Tales from Elseworld Vol.1

Only Us

A/N: Just wanted to start the forward by giving my unfiltered thoughts about Oda's recent interview about his work. I'm 99.3% percent sure I'm wrong but I think that OP will end up being around 130 to 140 volumes. It will reach around 1,300 I think. The way I see it, we're at 929 already. Here's a few things that I think should to be addressed before the series comes to a close:

-Defeat Kaido and Luffy officially taking his vacated seat as an emperor while liberating Wano, restoring democracy.

-Defeat Big Mom

-More interaction with Shanks; if he wasn't an enigma anymore than he already is. I'd like to see his backstory but I don't know if there'd be room for it even with Elbaf possibly being his arc.

-Luffy having a semblance of a connection with and interacting with his father and all the Revolutionary Army's expanded role in the OP world

-Defeat Blackbeard (although they could team up at some point to take on an opponent that has them outmatches)

-Defeat Akainu (probably during the final war) I would personally like to see Sabo take this W. But I wouldn't mind seeing Luffy or both avenge Ace.

-The final throne wars which could be twice as long as Marineford.

-Visit the land Elbaf [Land of Giants](likely tied with Big Mom's defeat)

-Visit Raftel and find Gol D. Roger's treasure.

-Learn about the Void Century (could be a huge flashback)

-Defeat Im (probably the final enemy)

-Encounter Whitebeard's supposed son

-Intro with new Admiral Ryokugen Greenbull

-Supposedly the prophecy of sinking Fishman Island and all 3 of the big ancient weapons being revelation about being involved in the war.

Despite One Piece being 80% complete, I still think it has a good five years left to end on the twenty fifth anniversary. As for the addressing the backstories I would want Oda to go the Game of Thrones route rather than Boruto. Make a prequel to taking place before the events of the main OP story. It could be about the Rock's pirates in their glory days, Roger in his heyday teaming up with a young Kaido, Whitebeard, and Big Mom. Maybe the pirate it's about the pirate who inspired Gol D. Roger's generation. At least that's how I would handle the lore or fill in any gaps in the current storyline rather than sidetrack.

One more thing; I'm only saying this once I'm not addressing this again. It really isn't a great day for anyone that hates Nami or hates LuNami. When I first started watching One Piece after a seventeen year layoff I knew I wasn't seeing things; Oda models Nami after his wife giving the heroine more of her motherly traits as the story moves on. I know that Oda considers himself Shanks because of his cool carefree demeanor but hell he could easily substitute for Luffy since OP is from his perspective. I don't ship too much I'm mostly into the lore of the manga, but I do think they make the most sense out of everyone in my opinion. I'll give you guys an unbiased view; Back in the day Oda always said he wouldn't kill central characters off because he loves his each and everyone of his creations, yet he killed Whitebeard and Ace years later, two central figures in the OP world. My point is—he trolls. Just because he says there won't be any romance between the straw hats, dosent mean it's impossible and won't happen in the future. So yeah pretty cool bit of information.

Well that was my rant for the year. I can't wait to bring you the second chapter of this story. This one is definitely going to test the characters in a new way putting a set of new challenges and obstacles in their way. I'm glad that people bothered to enjoy this story and I'd like to hear a request if anyone has one. As always enjoy the reading: