A newspaper advertisement commemorating the 100th compiled book volume of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga appeared in the Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun on Friday, and it included a photo of Oda drawing at his workshop with the words, “The story is in the final stage.”
“We Are One!” is a mini-series of five short drama videos commemorating the 100th One Piece manga volume and the 1,000th One Piece anime episode.
Oda began serializing the One Piece manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump manga on July 19, 1997.
The manga’s 100th compiled book volume launched in Japan on Friday.