Ace

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Portgas D. Ace 84 167
Original Name	艾斯
Alias(es)	Fire Fist Ace; later Flame Emperor Ace 7 287
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Whitebeard Pirates 7 253
Occupation/Role	Former Second Division Commander; successor captain of the Whitebeard Pirates; one of the Four Emperors 7 253 271
Devil Fruit	Flame-Flame Fruit, a Logia-type ability 67 247
Bounty	4.5 billion, announced after his draw with Kaido 287
Status	Alive; rescued from execution at Marineford 211 287
First Appearance	First mentioned in the supplied material in Chapter 3; first shown directly in Chapter 30 3 30

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Refined understanding of flame power	247 248 249	Observing River fight Tesoro leads Ace to reconsider temperature and combustion as sources of greater destructive power. He also recognizes that Devil Fruit mastery alone cannot make him a top-tier fighter.
River-enhanced Haki and Flame-Flame Fruit	250	River amplifies and evolves Ace’s existing abilities, granting Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, Advanced Armament Haki, and Advanced Observation Haki. His flame abilities gain skills including Flame Elemental Control, Fire Style, Fire Dragon’s Roar, and Sun Breathing.
Full mastery of the granted power	264	After more than half a year of familiarization, Ace has made River’s gift his own and prepares to fight Kaido at full strength.
Emperor-level combat strength	270	Fights Kaido to a standstill through Devil Fruit attacks, Haki, and physical exchanges. His final Flame Emperor clashes with Kaido’s Roaring Thunder Bagua, ending the battle in a draw.
Recognized member of the Four Emperors	271 286 287	His performance preserves the Whitebeard Pirates’ Emperor-level standing. Worldwide recognition follows, alongside the title Flame Emperor and a bounty of 4.5 billion.

Background

Ace is the son of Gol D. Roger and Portgas D. Rouge, but deliberately uses his mother’s surname. Before Roger’s death, Ace was entrusted to Garp because neither Roger nor Rouge’s younger brother, Jiang Liu—also called River—could protect him. River states that he rescued Rouge and Ace from the Navy twenty years earlier, while his later search for them reveals that he had never met his nephew personally 7 31 167.

Garp helped raise Ace and regards him as his grandson despite their lack of blood relation. Ace later became a Supernova and joined the Whitebeard Pirates as their Second Division Commander. He embraced Whitebeard as “Pops” and dreamed of making him Pirate King 7 32 70 104 155.

Appearance

Ace is identified by his freckles and the loose hair that falls over his forehead. His return to the Whitebeard Pirates after River’s enhancement is marked by a visibly more confident, commanding bearing 239 253.

• Hat: Wears a hat during his confrontation with Blackbeard; later inherits Whitebeard’s captain’s hat 67 253.
• Flame-covered body: Can surround part or all of himself with fire during combat 32 67.
• Captain’s regalia: Receives Whitebeard’s hat and the naginata Murakumogiri when formally appointed captain 253.

Personality

Ace’s loyalty to family and crew repeatedly overrides concern for his own safety. He pursues Teach to uphold the Whitebeard Pirates’ prohibition against killing a crewmate, refuses Teach’s recruitment offer after learning of his plan to capture Luffy, and initially dreams of elevating Whitebeard rather than himself 31 32 67.

His early confidence can become stubbornness. Despite River’s warning that Teach is exceptionally dangerous, Ace insists he will not lose and challenges his uncle when threatened with restraint. Even when he remembers that warning during the fight on Banaro Island, he privately rejects the possibility of defeat 31 67.

Imprisonment exposes his tendency toward self-blame. He offers to die if that would spare the Whitebeard Pirates, later refuses food, and describes his execution as the best outcome. River’s challenge finally makes him admit that he wants to live 100 154 155.

As captain, Ace becomes more composed and decisive. Marco considers him smarter and more strategically minded than himself; Ace ultimately overcomes his grief, accepts responsibility for the crew, and leads efforts to recover their threatened territories 253 254 265.

Abilities & Skills

Flame-Flame Fruit

Ace’s Logia ability allows him to generate and control fire. Ordinary gunfire passes through his flame form, as demonstrated when Van Augur shoots him without effect 67.

• Fire Fist: A flame-wreathed punch whose output he can restrain; he limits its size during the restaurant clash with Crocodile 30.
• Fire Pistol: Used against Blackbeard’s crew on Banaro Island 67.
• Mirror Flame: Releases a broad wave of fire toward River 32.
• Flame Emperor: Used as his final attack against Kaido, meeting Roaring Thunder Bagua head-on 270.
• Golden, sunlike flames: Marine intelligence describes his enhanced fire as dazzling enough to sting observers’ eyes and powerful enough to set the sea ablaze 286.
• Haki vulnerability: River catches his flaming fist with Armament Haki and physically overpowers him 32.

Enhanced Flame Techniques

River’s enhancement raises Ace’s understanding and control of fire while placing additional skills directly into his mind 250.

• Acquired skills include Flame Elemental Control, Fire Style, Fire Dragon’s Roar, and Sun Breathing 250.
• Ace requires more than half a year to fully master the power he receives 264.
• The supplied material describes his ability as amplified and evolved; it does not explicitly identify this upgrade as a Devil Fruit awakening 250.

Haki

Ace already possesses all three types of Haki when River enhances him. The upgrade develops their advanced forms rather than granting the basic abilities for the first time 250.

• Conqueror’s Haki Infusion: Explicitly unlocked by River’s enhancement 250.
• Advanced Armament Haki: Acquired through amplification and evolution of his existing Armament Haki 250.
• Advanced Observation Haki: Acquired through the same enhancement process; its specific advanced functions are not named 250.
• Mass intimidation: His immediate post-enhancement surge destroys a dining table and knocks nearby servers unconscious 250.
• Physical effects: Later Marine reports state that his Haki can damage objects and is no weaker than Red-Haired Shanks’s 286.

Flame Propulsion

Ace can travel across the sea without a vessel by propelling himself with burning flames 253.

• His return to the Moby Dick produces a trench of fire and clouds of steam as the surrounding water vaporizes 253.
• The crew initially assumes he is using his flame-powered boat, then realizes there is nothing beneath his feet 253.

Leadership

Ace restores the Whitebeard Pirates’ cohesion after their postwar decline and directs their response to attacks by rival Emperor crews 253 254 265.

• Accepts the captaincy with a promise to preserve Whitebeard’s legacy 253.
• Orders the crew to gather and retaliate against Kaido’s and Big Mom’s forces 253 254.
• Leads a force of 120 warships into the confrontation with Kaido 264.
• Stabilizes a crew that had been scattered and close to destruction 265.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Murakumogiri — Whitebeard’s enormous naginata, handed to Ace by Jozu during his appointment as captain 253.
• Whitebeard’s captain’s hat — Placed on Ace’s head by Marco as a symbol of succession 253.
• Small boat — Used when departing after his first meeting with River; the crew later recognizes his former flame-powered method of travel 32 253.
• Vivre Card — Entrusted to River before Ace resumes his pursuit of Teach 32.

Relationships

• Portgas D. Rouge — Mother, whose surname Ace chooses to bear. He asks River to rescue her if he dies and later reunites with her in Dressrosa 31 155 234.
• Gol D. Roger — Biological father. The Marines use this parentage to justify Ace’s public execution. Roger is later shown alive in seclusion and celebrates his son’s rise to Emperor status; no reunion with Ace is documented here 167 287.
• Portgas D. River / Jiang Liu — Maternal uncle, protector, and mentor. Their relationship begins with suspicion and combat, becomes strained by Whitebeard’s apparent death, and develops into support through Ace’s rescue, family reunion, and enhancement 30 32 100 228 234 250.
• Edward Newgate / Whitebeard — Chosen father and predecessor. Ace insists that Whitebeard is his only father, inherits his captaincy, and later speaks with him while Whitebeard remains secretly alive 167 253 254.
• Garp — Grandfather figure who helped raise him. Garp struggles between Marine duty and love for Ace, then celebrates his Emperor-level strength as protection for his grandson 70 155 189 287.
• Luffy — Younger brother and rescuer. Ace rejects Teach’s plan to capture him and asks River to look after him if Ace dies 67 100 191.
• Marco — Senior crewmate and supporter of Ace’s succession. Protects him from rashly attacking Teach and presents him with Whitebeard’s captain’s hat 212 253.
• Jozu — Crewmate who offers to accompany Ace to Dressrosa and later entrusts Murakumogiri to him 228 253.
• Jinbe — Fellow prisoner who urges Ace to eat and endure until an escape opportunity appears 154 155.
• Oars — Friend who charges through Marineford’s defenses to save him despite severe wounds 189.
• Marshall D. Teach / Blackbeard — Former subordinate and enemy. His betrayal prompts Ace’s pursuit; his capture of Ace triggers the Marineford crisis. He later plans to kill Ace and steal his Devil Fruit 26 31 69 263.
• Kaido — Rival Emperor. Their battle ends in a draw and mutual acknowledgment, securing Ace’s standing as Whitebeard’s successor 270 271.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Meeting His Uncle

Doflamingo’s informants locate Ace in Rump, northwest of Alabasta, while he is searching for Teach. Jiang Liu finds him asleep in a restaurant, but Ace suspects a trap. Crocodile blocks his attempt to seize Jiang Liu, and Foxy temporarily restrains him with the Slow-Slow Beam 26 30.

Jiang Liu reveals his connection to Rouge and warns Ace against confronting Teach. Their disagreement becomes a fight that exposes the gulf between their strength. By the following morning, Ace accepts him as “Uncle,” leaves him a Vivre Card, and continues his mission 31 32.

Capture and Imprisonment

On Banaro Island, Ace refuses Teach’s invitation to join his crew and attacks after hearing his plan to hand Luffy to the Government. Teach defeats and captures him, creating the opportunity for the World Government to lure Whitebeard into war 67 69.

River visits Ace in Headquarters Prison and explains that his death alone cannot stop the conflict. After Ace is transferred to Impel Down, River and Garp visit him in Level Six. Their confrontation with his hopelessness culminates in Ace openly asking to be saved 100 154 155.

Marineford Rescue

Sengoku publicly exposes Ace as Roger’s son while Ace affirms Whitebeard as his father. Whitebeard arrives to rescue him and claims responsibility for his pursuit of Teach, rejecting Ace’s self-blame 167 168.

Ace witnesses Whitebeard’s apparent death after his duel with River. Luffy then reaches the execution platform, receives a candle-wax key from a jailer, and unlocks Ace’s handcuffs. Ace emerges in flames after Sengoku destroys the platform; the brothers subsequently reach the Whitebeard Pirates safely 191 192 211.

The jailer later reveals that he was assigned to assist the escape. Whitebeard’s voice urges his crew to cooperate with River, though Ace remains unsettled by his uncle’s unexplained arrangements 195.

Dressrosa and Succession

Ace’s grief delays his assumption of the captaincy for a month. He accepts River’s invitation to Dressrosa to seek answers about Whitebeard and his mother, then reunites with Rouge 228 233 234.

After accompanying River to Gran Tesoro, Ace receives the power enhancement intended to prepare him for leadership. He returns to the crew, accepts Whitebeard’s hat and weapon, and orders retaliation against their territorial enemies. A subsequent conversation with the secretly living Whitebeard strengthens his resolve to carry on Pops’s hopes 250 253 254.

Rise of the Flame Emperor

After mastering River’s gift, Ace fights Kaido to a draw. The result secures the crew’s position and brings recognition of Ace as a new Emperor, followed by his 4.5 billion bounty and Flame Emperor title 264 270 271 287.

Ace interrupts the ensuing celebration when he learns that Kaido’s retreating fleet has encountered River. He immediately leads the Whitebeard Pirates toward the clash to support his uncle 275 284.

Notable Quotes

“My dream is to make Whitebeard the Pirate King!” 32

“If I die, please take care of my little brother for me. His name is Luffy!” 100

“My Pops is Whitebeard!” 167

“I'll become this ship's captain and lead our brothers and sisters toward a better future.” 253

Trivia

• Ace habitually falls asleep while eating, complete with snoring and a bubble from his nostril. River treats it as normal, while Tesoro and Cavendish are startled by it 30 250.
• His “sun god” reputation comes from witnesses’ descriptions of his golden flames and extraordinary combat power; Akainu dismisses it as an amusing rumor 286.
• His new title replaces Fire Fist because his sunlike attack against Kaido sets the sea ablaze. His bounty remains more than a hundred million below Kaido’s because of his shorter track record, despite their draw 287.