Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
I have repeated it to death, but who here thinks after all the scenes with Ace that he really wanted to escape? He didn't want to be saved in the first place. He only wanted to feel like people needed him and were glad he (once) was there. That was proven many times over simply by the fact they appeared there. After that it was all over for Ace. As it happens, Whitebeard was the person who first gave this feeling to Ace, so it's pretty much a nobrainer leaving Whitebeard there to die alone would have gone against all of Ace's desires and thus there was no way he would have let a chance like getting provoked by Akainu to slip. He was waiting for an opportunity like that. Nevertheless, dying while defending Luffy was probably were satisfying to him as well.
true he didn't want to be saved at first. but isn't there a scene where ace starts crying because all of a sudden he wants to live?