Ace's death marked a turning point for Luffy and the series ... one of the worst examples of this trend is with Pell during the Alabasta Arc. After sacrificing himself and carrying away a massive ...

Ace. Much like with Shanks, Luffy agreed to meet with Ace once again at the peak of piracy, but the One Piece manga later subverted people's expectations by having the latter die during the events ...

a pirate who was locked away on Level 6 of Impel Down but escaped during Luffy's invasion to save Ace, in order to lure Hancock to him and use her as a hostage against the World Government due to ...