User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/The End is Near/@comment-26082375-20150213232243

My biggest reason to believe that Law won't die (at least not yet) is because Luffy is right there. As stated toward the end of the Fishman Island arc, Luffy spent the past two years training so that he would never again have to lose anyone he cares about. And he does care about Law; in chapter 748, he claims to Cavendish "This guy's my nakama now!" ("コイツはおれの仲間になったんだ!!") The exact significance of Luffy calliing Law a "nakama" remains to be seen, but Law isn't just a casual friend to him. Additionally, he's going against a Shichibukai, half of his crew is missing, and he will potentially be dealing with two angry Yonkou after things get resolved on Dressrosa. This is not the time for Luffy to find out he's still not strong enough to protect everyone important to him.

On an unrelated topic, it looks like the residents of Dressrosa are going to have to completely rebuild their country after all this is over, considering how much of a mess the landscape is in.