Basically EVERY important scene for Sabo is related to Ace in some way...shape or form!
1- He was introduced THORUGH Ace... meaning he didn't meet Luffy first
2- The second important moment was the Sake cup of brotherhood...
3- The third important event was him "getting his memory back" through Ace's news of death.. Oda wanting us to say "Uhhhh I'm crying like you Sabo.. I love you Sabo... don't worry" LOL
4- After getting back his memory... we see him in Dressrosa... what was his goal? not fucking meeting Luffy... NO FUCK THAT.. he could have met him with Robin when Robin headed to Saboady... this Asshole only came for Ace's DF...
5- Sabo saying "I will inherit your will Ace".. Great.. now not only you take same DF.. which is not unique.. now you supposedly inhereted his will? so can Blackbeard inherit Roger's will just because he says he will? LMAO.. but whatever.. it's a cheap way once again by Oda to make us empathize with Sabo
6- Eats the fruit... using "Fire Fist attack" on ring for us fans to say "Uhhh.. remeniscent of Ace AGAIN... we like you Sabo"
7- Ace vs Fujitora: Once again... Sabo says "I never want to feel that again" talking about Ace before clashing with Marines... Uhh we like You Sabo...
8- Sabo vs Burgess... nah... you cannot have it a normal fight.. you have to make Burgess insult Ace once again... so that Oda makes us fans cheer for Sabo.... Yeeeey.. we like you Sabo
9- Sabo finishes Burgess... then says Ace did not forgive you.... Uhhh Ace's spirit lives in Sabo... we like you Sabo
10- Blackbeard Pirates - Revs connection and Sabo (once again Oda trying to make us remember the Ace - BB)
11- There is terrible bad news about Sabo now after Reverie... Uhhh.. We like you Sabo... I hope he is safe and not captured by Marines like Ace had before
Bruhhh.....
Literally every IMPORTANT moment of Sabo revolves around Ace... what are we talking about... Oda is using Fans sympathy and emotions towards Ace.. as way to make us like Sabo instead of making him separate entity that is loved because of who he is... and not because every god damn thing is circling back to Ace ...
Umm that's just you finding ways to make it relate to Ace lol.
1. Ok so he's introduced as Ace's bestfriend. How is this using emotion towards Ace to make people like Sabo? You really think Oda believes because he introduces somebody as Ace's bestfriend people will automatically like him?
2. Yup he shared the cup with Luffy and Ace, I assume Oda was using emotions towards Luffy to make people like Ace too then aye? lol.
3. Yup but what is Oda doing here that is supposed to "MAKE" you like him? You either like the fact that the loss of his bestfriend triggered his memories.. or you don't. Oda isn't making you do jackshit man lol. I liked it, but not because of Ace, but because it represented he had a strong bond with his childhood bestfriend.
4. How do you know he only came for the DF? He was able to even pinpoint Luffy without ever seeing him, you're making an assumption he only came for the DF. If he had just come for the DF, would've ignored Luffy and gotten straight to just stealing the Devil Fruit. And you're calling Sabo an asshole, while loving Ace? Lol alright bro.
5. Yup this was a cool moment for me, Sabo carrying on the will of dead bestfriend. Again, liked it not because of Ace, but because of what it represented for their "Brotherhood".
6. Again, Oda isn't making you do jackshit.. you either like it or don't. No clue where you're getting that Oda is making you like Sabo.
7. Yes this is about Sabo's emotion, he doesn't want to feel the loss of his bestfriend again.. this is a scene about specfically Sabo.. you're here trying to reach hard and aiming to make it about Ace lol.
8. This side ass fight is one of the most important parts about Sabo, even though he was just using it to test out his DF? lol ok
9. This was actually a nice cool Ace-Sabo moment
10. Oda ain't doing shit.. LMAO. RA-BB moment is literally a moment between Dragon who represents freedom and Blackbeard who wants to conquer. WTF DOES ACE have anything to do with this?? Bro you're reaching haaard.
11. Really... a thing that has absolutely nothing to do with Ace.. and you found a way to connect Ace to it...
See you just gave the perfect example of what I was saying. Any Sabo fan who liked Sabo in majority of those moment, didn't think a single time about Ace.. why? Because majority of them had nothing to do with Ace. And the SMALL moments that had to do with Ace, we liked them.. why ? Because we like the brotherhood between Ace & Sabo.
The fact that people like Sabo, while not giving a fuck about Ace, clearly means liking his character is not connected to Ace. It's just you guys who have this weird obsession with the emo boy seem to connect EVERYTHING about Sabo to Ace.. why? to somehow claim he's a bad character.
Let me do what you just did for Sabo.. for Ace:
- Ace is luffy's brother.. oooohh yay everybody Like Ace because he's luffy's brother
- he's trying to protect his little brother from Blackbeard.. ooo look everybody like Ace because he's protecting luffy
- He's in prison in impel down talking about their fathers.. look everybody they might even share the same fathers!! love ace!!
- Luffy tried to rescue him.. Look everybody luffy's trying to rescue Ace, make sure you love Ace !!
- Ace died.. look everybody Luffy failed to save his brother and now he's crying.. lets all feel sad for Ace's death, such a loving guy!!
... There's still plenty more examples like that. But does any Ace fan give a single fuck about Luffy's connection to Ace in those moments or do they like them because of Ace himself? My assumption would be Ace himself. Sure they'd love the big bro-lil bro connection between Ace & Luffy, cause I did. But that's the same for Sabo & Luffy, their big bro - lil bro connection is nice.
You can do this for Shanks, and pretty much any character who has a strong connection with another character..
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Also, majority of those points aren't even the important reasons why people like Sabo.