VaniLLa's Domain Part II: Mugiwara Pirates

~Story of the WeEk~

SMUGGLING

         There was an old woman who crossed the 
  Mexican frontier everyday on a motor scooter
  with a sack of sand behind her.
         The customs officer eventually became 
  suspicious and inquired, " What have you got in 
  that sack?" "Only sand, sir," came the reply.
  The officer emptied the sack and, indeed, it 
  contained nothing but sand. And so it went on 
  for a month.
         One day, the officer said to the old woman,
  "I won't arrest you or say anything to the 
  police, but just tell me: are you smuggling or 
  not?" "Yes," she answered truthfully. "Well,
  what are you smuggling?" he pressed her. With a
  smile, she replied, "Scooters."
 
         
  -Author: Fr. Bel San Luis, SVD-
           Stories of life and laughter, 2001

Mugiwara Pirates

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Hi guys! Have you heard ONE PIECE anime? Well, I bet you do and I know you liked it just like everybody else... Well, me and my friends like this anime too..
You know, Pirates are always the BAD GUYS(even in there own show XD)but these so called "BAD GUYS" can teach you what life is all about and why friends are very important that you can't afford to lose them..

It was a time when pirates ruled the seas. Several bands of pirates were battling over the great hidden treasure, One Piece, which was left by the now legendary pirate king, Gol D. Roger. There was a young boy who admired pirates. His name was Luffy. One day, he mistakenly eats a devil’s fruit turning himself into a rubber man.

Ten years have passed since that incident. Luffy sets out to sea all alone. He sets out to become a great pirate captain and his great adventure begins. “I’m going to be the Pirate King! I’m going to get One Piece!”

Here's a profile of one of my Favorite One Piece character outside the Strawhat Crew. Check him out!

English Name: Portgas D. Ace
First Appearance: Chapter 154; Episode 91
Affiliations: Whitebeard Pirates
Occupations: 2nd Division Commander; Pirate
Epithet: "Fire Fist Ace"
Age: 20
Birthday: January 1
Height: 185cm
Bounty: Unknown
Devil Fruit
Japanese Name: Mera Mera no Mi
English Name: Flare Flare Fruit
Meaning: Mera Mera is the sound fire makes.
Type: Logia

Ace is more muscular than the rather lanky Luffy. He also sports rather childish freckles. One of the most obvious features on Ace is his tattoos. Ace has a tattoo on his back of the Whitebeard symbol —a skull with a white mustache and a manji. Ace has another tattoo on his left arm by the shoulder: it reads "ASCE" with the "S" (apparently a mistake on the part of the tattoo artist) crossed out.

Personality

As far as personality goes, Ace is much more intelligent, polite, and generally more bearable than his younger brother, which prompts the Straw Hat crew to question whether he is truly related to their bumbling captain. However he likes to party as much as his brother does.
There are two running gags about him; the first is where he falls asleep while eating leaving everyone around him wondering if he dropped dead, the second is he does a "Dine and Dash" routine wherever he goes.

Relationships
-Crew-

He is a loyal crewman and commands the Second Division of Whitebeard, his captain. So far, Ace hasn't been shown interacting with his crew. However, Ace has a lot of respect for his captain Whitebeard, who to him is the greatest pirate ever. Whitebeard seems unconcerned for Ace's hunt for Blackbeard and remains grounded that it is Ace's duty to kill him regardless, even with heavy warning from Shanks.

This anime teaches a lot of lessons about life! One Piece rocks!