One Piece 588

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One Piece
Chapter 588: Sabo's Ocean

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[Insert text: Sabo finally sets out to sea...]
People: Hold it!! That's my boat!! He's stolen my fishing boat!! // Where is he planning to go?!! // He's flying a black flag... is he trying to be a pirate or something?! // A pirate, at his age?! That's ridiculous! // The World Government ship should be arriving any minute now! // He's in the way of the ceremony!! // O~~~~~~~~~I!! // YOU THERE~~~!! GET BACK TO SHORE~~~!!
Sabo: ......... // There's only one thing I'm really afraid of... and that's being consumed by this country... / ...until I'm not even the same person any more...!!! I'm never going back!!
Dogura: Huh?!! It can't be... isn't that.........?! // It's little Sabo...!!

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People: The Government ship is here!!!
Sabo: (..................) // That sure is a big ship... I'll get sucked up into its wake if I'm not careful... // (Better get out of the way...)
Jalmac: .........What is that down there?
SomeGuy: .........It would appear to be a small fishing boat.

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People: There are actual World Nobles on board that ship...!! // That sacred race... you have to be lucky to even witness one within your lifetime...!!
Sabo: I'd sure love to become the Captain of a ship like that someday...

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Luffy: Ace is not dead!!!
Magura: Now, now... I understand how you feel... // ...but it's too dangerous for you to go back to the trash heap with the military on the lookout and your body in that state...!! // The blaze was gigantic... The hopes may be slim, but... / ...we want to believe that our Boss and Ace are alive as well, you know!! // Dogura is out there right now, trying to scout out what's going on at the trash heap!! Leave it to him!! // This is hard for all of us, Luffy......!!
Luffy: ...............!!!
People: They shot the fishing boat!!!
Dogura: Sabo!!!
People: Is the kid all right?!! // He angered the Tenryuubito!!

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Sabo: Ughh!! // The boat's on fire...!!! Why did they do that all of a sudden...?! // *pant* // *pant*
SomeGuy: Saint Jalmac... There is a child on board!!!
Jalmac: He was flying a pirate flag. That makes him a pirate, child or no. / And besides... // The filthy commoner had the nerve to obstruct my ship!!!

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People: ........................!!! // Hey... what was that boat just now?!! // This is the day of the grand ceremony...! / We cannot possibly afford to displease the Tenryuubito!! // Move the boat remains out of their way, quickly!!!
Dogura: ..................

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Bandits: Hey!! Everyone!! They're back!! They're both back!!! // What?!! // Ace!!! // Boss!!! // Thank goodness~~~!!!
Ace: *pant* // *pant*
Bandits: You really were alive after all~~~~~~!!!

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Luffy: A~~~~~~~~~~~~CE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!
Ace: ! // What... / ...did you think I was dead?
Luffy: I......!!
Ace: What're you crying for?!! // Don't act like people are dead when they're not, dummy!!! // On the night of the fire, we somehow managed to defeat Bluejam. / But by the time we had, the fire had already blocked off all paths of escape...... // Dadan was burned horribly getting us through the flames. / We made it to the forest, out of the blaze's reach, and hid ourselves there... // I snuck into the town to steal medicines and stuff... did everything I could to keep Dadan alive...

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Magura: Now, now... I see... It's wonderful at least that you're both still alive.
Bandit: You get plenty of rest now, okay, Boss...?!
Boss: .........Sorry I made... you guys worry...
Ace: Still, after what happened to the trash heap... I wonder if Sabo is worried about us...
Dadan: Ace... back there... / ...why didn't you run...?
Ace: .........
Flashback!Ace: I... // ...won't run!!!
Ace: Sometimes... the blood just goes rushing to my head... I feel like if I run... // ...I'll lose something important... and it scares me... / Back then...

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Ace: Luffy was right there... // ...behind me.
Dadan: !!
Ace: I'm not sure, but... I think that was why.
Dadan: ..................
Flashback!Garp: Even if he found himself facing a massive army he couldn't hope to defeat... // ...Roger would never run. He would always stand his ground.
Flashback!Dadan: What, did he have a death wish? Knowing when to run is an important part of battle.
Flashback!Garp: True enough. But he would never run. Because the people he loved were standing there behind him. / If they all fled together, he would be placing his crew in danger alongside him. So perhaps... // ...it's not that he wouldn't run... but that he would do anything he could to stop the enemy from going after his crew... He wouldn't let the enemy get away.

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Flashback!Garp: At times like that, Roger became a true demon!! // He was even known to wipe out an entire country's military... / ...just because they spoke ill of his crew.
Flashback!Dadan: .........
Flashback!Garp: Sure enough, he could be ferocious, short-tempered and selfish if you made him mad. / ...But every action that he took was as simple and honest as that of a child. // Perhaps because he grew up in circumstances not unlike those Ace is going through right now... / He detested the thought of losing his loved ones above all else... // It's the fact that he lived his life in that way and still had the luck to survive that made him the Pirate King. // The world may have seen him as the ultimate evil, but the trust he earned from his crew was immeasurable. // Even I, as a Marine soldier, couldn't bring myself to hate the man... that's why I decided to take in Ace...
Flashback!Dadan: ......We're the ones who've taken in Ace!!
Flashback!Garp: What's that? You have some kind of problem...?
Flashback!Dadan: ......!! N - No, not at all...!!
Dadan: (I guess you really can't... go against your blood.)

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Luffy: Hm? // Dogura!! // You've been out looking for Ace and the Boss, right?! They both came back just fine!!
Dogura: ! // I... Is that right? / Well, that is good news...!!
Ace: THAT'S A STINKING LIE!!!
People: !!!
Ace: YOU DON'T EVEN JOKE ABOUT THAT!!!

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Dogura: It's no lie, and certainly no joke...!! It was so sudden, even I barely knew what was happening... // I doubted my own eyes...!!! I thought I had to be dreaming, or hallucinating!!! // Luffy... you told me that Sabo was taken by his parents, back to his old home, right...? / But for rogues like us, it's easy to understand... there are some places a guy just can't bear to return to!! // If he had been happy there... would he have tried to set out to sea?!!! / Would he have gone out there alone, flying that pirate flag?!!
Flashback!Ace: We decided we're going to forget about Sabo for the moment, all right? / This could be what's best for him, after all...
Luffy: ......Sabo...! // He wasn't happy after all...!!
Flashback!Sabo: This may be kind of rude to you guys, but... I was always "alone" even though I had parents.
Ace: Why didn't we go and take him back while we had the chance?!
Flashback!Sabo: I'll do everything you tell me...!! I'll live my life however you want!!! // Just please... don't harm Ace and Luffy!!

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Ace: Where's the man who killed Sabo?!!! // I'll go and murder him right now!!! // I'm going to avenge him!!!
Dogura: Ace, wait - !
Dadan: Stop right there, you filthy brat!!!
Ace: !!! // Out of my way!!!
Dadan: Always acting so damn tough even though you're not as strong as all that...!!! / What could you possibly do if you went out there right now?!! You'd just get yourself killed!!! // You'd die, and by the next day the world would have forgotten you!!! // That's all that you amount to right now!!!

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Dadan: Who killed Sabo?!!! It was this country!!! This world!!! // You think you can do a damn thing about that?!!! // When your old man died, he died bringing in a whole new age!!! I won't have you running off to your death until you're a great enough man to do the same!!!! // Tie this idiot up, men!!
Bandits: Y - Yes, Boss!!
Luffy: .................. // SABO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!
Ace: ...............!! // Shut up already!! Real men don't sit around crying, Luffy!!! // ......*pant*... // *pant*

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Dadan: Have you cooled your head off yet, Ace? // ......Where's Luffy?
Ace: He spent the whole night crying... he's fallen asleep now.
Dogura: Boss!! // This letter just arrived......! // It's from Sabo...!!
Dadan: What?!
Dogura: It looks like he sent a letter... right before he set out to sea!
Ace: .................. // Give it to me...!! I swear I won't go into the town... / That letter's for us, right?!
[Letter: Ace, Luffy... you weren't hurt in the fire, were you? I'm worried about you, but I have faith that you're all right.]
Ace: ..................
[Letter: I feel kind of bad telling you this, but by the time you read this letter... // ...I'll already be out at sea. // One thing led to another, and it looks like I'll be setting sail ahead of you guys. // As for where I'll go... anywhere outside of this country is fine by me. Once I arrive, I'll get stronger, and become a real pirate. // Once all three of us have become pirates, with more freedom than anyone in the world, let's meet again someday. // Somewhere out there in the wide, open sea, I know I'll see you both again!!]

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[Letter: One more thing, Ace. I wonder which of us is the oldest? // It's a bit strange to have two eldest brothers and one younger brother, but this bond is my greatest treasure. // Luffy may still be pretty weak, and a bit of a crybaby... // ...but he's our little brother. // Look after him for me.]
[Insert text: Unending howls of sorrow...]
[Bottom text: Next week, One Piece will be taking a break. The next chapter will be in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 30.]