## One Piece Chapter 574: The Death of Portgas D. Ace - Chapter: 574 - Pages: 0-20 - Characters: Whitebeard, Portgas D. Ace, Shanks, Marshall D. Teach, Jimbei, Monkey D. Luffy, Marco, Jozu, Dracule Mihawk, Donquixote Doflamingo, Bartholomew Kuma, Gecko Moria, Boa Hancock, Sengoku, Aokiji, Akainu, Kizaru, Monkey D. Garp, Emporio Ivankov, Crocodile, Daz Bones, Buggy, Mr. 3, Nami, Whitebeard Pirates, allied pirates, Marines, Den Den Mushi, viewers, prisoners, Vista, Tony Tony Chopper, Sabo, Gol D. Roger, townspeople, Curly Dadan, Portgas D. Rouge ### Summary Page 0: Color cover for One Piece Volume 59, titled in Japanese as the volume where Portgas D. Ace dies. The image features Whitebeard, Portgas D. Ace, Shanks, Blackbeard, Jimbei, and Luffy in a dramatic Marineford-themed composition under the Jump Comics One Piece logo. This is volume packaging art, not a story page. Page 1: Full dust-jacket style volume cover spread for One Piece Volume 59. The left side repeats the Marineford cover art with Whitebeard, Ace, Shanks, Blackbeard, Jimbei, and Luffy, while the right side is a pale map-pattern back cover with Jump Comics and Shueisha marks. This is publication packaging material, not chapter narrative. Page 2: Interior volume title page for One Piece Volume 59, "The Death of Portgas D. Ace." The illustration shows Luffy clinging to or flying from a giant paw-print shape, with the One Piece logo unfurled above him and a small bird in a pirate hat perched near the logo. This is a volume title illustration and contains no story dialogue. Page 3: Recap and cast page titled "The Story of One Piece, Vol. 1 to 58." It summarizes that Luffy infiltrated Impel Down to save Ace, learned Ace had been taken to Marine HQ, escaped with the New Kama Land prisoners, joined the war at Marineford, and finally saved Ace before Ace was pierced through the stomach. The page also lists the Four Emperors, Whitebeard Pirates, Royal Shichibukai, Marines, and Luffy's allies, including Whitebeard, Marco, Joz, Shanks, Mihawk, Doflamingo, Kuma, Moria, Boa Hancock, Sengoku, Aokiji, Akainu, Kizaru, Garp, Ivankov, Jimbei, Crocodile, Mr. 1, Buggy, Mr. 3, and Ace. Page 4: Table of contents for One Piece Volume 59, titled "The Death of Portgas D. Ace." It lists Chapter 574, "The Death of Portgas D. Ace," Chapter 575, "Rage Without Words," Chapter 576, "The Great Pirate Edward Newgate," Chapter 577, "An Unthinkable Incident," Chapter 578, "The Man Delivered to a New Age," Chapter 579, "A Few Seconds of Courage," Chapter 580, "The End of the Battle," Chapter 581, "The Approaching Future," Chapter 582, "Luffy and Ace," Chapter 583, "Gray Terminal," and Chapter 584, "The Porshemi Incident." A note says that because one chapter had fewer pages, this volume will have eleven chapters. Page 5: Chapter title page: Chapter 574, "The Death of Portgas D. Ace." The cover illustration shows Nami at an outdoor crash-test or training attraction, holding a huge mallet beside several small animal workers wearing helmets. A sign in the background reads "MOGURA," and Nami's shirt says "CRASH." Luffy appears near the bottom, partly buried or thrown by the impact. There is no Marineford dialogue on this cover page beyond the chapter title. Page 6: The chapter resumes from the moment Akainu's magma fist pierces Ace while Ace shields Luffy. Luffy sits frozen in front of him, barely able to react: "...!!?" Flames and smoke pour from Ace's body as Akainu stands behind him. Around the battlefield, Whitebeard's allies and Marines stare in horror and shout, "They got Ace!!!" The page is dominated by shock, with no one yet able to move fast enough to undo what has happened. Page 7: The news spreads instantly through the battle and through Buggy's restored broadcast. Pirates scream, "Stop Akainu!!!" while Marines point rifles and the video screens show Ace being struck. Viewers shout, "Do-goon!!" and "Fire!!!" as the Den Den Mushi broadcast catches the disaster. Whitebeard, Marco, and the other commanders look horrified, and the battlefield erupts into panic while Akainu remains beside Ace and Luffy. Page 8: Akainu pulls back from Ace, leaving him smoking and collapsing in front of Luffy. A pirate warns, "It's no good, we can't stop him!!" and Akainu says coldly, "It looks like you're still alive..." Luffy screams, "Stop!!!" while others cry, "No more!!!" The page lingers on Ace's burned body, Luffy's panic, and Akainu advancing again as if one fatal blow is still not enough. Page 9: Jimbei charges in to stop Akainu, shouting, "Jimbei!!!" and striking with "Jigowa!!!" Other prisoners and pirates yell, "Undo my handcuffs already!!" and "Oh man!! I'm saved! I was about to..." Akainu tells him, "Stop wasting my time, Jimbei. You're a former Shichibukai. You should know my strength..." Jimbei answers that even if it costs him his body, he will hold Akainu back as long as he can: "My life has no value to begin with!!!" Page 10: Garp loses control and leaps toward Akainu, terri...