Oda since Sabody: ya know what, let's traumatize Luffy for three arcs straight.

So remember when you said you couldn't hate Akainu any more than you already do a few episodes ago? Yeah, that scene instantly flashed in my mind when you said that, Alicia.

the previous arcs were to lure you into a false sense of security then it just rips the rug out from under you and tells you “this shit ain’t a game”

"Nobody we care about ever dies in One Piece", after this point, is no longer a thing.

Fun fact: the English dub Voice of Luffy, Colleen Clinkenbeard, is watching One Piece with her son and when Vtuber Cy Yu asked where they were at they were at impel down and she said her son’s favorite was Ace.

Fun fact: Oda had pushback from his editors about killing off Ace. He had to fight for this moment to happen.

I think Sengoku’s friendship with Garp was so strong that he didn’t use his full power against Luffy and Ace knowing that Garp wouldn’t forgive those who killed any one of them. Him stopping Garp instead of going after them is living proof of that.

“Nobody major ever dies in OnePiece”

"When you go this long without a character dying, they're saving a death to break you." -Mama Drawk

The hole through the Whitebeard’s Jolly Roger tattoo… Ace sacrificing his biggest pride to let Luffy live… sad as hell

Four months ago, when watching episode 192/193, at 32:48. Your exact words were; "Kill one person! Just one, there's no risk. You're gonna make it so that I don't feel sad when someone's supposed to die!"

I remember throughout her reactions Alicia would comment that no one really died in One Piece, and I would feel overwhelming heartache each time knowing that Ace’s death would hit her so hard, just like it did the rest of us. On a lighter note, Alicia has probably never related to Buggy more then when he had to deal with his followers.

The reason why Ace's death hits so hard is precisely because, up until now, we had characters coming back from situations that seemed like certain death. Pell, Wyper, even Luffy in both Enies Lobby and Impel Down, they always recovered, so the reader/viewer is led to believe that death isn't scary because it doesn't happen outside of flashbacks. Then this impact comes, full front, right in Luffy's arms, and after we thought the situation was safe. Perfect narrative.

The tears wont stop falling already “If jimbe is gone for 300 episodes” The monkey paw has curled another finger Holy shit sabo mentioned

Alright. Can we talk about the doctor? Because this dude deserves more credit. Imagine you are the doctor real quick: Your captain gets called by Whitebeard and after the call he goes: Cap: „Alrighty lads, one of our brothers from another mother, is being held prisoner by the Marines and they plan to execute him.“ Everybody of course goes: „Yeah no shit it‘s all over the news.“ Cap: „Yeah so anyway we‘re gonna raid their main base and we shall GET- HIM- BACK!“ Everybody cheers, sets off etc. skip forward You are now at Marineford. People are dying left and right and you are trying your best to get as many of them as possible outta there. But during the whole event you find out some crazy things. The little brother of your brother from another mother, broke in to Impel down, broke out with a whole gang of criminals and came to rescue his brother the same way that you have. You learn also that your brother from another mother is actually the son of Gold Rogers wife and that the brother that came to rescue your brother from another mother, also is the son of the leader of the revolutionaries, but still the brother from another mother that your brother from another mother, grew up with before you guys became family. Anyway, after a successful rescue, a VERRRRY long day and you reaching the point of absolute emotional and physical exhaustion. Akainu gets Ace. You do not see it happen, but you hear Marco scream and start running over, only to see your brother from another mother leaning on the other brother from another mother that is not your own brother from another mother. You run over, you are the first doctor to be on the scene and you go: „Aight, let me look at the wound, we gonna get you patched u-“ A Chest. You see a chest through the back of your brother from another mother. And it‘s not the correct one. You see multiple organs and veins, completely burned and blood flowing from too many parts where it shouldn’t flow from. You know it‘s impossible to save him. So now, you have to tell that to the little brother, who more desperately than anyone else, tried to save your brother from another mother. And he says: „Hey what are you doing? YOU ARE A DOCTOR AREN‘T YOU?“; And… you are a doctor… you are… but you can’t save him. You can see that the guy asking you, does not understand that a doctor can’t fix everything. But you are exhausted and honestly you do not even want to talk back, because you WISH you could be a doctor that can save him in that moment. And so, you can‘t say anything. You can’t say „Yes I‘m a doctor“ and get the hopes of his „real“ little brother up. And you don’t want to say no, because inside you are still hoping for a miracle to come. Only for the miracle worker themself, Emporio Ivankov, to say that… no miracle is coming… there is truly no hope for him left… And now back to you not being the doctor anymore. NO amount of therapy is ever gonna fix that mans mental state. He will wake up every once in a while, with a cold sweat, remembering, the face of Luffy, Donut Ace and the line „you are a doctor aren’t you?“. There is no way in hell that bro ever recovered from hearing that. Anyway, I just wanted to give the guy some much deserved recognition, cause other characters always overshadow this guy for everyone the first time, but out of everything in One Piece where people heard something very hurtful being said to them, even if they were not supposed to. Nothing would come close to that line being said to him by the „real“ little brother of the guy dying in his arms, in front of you. That dude deserves the forget forget fruit, cause that is the only way possible that that man can ever live a happy life again.

"Important characters only die during flashbacks in One Piece" was a running gag/meme for a long time. You noticed it, as do many other fans and reactors. And for a long time, One Piece fans joked about it, never worried that anyone we truly cared about would die. Marineford changed all that. And while it gets lost in the tragedy of Ace's death, it's important to remember that Luffy succeeded in rescuing his brother. Against all odds, with tons of luck and help, Luffy still accomplished what he set out to do. That Ace died anyway is in no way Luffy's fault; Luffy pushed himself far, far beyond his limits, breaking himself, sacrificing years of his life, and being forced to leave friends and allies behind. Who is to blame for Ace's death? You can blame Aikanu, for striking the fatal blow. You might even blame Ace, for being too proud and stubborn to let petty insults against his father figure go. A lot of blame can go to the World Government, for setting up a corrupt and oppressive regime, that made being born to the wrong person a 'crime' worthy of death. Regardless, things are never going to be the same again. Thanks for the reaction and the video.

I stayed up until 8 am to watch this live. There were so many of us watching, ready for this reaction! Even after watching it so many times, I still cried. Luffy's VA did such an amazing job at the end it breaks my heart every time. Alicia is such a real one. She was really heartbroken too. And even though she planned to keep on streaming, after this she had to stop and go process it all. I really recommend her streams and supporting her if yall have the chance. Otherwise, of course being here is more than enough. Thank for your work making so much content! It's been amazing to follow these series with you.

This episode AND the hunter hunter episode BACK TO BACK?! Alicia’s therapist has some major work lol

"You'd be forgiven for thinking this is a story with a lighthearted conclusion. One that has been earned built through a tremendous climax, and... it has. But this isn't one of those stories."

So glad nobody spoiled this for her. The internet tends to go out of its way to spoil this whenever someone starts watching this series.

Not sure what Alicia expected Ivankov to do. "You have to at at least try." No amount of hormones can regrow new organs or regenerate bones and flesh like Wolverine. It was a hole right through Ace's body, through spine, organs, and ribcage. I mean I get it, we all wished/wanted any and all help at that moment, but still.

Sakazuki is just completely oblivious to the fact that his doom is lurking right behind him, being pinned by Sengoku. XD

Not many probably experienced this, but this scene was just a part of what we called " The Great Shounen Massacre". It wasn't just Ace, most of our beloved Shounen Jump characters were killed that whole freaking week, whether it was the manga or anime. It's as if all the authors and production company decided to do it for some reason.

132nd Consecutive day of One Piece. To a degree I think a specific degree of balls are needed on Odas side to pivot from a series with 0 deaths or chances of dying to One that dedicates 3 arcs to saving someone who ends up dying, because of the tone shift

It's one of the biggest spoilers that can be made in One Piece, but no one can spoil how it happened and what you felt when you saw it. Rest in peace, Ace. He died happy knowing that he was loved. 💔😭😭😭😭

And they almost got out… but Akainu had to go for the low blow that played on Ace’s biggest character flaw. With devastating results…

I already know someone in 5 years is going to be searching KZfaq, just got into One Piece and will be flashbanged by this title

And remember, all of this is because a kid at Oda's school ran around spoiling Krillin's death in Dragon Ball for everyone. It left a mark on Oda when he was creating One Piece.

Ace died with a smile on his face...just like his old man.

Since you started this series, this was the episode I was most anticipating to see how you would react. The times you mentioned no one important really dies in One Piece just made my heart ache, knowing this would happen. The story is written so well to always give you that sense of hope and then to just take it away in this last moment. This was a big changing point for everyone I've seen react to it.

I didn't watch it week to week, but I was reading it. I caught up in the Impel Down arc, and have been reading it ever since. Ace is still and has always been in the top ten of any popularity polls for a reason. To think that our very first confirmed, onscreen, no fake out deaths was this. I wish Sengoku HAD let Garp up. When he said he was going to skill him, I believed it. It was over a decade ago, before I knew anything really. I just knew he could do it, no clue how, but I KNEW he could. Now I know.

We made a KZfaqr react to this two episodes earlier in the morning and when that happened her whole day was ruined because we wanted to see her reaction

35:30 - in the DUB the Doc tells Luffy "there's nothing to treat, his organs are gone.", rather than say they're burned, which makes sense when he just got a fist of pure Magma rammed through his torso, his heart was missed, but the damage is still too extensive to repair, even Chopper couldnt heal that.

I remember reading this moment in the manga and thinking "no way they do this" and the title of the next chapter was literally "the death of Portgas D. Ace" and I can probably speak for everyone when I say no one was ever the same since

From fighting an admiral and losing his crew, to being alone on an island with no idea how to get back, to breaking into prison to save his brother and ended up almost dying multiple times, to forcing his way into a war he had no right to be in, getting his ass kicked by the worlds strongest people, to finally saving his brother only to watch him die in front of his eyes.... The journey and constant loss that Luffy had to go through in a desperate plea to save his brother truly makes this the most impactful death in One Piece outside of maybe Roger. Rest in peace, Ace. You were loved completely.

Here’s a fun little story about my first experience with one piece. When I told my friends who were already caught up to the series that I got into one piece they asked who my favorite character is which I didn’t have one yet until I reached alabasta and met Ace where he instantly became my favorite character…my “friends” then proceeded to send me picture of Ace dying every day until I finally got it to the episode

Nobody ever dies in One Piece except in backstories. This is Luffy's backstory. Nobody said they had to happen in the past.

For 400 episodes we have a vague and distant hatred of Jinbei thinking "oh he's the guy who let Arlong loose in the world." Then we meet him and it instantly becomes "I LOVE THIS FKN DUDE"

"No one ever dies in one piece". Famous last words everyone comes to regret.

Whats messed up is that Oda makes you feel safe before delivering the worst blow With both Merry and Ace we thought that the worst is over, now everything will be alright and then everything falls apart right in front of you

Piccolo offscreen: DOOOOOOOOOODGE!

Akainu is employee of the month at Krispy Aces

garp threatening to kill sakazuki is no idle threat, sengoku really did need to stop garp there

When people joke to cope with THE trauma: "Welcome to my donut shop, the...Crispy Ace's..." 💀

So Devil fruits with similar powers have a hierarchy of superiority. In this case magma beats fire because it can be considered “heavy fire” since it has weight behind unlike pure fire.

I gotta be honest, I feel more bad for the Whitebeard Pirates and Luffy than I do for Ace; they sacrificed so much just to get to him, and all their efforts were squandered because Ace couldn't ignore Akainu and walk away

14:29 "if Jimbei is gone for the next 300 episodes" and I started crying.... me too Alicia ah, me too ;-;

I woke up this morning and saw you posted this and Shikanoko. Knowing which ep this was, I had to watch this first so Shikanoko could cheer me back up. I've had a sibling constantly flirting with death's doorstep since we were about flashback Ace&Luffy's ages due to medical concerns. When I first watched this arc, I INTENSELY felt Luffy's drive that "I have to do EVERYTHING in my power to make sure they're okay, because I will never forgive myself if I don't." Luffy's ugly cry breaks me every time. I've been dreading rewatching this ep with you for weeks now and was considering skipping it. I saw the Shikanoko post and figured I'd do the ol' "Grave of the Fireflies + My Neighhbor Totoro double feature" Thank you for this unintentional catharsis. Now onward to silly deer animu.

"At least try to help!" Okay, let's try to undestand the current situation here: Ace's organs were literally roasted using burning magma. Ivan's ability effects their target biologically, i.e. the poison in Luffy's body earlier in the arc, but we've never seen his ability being capable of regenerating missing limbs or regrow organs. There's LITERALLY nothing they can do to save Ace's life here. The fact that he was able to stay conscious for as long as he had was a miracle enough.

I still remember reading the manga when this happened. It left off with Ace getting punched through. All next week, I was thinking 'he's going to be okay, right? He can just shrug off damage, right? Oda wouldn't kill a major character outside of a flashback, right?' Then I read the next chapter and my heart broke all over again.

And here we are... You can pause OP a little if you want to recover...

garp says "roger could never back down from a fight". looks like his son got all his worst traits.

…dammit…when Your Brother OF ALL PEOPLE says run, YOU RUN DARN IT!!! 👿👿😰😭😭

The sad thing is that they had a DVD collection out and there is a picture of ace on the DVD, the hole in the DVD is in the same spot on his chest.

0:57 lol Lmao even

i think the fact that death doesnt play a big part in One Piece really make this sense all the more painful to see it really tugs at all your emotions

I'm glad you've come to realize that Buggy is your spirit animal.

And so it happenes. This arc was showed us that the good guys don’t always win

31:46 Oh no, Garp was going to kill him. Literally, there is a comic that shows what if the other admiral did it catch him in time and he sinks the whole island with one punch.

Oda said that he already plan to kill Ace since his first appearance in alabasta arc

I was waiting so long for this episode.

And the best antagonist in one piece takes center stage

I miss Ace with all of my being! 🔥❤️ That said, I’m so very tired of people complaining that Oda sensei does not often kill off characters. Ace’s death is proof that he will do so. Luffy’s reaction to Ace’s death destroyed and resonated with me on a personal level because of my own experience. Yeah I did not go off running straight into the middle of a war like Luffy did to save their sibling (biological or not) but I experienced my own personal hell with regards to the death of a loved one. What defines a person? Oda does not kill off characters willy-nilly because he is more focused on the will of a character. What is more impactful, killing a man outright or taking away/destroying their dream and having their loved ones/friends try to carry on their loved ones will for the rest of their lives without being able to move forward without being able to do so. I say that the latter is more painful because it lingers and has the potential to destroy a living person to the point that they lose their sense of being.

I gobble up these tears! Alicia thought she was emotional enough from previous episodes but this one TAKES THE CAKE! Or donut if you will.

The Second saddest death in OP thus far IMO. The Going Mary will always be my number one.

THE ALL IS LOST MOMENT..!!

I was 8 yo when this episode aired. Ace was my favorite character in one piece.(im an only child and wanted to have a big brother just like him)I’m 22 now and still remember how sad and disappointed I was.

Oh, I completely forgot about this Sabo name-drop.

Oda gave us the viva card to show fans that he wasn't pulling an Alabasta like he did last time. This time it's for keeps 😭

Ever since they arrived at the archipelago, it's just been loss after loss. This goes to show the scale of the major players in One Piece and just how unready for the new world the strawhats really are.

And now we have reached the point where the "funny show about pirates and adventure" finally shows it's true colors 🥺

26:40 no need to apologize. Its happens. I never had that reaction before this either. We were sitting down, 3 friends watching this. 2 of them had watched it already, and I was the new one. We 3 were experts on talking shit and dark humor and stuff, and during one piece I would either try to call out what happened, or make fun of the worst situation possible. For the first time, something so impossible for a group like us, we stayed silent for 10 straight episodes. The only thing tha happened between episodes was me getting out of my seat to hit "next episode". A certain dark character was the thing that broke our silence as I went "Damn You!!! _________" This is a strong arc. I remember when Whitebeard was fighting Akainu, and Whitebeard was about to bring it down to Akainu (i dont remember if it was in my head or out loud) I was screaming "Kill Him!!!!" I never had such a strong, outloud reaction to a fictional character.

Smart writing I have to admit. Fake us out with the death in alabasta ark only to show Pell didn’t actually die. A lot of close calls hundreds of episodes later but no main deaths luring us into a false sense of security. Then hundreds of episodes later not only do they kill a major character, but they fake us out by making it look like he was gonna make it out. From this point on you’re never gonna know who’s gonna be safe. Love this show

One piece really hits her in the face as she predicts everything

We’ve made it. And worst thing is it’s about to get even worse before this arc ends. Let’s just hope Alicia can handle what come next

There are three things I was ill prepared for as a kid: 1. Seeing an evil Kirby. 2. Vegeta sacrificing himself. 3. Luffy crying.

Thank you Alicia. its rare that people bingeing one piece realize. Yall can get the next episode. We couldn't. We waited. We sat with it and stewed with it and dreamed about it. Think of how many episodes you get "I need the next one now." It's something I don't think enough new fans understand.

Everyone watching these reactions had this episode flash through their mind every time Alicia mentioned nobody dying in One Piece. 😢

not sure if you know this but the vice admiral from robins flashback. the one who order the ship with civilians to get shot and sunk, that was akainu

"I don't think I'm prepared" Well you were most definitely not prepared at all T_T.

This is the one episode I've been waiting for since the reaction to the openings

I was prepared for Alicia to cope with humor, but I wasn't prepared for that 33:05 🤣

This might not be the best time to say this, but in a way, you're pretty lucky: most Reactors and manga reviewers get spoiled on Ace's death.

Reading an watching ace death still brings up alot of feels .

One thing I liked about this episode, as sad as it was, was that they start baiting you with thinking Whitebeard was gonna sacrifice himself and Ace would live to inherit his dream, and it ends being the other way around

"i need a buggy scene to cure me right now" i feel u sis

iirc when the chapter came out, people really had the notion that "no one major in one piece ever dies" so people were kinda distraught and wondering if Ace really did die, even when the literal chapter was titled something like "Ace Dies".

You forget that all Iva was doing was pumping Luffy full of adrenaline. Iva couldn’t have done anything to fix a giant hole in Ace’s body lol. Iva knew this and had to yell at Luffy because LUFFY never understood that he was never being healed by Iva. Luffy legitimately was in denial and because he never processed that he himself was never actually being healed he thought Iva could do something

"Hold me back or I'll kill him" Marineford audience: Damn bro he's pissed. Manga Audience: oh... that wasn't a threat, it was a promise.

It happens all so fast it's difficult to process, it hit me the same time everyone else started to realize

BEST REACTION EVER. I’m only at the halfway part of 482😂

"Oh you dead as f**k. (laughs) That brother is so dead. He is so dead." - Alicia in her all openings video

When you go back and watch again, you realize that Ace's fate was sealed the moment Luffy and crew go to Skypeia. Blackbeard was going to bring in Luffy to exchange for his warlord seat, but Luffy managed to hit the updraft stream first. Blackbeard then went to find another suitable exchange, and it was Ace that he found.

For us, there is an odd sadness felt here. Not just that of losing a loved one, but watching someone you care about lose a loved one. I cant put my finger on it. Its not simply empathy...

I remember catching up to one piece on episode 482. I have never ever been so mad at a cliffhanger in my life

I always loved the fact that akainu’s lava turned ace’s drops of blood into small little pearls, it’s a small detail but a neat one

37:35 Sabo mentioned

It's hard to be prepared... That's why I wanted you as fit as possible. For your sake.🥺 But One Piece does not stop here... this happened like a decade ago lol. PS: Jimbei will be the opposite of gone, don't you worry Alicia!💯💫

Welcome to: The Pinnacle of the Gauntlet of Pain. I'm so proud of you, you made it! The show won't hurt you this bad for a few arcs xD

Ace was to be executed. But Luffy successfully rescued him from that. Garp could have dealt with the result if he had indeed been executed. Even after they moved up the time of the execution. But what happened here wasn't a delayed execution. No, it was a cold-blooded murder. No ceremony, no finality, no justification for Garp to cling to. Just a man with too much power and not enough honor, using psychological manipulation to trick Ace into taking the hit for his brother. Whom Akainu still planned to murder as well. He said it himself, he didn't care about the others, only about killing Ace and Luffy in particular. Garp couldn't accept this kind of death for Ace. This isn't what was supposed to happen. There was no justice being upheld. If anything, it was Akainu being petty because his plans were messed up. And yet he believes pirates to be underhanded and morally corrupt.