Ace's death is one of the most unwanted events for OPlovers. After all, Portgas D.Ace was one of the characters who was considered the coolest and strongest.
Ace ate the Fire Logia Type demon fruit, Mera Mera No Mi. With the great power of the Mera Mera No Mi demon fruit, fans certainly thought it was difficult to defeat Ace, especially when it was not yet clearly introduced about Busoshoku Haki (Busoshoku Haki users can touch logia type fruit users).
For fans, Ace's death was one of Oda Sensei's mistakes in organizing the plot of One Piece. But is it true that Oda Sensei made a mistake? Here Admin tries to analyze it...
As an out of the box mangaka, Oda often gives surprises to OPlovers. Ace's death is one of those surprises. Luffy, who had gone to great lengths to reach Ace's execution site, withstood Sengoku's blows until he managed to remove Ace's handcuffs but in the end Ace was killed by Akainu.
OPlovers were shocked and wondered what exactly was the reason Oda Sensei made Ace's character die. Actually this question has been answered by Oda Sensei himself.
Oda Sensei said that Ace's death would be a motivation for Luffy to be able to further develop to become stronger so that he can protect his friends. But some OPlovers do not accept and say that there are many ways to make Luffy develop.
Admin thinks Oda Sensei's decision to kill Ace's character is the right thing to do. The reason is that someone will try to develop and become stronger with the feeling of not wanting to lose someone important again For Luffy, whether Ace or Nakama (friends) is something very valuable.
With the loss of one of these precious things, of course Luffy will try to become stronger so that he does not lose the other one (his friends).
The grudge factor can also motivate someone to get stronger. It is likely that the grudge that Luffy holds against Akainu will motivate him to become stronger.
As in other anime, the death of someone valuable to the protagonist (good character) will trigger a sense of revenge that increases strength. But does Luffy hold a grudge? Well so far it hasn't been shown in the anime or manga.
Admin thinks that Ace's death was not a mistake made by Oda Sensei. Of course Oda Sensei wants Luffy's character to be stronger. And Ace's death was a trigger for Luffy to grow even more.
What do OPlovers think?
By : SevenKix Anime
