ACE♤🇵🇸

⠀ ⠀ enemies to siblings ⠀

the world celebrated his death. i alone was left to grieve.

จะรณรงค์ฝุ่นหรือผงสีขาวอะไรก็ช่าง แต่แฟชั่นสร้อยเส้นเดียวบนตัวของนายไม่คิดว่ามันประเจิดประเจ้อเกินไปเหรอเหรอ!? อย่างน้อยก็ควรใส่เสื้อหน่อยเถอะ!

นี่แกจ้องข้าวฟรีอยู่รึไง.. ฉันไม่ต้อนรับพวกจรจัด และไม่มีงานเลี้ยงอะไรทั้งนั้น วันเกิดก็แค่วันธรรมดา ไม่ได้สลักสำคัญ

สติคำพูดคำจาเท่าปัญญาเด็กอนุบาล คงเดายากมากมั้ง ถ้าอยากนอนเต็มอิ่ม ฉันสงเคราะห์แกไม่ให้ผุดให้เกิดอีกรอบได้ เอาไหมล่ะ?

เฮ้ หยุดนะไอ้พวกโง่ ! เลิกปล่อยของมือสองอย่างควันมลพิษสักที! การงานไม่ได้แล้วยังนิสัยไม่ดีอีก ! เลิกได้เลิกเถอะน่า! มันไม่ได้ช่วยทำให้ปอดมันดีขึ้นหรอก!

มาอวยพรให้ทหารเรือ สมองแกเพี้ยนไปแล้วรึไง หมัดอัคคี?

Reader: Greetings, Odacchi-sensei. Good evening (?). I have a question. Do the marks on the hat Portgas D. Ace was wearing mean the following? 😔: Was it okay for me to be born into this world? 😁: After meeting Pops and Luffy, and being loved so much, I’m glad I was born. Thank you. …or something like that, meant to represent Ace’s question and the “answer” he found? No—it has to be that! When Ace said his final words before dying, his expressions were the same as the ones on his hat. Oda: Hmm, I see. I’ve received quite a number of postcards about this. Those “marks” and his “final expressions,” huh… they really are the same. I was also shocked when this was first pointed out to me (haha). What’s funny is that, by pure coincidence, it ended up becoming true. Back when Ace was first introduced, I had a vague idea of what this guy’s destiny would be, but those marks were just plain accessories, so I never intended for them to have a deep meaning. As for Ace’s expressions when he was dying, I simply thought it would be appropriate and drew those two panels next to each other. Realistically, he was in pain—burning, hurting, feeling terrible, and not wanting to die. Still, there was also the feeling of having no regrets. He was probably trying to convey that this was how he truly felt to Luffy, and that’s what his smile represents. When a person cradles a crying baby, they always smile, right? It’s the same idea. Because he wants the other person to smile, he dies with a peaceful smile in the end, and I think that shows his kindness. With that in mind, I drew those panels. Ah—my explanation got a bit long. Well, anyway, it’s amazing how you all notice things like this. (via One Piece SBS Volume 61)