[one piece] Mmmmm.....Portgas D. Ace

[beck]

First off, One Piece has been eating my braiiiiiiiiinnnn but thats for another entry later.

2ndly There is a spoiler, BIG spoiler under the cut for those that might be following the series but haven't got this far or just those who aren't watching it but might later.

3rdly.....*flails* AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH.........


ALL this time I seen pics of this hot looking guy, I had NO F'ING CLUE that Ace was Luffy's brother! *keels ded* Hell, I had no idea that Luffy even had siblings.

Sooooooo........to those on my flist who is caught up with the anime and/or manga, does Ace have an occurring role or decent role in the series?

SPOIL ME SILLY cause I have a looooooooong way to catch up. I only have up to #100 on the anime, haven't read the manga yet (lord this series is going to be the death of me, I'll NEVER get anything done at this rate!!!!!!!!) And I have no clue how long its going to be till I can catch up. But if you feel that its important that I don't know, then I guess I'll just have to sulk till I can find a quicker way to acquire the anime. (manga is no problem) Speaking of the anime, would anyone on my flist be able to point me or provide a quicker way to get 101 up to the recent eps? Megaupload is taking forever, plus it will only allow so many from your ISP before it tells you "NO, you can't download anymore from me till later."

Another thing too that I'm dying to know unless there is no relation to it or has not been mentioned yet but is there by any chance that perhaps Gol D. Roger is related to Luffy or is that just a coincidence?


Here are some caps I couldn't help but take of him from #94. I might take a break from watching the anime till I get more eps up my sleeve, I don't want to be jonsing myself for too long. Eee! And he's got freckles!

Backside

Passed out *giggles* Check out his tattoo, his name is misspelled so they just put an x over the letter.

Must run in the family

Smirkity smirk

How you doin'

Eh?

Flaming Fingers

Stalling

Yeah, I know I'm sexy

Speaking the truth *nodsnods* (hmmm...slight spoiler? Don't click if you don't want to read)

Not amused

Anybody have any fanart links of Ace they could pass my way. I know this is asking for too much but no yaoi please. My squick senses are tingling telling me that the fandom no doubt pairs Ace off with Smoker, Luffy and whoever else. So yeah, if there are squickable pics that I CAN avoid, thats fine. Or any decent One Piece art sites.


I'm almost afraid to hear how his dub voice is going to sound. I hope its not cringe worthy to make me go all stabbitty. Oh yeah, bad news scarbie, Fox is dropping One Piece starting this coming Saturday. So that link I gave you is your only way of watching the series now since you don't have cable.

Comments

[hamsterfactor.livejournal.com]

Aah~ good ol' Ace <3 You should enjoy his presence in the anime with all those Alabasta fillers, because his role in the manga is more of a "blink and you'll miss him" thing (though I still prefer the manga).

I'm up-to-date with the manga, and he's only appeared briefly ever since (kind of a "hey, I'm alive") and in one of those front-panel stories (since I'm following K-F releases, I don't know if they animated that). However, I do think he'll appear again -- there's still much to resolve about his crew and his relationship with Luffy. And I don't think Oda-sensei ever forgets about anything ^^;

I don't know if you're familiar with IRC, but for me it's the fastest way to get the episodes (and the latest chapters too). Kaizoku Fansubs are up to episode 165 right now, and you can find them at kaizoku-fansubs @ irc.rizon.net, I believe ^__^

[yankeerose69.livejournal.com]

because his role in the manga is more of a "blink and you'll miss him" thing (though I still prefer the manga).

Awww.....:( When I saw pics of him I thought that #1. he was a bad guy and #2. he was someone important who might have shown up alot. Boy was I mislead.

I'll have to take some time and get the dl's of the manga. This series will be the death of me for sure!

Yeah it would be neat to see Ace's side with the pirates he's with and with Blackbeard that he's after. Do you think he and Luffy were orphaned? Or they actually had parent/s around them? (I would think orphaned).

And I don't think Oda-sensei ever forgets about anything ^^;

God, I hope not. Though since it seems like the ending is nowhere in sight, maybe he'll remember about Ace.

I never tried IRC, some like it, some don't. Yeah, my subs are from that group. I was trying to get the earlier batches they made but there doesn't seem to be any seeders. Thats how I got what I did at the time from like mid 40'ish to 100. Is dl'ing something like an eps from IRC any faster than BT?

I screwed myself cause when I was watching the Arlong arc, I didn't think that I'd be too interested in keeping the series on hand and deleted the eps once I got done watching it. Once I got into the 50's, I realized that I did want the series. *sighs* So far out of all the anime I've watched, this one usually has me laughing my ass off but damn if it doesn't hit you in the gut with the emotions too. Luffy is nearly almost always smiling, its so addicting not to plaster a smile on your face as well. I never cried so much while watching an anime. Seeing the Arlong arc subbed, I cried alot during the Bellemere incident since the dub cut out so much, I didn't get very emotional then. I just got done watching the Chopper arc and bawled my head off. As much as I adore Chopper, I don't think I can watch that arc very much, even if it did have some funny bits, the whole struggle for Chopper.....WAAAIII!!! I just wanna smother him in my bosom with love. It doesn't help either that his voice is Konohamaru in Naruto (who I happen to like and the voice fits great for younger characters).

Hopefully this link will work but is the guy with the orange hair related to Smoker in any way?

[hamsterfactor.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't have a clue about Luffy and Ace's parents -- it's never mentioned ^^; But them being orphans is very possible, yes. However, (and I failed to comment it before) it's becoming obvious they've got some connection going on with Gol D. Roger (grandfather, perhaps?). Especially since the Skypiea Arc's end, when a couple of people comment on it.

For me, IRC works MUCH faster than BT. I've got a DSL connection which maximum download speed is 100k/s, and I tend to get 10-25k/s on BT. However, if the bot is fast, I can get 100k/s on IRC ^__^ Besides, you don't have to worry about seeds (just about queues, lol).

Aah~ the Arlong Arc <333 That one was my favourite before I finished reading the Alabasta Arc and fell in love with it <3 OP always manages to make me laugh harder than almost anything and cry harder too XD Chopper broke my heart, I adore the little doctor <3

Oh, that guy is Paulie :D Nope, he's not related to Smoker (that we know), but he looks like it, doesn't it? My friend and I like to say he's Smoker and Kohza's lovechild XD he appears during the Water 7 Arc... which is good beyond imagination and it's blowing up my mind *___*

[yankeerose69.livejournal.com]

(grandfather, perhaps?)

That would sound about right if there is a real connection to them.

I'll have to give IRC a try pretty soon. (I'm almost scared to, new programs have that affect on me).

OP always manages to make me laugh harder than almost anything and cry harder too XD

Couldn't have said that any better myself *nodsnods*.

I guess for cigar smokers like Paulie and Smoker, thats an easy way of keeping them on hand when you need one. But yeah, they do look like they could be related in some ways.

I dl'ed the first chapter of the manga the other night and already I'm sucked into getting all that I can get my hands on. I had no f'ing clue how Luffy got that scar since they never showed us on the anime and I kinda like how the manga starts with Luffy as a kid and THEN show him setting off when he's older instead of just using that piece as a flashback in the anime. Has the characters ages been given? I've been curious about that.

I don't know if this was from the manga or just fanart/doujinshi based but I seen a pic of a younger Ace in a Marine's uniform?