8 Things You Should Know About Portgas D. Ace

• Ace shares the same birthday as the creator of the series, Eiichiro Oda(January 1).
• Ace would have been 21 if he were born on time. Instead he is 20 because his mother held him in her womb for eleven months past his due date, meaning he spent a total of twenty months inside her womb, instead of the usual nine.
• The status of Shichibukai was offered to Portgas D. Ace, but he refused the offer. This is the only known time an invitation into the organization had been rejected
• Ace being captain of the Spade Pirates, is a pun on the “Ace of spades”, or “spadille”
• Ace is the first known Devil Fruit user to die.
• His bounty, being at 550,000,000 before his death, was the highest amount revealed in the series before the timeskip.
• Universal Studios of Japan has built a replica of Ace’s and Whitebeard’s tombs. Ace’s epitaph says: “Ace, may your soul be eternal. Your brave soul will always be with us.” This epitaph was also shown in Episode 663 of the anime.

• In the 5th Japanese Fan Polls, Ace ranked as the sixth most popular character in One Piece making him the most popular of the Whitebeard Pirates and also the most popular deceased character in the One Piece series.