One Piece is a story that knows how to break your heart, and forall the humor and adventure, it still has its heartbreaking moments. In this vein, no matter how hard the journey is or the laughter that permeates the series, some moments are still sad.
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There are some deaths that stay with fans long after the chapter or episode has ended, and there are some that remind viewers that dreams come at a cost. In all, what makes the death of characters in the One Piece series heartbreaking is the way some of these deaths linger even after the story has moved forward.
10Shimotsuki Yasuie
A Matyr For Wano’s Future
Sincethe liberation of Wanois nigh and Orochi and his forces almost discovered the covert operation, Yasuie made himself a scapegoat. To kill the spirit of rebellion in the heart of the Samurais, Orochi publicly executed Yasuie because he used to be one of the Damiyos, and his execution would serve as a warning to anyone who might oppose the Shogun.
However, Yasuie turned the execution into a self-sacrifice. Before his capture, he altered the secret message circulating among the Samurai rebels, misleading Orochi and buying time for the rebellion.
If Yasuie’s death did not hit you, think about how Toko watched her father die and was unable to mourn properly but smile uncontrollably through the tears and see how much was lost at that moment.
9Donquixote Rosinanate (Corazon)
The Final Act Of Love
Rosinante’s life was shaped by tragedy as a child, with his family’s fall from grace and the death of his father at the hands of his brother. Yet, Rosinante has so much love in a world that has given him every reason to turn cold like his brother.
The selfless love that Rosinante has for Law carries weight because he has no obligation to save him from the White Lead disease. Instead, he defied his brother, Doflamingo, to give Law a future.
In the end,Rosinante succeeded, and Law survived, but at the cost of his life. His final moments alone in the snow as he tries to hold on to life and give Law a jail-free card is the grand finale of a great man.
A Noble Sacrifice
During the voyage to Whole Cake Island, Pedro found hope in the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai alliance and the hope for a new change. He saw something in the Straw Hats, in Luffy, that convinced him they were the ones that would bring that change.
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Hence, when the time came, he gave his life to ensure they escaped from Whole Cake Island. Pedro did not hesitate to help his friends and keep the alliance alive because, in his mind, sacrificing himself was the right move, and it was the right move.
In this sense, he did not die for glory, but so that the people he believed in could keep going.
7Fisher Tiger
A Hero Who Lost To Hatred
On Fishman Island, Fisher Tiger was a hero, and he broke into Mariejois to free slaves and give them a new beginning. However, no matter his glorious or heroic deeds, the world only saw him as an abomination because of his Fishman lineage.
In the end, the freedom and harmony he sought to find between fishmen and humans were all for nothing because he died refusing a human blood transfusion. Fisher Tiger did not accept the transfusion because that was his final act of defiance to show that fishmen do not need humans to survive.
His death is heartbreaking because he died with the thought that no matter how much he fought, the world still refused to change.
6The Scholars Of Ohara
The Price Of Seeking The Truth
In One Piece, when an ordinary man tries to seek the truth or justice, it usually ends in horror. And for the scholars of Ohara, their pursuit of the truth was their death sentence.
The Ohara people did not plot a war or plan to overthrow the government; their only crime was seeking thetruth about the Void Century, and the World Government silenced them with the Buster Call. Even though the Ohara people knew the consequences of their actions, they continued to fight for the truth, the future generations, and the right to know.
Their final attempt to save the knowledge they had spent their lives uncovering so it wouldn’t be lost forever was heroic.
5Portgas D. Ace
A Brother’s Sacrifice
Ace has always questioned his existence, mainly because he is the son of the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. He has always carried the world on his shoulders because he knows the world wanted him dead before he had a chance to live.
During his final moments in Marineford, we all knew that his survival was possible until the moment it was not. Ace died with a smile because, for the first time, he knew he was loved because no one wages war for someone who is unloved.
Even though he is dead, the ripple effects of Ace’s death continue to show inthe growth of Luffyand Sabo, who now carry his will through the Mera Mera no Mi devil fruit.
4Kozuki Oden
The Man Who Endured Fire
Oden sailed with the Whitebeard and Roger pirates, and he returned to Wano because his people needed him. However, his beloved country soon turned sour with Orochi and Kaido’s scheme to take over Wano.
To protect his people, Oden humiliated himself by dancing like a fool in the street for five years. After he realizes his betrayal,Oden fights Kaidoand loses.
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In the aftermath of the battle, Oden was boiled alive while he held his retainers above the oil because they were Wano’s last hope for a great future. If you didn’t feel the weight of that moment, perhaps you weren’t paying attention.
3Going Merry
More Than Just A Vessel
For fans of the series, The Going Merry’s last stand is the one time we grieved for a non-human figure that embodies human feelings. As for the Straw Hats, the Merry was a home and a vessel that carried them through East Blue down to the treacherous water of the Grand Line.
The Merry is not immortal, and the Straw Hats had to face the reality that the ship had carried them as far as it could. But the ship still held on and came through for the Straw Hats in their most dire moments at Enies Lobby with a broken body.
The funeral of the Merry right on the sea where it belonged and its final goodbye, it spoke:
I’m sorry. I wanted to carry you a little farther".
In this vein, the Going Merry died the way it had always lived by putting its crew first till the very end.
2Dr. Hiriluk
A Doctor Who Cured More Than Illness
Hiriluk believed in the power of miracles, and his goal was to see a cherry blossom in the harsh climate of Drum Island and instill hope in its people. Because he was a hopeful and kind doctor, he took in Chopper, an outcast, and gave him love and a reason to keep living.
In the series, Hiriluk was not just fighting against Wapol, the greedy tyrant king, but against the despair that had taken hold of the people of the Island. In his final moments, he took his own life on his terms, thereby leaving a lesson that inspired Chopper to become a great doctor and hope for the people of Drum Island.
Also, he believed that a man truly dies when he is forgotten, and Hiriluk was not just talking about Wapol, but to you, and if you still remember him, he truly did not die.
A Tragic Love Story
Russian was just a woman who fell in love with a man she thought she knew and built a life with him. When her infant son died, her world crashed, and she found out she had married someone who had lied to her for years.
The grief took a toll on her, and she stormed out of the house on a rainy night when a mudslide fell over her and put her in a vegetative state. When her husband realized that the only time she smiled was when he dressed like their dead infants, he continued to wear the ridiculous baby outfits even after she died.
People might have forgotten Russian because she was not a major character, but her story and how she shaped and shattered one man’s heart makes it tragic.
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