User blog comment:Martialmaniac/Hypothetical Story Arcs/@comment-48285-20150516003657/@comment-5780397-20150517184159

I doubt he's forgotten it, but you are most likely right, he might have changed the final he had come up with as he wrote the manga. After all, Brook should never have existed, according to Oda's originaly plans (and Oda planned one hell of an intricate plot).