[Discussion] Was Ace intruduced too early?

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That's just wishful thinking.
If it were to happen the way you wanted it to, then the SH would never have made any progress.


Ace died because Sakazuki mocked WB and Ace retaliated.
Sakazuki went for Luffy, Ace intercepted bam.

It was Luffy's faltering stamina and Ace's pride that cause the situation.
Had Ace just continued on his run, maybe he would've been saved.

I honestly think that if it weren't for Ace's death, the SH wouldn't have made any progress for the NW.

All the events happened the way it should of IMO.

*And stop Multi posting use the multi quoter.
well yea it is wishful thinking..i admitted to that early on

i saw what happened thanks

the reason Sh's took that 2yr training was b'cuz they got pawned by the pacifistas..Ace had nothing to do with it

* i cant predict what ppl are going to post in the future, if i could would. as u can see i'm multi quoting where i am able to
 

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well yea it is wishful thinking..i admitted to that early one

i saw what happened thanks

the reason Sh's took that 2yr training was b'cuz they got pawned by the pacifistas..Ace had nothing to do with
I agree somewhat, but I still think Ace's death added to it.
* i cant predict what ppl are going to post in the future, if i could would. as u can see i'm multi questing where i am able to
Pretty Lame excuse, you do have the EDIT button... Whatever.
 

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It is true that we could not see much of ace's potential but he did get pretty good character development .Ace is not the main character ,luffy is ...so what ever ODA has done regarding Ace is fine so far except for Ace's death.I had tears in my eyes in entire episode.I too wish he was alive
do u realise what u just wrote? thats the main topic of this discussion
Yes everything happens for a reason but it's nice to see some "what if" scenarios even if they don't necessarily help the story or make sense. xd
exactly..otherwise there would be no purpose to these forum sites
 

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thx for spoiling u dickhead. should have made a spoiler.
No one put a gun to your head and forced you to read this thread when you already know you shouldn't if you aren't caught up.

No. He was just destined to die in the first part of the series.
This. There are too many anime where someone needs to be rescued and the main character goes and save them etc. And Ace is clearly stronger than Luffy, why he join the SH's? It wouldn't make sense. Yes, it sucks that he died, but its somewhat better this way, the war would have been less-memorable and have less of an impact if only WB died.

But yeah, I'd love to have a "what if" story for Ace.
 

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Ace showed his full potential when he fought against Blackbeard, did you not watch that fight?
And no, he wasn't introduced too early. If you read the cover stories of the manga, you could see that Aces story continued along side Luffy and the rest.
 

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I agree somewhat, but I still think Ace's death added to it.
Pretty Lame excuse, you do have the EDIT button... Whatever.
i don't think ace's death had any impact on their trainiing but thats just my opinion i guess.

soo ppl will jus scroll up or go back a page or two to see if i replied to their comment and then reply to that? thats going a bit too far
 

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No, he is better off dead. It's better for the story. Oda clearly planned that from the start. It shaped the whole second half of the first part of One Piece.

That he is popular shouldn't be a reason to keep him alive. If you like that kind of endings you should watch Disney movies.
 

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i don't think ace's death had any impact on their trainiing but thats just my opinion i guess.

soo ppl will jus scroll up or go back a page or two to see if i replied to their comment and then reply to that? thats going a bit too far
No its you being lazy.

Look at it this way, the whole story from chapter 100 would need remaking if we were to use your fantasy of Ace surviving the battle.

If Ace never died, I doubt Luffy would've gotten any stronger the way he is now.
 

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You can also compare this to the death of Jiraiya. A loved character and yet his death was needed to advance the story
 

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Well We Don't Know If He Introduced Early But I'm Sure That Oda Know If He Introduced Early Or Not.
i do not understand what ur're trying to say here
No one put a gun to your head and forced you to read this thread when you already know you shouldn't if you aren't caught up.



This. There are too many anime where someone needs to be rescued and the main character goes and save them etc. And Ace is clearly stronger than Luffy, why he join the SH's? It wouldn't make sense. Yes, it sucks that he died, but its somewhat better this way, the war would have been less-memorable and have less of an impact if only WB died.

But yeah, I'd love to have a "what if" story for Ace.
well post 2yr luffy i think would be stronger than ace, plus ace said he wanted to make WB the pirate king, since WB died he could have helped Luffy become the pirate king

i'm not here to put a petition against oda for what he did..jus discussing a what if scenario
Ace showed his full potential when he fought against Blackbeard, did you not watch that fight?
And no, he wasn't introduced too early. If you read the cover stories of the manga, you could see that Aces story continued along side Luffy and the rest.
umm yep it was like a 2-min fight. thats just one aspect. it would have been good to see more of some1 close/important to luffy. we havnt seen much of garp of shanks for obvious reasons but ace could have been different
 

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I can imagine all possibilities except that Ace wouldnt joine with Luffy's crew, becouse they (Ace, Sobo and Luffy) were seperated since the begining. Ace wanted to find One Piece too.
Another thing, Luffy is strong thanks to Rayleigh, withouth him Luffy coundn't goes to NW.
If all you said were actually happened, we would talk about Luffy vs. Ace fo one piece
 

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No, he is better off dead. It's better for the story. Oda clearly planned that from the start. It shaped the whole second half of the first part of One Piece.

That he is popular shouldn't be a reason to keep him alive. If you like that kind of endings you should watch Disney movies.
so ur in the same boat as boa?
i've already said i understand the way it was ace needed to die..thats why its a "what if" scenario discussion not a theory
No its you being lazy.

Look at it this way, the whole story from chapter 100 would need remaking if we were to use your fantasy of Ace surviving the battle.

If Ace never died, I doubt Luffy would've gotten any stronger the way he is now.
how is it me being lazy?

why would it hav to be re-made? ace had no direct impact one the story..they could have created some other diversion to escape smoker

You can also compare this to the death of Jiraiya. A loved character and yet his death was needed to advance the story
well death of jiraiya was different in the sense naruto hadn't felt loss before jiraiyas death. as suske once told him how is to understand loss if he didn't have anything in the first place. but luffy already lost sabo(whether if sabo is alive or not is a different case but as far as luffy knows sabo is dead)
 

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I don´t think Ace´s character was that amazing, the reason is because we never truly saw what he could do and we only got to know of his character after he died.

I think that flashback should´ve happened sooner before ace got captured, that would give one piece pre-timeskip more things to add to the story.
It would also give space for sabo during the series and not in a flashback after ace´s death when pre-timeskip is pretty much over, i didn´t like that.

Luffy is the main character, everyone in the strawhats had their backstory covered except luffy.
Oda forgot his main character and he then suddently remembered to give him a backstory after the war as pre-timeskip was ending which happened when luffy was crying for ace.

Revealing their flashback sooner would give luffy and ace a reason to move on and add more dynamics to the series, who knows, maybe ace could´ve found out sabo is alive and tell luffy as he´s dying, that would be great but he died without knowing anything.

To me, Ace was always one of those characters that was never truly developed, only after he died and during the war did we see who he really was as a person, guess Oda had too much going for him to have time for ace.

I´m not too sure he was satisfied with how ace turned out but he did good.:D
 
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I can imagine all possibilities except that Ace wouldnt joine with Luffy's crew, becouse they (Ace, Sobo and Luffy) were seperated since the begining. Ace wanted to find One Piece too.
Another thing, Luffy is strong thanks to Rayleigh, withouth him Luffy coundn't goes to NW.
If all you said were actually happened, we would talk about Luffy vs. Ace fo one piece
we yes in the beginning they did say they wil hav their own ships, but later ace joined WB. also ace himself said he wanted to help WB b'come the pirate king not him..he had no such ambitions, he just wanted to find the answer to his one question

There was no mistake. Lika Boa said - Ace had to die. It formed the series and Luffy's character.
i fele like im repeating myself, go read previous post on this matter
I don´t think Ace´s character was that amazing, the reason is because we never truly saw what he could do and we only got to know of his character after he died.

I think that flashback should´ve happened sooner before ace got captured, that would give one piece pre-timeskip more things to add to the story.
It would also give space for sabo during the series and not in a flashback after ace´s death when pre-timeskip is pretty much over, i didn´t like that.

Luffy is the main character, everyone in the strawhats had their backstory covered except luffy.
He forgot his main character and he then suddently remembered to give him a backstory after the war as pre-timeskip was ending which happened when luffy was crying for ace.

Revealing their flashback sooner would give luffy and ace a reason to move on and add more dynamics to the series, who knows, maybe ace could´ve found out sabo is alive and tell luffy as he´s dying, that would be great but he died without knowing anything.

To me, Ace was always one of those characters that was never truly developed, only after he died and during the war did we see who he really was as a person, guess Oda had too much going for him to have time for ace.

I´m not too sure he was satisfied with how ace turned out but he did good.:D
well he did hav a title of fire fist ace..and when ppl relised who he was they war scared of him so he wud have had to be amazing to hav that reputation

i agree, the way the story went, the flashback would have made more sense before the war

him telling luffy about sabo whould have been interesting..but luffy wudn know how to react. ace is dying, but sabos alive lol maybe a letter from sabo to maiden island after the war?

Ever thought that maybe Ace is so popular because he died?
yes i thought about it, but i liked him from when he was introduced so his death couldn have been the reason
 
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