.........A manga has never had me so close to tears.....I have nothing but respect for Oda...but I don't know if I can forgive this.
Luffy is going to go nuts.....
A tear actually welled up in my eye.
This has to be the greatest chapter so far.
Originally Posted by Carnage
Yeah, this is close if not the best man. I hear you on the tears lol.
I actually read this chapter a few times. This is hands down the best manga out there.
Originally Posted by darkmetal505
Heh sorry for double posting well kind of. This is not DBZ no is it Bleach so there are not any emotion based power-ups and Oda does not pull Sh** out of his A*s so what can Luffy do short of some sort of HAKI Trance\Berserker mode <My prediction to avenge ace.
Any idea's?
Son of a.... Im actually cleaning a few tears... WTF?
Akainu must die... damn Sengoku free Garp.
Im actually hoping Akainu survives this so that Luffy can hold a grudge against him in the New World.Originally Posted by Marik
Whitebeard started crying, I want to see him go apeshit.
Holy shit. I new there was a possibility that Ace might die here but i actually didn't think Oda had the balls to kill him. Not after all everyone went thought just to save him. Even after all the moves Oda has done with One Piece i guess i still underestimate just how great he really is.
And just imagine the character growth Luffy will go through now.
Luffy is about to go berserk ... no question about it. His eyes rolled back and I've never seen that face before.
I wonder how this is going to change him overall as a character.
Characters that died or mortally wounded since the start of impel down:
Mr. 2
Little Oars Jr.
Diamond Jose
Whitebeard
Ace
Lots of prisoners, newkama, pirates, and marines.
Plus Luffy and Ivankov lost years off their lives
All just to save Ace....
Quite a brutal chapter, although its strange to me that Ace's predicament has always been held higher than everyone else's. I mean, Diamond Jose is quite possibly dead now, and he's a commander just the same as Ace.
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Poor Luffy... and did Nami have to do that to him in the chapter title page? Have a heart... I'm gonna go dry my tears now...
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He'll survive somehow. Maybe it won't be apparent to us at the moment, but he'll show up somehow due to a miracle cure or some shit.
No I actually think he's dead, for once. Oda may like to avoid killing off his characters, but he's not a bad writer. There was a purpose for Ace's death, I think he'll remain on the ground. Plus not having any characters die so far in the series really adds to the impact that a close nakama has now actually kicked the bucket.
The vivre card also burned completely. There is no way for he to survive after that. Besides... its the first significant death for Luffy's own 'plot'. Every other character has had a significant death (except for Sanji)
I always believed that the reason Pell survived was so Oda could save the death scene for a really epic death.
Don't let me down Oda.
oh and totally awesome chapter.