User blog comment:Yountoryuu/Damn you Buggy!/@comment-3329446-20110109235754

TBH its not Ace being delt the blow thats important. its the words he says after Luffy catches him, before he dies, that give his death meaning, thats why the episode took up as much time as it did show useless stuff. It wanted to end right before Ace gives his speech so that the next episode could be dedicated to his dying words, the few flashbacks he had of Garp, Dadan, and him and Luffy as kids.

As for it being rushed, I didn't see that at all. It showed 3 escape, Whitebeard fighing, his "sons" not wanting to leave him behind, Ace bowing and telling him he was happy with him as his dad, Akainu taunting them, Ace getting pissed off, Ace saving Luffy from Akainu's blow. Thats about 2 manga chapters in an episode just like always.