Episode 94

"Reunion of the Powerful! His Name is Fire Fist Ace" is the 94th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
While in Nanohana, the Straw Hat Pirates encounter Smoker and Tashigi. A powerful pirate named Portgas D. Ace appears, and is revealed to be Luffy's older brother.

Long Summary
In Nanohana, a young man previously shown in Drum Kingdom is shown walking the town. A salesman approaches him claiming to have a magical golden apple, but he refuses to buy it. Chopper and Usopp overhear the offer, but Nami and Zoro stop them from being conned after Zoro finds an associate painting apples gold. Zoro notices the other man asking if people in the town had seen someone, using the wanted poster for Luffy. He is directed to a restaurant where the owner knows many of the townspeople.

The present Straw Hats wonder why he's looking for Luffy. Zoro notices the tattoo on the man's back, and knows he's not a bounty hunter. He then sees Tashigi elsewhere in the town, dressing a shopkeeper down for overpricing swords, and hides. Smoker appears, carrying several captured small-time pirates. He's sure Luffy will show up in Alabasta, and has Tashigi take the defeated pirates to the Royal Army. Zoro wonders where Luffy ran off to. He's wandering across the desert, and starts running when he sees a town nearby, hunger driving him to find food.

At the Spice Bean restaurant, patrons are gathered around the young man seen earlier, who is face-first in a plate of food. They believe he has dropped dead mid-eating, and suspect he was bitten by a venomous insect. Suddenly, he wakes up, wipes his face off, and resumes eating. He tells everyone he just fell asleep. Shortly after, he falls asleep again. The man asks the restaurant owner if he's seen Luffy.

They are interrupted by Smoker, who noticed the earlier commotion. He identifies the young man as the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, Portgas D. Ace, startling those present. When asked why he's here, Ace says he's looking for his brother. Luffy is running through Nanohana, tracing the scent of food. Smoker says he's not here for Ace, but will go ahead and try to capture him. Suddenly, Luffy uses Gomu Gomu no Rocket to launch himself toward Spice Bean. He rams Smoker and Ace through the restaurant's rear wall and the walls of several adjacent buildings, then demands the restaurant owner make him food.

While Luffy is chowing down, Ace and Smoker return to the restaurant. Ace apologizes to a family for disturbing their meal. Smoker identifies Luffy, though it takes a second for Luffy to remember him from their encounter at Loguetown. He swallows all the food, and runs, with Smoker and Ace chasing. The owner notes that neither Ace nor Luffy paid for their meals. Luffy knows he can't beat Smoker, so he goes looking for his crew. Smoker orders Tashigi to look for them as he pursues Luffy. She knows with Luffy in town, it's likely Zoro is there as well.

Smoker asks Luffy why he's in Alabasta. He only says he came to beat up Crocodile. Smoker wonders how they're connected. On the other side of town, Nami, Zoro, Chopper and Usopp catch back up with Sanji, Vivi and Carue, and tell them the Marines are present. They hear a commotion, and Luffy soon runs to them, with Smoker on his trail. Smoker is intercepted by Ace, who uses Heat Haze to halt his attack, White Blow.

Luffy recognizes Ace, and is surprised he's a Devil Fruit user now. Ace identifies his power as the Mera Mera no Mi. He tells Luffy to run, and says he'll hold Smoker off. Smoker demands to know why Ace is helping the Straw Hats. He says a big brother has to help his little brother as he sets a firewall to block the Marines. Luffy tells his crew that Ace is his brother, to their shock, as they make their getaway.

Anime Notes
*In the Alabasta and Jaya arc Ace's eyebrows are thick, but in his third appearance at the Banaro incident and onwards, they are noticeably thinner than they were.
 * This is the last episode to use BEFORE DAWN as the ending.
 * In the FUNimation Dub of this episode when Smoker encounters Ace he incorrectly refers to him as the fourth commander of the Whitebeard Pirates when Ace is infact the second commander. This is corrected in later episodes.

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