Eiichiro Oda’s Health Update: How the One Piece Creator Is Really Doing Now

One Piece is hitting pause again. The manga dropped off the schedule without warning, and while no reason was given at first, it is now officially tied to creator Eiichiro Oda's health. Not exactly a curveball if you have been following his absolutely brutal workload over the years.

The sudden break, then the update

Chapter 1162 was set for October 5, 2025, but got pushed at the last minute with no explanation. Fans immediately connected the dots to Oda's ongoing health struggles and the nonstop grind of the final saga. A popular community post summed up the initial scramble:

'Breaking: One Piece manga will have a sudden break this week and the reason is unknown for now.'

Shortly after, Shonen Jump confirmed the obvious: the hiatus is due to Oda's health issues.

Right now, the expectation is that the manga will be back next week, October 12, 2025, assuming things stabilize. Fingers crossed, but as always with health pauses, that date is a target, not a promise.

Why fans are worried, and honestly, they are not wrong

This is not a one-off blip. Oda has been open for years about how the job has been grinding him down, especially lately. Inside baseball alert: weekly manga production is a meat grinder even for the best of them, and Oda has been running at a pace that would fold most people in a month.

• His health issues reportedly started showing up around 2013, and they have been recurring more consistently in recent years.
• He has said he sleeps about three hours a night, from 2 to 5 AM, and has kept that schedule for at least a decade. That is not a typo.
• Spending most of his life in a chair drawing One Piece, he has talked about developing moderate diabetes and gout.
• In 2023, he had eye surgery for astigmatism, which he connected to overwork.
• These flare-ups have led to multiple short breaks over time, which naturally stretch the manga's timeline.

Context that matters right now

We are deep in the final saga. Stakes are high, expectations are higher, and that kind of pressure tends to make already bad work habits worse. It is not hard to see why fans are nervous every time the schedule wobbles. But there is only one way this ends well: Oda taking the time he needs so he can actually finish the story the way he wants to. I would rather wait an extra week than pretend this schedule is sustainable.

What to expect next

Assuming the short break holds, Chapter 1162 should land October 12, 2025, and the series will try to settle back into a normal rhythm. If that slips, it slips. Health first.

In the meantime, if you need your fix, One Piece is streaming on Crunchyroll.