One Piece: New Ace Manga Spin-Off Follows The Brothers For A What-If Reunion

It has been some time, however, many One Piece fans are still hurting since the day Ace, Monkey D. [...]

It has been some time, however, many One Piece fans are still hurting since the day Ace, Monkey D. Luffy and Sabo's adopted brother was killed. However, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda has given his fans a "what if" reunion of the three brothers were all to survive and reunite, in an Ace manga spin-off.

The manga pages take place in a "what if" time period directly after Ace really died, however, this time the story has changed and he was rescued instead. In the manga strips, the brothers are seen arguing about Ace's decision to sacrifice himself and celebrating their victory with a bottle of Sake. After that, the three brothers renew their brotherly vows again and remind each other that despite them going their spate ways, they will always be brothers and their bond will never be destroyed.

This spin-off manga series is based on Portgas D. Ace, or Gol D. Ace as he was born as. Ace, former captain of the Spade Pirates, is the son of the late Pirate King and former owner of the One Piece treasure Gol D. Roger and his lover Portgas D. Rouge. However, after the death of the Pirate King, Ace was adopted by Monkey D. Garp who is Sabo and Luffy's grandfather, with Monkey D. Dragon then being his adopted father. Dragon is the son of Marine vice admiral Garp and is the founder of the revolutionary army. Ace's real parents and adopted family are both legendary, resulting in him being hunted by the Wolrd Government. In addition, Fire Fist Ace was also the Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and the user of the Flame-Flame Devil Fruit or Mera Mera no Mi.

Ace
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Eiichiro Oda began his manga career in 1992 at the age of 17, when his one-shot cowboy manga Wanted! won second place in the coveted Tezuka manga awards. Oda went on to work as an assistant to some of the biggest manga artists in the industry, including Nobuhiro Watsuki, before winning the Hop Step Award for new artists. His pirate adventure One Piece, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, quickly became one of the most popular manga in Japan.

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