October 19 will be a sad day for One Piece fans

One Piece is quite a long series, and it's still going strong after 28 years of serialization. Reading the story every week is an incredible experience. Still, constant breaks tend to cause a break for devoted fans, especially at a moment as exciting as the God Valley Incident, which features some legendary characters and reveals long-awaited mysteries.

While One Piece finally returned last week from a sudden hiatusis the manga going straight back into another hiatus after the release of One Piece 1162. October 19 will be one sad day as it will be no new One Piece chapterand fans will have to wait for two weeks after 1162, that is, the last Sunday of the month, 26 October 2025to finally see their favorite series return.

One Piece Chapter 1163 is officially delayed

No new chapter on October 19th

The events of Elbaf have only been heating up in the manga, and every new chapter fans have been treated to so far has been incredible. However, these chapters have been dropping at a slower pace than usual, as Oda has been taking more breaks than ever before. While last week's hiatus was a surprise and quite scary for fans due to Oda's health problemsthe next break is the usual one that Oda takes after every 2-3 chapters.

One Piece recently marked its return from the audience break with One Piece 1162, and went on hiatus again after that. In other words, fans shouldn't expect one new chapter is released on October 19, 2025. While this may be boring, it's definitely needed, considering how much Oda has been struggling lately. Fans can read the next chapter, One Piece Chapter 1163the following week.

When will One Piece Chapter 1163 be released?

• October 26 is the return date

• One Piece 1163 is the last chapter in October

Even if the fans know it One Piece goes on hiatusmost fans want to know when the manga will return with the latest chapter. One Piece 1163 will be delayed by one week. That means it will drop two weeks after 1162, on 26 October 2025. This does too One Piece 1163 last chapter in October. Overall, October ended up being a pretty bad month for One Piece fans, with only two chapters, and with the author getting sick as well. Not only did the manga go on two hiatuses, but so did the anime. Hopefully November will be better in that regard.

One Piece Chapter 1162 is out next week. As usual, One Piece is released on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece will be released at 12:00 JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on October 12th. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1162 is October 12, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

Directors

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 Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Author

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)