One Piece Live Action Season 2 has just been released on Netflix and the reviews are absolutely amazing. As the Straw Hat Pirates continue their adventure through the Grand Line, one thing fans are wondering is how the Live-Action journey will end. The live-action series already has many differences from the original manga, and with the limitations, it's clear that it will have a unique ending of its own. Mackenyu, Zoro's actor, reveals what Oda has said on the matter, and it confirms that the live-action has a special arc that the writer wants them to go up to.
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Mackenyu teases Oda's plans for a unique ending to the Netflix show
The One Piece live action first started in 2023 with its first season. Now in 2026, it has returned with season 2, which is now streaming on Netflix. One Piece live-action season 2 has been a huge success, and with its release, it has raised questions about the future of the series, specifically how it will end.
While some fans expect the One Piece live-action to simply continue to adapt the manga arcs that Oda has created, the reality is that this is not quite realistic. One Piece history is quite long and at the current production rate it would take decades to catch up with the manga. It's clear that live-action is already deviating in many ways.
Still, Mackenyu, the live-action actor for Roronoa Zoro, sheds some light on the matter. He reveals on The Movie Podcast that Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, already has a plan for the ending. Oda knows where he wants to end the series of One Piece live action, and the actors, as well as the producers, already know about this plan. Mackenyu says it's pretty exciting, and now fans can't wait to see what the team and creator can come up with.
“He has a vision of where he wants to end. Not end, but where he wants us to take live-action to. And we all know that. We know where he wants to go up to. That excited me a lot. There's a specific arc he wants us to go up to.” — Mackenyu, Zoro's Live Action actor
Why Oda's Magnum Opus Will End Differently
It goes without saying that One Piece live action and the manga will not have the same ending. The One Piece manga will most likely survive live-action. At the current rate, Oda still has at least 6-7 years of manga ahead of him, and it could very well stretch beyond that. With that in mind, it's clear that Oda isn't going to ruin the ending of his manga for the sake of a live-action adaptation. In that sense, Oda creates an original ending for One Piece live-action.
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At the moment, fans have no information about the ending, but they are free to theorize about how it could end. Given the pace the seasons are going, it's pretty clear that the Summit War Saga is about 6-7 years away, and that could be where it all ends. It is also possible that new original arcs will be created for the live-action sake by Eiichiro Oda.
How OPLA's production limitations keep it from getting the real ending
The reason why One Piece live action can't just wait for One Piece manga to the end and then copy its end is that it must meet. Firstly One Piece live action is still very early in history. The series hasn't even reached the Arabasta arc yet. With the third season airing next year, it's clear that it's going to take them quite a few years to even reach the midpoint of the story. The biggest reason the live action doesn't have as much time on its side is the aging of the cast. The actors are supposed to portray teenage and early adult characters.
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For now, they work in this role, but in a decade it will be much harder for fans to pretend that these characters represent the same characters as Oda's manga. The One Piece the timeline is also incredibly sensitive, so more big time jumps wouldn't work to fix this issue either.
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Moreover, the more One Piece the story goes on, the more frivolous it gets. Adapting characters like Kaido's dragon or Big Mom, among many others, would definitely not be easy or financially possible. One Piece is simply too difficult to fully bring to life due to the nature of the story itself.
Will the Netflix ending match the manga?
Fans are both happy and disappointed to hear that One Piece Live Action will most likely have its own unique ending. But at this point, the series has already revealed a lot from the manga, so much so that it's impossible for the two to have the same ending. Even the minor changes, such as Sanji's eyebrows changing, are integral to the overall plot of the series and tie in with Germa and Whole Cake Island. In Season 2, Sanji also revealed his connection with Sora to Nami, which, as fans know, does not happen in the manga. Instead of Whole Cake Island, pieces of characters' stories are now spread across other arcs.
With many more differences, the live-action ending will definitely be very different. Given that this amazing live action won't get the real ending from Oda, there's a very high possibility that it won't live up to the hype. Fans likely won't see the pieces of the Void Century, or even other major arcs. Whatever ending it gets will make sense for the show and may even embody the manga, but at the end of the day they will be very different. Oda has been planning the ending of his manga for two decades, and fans can only hope that the ending he gives to the live-action will be just as exciting. For now, all fans can do is look forward to the continuation of the Arabasta arc, which will be released in 2027.
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October 20, 1999
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Fuji TV
- Directors
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
- Author
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
