User blog comment:Zorofanboy/Future of One Piece/@comment-5962458-20130718163714

If you want predictions about the end of the series you will find this blog very interesting What do you want? you can take a look if you like.

About your first paragraph, i will have to disagree.It is quite common in shonen manga to make the protagonist sacrifice something to get stronger in order to increase the drama, but as the series progress the use of the new ability becomes more often andthe costs are pretty much either forgotten or somehow overcome.If Luffy dies eventually, i strongly doubt this will be the reason.