
The flashback ends and Ace asks Whitebeard why he came to rescue him even when he disobeyed him, and Whitebeard replies that he'll always come to protect his son. When Whitebeard came after Ace, he asked Whitebeard why he came behind him to which Whitebeard replied that he shouldn't have gone alone to confront Blackbeard. Without Whitebeard's knowledge, Ace went to confront Blackbeard as he had turned against the crew and killed Thatch. Whiteboard had offered Ace the chance to join his crew and allowed him to become his Division Commander. Ace asks Jinbei to help him meet Whitebeard as he had turned down an offer to become a Shichibukai. His intervention not only signified the end of the conflict but briefly brought him back into the narrative’s forefront as well. Before joining the Whitebeard Pirates, Ace was the captain of the Spade Pirates. The war at Marineford was so devastating that it allowed Oda to give fans a glimpse as to the influence Shanks had over both the pirate and marine worlds. There is a flashback, where Whitebeard talks about his devil fruit. Dragon’s.Īs Ace is being taken to his execution, he remembers the events that made him join the Whitebeard Pirates and become their Second Division Commander. To Ivankov's shock, Luffy revealed that Ace is Gol D. Dragon would come to save Ace, as he wouldn't let his own son get executed. Whitebeard announces that he has come to save his son Fire Fist Ace, and he had better be fine. At the beginning of the episode, Moby Dick and three other ships infiltrate the bay.
