#ch 574

[atmospheral]

I’m sorry, Luffy. I’m sorry you didn’t get to save me. I’m sorry…it’s no use! I know I’m dying, my guts have been burned out! I’m not gonna last long! So listen to me, Luffy! [...] It reminds me of Sabo. If I didn’t have a little brother that needed to be taken care of...I would’ve given up then. Nobody wanted me. It couldn’t be helped! I know. If you ever see Dadan again…please give my regards. Dying makes me nostalgic…even for Dadan. But there’s one thing I’ve left undone. I wasn’t able to see your dream through to the end. But you…I know you can do it. You’re my little brother! Just like how I swore back then…I have no regrets! [...] I’m not lying! What I really wanted wasn’t fame. All I wanted to know…whether or not I should’ve been born. [...] I can’t even shout anymore. Luffy, listen to my next words carefully. Tell everybody what I say to you. Pops! Fellow pirates! And…Luffy... I’ve always been such a hopeless person...I was demon spawn…the son of the devil! Thank you…for loving me!

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

Fucking shoot me, it would hurt less.

Ace’s last words are 愛してくれてありがとう/aishitekurete, arigatou.

It’s a conjugation of 愛する/aisuru- the real, deep and impactful word for love, the same one Whitebeard uses for Ace himself when arriving at Marineford. And then くれる/kureru, which is an auxiliary verb here that means like... something done as a gift.

And then, of course, everybody knows arigatou is ‘thank you.’

So... “Thank you for giving me love.”

[everyjimbei]

I’ll say this just once, I’m suprised Akainu even gave Jimbei a warning

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

When Garp tells Sengoku if he isn’t held down he’ll kill Sakazuki himself, what he threatens is actually サカズキを殺してしまう/sakazuki wo koroshiteshimau, which is different from just ‘I’m going to kill Sakazuki’ (which would just be korosu instead of koroshiteshimau).

The 〜てしまう/teshimau suffix/auxiliary verb means something that’s done by mistake/accidentally/in poor judgement. So Garp is saying here, basically, “I know it would be really fucking stupid to kill Sakazuki and if you don’t stop me I’m going to do it anyways.”

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

what are your top 5 worst akainu lines?

(I love this question so much. Absolutely no doubt in anon’s mind that I can list at least five Akainu lines that make me want to personally throw down with him. You’re right, of course.)

オヤジとゴロツキ共に慕われて… 家族まがいの茶番劇/oyaji to gorotsukidomo ni shitawarete… kazoku-magai no chabangeki. (‘A “father” idolized by a bunch of thugs… what a farcical sham of a family.’)

I feel like this one can’t be a surprise because I already made a whole post about how much it personally enraged me.

貴様らの血筋はすでに大罪だ!/kisamara no chisuji wa sude ni daizai da! (‘You bastards’ bloodlines alone are mortal sins!’)

Directed at Luffy and Ace, immediately before his attempt to kill a distracted Luffy. Worth nothing that 大罪/daizai (serious crime/mortal sin) when applied to a person is a very serious/degrading insult- essentially calling them the scum of the earth. 

実に、空虚な人生じゃあありゃあせんか?/jitsu ni, kuukyo na jinsei jaa aryaa senka? (‘Honestly, it was a rather meaningless life, wasn’t it?’)

Regarding Whitebeard and his failure to become king, and honestly oh god this one made me so fucking mad. He didn’t WANT to be king you ASSHOLE he had everything he wanted!! 

まだ息はありそう/mada iki wa arisou (‘Seems he’s still breathing.’)

Just the absolute emotionlessness of this one made me hate him. It’s what he says as he basically watches Ace crumple over in Luffy’s arms and draws back to hit him again. 

正しくもない兵は海軍にゃいらん! tadashikumonai hei wa kaigun nya iran! (‘The marines don’t need an unrighteous soldier!’)

Said right before attempting to kill Coby for the crime of standing up to stop a meaningless, pointless slaughter. 

[everyjimbei]

Yeah but...you won’t die

[everyjimbei]

On the cover again!

[everyjimbei]

Jimbei has a lot of nerve going up against Akainu