One Piece Makes One of Its Saddest Manga Moments Availble for Free Ahead of Chapter 1,000

With the monumental achievement of One Piece reaching its one-thousandth chapter next year, the franchise is letting fans read one of the most tragic moments of the manga for free with the death of Luffy’s brother, Ace, in celebration of Eiichiro Oda’s insanely popular franchise. Though Ace has been long dead in the series, he made an appearance in the recent Wano Arc, having visited the isolated nation and getting the ball rolling on Luffy and company attempting to open the borders of the country and achieve the dreams of both Monkey’s brother and the fallen samurai, Kozuki Oden.

The death of Ace was easily one of the biggest losses of the series, with Luffy’s brother sacrificing himself during the Paramount War and falling before the might of Admiral Akainu in order to save Monkey’s life. With Luffy grieving for his lost brother, fans still remember this as being one of, if not the, saddest moment of the franchise as the hopeful Pirate King has set himself to his task of changing the world of the Grand Line. With Luffy gaining more strength over the year’s, the Wano Arc has shown him at his most powerful as both himself and the Straw Hat Pirates work toward taking down the threat of Kaido and his scores of Beast Pirates within the isolated nation!

Shonen Jump revealed to fans of the Straw Hat Pirates that the most tragic moment of Eiichiro Oda’s swashbuckling epic will be able to be read for free for a limited time, if you are able to handle revisiting the death of Ace during the Marineford Arc:

With the War For Wano heating up in the manga, it’s clear that the world of the Grand Line will change forever once the battle between the Straw Hats and the Beast Pirates come to a close, and while we don’t expect to see Ace receive a resurrection, we definitely could see another flashback coming our way before the arc is done.

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