User blog comment:Meganoide/Characters from the four seas/@comment-2229670-20100924213151/@comment-1876594-20100925174425

Dragon was born in the East Blue, he's not an exception (eventually even Garp would be). Ace is said to come from East Blue because he grew there. However, "appealing characters" doesn't convince me, and you used only one arguement (the D.) to confirm your idea.