Sabo (One Piece)

Sabo, also known as Flame Emperor, is a character from the One Piece series.
== Charactah Account ==
Luffy and Ace's childhood friend and sworn "brother". His weapon of choice is a long pipe, and was the first of them to set out on their dream of becoming great pirates. He was believed to have been killed by the World Nobles, but is later revealed to have survived and has been taken in by Dragon, having lost his memory in the process and didn't remember his past until he hears the news of Ace's death. During his time with the revolutionaries, he took a level in badass, leading him to ultimately rising to the rank of Chief of Staff, Dragon's second-in-command. And this is before he ultimately finds and eats the Flame-Flame Fruit (Mera Mera no Mi), inheriting Ace's power and will.
Sabo is devoted to his dreams to the point that he agreed with Ace that the two of them had to kill Luffy so that he could not tell anyone about their treasure, though neither Ace nor Sabo knew how to kill a person nor had any experience, implying some degree of innocence despite their profession. He is very ashamed of being a noble, and even stated that he wished that he had not been born as one.
According to Luffy, Sabo is a nicer older brother than Ace. He acknowledged Luffy's powers, and even encouraged his improvement. He helped Ace and Luffy get along when they were fighting, thus being the nice, diplomatic one of the trio. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* One Piece
* One Piece Film: Gold
* One Piece Movie 14: Stampede
* One Piece: Episode of Sabo - Bond of Three Brothers, A Miraculous Reunion and an Inherited Will
=== Manga ===
* One Piece
* One Piece Party
=== Video Games ===
* Jump Force
* Jumputi Heroes
* One Piece Thousand Storm
* One Piece: Bon! Bon! Journey!
* One Piece: Bounty Rush
* One Piece: Burning Blood
* One Piece: Burning Will
* One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World
* One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
* One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
* One Piece: Treasure Cruise
* One Piece: World Seeker
* One Py Berry Match
== Trivia ==
* On the cover of Chapter 596, Sabo was shown as a young man. He was portrayed as tall and muscular like Ace, and was still wearing the same attire he wore as a child but made bigger to fit his size, and was carrying a bo staff. He was bare chested like his brothers. He seemed to have longer hair, and his eyes were hidden by his hat's brim. Ace's tattoo is written as "ACE" instead of the original "ASCE". This suggests that the S was a tribute to Sabo, as the cover is a "what if" image of Ace, Luffy, and Sabo together as adults.
** When Sabo made his first full appearance as an adult, however, he was wearing a shirt, long pants, gloves and his hair was longer than this reimagination.
* Sabo's character is first hinted at in Chapter 558 where a third sake cup can slightly be seen in a flashback of the boys' brotherhood initiation.
* Sabo's appearance is similar to that of the character Artful Dodger from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. He too was part of a gang of child thieves. His signature appearance included a top hat and an adult's waistcoat with the sleeves rolled up.
* Sabo's fate was hinted at twice. Once during a conversation between Ivankov and Dragon during Episode 504, and again on the cover page of Chapter 668 as three cups of sake were placed before the grave of Ace with a newspaper article about Luffy pinned to the grave. It was later revealed that Sabo was the one who placed it there.
* Sabo makes his animated debut in the present storyline in the 3D2Y special, rather than the anime.
* In the 6th Japanese fan poll, Sabo ranked as the ninth most popular character in One Piece, making him the most popular of the Revolutionary Army. In the 7th poll he ranked at tenth place.
* Compared to Luffy and Ace, Sabo is the tallest out of the three brothers, measuring in at 187 cm (6'1½"), making him 2 cm (½") taller than Ace, who stood at 185 cm (6'1") before his death.
* Sabo's role in the story thus far has mirrored that of Ace's during the first half of the series to a certain extent.
** Both characters are introduced in the present timeline during an arc that features a Warlord of the Sea as the main antagonist, and both of whom were deceiving a kingdom, in regards to Arabasta and Dressrosa respectively.
** Both Ace and Sabo protected Luffy from an antagonist (or antagonists in Sabo's case) that he could not fight at the time (Smoker, Fujitora and Burgess respectively)
** Before departing, both Ace and Sabo left Vivre Cards and entrusted Luffy's safety to his crew. Although these events are slightly different, as Ace had given a Vivre Card to Luffy in order for him to find him in the future and Sabo gave Luffy's crew a Vivre Card to help them find Luffy, and kept one for himself.
* Sabo also shares some similarities to the Straw Hat Pirates' cook, Sanji, as both of them were born into nobility but left due to not being cared for by their parents. Their parents would later enlist the aid of pirates to bring them back, but neither of their reunions lasted long.
* Sabo shares his birthday, March 20 with Shiki.
* Sabo's favorite food is ramen.
** The voice actress for 10-year-old Sabo, Junko Takeuchi, is well-known for voicing the character Uzumaki Naruto (protagonist of manga franchise Naruto) whose favorite food is also ramen.
* In SBS 90, Oda showed Sabo's possible appearances at ages 40 and 60 in two separate timelines.
* Of all the (former) nobles, Sabo is the one person to take the "dragon" motif they hold to a literal-figurative degree with his Ryusoken fighting style.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Sabo at One Piece Wiki
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