Ace D. Portgas

"Fire Fist" Ace D. Portgas

**Ace D. Portgas** (エース・D・ポートガス, *Ēsu D. Pōtogasu*), also known as "**Fire Fist**" **Ace** (火拳のエース, *Hiken no Ēsu*), is both a fictional character and tritagonist from the *J-Stars'* *FOPT* series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda.

Born as **Ace D. Gol** (エース・D・ゴール, *Ēsu D. Gōru*), he was adopted by Garp, as had been requested by his father before his execution. He was Whitebeard's 2nd division commander and the Spade's one-time captain.

Hunted by the government for his lineage, Ace was captured by Blackbeard on Banaro and sentenced to death, which resulted in a War at Marineford, an all-out clash of powers; Whitebeard's pirate forces against the Marines and Seven Warlords.

Ace was freed, but he sacrificed his life to protect his brother from Admiral Akainu. This ultimately proved to be the catalyst leading to them training for two years to become strong enough to protect their friends, paving the way for the second half of the series.

"*We have to live a life of no regrets.*"

—Ace D. Portgas, to his fellow sworn siblings.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Travis Willingham (English), Toshio Furukawa (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Castilian Spanish), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)
*Voice Actor (young)*: Chris Burnett (English), Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Castilian Spanish), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Biography

2nd Commander of Whitebeard Pirates. Sworn older brother of Erza, Luffy, Natsu, Sabo and Gray and son of Roger D. Gol's. His nickname is "Fire Fist" Ace.

With the power of the Logia Devil Fruit, "Flame-Flame Fruit", he can create, control, manipulate, and change his body to fire. The Flame-Flame Fruit- is truly one of the highest power levels of all the Devil Fruits!

He hunted Blackbeard and caught up with him on Banaro Island, but was defeated and condemned to death on Marineford. He died after protecting Natsu and Luffy from Admiral Akainu.

### Appearance

Although they were not blood related, Ace looked remarkably like his foster brother, Luffy. However, Ace was more serious looking than Luffy's lighthearted design, and was also taller and more muscular. He also sported rather childish freckles (inherited from his mother), and tended to make a skeptical facial expression by raising his left eyebrow. Interestingly, his facial features were almost akin to his biological father Gol D. Roger in his youth without his mustache.

#### The Young Past Days

As a child, Ace is shown to have often worn t-shirts with two-kanji phrases on the front (such as "innocence" and "violence"). On some occasions they are linked to the scene in which they were worn, like "independence" when the three brothers built their own tree house to live in. He often wore knee-length shorts and a black elbow guard on his left arm. Ace was always seen wearing dark brown, flat, slipper-like shoes, and in the winter, he wore a green cardigan over his normal clothes.

Upon leaving Dawn Island at the age of 17, he wore an outfit identical to the one he wore when he first met Whitebeard; however, he was less muscular than he eventually grew to be and had rounder, more childlike facial features.

#### Current

Ace's tattoos were among his most remarkable, trademark features. He had a tattoo on his back of the Whitebeard symbol — purple bones formed in a cross behind a purple skull with a white mustache — that he described as his pride and joy. Ace had another tattoo on his upper left bicep that spells "ASCE" vertically. The "~~S~~" crossed out is a tribute to Sabo as that's his jolly roger.

Ace wore an open-front shirt until he received Whitebeard's tattoo - afterwards, he stopped wearing anything over his upper body except when on winter or desert islands due to the weather requirements. He wore black boots, black knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt, and a blue pouch belted around his left leg. He also wore a short second belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but left it unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts. A dagger in a green sheath had hung at his left hip. On Ace's left arm, he wore a Log Pose and a red and white striped bracelet around his wrist, an orange elbow guard on his left arm, and his "ASCE" tattoo. He wore a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys, one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim. Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a bull's skull with orange tassels.

Unfortunately, Ace lost his trademark hat, which he already had when he began his journey as a pirate, on Banaro Island as a result of his duel with Blackbeard. His knife was also apparently confiscated, as he no longer had it in his next appearance as a prisoner at Impel Down. The tattoo upon his back that he took so much pride in was later destroyed by the same blow that eventually led to his death. However, at his grave, Ace's hat and knife were placed at his tombstone — either they were retrieved, or they were duplicates in Ace's possession.

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: 20 (Deceased)
* Birthday: January 1
* Height: 185 cm. (6'1")
* Weight: Not Known
* Bounty: 550,000,000 berries

## Personality

Ace was much more intelligent, polite, and generally more bearable than Luffy, which prompted the Straw Hat Pirates to question whether he was truly related to their captain. While several people who knew Roger D. Gol noted Luffy is quite similar to the late King of the Pirates, Whitebeard himself claimed that Ace's personality was not at all like his father's. It seems that among the very few things the brothers shared was their recklessness as pirates (and their near-bottomless stomachs).

In addition, Ace liked to party as much as his brother does. When he boarded Buggy's ship, he was drawn by the smell of food and decided to enjoy himself while he was there. Ace could be a bit inappropriate though as he once used a woman's skirt to wipe his face while he was dining at Spice Bean in Alabasta.

There were two running gags about Ace. The first was his rather extreme narcolepsy. He tended to randomly fall asleep while eating and conversing, leaving strangers around him wondering if he had died. This was first seen in Alabasta when they thought he died in the middle of eating. The second was that he did a "dine and dash" routine wherever he went. This went back to his younger days with Sabo and Luffy, when they would often dine and dash in the city of Goa.

His "politeness" is due to Makino's teaching after Ace asked her how to introduce himself to Shanks (being his father's son's savior). Before that, Ace was rather cold and rude to anyone he was not familiar with.

As the son of Roger, he lived in his shadow and is to date the first D. depicted to truly question his own right to exist, while displaying the fewest commonly seen D. related traits. Ace seemed to have lifelong problems dealing with his parentage, even after denouncing Roger D. Gol and accepting Whitebeard as his only father. This was in direct contrast to Luffy, who accepted his father's identity immediately upon learning it and did not seem to care when he was told how dangerous of a man he was. However, Luffy did not grow up with knowledge of the identity (or even the existence) of his father. Ace believed that it was natural if he were to really die as nobody in the world wanted the son of the devil (Roger) to live. Ace commented upon his own death that he had never sought fame or fortune - all he had wanted was the answer to his lifelong question of whether or not he should have been born, as this was the only thing preventing him from dying with no regrets as he and Luffy had vowed to do so and the fact he had a younger brother to look out for. Ace's only regret was that he would not live to see Luffy achieve his dream, which he believed Luffy undoubtedly would accomplish as he was his little brother.

Ace had a tendency to never back down from a fight, saying that he would never run once facing an enemy. Because of this, some people believed that Ace had a death wish, but in truth he wanted to prevent people he cared for from getting hurt. Dadan stated that he inherited this tendency from his father, Roger D. Gol, despite loathing him. While Ace emerged victorious over enemies he refused to run from, such as Porchemy and Bluejam, his stubbornness hurt him on a number of occasions, particularly when he refused to back down against Blackbeard or Admiral Akainu.

Ace was also easily provoked by and became violent towards anyone who insulted or harmed people close to him. In one of Garp's conversations with Dadan Curly, this was revealed to be a trait of Roger as well. During his childhood, Ace had a tendency to severely injure anyone who insulted Roger, though he himself disliked his biological father. After hearing about Sabo's presumed death at the hands of a World Noble, Ace quickly became bent on killing the Noble and Dadan had to pin Ace down and tie him to a tree to stop him.

Ace's temper got the better of him, especially in cases when Whitebeard, proclaimed by Ace to be his only father, was insulted. Believing that this was the case when Blackbeard broke the iron rule of the Whitebeard Pirates and fled after murdering a crewmate, Ace pursued his traitorous subordinate despite his crewmates' efforts and even Whitebeard's orders to stop him. Ace later came to see that his stubbornness had gotten him into the ordeal of being scheduled for execution. Even though he managed to escape death on the scaffold thanks to the pirates' and Luffy's efforts at Marineford and was well on his way to freedom, Admiral Akainu got to him by insulting Whitebeard. Ace quickly turned back to face him, ignoring his crewmates' warnings to not become angered over Akainu's provocations. Unwilling to let him get away of speaking ill of Whitebeard, Ace attacked him out of fury only to have his arm burned by Akainu's Devil Fruit powers. Akainu then took the opportunity to attack Luffy on the sideline, leading Ace to jump in, sacrificing his life to shield Luffy from the attack. While saying his last words, Ace sadly admitted to Natsu and Luffy that he (Ace) wasted away all of his efforts to rescue him (Luffu).

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Spade Pirates
* Tama
* Yamato
* Red-Hair Pirates
	+ "Red-Hair" Shanks
* Whitebeard Pirates
	+ Whitebeard
	+ Marco
	+ Thatch
	+ Vista
* Straw Hat Pirates
	+ Zoro Roronoa
	+ Nami
	+ Usopp
	+ Sanji Vinsmoke
	+ Chopper Tony Tony
	+ Robin Nico
	+ Franky
	+ Brook
	+ Jimbei
* Vivi Nefertari
* Buggy Pirates
	+ Buggy
* Kuja Pirates
	+ Hancock Boa

### Family

* Roger D. Gol (father, deceased)
* Rouge D. Portgas (mother, deceased)
* Rex D. Monkey (adopted father)
* Garp D. Monkey (adopted grandfather)
* Dadan Curly ()
* Erza Scarlet (adopted sister)
* Luffy D. Monkey (adopted brother)
* Natsu Dragneel (adopted brother)
* Sabo (adopted brother)
* Gray Fullbuster (adopted brother)

### Neutral

* Seven Warlords of the Sea
	+ Bartholomew Kuma
	+ Crocodile
* Marines
	+ Smoker

### Enemies

* Baroque Works
* Blackbeard Pirates
	+ Teach D. Marshall
	+ Augur Van
	+ Burgess Jesus
* World Government
	+ Marines
		- Akainu
	+ Impel Down
		- Magellan

## Powers and Abilities

As commander of the 2nd division of the Whitebeard Pirates, Ace had authority over the lower-ranking subordinates. In addition, as one of the top commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, he was one of the strongest and most highly-regarded pirates on board under Whitebeard himself. At one point, while being captain of the Spade Pirates, he was even asked to join the Seven Warlords of the Sea but refused. Ace was strong enough to be acknowledged by the Emperors Shanks and Blackbeard, with the former saying he had earned his spot as Whitebeard's second division commander and the latter wishing Ace had joined his crew and emphasizing how his own formidable crew was nowhere near strong enough to combat Ace at the time, speaking volumes of Ace's formidable strength.

Luffy commented on how he never defeated Ace in a single fight, despite Luffy already having the power of the Gum-Gum Fruit (Ace did not consume the Flame-Flame Fruit until after he left: Luffy was surprised by Ace's new power when Ace stopped Smoker from capturing him in Nanohana). Ace was trained by Garp, who had hoped to turn him into a fine Marine, and possibly Dadan, the two of whom were responsible for training Luffy to the level of power he held before becoming a pirate.

Ace also held a fearsome reputation. It was revealed that Ace received an invitation to join the Seven Warlords of the Sea while he was still captain of the Spade Pirates, though he refused the offer. After he joined the Whitebeard Pirates, a civilian was seen commenting on how Ace's strength was supposedly "outta this world". The World Government granted Blackbeard the position of Seven Warlords of the Sea after he successfully defeated and captured Ace. His overall reputation and abilities had earned him a bounty of 550,000,000 Berries prior to his capture and death.

He was also a capable navigator, as he was seen wearing a Log Pose on his left wrist, while travelling island to island in search for Luffy and Blackbeard on a simple raft.

Ace's willpower was strong enough to withstand Shanks' outburst of Conqueror's Haki.

### Physical Abilities

Aside from the powers granted by the Devil Fruit he consumed, Ace possessed immense physical strength and endurance which he attained from the extremely rigorous training in the harsh environment of Mt. Colubo mainly from hunting and fighting wild beast since childhood. His incredible physical prowess were supplemented by his extraordinary fighting skills. Even in his early childhood, he was able to beat some local thugs who spoke ill of his father "half to death" and during his first meeting with Luffy, he was also shown sitting on top of a huge bull he killed with his staff. He could also easily break a giant tree with a single kick. In his childhood, before he acquired the Flame-Flame Fruit, Ace was able to best Luffy in every single sparring match, despite Luffy's untrained Gum-Gum Fruit abilities.

Ace demonstrated his strength during his battle with Blackbeard: he was able to take Blackbeard's punches, which were so powerful that the first made Ace cough up blood and the second nearly broke his neck, and retaliate quickly afterwards. Augur Van noted that, as expected of the Whitebeard Pirates 2nd division commander, Ace's basic combat skills were quite formidable even without his Devil Fruit powers.

He fought equally with Jimbei in the past; they nearly killed each other in a fight that lasted for five days straight. Ace then survived a battle with Whitebeard that took place immediately after, showing immense stamina and durability. He 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.

### Devil Fruit

*Main article:* *Flame-Flame Fruit*
The **Flame-Flame Fruit** (メラメラの実, *Mera Mera no Mi*, literally meaning "Fruit of the Flame-Flame"), a Logia-class Devil Fruit, which was eaten by Ace, allows him to become the element of fire and control the flames from his body, making him a "**Fire Human**" (火人間, *Hi Ningen*) and giving him his reputation as "Fire Fist" Ace.

Ace displayed his immense power by destroying a handful of Baroque Works ships with ease. His main style is to launch columns of fire by punching, with his signature "Fire Fist". He is also immune to normal physical strikes, all of which will simply phase through his fire-composed body. For some reason, Ace did not seem to mind his inability to swim.

Ace also had practical uses for his Devil Fruit abilities, as he would heat up any fish he would find in the seas for his crew when they had no food to eat. He skillfully sent his boat underwater as he leaped over the Billions fleet, timing it precisely so that it emerged underneath him just before he hit the water on the other side. Also, when he turned up on Drum Island, no snow fell at all on the island for an entire day.

Later after his death, it was revealed that Ace's burning fists also had the power to annihilate entire cities.

#### Techniques

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

* **Heat Haze** (陽炎, *Kagerō*; literally meaning "Heat Haze"): Ace shoots a stream of fire from the palm of his hand. This was first seen being used to stop Smoker from catching Luffy.

* **Flame Fist** (火拳, *Hiken*; literally meaning "Fire Fist"): Ace's apparent signature attack and the source of his nickname "**Flame Fist**" **Ace**. Ace turns his fist into flames and launches it as a column of fire at his target. This attack is so incredibly powerful that it is able to plow through several ships in one shot. However, it was completely neutralized by Akainu's *Great Eruption*, and is the final attack Ace ever used prior to his death shortly after.

* **Fire Gun** (火銃, *Higan*; literally meaning "Fire Gun"): Pointing the index and middle fingers of both hands at an opponent like guns, Ace turns his fingertips into flames and shoots bullets made of fire from them. This technique was first seen when Ace retaliated against Augur Van's attack.

* **Flame Commandment** (炎戒, *Enkai*; literally meaning "Flame Commandment"): Ace amasses a large amount of flames around his body (usually by first swinging his outstretched hand around him, summoning the flames) in preparation for an attack. This is apparently the prerequisite technique before Ace can use **Fire Pillar**.

* **Fire Pillar** (火柱, *Hibashira*; literally meaning "Fire Pillar"): Used right after following **Flame Commandment**, Ace shoots the collected flames straight upward, destroying a target above him. It can also be fired downwards to clear any enemies that might be below him while he's in mid-air. This technique and its prerequisite technique were first seen when Burgess Jesus threw a hotel at Ace.

* **Firefly** (蛍火, *Hotarubi*; literally meaning "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. This move is apparently used as in the preparation for **Fiery Doll** and was first seen in Ace's battle against Blackbeard.

* **Fiery Doll** (火達磨, *Hidaruma*; literally meaning "Fiery Doll"): Right after using **Firefly** 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. This was first seen being used in Ace's battle against Blackbeard after Blackbeard had performed and demonstrated his initial attacks. In the *Wizard and Pirate Warriors* games, the fireballs from **Firefly** actually home in targets themselves, while **Fiery Doll** is instead a grab attack where Ace captures his target as he plows them into the ground for an explosion (which he leaps back from).

* **Saint Elmo's Fire** (神火 不知火, *Shinka: Shiranui*; literally meaning "Sacred Flame/God Fire: Sea Fire"}}: Ace hurls long lances made out of fire. The lances have the combined effect of simultaneously burning an opponent while piercing them. This was first seen being used against Blackbeard when Ace was being pulled forward by the former's power. The term "Shiranui" or "Shiranuhi" also literally translates to "Unknown Fire", while the term "Saint Elmo's Fire" is a clear reference to the homonym weather phenomenon.

* **Cross Fire** (十字火, *Jūjika*; literally meaning "Cross Fire"): Ace places his index fingers together in a cross shape before launching a cross-shaped column of fire directly at his opponent. In the anime, after crossing his fingers, a cross-shaped ray of light can be seen emanating from the fingers at the target followed by the column of fire. This was first seen being used against Blackbeard after Ace attacked him with **Saint Elmo's Fire**. This attack's name is a pun since "Juujika" refers to crossfire from weapons, yet Ace is making an actual cross out of fire. It also is a possible play on the term juujika (十字架, lit. cross stand/rack), a term used more for the crosses that are meant to crucify people with.

* **Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor** (大炎戒 炎帝, *Dai Enkai: Entei*; literally meaning "Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor"}: Ace's ultimate technique. After creating great spiraling flames centered on his location before amassing it at a focused point (i.e. the palm of his hand), Ace then turns it into a gigantic fireball resembling the sun and hurls it at his opponent to try to obliterate them. This was only seen once being used during the final moments of Ace and Blackbeard's only-time battle. "Entei" sounds almost similar to "Enkei" meaning "circle," a reference to the attack's shape. In *Fairy One Piece Tail: Unlimited Cruise*, Ace activates this move by first bending his knees slightly and then placing the outstretched palm of his hand towards the ground (with his other hand gripping the wrist for support), where the flames manifest themselves into a sphere.

* **Flame Fence** (炎上網, *Enjōmō*; literally meaning "Flame-Up Net"): Ace creates a circle of fire around a selected area, preventing anyone from entering or leaving it. This was first seen being used against the Navy in Alabasta under the command of Smoker, and was named in a flashback against Whitebeard.

* **Flame Mirror** (鏡火炎, *Kyōkaen*; literally meaning "Mirror Fire Flame"): Ace releases a wall of fire to block an attack. This was first seen to counter Aokiji's Ice Block: Pheasant Peck, the two attacks canceling each other out.

* **Twin Guns & Cross Fire**: Ace fires a volley of bullets from his two guns before finishing the technique with **Cross Fire**. This technique only appears as one of Ace special moves for his *Strong World* DLC costume in *Fairy One Piece Tail: Burning Blood*.

### Haki

*Main article:* *Haki*
Ace's Haki had been described by Shanks and Benn Beckman to be fiery in nature, to the point that Ace’s very presence was able to stop blizzards on an island for as long as he was there. As such, when he turned up on Drum Island, no snow fell at all on the island for an entire day.

#### Armament Haki

*Main article:* *Armament Haki*
It was stated in Fairy One Piece Tail Novel A that Ace could use Armament Haki. Upon awakening it, he was capable of fighting on equal grounds with Vice Admiral Draw with Armament Haki. However, it is not known how proficient he was in using it.

#### Conqueror's Haki

*Main article:* *Conqueror's Haki*
Ace possessed Conqueror's Haki, which he initially had no conscious control over. He first demonstrated the ability at 10 years of age when he rendered the Bluejam Pirates except for Bluejam unconscious after an outburst of rage. He later gained knowledge of the power, as he recognized it when Luffy used it at the Summit War of Marineford.

He was never seen using this Haki apart from during his childhood, save for in the video games (such as during the activation of his Kizuna Rush in *Wizard and Pirate Warriors 3*).

### Feats

#### Strength level

* As a child, killed a massive tiger and an enormous bear and kicked down a huge tree.
* Can break a tree in half with a single kick as a child.
* Can lift people larger and heavier than him as a child.
* Beated a thug to death with his bare fists alone as a child.
* Easily lifts a large axe.
* Blasts through large houses with his fire fist.
* Fire fist can destroy five Baroque Workships.
* Entei is able to cover almost half of a medium-sized island.
* Clashed with Blackbeard, which destroyed an entire island.
* Said to be capable of annihilating entire cities with his fire attacks.
* Matched an attack from Aokiji in the midst of a marine war, and bought him and Luffy enough time to run away.
* With his presence alone, temporarily changed the weather of an island where it’s always snowing to make it sunny and near-cloudless.

#### Speed

* Faster than Gear 2nd Luffy.
* Able to keep up with Kuzan and Jimbei.
* Managed to jump right over multiple ships in a single bound.
* Fast enough to intercept Akainu's killing blow
* Reacted to gunfire.
	+ Avoided a sniper shot

#### Durability

* Tanked Blackbeard's punches, and claimed that one of his punches almost broke his neck.
* Survived punches from Whitebeard.
* Able to take blows from Jinbei during there five day long battle, who can punch a marine through a ship-mast.
* Barely flinched when baptised in extremely boiling water.
* Ace’s intangibility makes him immune to most forms of attacks.

#### Skill

* Stated by Luffy he was never able to defeat him in a fight despite when he had his powers.
* Easily kill large animals with nothing but an old pipe.
* Was trained by Rex and Garp.
* Was worthy enough to become a Warlord but refused.
* Successfully formed and became pirate leader of Spade Pirates within 1 year despite no prior experience.
* Was a 2nd Division pirate to Whitebeard afterwards.
* Fought with an admiral even when starved and freashed out of prison.
* Fought Jimbei on equal grounds for five days.
* Fought Blackbeard on equal grounding.
* Avoided multiple attacks while surrounded.
* Should scale to other Division Commanders in Whitebeard’s crew like Marco the Phoenix, who reacted to Kizaru’s attack and Flower Sword Vista who briefly fought the strongest swordsman in the world.

### Weaknesses

* **Typical Devil Fruit Weakness**: Like all devil fruit users, Ace can't swim as his powers will be nullified once he is submerged into water waist deep. He is also vulnerable to Sea-Prism Stone.
* **Narcoleptic**: Ace would sleep at random times, making him an easy target to hit.
* **Magma**: Mag-Mag Fruit is considered to be superior to Flame-Flame Fruit, which is magma. As magma is hotter than fire.

### Weapons

Ace carries around a knife but is never seen using it. However, in flashbacks of attempts to assassinate Whitebeard, Ace was shown using various weapons, including an axe and a knife. As a child, he used a long bo staff made from pipe as a weapon.

In *Burning Blood*, **Ace (Strong World)** wields two twin double-barreled firearms (which resemble a cross between a pistol and sawed-off shotgun) which he uses as part of his **Twin Gun & Crossfire** special attack.

### Transportation

*Main article:* *Striker*
He traversed the seas in a one-man boat that seems to have been specifically designed for him, propelling it with flames from his feet.

## Synopsis

### Sky Island Saga

#### Jaya Arc

Ace later hopped on Buggy's ship for food and promised to show him the way to Luffy.

#### Ace's Great Blackbeard Search

After parting ways with Buggy's crew, he infiltrated a Marine base to deliver a letter to the parents of a milk maiden who saved his life. Despite being exposed, Ace was able to escape with vital information on Blackbeard that he took from the Marines. He also successfully delivered the letter, which indirectly led the parents to reunite with their daughter.

### Water 7 Saga

#### Grand Magic Games Arc

*Main article:* *Duel on Banaro Island*
Ace finally found and confronted Blackbeard and his crew on Banaro Island. He and Blackbeard exchanged a few words before Blackbeard offered him the chance to join his crew and help him become King of the Pirates. However, when Blackbeard revealed that he was intending to go to Crocus and capture Luffy, Natsu, Gray, and Erza, Ace got angrier as he refused, revealing his relationship with them. Augur Van then shot at him, but Ace had the bullets pass through him before retaliating with fire bullets.

Burgess Jesus threw part of a hotel at him, but Ace demolished it with a pillar of fire before attacking the two of them and Blackbeard with **Fire Fist**. Blackbeard admitted that he had killed Thatch, revealing that he had done it to claim the Dark-Dark Fruit. Ace watched as Blackbeard became darkness and pulled the entire town into a black hole before releasing it as wreckage, but he immediately unleashed several small fiery explosions that injured Blackbeard due to his fruit amplifying damage rather than bypassing it.

However, Blackbeard used his darkness to pull Ace toward him and nullify his Devil Fruit powers, allowing Blackbeard to punch Ace. Ace was pulled in again by Blackbeard's darkness, but managed to hit Blackbeard with an attack before Blackbeard broke his neck. As the two continued to clash, Blackbeard began to physically overwhelm Ace and once again offered him the chance to join his crew. Ace refused again, and brought out a massive fireball as he engaged in a massive final clash with Blackbeard's darkness.

## Battles

### Canon

* Ace D. Portgas vs. Luffy D. Monkey (multiple times)
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Natsu Dragneel (multiple times)
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Sabo (multiple times)
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Gray Fullbuster (multiple times)
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Erza Scarlet (multiple times)
* Ace D. Portgas and Curly Dadan vs. Bluejam
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Isuka
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Draw
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Yamato
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Jimbei
* Spade Pirates vs. Whitebeard
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Whitebeard (at least 100 times)
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Doma and his crew (unseen)
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Smoker
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Billions fleet
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Burgess Jesus
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Teach D. Marshall
* Ace D. Portgas, Natsu Dragneel and Luffy D. Monkey vs. Marines
* Ace D. Portgas and Natsu Dragneel vs. Admiral Aokiji
* Ace D. Portgas and Natsu Dragneel vs. Admiral Akainu

### Non-Canon

* Ace vs. Naguri
* Ace, Erza Scarlet, Luffy D. Monkey, Natsu Dragneel, Sabo, and Gray Fullbuster vs. a giant tiger
* Ace, Luffy D. Monkey, and Sabo vs. Bluejam's men
* Ace and Thatch vs. Decalvan Brothers (offscreen)
* Ace D. Portgas, Natsu Dragneel and Luffy D. Monkey vs. Billions (Nanohana)
* Ace D. Portgas vs. Impel Down guards (Impel Down)

## Etymology

* Ace being captain of the Spade Pirates, is a pun on the "Ace of spades", or "spadille".
	+ Having died through being penetrated is a possible reference to the known saying "Ace in the hole"
* Ace shares the same birthday as the creator of the series, Eiichiro Oda (January 1).

## External links

* Ace D. Portgas *One Piece Encyclopedia*
* Ace D. Portgas *Heroes Wiki*
* Ace D. Portgas *Koei Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* Universal Studios of Japan has built a replica of Ace's and Whitebeard's tombs. Ace's epitaph says: "*Ace, may your soul be eternal. Your brave soul will always be with us.*" This epitaph was also shown in *Episode 663* of the anime.
* In the 6th Japanese *Popularity Fan Polls*, Ace ranked as the fifth most popular character in One Piece making him the most popular of the Whitebeard Pirates and also the most popular deceased character in the One Piece series.
* Had Ace been a girl, he would have been named "Anne".
* Ace would have been 21 if he were born on time. Instead he is 20 because his mother held him in her womb for eleven months past his due date, meaning he spent a total of twenty months inside her womb, instead of the usual nine.
* Ace is the first known Devil Fruit user user to die.
* Ace is also the first major character in *One Piece* who died outside of flashbacks.
* His bounty, being at 550,000,000 berries before his death, was the highest amount revealed in the series before the timeskip.