User blog comment:Yatanogarasu/Sabo: Dead or Alive?/@comment-71.141.250.148-20110429025352/@comment-1595565-20110429074256

It's a tease. You're missing the over arching theme that Sabo plays into. He is Luffy's death from the past that shaped his character today. If he's alive, then Oda might as well bring back Bellemere (shot through the head), Kuina and Banchina (declared legally dead by a doctor), the crew from the orbit (drowned), the Rumbar Pirates (confirmed dead), Hililuk (blown up), Nico Olvia and Clover (fatally wounded), and Tom (harpoon through the chest). Sabo is Luffy's death from the past.