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Why is Ace's Bounty so Low?


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#21
It's really not low. It's still higher than Luffy and Law got for all the shit they had gotten up to up until Dressrosa. Meaning that it's worth more than
-beating the big pirates of East Blue
-beating three Warlords of the Sea
-beating CP9's strongest assassin
-invading all three main government facilitates and causing untold mayhem there
-being related to Garp and Dragon

And it's worth more than infiltrating the World Gov as a Warlord in order to overthrow another Warlord, put the world black market into chaos and destroy the balance of power by aiming to take down a Yonko

It's still higher than anything the Worst Gen have gotten so far (Blackbeard and Luffy excepted) and he was younger than any of them (20) when he died. It's only pirates who sailed for longer than Ace, with the Yonko, that have a higher bounty.

Basically, when it comes to young pirates bounties is by far the most impressive of anything up until Luffy became a semi-official Emperor himself.
You're forgetting some of Luffy's work was not given to him. For example, Crocodile's defeat was given to Smoker, not Luffy.
 
#22
I think originally Oda didn't plan for the top tier bounty to be that much higher

BUT I think Oda realized he made a mistake Post-Dressrosa arc. When Luffy's bounty reached 500 million.

You see, Luffy ENDED pre-timeskip at 400 mil, because that bounty was given to Luffy after Marineford according to Jinbe, Luffy simply didn't know about it UNTIL timeskip was over.

So, during Fishman Island, Oda was planning according to Jinbe's words that from after that level of bounty, the increase would be less and less from now on. THAT WAS HIS ORIGINAL PLAN

However, after Dressrosa arc, many people were kinda "meh" after Luffy's ONLY INCREASE after he made his comeback, and took down Doflamingo who many are debating to be higher in caliber than Ace (something debatable). So many started to feel underwhelmed by the whole bounty aspect of One Piece, and started to not really feel more hyped about future increase.

I think that's why immediately after Dressrosa, Oda changed his plan, and immediately he made Jack to have 1 Billion berry bounty which made all of us get hyped once again about the world of bounties. Because you cannot hide the fact that there are topics in One Piece are so much fun to talk about it, and among them is future bounty increase.

In fact, think about the chapter 'ultimate" which revealed the bounties of Yonko and PK. That chapter would NOT ave the same impact if the bounties were not that damn high. If Let's say YCs all ended up being between 500-600 ( the Ace level). And Yonko to be 700-900. And WB and Roger to reach the Billion+
People would NOT feel as much of an impact as it should be. Cause people will be like (oh yeah, the pirate king is ONLY twice the bounty of Luffy)

While when Luffy during Alabasta arc alone, he had 30 million bounty and was fighting someone who is two and a half his own bounty and won. Again, in terms of impact, it feels "meh". Changing the plan after Dressrosa was right decision imo
 
#23
Ace had a perfectly promising trajectory for only 3 years of being a pirate. People need to consider the age of these characters.

Ace: Died at 20 achieving 550 million
Sabo: age 22, worth 602 million (probably doubled since Reverie)
Law: Currently 23, worth 500 million
Eustass: 26 Currently, bounty 470 million
Jack: age 28, worth 1 billion
Snack: age 30, worth 600 million
Smoothie: age 35, worth 932 million
Cracker: age 45, worth 860 million
Katakuri: age 48, worth 1.57 billion
Perospero: age 50, worth 700 million
Chinjao: age 78 (lost his drill 30 years ag), worth 542 million

Some of these characters have been sailing for their entire lives as Jack was supposedly in Wano 20 years ago and Big Mom's eldest kids were born to an active pirate at sea.

I think the Strawhats are THE exception here. The story revolves around them, unbelievable events take place when they're around, destiny more or less aligns before them. They're only characters we will see go from zero to their absurd final bounties in only a short period of sailing. Even Blackbeard spent decades under Whitebeard before he was ready to do his thing with the Yami Yami.
 
#24
Fujitora knew Luffy beat Doflamingo, yet his bounty only rose to 500 mil. So with the 550,000 we can atleast assume the Marines thought of Ace as a higher threat than Doflamingo.
 
#25
His bounty was about the same as snack’s. I’d say Snack’s is higher mainly due to his age.

But unless you are y3+, it’s rare to have bounty that is much higher.

I mean regular veterans like Hawkins, oven, Capone, and daifuku are only worth around 300 mil.

perspero is an exception but that is due to the fact that he is a possible heir to the throne as well as due to him being very old and experienced
 
#32
They still rised Luffy's bounty.
It would have been higher if the public knew about it. Also, Moriah's defeat was also covered up.

His defeat of Crocodile allowed Teach to rise up to become a Yonko. Teach then took the place of Crocodile, which then allowed him to enter Impel Down Legally. Luffy already wrecked impel down allowing Blackbeard to go unchallenged.

All his success besides eating the Yami Yami no mi is due to Luffy

Luffy is responsible for creating his own enemy, and the Worst Pirate alive Blackbeard.

Luffy is also responsible for the Warlord system being abolished.

This man is responsible for the collapse of the 3 Great Power system.

Luffy's true bounty pre timeskip was 750- 800 million.
 
#33
His bounty was about the same as snack’s. I’d say Snack’s is higher mainly due to his age.

But unless you are y3+, it’s rare to have bounty that is much higher.

I mean regular veterans like Hawkins, oven, Capone, and daifuku are only worth around 300 mil.

perspero is an exception but that is due to the fact that he is a possible heir to the throne as well as due to him being very old and experienced
Katakuri is the heir
 
#36
It would have been higher if the public knew about it. Also, Moriah's defeat was also covered up.

His defeat of Crocodile allowed Teach to rise up to become a Yonko. Teach then took the place of Crocodile, which then allowed him to enter Impel Down Legally. Luffy already wrecked impel down allowing Blackbeard to go unchallenged.

All his success besides eating the Yami Yami no mi is due to Luffy

Luffy is responsible for creating his own enemy, and the Worst Pirate alive Blackbeard.

Luffy is also responsible for the Warlord system being abolished.

This man is responsible for the collapse of the 3 Great Power system.

Luffy's true bounty pre timeskip was 750- 800 million.
Bounties are decided based on how much of a threat the WG sees one to be, not based on public opinion. Even if they make things oblivious to the public, The WG still knows truth and hence can't ignore the threat a bounty head posses while deciding upon his bounty.
 
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#37
Cause he wasn’t that strong, plus he didn’t do much. Also, there’s so many Ace threads recently lol
Exactly this

People overrate the fuck out of him
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He must've done something huge to be wanted for the Shichibukai position.
I mean

Buggy is a Shichibukai

The Marines and WG simply seek useful pawns and if they already knew Ace was Roger's son then that's reason enough. Besides that, simply having a Logia fruit would probably make you a candidate.
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:josad: Jozu who cant breathe properly because of Shanks haki
Ace haki and presence made Shanks praise him
It changed the weather
Kaido oneshot Luffy, who defeated a YC1

Shanks is also in a different league. There's no point comparing YCs to the captains. Stupid comparison that only draws a false equivalence.
 
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#39
Exactly this

People overrate the fuck out of him
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I mean

Buggy is a Shichibukai

The Marines and WG simply seek useful pawns and if they already knew Ace was Roger's son then that's reason enough. Besides that, simply having a Logia fruit would probably make you a candidate.
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Kaido oneshot Luffy, who defeated a YC1

Shanks is also in a different league. There's no point comparing YCs to the captains. Stupid comparison that only draws a false equivalence.
:pepeanger: That's not even my point
 
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