Luffy Drops A Blunt Ace Bombshell In 'One Piece'

Monkey D. Luffy is many things, but subtle is not one of them. The captain of the Straw Hat crew [...]

By Megan Peters

Monkey D. Luffy is many things, but subtle is not one of them. The captain of the Straw Hat crew is known for being over-the-top, and his lack of decorum is part of his lovable charm... but the guy can take it too far.

So, you've been warned! There are spoilers for One Piece chapter 912 below!

Not long ago, Shueisha and Viz rolled out the latest chapter of One Piece via Weekly Shonen Jump. It was there fans caught up with Luffy as he watched over a sick little girl named O-Tama in Wano. As it turns out, she's been waiting for a familiar man to take her from the country, but Luffy shoots her dream down fast.

According to O-Tama, she has been training for years and waiting for Portgas D. Ace to come take her away from her village. With Wano under Kaidou's oppression, life is less-than-great for outlying citizens, and the only thing that keeps her going is the idea of seeing Ace again. So, you can bet Luffy corrected the girl as soon as he could.

"That Ace guy you've been waiting for... Was his name Portgas D. Ace, Tama," Luffy asks. When O-Tama says he is the one, then Luffy decides it is best to be blunt when it comes to telling the girl why Ace isn't coming back for her.

"Yeah," Luffy says. "He's dead."

Way to break it softly, Luffy. You only broke the poor girl's heart.

As you can expect, O-Tama and her master have trouble believing Luffy at first. The pair accuse the boy of lying, but fans know the horrible truth of it all. Ace really did die years ago by Akainu's hand at the Battle of Marineford, so if anyone is going to see the man's promise through, it will have to be Luffy.

Do you think Luffy will try to fulfill Ace's promise? Let me know in the comments or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB to talk all things comics and anime!

Eiichiro Oda's One Piece first began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in 1997. It has been collected into 87 volumes, with a few chapters yet to be included. It has been a critical and commercial success worldwide with many of the volumes breaking printing records in Japan. The manga has even set a Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book by a single author, and is the best selling manga series worldwide with 430 million copies sold worldwide.

Eiichiro Oda also revealed some upcoming news for One Piece's future in a recent interview. Stating that he was about 80% done with the series at this point with the Wano arc, fans are curious to see where One Piece will go next. The arrival of Wano Country has been one of Oda's most-awaited arcs to date, so readers are expecting plenty to go down between Luffy and the Beast Pirates occupying the isolated nation.

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