btw...
do you think sanji will learn okama kenpo afte the time on the okama island?
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Dead men tell no tales and want not
They live in a black country where not even birds fly
The dead need no jewels on their fingers and regret cannot be seen in the darkness
yeah he won't need it
but his legs will get extra string just from running
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Dead men tell no tales and want not
They live in a black country where not even birds fly
The dead need no jewels on their fingers and regret cannot be seen in the darkness
I: In other words, people don't come back to life. How come you don't use the character revival plots like other manga?
OOda) Well, it's unnatural for people to come back to life, don't you think? (laughs) I don't like that type of stereotypical fantasy. That's why I want to have reasons for whatever happens in the manga, but if I have to resort to bringing someone back to life, it's better not to kill them in the first place. That's why my characters don't die, even when they're on the verge of death.
4
People: !!!
Pirated: It’s no good… there’s no stopping this guy!!
Akainu: It would appear that you have life in you yet…
Ace: !!!
Luffy: STOP~~~~~!!!
Jimbei: I will allow no more of this…!!!
5
People: !!!
Pirates: Jimbei!!!
Mr3: Aahhhh~~~~~~!! This is a relief… I thought I was going to…
Marco: Just get these handcuffs off!! Now!!
Jimbei: Unghh……
Akainu: I suggest you put an end to your attempts to buy time, Jimbei. / As a former Shichibukai, you should be all too familiar with the power I wield…
Jimbei: If by tearing this body apart… // …I can delay you in the slightest, then I am content!!! / I never intended to place value on my own life from the outset!!!
6
Marines: Vice-Admiral Garp!!! What are you doing?!!!
Sengoku: What do you mean to do, Garp?!!!
People: !!!
Garp: *pant*……!! You’d better… keep me help down here tight, Sengoku!!! / ……!!! Because if you don’t……… you can be damned sure… // …I’m going to murder… that Sakazuki!!!
Sengoku: ………!!! You fool…!!!
Someone: It would seem that a little punishment for this traitor is in order!!!
Someone: Jimbei, get down!!!
Jimbei: …………………!!!
7
Akainu: ?!!!
People: Commander Vista!! Commander Marco!!!
Akainu: Ngh…!! Ahhhh, this is getting irritating………!! // Haki users now…? // Can you not see that it is too late for Fire Fist?
Vista: For a moment’s neglect, I feel boundless regret…!!
Marco: How could we let this happen…?!!
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Luffy: !
Pirates: Ace……!!!
Ace: ………!! I’m sorry……… // ………Luffy…
Luffy: ……………!! // Ace!!! …We’ve gotta hurry and treat your -
Ace: I’m sorry I couldn’t let you save me properly………!!! / *pant* // Forgive me……!!! // *pant*
9
Luffy: What are you talking about?!! Don’t say stupid things like that!!! / *pant* // Somebody deal with his wounds!!! Somebody save Ace!!!
Pirates: Hurry over here, Doctor!! He needs emergency treatment!!!
Doctor: Coming!
Ace: It’s no good!!! …*pant*… / …I can tell when my own end has come…!!! / *pant*
Doctor: ……………!!
Ace: He’s burned up my insides……!!! *pant*… / I’m not coming back from this……… so, Luffy… // Listen up……!!!
Luffy: ……………!!! / ……What are you talking about…? Ace… are you going to die? // ……No… you promised…!!! …*pant*… / *pant*
10
Luffy: You told me, didn’t you, Ace…?!!! // You said you wouldn’t die~~~~~~~!!! / Uunnhhh…
Ace: …Yeah… you know… if it weren’t for the Sabo thing… and having a little brother like you to look out for… // …I would never have… even… wanted to live…
[TN: I hate you, Oda. Okay, DISCLAIMER: I have no idea what "sabo no ken" refers to. "~no ken" is pretty much the vaguest structure ever, and I don't know whether "sabo" is a person's name, the name of a thing, or anything else that it could feasibly refer to (edict suggests that the word can be an abbreviation of "sabotage", or a type of shoes, and to be honest, I can't rule either of those out either).]
Flashback!People: If Gold Roger’d had a kid~? // Then he oughtta be executed!!!
Ace: Nobody else wanted me to, after all… // …so it’s only natural………!
Flashback!People: Oh, I’ve got a good one! How about sticking one needle in his body… // …for every person in the world with a grudge against Roger! // No, he should be burned at the stake…!! That way the whole world… / …could watch and laugh as he went to his death!! // They’d all be saying the same thing, you know?! / “Serves you right!” Gyahahaha!
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Flashback!People: I know what his last words should be, as well! / “I’m sorry for being born, piece of trash that I am!” // Ah, well. Not like he really exists. // ………
Flashback!Dadan: Ace!!! You’ve been causing trouble in the town again!!!
Flashback!Ace: Shut up!! If I was stronger, I would’ve killed the lot of them!!
Flashback!Dadan: What did you say~~?!!
Ace: ……… // ……Oh, yeah… if you ever… happen to run across Dadan… / Could you tell him goodbye from me…? It’s weird…
Luffy: ………………
Ace: Now that I’m about to die… I even feel like I miss that idiot…
Luffy: ……………!!!
Ace: I have just…… one regret… / That I won’t be able to see… your dream come to pass…… / *pant* // …But I know you. / You’ll pull it off for sure……!!! // You’re my brother, after all……!!!
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Ace: …Just like… we promised back then… / I have no regrets… about how I lived my life…!!
Luffy: ………No!! You’re lying!!
Ace: *pant*… *pant*… No, it’s true……!! // …It looks like what I really wanted in the end… // …wasn’t fame or renown at all… // …It was an answer to the question…
Luffy: !
Ace: …of whether I should have… been born. // ……*pant*… My voice… is getting too quiet… / ……Luffy, I want you to listen to what I say now…… / …and tell it to the guys… afterwards…
Luffy: ……
Ace: ………!! Old man………!!! // All you guys……!!! // And… // …Luffy……
Luffy: !
Flashback!Ace: Get out here! I’m here to take the head… / …of Whitebeard!!
Whitebeard: ……………!!
Ace: Even though I’ve been good for nothing my whole life…
Marco: *pant*…… *pant*…
Ace: Even though I carry the blood of a demon within me……!!
Flashback!People: Ace~~~~~! We’re gonna save you, no matter what! // Don’t you dare give up~~~~~!!
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Ace: You guys still loved me… // …Thank you so much…!!!
Marines: !!! // Ace……!!
Luffy: !
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Flashback!Ace: Gramps… do you think…
Luffy: Ace……?
Flashback!Ace: …I should really… // …have been born…?
Flashback!Ace: What, did you think I was dead?
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Flashback!Luffy: I……!!
Flashback!Ace: What’re you crying for?!! / Don’t act like people are dead when they’re not, dummy!! // I’m not gonna die, no matter what!! That’s a promise!! / Like hell I could die and leave my weak little brother all on his own!
Flashback!Rouge: If it’s a boy… “Ace”… // Gol D Ace… the name of our child…