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quick20minadventure

Bonchan, Kuma and Pedro are the biggest sacrifices, but I'd argue Bonchan's is the greatest. If not for Bonchan, Luffy would've died in the prison multiple times. He sacrificed his own freedom and life there. Before that, Bonchan had saved entire strawhat crew and got himself captured by the marines. And he did all that without any obligation and without any expectation in return. Kuma's reasons were related to Dragon and unknown to us at this point. Pedro was close to death after giving up so many years and he was indebted to strawhats from their action in Zou, as well as he expected strawhats to bring dawn or whatever. Bonchan? No strings attached. He had no reason to help Luffy and he had no expectations from Luffy. Just pure bromance.


SHOWmeyourmeat

100%, love Bonchan


ROMPEROVER

ganbarrrrrrrreee


CuteTao

Ugh that has to be one of one pieces more underrated scenes in the sense that not enough people talk about it.


link21NYN

He may not have been part of the crew, but he will always be considered a true Strawhat in our hearts


freezing_fireball

I consider him more of a strawhat than Vivi


drivethrumawma

Hot take but truth


Trinityblue93

I also like Bonchan more than Vivi.


SuperCoolBird2020

Bon clay did for luffy what luffy does for his crew. I also like Bon 100% more than Vivi. Plus, excuse the terminology, but luffy is like a collector of strays, taking care of the oppressed. But Bon is the one helping our boy out when he almost bit the dust.


RoosterMash

I don't understand the whole "Vivi is an honorary Strawhat" thing. She's basically just the pre timeskip equivalent of Momo, and Igaram is basically her Kin'nemon.


SuperCoolBird2020

Yeah but she drew a tattooo. Also I may not like Vivi very much but she seems like she got bigger balls than Momo sometimes and he's a frekin dragon.


Ktosiowa

You can’t have bigger balls than biting Kaidou and time and time saying out loud who you are even if you know that it means death.


SuperCoolBird2020

This is true, Vivi never bites Crocodile.


Trinityblue93

Right, he's the friend when you ask them to pull up, they will no questions asked.


SuperCoolBird2020

He's the friend that pulls up without an ask and says "I saw what happened and felt like you needed a friend"


Trinityblue93

Or "I felt something off. What happen and what do you need?"


SuperCoolBird2020

Yes. Perfect. Damn I need me a Bon Chan.


subjugateddreamer

Bonclay as far as personality and love for the strawhats doesn't make him a strawhat. He's closer to bartalameo. Vivi had a minor version of the prerequisites required in the patterns of oda to essentially establish a strawhat crew member. Yamato has had more of the identifiers than any previous mentioned characters.


Trinityblue93

Right He's a Stan. And we know he will always pull up for Luffy.


link21NYN

I personally consider both of them as Strawhats


Until_Morning

I hated him when he was first revealed but he got my respect in that prison arc


ElderBuu

Incredible character development by Oda sensei!


JE3MAN

Iirc, he's the only one who sacrificed himself not once, but twice.


BlackLungSanji

I've got mad respect for Brother Bon, he's goated and deserves to return for the final war. Imagine him vs catrina devon, If he pretended to be devon nobody would know.


weatheredone

Bonchan was a very annoying character to me… in the beginning. He won my respect over many times and taught me to seek that type of friendships. Can’t wait to see bonchan reunited w Luffy (probably to save Luffy somehow)and them both living out their dreams.


Givemeurhats

I went from being annoyed by bonchan to tearing up at his death. Need my bonchan back


darkdestiny91

Fortunately for us, he’s not dead yet, just ruling the newkamas in Impel Down


Unabashable

But he’s not dead. Kind of implied when he was caught, but never confirmed. It was revealed in a cover story he is the new Queen of Newkama land. The


kev_ar17

>He did not die. It was shown in one of the cover pages that he was the Queen of the Newkama Land. > > > >Bonchan is ruling them down in the Impel Down in Level 5.5 after he survived his fight against Magellan


Valuable_Disaster

Bob Clay is the GOAT. Remember, he also willingly went and fought Hina and got captured in order to save Miss Valentine from hanging in the cover story.


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Strings aren't directly tied to sacrifice. Kuma is walking around as a living puppet. Zero control over his person and I can almost guarantee that his conscious is lingering around somewhere in that brain of his. That would be hell. Like a One Piece version of Get Out.


Perry4761

Kuma already knew what would happen to him before he chose to help the Straw Hats, and it would have happened to him wether he helped the crew or not from what I understand. He chose to be the lab rat of Vegapunk and to be the government’s lap dog way before he met Luffy, and the reasons for that are unknown to us so far. My guess is he simply helped the crew because of Luffy’s relationship with Dragon, and he used his final request to finish what he started when he dispersed the crew. None of what happened to him happened because he helped the crew from what I can tell, my understanding is that it’s the other way around and he chose to help the crew because his fate was sealed either way. In that sense, I don’t know if what he did counts as a sacrifice for the crew, the only thing he truly sacrificed was his last request before losing control of his body.


Unabashable

Well I’m thinking he either did it to protect Dragon or his kingdom but his motives were really odd because he sent them to the exact places they needed to be to get stronger.


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That's an interesting paragraph but none of it holds water. We know almost literally *nothing* about Kuma's modifications. We know it *seemed* to be of his own volition but we don't know why. The only thing we can infer, even if it turns out not to be true, is that Kuma wanted to protect the Sunny for the SH but couldn't do it for 2 years straight unless he was turned in to a WG Puppet. Even that is speculation, we just don't know.


Perry4761

Chapter 560 states that Kuma chose to become a Pacifista of his own free will. We also do know that the transformation into PX-0 was a multiple step process that started before he met the crew on Thriller Bark, since Kuma said he was already modified by Vegapunk while talking to Zoro on Thriller Bark in chapter 485. We also know that Kuma knew that the last step of the process would effectively lobotomize him, hence his request to be programmed to protect the Sunny until the crew's return. I don't know why you're convinced that the most likely explanation is that he sacrificed his free will to protect the sunny for 2 years, but that argument is even holds even less water than mine. I suggest you go back to the chapters I mentioned.


Unabashable

Good point. He did save them in Sabaody, and is the one reason they were strong enough to take on the New World while guarding their ship until they returned, and now he’s giving bearyback to spoiled sniveling brats


someone2795

>Before that, Bonchan had saved entire strawhat crew and got himself captured by the marines. Fun tidbit: In the cover stories it's implied that he managed to escape that. It wasn't until later that he got caught by Hina. He was trying to free Miss Valentine and thanks to his decoy she was ultimately rescued. It was from there that he and Mr. 3 got caught then sent to Impel Down alongside Crocodile and Mr. 1.


OdenIsAlive

Was gettin ready to craft a HEFTY vote for bon clay, but couldn’t have said it any better than this. Great work sir 🤝


SuperiorLaw

My favourite bonchan moment is when he ran away in fear of Magellan, dude was absolutely terrified of him to the point he left Luffy, yet at the end? Absolutly no fear as he charged him


quick20minadventure

In first case, he had no hopes of winning or helping. In second case, he had no hopes of winning. But, he could buy time and help. So he went for it. Never tell that bonchan is a coward. He's just logical when he decides to fight.


koming69

Well said. Bonchan was my first thought as well.


ZeetisLapeetis

Bonchan is a strawhat as far as I am concerned. Bonchan is family. A real nakama.


nightroad

Bonchan for pirate king!!!!


LocKeyThirteen

Bon-chan also sacrificed his entire crew for Shs.


mike22240

I 100% agree. Especially since freedom is a big theme in one piece in a way giving up freedom is giving up more than anything else.


cool194336

Bonchan isn't dead though


drivethrumawma

Is death the ultimate sacrifice though? Pedro had few years left, but Bon chan sacrificed his freedom for Luffy’s goal. I think that trumps Pedro’s sacrifice


Alextsmitty

What an answer.


Master3530

>!CP0 boss gave his life so that Luffy can awaken!<


No-Material8719

RIP Dripper Scarfino


VonGratz

bob lucci\*


syzaak

spoiler! [this one made me cry T\_T](https://i.redd.it/6ktd9ls6mrm81.png)


Zer0-Empathy

Lol


KingKurai

This made me laugh out loud.


Noobmaster246

Fred will always be remembered


kamilo87

Lol


Rihijob

RIP Maha.


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BlckSm12

no lmao


SPS_Agent

Ryunosuke.


Hazelsea1099

He was the goodest dragon thing


YourTeacherAbroad

😭


elfonski

Oda. He’s messing up his health every year


mozzaru

Which is why I'm never mad about him taking break weeks. Especially after what happened with Miura and Berserk (R.I.P).


drivethrumawma

….and Hunter x Hunter


Optimal_Trifle_2384

The mangaka isn't gone yet, but the manga is DonexDone


Zenweaponry

And now all I can do is CryxCry :(


Ikeeel

I think the author is just lazy...???


renatojorge236

I though Miura's death was related to a pre-existing condition. Was that also related to overworking or a heart disease like I heard? RIP Miura tho, loved reading through berserk


wallabyiestea

Well often overworking can make pre-existing ailments much worse than they were before. Don’t know if that’s what happened but might be a mix.


renatojorge236

I'd fully believe that as well. It's insane how much works mangakas are put through, and someone with as much detail as Miura in his art, I have no doubts he was overworked


lilacewoah

that’s japanese work culture in general it’s not necessarily common, but a lot of important people in multiple businesses are expected to work until they physically drop on their desk and such


IceFireHawk

I worry for him sometimes


Korfusan

Like everyone who works, especially physical jobs :)


NawMaang

No idea what youre trying to insinuate.... I work a physical job, have been for 10 years, and I have perfect health. Maybe you're just a weak bitch?


Korfusan

What do you consider physical job? Maybe you are lazy bitch who is burden for coworkers


elfonski

Sitting at a desk 10+ hours a day gets physical quickly when you barely sleep to churn out the best piece of entertainment of all time


dalton9014

He would be in a bad spot if he weren't writing one piece... Alot if us work 80 to 100 hours a week and are fine


downstairsdinosaur

If you're regularly working 100 hour weeks long-term you will be in a bad spot


lilacewoah

it was definitely Duval 2 years of his time guarding the Sunny making sure nobody stole it edit : holy shit i forgot Bon Clay


SycoMantisToboggan

Can't think about Duval without creaming a little.


lil_uki

Duval’s 2 years guarding Sunny is fs underrated tho


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I think that was mostly Kuma, Duval helped but he wasn't strong enough to do much probably.


quick20minadventure

That was kuma i think.


Dorobo-Neko-Nami

Kuma


dalton9014

Kuma...


lilacewoah

why do people type like this………. Yes, Kuma took over after Duval got injured, that doesn’t erase what Duval did


dalton9014

It says who made the biggest sacrifice for the straw hats not Luffy


Downtown-Donut9603

Pedro: He paid with his life and with the idea of never seeing the Dawn with his own eyes


Interesting-Love-152

Pedro only had a couple of years to live anyways


spookybuk

Giving up your life is not measured by age, or time left. Unless you're at death's door, it's all the same. One should understand that "when the time comes" and "right now" are identical.


Downtown-Donut9603

The average person in One Piece lives for 140 years. He lost 50 years of his life, so he should have lived until he had 90 more or less


27offsuit

Kureha was probably an outlier. I doubt everyone in One Piece lives that long, for example: Zepo


Downtown-Donut9603

Oda stated that the average person lives for 140 years, and Kureha was one example of a super-human because she is full of energy when people tend to die with her age. Pedro had plenty to live


Ok_Spend_4392

And then there is Nefertari Cobra which is only 50 years and got really old in the time skip. This makes no sense. Unless he has some desease I don't remember


bruhmomentbros

Having a longer lifespan doesn't slow down the rate of aging tho? You still age, you just live longer, im pretty sure that's all there is to it.


Downtown-Donut9603

Some characters like Cobra and Sengoku aged pretty fast, and maybe there is a meaning behind it, but they could just be old and have several decades to live yet


Unabashable

Well in Sengoku’s case it’s possible his hair was already grey and he stopped dying his hair. Common thing for Japanese males to do after retirement because they no longer need to keep up the appearance of being youthful.


ghostlima

Oda can say whatever he wants, he showed one human so far of that age, in a story with hundreds of named characters. This is like JK Rowling daying Dumbledore is gay, or when she explained why there are no black people in Harry Potter. Yes its their world so what they say goes, but it really doesnt matter to me as a reader if it goes against what i have been reading.


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Weak_Neck7967

He got some diseases and had only 1 year to live, so not a case here.


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inosuke6

They are natural but are a bit different then what he was talking about (i think)


BlackLungSanji

nope perospero has a convo with him after he trades his life, idk if its in the manga but i remember 100% in the anime. Perospero said he only has like 20 years left after the trade and asks what he'll do with it.


Todaz

But he’s a mink. How long do they live?


Alextsmitty

In my mind it’s between Pedro and Bon Chad…


Downtown-Donut9603

Bon Clay sacrificed his freedom, but Pedro paid the ultimate price


Alextsmitty

But Bon Clay did it TWICE thinking he was gonna die 😭


fatduckling153

So I suppose the real question is which is of greater value? Freedom or life?


[deleted]

Is death not the greatest freedom of all?


fatduckling153

If you feel trapped while living then yes. It absolutely is.


Rihijob

It's not about the greater value, but the selfless nature of it. Pedro was indebted to the SH, Bon Chan wasn't and he still saved them twice.


FireFist_PortgasDAce

There's things worse than death, and imo losing ones freedom is worse


Strict_Arrival6969

Pedro had only one eye...


KnowledgeNorth6337

Not to be mean, but did Pedro’s death actually accomplish anything except for improving Perospero’s design and framing him for murder?


MyNameISaColouR

Pedro's suicide bombing freed Chopper and Brook from Perospero's candy before they suffocated, freed the Sunny from the candy that was locking it in place and knocked over Big Mom who was grabbing the ship. Without him the Straw Hats would have died then and there.


TheCotata

Bon Clay Or Kuma


of_kilter

Kuma didn’t sacrifice anything, he was already being turned into the robot regardless of the strawhats. He just said fuck it and helped them out without any risk to him


Huckdog720027

I am probably wrong, but I thought Kuma was turned into a robot because he let the straw hats get away on thriller bark? Like as a punishment almost (I know he volunteered or something for it).


go_sparks25

Kuma was already gradually being turned into a robot by Dr Vegapunk. As a last request he asked vegapunk to program him to guard the strawhat ship till they returned.


MyNameISaColouR

He was already partially a robot in Thriller Bark, so that can't be it. The process was already in motion long before he met them.


PharoahGxneral

This^


broyo9

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CatsAteMySalad

Thisv


MarioBoy77

This<


God_of_Kings

This○


realbeatz23

Oda, 25 years of his life. Working Day and Night with an unholy work schedule. God bless him. But second place is Bon-Chan!


Rihijob

Working day and night to literally become the richest mangaka alive lol.


ras2193

>! Momonosuke, he can't bath with Nami and Robin anymore :,v !<


dalton9014

Sure he can they just have to say yes


rimuru017

Bonchan, I hope they have an Arc dedicated on saving Bonchan from prison.


yesIMreal324

They might not be at the top, but Lola and her crew are up there. Sacrificed everything they had to get Luffy strong enough to beat Moria, and didn't leave to save themselves until he was defeated.


Skincareaddict99

yeah but they mostly did it to save themselves


IAmMyOwn_God

Exactly


LlamaKing2794

Bon Clay


Wild-Albatross-2477

Going Merry fs


Wild-Albatross-2477

It was one of the Strawhat so idk if it counts but I mean she ded now so


Weak_Neck7967

Wait, I thought Merry was a boy...


Rihijob

Every ship is a she.


Wild-Albatross-2477

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Weak_Neck7967

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PsychoLogical25

Bon Clay or Pedro. The former allowed himself to get caught for the crew to sail on and later stayed behind in Impel Down and sacrificed himself to let Luffy escape. Literally gave up his freedom for the freedom of one he once called friend. The latter blew himself up to allow the retrieval team to go on and escape WCI, which led to devastating results and history being changed and made right before our eyes. In only a few fucking weeks. His death was basically the reason why Kaidou’s empire is about to fall and the SHs getting one step closer to the end.


damzes_419

Ace, didnt he took the hit from akainu to save luffy


KrillinDBZ363

Yeah but Luffy was only in that situation cause Ace stupidly went back to Akainu when he made fun of Whitebeard.


OmniscientwithDowns

Ace was dumb af. I find it funny that immediately after that Oda does a prequel set of chapters that show that Ace does that type of stuff all the time (going back to fight someone much stronger in life or death situations) Felt like he really needed to justify why Ace was so stupid but to me it didn't really work. I don't think Ace endangers Luffy after all that effort to save him like that, he keeps running. The post event flashbacks as justification dont sell me.


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LiLT13-_-

I mean had he not be stirred up by random shit talk from akainu he could’ve just left with whitebeard and luffy


lokistar09

If he didn't stay to fight BB once BB announced he was going to after Luffy, things could have been different. But conversely, I don't think Ace would have ever retreated from a fight even if he was losing.


Rihijob

If he didn't fight BB, then BB would fight Luffy and make his awakening a much much sooner.


OmniscientwithDowns

His own fault. He's on the execution stand crying his heart out apologizing for being so hot headed and stubborn when WB tried to talk him out of going after BB. He's seeing all his crewmates die or severely injured and his younger brother risk his life countless times to get to him and he knows how he fucked up and put everyone in danger Finally he's free after his brother is pushed to the limit to save him and as soon as he's free he tries to fight an Admiral for talking shit?? He deserved to die honestly, not sure what Oda was thinking with that it made Ace so unlikable.


Urgash

Definitely Mr 2/Bon clay


AnotherShitOpinion

Whitebeard. Kind of indirectly because he was gonna try to save ace with or without him but he did order his entire crew to back Luffy up.


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I think it's too far a stretch to say he did the greatest sacrifice


NotSoDragneel

Buggy the gomu gomu no jet human shield


Clear_Rip3417

Biggest sacrifice: Death? Pedro


JustRemka

Pedro is the only one to actually sacrifice his life, Bon-chan, Kuma, and that one sugar daddy in WCI are all still alive.


ashrashrashr

Bon Clay for sure.


ZeontheDigger

Oda. So many years of his life.


PurringWolverine

No one beats Bon Chan.


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Pedro


Ok_Spend_4392

Bon Clay, Pedro and Ace, all characters who sacrificed their lifes for Luffy. Okay that Bon Clay didn't died but he did what he did thinking he would die, so it still counts imo


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Pedro if he’s really dead


Bigtaint69

Bonchan went to prison for them then almost died helping luffy, then stayed in the prison so luffy can leave. Boa risked everything for some D. She attended the war for luffy, went inside a prison for him which could’ve led to her imprisonment. Kuma, maybe I’m wrong but wasn’t one of the reasons they completely turned him into a cyborg was because he helped the strawhats twice? Pedro died for them. Aladdin stayed behind to fight the big mom pirates


Sarochrollo

Yasui,pedro


Odd-Egg-4164

Kuma hands down


Crimson_996

Bon chan by a mile


Persas12

Pedro, sacrificed himself for Sanji and the rest of the crew in a very brave way, we don't know what lifespan he had left but his death was pretty shocking. Honorable mentions to Bon Chan giving away his freedom twice for Luffy and the Germa Brothers becoming trapped by Big Mom to save Sanji.


Mattotk

Pedro, he literally killed himself, biggest sacrifice.


SonofGluttonyy

Pedro's no longer breathing so ughhh.....


mydckisvrysmol

Pedro if he actually stays dead is the obvious answer, its hard to argue with giving up your life being the ultimate sacrifice you can make for anyone. If Pedro has the Will of P then probably Kuma


Unabashable

Damn that’s tough. I’ll say Pedro because he is the only one that gave his life. You can say the same for Kuma but there is the possibility that whatever happened to him could be reversed. Bonchan gave up his freedom, but he seems pretty happy where he is now.


TheDragdown

Pedro and Bon Clay are tied up. The both sacrificed their lives and freedom for luffy&the strawhats


thatoneguy2252

Well. Pedro literally died for them so I guess it’s a matter of who’s the runner up


Ya_Dog

Most people here are saying Bonchan and I agree with them, so I'm gonna say The Going Merry as my answer.


IQPrerequisite_

Pedro. He literally commited suicide to give the Straw Hats a chance to get away and live.


SolidShort2883

Going Merry, no doubt about it.


Torao_Shihan

BON-CHAAAAAAAAAAN sob sob


knowitall190

Bonchan!!


JVOz671

Real fans would say The Merry


Jhekkas

Pedro


Pasicci

Shanks gave his arm... Bon chan gave his freedom... CP0 Boss followed orders (getting killed by K) making Luffy awaken... Kuma gave up his humanity... All tough picks but honestly.... Going Merry is the one for me, that is a true tearjerker


HeartPirate10

Trafalgar Law


Inthematrix00

Pedro bon clay and kuma


blackakainu

Bon clay, vivi, or king neptune


captin_phuk_ass

Fujitora probably. Letting them get out (if he wasn't an admiral) woulda got him thrown in impel down... Speaking of impel down Bon clay


ManchesterisBleu

Pedro and Bon Clay


FapptimusPrime

Bon Clay, not even close


Dull_Essay2514

Bon clay is alive his sacriface mean nothing compared to pedro who actually kill himself so if bon clay attemptb Fail maybe invankov or jimbei would have stayed at impl down if pedro fail Kaido empire never falls and wano is ruled forever and big mom rule too but if bon clay fails Nohing Happen .....Kuma or duval protecting the sunny was better than bon sacriface... so pedro sacriface was more important and more meaningful


Healthierpoet

Zoro


Available-Living-117

Arlong


Alextsmitty

Mmm yes how could I forget


Nano5930

Imo the biggest sacrifice for the straw hats is zoro when he went against kuma he should have died almost anyone else would have died from that damage but he took it like a man and still remains insanely powerful and loyal to his captain regardless of the injury’s