In July 2017, the One Piece manga will reach its twentieth anniversary. The series has followed the Straw Hat Pirates through dozens of locales and stories. Each story is filled with their own myriad of characters, diverse settings, and broader implications for the story as a whole. Throughout this twenty-year journey, author Eiichiro Oda has continued to take us to worlds with their own culture and their own histories. With all of this in mind, I thought it would be an opportune time to look back and see just how far the series has come. So, I have put together a comprehensive and graphical look as to just how long each story in the One Piece manga is.

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Since I am such a fan of spreadsheets, as I know so many are, I thought a visual representation of the One Piece story could show a breadth of each arc and each saga. Each box on this chart represents a single One Piece chapter, so far we have 846 of those. Each column represents 50 chapters. Each color on the chart represents a “story arc.” Arcs, as defined here, usually revolve either around a single locale, or a set of characters. The major “sagas” are separated by thick black borders. These sagas are a collection of arcs that usually revolve around the same characters, the same larger story or the same motivation.

Click here to listen to The One Piece Readthrough and hear what we thought about every single story arc!

I understand that it’s tough to know when some arcs or sagas begin and when some end (or even what to call them), but at the very least I think this provides an approximation of just how long (or short) some of the stories in One Piece can be.

If you dare to venture onto the second page, you will see other graphs and charts visualizing each One Piece story arc thus far.

Random One Piece Story Arc Statistics

The longest story arc: Dressrosa (102 chapters)

The longest saga: Four Emperor (193 chapters)

The shortest story arc: Logue Town/Twin Capes/Return to Sabaody (5 chapters)

The shortest saga: Fishman Island (56 chapters)

The average story arc: 29 chapters

The average saga: 106 chapters

Listen to our ranking of every single arc:

Thanks to Erin for her help putting this together several months back. The chart will continue to be updated, so please check back. If anyone has any contributions, comments or suggestions please leave them in the comment field below! Enjoy!