User blog comment:Lassan/Sabo is alive...../@comment-3079795-20101004194901/@comment-65.95.181.36-20110413193920

Dude why would ODA in first place announce a character if he is not important to the story? Because if he is dead, he is pretty much useless to the story, Every single freakin' character shown in One piece has been important one way or the other. Why Sabo didn't save Ace then? Well first of all, we are talking about SABO! He abviously may have different tactics than just going on MarineFord and having a war with marines to save Ace. It's ODA's manga. Don't expect it be as normal and obvious as Naruto, Bleach or DBZ.