One of the most
obvious features on Ace is his tattoos. Ace's back tattoo is left intact
in the English version of the dub despite 4Kids' previous edits to
crosses. At the same time Ace also promotes his tattoo to Luffy,
something which is truly considered odd by 4Kids standards. Ace has a
tattoo on his back of the Whitebeard symbol; a skull with a white
mustache and a manji behind it. To avoid confusion between the two
symbols and avoid slander for being a nazi, this was changed to
crossbones in the shape of a "cross" in the anime, as well as in the
most recent chapter of the manga.
Ace has another
tattoo on his left arm by the shoulder: it reads "ASCE" with the "S"
(apparently a mistake on the part of the tattoo artist, or,
alternatively, the symbol that appeared on the flag of his old crew
though it may also serves as a symbol of his other deceased sworn
brother Sabo) crossed out. In the English version of the anime, Ace's
shoulder tattoo signifying his name is edited out, as he is referred to
there as "Portgaz D. Trace." He appears in One Piece Grand Adventure,
once again without the tattoo on his arm.
Ace travels around
the Grand Line on his boat which is constructed so his Mera Mera no Mi
fuels the engine on the rear end allowing it to move.
Currently, Ace is
one of the two known pirates to ever escape arrest by the Marine captain
Smoker, the other escapee being Ace's younger brother Luffy. Ace and
Smoker fought to a standstill in Alabasta.
He left Fuusha
Village three years before Luffy, and he is a loyal crewman and commands
the Second Division of Whitebeard, his captain.
In appearance, the
two brothers are obviously related, despite the fact that Ace is more
muscular than the rather lanky Luffy. He also sports rather childish
freckles. He is apparently narcoleptic (a trait common amongst Ace's
family) and therefore falls asleep on random occasions, making people
wonder if he has dropped dead. As far as personality goes, Ace is much
more intelligent, polite, and generally more bearable than his younger
brother, which prompts the Straw Hat crew to question whether he is
truly related to their bumbling captain. However, the brothers
themselves are very close, Ace portraying typical good-big-brother
behaviors such as asking the crew to keep an eye on his little brother.
It is revealed that Ace had a bounty of 550,000,000 in the One Piece Ten exhibition.
It is later revealed
that Ace is not biologically related to Luffy at all, but is in fact
the son of Gol D. Roger and Portgas D. Rouge. Ace took his mothers
surname as a thanks for trading her own life while giving birth to him.
Ace also hates his father for 'abandoning' his mother.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 7-B
Name: Portgas D. Ace, originally Gol D. Ace, epithet “Fire Fist Ace”
Classification: Human, Former 2nd division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, Former Captain of the Spade Pirates, Logia Devil Fruit User.
Powers and Abilities:
Super strength, Speed, Durability, Endurance, Agility, Stamina,
Dexterity, Haki user (Haōshoku Haki), can dominate the will of others
(Haoshoku Haki allows him to knock those with inadequate wills
unconscious), Exceptional willpower (was one of the few people to be
able to take a "baptizing" in boiling water in Impel Down without
flinching, which is considered an impressive feat), ate the Mera Mera no
Mi, a Logia type Devil Fruit, which allows him to create, control, and
become fire, in the elemental state it allows him to access his entire
physical body genuinely becomes fire and endows him with the ability to
freely disperse and reform as well as the capacity to regenerate
(low-high, going by shown feats) his elemental body, using his fire
manipulation Ace can create a flame field around himself or allies to
prevent targets from attacking him or people he is trying to protect, is
able to form seemingly solid projectiles out his flames as seen with
his Shinka: Shiranui technique, able to fire bullet like projectiles
using his abilities, very skilled in hand to hand combat as described by
Van Augur, small-scale weather manipulation (when he entered Jaya it
stopped snowing for a few days by virtue of the ambient heat his
elemental body released).
Destructive Capacity: Multi City-Block level+ (he matched Jinbe for five days in continuous battle when he was weaker), at least Town level+ with Entei
[[1]]: At least Hypersonic+ (faster than pre-timeskip G2 Luffy).
[Strength|Striking Strength]: At least [Strength|Class TJ+] (Van Augur stated his basic combat prowess were as excellent as one would expect of a Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates).
[[2]]: Multi CIty-Block level+ (fought Jinbe for five days and didn't go down, Logia Intangibillity and regeneration also makes him very hard to kill unless circumvented), likely higher.
Stamina:
Extremely large, was able to fight against a former member of the
Shichibukai (Blackbeard) which should be representative of his all round
battle stats, also was able to battle against Jinbe in a five day long
fight.
Range: A few hundred meters with ranged attacks.
Standard Equipment: A knife.
Intelligence:
Not overly smart excluding battle, expert in hand-to-hand (he was able
to defeat Luffy in every fight they had before he got his Devil Fruit
and after Luffy ate his), his position as leader of Whitebeard's second
division fleet shows he has leadership abilities, he is an effective
tracker (shown by hunting down Blackbeard), he is skilled in the use of
his Devil Fruit abilities
Weaknesses:
Cannot swim and becomes immobilized if more than half of his body is
covered in water, often falls asleep while eating, apparently magma can
directly harm him as it smothers out his fire (as shown when Akainu
nailed him with a magma enhanced punch)
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
-Haki:
There are normally two types of Haki regular people can tap into: the
Kenbunshoku Haki which allows individuals to sense the presence of
others, and Busōshoku Haki which allows individuals to create an
invisible armor around them. There is however a third type of Haki,
Haōshoku Haki, that only a few individuals can use. Ace is one of these
people.
-Haōshoku Haki (Color of the Conquering King):
The ability to knock out someone else or a large group. While
inexperienced users are restricted to intimidating one being or blindly
knocking out any with weak wills around them, those with more expertise
can pick out weak willed individuals in a large group to knock out. Kid
Ace demonstrated Haoshoku Haki, when he made almost all the Bluejam
pirates faint. It was triggered though in a moment of anger, when the
pirates wounded Luffy.
-Mera Mera no Mi (Flame Flame Fruit):
A Logia type Devil Fruit, this fruit allows the user to transform into
fire at will as well as control it. The fruit's major strength like
other Logia types allows the user to produce as well become the element
they control. In this case, Ace is able to create, control, and
becomefire. With this in mind, Ace is able to create fire-based attacks.
The elemental state the ability endows him with also allows him to
avoid conventional attacks as they only disperse him. Turning into fire
also has the added effect of burning an opponent depending should the
attack be close range and such. Though the user isfire in the elemental
state, they are weak against magma, which can consume flames, and can be
burned by it despite their dispersion, making it their natural enemy.
-Jūjika (Cross-fire): Ace puts his index fingers together in a cross shape before launching a cross-shaped column of flame directly at his opponent. File:Juyika.gif
-Hotarubi (Firefly Light): Ace
creates many small, glowing greenish yellow fireballs that float around
an enemy. The idea behind this attack's name is that before he attacks
with them, the small fireballs look like fireflies in the air.
Hidaruma (Fiery Doll):
After using Hotarubi to send the fireballs floating around in proximity
with the enemy, Ace sends them all flying into the target(s) all at
once, burning them.
-Kagerō (Heat Haze): Ace shoots a stream of fire from the palm of his hand.
-Enjōmō (Flaming Net): Ace creates a circle of fire around a selected area, preventing anyone from entering or leaving it.
-Kyokaen (Mirror Flame): Ace releases a large amount of flames and forms it in a firewall to defend against attacks..
-Enkai (Flame Commandment): Ace conjures a large amount of flames around his body in preparation for an attack.
-Hibashira (Fire Pillar): Ace shoots the collected flames straight upward like a large fire pillar, destroying a target above him.
