The official One Piece website has come out with a post to explain the absence of One Piece in next week’s issue of Weekly Shônen Jump.

According to the website, One Piece will be absent from Weekly Shônen Jump Issue #2, officially on sale Monday, December 8th because the author Eiichirô Oda is conducting research and/or collecting information. The post also mentions that due to an oversight, chapter 769 didn’t include an announcement of next week’s break and the magazine apologizes to its readers for any possible trouble and/or concern this unannounced break might have caused.

As we previously mentioned, due to the changes in the manga schedule, this week on The One Piece Podcast, we have Greg on with us to go through what he’s been up to this year and what he has planned! We also go through a retrospective of his meteoric rise in Japan. Check that episode out on December 8th! If you haven’t already, make sure to watch The One Piece Podcast Goes to Japan to see more about Greg’s success.

The season finale of our podcast will be on December 15th to coincide with the release of One Piece, Chapter 770. We will also have special guests Joel McDonald and Ian Sinclair on the show and Bryan Newton from Rick and Morty is scheduled to return on the show! Hope to see you then!

SOURCE: https://one-piece.com/news/detail/20141205_1683