One Piece: What Will The Next Arc Be?

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It’s been a good time to be a One Piece fan this month — the long-running manga masterpiece has recently concluded the final battle of the Wano arc, the single longest storyline in the series so far at over 140 chapters. So naturally, the question on every fan's lips is which new locale Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates will head to next.

Fueling the fires of the countless fan theories is the recent revelation that author and artist Eiichiro Oda will be taking a month-long hiatus in order to prepare for the final saga of One Piece. This decades-long epic is soon to reach its closing act, and while the stage isn’t quite set for the grand finale just yet, the climax of the story is soon to be on the horizon. So with that in mind, here are some of the leading theories on where the first arc of the final saga will take place, leading the Straw Hats into the beginning of the end.

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The most common fan prediction for the Straw Hat Pirates’ next destination is Elbaf, homeland of the giants. Elbaf was first mentioned all the way back in the Little Garden arc in the early days of the manga, in which the Straw Hats crossed paths with the giant warriors Dorry and Brogy. The crew’s timid sniper Usopp instantly admired the giants’ strength and courage, inspiring his ambition to one day see the island of Elbaf for himself. Elbaf is also notable for being the kingdom where Charlotte Linlin — aka Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors of the Sea — spent her childhood. The flashbacks detailing Big Mom’s backstory provided the story’s first real look at Elbaf, inviting further speculation that a full arc would be devoted to exploring the giants’ kingdom.

But while Big Mom has already been defeated — at least for