#chapter 589

Thoughts:

- Cover: oh hey, it’s ladies from the Impel Down

- Luffy is depression personified right now, no wonder

- “How long are you gonna stay like that?” let the child lie on the floor, Ace

- Ace doesn’t care about treasure he can’t protect and Luffy wants to gets lots(x100) stronger

- “So there won’t be anything I can’t protect! And nobody’ll ever have to go away!” this precious child

- “So please… don’t die, Ace!” D: ow ow ow, right in the feels, why

-  “Remember this, Luffy! I’m not gonna die!” nooooo

- Ace promised to take care of Luffy, and to live life without regrets

- “We’ll set sail when we’re 17! Nothing’s gonna stop us! We’re gonna be pirates!” Well, that sure came true

- oh, what now

- children?

- no, wait, it’s Dragon, hey man

- ?

- alright, back to Goa

- “With the investigation by the World Government over, the people returned to their old ways and Trash Mountain is exactly as it was before.” …I… I’m so pissed right now, not sure what about exactly. THIS IS ******* WORST

- aww, Ace and Luffy keep training

- loool, Ace says gum-gum fruit just isn’t fit for battle :D

- Jesus, did they both just imagine Sabo

- …crazy and sad (but in a healthy way?). It looks like they’re moving on

- wait, are they arguing now

- oh, Luffy got hurt

- …looks like it was a real eye-opener for Ace. Poor kid, I think his real childhood is behind him

- oh, this is precious

- (and he did thank him!)

- we got training montage. Looks good :)

- and just like that, they got older

- “Seven years later. Ace is 17, Luffy is 14” Ace is sailing off to become a pirate :) he looks so young

- and to think 3 years later he’s already dead… he’s so full of life here

- oh Dadan. We all know you liked him, no shame in crying :)

- now THAT’S a proper Gum Gum Pistol :D

- Ace’s in the newspaper :D

- alright, 3 years later, Luffy’s 17 and off to the sea now too. We saw it actually at the very begging of this manga. Feels a little different now

- Dadan’s crying again, I love it here :)

- “Look at me, Sabo! I’m going out to sea too!” he yells at the sky

- “Goodbye! I’m off!” :D and our adventure begins :D

- “All right! Let’s go! I’m gonna be King of the Pirates!” :)

- END OF FLASHBACK!

- …wait, wait, WAIT

- “Me, become King of the Pirates?”

Luffy…