |
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| + | *Do not upload images from a new chapter until the chapter's official release. Afterwards, images should preferably be taken directly from the Japanese (raw) version. |
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| + | *An article for a new chapter can be created when a release date is confirmed. |
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| + | **If the complete chapter is unofficially released in English, the chapter article can be updated only with the following information: Japanese Title, Cover Page, Characters, as well as Chapter Notes based on visually verifiable information. Please do not use any spoilers from text-based postings (such as from YouTube videos or Reddit). |
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| + | Edits containing spoiler information will be immediately undone. Repeated additions of spoiler material will result in warnings and blocks if the warnings are ignored. |
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+ | ==What are Spoilers?== |
| + | When referring to ''One Piece'', "spoilers" can have one of two meanings. The term can refer to plot points that a reader who is not up to date with the series does not know about. This wiki keeps up to date with the series, and covers every plot point from the beginning to the present. Generally, we do not hide spoilers or have special markings for them on articles, so if you are not caught up with the series and do not want to be spoiled, you should browse this site with caution. |
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| − | Yes there are. |
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| + | These rules cover the other definition of spoilers, which refers to information about plot points before they are officially released. ''One Piece'' chapters are officially released in physical and digital formats in Japan on most Mondays of the year. However, the physical copies of [[Shonen Jump]] magazine, where ''One Piece'' is serialized, are delivered to stores days before Monday. As a result, some stores may start selling the magazines before Monday, or a store or distribution worker may steal a magazine copy when they are being transported, even though both of those actions are illegal. Alternatively, people have also been able to acquire the Chinese and Korean versions of chapters early through the same methods. |
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| − | While the majority of One Piece fans in the English Speaking community do not know how to speak Japanese (or for that matter read the kanji which is in the raw manga), there are several that do. It has been known for them to release fake Japanese text and/or translations into the fandom to confuse or mislead others. Many English speaking fans therefore take this as true spoilers without knowing they are being duped. Fake spoilers are sometimes released by Japanese fans, hoping to confuse or mislead others - which fans from other languages will sometimes innocently use as real spoilers. |
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| + | Once someone acquires the magazine early, they may post a small amount of information about the chapter online such as a chapter summary and a few scanned panels. Among the fandom, this is what "spoilers" typically refers to. |
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| − | Sometimes the spoilers take form of fanfiction materials or an attempt to make predictions that seem true but prove to otherwise be false. It is important to remember this when adding spoilers upon their first day release. |
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| + | ===Scanlations=== |
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| − | Often fake spoilers come in one of these forms: |
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| + | Certain groups who acquire early copies and scans of the chapter then create '''scanlations''', in which they digitally replace the Japanese text with an English translation before releasing the translated chapter pages online. The quality of scanlations varies wildly, with better quality groups working to clean the scanned pages and using reputable translators while worse groups may release very rough-looking scans with bad translations that may not be complete. Typically, the better translators get their scans to translate from the original Japanese chapter, while worse groups tend to translate from the Chinese and Korean versions, resulting in less accurate translations. |
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| − | * Common fanfiction materials |
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| − | * Speculations |
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| − | * Predictions |
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| − | * False or misleading Translations. |
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| + | If you're reading a ''One Piece'' chapter from a site that's not [https://www.viz.com/shonenjump VIZ] or [https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100020 Manga Plus], and it was posted before Sunday, you're reading a scanlation. |
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| − | ===Example of a fake Spoiler:=== |
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| − | This is an example of a fake spoiler posted with [[Chapter 433]] of the manga: |
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| + | ==What is the Official English Translation?== |
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| − | 扉絵「うさぎ人間とエネル」 |
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| + | [[VIZ Media]] is the primary creator and distributor of the official English translation of ''One Piece''. Originally, Viz chapters were only distributed to English-speaking locations, primarily North America and the United Kingdom. Viz began publishing One Piece in magazines and volumes in 2003, starting from the beginning of the series. In 2012, they ceased physical publishing of the magazine and solely published new chapters on their digital magazine. By 2013, they began releasing chapters simultaneously with Japan. |
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| + | For much of Viz's existence, their services were unappealing to many fans who wanted to keep up with the series. Until the start of the 2010's, Viz's releases were not up to date with the manga, and so fans turned to spoilers and scanlations to know the entire plot. Many English fans lived in areas that Viz did not distribute to, and so scanlations were the only way they could read chapters in English. Reading Viz chapters used to require a monetary subscription, which many fans were unwilling to pay when they could not only read scanlations for free online, but read them days before the chapter was officially released. Finally, new ''One Piece'' fans may not be familiar with Shonen Jump or how chapters are officially distributed, and so they may think that translations they find online are legitimate. |
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| − | 木材アダムの前に海軍以外集合、そして船の着工に取り掛かる |
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| − | 回想ガープ、用件はレヴエリーが開かれるのでその前にルフィを七武に勧誘 |
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| − | ルフィ断り、ガープ去り際に次会う時は捕縛するが今日は祖父としてきたと帰る |
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| − | コビーも同じく警告するがルフィ笑顔で「しょうがない」と答える |
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| − | 画面切替アラバスタ、コブラが通路を歩きながらイガラムとビビと会話（レヴエリーの為に出航） |
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| − | 白ヒゲとシャンクス対面、エニエスロビーの話題からルフィの話題になりエースの話題へ |
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| − | 白ヒゲ、エースは裏切り者の黒ヒゲを追っていると言う |
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| − | 海の上でエース居眠り中、目を覚ますと遠い所に黒ヒゲの旗の船発見 |
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| − | エース「見つけたぜ！」 |
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| + | Starting in 2019, however, Shonen Jump and Viz released a new distribution model in which chapters would be available to read for free online across the world. [https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100020 Manga Plus] is available worldwide, while [https://www.viz.com/shonenjump VIZ] is exclusive to North America and the UK. New chapters are released at midnight on Monday in Japan, which 3:00 PM UTC/11:00 AM EST on Sunday. The first three and most recent three chapters are available to read for free, with all the other chapters still requiring a paid subscription. |
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| − | In this spoiler [[Igaram]], [[Nefertari Cobra|Cobra]] and [[Nefertari Vivi|Vivi]] were seen to be talking about [[Shanks]] and [[Edward Newgate|Whitebeard]] meeting each other. It also stated that [[Portgas D. Ace|Ace]] had found [[Marshall D. Teach|Blackbeard]]. It stated that [[Monkey D. Garp|Garp]] offers [[Monkey D. Luffy|Luffy]] the [[Shichibukai]] position but Luffy refused, it spoke of Garp warning him he will arrest him next time. |
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| + | ==Why Follow the Official Release Schedule?== |
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| − | This was later proven false. It was actually fanfiction material written by otaku (Japanese geeks/nerds) or attention-grabbers. However there were several things in this text that were true and made several translators believe this was a true spoiler. It should be noted that Luffy being offered the Shichibukai position was common in many many speculations, predictions, assumptions and fanfictions even before this fake spoiler was released. |
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| + | In the past, this wiki added information from new chapters once any scanlations were released ahead of time. However, we now wait for the chapter to be officially released, for these reasons: |
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| + | *Posting information from spoilers has long been prohibited on this wiki, due to a tendency for spoilers to provide incomplete information at best and false information at worst. |
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| + | *With the new publishing format, everyone in the world has access to the officially released chapters for free. |
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| + | *The most reputable scanlation groups that produced consistently high quality translations decided to stop translating Shonen Jump titles in order to support the free official release. Now that they are no longer translating chapters, the scanlations being posted online have varied wildly in quality, with increased mistranslations resulting in misconceptions. |
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| + | *In the past, scanlations came out as many as five days before the chapter's official release. Due to crackdowns and arrests by Japanese law enforcement, that timeframe has steadily shrunk. Currently, scanlations usually only come out two days before the official chapter, meaning not much time passes between the fandom first becoming aware of new developments and the wiki documenting it. |
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| + | Following the official release schedule '''does not mean we give weight to Viz's spellings'''. If we see that a spelling or translation has been localized, we will change it to the most accurate version (for example, even if Viz translates a character's name, we will use the transliterated name as we always do). Many of our editors have access to Japanese scans that they can use to determine if there is any difference between a character's name in Japanese and their official English name. |
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| − | Other examples of misleading information released in fake spoilers has included: |
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| − | * "[[Lucci]] killing [[Spandam]]" |
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| − | * "[[Kuzan|Aokiji]] turning out to be Lucci's brother" |
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| − | * "[[Buster Call]] possessing laser beams" |
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| − | * "[[Sengoku]] calling [[Marshall D. Teach|Blackbeard]]" |
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| − | * "Luffy punching [[Usopp]] in the [[sea train]] and leaving him in the middle of the ocean" |
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| + | We also do not prohibit you from using a scanlation to add information to the wiki so long as you're adding the information after the time of the chapter's official release, and you are sure that the unofficial translation is accurate. We encourage you to support the official release by buying a subscription or volumes to read the entire series officially, but acknowledge that doing so requires a financial commitment. |
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| − | ===Fake Spoilers are dangerous=== |
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| − | Fans can easily and innocently be duped by the fake spoilers. For the benefit of everyone rules are now enforced on Wikia to avoid such embarrassments. The aim of this site is to be a reliable source for all One Piece fans. For this site to be enjoyable for One Piece fans is advisable to reference any source material based on the chapters and SBS. |
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| + | ==Does this Apply to Other One Piece Media?== |
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| − | '''Posting fake information, insane or wild predictions, speculations, and assumption on a site is very dangerous and can hurt that sites reputation as well as your own.''' |
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| + | Generally, no. Information from the [[SBS]] and [[One Piece Databooks|databooks]] tends to be leaked a few days before the publishing date; we will add this leaked information to the wiki so long as the information comes from a reputable source. If you see someone post leaked information online, ask an admin or mod to make sure the source is reliable before adding information. |
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| − | For further reading, please see [[Mythbusters]] for related material. |
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| − | ==Spoilers may be out before even the Japanese themselves get the chapter== |
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| − | While there are some spoilers on various forums that are confirmed and otherwise, these spoilers don't necessarily mean that the chapter itself is out even in Japan. SJ magazine comes out every Monday, however spoilers often have already been leaked onto the net several days beforehand. |
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| − | ===How Spoilers Appear=== |
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| − | Sometimes someone working on the SJ mag production line, either at the factory producing it or something else not too far down the line, will get an early look at a chapter that is not released and will be tempted to post such information on the Internet. They do this through posts which usually contain a snap shot an image or two which they took their phone cam or any similar device. These images get spread throughout the net and often land in spoiler threads. While these images can prove the validity of some spoilers, they do not mean that the chapter itself is out in Japan. |
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| − | ===Consequences and Risks=== |
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| − | Spoilers images in fact, while nice to look at, are a copyright violation and any employee caught distributing them without permission can be and will be fired by their higher ups. Furthermore, they can also face prosecution and arrest as this is considered a serious breakage of law. The Scanslation groups who release scans of manga before the release date on the following Monday, also violate copyright law. |
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| − | * When the spoiler is released, do not add the spoilers until the first English scanlations are released, normally a day later. |
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| − | * Remember: pictures as well as text are both counted as spoilers. |
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| − | * If you read a 'spoiler' marked page and are 'spoiled' as a result, do not complain about it as you were given warnings that you yourself choose to ignore. |
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| − | * Do not jump the conclusion once the spoiler is out - many translations in the past have proven to have been [[mythbusters|mistranslated or incorrectly]] written by a translator. Usually, such mistranslations will be cleared up within a week of being released. |
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| − | *Talk pages will often contain spoilers, it is not required for them to be marked as spoilers as they are open discussions on '''current''' page related issues. |
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| − | Of course things such as a [[bounty]] or a character's meeting, although very important and likely to have a large impact, generally you will need to wait awhile, for it to become easily researched. This means raws for those that can read Japanese Kanji, and a scan for those who can't. Wait at least an hour after the raw appears. After that, any information in there that can be confirmed and is not speculation, may be added. |
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Revision as of 15:42, 10 April 2021
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On this wiki, we add information from new chapters once they are officially released, and do not add information from unofficial spoilers and scanlations. You may be unsure about when, where, and how chapters are officially released and how to tell official releases from spoilers, so this page is here to explain the differences and rules.
It is helpful to know right off the bat that spoilers, in this context, refer solely to content that has not been officially released. As stated on the main page, this wiki covers all published plot points in the series and does not use any sort of markings for spoilers. Thus, if you are not caught up to the manga, you will likely be "spoiled" by major plot points, so we encourage you to browse this site at your own risk.
Rules Rundown
- Do not add information from a new chapter to any other article, other than the article of the chapter (titled 'Chapter ####'), until the chapter is officially available in English.
- The official release platforms are VIZ and Manga Plus.
- Do not upload images from a new chapter until the chapter's official release. Afterwards, images should preferably be taken directly from the Japanese (raw) version.
- An article for a new chapter can be created when a release date is confirmed.
- Do not add information based on spoilers to the article.
- If the complete chapter is unofficially released in English, the chapter article can be updated only with the following information: Japanese Title, Cover Page, Characters, as well as Chapter Notes based on visually verifiable information. Please do not use any spoilers from text-based postings (such as from YouTube videos or Reddit).
Edits containing spoiler information will be immediately undone. Repeated additions of spoiler material will result in warnings and blocks if the warnings are ignored.
What are Spoilers?
When referring to One Piece, "spoilers" can have one of two meanings. The term can refer to plot points that a reader who is not up to date with the series does not know about. This wiki keeps up to date with the series, and covers every plot point from the beginning to the present. Generally, we do not hide spoilers or have special markings for them on articles, so if you are not caught up with the series and do not want to be spoiled, you should browse this site with caution.
These rules cover the other definition of spoilers, which refers to information about plot points before they are officially released. One Piece chapters are officially released in physical and digital formats in Japan on most Mondays of the year. However, the physical copies of Shonen Jump magazine, where One Piece is serialized, are delivered to stores days before Monday. As a result, some stores may start selling the magazines before Monday, or a store or distribution worker may steal a magazine copy when they are being transported, even though both of those actions are illegal. Alternatively, people have also been able to acquire the Chinese and Korean versions of chapters early through the same methods.
Once someone acquires the magazine early, they may post a small amount of information about the chapter online such as a chapter summary and a few scanned panels. Among the fandom, this is what "spoilers" typically refers to.
Scanlations
Certain groups who acquire early copies and scans of the chapter then create scanlations, in which they digitally replace the Japanese text with an English translation before releasing the translated chapter pages online. The quality of scanlations varies wildly, with better quality groups working to clean the scanned pages and using reputable translators while worse groups may release very rough-looking scans with bad translations that may not be complete. Typically, the better translators get their scans to translate from the original Japanese chapter, while worse groups tend to translate from the Chinese and Korean versions, resulting in less accurate translations.
If you're reading a One Piece chapter from a site that's not VIZ or Manga Plus, and it was posted before Sunday, you're reading a scanlation.
What is the Official English Translation?
VIZ Media is the primary creator and distributor of the official English translation of One Piece. Originally, Viz chapters were only distributed to English-speaking locations, primarily North America and the United Kingdom. Viz began publishing One Piece in magazines and volumes in 2003, starting from the beginning of the series. In 2012, they ceased physical publishing of the magazine and solely published new chapters on their digital magazine. By 2013, they began releasing chapters simultaneously with Japan.
For much of Viz's existence, their services were unappealing to many fans who wanted to keep up with the series. Until the start of the 2010's, Viz's releases were not up to date with the manga, and so fans turned to spoilers and scanlations to know the entire plot. Many English fans lived in areas that Viz did not distribute to, and so scanlations were the only way they could read chapters in English. Reading Viz chapters used to require a monetary subscription, which many fans were unwilling to pay when they could not only read scanlations for free online, but read them days before the chapter was officially released. Finally, new One Piece fans may not be familiar with Shonen Jump or how chapters are officially distributed, and so they may think that translations they find online are legitimate.
Starting in 2019, however, Shonen Jump and Viz released a new distribution model in which chapters would be available to read for free online across the world. Manga Plus is available worldwide, while VIZ is exclusive to North America and the UK. New chapters are released at midnight on Monday in Japan, which 3:00 PM UTC/11:00 AM EST on Sunday. The first three and most recent three chapters are available to read for free, with all the other chapters still requiring a paid subscription.
Why Follow the Official Release Schedule?
In the past, this wiki added information from new chapters once any scanlations were released ahead of time. However, we now wait for the chapter to be officially released, for these reasons:
- Posting information from spoilers has long been prohibited on this wiki, due to a tendency for spoilers to provide incomplete information at best and false information at worst.
- With the new publishing format, everyone in the world has access to the officially released chapters for free.
- The most reputable scanlation groups that produced consistently high quality translations decided to stop translating Shonen Jump titles in order to support the free official release. Now that they are no longer translating chapters, the scanlations being posted online have varied wildly in quality, with increased mistranslations resulting in misconceptions.
- In the past, scanlations came out as many as five days before the chapter's official release. Due to crackdowns and arrests by Japanese law enforcement, that timeframe has steadily shrunk. Currently, scanlations usually only come out two days before the official chapter, meaning not much time passes between the fandom first becoming aware of new developments and the wiki documenting it.
Following the official release schedule does not mean we give weight to Viz's spellings. If we see that a spelling or translation has been localized, we will change it to the most accurate version (for example, even if Viz translates a character's name, we will use the transliterated name as we always do). Many of our editors have access to Japanese scans that they can use to determine if there is any difference between a character's name in Japanese and their official English name.
We also do not prohibit you from using a scanlation to add information to the wiki so long as you're adding the information after the time of the chapter's official release, and you are sure that the unofficial translation is accurate. We encourage you to support the official release by buying a subscription or volumes to read the entire series officially, but acknowledge that doing so requires a financial commitment.
Does this Apply to Other One Piece Media?
Generally, no. Information from the SBS and databooks tends to be leaked a few days before the publishing date; we will add this leaked information to the wiki so long as the information comes from a reputable source. If you see someone post leaked information online, ask an admin or mod to make sure the source is reliable before adding information.
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