Okay, so first of all, to the mods: if this thread has already been created, I apologize. I tried searching for it, and didn't see another thread that was just like this, but I totally could have missed something.
So yeah, as the title states, this thread is basically to discuss and speculate on which characters you don't think will make it to the end of the series, dying sometime between our current point in the story and EoS. I've seen a few threads speculating whether specific characters will die, and comments around the forum about various deaths, as well. I figured, if there isn't one already, might as well make one thread to gather all character death speculations in one place.
As we know, until the Paramount War, the only characters who died were either nameless fodder or flashback characters. And then Portgas D. Ace died, and then Edward Newgate, and suddenly all bets are off. (Rest in peace, Ace and Whitebeard! :cwy::cwy::cwy:). Since then, Oda-sensei has possibly killed off Vergo and Monet (still lots of debates about both of them), and there have been a few times where it actually seemed like certain characters really had been killed off (cough Law cough). I wanna hear from other people: do you guys have specific characters that you think will die, and if so, what makes you think so, and how will they die/who will kill them? And then on the flip side, are there any characters that you feel sure will not die?
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For me, I don't have any character who I, like, feel certain will die, but there are a few for whom I've definitely thought about the possibility: Trafalgar Law, Monkey D. Dragon, and Shanks. Shanks because the Kidpookins Alliance is after him and I see the possibility of Blackbeard also attacking him; Dragon because he's the most wanted man in the world and there are surely gazillions of people who want him dead, plus now Blackbeard knows where he is; and Law because of the potential Chekhov's Gun with the Op-Op Fruit's Perennial Youth Surgery. (For the record, I don't want ANY of them to die, and I'm pretty sure I would cry buckets if any of them did :sad:. These are just characters whom I feel have a higher-than-average chance.) Characters I hope will die? Frickin' Blackbeard. :getlost:
For characters I don't think will die: all of the Straw Hats. I get that the series has gotten darker over the years, but I think killing off one of the main characters in a crew full of optimistic people working to accomplish their dreams is too dark. I also believe–and really, really, really hope--that Oda-sensei won't kill Sabo off, because that would be cruel and unusual beyond all reason. :sad::cwy: