## One Piece Chapter 574, pages 17-19: The Death of Portgas D. Ace - Chapter: 574 - Pages: 17-19 - Characters: Portgas D. Ace, Monkey D. Luffy, Whitebeard Pirates, allied pirates, Monkey D. Garp, Portgas D. Rouge, Gol D. Roger ### Summary Page 17: Ace gives his final thanks. As nearby pirates shout, "Ace...!!" and Luffy stares in disbelief, Ace smiles through tears and blood and says, "Thank you... for loving me!!!" The huge close-up shows him crying and smiling at the same time, with the final words filling the page. Luffy reaches toward him from the side panels, unable to stop what is happening as Ace's strength leaves him. Page 18: Ace's last thoughts echo back through earlier promises and doubts. He remembers asking, "Should I have been born?" and an earlier moment where Luffy says, "Gramps... I..." and "Ace...?" Ace recalls a promise between the brothers and his own challenge, "Did you think I was dead?" The page then returns to Ace lying motionless in a pool of blood in Luffy's arms, making clear that the remembered promise cannot save him now. Page 19: Luffy's memories answer the death in front of him. Ace once snapped, "What're you crying for!? Don't go killing me off, idiot!!" and promised, "I will never die!! I can't die and leave a weakling brother like you behind!" Another memory states, "If it's a boy... Ace... His name is Gol D. Ace." In the present, Luffy screams over Ace's body, blood spreading under them, while the promise that Ace would never die collapses before him.