It is already accepted that Eiichiro Oda writes with the confidence of someone who knows the ending decades before the audience does. Through One Piece, Oda has repeatedly proven his genius with 28 years of long-term foreshadowing, emotional character backstories, and a politically coherent world where even jokes and background details, and now, even a real-life stunt, are to later become essential canon.

The official One Piece YouTube channel revealed that Eiichiro Oda has physically written the final secret of the One Piece treasure, sealed it inside a chest, and submerged it 651 meters below sea level. The announcement confirms that the object resting on the ocean floor contains the true answer to the series’ central mystery, preserved in real ink and paper.

This act was carried out to commemorate the manga surpassing 600 million copies sold worldwide. Thus, turning a publishing milestone into a literal extension of the story’s mythology. Oda personally documented the ending, placed it inside a treasure chest, and ensured it was sunk.

The message will only be retrieved and unveiled after One Piece officially ends. Until then, the final truth of the series exists exactly where the story always suggested it would, at the bottom of the ocean.

Hiding the answer in the same place the story always promised it would be is an act of authorship only Eiichiro Oda would attempt, proving his genius yet again.

How One Piece has already won the lottery

Eiichiro Oda is widely regarded as a genius writer, and One Piece has won the lottery by being shaped entirely by his vision. With a single series, Oda entered the top tier of best-selling authors in human history, standing alongside William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie without ever leaving the manga medium.

The world itself refuses to wait politely for the heroes. Governments fall, pirates rise, and ideological conflicts unfold whether the main cast is watching or not, giving the series texture without sacrificing momentum.

Then there is the emotional craftsmanship. Oda writes devastation with restraint, turns villains into social commentary, and maintains this control through a work ethic that would exhaust most writers long before chapter one thousand.

Would you set out to look for Eiichiro Oda's sunken treasure? Let us know in the comments!

Written by

Iffat Siddiqui

Edited by

Adiba Nizami