History Heartwarming / ThisBites

* Jones realizes she could warn [[ForWantOfANail Cross about the Ace situation]] and is only stopped by B.R.O.B. suggesting her not to.

* During TheReveal in Chapter 14, after Zoro calls Cross out on his {{Hypocrisy}} about telling dangerous secrets, Cross admits he didn't tell the crew about his future knowledge because he didn't trust them to not freak out and kick him off the crew. It's literally enough to [[TearJerker drive him to tears.]] But of course, [[TrueCompanions this is the Straw Hat Pirates we're talking about]], and this confession doesn't even make the thought of kicking him off the crew cross any of their minds. [[PowerOfTrust It's almost enough]] to give him TearsOfJoy.

* The three mates of the Straw Hats, at Cross's insistence, perform a [[BloodBrothers brotherhood ceremony]].

* On a Meta level, the whole [[IncrediblyLamePun Cross]]over was the Cross-Brain declaring that after they reach their goal and become the kings of One Piece fanfiction, Vikingr and ''Twelve Red Lines'' will be their heir apparent.
** Also Meta: due to writing this chapter, Vikingr and The Patient One ended up bonding and started dating.

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* The fact that on September 19th, 2016, the authors made an audio clip of them reading their Author's Notes from Chapter 40 (published the next day), thanking their fans for their support on their One Year Anniversary.
** Found here: https://soundcloud.com/cross-brain/this-bites-chapter-40-authors-notes
* 1Coltsguy, who wrote several first-person Omakes as one of Iceberg's workers on Spacebattles, had an actual [[ShoutOut Galley-La worker named for him]] in Chapter 39 as a [[ApprovalOfGod sign of appreciation]] from Xomniac.
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* While it's non-canon, Yeomanaxel's short story "[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/this-bites-one-piece-si.356819/page-708#post-42745376 Truce]]" illustrates a story about the followers of Absolute Justice in the New World post-Enies Lobby battling the Big Mom Pirates, and actually manages to do a good job of bringing out a sympathetic side in '''Akainu''' of all people over the course of a ChristmasInJuly style truce in the battle.

* Cross sticking up for Lassoo due to being a former dog.

* Soundbites came up with the entire plan to win Cross back from the Foxy Pirates. See also under [[Awesome/ThisBites Crowning Moments of Awesome]] for more details.

* Soundbites came up with the entire plan to win Cross back from the Foxy Pirates. See also under [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Awesome/ThisBites Crowning Moments of Awesome]] for more details.

* Dragon shows up in Marineford in the nick of time to save Luffy and Ace, and is ''mad'', to say the least, that Akainu was trying to hurt his kids.

* With all three of the Boa sisters leaving for the war, they decide to leave Marguerite in charge. Despite her protests, the heartfelt assurance from them that she is a good leader causes her to break down into tears.

** Merry confesses to Cross her dream, even if ships are not supposed to have dreams of their own: she wants to continue adventuring with [[TrueCompanions her crew]]. And Cross validates her dream, assuring her that they want ''her'' to be the ship which will bring them to Raftel.

** Merry talking with Kaya and… [[NamesTheSame Merry the Butler]].

* Buggy returning to his crew, with the Impel Down recruits in tow, and telling them, all of them, that if they want out there will be no hard feelings whatsoever. He then proceeds to explain exactly what they’re in for if they stay, namely fights of such power and insanity that they will make the war of Marineford look sedate, restating that if ''anyone'' wants to avoid that and try to live (more) peacefully, as he did previously, then he won’t think any less of them. ''They all stay.''
* Ace making it clear to the rest of his crew that he's only the new ''acting'' captain, because Whitebeard will always be their only true captain.

* The Epilogue is scant of a few words and has a picture of a newspaper with an otherwise heartbreaking headline...or it would be if not for the fact that one of the people watching Cross' "execution" has an arm raised in solidarity with an "X" crossed on his forearm. For those who've read the manga, this scene calls back to when the Straw Hats left Alabasta while proudly showing the X crossed onto their arms to Vivi while proclaiming she was their friend. No two guesses who that hooded figure is.

* T-Bone letting Yoko and Boss into the Marines as part of the new Marine waystation.