Sabo

**Sabo** (サボ, *Sabo*), is both a fictional character and ally from the *One Piece* series. He is the Revolutionary Army's **Chief of Staff** (参謀総長, *Sanbō Sōchō*), recognized as the "No. 2" of the entire organization, ranking directly under Monkey D. Dragon himself.

Next to being the sworn brother of Monkey D. Luffy and Portgaz D. Ace, he is of noble descent, the son of Outlook III, as well as via his parents the adopted brother of Stelly, the current king of the Goa Kingdom, whom Sabo has never recognized as such.

At a very young age, Sabo ran away from his noble parents in the Goa Kingdom to live alone in the kingdom's Gray Terminal, and he met and befriended Ace not long after. Five years later (12 before the present storyline), the two became friends with Luffy as well, and the three came to consider themselves "brothers", swearing an oath of brotherhood over sake. They also shared the dream to set out to sea as pirates and achieve freedom, Sabo initially planning to do so at age 17.

However, after having escaped his parents once more not long after they had caught him and taken him away from his adoptive brothers, Sabo had then already set sail on his own, but his boat was destroyed by a Celestial Dragon moments later.

Having been believed to have died during this incident, Sabo had in truth survived due to Dragon saving him, and he thus joined the Revolutionaries. He had lost most of his memories from that point forward but regained them upon learning of Ace's death at Navyford. He currently has a bounty of 602,000,000 Berries.

"*I finally managed to get here Ace. Look at this, Luffy started to make his way to become the "King of the Pirates" again. That's our younger brother!*"

—Sabo at Ace's grave.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Vic Mignogna (English), Junko Takeuchi (Japanese), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (German), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (French), Not Known (Latin American Spanish)
*Voice Actor (child)*: Morgan Garrett (English), Tōru Furuya (Japanese), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (German), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (French), Not Known (Latin American Spanish)

### Biography

The Revolutionary Army's Chief of Staff.

Grew up with Ace and Luffy, and swore an oath of brotherhood with them.

In the Corrida Colosseum tournament in Dressrosa he defeated the other participants to win the prize, the Logia "Flame-Flame Fruit," and then succeeded the abilities of Ace.

### Appearance

#### The Young Past Days

Sabo was a ten year old boy at the time of Luffy's flashback, the same age as Ace at that time. He had round eyes, a missing tooth, and short curly blond hair. He wore a large black top hat with a pair of blue goggles wrapped around it, a blue jacket with the sleeves rolled up, a cravat and a pair of light blue cyan shorts held up by a belt with an elaborate flower-design buckle.

Before he entered into the Gray Terminal, he was seen with a gentle outfit with a white colored short-sleeved shirt and wearing blue colored shorts as usual.

#### Post-Timeskip

As an adult, Sabo became taller and more muscular. He has matured greatly, with more pronounced facial symmetry and a scar he acquired over his left eye. This scar was inflicted when Saint Jalmack selfishly blew up the fishing boat Sabo used to set out to sea, leaving him with serious burns and critical injuries. He resembles Luffy enough to allow him to easily deceive opponents as perceptive as Diamante into thinking he was "Lucy" by simply wearing the same outfit, although Sabo is still taller than his younger brother. His hair has also grown noticeably longer since his youth, which he styled deliberately to cover up his eye scar.

While participating in the final round at the Corrida Colosseum in Luffy's place, he wore Luffy's cape, fake beard, and viking style helmet. In addition, he wore shades to conceal his eyes. He also drew an X-shaped mark on his chest.

Later, after the round, he returned to his original outfit, which resembles his old outfit from twelve years ago: a long black jacket with a buckle on the left sleeve, with a blue shirt and vest, a frilled cravat, and a simple belt holding a pair of loosen light-blue pants with black boots (said boots are shown in greater detail in *Pirate Warriors 3*, to be wrapped with buckles and with cloth bracings). He also wears a pair of brown gloves and the same top hat with goggles over the band.

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: 20 (Deceased)
* Birthday: January 1
* Height: 185 cm. (6'1")
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

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.

Sabo's dream involves traveling around the world as a pirate. This is in order to write a book containing the story of everything he would see and every place he would visit during his journey. One of the reasons behind all this could be the "segregation" that envelopes so much of the Goa Kingdom, a thing that could easily stir a freedom-loving spirit like Sabo's to ask himself what the world was really like outside the walls of High Town, and outside the island itself. However, he was ready to cast aside his dream for the sake of his loved ones. Sabo was loyal to his friends and, in this case his two "brothers", to the point that he would give in to the demands of his father, becoming miserable and "alone" in order to save both Luffy and Ace. After reawakening his memories, Sabo did not leave the Revolutionary Army to resume his dream as a free-sailing pirate, as he seems to remain convicted to the Army's causes.

Despite being the son of a noble, Sabo does not act like a stereotypical noble would act, nor does he consider himself to be a noble. He does not look down on the less fortunate nor does he put on airs about his status. This is in stark contrast to the rest of the citizens of noble birth in Goa Kingdom including his family, who see their status as more important than anything else and will do whatever it takes to raise their social standing or maintain their current status, as well as look down on anyone they consider to be inferior. Sabo rejects these values completely, and even went as far as to say that he feels ashamed of his status as a noble. This can be seen as the reason why he ran away from home and went to live in the Gray Terminal, forfeiting his noble heritage. Since a child becomes a full-fledged noble at the age of eighteen, Sabo intended to leave the Goa Kingdom at the age of seventeen, to escape the idea of being recognized as the thing he hated the most. He even refers to the nobles as "smelling worse than Trash Mountain, as they are people rotten to the core".

At age 22, Sabo has retained much of his old personality, although he appears to have adapted many mannerisms from Luffy, including his brother's tendency to mispronounce the names of others. He has also displayed an immensely fierce protective streak towards Luffy, to the point where he will disregard everything he is currently doing if he feels that Luffy is in any sort of danger, including his duties in the Revolutionary Army; his tendency to hang up the phone in the middle of a call rather angers his comrades. This is largely contributed by Sabo's inability to protect Ace from his death before the timeskip, a fact that Sabo still regrets to this very day. This is ironic considering that Ace himself had gained a very similar protective-streak after Sabo's presumed death.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Revolutionary Army
	+ Monkey D. Dragon
	+ Koala
	+ Hack
* Straw Hat Pirates
	+ Roronoa Zolo
	+ Nami
	+ Usopp
	+ Vinsmoke Sanji
	+ Tony Tony Chopper
	+ Nico Robin
	+ Franky
	+ Brook
* Bartolomeo

### Family

* Outlook III (father)
* unnamed Mother
* Stelly (adopted noble brother)
* Monkey D. Dragon (adopted uncle)
* Monkey D. Garp (adopted grandfather)
* Makino (1st foster mother)
* Curly Dadan (2nd foster mother)
* Monkey D. Luffy (adopted brother)
* Portgaz D. Ace (adopted brother)

### Neutral

* Seven Warlords of the Sea
	+ Bartholomew Kuma
	+ Crocodile
* Navy
	+ Smoker
	+ Isuka

### Rivals

* Monkey D. Luffy
* Portgaz D. Ace

### Enemies

* Bluejam Pirates
	+ Bluejam
* Blackbeard Pirates
	+ Marshall D. Teech
	+ G. Zass Burgess
* World Government
* Navy
	+ Sakazuki

## Abilities and Powers

As the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, Sabo has command over all other lower ranking members and answers only to the leader himself. His bounty of 602,000,000 berries proves that the World Government views him as extremely dangerous.

According to Ace, who initally planned for Sabo to become his navigator, Sabo also has some experience in navigation.

### Physical Abilities

Even as a child, Sabo already exhibited very high levels of physical capabilities from the very intense training he endured in the harsh environment of Mt. Colubo. He and Ace together were able to topple Porchemy when the two of them arrived to save Luffy. Sabo was able to beat Luffy in sparring matches fifty times in one day, as well as defeat Ace twenty four times and lose twenty six times.

He was fast enough to grab a knife from a pirate without the pirate being able to stop Sabo. He was good at thieving as well, since he and Ace were able to rob numerous people to get their money and valuables. He also was exceptionally skilled in stealth and could jump out of a window several stories up without injuring himself.

After joining the Revolutionary Army, Sabo was personally trained by Monkey D. Dragon and attained tremendous physical prowess by adulthood. Sabo is shown to have extraordinary agility as he easily dodged an attack from a Fighting Fish, as well as tremendous strength, clashing with G. Zass Burgess, a pirate known for his titanic strength and a captain of the Blackbeard Pirates first ship, who is also a personal bodyguard to the Emperor Blackbeard, with little effort.{ He later destroys the entire arena of the Corrida Colosseum, which was tough enough to resist all the previous battles between the New World gladiators with Haki enhanced physical strikes. A simple grip allowed him to crush Vice Admiral Bastille's skull and helmet.

Sabo also has tremendous skills in hand-to-hand combat, which were honed since childhood from sparring matches with Ace and Luffy. As a child, Sabo was already skilled enough to completely overwhelm Luffy, a Devil Fruit user, and fight on equal footing with Ace. Even after losing his memories from amnesia, Sabo still retained his fighting skills as shown in the anime. Out of all the children Revolutionaries who were soldiers-in-training, Sabo alone excelled in the rigorous combat training regimen of the Revolutionary Army, being capable of keeping up with Hack, a powerful expert in Fishman Karate and eventually defeat Hack while still a child. In addition to basic hand-to-hand combat skills, Sabo also gained mastery of the Dragon's Claw Fist martial arts. By adulthood, Sabo could knock away Burgess, an enormous man with a single kick when Burgess attempted to kill an exhausted Luffy to steal the Gum-Gum Fruit. He could fight on equal level with Fujitora, a Navy Admiral and an immensely powerful swordsman, and emerged with only a few bruises. Later, Sabo single-handedly defeat Burgess, an immensely powerful wrestler who is one of the most powerful members of the Blackbeard Pirates with only minimal effort.

### Dragon's Claw Fist

*Main article:* *Dragon's Claw Fist*
The **Dragon's Claw Fist** (竜爪拳, *Ryūsōken*; literally meaning "Dragon Claw Fist"), is a fighting style Sabo has become a master his adulthood, which revolves around the use of grips, which he refers to as "claws". His grips are strong enough to break armor, great swords, artillery, and even skulls with ease and remaining unharmed. He claims that his fingers are like the claws of a dragon. He also uses Haki to increase the strength of his fingers. In contrast to Luffy, who readily chooses to target his adversary, Sabo seems to prefer destroying his opponent's weapon first before going head to head against them. This difference in battle approach was what allowed Diamante to notice that Lucy was not actually Luffy when Sabo came to fight in Luffy's place in the coliseum.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Sabo that involve the Fighting Style are as follows:

* **Dragon's Claw** (竜の鉤爪, *Ryū no Kagizume*; literally meaning "Dragon's Talon"): Sabo attacks the enemy with a three-fingered claw hand strike (very similar to the ones used in Chinese martial arts). It can be used with Haki to enhance its power. It was first seen used against Burgess during the finals of Corrida Colosseum and was powerful enough to destroy his Haki enhanced armor. To not confuse it with the "claw" in the fighting style's name, the kanji for "kagizume" literally translates to "hooking claw/talon" for some.

* **Dragon's Roar** (竜の息吹, *Ryū no Ibuki*; literally meaning "Dragon's Breath"): Sabo puts his clenched fists into the ground while imbuing them with Haki. He then pushes them into the floor, creating an immense impact. This technique was first used to completely destroy the arena in the Corrida Colosseum. In some games, like in *One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3*, Sabo is shown instead jamming his fingers into the ground without turning them into fists.

* **This is Getting Fun!**: Sabo slams his pipe down on the opponent, then follows up with a bicycle kick, then hardens both hands with Haki to deliver a double palm strike that sends the opponent flying. One of the Special attacks used by **Sabo (Lucy)** in *One Piece: Burning Blood*.

* **Everything Has a Core**: A stronger version of **Dragon's Roar** used by **Sabo (Lucy)** as his Ultimate move in *One Piece: Burning Blood*.

### Devil Fruit

*Main article:* *Flare-Flare Fruit*
The **Flare-Flare Fruit** (メラメラの実, *Mera Mera no Mi*, literally meaning "Fruit of the Flare-Flare"), a Logia-type Devil Fruit, which was eaten by Sabo and was originally belonged to his brother Ace before his death. With it, Sabo is able to become the element of fire and control the flames from his body at will, making him a "**Fire Human**" (火人間, *Hi Ningen*).

After eating the fruit, Sabo was instantly able to utilize its power to the point of using Ace's signature technique, the "Flame Fist", which was strong enough to shatter the bottom floor of the Corrida Colosseum, exposing the underground facility. He did later show difficulty of controlling his fruit however, which is typically displayed by new Devil Fruit users. While facing against Issho's Navy platoon, Sabo has been shown imbuing his weapon with fire, showcasing that he quickly attained control of his Devil Fruit power. He also mentions that he still has not grown fully accustomed to his new ability just yet, since he still has a habit of dodging attacks, despite now being a Logia-user.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Sabo that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:

* **Flame Fist** (火拳, *Hiken*; literally meaning "Fire Fist"): Ace's signature move which was inherited by Sabo after consuming the fruit. Like Ace, Sabo turns his fist into flames and launches it as a powerful column of fire at his target, capable of causing enormous damage and completely shattering a thick layer of stone floor. This was first seen used to destroy the entire Corrida Colosseum stage, and the first move Sabo made since consuming the fruit. He also demonstrated the ability to use the attack at pointblank range, by grabbing onto his opponent's face and then triggering the ignition, sending the target flying backwards with tremendous kinetic force and severely burning them simultaneously, as he did so on Burgess.

* **Moeru Ryusoken: Kaen: Ryuo** (燃える竜爪拳 火炎 竜王, *Moeru Ryūsōken: Kaen: Ryūō*; literally meaning "Burning Dragon Claw Fist: Fire Flame Dragon King"): A combination of the Flare-Flare Fruit powers and his Dragon's Claw Fist style, Sabo forms his "talons" and ignites them, and then slams them into his opponent and spins them around before blasting his target away with a burst of fire. This was first used against Burgess, who was sent flying a great distance away while suffering from burns of the flames.

* **Gum-Gum Heat Magnum** (ゴムゴムのヒートマグナム, *Gomu Gomu no Hīto Magunamu*; literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Flame God Gun"): A team combination attack used by Monkey D. Luffy and Sabo to defeat Don Quixote Doflamingo in the alternate ending of the Dressrosa Arc that appears in *One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3*. After Kuzan freezes Doflamingo's legs place, Sabo and Luffy stand side-by-side, Luffy activates Gear Second and prepares a **Gum-Gum Red Hawk** while Sabo prepares **Moeru Ryusoken: Kaen: Ryuo**. Luffy then says *Gum-Gum* while Sabo says *Heat*, then they combine their fire-based punches into a single fireball (through the fire manipulation abilities of the Flare-Flare Fruit) as they both shout *Magnum*. The attack is immensely powerful and capable of burning through Doflamingo's Off White threads and knocking the Warlord through a wall. However despite this it apparently lacks the power of the Gum-Gum King Kong Gun that defeated Doflamingo in the canon storyline, as Doflamingo was only momentarily knocked out by this technique, though it was enough for Doflamingo to admit defeat and flee. The kanji's literal reading is "Enshinjuu".
	+ An alternate version of this technique is performed by Luffy (**Gum-Gum Red Hawk**), Ace (**Flame Fist**), and Sabo (**Moeru Ryusoken: Kaen: Ryuo**) appears at the end of the game's introductory cutscene.

### Haki

*Main article:* *Haki*
Sabo can utilize and has shown mastery over two types of Haki.

#### Armament Haki

*Main article:* *Armament Haki*
Sabo has shown incredible mastery of Armament Haki, which he can imbue into his arm or his pipe. His Armament Haki is strong enough to shatter Burgess' Haki infused right arm armor, as well as Diamante's sword. His mastery of Armament Haki is superior to Bastille's, as seen when the Vice Admiral attempted to cut him down with Haki enhanced sword strikes; not only did Sabo manage to block his Same-kiri Bocho, he even managed to destroy the entire blade with relative ease.

#### Observation Haki

*Main article:* *Observation Haki*
Sabo is also highly skilled in the use of Observation Haki, shown in the anime where he dodged multiple bullets that were fired at him.

### Weapons

As a child, Sabo's preferred method of combat was stick fighting using metal pipes (as well as having slight traces of bo-staff styles). After the timeskip he continues to use a similar metal pipe, effectively battling against and defending himself from attacks by opponents as strong as Diamante, a top executive of the Don Quixote Pirates, and Burgess, the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates first ship. When used in conjunction with Armament Haki, Sabo was able to easily break Diamante's weapon. After obtaining the Flare-Flare Fruit, Sabo can ignite the two ends of his pipe.

## History

### Past

#### Bound as Brothers

"*If it weren't for the Sabo incident and a troublesome brother like you, I probably would not have wanted to live....*"

—Ace first mentioning Sabo moments before dying.
Sabo was born in Goa to Noble parents who aspired for him to marry a royal princess to keep their family name secure, but did not seem to care for Sabo as an individual. His father, tired from work, was shown tearing apart a picture Sabo drew and ordering him to go to his room and study. One day he got hurt in fight with a boy from another noble family who used a knife, but Sabo's mother immediately began fretting over and apologizing in tears to the boy from the noble family, concerned more with repairing relations with the family rather than tending her own son's injuries. Realizing he was nothing more than a way for his parents to secure wealth and status, Sabo fled to the Gray Terminal, leaving his parents to think he was dead. He would later meet Ace.

Months later, Ace arrives at the Gray Terminal, after having ditched Luffy along the way. Sabo tells Ace that he is late and that he himself completed his money-collecting job. Ace replies that he also did his share, then hands Sabo his collected money. Sabo counts it and, impressed, admits that Ace collected more money than him again. Ace says that they still have a long way to go before they can buy a pirate ship. Sabo puts the money in a hidden underground stash, admiring their cumulative work of five years, and Ace tells him to close it because someone else might see them.

Luffy, overhearing their conversation, suddenly shows up and says that he wants to be a pirate too. Sabo and Ace, however, are not happy to find that Luffy finally managed to successfully tail Ace all the way to the Gray Terminal. Determined to keep him from telling anyone their secret, they eventually decide that Luffy must be killed and proceed to tie him to a tree. However, they are unable to decide who should do it, since neither of them have actually killed anyone before.

Before they can decide, they hear someone approaching and untie Luffy to go hide. They see Porchemy of the Bluejam Pirate crew and two others, and discover that the money Ace stole belonged to Bluejam himself. It is revealed that Sabo and Ace are actually quite notorious thieves, even in the lawless Gray Terminal, and are quite respected by all the outlaws most presumably for their impressive fighting skills. The two suddenly notice Luffy has gone missing and then see that he has been caught by Porchemy. Luffy calls out to Ace for help. Recognizing the name, Porchemy decides that Luffy must know something about the stolen money, and Sabo and Ace both watch as Porchemy takes Luffy away.

Positive that Luffy will soon reveal the location of the money and afraid of having their treasure taken, Sabo and Ace go to the Midway Forest to hide the treasure elsewhere. The task takes until sunset, and just as Ace celebrates successfully finishing the task, Sabo arrives and shocks Ace by informing him that Luffy still has not cracked. They run to where Luffy is tied up and being tortured for information by an increasingly desperate Porchemy. Just as Porchemy loses his temper and is about to kill Luffy, Sabo and Ace break through the wall. Sabo manages to strike down Porchemy and free Luffy, but Ace is determined to stay behind and fight Porchemy, declaring he will never run away once he faces an enemy, Sabo yells to him to stop it, as Porchemy, a pirate wielding a sword, is different from their usual targets. He joins Ace in his fight, and together they defeat Porchemy.

After the fight, they return to the forest both covered in bandages, and Sabo scolds Ace for his habit of saying "I'm not going to run" even when facing real pirates, and as a result of the fight, the Bluejam Pirates will no doubt come after them. Luffy is crying and thanking Ace for saving him. Ace loses patience, though Sabo stops him from hitting Luffy, and demands to know why Luffy was so determined to keep their secret and become his friend, even after being tortured. Luffy exclaims that he has no one else to rely on, and being alone is worse than physical pain; this interests Ace, who recalls how no one would want the son of the Pirate King to exist. However, he mentions that he dislikes spoiled, crybaby brats, which Luffy vigorously denies being.

Sabo interrupts their arguing by reminding them that from now on, their lives will be targeted by pirates. He leaves the trash dump to go live Ace and Luffy at Colubo Mountain with the mountain bandits, who are surprised and unhappy to have a third brat to look after. Sabo politely greets Dadan and introduces himself. Dadan recognizes the name and says she has heard unpleasant things about him, though Sabo simply replies that he too has heard unpleasant things about her. Sabo stays with the Bandits for an undetermined amount of time, during which he, Ace, and Luffy fight or hunt the wild animals, the outlaws in "Gray Terminal", and the punks in town, and thus achieve a mild level of notoriety.

During a day of troublemaking in Edge Town, Sabo is seen by his father as he is making his escape. Ace and Luffy hear him calling after Sabo, and later demand to know what Sabo is hiding. Sabo reluctantly reveals the truth of his lineage to them, though they do not seem to find it particularly shocking. Sabo suddenly exclaims to Ace and Luffy that they'll go out to sea and become free pirates no matter what, revealing that his dream is to see the world and write a book about it.

Ace declares that his ambition is to earn a reputation as a great pirate. Luffy surprises both Sabo and Ace with his ambitions. Sabo mentions that there is a problem, since not all three of them can be the captain on their ship. Ace tells him to leave those decisions for the future. He begins to pour drinks, saying that if their share alcohol cups they will be brothers, no matter what ends up happening. From then on, the three of them do everything together.

After some time, Sabo's father and the Bluejam Pirates find the trio. Since his father hired them to deal with Ace and Luffy, presumably by killing them, Sabo finds no other choice but to follow his father in order to let Ace and Luffy escape. He is seen walking away from his "brothers" in tears while Ace screams after him in an effort to stop him.

#### Running from a Disgusting City

When Sabo was brought back to the city, he was taken to the police station to discuss his crimes as a runaway. Sabo's father continuously tried to pressure him into stating that his friends tricked him into committing crimes with them. However, Sabo refused to lie, and finally his father struck him over the head, causing him to fall to the floor, and bribed the police officer to take care of the paperwork. At home, he met his adopted brother, Stelly, who revealed a plot by the royal family and nobles to burn down the Gray Terminal before the World Government's inspectors arrive.

Sabo ran away again to find help and warn the residents in the Gray Terminal, only to discover that all the nobles were perfectly aware of the plan, unbothered by it, and unwilling to help stop it. He eventually arrived at the Great Gate after the fires have spread, desperately shouting for Ace and Luffy to run, only to be tossed aside by the soldiers guarding the gate. He was found by Monkey D. Dragon, to whom he confides the truth of the plan to burn the Gray Terminal and his shame in being born a noble. Dragon, shocked by such words coming from a child, agreed to hear Sabo out.

After the burning of Gray Terminal was complete, Sabo was caught and returned home once again. However, to prevent repeat escape attempts, Sabo's father boarded up Sabo's windows and encouraged Sabo to do what he was meant to and make his parents happy. Despite this, on the day the World Nobles were set to arrive, he managed to escape yet again, this time setting sail on his own ship. Shortly after setting sail, he came across the World Noble's ship. He started to move away in order to not get caught in the wake of the large vessel. The World Noble aboard the ship became offended that a commoner would dare to cross his path and promptly shot Sabo's ship with a rifle the size of a small cannon. This caused Sabo's ship to catch fire. While Sabo was trying to put out the fire with his jacket, the World Noble shot at him again, this time causing the ship to burst into pieces. All that could be seen of Sabo in the wreckage was his tattered hat.

Heavily injured by the explosion and on the verge of drowning, Sabo was rescued from the wreckage by Dragon. However, Dogra who witnessed the attack, reported back to Ace, Luffy, and Dadan that Sabo had died from this incident. Dragon carried the unconscious boy before he and Sabo boarded the Revolutionary Army's ship at Shimotsuki Village during the night, he was immediately treated for his injuries by the crew.

#### Joining the Revolutionary Army

When he woke up, he was diagnosed with amnesia as he could not even remember his own name. Dragon mentioned that Sabo was the son of a noble and thus a member of the Army suggested returning him to his family. Sabo immediately refused, still having the feeling that he must not return to his parents no matter what. Although he survived, everybody who knew him (including Ace and Luffy) believed he was dead.

Later that day, a letter from Sabo arrived for Ace, who told him that he planned to sail off quickly to escape the country and for Ace to take care of their little brother, Luffy.

Sabo remained with the Revolutionaries from that point on, where he eventually became committed to their ideologies. Sabo was trained along with many other orphans by the fishman Hack, but was already so strong that Hack had nothing to teach him. At age thirteen, Sabo trained under Dragon. One year later, Koala joined the Revolutionary Army and she, Sabo, and Hack went on missions together. Eventually, in time, Sabo rose to ranks and became the Chief of Staff - the No. 2 of the entire organization.

Because he forgot who Ace and Luffy were, Sabo did not participate in the Battle of Navyford to attempt to save Ace's life. However, after discovering the news that Ace was killed in the war from a newspaper article, Sabo's memories of Ace quickly returned to him after seeing his photo, which in turn brought back the rest of his lost memories. Finally remembering their brotherhood, Sabo became grief-stricken from the loss of his brother and his powerlessness to save him. This grief and the shock of his memories returning caused Sabo to come down with a high fever and was unconscious for three days.

However, all was not lost - as Sabo would eventually discover that Luffy had survived the battle. At that point, Sabo resolved to protect his remaining brother at all costs, and that he would come to Luffy's aid wherever and whenever he needed him,and that would not feel the grief of losing a brother ever again, having refused to live life with any more regrets - something he believed Ace would have never forgiven him for. Since Ace died, not a day went by where Sabo did not agonize over what his final thoughts were.

Afterwards, some time before his arrival in Dressrosa, Sabo plans visit at Ace's grave. Finally arriving at Ace and Whitebeard's gravesite - Sabo left a bottle of sake with three cups on a small crate as a tribute to the day they became brothers, as well as pinning a newspaper article about the Straw Hats' return to Ace's tomb stone and told his late brother that Luffy was well on his way to becoming King of the Pirates. After recalling his childhood with Ace and Luffy, Sabo tearfully broke down and apologized for not being able to save him. Sabo then drank from one of the three cups of sake he left in front of the grave and told Ace that he would inherit his power.

Sabo eventually requested permission for him to obtain the Flare-Flare Fruit, as he wished to eat it in order to inherit Ace's power.

## Synopsis

### Dressrosa Saga

#### Dressrosa Arc

Sabo, Koala, and Hack arrived at Dressrosa in order to put a stop to a weapons trade that the Don Quixote Family managed.

Later on, Sabo arrived in Dressrosa incognito, ordering a plentiful amount of food from the restaurant as Koala (who was sitting directly behind him, facing the opposite side) informed him on the situation in Dressrosa. After finishing eating, Koala told him that the only places they have not looked for the underground weapons' trade was the Royal Palace and Corrida Colosseum. Deciding to check the Colosseum first, Sabo disguised himself in a large brown cloak and went to sign up for the tournament. To Sabo's shock - Doflamingo revealed to the city that the prize for the tournament was the Flare-Flare Fruit, the Devil Fruit of his late brother Ace.

After meeting up with Hack momentarily, Sabo observed the mistreatment of a toy slave being beaten and abused by its overseer, causing Sabo to declare to himself that he would expose the darkness of Dressrosa. As Sabo observed the fighting, he immediately recognized the fighter "Lucy" as Luffy, as his thoughts drifted to his childhood.

During the Block D fight, he somehow managed to get inside the Corrida Colosseum. He interrupted Bartolomeo and Luffy's conversation and stated that the Flare-Flare Fruit could not be given to Luffy. Bartolomeo responded with anger, explaining that Sabo had no right to speak to the brother of "Flame-Fist Ace" and the future Pirate King in such a manner. Sabo responded that he knew these things about Luffy already. After pushing Bartolomeo aside, Sabo revealed himself to Luffy.

### Four Emperor Saga

#### From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000 Man Arc

As the news of the Straw Hats' accomplishment at Dressrosa spread throughout the world, Dragon, Sabo, and Koala read about the Straw Hat Pirates' new bounties.

#### Zou Arc

After returning to the Revolutionaries' base at Baltigo with the weapons and reporting to Dragon, Sabo went outside to train with his new flame powers.

#### Whole Cake Island Arc

Sometime later, a newspaper explained about Blackbeard's attack on Baltigo. The island was destroyed by the time the Navy and Cipher Pol arrived. However, Sabo and the revolutionaries' fate remains unknown.

#### One Piece Film: Gold

Sabo and Koala were on a Revolutionary ship heading to Gran Tesoro in order to rescue the lost Raise Max. The next night, when the Navy attacked Gran Tesoro, Sabo appeared on the lead Marine ship in order to stop Rob Lucci from attacking Luffy. The two had a brief battle until 's defeated body fell between them, and Lucci took his leave. Sabo returned to the Revolutionary ship, and he, Koala, and the liberated Raise Max sailed away.

## Battles

### Canon

* Sabo and Portgaz D. Ace vs. Porchemy
* Sabo vs. Portgaz D. Ace (multiple times)
* Sabo vs. Monkey D. Luffy (multiple times)
* Corrida Colosseum Finale
	+ Lucy (Sabo) vs. Fighting Fish
	+ Lucy (Sabo) vs. Diamante
	+ Lucy (Sabo) vs. G. Zass Burgess
* Sabo vs. Navy
	+ Sabo vs. Bastille
	+ Sabo vs. Issho
* Sabo vs. G. Zass Burgess
* Revolutionary Army vs. Blackbeard Pirates (unseen)

### Non-Canon

* Sabo, Portgaz D. Ace, and Monkey D. Luffy vs. a giant tiger
* Sabo, Portgaz D. Ace, Monkey D. Luffy, and Naguri vs. a giant bear
* Sabo, Portgaz D. Ace, and Monkey D. Luffy vs. Bluejam's men
* Sabo vs. Hack
* Sabo vs. Bartholomew Kuma and Monkey D. Dragon
* Sabo vs. an army of an unknown country
* Sabo vs. Rob Lucci

## Anime and Manga Differences

### ~~3D~~2Y

In the ending credit of *~~3D~~2Y*, Sabo was shown placing the sake cups in front of Ace's grave. Although he did so in the manga as well, the actual action was not seen there. This may serve as a major spoiler as the special was shown before the episode in which Sabo was revealed to be alive, even though his actual face was not shown in the at this instance.

### Dressrosa Arc

The anime reintroduces Sabo an episode before he meets Luffy and Bartolomeo, where he is seen briefly looking at the entrance to the arena inside the colosseum before setting off to find Luffy. Additionally, the anime also adds dialogue to their reunion, contrary to the manga chapter it was based off of. As a result, this dialogue ultimately ended up contradicting the manga - as Sabo's reunion with Luffy was fully revealed in a later chapter - dialogue included. As a result, the improvised greeting Sabo gives to Luffy in the anime is omitted in *Episode 738*, which adapts the full reunion from the manga.

During the flashback of Sabo's past - the anime showcases his time with the revolutionaries up until the present timeline, even though his training with Hack and subsequent missions as a Revolutionary have not been shown in the manga chapter the episodes were based on. These non-canon scenes also depict how he started utilizing a pipe as his weapon of choice again. Additionally, the scene of Sabo visiting Ace's grave from Episode of Sabo was used in the following episode.

During a revolutionary mission in *Episode 737*, Sabo was shown using Observation Haki to dodge gunfire, even though he has not shown any usage of it in the manga

## Notes & 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 chaested 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.
* Monkey D. Luffy, Portgaz D. Ace, and Sabo all have trademark hats.
* 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 5th Japanese *Popularity Fan Polls*, Sabo ranked as the fifth most popular character in One Piece making him the most popular of the Revolutionary Army and the second most popular "non-Straw Hat" character in the series, aside from Trafalgar Law.
* 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.
* When Sabo found out about Ace's death, his reaction was eerily similar to Luffy's - resulting in his jaw hinging open in an over the top fashion and the trauma of losing his brother putting him into a coma. (although Sabo also regained his memories, so the shock could have contributed to this)
* 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 as the main antagonist, and both of whom were deceiving a kingdom, in regards to Alabasta and Dressrosa respectively.
	+ Both Ace and Sabo protected Luffy from a villain (or villains 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.
	+ Both Ace and Sabo battled the Blackbeard Pirates and were defeated with Luffy learning their fates through the newspaper.
* Sabo also shares some similarities to the Straw Hat's chef, Vinsmoke Sanji.
	+ Both have blonde hair.
	+ Both were born into families of the high society (Sabo a Noble and Sanji a Prince) before leaving that life behind.
	+ Both of their own fathers (Outlook III and Vinsmoke Judge) view them as a disappointments.
	+ Both had something destroyed by their fathers when they were young (the drawing Sabo had made for his father, and the food Sanji prepared for a mouse).
	+ Both escaped from their families to have a different life.
	+ Both returned to their family to prevent their loved ones from getting killed and were threatened by their fathers if they did not cooperate (Luffy and Ace for Sabo, Zeff for Sanji).
	+ Both had pirates involved in their return to their families (the Bluejam Pirates in Sabo's, and the Big Mam Pirates in Sanji's).
* Sabo is the first person seen to actually eat a deceased person's Devil Fruit aside Blackbeard had somehow "eating" Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
* Sabo is currently the only known revolutionary with a bounty.
* He is the only known revolutionary to use Haki.