## One Piece Chapter 552, pages 11-12: Ace and Whitebeard - Chapter: 552 - Pages: 11-12 - Characters: Portgas D. Ace, Whitebeard, Spade Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, Thatch ### Summary Page 11: Ace's crewmates shout, "Cap-tain!!!" and "Cap'n Ace!! What are you doing!?" as Ace orders them to run. Whitebeard asks if Ace has lost his nerve, but Ace says he is not running. Instead, Ace intends to let his crew escape and stay behind in return. He screams through the fire and smoke, refusing to abandon the fight. Whitebeard watches him and comments, "Well, well, well... What an impertinent brat..." The page frames Ace's stubbornness as both reckless and loyal: he will not let his crew die for his own vendetta against Whitebeard. Page 12: Whitebeard defeats Ace but refuses to kill him. He laughs, "Gurarara... so you still stand...!!" and tells Ace, "This is no place for you to die, boy." If Ace still has fight in his heart, Whitebeard tells him to take his name upon his back and rage across the seas to his heart's content. Then he extends his hand and says, "Become a son of mine!!!" Ace stares in shock and protests, "Don't screw with me...!!" Later, when Ace wakes aboard the ship, Thatch introduces himself as commander of the Fourth Division and says that if Ace will be one of them, they should get along.