User blog comment:AYET/An ante up over the DEATH game/@comment-1595565-20121228051504/@comment-4754162-20130102090521

Not many manga (as far as I know) depicts death as a serious matter and not be taken lightly or joked around. Therefore I am hoping that from here onwards, Oda will start to switch to a more serious tone with "deaths" in line with the level of dangerousness in NW waters as previously rumored / hinted. Should there be no REAL death portrayed in NW, then how dangerous can it be, no? (aside from plot armored characters)