Just when his death and a marine victory was poised to snuff out the Golden Age of Piracy, Whitebeard, with his dying breath, proclaimed, with the entire world watching, 'ONE PIECE EXISTS!' This proclamation started an entirely new age of piracy, and the beginning of a new era.
This and the End of an Age occurred at the same time at the tail end of the Marineford Arc.In One Piece, the Pirate King, Gold Roger, ignited the Golden Age of Piracy with his death.The opening scenes to Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn shows the very beginning of the Universal Century, which is meant to evoke this trope Until it gets rudely interrupted by the space colony said scenes take place on being blown up.On the one hand Lelouch unites the entire world in hatred and fear of him, becoming the Demon Emperor, and has his best friend/hateful rival Suzaku take on the mantle of Zero and publicly assassinate him, leaving him bleeding out in Nunnally's arms, but on the other hand this paves the way for a brighter future, with Empress Nunnally, Zero!Suzaku and Geassed!Schneizel taking advantage of the temporary peace in the wake of Lelouch's death to create a better world with less hatred, bitterness and division.
