One piece why did ace have to die

Ace was one of the most loved characters in the world of One Piece. He was the sworn brother of Monkey D. Ace was first introduced to us at Drum island, and later at Alabasta, where he met with his brother Luffy.

Back then, Ace was on a hunt for Blackbeard, who had killed one of his comrades. Teach defeated Ace at Banaro Island, and later handed him over to the Marines. Because of this, the War of Marineford broke out, and it has been one of the most iconic arc in One Piece.

It was during this war that we saw Whitebeard, and his Pirate Crew. The Marines would have lost the Battle of Marine-ford. The war would have dragged on and there would have been even more casualties. Shanks would still be able to stop the war but he would have much more difficulty in doing so.

And these changes continue even after the time ship. Luffy might have never gone to Dressrosa. Luffy might have never met Sabo. Because Sabo would not have remembered his brothers. Even if he did, Sabo and Luffy would not have met at Dressrosa. Their meeting would come much later. These are just some of the major changes in the storyline. And it is just the tip of the iceberg. The more you think about it, the more these small discrepancies change the narrative and give us a very different story.

Luffy fainted after seeing his brother die right before his eyes. This was a life-changing moment for Luffy. He had lost it everything that he held dear at that point. He was already separated from his crew and now witnessing his brother die, really broke him inside. It made him realize how weak he really is.

Recognizing this, he needed to get strong. He is a central figure during the whole Summit War Saga. Ace's death ultimately proved to be the catalyst leading to Luffy training for two years to become strong enough to protect his friends , paving the way for the second half of the series.

Ace was a tall muscular young man with curly black hair. Although they were not blood related, Ace looked remarkably like his foster brother, Luffy. However, Ace was more serious looking than Luffy's lighthearted design, and was also taller and more muscular. He also sported rather childish freckles inherited from his mother , and tended to make a skeptical facial expression by raising his left eyebrow.

Interestingly, his facial features were almost akin to his biological father Gol D. Roger in his youth without his mustache. Ace's tattoos were among his most remarkable, trademark features. He had a tattoo on his back of the Whitebeard symbol —purple bones formed in a cross behind a purple skull with a white mustache—that he described as his pride and joy.

The "S" crossed out is a tribute to Sabo as that's his jolly roger. Ace wore an open-front shirt until he received Whitebeard's tattoo - afterwards, he stopped wearing anything over his upper body except when on winter or desert islands due to the weather requirements.

He wore black boots, black knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt, and a blue pouch belted around his left leg. He also wore a short second belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but left it unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts.

A dagger in a green sheath hung at his left hip. On Ace's left arm, he wore a Log Pose and a red and white striped bracelet around his wrist, an orange elbow guard, and his "ASCE" tattoo. He wore a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys , one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim.

Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a bull's skull with orange tassels. Unfortunately, Ace lost his trademark hat, which he already had when he began his journey as a pirate, on Banaro Island as a result of his duel with Blackbeard. His knife was also apparently confiscated, as he no longer had it in his next appearance as a prisoner at Impel Down. The tattoo upon his back that he took so much pride in was later destroyed by the same blow that eventually led to his death.

However, at his grave, Ace's hat and knife were placed at his tombstone—either they were retrieved, or they were duplicates in Ace's possession. During the ending credits in the second movie, Clockwork Island Adventure , previews of upcoming characters from the Baroque Works Saga were featured.

Ace was also included amongst the many characters, but while his clothes were almost identical, he boasted a very different color scheme to the one he was given in his official appearance in the anime. As a child, Ace is shown to have often worn t-shirts with two-kanji phrases on the front such as "innocence" and "violence".

On some occasions they are linked to the scene in which they were worn, like "independence" when the three brothers built their own tree house to live in. He often wore knee-length shorts and a black elbow guard on his left arm.

Ace was always seen wearing dark brown, flat, slipper-like shoes, and in the winter, he wore a green cardigan over his normal clothes. Upon leaving Dawn Island at the age of 17, he wore an outfit identical to the one he wore when he first met Whitebeard; however, he was less muscular than he eventually grew to be and had rounder, more childlike facial features. Ace was much more intelligent, polite, and generally, more bearable than Luffy , which prompted the Straw Hat Pirates to question whether he was truly related to their captain.

While several people who knew Gol D. Roger noted Luffy is quite similar to the late Pirate King , Whitebeard himself claimed that Ace's personality was not at all like his father's. It seems that among the very few things the brothers shared was their recklessness as pirates and their near-bottomless stomachs.

In addition, Ace liked to party as much as his brother does. When he boarded Buggy 's ship, he was drawn by the smell of food and decided to enjoy himself while he was there.

Ace could be a bit inappropriate though as he once used a woman's skirt to wipe his face while he was dining at Spice Bean in Arabasta. There were two running gags about Ace. The first was his rather extreme narcolepsy. He tended to randomly fall asleep while eating and conversing, leaving strangers around him wondering if he had died.

This was first seen in Arabasta when they thought he died in the middle of eating. The second was that he did a " dine and dash " routine wherever he went.

This went back to his younger days with Sabo and Luffy, when they would often dine and dash in the city of Goa , and carried over to adulthood, as shown on three occasions when he was on Drum Island , Arabasta , and Lulusia Kingdom. Ace was also shown to be quite impulsive, much like his younger brother, as he too would make hasty decisions and, in some cases, neglect listening to reason.

This was shown that shortly prior to setting out to hunt Blackbeard for killing Thatch. Whitebeard insisted that Ace should not to go after him, yet Ace, despite his immense loyalty and respect for his captain, ignored his warnings and went off to find his former subordinate.

Another, albeit more humorous example, was in his mini-story, where during his hunt for Blackbeard, he mistook a man named Dr. Blackbeard for his target, due to coincidentally having a similar name and appearance to Teach. Rather than check to see if he found the man he was looking for, Ace jumped to conclusions to soon and attacked the doctor on sight. It was by then Ace realized too late that he had the wrong man, which got him into a lot of trouble with the villagers. His "politeness" is due to Makino 's teaching after Ace asked her how to introduce himself to Shanks being his brother 's savior.

As the son of Roger, he lived in his shadow and is to date the first D. Ace seemed to have lifelong problems dealing with his parentage, even after denouncing Gol D. Roger and accepting Whitebeard as his only father. This was in direct contrast to Luffy, who accepted his father's identity immediately upon learning it and did not seem to care when he was told how dangerous of a man he was. However, Luffy did not grow up with knowledge of the identity or even the existence of his father.

Ace believed that it was natural if he were to really die as nobody in the world wanted the son of the devil Roger to live. This caused him to be surprised and shocked that Whitebeard would easily accept him in his crew despite him being the son of Whitebeard's rival and that the entire Whitebeard Pirates' crew and allies and Luffy would risk their lives in order to save him. Ace commented upon his own death that he had never sought fame or fortune - all he had wanted was the answer to his lifelong question of whether or not he should have been born, as this was the only thing preventing him from dying with no regrets as he and Luffy had vowed to do so and the fact he had a younger brother to look out for.

Ace's only regret was that he would not live to see Luffy achieve his dream, which he believed Luffy undoubtedly would accomplish as he was his little brother. Benn Beckman of the Red Hair Pirates described Ace's personality to be more naive than his appearance would suggest.

He compared Ace's characteristics to be more aligned with the Revolutionary Army 's, considering his personal vendetta against the world denying his existence. Ace is described to be more of a fighter than a Pirate, making Beckman think Ace is unfit to be captain of a fleet. Ace had a tendency to never back down from a fight, saying that he would never run once facing an enemy. Also like his father and brother, Ace was confident and fearless when confronting his opponents even when they were extremely powerful people such as Whitebeard or admirals like Aokiji or Akainu, though like Luffy, he could also underestimate his opponents.

When Blackbeard demonstrated the power of the Yami Yami no Mi , Ace was unfazed, not viewing it as a threat to himself and only showed shock and fear when Teach used his power to grab him and cancel his Devil Fruit powers.

He also tried to kill Whitebeard at least a hundred times despite the massive difference in strength between them and each of his attempts failing miserably.

Because of this, some people believed that Ace had a death wish, but in truth, he wanted to prevent the people he cared for from getting hurt. Dadan stated that he inherited this tendency from his father despite loathing him.

While Ace emerged victorious over enemies he refused to run from, such as Porchemy and Bluejam , his stubbornness hurt him on a number of occasions, particularly when he refused to back down against Blackbeard or Admiral Akainu. Ace was also easily provoked by and became violent towards anyone who insulted or harmed people close to him.

In one of Garp 's conversations with Curly Dadan, this was revealed to be a trait of Roger as well. During his childhood, Ace had a tendency to severely injure anyone who insulted Roger, though he himself disliked his biological father.

After hearing about Sabo's presumed death at the hands of a World Noble, Ace quickly became bent on killing the Noble and Dadan had to pin Ace down and tie him to a tree to stop him. Ace's temper got the better of him, especially in cases when Whitebeard, proclaimed by Ace to be his only father, was insulted.

Believing that this was the case when Blackbeard broke the iron rule of the Whitebeard Pirates and fled after murdering a crewmate , Ace pursued his traitorous subordinate despite his crewmates' efforts and even Whitebeard's orders to stop him. Ace later came to see that his stubbornness had gotten him into the ordeal of being scheduled for execution.

Even though he managed to escape death on the scaffold thanks to the pirates' and Luffy's efforts at Marineford and was well on his way to freedom, Admiral Akainu got to him by insulting Whitebeard. Ace quickly turned back to face him, ignoring his crewmates' warnings to not become angered over Akainu's provocations. Unwilling to let him get away of speaking ill of Whitebeard, Ace attacked him out of fury only to have his arm burned by Akainu's Devil Fruit powers.

Akainu then took the opportunity to attack Luffy on the sideline, leading Ace to jump in, sacrificing his life to shield Luffy from the attack. While saying his last words, Ace sadly admitted to Luffy that he Ace wasted away all of his efforts to rescue him.

Although Ace follows the creed of loyalty towards those close to him, such as taking the excessive effort to rescue Luffy from Bluejam or hunting down Teach to avenge Thatch, he was not above using underhanded methods to win a fight at times.

Noted examples included trying to stab Whitebeard in his sleep or chopping him down with an axe from behind. Ace was extremely loyal to the Spade Pirates , the crew that he formed himself. When he knew that they stood no chance against Whitebeard , he formed a firewall to allow them to escape, leaving himself behind to hold Whitebeard back alone. The Spade Pirates also share this loyalty and looked up to their captain fondly as Ace gave each of them a place on his ship regardless of their races or appearances.

When Ace was fighting Isuka , his crew members rushed in to help, even though they were unable to hit her. In the novel about Ace, Ace seemed to share a particular bond with Masked Deuce , who he met while stranded on an island with no apparent means of escape. The two initially started on cold terms when Deuce continued to turn down Ace's approaches to be friends, which was further strained when he learned that Ace was the son of the Pirate King. However, he later came to accept Ace and helped form the Spade Pirates together with him, and remarked that he, like the other crew members, viewed Ace like the sun.

When Ace was recruiting his crew members, he recognized Skull 's experience and knowledge of pirates, finding value in his subordinate's pirate fascination. Ace also supported Mihar 's passion for helping children. When Ace found Kotatsu injured from a poacher's trap, he saved the lynx. Because of this, Kotatsu's cowardly personality became courageous. He also loved to sit next to Ace, as his captain's Devil Fruit abilities kept him warm. The Spade Pirates , who are now a part of Whitebeard's crew, mourned his death.

Ace initially intended to take Whitebeard 's head but was defeated. Whitebeard invited him to be one of his sons , which Ace vehemently refused; despite this, Whitebeard abducted the entire Spade Pirates onto his crew. After trying to assassinate Whitebeard many times, Ace was eventually drawn in by Marco 's description of the love the Whitebeard Pirates bore for their father.

He decided to give up on his struggles and take up Whitebeard's symbol on his back; this tattoo became his greatest pride and joy. Ace held great respect for his captain. As far as Ace was concerned, Whitebeard was the greatest pirate alive, and even went so far as to describe Whitebeard as a type of father figure. Ace was a loyal crewman and commanded the 2nd division of the Whitebeard Pirates. It is revealed that Thatch was one of the first of Whitebeard's crew to interact with him and they appear to have been good friends.

Ace and Marco also seemed to have a close friendship due to Marco explaining the bond between Whitebeard and his crew. Marshall D. Teach , who later became Blackbeard, once served as a member of the 2nd division under Ace and they are shown eating together in flashback with Blackbeard encouraging Ace to become 2nd commander.

The Whitebeard Pirates were revealed to be very fond of Ace and unhesitatingly vowed to rescue him from his execution, as seen when they shouted out that they would not forgive anyone who hurt him.

Whitebeard seemed unconcerned about Ace's hunt for Blackbeard, and remained grounded that it was Ace's duty to execute the traitor, regardless of the heavy warnings he received from Shanks. It was revealed however that Whitebeard himself was troubled about Ace hunting Blackbeard and gave him no such orders, but Ace stubbornly set out anyways to hunt down his traitorous former subordinate.

Even so, Whitebeard took responsibility for Ace's decision and claimed that it was under his orders that Ace went after Blackbeard. Whitebeard immediately mobilized his crew and his subordinate crews after hearing about Ace's imminent execution. The Whitebeard Pirates reached Marineford , along with many allied powerful pirate crews, and were at war with the Marines and World Government.

Ace and his brother, Luffy , were very close as children and remained so as pirates, even after more than three years of separation.

Though they were not related by blood, they were still bound by a brotherly bond. Luffy is also aware that Ace was Gol D. Roger 's son. As a child, Ace was initially aloof and hostile towards Luffy.

Such an example was when Luffy innocently followed Ace onto an old rope bridge and Ace being greatly annoyed by his presence knocked Luffy off the bridge and into the ravine. After learning how lonely Luffy was, Ace warmed up to him, but got annoyed whenever Luffy cried.

Ace later grew very protective of him, particularly from Garp , even insulting their grandfather in an attempt to stop his abusive behavior towards Luffy. This protective streak continued into the current storyline. Ace first intervened to protect Luffy from Smoker in Nanohana.

Later, when he discovered that Blackbeard meant to kill Luffy and hand him over to the World Government , Ace immediately warned him that he would not let him lay a finger on his little brother. Despite their closeness, Luffy often made Ace angry and frequently worried him by doing reckless things.

Another instance would be when Ace was being transported to Marineford. He was however, constantly worrying about Luffy's welfare, repeatedly saying his name and thinking about him.

Though frequently worried by Luffy's extravagant recklessness, inwardly Ace seemed quite proud of his brother's past exploits; in the anime, he was shown grinning slightly as he listened to Garp, visiting him in prison, discussing Luffy's ruckus-raising on Enies Lobby and Sabaody. He was quite overjoyed when he learned that Luffy had gained his first bounty and wasted no time showing the wanted poster to Whitebeard himself.

After Luffy's unceremonious entrance into the fray at Marineford , Marco had no trouble identifying him as the brother Ace was always talking about, even prior to Luffy loudly declaring it for all to hear. Ace tended to portray a typical good-big-brother behavior, such as asking the Straw Hat crew to keep an eye on his little brother.

He also ensured Luffy had a way of meeting up with him by giving him a Vivre Card. They respected each others choices despite their differences and understood that the other was strong enough to look after himself. Luffy believed that if he grew worried about Ace and rushed to his aid, Ace's ego would not allow it, so he initially left him alone even after discovering that Ace was hurt via the Vivre Card.

However, when he learned that Ace had been captured and was due for execution and saw that Ace's Vivre Card had burnt down to a tenth of its original size, Luffy decided take a side trip and save Ace instead of sailing directly from Amazon Lily to the Sabaody Archipelago to reunite with his crew. Ace's protectiveness of his brother was seen again when both the Whitebeard Pirates and Luffy had invaded Marineford in order to save him and he told Luffy to turn back.

Luffy refused and pressed on while proclaiming he would save him. Ace was later surprised at Luffy's ability to use Haoshoku Haki and realized his brother had a potential that he was not aware of. After Luffy freed him, the two fought by each other's side and Ace did not even hesitate to throw his life away to save Luffy as he leaped in the way to shield his brother from Akainu as the admiral struck.

Ace's only regret was that he would not live to see Luffy achieve his dream, which he believed Luffy undoubtedly would. Ace passed on smiling, while Luffy collapsed into mindless grief over his beloved brother's death. In fact, one of the reasons why the Whitebeard Pirates would defend Luffy is because he is Ace's beloved brother.

Sabo was Ace's good friend and brother from ten years ago. They had planned to become pirates by saving money to buy a pirate ship, a joint attempt that began five years before Luffy followed Ace to the Gray Terminal and to Sabo. Sabo was one of the two people Ace considered a brother along with Luffy. They performed an informal sakazuki ceremony together to seal their bond as brothers. When Sabo sacrificed his happiness to save Ace's and Luffy's lives from his father 's wrath, Ace decided to forget Sabo for the moment, thinking that if Sabo would be happy, then he and Luffy should be proud.

However, after Sabo was presumably killed at the hands of Saint Jalmack , Ace regretted his previous decision, flew into a rage, and attempted to kill the noble in revenge, but was stopped by Dadan, and later wept at the apparent loss of his brother, despite earlier claiming to Luffy that men should not cry.

Before dying, Ace mentioned Sabo as one of the reasons that ever made him want to live in the first place. Ace had a tattoo on his upper left bicep that spells "A S CE" vertically. The "S" crossed out is a tribute to Sabo as that was his jolly roger. Tragically enough, Sabo survived this event but because he had amnesia, he could not reveal himself to Ace or Luffy.

Ace died without ever knowing that Sabo was alive the entire time. Shortly after Ace's death, Sabo regained his memories and later visited his grave before he went on to inherit his brother's power to carry on his memory. Rouge was Ace's mother, who carried him in her womb for 20 months in order to protect the innocent child from the clutches of the World Government.

Just before passing away, Rouge gave him the name Gol D. Roger , contrary to the previous belief that his father was Monkey D. Before Ace was born, Roger requested Garp to watch over him on his behalf. However, Ace felt that he did not owe him anything, which is why he preferred the name of his mother, who died protecting him.

Although Ace resented his father, he brutally beat up anyone who spoke ill of him. To this date, Ace was the one of the few pirates shown to speak ill of Gol D. Roger, along with Squard , though many unnamed pirates on Level 6 of Impel Down were known to have grudges against the late Pirate King.

Prior to Sengoku making it public to the world, Ace knew that Dragon is Luffy's father. Other than that, it is unknown what Ace thought about him and vice-versa.

During a talk with Garp, Ace brought up the fact that both he and Luffy share the blood of infamous criminals. It is also unknown if Dragon knew that Ace was the son of Roger before this fact was made known to the world by Sengoku or if he was aware of his father adopting Ace, though Dragon's closer subordinate Bartholomew Kuma did know.

Vice Admiral Garp adopted Ace as a favor to Roger to give Ace a life free of the prejudice of being born from a family of pirates. Though he did come to see Garp as family, he did not approve of his violent behavior towards Luffy.